March 10, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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■ The taking care of our product after manufacture under 100% perfect warehouse conditions. It gets to you right. m 



^ Importers and Manufacturers I 



I Mahogany and Cabinet Woods — Sawed and Sliced | 



J Quartered INDIANA White Oak. Red Oak. Figured Red Gum, American W al nut, Etc. 1 



J Rotary Cut Stock in Poplar and Gum for Cross B 



M Banding, Back Panels, Drawer Bottoms and Panels 1 



I The Evansville Veneer Company | 



I EVANSVILLE, INDIANA | 



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ture after long agitation and is considered a model as protection for mate- 

 rial men, who have never before in tliis state had more than the benefits 

 of common law. The election of officers was held, resulting as follows : 

 Wm. A. Fuller, Clinton, president ; Lyndon H. Chase, Springfield, vice- 

 president ; Ernest N. Bagg, Springfield, secretary and treasurer. 



The trade in Maine has suffered the loss of two well-known dealers. 

 F. T. Bradstreet of Gardner, who conducted large operations in the East, 

 an.! Hon. Edward P. Viles of Skowhegan. a prominent local lumberman. 



Important additions to the new enterprises demanding lumber are 

 noted each week, the largest being the Machiasport Shipbuilding Company 

 Sit Machias, Me., Barnard Construction Company at <'anil)ridge, Mass., 

 -and the Ilampden Construction Company of Springfiebl. Mass. 



=-< BALTIMORE >= 



The current year promises to exceed most others in building activity, 

 so far as Baltimore is concerned. The estimated value of the structures 

 lor which permits were issued in January showed an impressive total, 

 but this is greatly exceeded by the returns for February, which put the 

 aggregate for the month at not less than $1,402,568, compared with 

 45600,000 in January. The permits embrace not less than 208 two-story 

 brick dwellings, a larger number than have ever before been contracted 

 lor In February, against 96 in January. It is to be said, however, that 

 the permit tor the new Gas and Electric Light Company twenty-story 

 sky-scraper at Lexington and Liberty streets added not less than $800,000 

 to the total for the month, so that with this sum eliminated, the aggregate 

 Is not especially impressive .Xerortheless, the outkok is regarded as 

 encouraging for a good building year, and the lumber yards as well as 

 the sash and door factories are in an expectant mood. 



The American-Hawaiian Company steamship Arborean was launched 

 without formalities at the yards of the Maryland Steel Company at 

 Sparrows Point, near Baltimore, February 29, Mrs. Benet, wife of the 

 marine superintendent of the American-Hawaiian Company, being the 

 sponsor. The new vessel is 404 feet long and was built for the lumber 

 trade. All machinery is located aft, she being a sister ship of the 

 Artisan, now on the way to Chile with her maiden cargo. 



Six condemnation proceedings have been instituted in the federal court 

 it Lynchburg, Va., whereby the government will increase its forest 

 reserve in the Potomac. Shenandoah and Whitetop areas by about 14,240 

 acres. The condemnation proceedings are intended to clear title, the 

 price for the various tracts having been practic-ally agreed upon. The 

 cases involve the following tracts : Will F. Long, Rockingham county, 

 132.67 acres ; I. H. Graham and J. M. Irvine, Augusta and Highland 

 counties, 7,717.77 acres ; W. A. Wrenn and T. G. Locke, Shenandoah 



county, 791.55 ; Shenandoah Lumber and Iron Company, Shenandoah 

 county, 772.87 acres ; Boon Ingles and W. H. Martin, Shenandoah county, 

 4,342.63 acres, and the Hasslnger Lumber Company, Washington county, 

 486.88 acres. 



The lumber business conducted by W. A. H. Church, between Eighth 

 and Ninth and C and D streets, southwest, Washington, has been incor- 

 porated as W. A. H. Church, Inc. Mr. Church was elected president, 

 with Jack Stevenson as vice-president and Paul Speake as secretary. 

 The concern is well known at the capital and in the vicinity. 



Gen. Thomas J. Shryock, head of T. J. Shryoek & Co., is mourning the 

 death of his wife, Mrs. Cassie Belle Shryock, who passed away March 2, 

 at her home, 1401 Madison avenue, after an illness of about five weeks. 

 Mrs. Shryock had been operated upon for appendicitis and blood poisoning 

 developed after she had returned home from the hospital. She is survived 

 by a son, Thomas J. Shryock, Jr., and six daughters, one of them being 

 the wife of J. JIcD. Price, secretary of the National Lumber Exporters' 

 Association. 



Eugene Cook, one of the best-known builders in the city, died recently 

 ar his home, 2841 North Calvert street, at the age of sixty-seven years. 

 Mr. Cook was born in Germany and came to Baltimore iu 1S67. His 

 wife, six sons and three daughters survive. Several of the sous are 

 prominent in building operations. 



=-< COLUMBUS >• 



The number of building permits issued during the last week seems to 

 indicate that March will exceed the month of February which, compared 

 with February, 1915, shows an increase of 100 per cent. On 163 permits 

 issued during February, 1916, there is an estimated valuation of $314,225, 

 as against $153,350 on 119 permits issued during the same month last 

 ye-ar. Since January 1, 292 permits have been issued, with an estimated 

 valuation of $537,640. The figures show that only 208 permits were 

 issued in 1915 from January 1 to March 1, with an estimated valuation 

 of $238,450. 



Lumber rates in northwestern Ohio are attacked in a petition filed 

 last week with the Ohio Utilities Commission by Theodor Kundtz of 

 Cleveland, who alleges that the lumber rates on the Big Four, the 

 Baltimore & Ohio, the Erie and the Nickel Plate roads are unreasonable. 

 The petition asks that the commission establish just and equitable rates. 



The capital of the East Cleveland Lumber Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 

 has been increased from $25,000 to $50,000. 



The Central Avenue Lumber & Supply Company of Columbus is manu- 

 facturing a new type of portable garage, which is claimed to be thief- 

 proof. 



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