March 25, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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maple, yet It is hard enough so as not to be easily dented when used for 

 flooring and furniture. 



Hardness is figured on the number of pouiicFs required to imbed a steel 

 ball .444" diameter, one-half its diameter into the side of the wood. 



The tabic follows : 



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Species 



Walnut — black .' 900 



Maple — hard 8S2 



eeech 824 



Birch — yellow 795 



Mahogany 762 



Cherry 664 



Maple —red 61M 



Sycamore 609 



Maple — silver 592 



Gum — red 577 



I^opiar — vellow 388 



The same article gives a table on the raoclulus of rupture of dllTercnt 

 woods, as follows : 



Species 



Maple — hard 9,060 pounds per square inch 



Birch 8.600 pounds per square inch 



Beech 8,160 pounds per square inch 



Oak — white 8,160 pounds per square inch 



Cherry 8,030 pounds per square inch 



Maple^ — red 7,890 pounds per square inch 



CJum — red 6.450 pounds per square inch 



Figures on Lumber Output 



The lumber census for 1914 and 1915, which is now being compiled by the 

 Forest Service, apparently has now covered somewliat more than half "of 

 the United States. The total cut of 1.251 large mills, thus far listed, is 

 21.179,356.000 feet for 1915. These same mills in 1914 cut 22,331.319,000 

 feet. This indicates a decrease of about five per cent in output, when 

 1915 is compared with 1914; but definite conclusions cannot be announced 

 until the census has bi'i'u coTuiili'li-il. 



Building Operations for February 



Building operations throughout the countr.v, as reflectetl b.y the summaries 

 ■of permits issued in the principal cities, made an altogether satisfactory 

 showing for the month of February. The comparative statement with 

 January is also gratifying. According to official figures received by The 

 American Contractor, Chicago, the building permits granted during Febru- 

 ary in 76 of the largest cities of the country totaled $53,219,098, as against 

 $44,280,506 for February last year, an increase of 20 per cent. In actual 

 figures February exceeds January, the aggregate of which was .$51,697,497, 

 although January's increase in percentage over January. 1915, was 35. 

 The comparative gains are widely scattered and are not chargeable, as they 

 are sometimes, to special activities in the larger cities. Of the 76 cities on 

 the list just 54 show gains. In spite of the most active efforts being 

 made in New York to radically readjust its construction policies, that city 

 shows only a slight comparative loss as against February last year. 



The combined showing for January and February is excellent, a total of 

 ?103,086.065. as compared with $81,512,340 for the first two months of 

 1915, an increase of 26 per cent. 



National Lumber Manufacturers' Association Boosting Posters 



II-1i;dwuou Kecui;I) has rcceiyi-d a book of stationery boosters supplied 

 f)y the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Chicago, for the pur- 

 pose of spreading wide interest in the use of wood. The posters are most 

 artistically gotten up in attractive colors representing five appeals, one 

 based on timber, one appealing to the home builder, one to the factory 

 builder on the basis of econom.v and stability in mill construction : an- 

 other based on the excellent qualities of wood from the standpoint of fire 

 hazard in sprinkled mill construction building ; and still another is an 

 appeal to the lumbermen to get behind the movement. The books are for 

 sale by the National association for one dollar apiece. 



E. A. Sterling, manager of the trade extension department of the 

 association, says that while the association would prefer to make the 

 distribution free, the money demands on the funds make it impossible at 

 the present time. Mr. Sterling also .says that it is hoped the association 

 will have a million of these printed in the next issue and general use in 

 the interest of wood as a whole will help to attain this end. 



To Americanize Russian Lumbering 



The Russian timber trade is to be re-organized on American lines, accord- 

 ing to advices received in this country, and is asking American lumbermen 

 for information as to American methods of handling the various phases 

 of the industry. 



The Russian investigators wei^ referred to the University of Wisconsin, 

 which has established the first course in America for university extension 

 work on "Lumber and Its Uses," by which lumber dealers, carpenters and 

 other lumber users are educated in the scientific phases of the lumber in- 

 dustry, a course which has -within the year been copied in a dozen other 

 state universities. The grading rules of the Southern Pine Association, 

 specifying grades of lumber, and various lumber specifications, were .sent to 

 the Russian inquirers, also as a type of American lumbering methods. 



Tanbark from Africa 

 During 1915 the Portuguese province of East Africa shipped 10,S.'!(; 

 tons of tanbark to the United States. It was peeled from mangrove 

 trees of the same species as those growing in southern Florida. For- 

 merly most of the tanning material from Portuguese Africa was first 

 shipped to Germany and was transshipped from there to this country ; 

 but war has changed the channels of commerce, and the tanbark last 

 year was invoiced at the American consulate at Lourenco Marques direct 

 to the United States, thus cutting out the former middle party. 



Hardwood ISlews ISlotes 



=-< MISCELLANEOUS >-= 



At Williamsport, Pa., the National Crate Company has been incorporated. 



The Rhodes Lumber & Veneer Company. Morgan City, La., is out of 

 business. 



The National Piano Player Company, Oregon, 111., has gone out of 

 business. 



The National Manufacturing Company, Rushville, Ind., has sustained a 

 loss by fire. 



The Ligonier Refrigerator Company has succeeded Banta & Bender, 

 Ligonler. Ind. 



The mill of the Rhymes Lumber Company recently burned out at Crystal 

 Springs, Miss. 



Edward A. TurnbuU of the Grand Ledge Chair Company, Grand Ledge, 

 Mich., died recently. 



At Forest City, N. C, the Saluda Lumber Company has been incorporated 

 with a $50,000 capital. 



The Clanton Saw Mill Company has been incorporated at Hamburg, Ark., 

 with a capital of .$200,000. 



The death of Robert H. Mardis. president of the Excel Furniture Company, 

 Shelbyville, Ind., is reported. 



At Aycock, Fla., the Aycock Wood Brick Veneer Company has been in- 

 corporated with a capital of $500,000. 



At Mobile, Ala., the Lindsey Lumber & Export Company has been incor- 

 porated, the capitalization being $50,000. 



An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the Cape Fear 

 Manufacturing Company. Greensboro, N.C. 



The Northern Chair Company. Cadillac. Mich., has been incorporated, as 

 has the J. Rayner Company at Eddyvllle, N. Y. 



The H. E. Barkley Wagon Works, Grand Rapids, Mich., sustained a 

 $20,000 loss by fire recently, but will rebuild at once. 



The partnership firm of August Cederstrand & Co., Minneapolis, Minn., 

 has been dissolved, August Cederstrand continuing under same name, 

 however. 



The St. Meinrad Hardwood Lumber & Spoke Company has succeeded 

 the Anderson Valley Lumber & Spoke Company at St. Meinrad, Ind. 



J. ZilichoCfki has retired from the Sixth City Sash & Door Company, 

 Cleveland. O.. A. Pickus continuing the business under the old name. 



The style of the Sexsmith Gorman Lumber Company, Wausau, Wis., 

 has been changed to the Fred L. Sexsmith Lumber Company. 



The Massee Manufacturing Company has been incorporated at Macon, 

 (Ja.. to manufacture handles, staves, etc. T. D. Massee, E. S. Fetner and 

 .\. B. Bates are those interested. 



^-< CHICAGO >• 



E. J. Gilooley of the Foster-Latimer Company, Mellen, 'Wis., spent a few 

 days in Chicago this week. 



D. J. Peterson, head of the D. J. Peterson Lumber Company, Toledo, O., 

 made a short stay in the city, this week. 



O. T. Swan, secretary of the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, with offices at Oshkosh, Wis., spent 'Wednesday and 

 Thursday of the present week in Chicago on business connected with the 

 association. 



W. 'W. Brown, buyer for the Hamilton Manufafturing Company, Two 

 Rivers, Wis., was in the city for a couple of days last week. Mr. Brown 

 is keeping in touch with the hardwood situation from different angles. 



Harry Stimson. of the Yanden-Boom-Stimson Lumber Company, Memphis, 

 manufacturer and wholesaler of hardwoods, stopped in Chicago most of last 

 week on a northern trip that will require four or five weeks to complete. 

 Mr. Stimson went north from Chicago. 



Sam Burkholder. head of the well-known S. P.urkholder Lumber Company, 

 Crawfordsville. Ind., was among the welcome visitors to the city a few 

 days ago. 



C. M. Sears of the Edward L. Davis Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky., 

 was in Chicago for several days last week. 



H. L. Hayward, manager of the hardwood department of the Long-Bell 

 Lumber Company, passed through Chicago last week on his way to Kan- 

 sas City from an eastern trip. 



Thos. J. McDonald, the expert timber estimator, with offices in the 

 East Tennessee Bank Building, Knoxville, Tenn., was in Chicago for a 

 short stay, recently looking after his interests. 



The report of the annual sales of hardwood issued March 11. .has come 

 from the office of Secretary Weller of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, Cincinnati. O.. together with excerpts from a number of letters 

 that Mr. Weller received commenting on the situation. All the way through 

 these excerpts are extremely optimistic. 



The Stearns Co-operator for March, published by the Stearns interests 

 at Ludington. Mich., just received, has a good many sparkling features that 

 make exceedingly pleasant reading. 



Edward E. Skeele has withdrawn from the Skeele-Roedter Lumber Com- 

 pany, Fisher building. 



