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Occurrences at Washington Interesting to Lumbermen 



Bids on Hardwoods to Be Supplied the Cos 



('oiicrcti- ri'.siilts ot tlic recfiii I'lnicst t>i' tlu' suiitliiTii piiio (•(iiii- 

 iiiittee against the goveriiincnt pri.c list and ordiT i-ffoitivc from 

 June 1') to September lij arc shown in the following authorizetl 

 statements hy the War Industries Hoard: 



(In III! Korerunient onliTs on whl.li tin- prlre Ik (Ix.^1 liy tile Kiivernment, 

 Id.' price In effeit on tin- iliite of Nhl|iiii.'nt rather than the prh'e In efTei-l 

 nn the ilale the order Is phieetl shall ciintrol, unless expressly stipuliited 

 to the eoulrary at the time the prlei- Is Hxeil, or unless a >ll(rerenl rule Is 

 ailiipted hy niutuul UKreement hetwei'n the Kovernnieot nnil the nianu- 

 faelurer. As a eonilltlon to this ruli' It must he unilerstoiHl, however, 

 that the shipper will exercise due diligence In an effort to prepare and 

 move the Items eoveriil hy such urder. and that the Southern I'lne 

 Kniercency Itureau will exercise Us lii^sl efforts in InducluR the members 



with who rilers are placed to scinl shipments forward as promptly as 



possllde, provliled that, If It Is established that due diligence has not 

 iHi-n used liy any mill, the price shall be the lower price npplylni: In the 

 price llxluK perhsls Involve<l. 



All orders for the iiovernment unshl|i|)eil on June H, 191K, shall take 

 the price prevalllni; at the time such nrcU'rs were placed _wlth the bureau: 

 provhlml that this rule shall not be construed to apply to orders placed 

 prior to June \i. lill.S, for shipment after September H, 191S. All re- 

 strlcthins as to deferred shipments arc permitted to lie removed. If not 

 perndtted by car builders to be shlppid by September H. the price apply- 

 IHK at the time ot delivery shall apply. 



Prices of .Appalachian hardwood and hemlock lumber, shipments 

 of same, etc., will be taken up by tlie government soon, it is re- 

 jiorted, following the designation of A. L. Justus, lumberman of 

 I'arkersburg and Baltimore, as .lid to Director of Lumber Edgar. 

 Mr. Justus is a private in the army drafted as a lumber buyer. 



To save time and money in meeting emergency calls for lumber, 

 the construction division of the .\rmy has established a construc- 

 tion lumber depot at Gilmerton, Va. It is estimated that a yearly 

 saving of approximately a quarter of a million dollars will bo 

 effected, through its operation. 



In the past, whenever the army constructors were required to 

 liny additional lumber, the transaction was made at yards in the 

 immediate vicinity. The average increase in price for this ma- 

 terial over the lumber originally purchased for the job ran from 

 $9 to $12 per thousand feet. By purchasing in large quantities 

 and charging only for yard maintenance, the greater part of this 

 e.vcess price is expected to be saved to the government. 



A stock of from 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 feet of lumber will be 

 carried and it is estimated that the yearly turn-over will amount 

 to between .50,000,000 and 60,000,000 feet. A fund of $500,000 has 

 been set aside as necessary working capital for the yard. 



The Gilmerton yard is situated on the Elizabeth river a few 

 miles from Norfolk and has a frontage of some 4,000 feet on 

 navigable salt water. It is operated by experienced lumbermen. 



If you have walnut trees, twelve inches or more in diameter, 

 write to Capt. K. L. Oakley, Production Division, Small Arms Sec- 

 tion, Ordnance Dept., 6th and B Sts., Washington, D. C. He will 

 ailvise you where you can sell your walnut at a fair price. 



The appointment of additional architects in connection with the 

 housing projects is announced as follows: 



Murphy ami I>ana, 331 Madison Ave. Now York City, anhltc Is for 

 project at Waterbury. Conn. 



Trowbridge and Livingston, 527 Fifth Ave., New York City, aichltcrts 

 for project at New Urunswick, N. J. 



Clarke & Howe, Turks Head Uulldinj,-. rrovidence, Khode Island, as 

 architects for the project contemplated at that point, and 



Ray & WaKBaman. 1211 Connecticut Ave. ^Vashington, D. C, as archi- 

 tects for housing project at Washington Niivy Y'ard. 



The Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation of the 

 Department of Labor, has invited bids for the construction of hous- 

 ing accommodations for 600 families in Bridgeport, Conn., from 

 the following contractors: 



Cauldwcli-Wingate Company, New Yi.rk City; C. T. Wills. Inc., New 

 York City ; The H. Wales-Lines Company. Meridcn, Conn. : Casper Ranger 

 Construction Company, Ilolyokc, Mass. ; .I;irrett-Chamhers Company, New 

 York City: George A. Fuller Company, il.iston, Mass.; T. J. Pardy Con- 

 struction Company, Bridgeport, Conn. 



The gov.,, 

 hotel, Kitten 

 house for the 



The Wills I 

 contract for 



clho 



IIS bought the l'<-ppen-ll ami « liani|,ern<pwMe 

 nil will convert it into a boarding and lodging 

 ; of 425 laborers who cannot fin.l shelter. 

 Company of New York has lieen awarded the 

 St ruction of eighty-five houses at Charleston, 



W. Va., by the ltnrc:iu of Imlustrial Housing and Transportation. 

 This is the lirst contract for the erection of houses to be authorized 

 under the general housing program. 



Contracts for buibling fourteen wooilen ships were divided be 

 tween K. M. Mnrdock, Jacksonville, Kla., who will construct six 

 of this type, with a total tonnage of 21,000. The Missouri Valley 

 Bridge & Iron Company, Quantico, Va., which will builtl seven of 

 an aggregate tonnage of 24,.')00, and the Continental Shipbuilding 

 Corporation, Vonkers, N. Y., which was given a contract for build 

 ing one vessel of 1,500 tons. 



The fuel a<lmiiiistration has in preparation regulations for con- 

 servation in use of fuel. State administrative engineers have been' 

 appointed to aiil in the fuel conservation program in Pennsylvania, 

 New York, New l-;iigland and Wisconsin. The national program for 

 conservation of fuel in power plants will extend into all states east 

 of the Mississippi, and include Louisiana, Missouri and Minnesota. 

 An engineer will be appointed for each of the states in the area 

 mentioned. The object is to operate industries at full capacity, 

 but to make every pound of fuel perform maximum service. 



The war department is changing the type of army escort wagons 

 to a type that is under cut and that can be turned around in a 

 small space and operated in narrow quarters such as are found in 

 French towns and camps. Pending completion of the experiments 

 and official decision on the new type the department has eased up 

 on the contracts for old type escort wagons in the matter of the 

 number rcquir?d and the time of delivery. The old type of wagon 

 may bo discontinued altogether. 



Ira C. Darling has been placed in charge of the creosote section 

 of the new chemical division of the War Industries Board. C. H. 

 Connor has charge of the section of wood chemicals. 



This congress may pass a bill for a new national park on Mt. 

 Desert Island, off the Maine coast. The high ground that it is 

 proposed to include in this park is said by foresters to contain 

 some of the finestiexisting specimens of magnificent hardwood for- 

 ests that once covered a large portion of the eastern part of the 

 United States. 



W. B. Greeley, formerly assistant ITnited States forester, has 

 been promoted from major to lieutenant colonel in charge of for 

 estry and lumbering operations in the American Expeditionary 

 Forces. 



W. T. Chantland, chief examiner of the Federal Trade Commis- 

 sion and who handled the commission 's ease against the western 

 retail lumber yards some months ago, has been given indefinite 

 leave of absence by the commission to accept a commission as 

 major in the national army. 



The shipping board has announced the appointment of J. H. 

 Kirby as lumber administrator to have charge of logging opera- 

 tions, the cutting of Ivimber, mill shipments, placing of orders, 

 withdrawing and cancelling of same, lumber storage yards, dis- 

 posing of lumber not needed or unusable for government purposes. 

 His activities will have to do with the board and the fleet corpora- 

 tion and he will spend some time in Philadelphia. 



W. J. Haynen may move from New Orleans to Philadelphia in 

 connection with the board's lumber purchases, etc. 



Wooden ships to the number of 200 are to be placed in the coast- 

 wise trade to relieve the railroads. Such ships will be supplied with 

 machinery as soon as steel ships are supplied. 



The war department has called 3,000 men of the first class for 

 limited service cutting spruce for airplanes. They must report 



