HARDWOOD RECORD 



Of course it is true that 



Red Gum 



is America's finest cabinet wood — but 



Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest 

 viands while the experienced chef will turn 

 them into prized delicacies, so it is true that 



The inherently superior qualities 

 of Red Gum can be brought 

 out only by proper handling 



When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new 

 machine, you want to feel that you have reason for 

 believing it will be just as represented. 



We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. The 

 proof that you can have confidence in this claim is 

 shown by the letter reproduced herewith. 



Your interests demand that you remem- 

 ber this proof of our ability to preserve 

 the wonderful qualities of the wood 

 when you again want RED GUM. 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



CONWAY BUILDING 111 W. WASHINGTON ST. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Band Mills: Helena and Blythevllle, Ark.; Greenville, Miss. 



ition 



Spar 



Point has 

 e occupied 



r;,v ,i| HI llii- «:n l~ 'J. 400. 



rooms. Unlil<e those for the 

 rious other features not em- 

 il with such improvements as 

 sidewallss and hot and cold 

 with metal laths and stucco, 

 walls. The cellar walls are 



eet, has recently put into 

 which greatly facilitates 

 ■il to another, the loading 



building plant of the Bethlehem Steel Corpoi 

 progressed so rapidly that it is thought th 

 about September 25. They have four ro.,,11 

 with ordinary conveniences. It is intind..! 

 two workers, so that the total uunil'ci' l;ikrn 

 A total of 531 houses for married ui.i] :iic li. 

 away from St. Helena. Thcs,> .Iw.lliii^^ ,ir 



two to ten, and will have fr -i\ i" ^ iriii 



single men, they will have kiirh. ]i> and vii 



bodied in the others, and all will be provhlci 



electric light and gas, sewerage, concrete 



water. The houses are all built of frame. 



slate roofs and fireproof hollow tile division 



of concrete. It is c^tiniat.-.l thai the gove 



than $4,000,000 ujioti iIh- n.i ilniicut, not countini; 



ground. The houses ar.' n-ai.ird as a permanent tow 



to hold their value I'vcii all.r ili. war. They are aboi 



pleted. 



The James Lumber Company, on Aliceanna street, hi 

 operation an overhead monorail lun 

 the transfer of stocks from one poin 

 and unloading of cars and even mak.s ii ii(is.,il.li' to .lisiliaii;.' vessels at 

 the dock. The carrier is worked by ib, 1 1 i. ii \ , ami ib. MiHiaLu is carried 

 along with it in a chair. It is said tbai ibc lumpauy . niiiriii|ilal. s other 

 improvements, which will still further augmeut its liuililics and make 

 lor the economic handling of stocks. 



George E. Hunting, a member of the James Lumber Company, receivea 

 word a week ago that his son, Lieut. Warren Hunting, with the 117th 

 Trench Mortar Battery in France, had been killed in action. The news 

 proved a great blow to the father, who has received many condolences. 

 Mr. Hunting was for years treasurer of the Baltimore Lumber E.Kchange. 



Because of the first Monday in September being Labor Day and a legal 

 holiday, the quarterly meeting of the Lumber Exchange, which was to 

 have taken place last Monday, was postponed until September 9. The 

 event was held at the quarters of the Old Colony Club, In the Southern 

 Hotel. 



Frank F. Fee, president of the National Lumber Exporters' Association 

 and senior member of the Free-Crayton Hardwood Lumber Company of 

 Dermott, Ark., was a visitor in Baltimore on August 23, having come 

 here from New York and Philadelphia, where he went to look after some 

 matters connected with foreign shipments. Mr. Pee spent the entire day 

 here as the guest of Harvey N. Dickson, secretary of the association, and 

 discussed with him various phases of the export situation. 



All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if 



Another visitor was J. W. Mayhew, vice-president of the W. M. Ritter 

 Lumber Company, Columbus, O. Mr. Mayhew had some business at Wash- 

 ington for his company and while here also conferred with the salesmen 

 who cover this and adjacent territories with regard to business policies 

 and other matters. 



A special committee has been named by the Masons of West Virginia to 

 insperi sii.'s siiitalilc Ini- the ereetiou of a home for members of the order. 

 which i- i.i he iiiiili Willi a Iniid left by the late Henry Krug, a wealthy 

 luniheniiaii .il r. iiii-\ ]\aiiia, wh.i i-onducted a large sawmill operation at 

 Krug, Md. The .inioiint available for the home is said to be large, and 

 will admit of the erection of a fine institution. Just where the home is 

 to be built has not yet been decided. 



The thoroughness with which the standing timber in the eastern states 

 is being gone over in search for woods suitable for war and other pur- 

 poses is indicated by two purchases J. Natwick & Co., hardwood dealers 

 in the Munsey building, have made in the last week of pieces of woods in 

 Baltimore county, while John L. Alcock & Co. have bought some old wal- 

 nut tries 1,11 iin.iierty owned by a church, also in the county. The sale 

 of the waliini irees, which are almost two hundred years old, was dic- 

 tated hy paliieiie reasons, the trustees of the church feeling that the 

 "event Ill needs the wood in the construction of aircraft. 



.-< COLUMBUS >= 



A better feeling in building circles is seen in the recent report ot the 

 Columbus building department covering the month of .\ugust. The report 

 shows that 125 permits were issued during the month tor buildings esti- 

 mated to cost .$305,025 as compared with 130 permits and a valuation of 

 $283,725 in August, 1917. During the first eight months of the year the 

 department issued 1,332 permits having a valuation of $2,062,970 as com- 

 pared with 1,526 permits and a valuation of $2,987,190 for the corres- 

 ponding period in 1917. 



A loss of $100,000 was sustained in a fire that broke out on the night 

 of August 27 at the yards of the Murphy Lumber Company, Urbana, Ohio, 

 and after destroying the yard spread to adjacent residences and factory 

 buildings. The loss was covered to the extent of $70,000 insurance. 



C. N. Scott, who has been representing the Greer-Hawkins Lumber Com- 

 pany, Indianapolis, in Ohio territory is now representing the Gultport 

 Wholesale Lumber Company, of Gulfport, Miss. 



The Tarbox Lumber Company, Cedarville, Ohio, was visited by fire 

 recently and while its saw and planing mill was totally destroyed, the 

 company considered itself fortunate in saving its large stock of lumber. 

 The origin of the flre is believed to have been incendiary. 

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