August 2.'.. 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



Thr uavlgatlon or the upper Buffalo rlvt-r for ilwp-draft boats will bo 

 ri-nilorfd possible Id the near future by the opening to traffic of the Abbott 

 Road bridge, JuRt about completed. A number of large business concern- 

 are located In this section. Including; the lumber yard of G. Ellas & Bro.. 

 and It will be u relief to all of them when work Is llnlshed so that navlgu 

 tlon can proceed. 



The Curtlss Aeroplane Company has lately laid off several thousand 

 men, but a resumption of activity Is said to be coming some time thl- 

 fall. No definite statements have been maile locally as to what develoip- 

 ments have arisen as the nsnli ui tbf l:iir iiivistlgallon liy Ibc Koviin 

 ment. 



■< ASHEVILLE >■ 



A lull In demand, the first of the season, Is maklug Itself felt here now. 

 Hut It Is not pronounced and orders are still coming In. Shipping t" 

 eastern points continues to be an easy problem compared with past months. 



Under an order from federal court In this district the property of the 

 Champion Lumber Company, Including 90,000 acres of spruce and hard- 

 wood In Haywood county, will be sold September 23. The estimated value 

 Is over $1,000,000. There are two band mills on the boundary still In 

 operation : 200 army men are at one of them aiding In getting out spruci' 

 for airplanes, the company having large contracts with the governmeiil. 

 The company went Into voluntary bankruptcy two years ago. 



Jonathan Starr of New York announces that he and associates will 

 soon be producing ship and railway stock from a 50,000-acre boundar.v 

 near Lake Toxaway. The preliminary work is under way. 



=-< BALTIMORE >■= 



.\ reorganization made necessary by the death of Oen. Thomas .7. 

 S;hryock last winter has just been effected in the affairs of T. .1. Shryock 

 & Co.. Inc.. of which he was the president. This position has been filleil 

 by the election of CJeorge F. M. Hauck. for many years the partner au.l 

 personal friend of General Shryock, and who has been in charge of tli' 

 company's affairs since his death. In fact, Mr. Ilauck has long handled 

 affairs. General Shryock having been frequently absent. William D. 

 Waxter, a son-in-law of General Shryock and executor of the estate, was 

 made vice-president, and M. C. Skinner secretary-treasurer. Business will 

 go on as before, the corporation making a specialty of white pine and 

 some of the Pacific coast woods. The M. C. Skinner of the company Is 

 Miss Mary C. Skinner, who has been In the employ of the corporation, 

 and before that of the firm, for many years. General Shryock placed 

 great reliance upon her, and she has been Intrusted with important busi- 

 ness affairs, fully Justifying the confidence thus reposed In her. MLss 

 Skinner Is well known In the trade and can be numbered among the most 

 successful business women in Baltimore. Her election as secretary-treas- 

 urer is considered a well merited reward for faithful attention to duty, 

 combined with good judgment and a comprehensive knowledge of the 

 business. Much gratification is expressed in the trade that she has been 

 thus recognized. 



There i.s every prospect that the dullness in building which has been 

 very pronounced here for some time will be relieved before long by the 

 erection of a large number of dwellings for the additional workmen 

 employed in shipbuilding and other plans In and around Baltimore. .\ 

 conference was held on April 5 between a number of the bigger builders 

 and the representatives of the Industrial Corporation of the Merchants 

 and Manufacturers' .\ssociation. at which the former pledged themselves 

 to engage extensively In construction work if the government could be 

 prevailed upon to grant priority orders on materials. A joint committee 

 was named to go over to Washington and lay the matter before the proper 

 authorities, the builders meanwhile preparing a concrete statement as 

 to what they are willing to do. This committee discharged its mission, 

 and the result is now awaited. One builder alone says that if he gets 

 priority orders for materials he is prepared to erect 1,500 houses. 



The plant of the Walter Weisbrod Cooperage Company at Lutherville, 

 a suburb, was badly damaged by fire of unknown origin on the morning 

 of August 9. The loss is estimated at $10,000, The company has an- 

 nounced that it will rebuild. 



R. E. Wo"bd. president of the R. E. Wood Lumber Company, is down at 

 the sawmill in North Carolina, looking after operations. Meanwhile 

 G. L. Wood, the general manager, who holds the rank of major in the 

 Forestry force, is at the mill in West Virginia. 



The work of transferring the machinery of a sawmill purchased by 

 Richard P. Baer & Co.. for Its hardwood plant to be erected at Bogalusa. 

 La., is being transferred to the new site as rapidly as possible, and the 

 construction of the mill building is in progress. Priority orders for the 

 shipment of materials have been obtained, and the work of putting up the 

 building and installing the machinery will be carried on as rapidly as 

 possible, as the lumber is needed In the firm's business. 



The men employed in handling lumber here have made a demand of 

 $1 per 1.000 for unloading from vessels, and because of the scarcity of 

 such labor and the urgency of the situation, the demand has been granted 

 at least for the present. Fifty cents an hour is one of the items in the 

 schedule. 



The managing committee of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange held its 

 monthly meeting on .\ugust 5 in the rooms of the Old Colony Club, at the 

 Southern hotel, but transacted only routine business. 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



J/4" .No. i Com. i Ulr. ASH 41.000' 



5/S- No, :: Com. & BU. BEECH 27.000' 



1/4- .No. 2 Cum. & BU. BEECU SOO.OOO' 



«/4- .No. 2 Com. & Btr. BEECH ISa.OOO' 



4/4- .No. 2 Com. & BIT. SOITT ELM 7«.00«' 



4/4- .No. S Com. SOFT ELM JO.OOfl" 



3/4- No. I Com. & BIT. BIRCH 84J)00' 



4/4- No. 1 Com. & BtJ. BIBCH 108J)M' 



6/4- No. 2 Com. ^k Btr. BIBCH ilj>00' 



»/4- .No. 2 Com * BU. BIBCH 17,000' 



4/4- No. 3 Com. BIBCH 51.000' 



5/4- No. 3 Com. BIBCH 6».000' 



4/4- N*. 1 Com. * BU. MAPLE 4S,000' 



4/4- No. 1 A No. J Com. MAPLE 270.000' 



e/4- No. 2 Com. * BU. MAPLE llO.OOt' 



8/4- No. 2 Com. * BU. MAPLE lO.OOO' 



10/4- No. 2 Com. & BU. MAPLE 34.000' 



a Com. * BU. MAPLE 68.000' 



, 3 Com. MAPLE 30,000' 



. 2 Com. t BU. SOFT MAPLE 130.001' 



IDEAL 



HARDWOOD 



SAWMILL 



Art ruttlii li 

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Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



=-< COLUMBUS >- 



Frank Sutphen, one of the charier members of the Union Association 

 of Lumber, Door and Sash Salesmen and who served one year as secretary- 

 treasurer, died at his home at Mlddletown, O., recently. He was one of 

 the best-known characters in the lumber business in Ohio. 



C. W. Peters, formerly in the lumber business in Columbus, has tJiken 

 the position of manager of the lumber department for the Mercereau- 

 Ilawkins Tie Company, Huntington, W. Va. 



The lumber industry will regret to hear of the death of Clarence Brown, 

 a well known citizen of Toledo, Brother of Horace Brown of the Massillon 

 Lumber Company, Massillon. 



U. W. Ilorton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reported a good 

 demand from hardwoods, especially from manufacturing plants. He said 

 that the best customers were box, furniture and Implement factories. 

 Prices are firm at former levels and shipments are now coming out better 

 than formerly. On the whole the prospects are considered good. 



Two sons of C. H. Packer, who is connected with the West Toledo Lum- 

 ber Company, are in the United States service. One son Is at Camp Gor- 

 don in oflicers' training camp and the other at Ciiiiip Taylor, Louisville. 



Glenn W. Hall of the Hall Lumber Jt Coal Company, Convoy, I)., has 

 entered Vancouver Barracks with the spruce production division. Paul A. 

 McXaughton, a son of A. E. McNaughton of the PleasantviUe Lumber 

 Company, PleasantviUe, 0„ is with the 112th Engineers in service in 

 France, 



Roy W. Wasem of the C. D. Bartlett Lumber Company, Canton, O., is 

 another young man to enter the United States Army. 



.T. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports a good demand for 

 West Virginia hardwoods with prices ruling firm in every particular. He 

 c.vppcts a good run of ord'or.^; during the fall and early winter. 



=■< CLEVELAND^.. 



Latest development in the housing situation in Cleveland, indirectly 

 beneficial to the hardwood industry, is the receipt of advices from Wash- 

 ington, naming Paul L. Felss as housing administrator for Cuyahoga 

 lounty, Mr. Felss has been chairman of the Cleveland branch of the 

 federal housing bureau. Confirmation of the appointment is expected here 

 in a few days. With this confirmation, Mr. Feiss will have power to direct 

 the entire housing situation here, including new construction. First step 

 will be toward preparing housing for industrial workers, that the pro- 

 duction of war materials will not be hampered. Chance for more hard- 

 wood being used is seen in the almost positive assurance that the govern- 

 ment will advance money for the construction of 3,000 houses here, 

 .■ilthough Chamber of Commerce surveys indicate the actual need is 10,000 



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