HARDWOOD RECORD 



33 



Building Operations for October. 



Official reports from si. me fifty leading 

 cities received by the American Contractor. 

 ■ in. ago. compiled and tabulated, show that 

 building operations continue decidedly active. 

 A gratifying feature of the situation is the 

 circumstance that the present prosperity and 

 bright prospects are widespread, all sections 

 .if the country sharing in them. While some 

 distinct losses are recorded, as compared with 

 the reports for the corresponding month of 

 last year, notably in New York, these are off- 

 set by gains in other leading cities aggregat- 

 ing 3 per cent. Though less new business is 

 projected in New York, it is still very large, 

 while all contracts representing the invest- 

 ment of vast sums are being carried into ef- 

 fect. When the high price of labor and ma- 

 terial is taken into account the showing made 

 is quite remarkable. The outlook is excellent 

 and it is quite clear that the present building 

 movement has not yet reached a climax, as 

 might have been expected. 



Oct., 11,1 Per Per 



1900, 1905, cent cent 



City — cost. cost. sain. 1"**. 



Atlanta If 466,023 $ 266,557 75 



Birmingham .. S9.920 107,475 .. 16 



Bridgeport 245.374 11S.460 10S 



Buffalo 493,510 756,697 . . 34 



Chicago 5,219,900 4,913,155 6 



Cleveland 1,088,757 1.177,545 .. 7 



Chattanooga .. 243, 2S0 97,310 150 



Cincinnati 4ss,4..:, 1,460,850 .. 66 



Davenport 25.2eo 52,820 .. 51 



Denver 565,424 579.9S5 2 



Detroit 1.516. Sim 918,150 65 



Duluth 243.476 239,620 2 



Bvansville 81,766 49,602 65 



Grand Rapids.. 246,282 224,378 9 



llnrrisburg ... 79.900 56.600 41 



Hartford 300,655 522,205 .. 42 



Indianapolis .. 560,176 446,693 25 



Kansas City .. 764. 7on 720,160 6 



Knoxville 86,894 1 2--. 775 32 



Little Rock ... 40,765 14,652 .. 9 



Louisville 278,920 349.474 .. 20 



Los Angeles .. 1,859,267 1,348,556 37 



Milwaukee ... 1. 266. 747 M7.S22 VI 



Minneapolis ... 820,720 909,665 .. 9 



Memphis 271.666 270,594 o o 



Mobile 53.308 31.415 71 



Nashville 139,084 102,097 ill 



Newark 990.448 1,260,191 21 



New Orleans ., 238.086 236,192 o 



New York 11,888,082 17.onl.041 .:» 



Manhattan .. 3,121,750 7,700,790 .. 59 



Alteration .. 713,o]5 sn4,205 



Brooklyn ... 6,541,062 6.404,886 2 



Bronx 1,298,185 1.029,400 .. 32 



Alteration .. 214,070 71.760 



Omaha 365.150 424.700 13 



Philadelphia .. 4,379,600 1,993,200 120 



Paterson 91,135 76,378 20 



Pittsburg 1,059,523 1,427,066 .. 23 



Pueblo 13.470 17.280 .. 23 



Portland 834, 1(1.-, 359,822 132 



St. Joseph .... 84,486 61.700 37 



St. Louis 2,853,976 1,596,383 80 



St. Paul .-,71.2(11 117. sor, 36 



San Antonio .. . 111. 045 83,380 33 



Scranton 244,070 2S5.604 .. 14 



Seattle 1,929,879 372,544 418' .. 



Spokane 328,345 507,940. .. 35 



South Bend 67,400 02.915 8 



Syracuse 27o,722 295,390 .. S 



Toledo 504.780 254,471 98 



In ..ma 204.365 97,568. 172 



Washington . . 833,965 010.258 36 



Wilkeshanc .. 107,903 81,170 112 



Total $45,609,317 $44,269,376 3 



American Central Lumber Company. 



The American Central Lumber Company is 

 the name of a new corporation just organized at 

 Anderson, Ind., with a capital stock of S5n,<Miu. 

 to engage in the manufacture and wholesaling of 

 oak and hickory wagon stock in the rough. The 

 concern is under .the management of G. A. Lam- 

 bert, win. has had a long experience in this line 



..i production. Tie npany already has twentj 



mills in various parts of the country now in 

 operation .-11111 while its principal office will be 

 at Anderson, it will not attempt to group stuck 

 at this point hut at various rail centers 

 convenient to its lumber operations. Associated 

 with Mr. Lumber! are several capitalists who 

 are familiar Willi the details of oak and hickory 

 wagon sioek manufacture. 



The Case-Fowler Lumber Company. 



Following the removal of the Case Lumber 

 Company's headquarters from Chattanooga. 

 Tenn.. to Birmingham, Ala., so as to be nearer 

 the mill operated by the Fowler-Personette Lum- 

 ber Company, an allied concern, comes the an- 



DOuncement of II nsolidation of these two 



companies nnder the title of the Case-Fowler 

 Lumber Company. The capital is .1175.000. fully 

 paid up, a substantial Increase over the capital 

 ization of the old companies. 



The officers of the new company are: J. I'.. 

 Case of Rusbville, Ind.. president: William M. 

 Fowler, Birmingham, treasurer and general mau- 

 ager ; M. M. Erb, Birmingham, vice president 

 and sales manager: II. C. Fowler. Birmingham, 

 secretary. II. C. Fowler, son of William M. 

 Fowler, is the only new official in the corpora- 

 tion. 



The Gordon Hollow Blast Grate. 

 The Cordon hollow blast grate represents one 

 of the most practical forced draft systems for 

 saw mills on the market. It adds greatly to - the 

 efficiency of a boiler and renders it easy to 

 make steam witii wet, green or frozen sawdust 

 i.r slabs. It solves a most important problem. 



THE GORDON HOLLOW BLAST GRATE. 



According to Hie testimony of users, the Gor- 

 don hollow blast grate saves or earns its own 

 1 ost every thirty days, which means a profit 

 ,,! 1011 per citil. or '1.200 per cent per year. If 

 enables the user to force his fires and crowd 

 bis boilers. lie can burn refractory fuel and 

 male' from 25 to 50 per colli more steam than 

 with an ordinary grate. 



The manufacturers of this grate have such 

 faith in it that they offer to ship an outfit 

 for thirty days' trial, the user to test the 

 apparatus in any manner he sees fit, and if for 

 any reason he concludes he does not want it, 

 the company will lake il back and pay the 

 freight both ways. Full information can be 

 obtained from the manufacturers, the Gordon 

 Hollow Blast Grate Company, Greenville, Mich. 



New York Mahogany Inspection Rules. 



The New York Lumber Trade Association. 

 through its committee on Inspection, has just 

 adopted the following rules governing the in- 

 spection of mahogany in tin- Now York market. 

 The rules are viewed as generally acceptable 

 by I be dealers in that line there. The rules in 



I nil are as follows : 



INSPECTION It! lis rut: MEXICAN AND AFRICAN 

 M Mil, 1, INI. 



tirades: Firsts. Seconds. Commons. Culls. 

 Sound Wormy, Shorts and Counters. 

 Length : 2 feet and over. 

 Widths : :i incites and over. 

 Thicknesses : :l s -ineh and over. 

 Odd lengths are measured in mahogany. 

 Cross-breaks six or more in number, and if on 



heart edge extending one-quarter the width of 

 lie* piece, shall reduce Hie lumber one grade. 

 Fins 1 s. 

 Firsts are 7 inches and over wide, 1" fe. t 

 and over long and free from all defects except 

 in pieces Hi inches and over wide, which nun 

 have one sound standard defect. 

 SECONDS. 



Seconds an' 1; inches and over wide, 8 feel 

 and over long, not lo exceed 30 per cent under 

 12 feoi. Pieces il inches wide are clear. 

 I'i s 7 to inches wide may have one stand- 

 ard defect. Pieces 10 10 12 inches wide maj 

 have Iwo slandard defects. Pieces 13 inches 

 and ovr wide may have three standard defects. 



The combined grade of firsts and s mds must 



contain 65 per cent of lirsts. 



In the grades of lirsts and seconds any piece 

 of lumber containing one large defect, which 

 shall not damage it more than the combined 

 several defects allowed in the width of such 

 piece, shall grade I he same. 



COMMON. 



Commons are 4 inches and over wide, s feet 

 and over long, not to exceed 30 per cent under 

 12 foot. Four and 5 inch pieces must be clear. 

 Pieces II inches and over wide must work 75 

 per cent clear. No piece of cuttings in the com 

 mon grade considered which is less than 4 inches 

 wide and 4 feet long. 



CULLS. 



Culls are 3 inches and over wide. 2 feet and 

 over long, and will admit all lumber not up to 

 the grade of common that will work 50 per cent 

 clear. No piece of tail tings in cull grade con- 

 sidered which is less than :', inches wide and :'. 

 feet long. 



SHORTS. 



Shorts an' 1 inches and over wide. 2 to 7 

 feet long, and must be lirsts and seconds in 

 quality. 



.hi' \ TERS. 

 Counters are 12 to 40 (eel long. 18 i" -'I 



incites wide, and must he free fr all defects. 



Splits lo he measured out. 



SOUND WORMY. 



This grade must be 1 inches and over wide 

 6 feet and over long, and will admit of worm 

 holes without limit, bin. aside from wormhoi.es, 

 the pieces must cut no't less than three-quarters 

 sound. This is a grade of lumber used to veneer 

 ,.11 and it is not Intended to make Hi.' stock 

 equal in every way lo the lirsts and seconds. 



CUBA MAHOGANY. 



Lengths : r, let and over. 

 Cuban mahogany when sold 'log run" shall 

 be understood to contain at least 35 per cent 

 lirsts and seconds and 35 per cent common and 

 not over 30 per cent shipping culls. 



New Southern Hardwood Concern. 



The Stale Corporation Commission of Virginia 

 granted a charter on November '■'• to the S. & 

 W. II. Northrop Lumber Company, which is to 

 have ils financial office in Richmond, although 

 its operating office, yards and wharves will be 

 located at Wilmington, N. C. Us maximum 



capital stock win 1..' $25, 'I'lc officers are 



S. M. Woodward, president ; S. T. Pleasants, 

 secretary : .lames L. Robinson, treasurer, and 

 Samuel Northrop, general manager. Mr. Robert- 

 son, with Mr. Northrop, will be virtually in 



charge of the business, which is to succ 1 t.. 



1 he export lumber business heretofore conducted 

 by the well known concern of S. & W. II. North- 

 rop of Wilmington, X. 1'. 



Th mpany is authorized t,, transact a 



general lumbering business in all ils branches. 

 with power to pur. base and sell lands, etc., and 

 to sell, import and export all kinds of lumber 

 and forest products. 



New Credit Eating Book. 



The sixth volume of the Credit Hating Bool 



issued by the National Lumber Manufacturers' 



Credit Corporal ion of Si Louis, Mo., i- now in 



the hands "f the trade. The work reflects great 



