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HARDWOOD RECORD 



is only S per cent, much below the average. Philadelphia shows a gain o£ 43 

 per cent. 



Official reports received of the building permits issued during February in 

 78 cities, received by "The American Contractor," Chicago, total $40,872,773, 

 as compared with $47,351,171 for February, last year. Unlike the showing 

 made in January, when losses were general, a considerable number of cities 

 show gains in February, 29 out of the 78. Among those making notable 

 gains with percentages of increase are the following : Baltimore, 134 : East 

 Orange, 328 ; New Haven, 131 ; Manhattan, New York City, 114 ; Bronx, New 

 York City, 107 ; Oklahoma. 250 ; St. Paul, 114 ; Springfield, 111., 135 : Syra- 

 cuse, 111. A detailed statement for February and for two months follows : 



February. February, Per Cent 



1915 1914 Gain Loss 



Akron $ 110,260 $ 198.530 .. 44 



Albany 277,116 200.650 38 



Atlanta 471.961 335.391 11 



Baltimore 977.365 417.743 134 



Birmingham 136.710 216,455 .. 37 



Boston 1.375.810 2.964.032 .. 53 



Bridgeport 237,495 154.682 53 



Buffalo 307.000 660,000 . . 53 



Cedar Rapids 133.000 14.5.800 . . 9 



Chattanooga 33.110 108.925 .. 70 



Chicago 4.701.500 5.097.900 8 



Cincinnati 499,645 316.515 32 



Cleveland 1.733.925 1,398.010 24 



Columbus 153,350 225.915 . . .32 



Dallas 324.185 565.320 43 



Dayton 14.453 49.970 71 



Denver 165.070 206.205 .. 20 



Detroit 1.307.215 3.020.850 .. 57 



Duluth 89.647 1.56.370 .. 43 



East Orange 182.607 42.678 328 



Evansvllle 85,435 159.256 .. 43 



Ft. Wayne 80.100 103..300 .. 22 



Grand Rapids 104.300 82.095 27 



Harrisburg 38,425 41.875 .. 8 



Hartford 151.600 99.165 .53 



Indianapolis 307.750 292.469 5 



Kansas City 896.330 1.053.950 .. 15 



Lincoln 31,560 35.075 .. 11 



Little Rock 37.095 60.084 .. 46 



Los Angeles .560.697 1. 4.5.5. 7.'!0 01 



Louisville 283.220 163.800 73 



Manchester 40.065 51.310 . . 22 



Memphl.-i 101.735 275.455 . . 63 



Milwaukee 409.500 .577.148 .. 29 



Minneapolis ; 811.495 498.005 03 



Montclalr 65.920 48.987 34 



Nashville 65.705 79.885 18 



Newark 955.391 1.247.933 . . 23 



New Haven 674.855 291.754 131 



New Orleans 97.323 204.794 .. 57 



New York City '. 12.159.733 8.784.931 38 



Manhattan .5.899.930 2.761.042 114 



Bronx 2.057.9.'J4 1.280.311 107 



Brooklyn 1.868.365 3.535.465 . . 47 



Queens 1.582.125 1.101,709 44 



Richmond 151.379 100.404 51 



Oakland 328.9.S4 429.192 . . 23 



Oklahoma 42.780 12.235 250 



Omaha 84.1011 221.175 02 



Paterson 57.217 65,378 .. 12 



Peoria 51.7.50 ()0.350 .. 22 



Philadelphia 2.574,73" 1.794.905 43 



Pittsburgh 60S.11M •.•.0in..568 .. 70 



Portland 311.740 605.530 .. 49 



Richmond 259.184 270.567 .. 4 



Rochester 382.607 372.957 2 



Salt Lake City 147.705 112.600 31 



San Antonio 113.595 577.950 .. 80 



San Francisco 807.93C. 4,574,281 .. 82 



St. Joseph 18.751 29.715 .. 37 



St. Louis 701.002 908.083 23 



St. Paul "97.054 371.445 114 



Schenectady .3.825 8.680 . . 56 



Scranton 42.600 64.729 .. 34 



Seattle 353.880 5.53.295 .. 36 



Shreveport. . 41.576 115.002 64 



Sioux City 36.1.50 28.875 25 



Spokane 21,725 24.125 10 



Springfield. Ill 05.900 28.050 135 



Syracuse 160.383 75.915 111 



Tacoma 56.751 167.722 66 



Toledo 454.607 606.400 . . 8 



Topeka 37.770 49.110 23 



Troy 47.445 26.966 76 



Utica. X. y 7.975 19.000 .. 58 



■Washington 890.833 884.036 



Wilkes Barra 70.125 36.973 90 



Worcester 104.220 104.820 



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Total $40,872,773 $47,351,171 ... 14 



Valuable Trees 



The government has received .?9n.40 in .settlement for a single sugar pine 

 tree which was cut in trespass in the Stanislaus National Forest, in Cali- 

 fornia, and wbicli yielded more than enough actual lumber to build a good- 

 slzod suburban frame house. The tree scaled 18,933 board feet and was 

 valued at J5.25 per thousand feet. That was a good-sized tree and a 

 respectable price, but no records were broken. There is now, or was recently, 

 a yellow poplar tree in Indiana for which $200 wns refused, according to a 

 report which .seemed to be authentic. A dealer a few years ago paid $3,000 

 for a walnut tree in Kentucky ; but that was figured stock. A black walnut 

 once stood on Long Island which was said to have measured over 25,000 

 teet, log scale ; but it was never made into lumber. It was cut, the butt 

 log was hollowed, and it was set up In New York as a museum, and was 

 afterwards used as a restaurant. That was about ninety years ago. The 

 tree was said to have been twelve feet in diameter. The sugar pine above 

 referred to grew in California. While going to California, why not pick a 

 really big tree? One that is good for 18,933 feet Is only a good, healthy 

 pole In some of the forests out there. If you want to interest a Californian 

 or Wnshingtonlan on the subject of big trees, you must not mention any- 

 thing much l)clow 100,000 feet. A short time ago a redwood was cut near 



Eureka, Cal., which was 380 feet high, 26 feet in diameter, seven feet from 

 tie ground, 261 feet to the first limb, at which point the diameter was 

 eleven feet. The tree scaled 344,000 feet of lumber and was valued at $9,000. 

 There are single acres in that vicinity that will cruise 1,000,000 feet, and 

 tracts of 100 acres which will average 750,000 feet per acre. 



Bell Telephone Statistics 



The report of the Bell telephone system for 1914 contains many interest- 

 ing figures. During the year 515,976 stations were added, bringing the total 

 to 8,700,000, or one station for every eleven persons in the United States. 

 There are now in use 9,760,165 miles of underground wire, 35.809 miles of 

 undersea wire, and 7,679,020 miles in the air, a total of 17,475,594 miles. 

 The total pole line length is 326,168 miles ; number of employes, 142,527 ; 

 number of connecting systems, 27,210 ; number of exchange connections 

 daily, 27,049,225. The company's assets total $1,019,774,080. The em- 

 ployes' benefit fund amounts to $8,889,750. Last year the company paid in 

 dividends $27,572,675, which was the largest sum ever paid by the company 

 as dividends in one year. 



Hardwood ^ews ISlotes 



=■< MISCELLANEOUS >= 



The Salamanca Furniture Works recently organized at Salamanca, N. Y. 



The Bloomfield Woodworking Company recently organized at Bloomfield, 

 Ind. 



The Robert Essex Incubator Company has started business at BulTalo, 

 N. Y. 



Frederick Busch of the Buscb Box Factory, New Orleans, La., died a 

 short time ago. 



At Cohasset, Minn., the Superior Woodenwarc Company has become a 

 voluntary bankrupt. 



J. H. Brown has been appointed receiver for the Barlow & Kent Com- 

 pany of Urbana, Ohio. 



The Cromwell Hardwood Lumber Company, Montgomery, Ala., recently 

 suffered a loss by fire. 



-Alfred A. Barber, president of the Grand Kapids Bookcase and Chair 

 Company, died recently. 



Carl K. Green has been appointed receiver of the Speedwell Motor 

 Car Company of Dayton, Ohio. 



The Green Brier Lumber Company has been incorporated at Frank- 

 fort, Ky.. with $20,000 capital stock. 



The Western T,umbor Company. Pittsburgh, Pa., has become involved 

 in an Involuntary bankruptcy petition. 



.\t ironton, Ohio, the Anchor Lumber Company has iieen incorporated 

 with an authorized capital stock of $25,000. 



II. H. Foster of the .\rkansas Land & Lumber Company and the Wis- 

 consin Lumber Company of Malvern, Ark., died recently. 



The Queen City Lumber Company. Beaumont, Tex., has changed Its 

 name to the Beaumont Hardwood Manufacturing Company. 



It Is rumored that the Mnnn Brothers Furniture Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, New Y'ork City, is looking for a factory site at St. Louis, Mo. 



The Schoolcraft Lumber Company is the style of a recently incorpo- 

 rated concern which will operate at Schoolcraft, Mich., with $10,000 

 capital. 



It is reported that the Clever Piano *_'onipany has been incoiT)o- 

 rated at New York to manufacture pianos. The company has $25,000 

 capital stock. 



The Kcnbrldge Manufacturing Company has started business at Ken- 

 bridge. Va. The company has an authorized capital stock of $5,000 and 

 is Incorporated. 



The Success Lumber Company has started business at Statesvillc, 

 N. C, with $10,000 capital. 



At Traverse City, Mich., the Traverse City Chair Company and the 

 J. E. Grelllck Company have been consolidated and are now known as 

 the Grelllck Manufacturing Company. 



The Southern Hardwood Company has started a wholesale hardwood 

 lumber office at St. Louis, Mo., in the Wright building. The company's 

 headquarters are at Jacksonville, Tex. 



Plans have been announced for the reconstruction of the sawmill plant 

 of the Gotshall Manufacturing Company, Toledo, Ohio. This company will 

 Invest about $10,000 in a modern sawmill. 



It is rumored at Little Rock, Ark., that plans have been completed by 

 a representative of a hardwood flooring plant at Los Angeles, Cal., for 

 the purchase of a site at Little Rock w^here a mill for manufacturing 

 hardwood flooring will be erected. 



=-< CHICAGO >- 



The A. Peterson Desk Company has been incorporated at Chicago with 

 $15,000. 



E. C. Emerson, treasurer of the A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Com- 

 pany, Chicago, died a short time ago. 



