HARDWOOD RECORD 



=-< BALTIMORE >- 



last Saturday from a trip to Columtnis.'O.. and other places in the Middle 

 West. Mr. Baer states that he found business rather improved — at least 

 the feeling entertained by the hardwood men of the section seemed to be 

 better, orders being placed with greater freedom than before. Richard P. 

 Baer. the senior member, went down to Ashevil'ie on the same day to 

 attend last Monday the annual meeting of the Carolina Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, in which he is interested as an officer and stoclsholder. The old 

 oflicers were re-elected, and the yearly reports read showed that the busi- 

 ness done during the past year was of satisfactory volume. 



Thomas Hughes, until recently president of the Thomas Hughes Lumber 

 Con^pany. which went out of business with the beginning of May, has 

 re-embarked In tlie wholesale hardwood lumber trade under his own 

 same, as he did prior to the formation of the Hughes company, and has 

 talien offices on the third floor of the Keyser building. E. E. Price, who 

 looked after the foreign trade of the old corporation, has taken an office 

 in the Continental building, where he is looking after the export business 

 of the Castle Rock Lumber Company, Ltd., a'nd the C. L. Ritter Company. 

 Ltd., both of Huntington, W. Va., he having been in the export trade on his 

 own account some years ago. 



The Norwegian sailing ship Vigo, which has been loading West Vir- 

 ginia spruce here for River Plata country in South America since April 

 25, sailed last Wednesday, having been delayed two days because of the 

 disappearance of the mate and tlic necessity of getting another officer in 

 his place. The Vigo took out 1,082,002 feet of spruce, and was cleared 

 by the McCall-Dinning Company. 



Holger A. Koppel, hardwood exporter, with offices in the Carroll build- 

 ing, Baltimore and Light streets, sailed last Saturday from New York 

 for Glasgow, from where he will later go to Copenhagen, his former home, 

 to visit members of his family. He will spend a vacation of some weeks 

 in the Danish capital, and will also devote some time to looking after 

 foreign business. Mr. Koppel was accompanied by his wife. 



The plant of the Baltimore Hub Company on Harford road, near the 

 B. and O. Railroad, has been sold to a bell foundry. The place was 

 destroyed by fire last summer, but had been rebuilt. 



The semi-annual meeting of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange on .Tune 7 

 at the Merchants' Club resolved itself largely into an informal exchange 

 of experiences at tln' Forest Products Exposition in New York last week. 

 The exchange s.m :< Ihil;. d. legation to New York, and all of the mem- 

 bers found themvriv< - ui>:iii, iiiterested in the display of woods and their 

 uses made tberr I h \ r .nml tlio show highly instructive, too, and 

 mously declared ili.n ii launut fail to have a far-reaching effect upon the 

 prosperity of the lumlier trade. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, and the serai- 

 annual report of the secretary and treasurer was submitted, this showing 

 that there is a balance in the treasury. Some routine business was dis- 

 posed of at the monthly meeting of the Managing Committee in the after- 

 noon. After adjournment the members sat down to an excellent luncheon, 

 the menu being made up of such delicacies as Smithfleld ham, deviled 

 crabs and chicken croquettes. President Ridiiaw.iy Merryman occupied the 

 (■liaii- and L. H. Gwaltney was secretary. 



=■< COLUMBUS y- 



.\ccording to the report of the Columbus building inspector for May, 

 1014, there were 359 permits of a valuation of $841,000 isstied during the 

 month, as compared with 667 permits and a valuation of $613,338 in the 

 correspiiiiiliiiLr ni'.iirli (.( 1913. Since January 1 the department has issued 

 1,257 pii iiiit^ ..I .1 x.iliiation of $2,585,205. as compared with 2,170 permits 

 and a v:iliiaii..ii .,i s.MiJ0,012 in the same period in 1913. 



The Uui-ke.if Luu:ber Company of Fremont has purchased the stock of 

 the Fremont Lumber and Supply Company, the transfer being made late 

 in Ma.v. 



Papers have been filed reducing the capitalization of the Universal Pole 

 anil Post I'rosrrvins Conniany of Circleville from .flOO.OOO to $5,000. 



Thr .\sliir rno|ii-ia^'r rmnpany of Sandusky, O., has been incorporated 

 with a capital c.f .«1imi.iiimi to do a general cooperage and lumber business 

 by A. .1. Asher. .lobn D.'isr. \V. J. Brumm, F. A. Wilson and E. B. Stephens. 



The capital stock of the Louisville Lumber Company of Louisville, O., 

 has been increased from $5,000 to $10,000. 



Secretary James M. Hamill of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company denies 

 the published statement that the company will remove from Ohio because 

 of the passage of the Warnes tax law. According to the published state- 

 ment the company pays taxes in Ohio on all of its assets as well as paying 

 taxes on the property which is located in other states. So far the com- 

 pany has not decided to move out of the state. 



Negotiations have been completed whereby the H. D. Beach Company has 

 taken over the plant of W. H. Conrad & Sons of Coshocton. The Beach 

 company will operate the plant in the future. 



The Chambers Brothers Company of Sidney, O., has been incorporated 

 with a capital of .$10,000 to make wooden novelties. Alva Chambers, 

 John Oldham, H. E. Bennett. Clem Chambers and H. C. Dye are the 

 incorporators. 



f Leading Manufacturers) 



Our Corps of Inspectors 



Intelligent! Highly Trained! 



Conscientious! 



is assurance that you will get , 

 what your order calls for 

 when you buy Gum from us 



Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company 



Cape Girardeau, Missouri 



Band Sawed Stock 



6 cars 4 4 Ists & 2nds Red Gum 

 10 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com. Red Gum 

 10 cars 4 4 Ists & 2nds Sap Gum 

 20 cars 4 4 No. 1 Com. Sap Gum 

 4/4 Gum Panel and Gum Box Boards 

 and all grades of 4 4 Oak and Ash 



JONES & DUNN, Jennie, Ark. 



Manufacturers Band Sawed Hardwoods 



BUSS-COOK OAK CO. 



BLISSVILLE, ARK. 



.m.\mf.*cti;rers 



Oak Mouldings, Casing, Base and Interior 

 Trim. Also Dixie Brand Oak Flooring. 



As Well As 



OAK, ASH and CUM LUMBER 



Can furnish anything in Oak, air dried 

 or kiln dried, rough or dressed 



MIXED ORDERS OUR SPECIALTY 



Quartered Red Gum 



Plain and Quartered Gum, Two Years on Sticks 



4/4", 5/4", 6/4" and 8/4" Thicknesses 



3" No. 1 Common 

 and Better 



Soft Elm 



Dry 



Mark H. Brown Lumber Company 



Hardwood Manufacturers Mounds, Ark. 



