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appointed to take entire charge of details and 

 arrangements for the program and entertain- 

 ment. From t lie very large number of members 

 \vh<> have expressed themselves in favor ol hold 

 ing the convention at Washington tins year, the 

 association will undoubtedly have the largest 

 attendance in its history; the deep intei 

 shown in various matters of national importance 

 will undoubtedly bring to the meeting a very 

 large representation of lumbermen from ■■ill ovei 

 the country. 



Building Operations for 1906 and 1905. 



An interesting table is supplied by the Amer- 

 ican Contractor, Chicago, showing the building 

 operations of some fifty Leading cities of the 

 United States during the past year, as compared 

 wiili those .if 1905. The total building transac- 

 tions in the cities contained in this list 



a unted to $591,283,573 tor the year 1906, or 



a gain ol $13,077,622 over those of 1900, which 

 stood at $578,205,949. This is a very sub- 

 stantial increase when it is considered thai 

 many who are in close touch with building oper 

 aliens predicted a falling off in this lino dur- 

 ing 1906. 



That prosperity in building lines is as broad 

 as the- country is shown by the accompanying 

 table. There have been losses. it is true, but 

 they are widely distributed and evidently de- 

 pend upon local conditions, which argue little 

 or nothing against future prospects. The loss 



in New York, where tl perations of 1905 



were exceptionally large, amounted to nearly 

 25 millions, yet this was offset with more than 

 lo millions in addition in oilier cities. The 

 present year promises to equal, if not surpass, 



the one just brought to a closi . 



Per Per 



1906. 1905. cent cent 



Oim CbSI Cost. gain. less. 



Atlanta s 5,156,149$ 3,212,931 



Bridgeport 2,684,399 1,937,021 38 



Buffalo 8,686,030 7,401,006 17 



Chicago 64,822,030 63,970,950 13 



Cleveland 12,972,974 9,777,145 32 



Chattanooga 2,231,742 1,259,556 77 



Davenport 717. Is7 944,352 21 



Dallas 3,181,274 2,sifi,513 13 



Denver 7,000,996 6,374,537 I) 



Detroit 13.282,350 10,462,100 27 



Piilulli 2,761,023 1,662,655 66 



Evansville 1,048,680 608,860 72 



Grand Rapids. ... 2,181,306 2,145,265 16 



Harrisburg 1.849,345 1,975,470 .. 6 



Hal tford 3,732,915 3,076,091 2 



Indianapolis 5,541,676 7,225,325 23 



Kansas City 10.765,480 10.917,024 .. 13 



Louisville 5,116,917 4,474,002 14 



Los Angeles 18,502,446 15,615,083 Is 



Milwaukee 9,713,284 9,806,729 .. :i 



Minneapolis 9,466,150 8,905,205 <'• 



Memphis 4,346.767 3,554.883 22 



Mobile 1,078,331 1,122,688 .. 4 



Nashville 2,840,211 2,552.802 11 



New Haven 3.0H8.747 2.1 12.. v,:, I" 



Newark 10,411,328 10,214,615 2 



New Orleans 5,563.434 5,129,880 s 



Manhattan ... - 107,977,515 124,746.552 13 



Alterations 18,098,050 14,105,720 



Brooklyn 71,442,148 73,017,706 .. 2 



Bronx 27,622,730 38,313,495 



Alterations 1,266,360 866,760 27 



New York 226,406,803 251,050.233 .. 



Omaha 1,273,050 4,387,464 2 



Philadelphia 10 71 1 510 34 822,235 17 



Pittsburg 14,478,513 16,075.158 .. 9 



Providence 3.855,850 1,562,950 .. 15 



Rochester 6,175,499 5,676,624 .. s 



St, .1. .septa 1,052.746 1,273,513 17 



St. Louis 29,938 693 2::. 134 734 27 



Scranton 2,177,975 2,178,850 



Seattle 11,920.488 6,704.784 77 



Spokl 3.801,859 3,905,908 .. 2 



South Bend 1,073,397 1,014,790 5 



Syracuse 2,275,610 1,313,261 .. 31 



i i ij 827,408 923,016 . . 10 



foledo 1,696,058 3,087.1 12 



Tacoma 3.023.305 1,906.085 58 



\\ o tei 2 103 2,182,940 34 



Wllkesbarre 2,224,833 1,480,899 60 



W e 12.766,1 10,840,150 Is 



Totals $591,283,571 $578,205,949 2 



Reorganization of Philadelphia Company. 



On January 1 the copartnership existing be- 

 tween William E. Pattlson and II. N. Pattlson, 

 trading as the Philadelphia Hardwood Lun 

 Company, was dissolved by mutual consent and 

 a new company formed to do business under tin- 

 same name and to include, besides the Me 

 Pattlson, John T. Dixon of Elizabethton, Tenn. 



Mr. Dixon is well known as a hardwood lumber- 

 man throughout the Tennessee district, and as 

 the progress of the Philadelphia Hardwood 

 Lumber Company has been markedly rapid dur- 

 ing its buslnes life, it is expected that the align 

 nieni of the two forces will insure success in 



I lie lie\\ \ ent 'lie 



The Philadelphia Hardwood I. umbel' (' panj 



has had a successful year during 1906 and has 

 completed arrangements to extend its business 

 during the coming season. 



Memphis Lumbermen's Club. 

 The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, Tenn.. 

 held its annual election of officers on the evening 

 of January 12. The club boasts a membership 

 ot* nearly a hundred and is one of the most 

 Influential of the kind in the country. While 

 not a very old organization it carries on its 

 roster the names of many pioneers In the ltim- 

 b, r industry of the South as well as newer but 

 none the less prominent members of the trade. 

 Col. W. R. Barksdale is the retiring president 

 and George C. Ehemann has acted as secretary 

 for a number of years; W. S. Darnell served 

 during the past year as first vice president : 

 1'. E. Gary, second vice president, and It. J. 

 Darnell, J. W. Thompson and F. 11. Robertson 



m 



GEORGE D. BURGESS, PRESIDENT MEM- 

 PHIS LUMBERMEN'S CLUB. 



as board of directors. The new officers cannot 

 ii the club any more efficiently than did 

 these gentlemen, but their selection is certainly 

 i happy one. The balloting resulted as follows: 

 President, George D. Burgess; first vice presi- 

 dent, t\ I '..ii con,! vice president, -I. It. 

 Grant: secretary "id treasurer, John W. Mc 

 Clure ; directors. A. I I., ter, i\ E. Stonebraker 

 and George C. Ehemann. A very enjoyable din- 

 ner at tic Ilotd i.ayoso preceded He election. 



Important Deal in Walnut. 

 J. K. Barnes of Des Moines, [a., has recently, 



dosed a deal of much interest to the walnut 

 industry. It' has purchased all the walnut tim- 

 "i on the property of the Meramae Iron 

 Works Company in Phelps and Crawford coun- 

 ties. There are about LO.OOO acres in the tract, 

 but the walnut timber is confined to about 6,000 

 acres. .Mr. Barnes paid $20,000 tor the walnut 

 on this property. 



Mr. I'.ni h Ii. hi i.i' I to furnish the 



eminent gun stocks and ibis timber will be 

 I up into two-foot lengths and shipped to 

 I" Moines, where the slocks will be finished. 

 It is estimated thai the trees on this tract will 

 produce 1,000,000 stocks. A very large number 



will also I ut from tin- root: of Hie trees. 



which is i sidered much more valuable, and 



which be has contracted to deliver to the Martin 

 Arms Company of Massachusetts. 



Mr. Barnes plans the erection of a mill at 

 SI James, w here tic timber will be cut to the 

 proper lengths, and will probably give emploj 



ment to 150 men. Wiih ibis for,,, i stimates 



that it win take two years to cut and deliver 

 all the walnut on the properly. This is re 



[ d to be ilc liiiest body of walnut limber in 



i he country outside of the state of Arkansas. 

 where is found the best and most prolilic growth 



ol Ibis wood. 



To Operate in Indian Territory. 



iin Boggy Creek, near Bently, in the Choi 



law nation, there is now under construction a 



woodworking plant which will I ic of the 



largest and best equipped in the Dnited Stati 

 The Scott-Martin Lumber ix. Pin Companj ol 

 Dallas, Tex., appreciating tic advantages of the 

 local ion, has for Hie past two months been 

 i ting buildings and shipping machinery for 

 this plant, which will manufacture wagon parts 

 and pins used in fastening wires on telegraph 

 poles. For the latter purpose hois d'arc, of 

 which vast quantities are to be found in this 

 section, will be used exclusively. There is an 

 abundant supply of the woods especially prized 

 lor this line of manufacture — hickory, unusual- 

 ly line oak, etc. 



Although enterprising manufactures are aware 



Of tl xistence ami value of the timber supply 



of this territory, becaus ' the restrictions of 



the government in seeking to protect the inter- 

 ests "f the Indian owners. little has been accom- 

 plished in the way of creating a timber mar- 

 l.'i so that the land owner could realize any- 

 Ihing worth considering for the wood growth 



on his land. This pany in taking the inia- 



live in this direction is to be commended, as in 

 this way land will be cleared for homesteads, 

 while at the same time good use will be made 

 of He timber. Heretofore the deadening of 

 great areas of w led property has been re- 

 sorted to for the sole purpose of cultivating the 

 land. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The Muskegon Log Lifting Cornpanc ol Mus 

 kgoii, Mich., during the season just ended, 

 raised logs that will measure 3,000,000 lit. A 

 large percentage of the quantity is pine and 

 hemlock, and there is also a good representa- 

 tion of the various hardwoods. The logs are 

 now piled on the banks of Muskegon lake and 

 next spring will be floated to Muskegon. 



Joseph P. Wadell, who for several years his 

 bein manager of the manufacturing operations 

 of Alexander H. Revell & Co., at Chicago, re- 

 cently resigned that position and purchased a 

 plant at Detroit, Mich., well equipped for the 

 manufacture of store and bank fixtures and 

 show cases, which be will operate under the 

 title of tile .1. ]'. Wadell Show Case ,V Cabinet 

 Company. Inc. 



By a contract entered into by the state Board 

 of Prison Commissioners with the Ford & John- 

 son Company, of Chicago. 200 boys, inmates of 

 the Kentucky reform school, located two 

 from Lexington, will he farmed out to the I ord 

 *x- Johnson Company by the slat' They will 

 ■ pay by the dozen chairs for the labor of 

 the boys. 'The Ford St Johnson Company will 

 o.:ii" a big chair factory on the reform school 

 farm and the boys will all be employed there. 

 The state expects to derive $9,000 annually 

 from the labor of the boys. 



The Taylor & Milkey hardwood saw mill at 

 Wrightville, Ark., is being moved to Felsenthal. 

 where, after various improvements and addi- 

 tions have been made upon it, Milkey Brothers, 

 -ors to the above firm, will operate it. 

 manufacturing oak. gum and pine lumber. New 

 machinery will be installed and the mill will 

 have a capacity of 110,000 feet of lumber daily. 

 Tie' concern will have access to a recently con- 

 structed spur road and the lumber can be han- 

 dled direct from the saws to the cars for 



