HARDWOOD RECORD 



1:. France. Ills brother, John H. Wall, I3 with th.- ariii.v nsirn!, » li.. 

 are eaguged In getting out spruce timber In Washington. 



The J2.O00.000 plant of the Ontario Paper Company, at Thorolcl, Ont.. 

 was threatened with entire destruction on June 1 and 2, but was saved 

 by the direction of the wind. Much pulp wood was destroyed and It was 

 twenty hours before the flames were under control. The fire was caused 

 by a spark from a passing locomotive and the loss Is estimated at 

 «30.000. 



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plant at Lenox, Ky.. May running well up towa 



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shipments from Its plant at 



new record for that operation. Most of the Lenox stock Is oak and Is 



£olng Into government orders. 



The Wlcklow Lumber Company Is doing a splendid business In furnish- 

 ing white oak to mine car manufacturing concerns. Its mills are located 

 In Washington county where the best oak In Pennsylvania grows. 



Tom Harrington, who has been Identified with the hardwood interests 

 for several years as salesman In this city. Is now In the forestry service 

 In France. 



The PhlUpsburg Lumber Company has started a mill to cut 200,000 

 leet of oak and chestnut on the Morrow tract near PhlUpsburg, Pa. 

 Among those Interested are J. H. Wallln, manager, George Steele and 

 Alvln Bush of PhlUpsburg. 



The West Penn Lumber Company Is getting Its full share of Industrial 

 trade. Shipments have been very irregular but Manager E. H. Stoner 

 feels that there Is no special cause for complaint, all things considered. 



The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company is going "over the top" In Its 

 shipments of hardwood. A large part of this lumber Is oak which goes 

 irom the country mills In trl-state territory to points In the Middle West. 



The .\llegheny Lumber Company finds business very spotty. Now and 

 then orders come which Indicate quite a resumption of buying. Then, 

 shipments tighten up with the result that the average is cut down badly. 



Harry Wilson Is doing a very good business In poles and ties and rail- 

 road stocks. He finds prices firm and no trouble to sell lumber It de- 

 liveries can be made. 



The Acorn Lumber Company has had success In Its hardwood business 

 the last few months, especially with Industrial concerns. President H. F. 

 Domhoff forecasted the situation many months npo and made large pur- 

 ■chases which have been of great assistance to him lately. 



The Kendall Lumber Company reports mine trade not quite so brisk 

 as a few months ago. The government is putting a damper on the open- 



All lumber consumers, including hardwoods, have been apprised of the 

 exact conditions In the local lumber Industry by the Cleveland Board of 

 Lumber Dealers, June 1. The move of the government to Increase the 

 freight rates is taken as the basis for argument against hopes for lower 

 prices In all lumber, which are being expressed by real estate operators, 

 builders and contractors. It is pointed out that the Increased cost of 

 production, hauling, transportation and the like are almost certain to 

 bring higher prices, rather than a reaction. 



Big outlet for hardwoods is seen In the announcement of the definite 

 plans of the Glenn L. Martin Company, commissioned to make airplanes 

 for the government. According to President Martin, of the firm. It is 

 planned to make a plane every ten days until fall, when according to 

 present arrangements, the production will be increased to a plane a day. 

 This will be accomplished, It is stated, by enlisting the undivided co- 

 operation of employes, who were pledged at a dedication of the new 

 plant on Decoration day to remain on their Jobs and keep production 

 up to maximum without losing time. The first plane to be put out by this 

 firm win be flying by July l', Mr. Martin predicts. 



Hardwood Interests of Cleveland and vicinity were concerned over the 

 announcement of the death of W. W. Welsh, head of one of the large 

 carriage and wagon works of this city. Mr. Welsh established the busi- 

 ness forty years ago, and It was a large consumer of various hardwood 

 products. Several yimrs ago he retired, but the business on East 65th 

 street has been maintained. Mr. Welsh was seventy-two years old. 



Chance for getting a federal appropriation with which to build 10,000 

 houses for Cleveland workers, and in which hardwood Interests here see 

 opportunity for a big outlet for their product, has not been diminished, 

 according to Louis A. Moses, general manager of the Cleveland Real 

 Estate and Housing Company, which is seeking the appropriation. Mr. 

 Moses addressed the Cleveland Keal Estate Board along this line at its 

 last spring meeting this week. He said that the need for housing here 

 is as great as ever, and that a mistaken notion has obtained that be- 

 cause something like .W.OOO young men had left the city tor government 

 seri-ice there was that much less need for the houses. He said that these 

 young men have been replaced by older men with families, and that the 

 need consequently Is greater. This phase, together with data on the exact 

 situation here, will bo presented at Washington. 



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