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HARDWOOD RECORD 



W I S C O N S I 



3 Cars 1" No. 3 Soft Elm 

 5 Cars iVz" No. 3 Soft Elm 



2 Cars 1" Is and 2s Birch 



3 Cars 2" Is and 2s Hard 

 Maple 



10 Cars 5 4" No. 2 Common 

 and Better Birch 



Gill-Dawley Lumber Co. 



Wausau, Wis. 



BAND SAWED WISCONSIN HARDWOODS 



Dry Stock For Prompt Shipment 



UlIU 11 



7i'M 4/4 No. 1 com. & bet. plain 

 loiiM 4/4 No. 1 com. & bet. red 

 5M ^/4 1st and 2nd red 

 lOM 0/4 No. 1 common red 

 6M 5/4 No. 1 common plain 

 3.M 6/4 1st and 2nd plain 

 13M 6/4 1st and 2nd red 

 4M 8/4 Ist and 2nd plain 

 6M 8/4 1st and 2nd red 

 ROCK ELM 

 50M 8^4 No. 2 com. and better 

 HARD MAri.E 

 40M 8/4 No. 2 common and better 

 Our 1914 out of well assorted HARDWOODS AND HESTLOCK wUl 

 Boon be in shippioe condition. 

 Rrnti u8 your inquiriea 



ARPIN HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY 



Grand Rapids, Wis. ATLANTA, WIS. 



Paw mills and planlnp mill at Atlanta. Wisconsin. 



20 M 

 30M 

 15M 

 ;!5M 

 10 M 

 20 M 

 13M 

 15M 

 l&M 



lOM 



B.4SS«'()«D 



4/4 No. 3 common 

 1x4 No. 2 and 3 common 

 5/4 No. 1 com. and better 

 5/4 No. 1 common 

 5/4 No. 2 common 

 6/4 No. 3 common 

 6/4 1st and 2nd 

 6/4 No. 1 common 

 6/4 Ne. 3 common 

 WHITE OAK 

 8/4 No. 1 and No. 2 com. 



The Tegge Lumber Co. 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



so much as had been expected and hoped for. There is nothing that 

 would prove that the numerous Inquiries coming in arc not bona flde and 

 if they turn out to be, the situation will show a much better tone within 

 the next six weeks. 



=-< NEW YORK >.= 



Thi' demand for hardwood lumher in this market is subject to great 

 and frequent changes — «ome wholesalers reporting better volume and 

 others only a small amount of orders. That some improvement is in 

 si^ht is indicated in the better inquiry which is reported generally. 

 The entire list is sharing in this, and low stocks on hand bespeak a 

 somt'what quickened activity in hardwoods gent-raMy. Prices are still 

 subject to cutting and evidently buyers are finding it easy to get supplies 

 at prices which do not represent the value. This feature has been 

 evident since last summer's depression and it was hoped that by now 

 the market would be free of this kind of competition. The larger whole- 

 salers are holding for better prices and getting them in some cases. The 

 feeling Is general that New York will seo real busy times In the spring 



season. 



=•< BUFFALO >•- 



Thr hardwood trade has shown scarcely any improvenifnt during the 

 past two weeks and sales are running very light. The weather has no 

 doubt had something to do with the quiet conditions, as the building 

 business has been interfered with by the snow and cold. Yet there 

 is liic same tendency as for some time to hold off purchases because of 

 a lack of industrial activity and there seems to be little prospect of any 

 great improvement in the near future. Yards are getting in a little 

 stock occasionally, but it is going out too slowly to make much buying 

 necessary. 



Though business is so slow at present, there is optimism as to the 

 outlook for the spring. The banks have begun to lend money on a some- 

 wlrnt larger scale and the prospect is that building business, after the 

 dull season of the past month or two, will again show a fair amount of 

 activity. Factory buying Is likely to revive also, as the stocks now on 

 baud are small and a good deal of replenishment will he necessary. 



Plain oak and maple are selling the most frequently at present, though 

 orders are also being received for a number of other woods, Including 

 chestnut, ash and cypress. 



■< PHILADELPHIA > 



It cannot lie said that a .'^tronuou.^ activlt.v has developed in the hard- 

 wood market during the last fortnight, but an Initiative betterment in 

 trading Is notlceal)le, with prices firm. The actual result of the furniture 

 e.xhihition has yet to he demonstrated, liut, although the opinions as to 

 outlook vary, there are Indications of Improved ronditions in certain 

 lines of manufacture. Optimism stili obtains in the general trade and 

 is augmented by the great advance in many lines In the export market, 

 an improvement which will naturally conduce to the lumber trade 

 extension In the near future. Building work for January shows a 

 decrease of ?;:!.")0.,'i4r>, from the figures of the previous month, evidently 

 due more or less to a stricture in bank loans. Plans, however, are being 

 laid and the spring Is expected to see a material advance in this line. 

 The buying of material for repair work, etc., continues right along by 

 the railroad companies, and although extremely close-mouthed as to . 

 future Intentions, a nearby materialization of Increased expenditures Is 

 anticipated. On the whole the situation is encouraging. 



-< BOSTON y- 



Conditions In this market remain practically unchanged. The practice 

 ■ if piecing out stocks by mixed cars and stored or transit stock still 

 prevails, with the call principally for the best grades. Local prospects, 

 however, ar*; encouraging. While the basis for the favorable predictions 

 applies primarily to building lumber, the nature of the buildings and 

 the furnishing of them necessarily means the use of a great amount of 

 various hardwoods. There will be commenced shortly fifteen buildings 

 for Boston college, three municipal buildings for the city of Boston, one 

 hotel to cost ?200,000, a residence of .$50,000, one 9-apartment house, 

 "Ui' c! apartment, and numerous others. In fact, the prospective work 

 outlined Is greater in amount than at any other corresponding season 

 lor many years. Although certain items are still weak and perhaps de- 

 ireasing In value, there is no question that the great majority of 

 hardwoods arc in a position where even a moderate extension of the de- 

 mand will cause advanced prices. There are several added Instances of 

 factories curtailing labor, but in general the dealers find more evidences 

 • if strength and encouragement In the market than otherwise. 



=-< BALTIMORE >•= 



As far as the information obtainable here is concerned, the hardwood 

 business has undergone no departure from the conditions that have 

 prevailed since the end of the year and even before that time. No such 

 demand has developed as might have tended to give the trade a decided 

 lift, but at the same time it is to lie .said that the stocks available are 

 not large, a material curtailment of the production having taken place 

 and still being In effect. Many of the inlUs are shut down, waiting for 

 the situation to improve sufficiently to afford an outlet for stoclia at 



