HARDWOOD RECORD 



35 



=■< BALTIMORE >■= 



According to the report issued several days ago by J. H. Nightengale, 

 state labor commissioner of West Virginia, lumber takes the first rank In 

 the amount of capital invested, as well as in the value of the output, the 

 number of persons employed and the sum paid in wages. There were in 

 1913 not less than 200 manufactories of lumber in West Virginia, with an 

 investment of $1.';, 791,09"! and an output valued at ?20,720,202. Employed 

 in these factories were 15,414 persons, who received $8,145,844 in wages. 

 •Of the 200 employers of labor, 67 reported increases in wages ranging from 

 2 to 50 per cent. 



Another chapter has been added to the history of the fight over switch- 

 ing charges at Baltimore, in which the lumber trade is vitally interested, 

 this chapter dealing with a recent decision of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission at Washington, which sustained the tariffs filed by the Balti- 

 more & Ohio and to which exceptions had been filed by a number of 

 shippers. The rates apply to points on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in 

 Baltimore and between Baltimore and adjacent territory. The charge is 

 made to hold good with regard to intrastate as well as interstate business. 

 The tariffs filed fix a uniform charge of .$5 per car for this service on the 

 line, and of $1 per car lor yard switching, which is the rate that has been 

 billowed by the Public Service Commission of Maryland. In some cases the 

 new rate is higher than the one previously charged, and in other cases it is 

 lower. Those who will be made to pay the higher rate objected. 



The new managing committee of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange held 

 its first monthly meeting January 4 at the rooms on East Fayette street. 

 Only routine business was disposed of. 



Cot. E. D. Cole, dealer in lumber and builders' supplies, who has been in 

 business at Fredericksburg, Va., for forty-three years, retired on January 

 4, having sold the stock and good will to E. L. Jones, who has been con- 

 nected with bira for the past eleven years. 



M the instance of the Union Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore 

 -and others, trustees. Sheriff Scott of Garrett county has seized the property 

 of Col. John T. McGraw of Grafton, W. Va., located in Garrett county, 

 Maryland. Colonel McGraw is the Democratic national committeeman for 

 W'est Virginia, and was the Wilson leader of that state. At one time he 

 had extensive dealings in timber and coal lands, and was reputed to be a 

 millionaire. 



Levinson & Zenitz, furniture manufacturers on North Gay street, have 

 leased the factory operated for years by D. Wilfson & Sons, at Howard and 

 ■Stockholm streets, for a term of years, with the privilege of buying the 

 place. The factory building is 80 x 150 feet, and well adapted to the busi- 

 ness of the lessees, who planned some time ago to erect a large building 

 ■on the site now occupied by them, but seem to have abandoned the idea. 



E. C. Williamson, Columbus representative of Iticbard V. Baer & Co., 

 paid a visit to headquarters at Baltimore during the holidays. On his way 

 'hack he stopped at Franklin, W. Va., to confer with the firm's buyer there. 



George F. Sloan, in his time one of the best known lumbermen in the city. 

 •died December 24 of heart trouble at a local hospital. He had been ill for 

 some month.s. Mr. Sloan was the senior member of the wholesale and 

 milling firm of George F. Sloan & Bro. until more than two years ago, 

 when the concern passed into the hands of trustees. A native of Baltimore, 

 lie was named after his father, the late George F. Sloan, who was one of 

 the founders of the old firm of Burns & Sloan, in its day one of the 

 principal firms here. Mr. Burns died a very rich man and the firm was 

 ■afterward changed to George F. Sloan & Bro., with Fisher Sloan as the 

 other partner. Since the failure of the firm, George F. Sloan has lived 

 in retirement, Fisher Sloan having formed the Sloan Lumber Company to 

 ■carry on the wholesale business. The operation of the mill was discon- 

 tinued. 



3-< COLUMBUS y 



.■Vrrangements have been made for the annual conference of secretaries 

 •of builders" exchanges, which will take place at the Virginia hotel, Colum- 

 bu.s. January 25 and 26 in conjunction with the annual meetings of the 

 Ohio State .Association of Builders' Exchanges and the National Associa- 

 tion of Builders' Exchanges. The meeting was at first scheduled at 

 Dayton earlier in the month but was changed to Columbus because of the 

 •other two meetings. 



The report of the Columbus fire department for the year 1914 shows 

 that the fire loss during the year was ?170,917.49, which is $87,4.38 less 

 tli«n the fire lo!-s of the previous year. 



The Buckeye Builders' Supply Company of Toledo has been incorporated 

 ■n-lth a capital of J 10.000 to handle building supplies by F. C. Munz, C. L. 

 JIunz. J. D. Munz and F. P. Rennison. 



I.. L. Hay has opened an office to handle lumber and shingles in a whole- 

 sale manner in room 59 Buggery building. He has had considerable expe- 

 rience in the lumber business. 



Papers have been filed with the secretary of state increasing the cap- 

 ital of the Mansfield Lumber Company of Mansfield from .i;25,000 to 

 §100,000. 



The question of building a ship canal connecting the Ohio river with 

 Lake Erie is again up and the movement is receiving considerable sup- 

 port. It is proposed to build the canal connecting Pittsburgh and Cleve- 

 land. Burd Patterson is secretary of the commission organized to agitate 

 the building of the canal. 



It. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company said that trade 

 during the latter part of December was quiet, which was expected under 



Indiana's 

 Original Giant 



This photograph was made while the tree 

 was being cut for our mill. 



It stood in Putnam County, Ind., and was a 

 genuine FOKKED-LEAI- WHITE OAK — beyond 

 question the finest whi; e oak that ever grew. 



Your customers were delighted with that 

 quiet beauty, that rich, even color and figure 

 that for all time Have . iven to goods made from 

 Indiitna oak an Individuality. 



You can please them again. How? Simply 

 by buying a parcel of almost anything in lumber 

 or sawed veneers from our yards. Vou can 

 selejt from a full assortment. We positively 

 carry no southern stock and can prove it. 



And remember, we have built up our busi- 

 ness by giving 



Just a little better quality than you expect 



Charles H. Barnaby 



Greencastle, Indiana 



Have You Other Needs for High-grade 

 Hardwoods? We Can Fill Them. 



The White Lake Lumber Co. 



People. C. Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern and Southern Hardwoods 



CAR STOCK 



YELLOW PINE 



WHITE PINE 



Hifih Qualitv — Prompt DeUvtry 



WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 



5 cars 1" l«t and 2nd Banwood 



y««r inquiries 



3 car* 1" No. 1 Common Bttt*\rood 

 3 car* 1" No. 3 Common Ba«*wood 

 15 car* 1" Oak — all grade* 



John G. Lockhart Lumber Co. 



Sheboygan, Wisconsin 



BIRCH LUMBER We have the fol- 



— lowing Log Run 



Birch all 10 foot and Longer. 

 250,000' 5/4" No. 2 & Better, 10' & Longer 

 250,000' 6/4" No. 2 & Better, 10' & Longer 

 250,000' 8/4" No. 2 & Better, 10' & Longer 



This stock is ready for shipment and we will sell it 

 in carload lots or all together. 



KINDLY SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES FOR 



BIRCH OR ANYTHING IN NORTHERN 



HARDWOODS. 



