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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The official reports of building permits issued by 71 cities during No- 

 ■vember, received by the American Contractor, Chicago, reach a total of 

 $32,805,789, as compared with $41,005,514, for November. iyi3, a decrease 

 of 20 per cent. A few cities show decided gains, due usually to special 

 causes. Thus, the phenomenal increase at Oiilahoma is caused by the 

 letting of the contract for the .$1,500,000 state house. Cleveland scores 

 an Interesting gain, 73 per cent, and other notable increases are those of 

 Peoria, 228 per cent ; San Antonio, 105 per cent ; Tacoma, 326 per cent. 

 and New Haven, 47 per cent. 



For the first eleven months of the .year the total value of the building 

 operations of the cities are $585,841,305. compared with $633,770,574. 

 for the same period last year, a decrease of 7 per cent. The detailed 

 operations are as follows: 



November. Xovember, Per Cent 



City — 1014. 1913. Gain. Loss. 



Akron $ lT9,.3n5 $ 173.135 4 



Albany 301. .".78 781.905 .. til 



Atlanta 228.104 278.904 IS 



Baltimore 274.980 812.700 ^r, 



Buffalo 408.000 .580.0(10 14 



Cedar Rapids 2.50.000 497,000 . . .50 



Chattanooga 28.258 .S8.H10 . . 20 



Chicago 0.513.150 0.490.050 



Cincinnati 3H(i,21u 4tilJ,110 28 



Cleveland 2.1.".3. 114.5 1.241.040 73 



Columbus 377.3.S5 308,770 . . 5 



Dallas 133.850 870,015 85 



Dayton • 53,025 1 11.075 . . 52 



Denver 134.410 15.5,129 13 



Des Moines 03,302 108.900 14 



Duluth 189.510 204.075 7 



East Orange 79.005 1 17.,303 32 



EvansviHe 57.O.S0 103.405 4.5 



Ft. Wavne loo.;t7.5 102 150 I 



Grand Rapids . .s 171.42." 275.384 38 



HarriFburg 34.1K10 84.8110 110 



Hartford 30ri.3s.5 1.071.045 (13 



Indianapolis 205.190 470.711 45 



Kansas -City 341,220 0.34.072 (13 



Lincoln 39.475 14.5,023 73 



Little Rock 18..590 47.0.50 . (SO 



Los Angeles 785.310 1.200.158 34 



Manche.ster 80.005 150.234 42 



Memphis 133.275 211.271 37 



Milwaukee .591.583 1.454.410 .59 



Minneapolis 703.015 820.000 .. 14 



Nashville .33.0.55 78.040 ,. ' 57 



Newark 373.027 540..371 . . 32 



New Haven 315 7.55 ■*14'475 47 



New Orleans 09!o32 l30,'7ie '.. 50 



New ^ ork City — 



Manhattan 2,058.244 4,121,737 ,. 50 



Bronx 448.013 . 410,014 S 



Brooklyn • 1,017.445 2.300.415 30 



Queens 1.400.702 1.442.803 1 



Richmond 131.405 253.(1.50 . . 48 



Oakland 281.709 414.220 .. 32 



Oklahoma -. 1,509.915 g.ais 17,427 



2""''''' 133.583 208. .590 . . 50 



Paterson 40.061 81.030 42 



?£'?,'■"'. ,V. 605.200 184,000 228 



Philadelphia l,24O,.530 2,020505. .. 39 



Pittsburgh 777.308 008.017 11 



Portland 453.830 008.805 . . 25 



Richmond 1.30.038 281.399 .. .54 



?,T, r S"" ^;; 397.830 049..575 .. 39 



Salt Lake City 107.323 171.800 38 



San Antonio 210.575 102.8;)0 105 



San Francisco 988,587 1,142.9811 .. 14 



St. Joseph 36.410 132.515 .. 73 



§;■ Jjoubs 050.029 1,07.3.043 .. 30 



g'- Paul 710.607 047,082 10 



Scranton 88.852 150.025 43 



g£»"le 229.015 387.790 40 



Shreveport 77.7«4 oo.,;:;,; ,4 



I'""'' <-"y 8*.*77 118.127 28 



sK^i^tf,"!!.,-;,-, ■■••■■ 55.880 78.610 .. 29 



bprlngfleld. Ill 55.100 41.425 .33 



^yracuse 235..305 182.330 29 '. 



^SP.i"'^ 270.055 03.520 320 



Toledo 270 070 283.555 2 



i^Pf"* 35,080 40,308 11 



w t', ^: ^ 9.5.500 143.825 . . .34 



Washington 419.544 044 033 35 



S™",^"™ 70493 212.428 .. 04 



Worcester 424.124 290.688 42 



'^""1' •■ $32,805,789 5141.005,514 TT 20 



Lighterage Changes at New York 



Shippers of lumber and other forest products, which most b.' handled at 

 wharfs and on water at New York, will be interested in a notice of change 

 in charges, which wa^ sent out on December 17 from the office of the 

 National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, New York. The tariffs 

 and regulations governing th.- lighterage service were issued by U\c various 

 railroads to become effective .lanuary 1. 1915. A protest has been filed 

 with the Interstate Commerce Commission requi-sting the susnension of 

 these tariffs pending a hearing. Following is a summary of the proposed 

 new regulations : 



All 'ligliterage free" freight received on lighters or barges, or delivered 

 from lighters or barges, at piers other than station piers of the respective 

 carriers, will he bandied to or from stringpiece or to or from vessel's slings, 

 and a charge of 12 cents per~ton, net or gross, as rated, will be assessed 

 on nil such freight in addition to the rate applying from or to the point at 

 ■which the property is received or delivered. 



The foregoing will not be applicable to import or export freight inter- 

 changed direct with steamship lines. 



In case of shipments the actual weight of which is less than the carload 

 minimum weight, hut on which the carload rate and minimum weight 

 have been applied in order to secure the benefit of free lighterage, the 

 charge above prescribed will b<; asses.sed on basis of the carload minimum. 



When thr ■• -v- -nge service is performed by outside lighters or barges, 



the charge of twelve cents per ton will be collected and retained by the 

 carrier, except as noted in the following paragraph ; 



The carrier, at its option, will arrange with the shipper or consignee to 

 load or unload the freight, and when such service is performed by the 

 shipper or consignee an allowance will be made of not to exceed twelve 

 cents per ton, net or gross, as rated, the captain of the lighter or barge to 

 file with the lighterage department a statement that the loading or unload- 

 ing was performed by shipper or consignee. 



This means that on lumber delivered by lighter in New York harbor 

 it is proposed to make a charge of twelve cents per ton for handling from 

 the lighter or canal boat over the stringpiece. 



The charges for towing freight to certain accessible points beyond the 

 free ligliterage limits are increased. These increases apply to or from 

 Harlem River points beyond Jerome Avenue bridge ; East Uiver points 

 beyond Oak I'oint ; points on Kill Von Kuli, Newark Bay and Passaic 

 Uiver ; • Hoffman's Island and Swinehurne Island. 



The charges for staking, wiring, or cleating shipments on cars will be 

 one dollar a car when material is furnished by the shipper and labor by 

 the railroad compan.v; but when both material and labor are furnished 

 by the railroad company the charge will be four dollars for single and 

 (;ight dollars for a doulilo car of lumber or timber ; fotir lor single and 

 fifteen for double cars of logs ; and seven and a half dollars for single and 

 fifteen for double cars of poles and piling. 



The present rates are lifty cents per car when material is furnished by 

 shipper and two dollars per car when material jtnd isd'or are furnished 

 l<v the farrier. 



Memphis Club Elects New Officers 



Tile annual election of «illicers of the l.oiiibr-riiieirs Club of Memphis 

 was held Saturday evening, December 19, in the Business Men's Club 

 rooms. The officers elected were : 



President — Charles (i. Kadel (ISlue ticket); first vice-president — J. R. 

 McFadden. Paepcko-Leloht Lumber Company lltluei; second vice-presi- 

 dent — F. W. Diigan. F. W. Dugan Lumber Company (lUno) : secretary- 

 trej|surcr — 1>. F. Ileuer, A. N. Thompson & Company (lllue) ; Directors — - 

 II. W. Bonner. J. II. Bonner & Son (Blue). C. C. Dickinson. K. Sondheimer 

 Company (Red), and ,Ioe Thompson of the Dudley Lumber Company (Red). 



The polls opened at 7 o'clock and remained open for two hours, during 

 which time 109 votes were cast. (Campaigning of the most lively char- 

 acter liad been in progress for an entire' week but the campaign committees 

 and the candidates whoso cause they -were espotising were active until 

 the last man had turned over his ballot to the election officers. 



While the votes were being counted by the proper officials. President 

 Allen created some surprise by asking Mr. Rush, candidate for the presi- 

 dency on the red ticket, to escort Mr. Kadel. head of the blue ticket, to the 

 platform. President .Mien uncovered a glittering array of sliver on a 

 table before him and presented It to Mr. Kadel in l)ehalf of the Lumber- 

 men's Club of Memphis. Mr. Kadel expressed his full appreciation of the 

 splendid gift but declared that lie was entirely too full (locker number, 

 please) for utterance and asked to he cxcuserl from making a sp(?ech 

 under the circumstances. 



Mr. Kadel's platform as brlelly outlined by lilia in his speedi follow- 

 ing the announcement of election results created much merriment. It 

 is apparently broad enough for all the nu'uibers to stand upon. He said : 

 "If you want to save your money, we are with you; If you want to have 

 a tango part.v every evening in the year, we are with .you : and If you want 

 to give all of your money to the pretty young girls and the handsome 

 widows, you will not find any opposition whatever from us," 



Mr. Rush, defeated candidate for the presidency, expressed regret that 

 he had not been successful, but declared that he was entirely satisfied 

 with the selection made by the club and that he could be counted upon to 

 do his best In whatever capacity his services were needed. 



The other successful candidates were called upon and responded briefly. 



One of the features of the evening was the reading of the following 

 telegram from three members of the club now sojourning in lyos Angeles, 

 E. E. Taenzer, .1, W, Thompson and C. N. Kellogg: "Although absent, 

 we are with .you in spirit. Best wishes." 



The newly elected officers will be installed at the first regular meeting 

 to be held after the first of the year. 



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Hardwood ^ews l^otes 



=•< MISCELLANEOUS >■= 



The I'ticii liox Coinpniiy has hoi-n incoriinratcd at I'tira, N, Y., with 

 i^.'So.OOO capital. 



IJ. A. Mt'Cowcn & Co., walnut tnamiractur'Ts of S'alrm. Iiui., have re- 

 iimvcO to Lonlsvillo, Ky. 



Owens Brolhors of Eau ('lain-. Wis., aro plnnniug tht- r>ri'ctIou of a 

 sawmill on Ucar Crock. 



Tho I.ouisvlllo Silo & Tank Coinpany lias IncroastHl Its capital stock 



from .fut.ooo to :i;t;(i.i»iM(. 



Thi' Washlnj^ton riirnitnri' ConipJniy lias lu-i-ii Incfprporated at VVasbing- 

 ton. N. C, wltli $10000 capital. 



The I'arm Implement ('ompJin.v was Incorpnratrd at Washington. D. C.', 

 with a capital stock of $l(Mi,(H)o. 



