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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Peytona Lumber Company 



Huntington West Va. 



-MANUFACTURERS— 



PLAIN SAWN r\ \\r 



RED AND WHITE \Ji^r^ 



YELLOW POPLAR 

 BASSWOOD 

 CHESTNUT 



ASH AND MAPLE 



BAND MILLS: 



Huntington, W. Va. Accoville, W. Va. 



This Mill 



is devoted very largely to the manufacture of 



Oak Bill Material 



In fact, we have studied this line of manufacture 

 so thoroughly that we feel confident we can tell 

 you anything you want to know about it. 



WE KNOW WE rAN FILL ANY 

 ORDER TOU WILL SEND US 



THE LEWIS DOSTER LUMBER CO. 



BLUEFIELX), W. VA. 

 Manufacturers and Wholesalers West Virginia Hardwoods 



Band s.nd Circular mills at Waiteville, W, Ta. Dailjr capacity 60,000'. 



from Tuesday to Saturday. The iiiiM'tlngs will be held at 1 o'clock on 

 Saturday afternoon at the Commercial Club rooms. 



T. E. Washington and Charles M. Morford of the Nashville Lumber- 

 men's Club went to Louisville to attend a hearing of an important rate 

 case before an e.xarniner of the commission, in which the local shippers 

 are interested. 



=■< BRISTOL >-= 



It was announced this wook that thn 11. P. Wyman Lumber Company 

 of this city will at once begin the construction of a logging road in Lee 

 county, Virginia, preparatory to installing a mill in the early spring. 

 The company has purchased a tract containing over 10,000.000 feet of 

 hardwood stumpage. H. P. Wyman of the Bristol Door and Lumber 

 Company is president of the company. The new mill will be located at 

 Johnson's Mill, Va, 



L. G. Gasteiger of the Pittsburgh Lumber Company roturned this week 

 from a visit to the company's home offices in Pittsburgh and reports that 

 while the hardwood business is still dull there, the prospects are much 

 more encouraging. The Pittsburgh Lumber Company's band mill at 

 Hampton. Carter county. Tenn., which has a daily capacity of 40.000 

 feet, will resume operations this month. The company has a ten-year 

 cut. Its mill has been idle only a few weeks. 



The Pine i. umber Company has bc-gun the work of rebuilding its plant 

 at StatesviUe, X. C. which was destroyed by fire recently. 



The Standard Oak Veneer Company, one ol the largest manufacturers 

 of parquet flooring in this section, is now working about half of its 

 regular force. It expects to run its mill at Johnson City to its full 

 capacity within the next few weeks. 



While the majority of the mills in this scctioii luivc I n idle during 



the winter, a number of the lar-^est have run steadily. It is expected 

 that a large number of mills will resume about March 1. Several new 

 mills will be ready to go into operation in March nr April. 



The R. C. Duff Lumber Company has resumed operations at DuffieUl. 

 Va.. and Is n-nning its liand mill full time. 



^■< LOUISVILLE >. 



Earl S. <;win, president of the American National hank of I.<ouisville^ 

 was the guest of the Ivouisville Hardwood Club at a recent meeting. 

 Mr. Gwin, who is a comparative newcomer in Louisville, was anxious to 

 become acquainted with the lumbermen, and was Introduced to the club 

 by Col. C. K. Meugel. president of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company. 

 R. L. Callahan, a director of the bank and a well-known grain dealer, 

 was also present at the dinner. Both of the visitors outlined their 

 views on the tinanrial and business situation, and took a rather opti- 

 mistic attitude as to the future. 



IjOuIsvIHc log buyers are very much pleased with the efforts of the 

 Southern Loggers' Association to establish uniform rules for log grading, 

 and believe that If such a plan wnrc put into general effect, it would 

 help the situation materially. 



Heavy rainfalls recently caused the Ohio river to rise so rnpidly that 

 fears of a flood were entertained for a time. These proved to he ground- 

 less, however. largely on account of the fact that the chief rises were 

 lielow. Several lumber concerns and other manufacturers on the "Point," 

 thi' most exposed part of F^uisville, had met the situation some time ago 

 by filling In their yards, so that it would have taken a record-breaking 

 flood to have damaged them much. 



An interesting situation exists in the mahogany lifld just now. Owing 

 to the high price of ocean freights and insurance, the cost of bringing 

 in logs from either Mexico or Africa wttuld be extremely large, but as a 

 matter of fact tonnage Is hardly available, and the supply of logs is very 

 small. Owing to poor prices realized on the Liverpool markets, African 

 loggers have discontinued operations, and it will be a long time before any 

 more logs come out to the coast. Those now on the market are said to 

 be small and rather inferior in grade. With the available supply at a 

 minimum, and the expense and difficulty of getting any more logs into 

 the country great, manufacturers with stocks of logs and lumber on 

 hand have taken a very bullish .Tttitud**. ai;d prices have been rising 

 steadily. Kor a while prices slumpeti. when it was thought that the 

 supply would be ni(»re than equal to the demand, but s<'ntimeut has been 

 exactly reversed, and predictions of high prices and low stocks for the 

 next year or two are now being heard. 



The Kentucky court of appeals has^nitlined the points which must 

 be taken Into consideration by the legislature in drafting a workmen's 

 compensation law, in order to have it held valid by the courts. The 

 acceptance of the measure by the employe must be by some affirmative- 

 act, and not merely by silence, it was declared. Also, it is illegal to 

 have his compensation, in the event of death, paid into the state fund, 

 even if he leaves no dependents. The court held that provision must be 

 made for appeal frnm the decisions of the workmen's compensation 

 board. The ability of the legislature to restrict or eliminate the common 

 law defenses of the employer was sustained. The way is now apparently 

 opened for the enactment of a new law at the session of the legislature 

 in lOlG. 



.\n iiiterestlng case involving the determination of hardwood flooring^ 

 values was decided recently by the Kentucky court of appeals, the suit 

 being that of R. M. Cunningham of Louisville, against Caldwell & Drake^ 



