March 2.j, 19H1 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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I Geo. F. Kerns Lumber Co. 



m Yards: MOUNDS, ILLINOIS 



I CHICAGO OFFICE, Fisher Bldg. 



m Manufacturers | 



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I Southern Hardwoods | 



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I Skeele-Roedter | 



I Lumber Company I 



I CHICAGO I 



1 Northern and Southern | 



I HARDWOODS | 



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■ Our Specialty is Cypress | 



I 3300 SOUTH RACINE AVENUE | 



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I PREPAREDNESS | 



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■ speciaitusOak, Gum, Cypress | 



I CLARENCE BOYLE, Inc. I 



m WHOLESALE LUMBER | 



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C H I C A G O I J. M. Attley & Company 



1 Chas. Darling & Co. 



1 1200W. 22dSt. 



I CHICAGO, ILL. 



m We Specialize in Oak and Birch 



History of the 



Largest Lumber Centre 



in the 



World 



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"IN THE BEGINNING" 



About 1832 and 1833 sawmills 

 put in an appearance. History is 

 not quite clear as to details, but 

 one of the mills was operated by 

 waterpower, and was located about 

 fourteen miles up the north fork 

 of Chicago river. No suitable site 

 for it could be found lower down, 

 because of the slight fall in the 

 stream's gradient. There was a 

 mill on Hickory creek, and one was 

 operated by steam near the present 

 Division street. 



These mills cut for the local 

 market only. By that time a few 

 buildings were going up; and, as the 

 mills did not turn out lumber in 

 large amounts, it was often hauled 

 away as fast as it came from the 

 saw, and it was not put through a 

 dry kiln or any other artificial or 

 natural course of seasoning. The 

 people who needed lumber had no 

 time to wait. 



When a house was built of green 

 lumber in that way, it may be 

 imagined what happened when the 

 wood became dry. The cracks that 

 developed, made the opening of a 

 door unnecessary for cats to go in 

 and out. There appears to have 

 been no objection. A well-venti- 

 lated house is healthful. 



One of the mills had an attach- 

 ment for sawing shingles, and the 

 early builders in Chicago were inde- 

 pendent of outside timber as long 

 as the home supply lasted and the 

 mills continued their operations. 

 There is a lack of information as 

 to the amount of sawing done, the 

 relative quantities of different 

 woods, and the prices obtained in 

 the earliest years. 



Though no large amount of lum- 

 ber was cut on or near the site of 

 Chicago, mills were built at an early 

 date in Michigan and Wisconsin and 

 the fine timber in those regions was 

 converted into lumber as rapidly as 

 markets could be found for it. 



There is no doubt that those saw- 

 mill men kept a close lookout for 

 new markets and were quick to note 

 that houses were being built in Chi- 

 cago. At any rate, boats with car- 

 goes of lumber began to arrive on \ 

 the lake front very soon after build- \ 

 ing began. The Chicago river was i 

 the natural harbor at that time, i 

 There was no breakwater in the lake ; 

 to shelter boats from storms, and i 

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TRADE IN CHICAGO 



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I OAK, ASH, GUM, MAPLE | 



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I 1209 Lumber Exchange, Chicago | 



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I G. W. Jones Lumber Co. | 



I NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN H 



I HARDWOODS | 



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I Utley- Hollo way | 



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I General Offices, 111 W. Washington St. | 



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I MAISEY & DION I 



I CHICAGO 1 



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I UPHAM&AGLER | 



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