HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Aboul 100, feet of timber lias been Boated 



up the Millet k from the Ohio river to the 



mills of the Mai. -v. Thompson ..v. Moffett 

 Company. This company is the first to use 

 the Millcreek for commercial purposes. The 

 present high stage of the creek has made it 

 possible for the log rafts to !><• Boated to with- 

 in 150 feet of the mill, where they are now 

 anchored. After the water recedes M will leave 

 them dry, when they can be dragged to the mill. 



I.e Grande A. Harris, lumberman of Honaker, 

 Va., arrived in Cincinnati on December 26, 

 when he was to be married to Miss Susan Moore, 

 of Harrisburg, Ky. The bride to he was twen 

 ty-four hours late and the ceremony was de- 

 layed. On the evening of December 27, how- 

 ever, they were married at the liavlin hotel. 



.1. T. Hanna, of the Wiborg & Hanna C 



pany, has returned from a business trip through 

 the south. 



'the following members of the Cincinnati Lum- 

 bermen's Club, appointed by President T. .1. 

 Moffett. attended the Reciprocal Demurrage Con 

 vention in Chicago: M. B. Farrin. chairman; 

 \V. A. Bennett, W. W. Stone. I. M. Asher, A. 

 A. Andridge, II- P. Wiborg, J. w. Graham. I.. 

 G. Banning, S. \v. Richey, George Littleford, 



It. 1'. Dnlweber, F. Ii. Mowbray, R. Rie ier, 



I.. II. Case and L. \V. Darling. 



The Cincinnati Belt Railway & Terminal Com : 

 pany. preliminary capital $100,000, was incor- 

 porated at Columbus by T. .T. Moffett. W. A. 

 Bennett, A. G. Brunsman, M. B. Farrin. Fred 

 A. Geier, .lanes .1. Hooker, .1. C. Hobart, R. 11 

 West, A. J. t'onroy. K. 10, Williamson. George 

 r. Dieterle, Casper II- Rowe, .1. T. McHugh, 

 Maurice .1 Freiberg and Alberl Bettinger. The 

 Cincinnati belt line is thus i 11 the hands of a 

 regularly authorized company which will pro- 

 ceed at onee 1,1 the gathering of its capital, its 

 organization and then to active work. Con- 

 struction on the belt line will begin before 

 summer. There is much talk among those in- 

 terested of electing Thomas .1. Moffett. of the 

 Maley, Thompson & Moffett Company, presi- 

 dent of the new organization. Subscrip 

 tions will be issue, I in the near future and a 

 limit will be placed, allowing not more than 

 $1,000 to an individual. It is the intention of 

 the promoters of the enterprise to preserve Its 

 character as a citizens 1 movement, and to this 

 end the subscriptions will lie limited in amount. 



There is every prospect for a boost in the 



prii f poplar during the next two weeks. A 



limited supply of that item has caused the ad- 

 vance. Those that have poplar on hand are 

 holding out for higher prices! 



The M. P.. Farrin Lumber Company has made 

 arrangements for the erection of a two story 

 brick office building directly adjoining the old 

 office. This will double the office room of the 

 company and Incidentally benefit the Farrin- 

 Korn Lumber Company, which has offices at the 

 same location. 



. A. I.. Nannuys, of this city, who has been 

 employed as manager of the Ferd Brenner Lum- 

 ber Company at Salisbury, N. C, has resigned 

 his position and will return to tic Queen- City. 



Ernst A. Jvrauss. vice president of the Shore 

 Saw Mill & Lumber Company and a heavy 

 stockholder of the Krausst.vnn Lumber Com- 

 pany, of Cleveland, Ohio, passed away * recently 

 at his residence, after an illness of three 

 months. 



M. It. Farrin. of 1 he M. 1'.. Farrin Lumber 

 Company, will leave the early pari of February 

 for his annual trip abroad. He expects to be 

 gone three months or more. I luring bis absence 

 Chester F. Korn will have charge. 



The monthly report of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce shows that 5.G63 ears of- lumber were 

 received in Cincinnati, while 4,584 were shipped. 

 Cars are hard to get, in this territory, as is evi- 

 dent from the figures shown. 



Despite several drawbacks to the lumber trade 

 this market, one of the greatest hardwood cen- 

 ters in the world, has experienced a year of 



unprecedented prosperity, witli an encouraging 

 outlook for ltinT. The business of 1905 was 

 conservatively valued at $50,000,000, and repre 

 sentatives of the Largest lumber firms in Cin- 

 cinnati estimate the increase in 1906 oxer 1905 



from HI to 25 per cent. Tile lowest of these. 



therefore, would make the business of 1906 

 worth $55,000,000, while the average of the 

 estimates would make it over $57,000,000 



W. A. Bennett, of Bennett >V Witte, says: 

 "Our business for the year of 1906 has by far 

 e\reede,l that of 1905 and from present indi- 

 cations the year 1907 will he even more active." 



.1. E. Tuthill. general manager of the Cypress 

 Lumber Company, says: -Last year was one 

 of our best years, and the year previous to that 

 was the best, showing an increase every year. 

 The demand for all grades of lumber during 



the year was very g I and the general range 



of prices strong." 



The Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Company 

 reports that in sizing up the year 1906 it found 

 that its business had greatly Increased over last 

 year's, and that it will continue during 1907 is 

 evident from lite amount of orders already re- 

 ceived. The company has on tile orders for 

 lumber for three months, most of which are 

 large ones. 



R. McCracken, of the Kentucky Lumber Com- 

 pany, says: "The year just passed was one of 

 tie most prosperous in the company's career, 

 there being only one had feature, the car short- 

 age, which cut in on about IT. per cent of the 

 prolits. Prices were satisfactory and a brisk 

 demand held out the whole year. From pres- 

 ent indications 1907 will be better in almost 

 every respect. We have plenty of timber on 

 hand to keep our three mills going for at least 

 six to eight months, and if cars are obtainable 

 a rushing business will ensue." 



Owing to tin- swampy conditions of the Mis- 

 sissippi valley, the gum region, the Kentucky 

 Lumber Company has been forced to suspend 

 business in that territory and operations will 

 not I,,- resumed until about the first of March. 



'file company has a g 1 amount of logs already 



cut. and as soon as the weather is more favor 

 abb- will have an abundance of gum lumber on 

 hand. 



■•The members of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's 

 Club have had a remarkably successful year," 

 said T. .1. Moffett, president of the club, "and 

 the indications are that the prosperous condi- 

 tions w-ill continue for another twelve months. 

 It has been a seller's market all year, with no 

 surplus slock. Lumbermen enter the new year 

 with smaller stocks than a year ago. Keports 

 show tin unusually huge sale of furniture, 

 pianos, etc.. requiring hardwoods, and heavy 

 demands will continue to be made for some 

 time on the lumber supply. Lumber has not 



ndvan I in value in keeping with the increase 



in other materials the past year. The vast 

 amount of construction work going on in till 

 parts of the country is cleaning up entire lum- 

 ber yards. Our club has been Interested in 

 the past year in securing better railroad rates, 

 a belt line for Cincinnati, Improved insurance 

 conditions, an Improved grading system and 



oiler vemeiits. and litis I n getting good re 



suit s " 



Friends of 'I'. .1. Moffett assert that he will 

 In- the next mayor of Cincinnati, but when he 

 was asked concerning it In- immedin tel y said 

 that he would not accept the nomination tor a 

 million dollars. 



Chattanooga. 

 While none of the lumbermen of this city at- 

 tended the National Demurrage Convention held 

 in Chicago. January f and 5, they are all 

 nevertheless interested in the question. Every 

 lumberman in the city has been brought face to 

 face with the conditions and has had various 

 annoying experiences. Speaking on this subject 

 recently, I-'. W. Blair, a prominent lumberman 

 of Chattanooga, said: "About three weeks ago I 



ordered a car of lumber from Cohutta, Ga. It 



was received ill the local yards about ten days 

 ago and litis not been delivered to me- yet. This 

 shows that it lakes about a week or ten days 



for the railroads to carry a car through their 



yards before they can deliver it i have found 

 lb. greatest trouble in this direction witli the 

 Southern and Alabama Clear Southern railroads 

 The other roads, and particularly the Nashville. 

 Chattanooga & SI. Louis, are more prompt in 

 handling ears." 



There is now a slight tide tn tin- Tennessee 

 iiver which will bring about 1,00,0,000 [eel ol 



logs to the river mills. I nis & Hart, the 



li. L. .Iiidd Manufacturing Company and the 

 Central Manufacturing Company will benefit by 

 this tide. The I.oomis ,y. Hart mill is aboul the 

 only on,- in the city which has sufficient logs to 

 tun it for i wo months. 



It is understood that since the city authorities 

 have refused to grant Snodgrass & Fields a per 



mil to rebuild their mill which was i -itily 



burned, the firm will probably locate its mill on 

 tie- Tennessee river in Fast Chattanooga. The 

 ciiy authorities refused to grant the permit, it 

 is said, because the danger of tire to the rcsi 

 ib nee section surrounding tie- mill was so great. 



II. M. Mcintosh, representing Steele lV . Ilib 



bard, of St. Louis, was here r lltly buying 



lumber for his concern. 



It. II. KeevV. tl Wholesale I II III I ic rtutt |) of \ew 



York City, was in Chattanooga a few days ago 

 laying in supplies of lumber. 



St. Louis. 



It. it. Currier, wholesale lumberman of spring 

 I'n Id. Mass.. was in the city on business recently. 



The Bonsack Lumber Company reports sales 

 for the last two months of 1906 considerably 

 in excess of those for a corresponding period the 

 year before, and is well satisfied both with the 

 year .just ending and with the outlook for 1907. 



II. G. Buckner, of the International Hard 



v I Lumber Company, was in a railroad wreck 



on lice. Is. and is still confined to his house as 

 a result of injuries sustained at that time. 



Tin- Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 

 Company are transacting a large amount of 

 business, though not nearly so much as they 

 would were it not for bad logging conditions 

 and car shortage which prevail. 



A branch office of the International Ilnrdw I 



Lumber Company has I n opened at Littb- Rock, 



Ark.. Located at Main and Fourth streets. The 

 capitalization of this concern is to lie increased 

 shortly. 



Tin- iiafner Manufacturing Company's sup 

 ply of cypress has recently been augmented by 

 huge pur, bases ; this wood is their specialty, 

 and they hope to make further purchases in the 

 near future, in order to insure ample facilities 

 for taking care <>i spring business 



The Lothnian Cypress Company has purchased 



.',ii. ,000 feet "i* cypress timber, which gives 



it v>-vy extensive Stumpage holdings, and is now 

 transporting a huge quantity of lumber from 

 southern mills to this city. 



The Massengale Lumber Company litis r nt 



ly purchased a tine tract of oak and poplar tint 

 ber in Tishomingo county, Mississippi, and is 

 converting it into lumber. Tie- mill cuts about 



,i carload a day, and the c pany hopes to get 



about a million feet of lumber off ibis land to 

 take <:w.- ot prospective trade. 



Tin- Careisnn creason Lumber Company, of 

 this city, will move Into Offices at rooms 1212, 

 1213 and 1214 new Times building. Broadway 



and Chestnut sit ts. abOUt Feb. I, and extend 



a cordial invitation to friends to call. 



The St. Louis Car Company has increased 

 the capital sio, k from $2,500, to $3, 



V-..1 la I ion 



whereby the stat 



Nashville. 

 have practically been completed 



if Tennessee acquires I lie 



