June 25, 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



Dcsa will likely be carried on by bl« brother Walter, who baa been a partner 

 for several yearn. 



The itruckmao Lumber Company, north side wholesaler, reports a go...| 

 demand from manufacturing plants throusbout a wide territory. ThU 1- 

 kecplng the company busy and Its out-of-town Khlpplng to smaller yanl- 

 and to general contractors makes Mr. liruckmnii feel pretty conDdcnt it> 

 to the Immediate future of the lumUr bunlness. 



The IVnnsylvanla Kallroad Company has had plans prepared for a round- 

 house and sboph at Wheatland, Pa., to cost J135.000, and bids will be tak.-n 

 soon. The Aetna Chemical Company, who»' plant at Oakdale, near thin 

 city, was blown up lately, has bought 50U acres of land In Huntingdon 

 county, Pennsylvania, and will at oDi-e build an Immense plant there tn 

 employ hundreds of men. The Pittsburgh Seamless Tube Company recently 

 let contract to J. M. McGulre & Co., Beaver Falls, Pa., for a very lar^'- 

 plant at Morado, Beaver county. Pa. 



The American Lumber & Manufacturing Company has recently Becurerl 

 the contract for $150,000 worth of lumber for the Dapont Powder Com- 

 pany. It Is rushing all Its hardwood mills In Kentucky and In the South 

 to All Its big government orders. 



President II. F. Komhoff of the Acorn Lumber Company reports an excel- 

 lent trade with manufacturers chiefly with those concerns which are largely 

 engaged In war works. He says It Is a question of getting lumber to tbein 

 quickly enough and In this respect the -Vcorn has been exceptionally fr.r 

 tunate the past few months, owing to big purchases of lumber earlier in 

 the .vear. 



The J. W. Cottrell Lumber Company has recently started a new hanl 

 wood operation at Greer, W. Va., on the Morgantown & Klngwood railroad, 

 where It has a two years' cut of chestnut, oak and poplar. 



The Tlonesta Lumber Company Is not pushed for business, although 

 It keeps Its Pennsylvania mill running steadily. The company finds tb-- 

 general Inquiry very quiet and shipping conditions such that It Is m.r 



BOSTOlSl y- 



Il...n. Jubu M. Wo..d.s, form.r state r.-i.ri»iLiut.ic ai..l .-.n^i.-r an, 

 later mayor of SomervlUe, announces his candidacy on the republican tick, i 

 for the state legislature the coming fall. His previous service in tli 

 house was twenty-five years ago and his prominent standing In the G. A. li. 

 and in lumber circles forms a nation-wide group of friends who will be 

 interested in the success of his present campaign. 



The withdrawal Is announced of Arthur R. Logan from the Young 

 Lumber Company which firm will be manag.-d by L. M. Young with offices 

 at 149 Tremont street. Boston. 



-■< BALTIMORE >•- 



While the settlement reached between the retail lumbermen here and 

 the government as to payment to be made for the stocks requisitioned for 

 u.se in military construction work affects mainly yellow pine. It can 

 hardly fall to have a bearing upon such of the hardwoods as the war 

 officials may decide there is use for ; and to this extent the adjustment 

 is to be hailed with satisfaction by the hardwood men. It does not appear 

 that the officials at Washington have so far found It necessary or even 

 desirable to commandeer any supplies of hardwood lumber, but if the war 

 continues there is no telling how far it may not become desirable to ex- 

 tend the same principle. Under the arrangement made the retailers here 

 win maintain what is known as the Baltimore Retail Lumber Emergency 

 Bureau, through which the wants of the government will be made known 

 and which will keep posted concerning the stocks actually in hand, and 

 which can be drawn upon. The government will allow $11.50 over and 

 above the government mill price, f. o. b. Baltimore, this amount to cover 

 the cliarges and profit of the retailers. The margin is not as large as can 

 often be obtained in private transactions but the retailers have always 

 professed to be actuated by the most patriotic motives, and have declared 

 themselves ready. If necessary, to supply the government needs without 

 a profit, though they have felt that they should be reimbursed to the 

 extent of the actual cost of handling. The present arrangement, there- 

 fore. Is probably on the whole satlsfactor>-. 



J. McI). Price, who closed up his wholesale hardwood business here 

 several months ago to go to Y'ancy county. North Carolina, and there be- 

 come the manager at a mill to be operated by interests connected with 

 the J. M. Card Lumber Company of Chattanooga, Tenn.. Is back and has 

 opened an office again for the wholesale trade. He was moved to return 

 by purely personal reasons, not in any way related to the hardwood trade. 

 His numerous friends have extended to liim a cordial welcome home. 



Lyman C. Millard, son of the president of the J. L. Roper Lumber 

 Company of Norfolk, who had for some time past represented the South- 

 em Sales Corporation In Baltimore, has Joined the senlce, and received 

 a commission as lieutenant. His place is being taken in this field at least 

 for the present by W. E. Pearce, who has been connected with the New 

 Y'ork office. The mills of the companies In the corporation turn out a 

 considerable qtiantlty of hardwoods, and this is also handled in part by 

 the selling representatives. 



The contract for some 530 houses to be erected for the workmen added 

 to the force of the Bethlehem shipbuilding plant at Sparrows Point, near 

 this city, has been awarded to the Consolidated Engineering Company. 

 and the work Is already in progress. Tlic contract involves an outlay of 

 ; rhaps $3,000,000. 



WE MANUFACTURE b«nd>aw«l, plain and quarter .awed 



WHITE and RED OAK and YELLOW POPLAR 



.'. . make a bi,eci.-iltv r,f Oak ami Hickorv Itncle- 

 ■- . Mt. W.-.L'uli an. I \-.-hi.-l.- .^In.-k in t!i.- V'.r.ji, 



ARLINGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentucky 



dM^ ELLING 



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Hardwoods 



Especially 



PALMER & PARKER COMPANY 



TEAK MAHOGANY ebony 



E.NGLISHOAK DOMESTIC 



CIRCASSIA.N WALNUT VtLlMttMa HARDWOODS 



103 Medford Street, Chartestown'Dist. 

 BOSTON. MASS. 



BLISS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and GUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



Salt Lick Lumber Co. 



SALT UCK KENTUCKY 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



(f^ Oak Flooring 



Complete stock of 3 8' and 13/16" in all 

 staindsu-d widths 



All Three of U. Will Bo Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



