Jri.v 25, 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



win be accepted as a subsUtuto. This wood la closely related to sassafras, 

 but Is a finer wood In some respects. Ten years ago the whole yearly us.' 

 of this laurel amounted to scarcely halt as much as this one governmini 

 order calls tor. It has been a neglected wood, although a tew people hii\. 

 always appreciated It. The furniture In the old I'alace Hotel In San Kinii 

 Cisco was made of laurel. Fur the most part, however, the CuUtorulMJi 

 have used It for pump logs and brhlKc plank. 



Lignum-vitae for Ships 



The Navy Department has advertised for bids to supply 427,000 pouml- 

 of Ugnumvlta? tor ships. The luijs may be of various sizes, but the larci-^t 

 must have a diameter of 24 Inches. The principal use of this wood Is iis 

 bearings for wheel shafts. It Is the best wood to be had tor bearings, whUli 

 arc liable to be under water much of tlie time. Moisture docs not soft, n 

 It, as It does most woods. In that characteristic, the nearest approach i" 

 Ugnum-vltaj among our native woods is beech. In old-time water wbed , 

 the shafts and bearings that were retiulred to run In water were usually 

 beech. Llgnum-vlta; Is better, and perhaps the purchase about to be ni;i.l. 

 for the navy Is the largest for this wood on record In this country. Lignum- 

 vlta> Is not a scarce wood, but purchases arc usually In small lots and tlic 

 price Is high because of the cost ..f cutting and tninsportatlun. Most that 

 enters this country comes from the Wist Indies and Mexico. 



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Pertinent Information 



Government Ruling on Bedsteads 



The War Industries Board authorizes the followliii; : 



A committee representing the manufacturers of metal beds and .,ii|i|ili<s 

 recently met In conference with the priorities commissioner and repre- 

 sentatives of other divisions of the War Industries Board, when the follow- 

 ing cjudusious were reached : 



used In the manufacture of metal beds can 

 need as a war measure by cutting down the 

 d and foot ; by standardizing the sizes of 



limiting the diameter of tubes to 2 Inches ; 



2. 'I'hat the nKiinuarture of brass beds should be discontinued during 

 the war. as they are a luxury, and as the brass is needed to meet war re- 

 quirements. 



3. That the demand by the government tor beds for cantonments, mobili- 

 zation camps, transports, for iise on the west front, for use in connection 

 with housing programs, must be met, and a reasonable supply provided to 

 meet the requirements due to the shifting of labor to war industrial 

 centers. 



4. That not a bed should be manufactured during the war to replace one 

 that can be made to last until after the war. and that the civilian popu- 

 lation generally must come to realize that they must get along with the 

 beds and other furniture which they now have, drawing upon the supplies 

 which have been discarded and stored in attics and elsewhere, as well as 

 spare articles not in use. 



'). That regional and local representatives of the Wnr Tnliisfri." Hoard 



throughout the United States, representatives of the i i i \ iti..nal 



Defense, the war-savings organizations, and other 

 should urge all patriotic citizens everywhere ' 

 other hiding places stocks of surplus furni' 



which 

 available to meet 

 luring the war. 



11 ire- 



Building Permits for June 



ISullding permits issued in the principal cities during June totaled less 

 than for May. and also less than for .June, last year. The official figures 

 of 144 cities as received by the Amnican Contractor, Chicago, aggregate 

 for June ?4o,345,543 as compared with $.10,446,022 for May and with 

 $02,747,015 for June, 1917. The decrease as compared with a year previ- 

 ous was, however, only 27 per cent, the smallest decrease since last Sep- 

 tember. Losses have now been continuous since February, 1917. This is 

 not surprising, considering the high costs of construction and the dis- 

 couragement of all kinds of unnecessary building by the Government. In 

 many cities necess.iry construction is very backward. The Bureau of 

 Industrial Housing at Washington is being Importuned for* much greater 

 aid in supplying houses for workmen than it can extend with its present 

 appropriations. Projects from fifty cities have been approved by the 

 Housing Bureau at a total estimated cost of $189,295,000, nearly twice 

 the funds available and many other hmislug projects arc now under con- 

 sideration. The problem now Is to induce private capital to construct in 

 many cities the dwellings and other forms of necessary construction, 

 which the government cannot supply. 



The statistics above do not include government construction work, 

 which Is now vast. With unnecessary work almost wholly eliminated, 

 the figures indicate, with a fair dot;r. .• of accuracy, the volume of urgent 

 and essential building that Is now in progress. This consists mainly of 

 factory and residence construction, though schools and other forms of 

 buildings are considered by some cuiiimunltles as necessary. The absence 

 of large structures is indicated by the relatively slight decrease in the 

 total number of permits issued, nam. ly. 21,113 as compared with 23,734 

 for June. 1917. The average size of the permits for June is about $2,200, 

 compared with $2,670 tor June, 1917. An unusually large percentage of 

 the permits, issued last month, were lor repairs and extensions. Of the 

 144 cities reporting, 52 show compariiive gains. These are mainly cen- 

 ters where war work of some charact. r is in progress. 



A floor to adore 



For thirty-three year» Wilcc's Hardwood Floor- 

 ing has been among the foremost on the market 

 and because it stands today "unequaled" is the 

 best evidence that its manufacturer has kept 

 abreast of modern methods and the advanced de- 

 mands of the trade. To convince vourself of the 

 above statements, try our poli«hea surface floor- 

 ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with 

 matched ends and holes for blind nailing— you'll 

 find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. 



The T. Wilce Company 



22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Hardwood ^ews l^Jotes 



< MISCELLANEOUS >= 



the I'.cekman I.urnl.er (■..iiip.-iriy, KaDsas City, Mo., has been 



■ l...\vry Lumlicr Compauj. 



slock of the Stearns & Culver Lumber Company, Ludingtou, 



a increased to $300,000. 



-Egbert Company, Goshen, Ind., has incorporated at $88,000. 



tms are Harry M. Sanders, Haines Egbert and George W. 





The title . 

 change.i to I 



The capita 

 Mich., has b. 



The Sande 

 The incorpoi 

 Hay. 



At St. Louis, Mo., the Scarritt Furniture Factory Company ha 

 incorporated. 



V. R. Smith hits been appointed trustee for the Memphis Lumber Com- 

 pany, Memphis, Tenn., which concern assigned recently. . 



The Shepherd Hardwood Products Company has been Incorporated at 

 Shcpheril, Mich., Its capitalization being $0,000. 



An increase of $50,000 has been made in the capital stock of the 

 Embry Box Company, Louisville, Ky., It now being $250,000. 



Recent incorporations are : The Daytona Crate Company, Daytona, Fla., 

 capital $511.0011 ; the Southern Bending Company, Jonesboro, Tenn., capital 

 $30,000; the r.i'W. Cooperage Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., capitalization 

 $475,000; the Kelly Thompson Ship Building Company, Mobile, Ala.; the 

 Standard Shipyard Company, WIcassett, Me., capital $100,000; the Wil- 

 mington Saw Mill Company, Wilmington, O., $.30,000; the American Wood 

 Workers. M.iopiiis, Tenn. ; the Tallahassee Land & Lumber Company, 

 Alcoa, Tenn.: tlie United Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky., incorporated 

 by Frank S. (....k, C. Lee Cook and J. F. Schmalzried. with $50,000 author- 

 ized capital. 



.< CHICAGO >- 



C. W. Rud.lerbam, secretary of the Soper Lumber Company, Chicago, 

 111., died recently. 



The Preston Frame Manufacturing Company, city, has filed an in- 

 voluntary petition in bankruptcy as has also The Fiedler Company. 



Milo B. Nelson, vice-president of the Long-Bell Lumber Company, 

 Kansas City. Mo., who has had a number of illnesses during the past 

 year, is rapidly recovering his health. The golf links are largely re- 

 sponsible fyr his rejuvenation. He measures his recovery by the dis- 



