HARDWOOD RECORD 



Harris Manufacturing Company 



Johnssn City, Tennessee 



''Harris" Hardwood Flooring 



and Lumber 



MEMPHIS 



(^ondlj«!!I!l^ 



\\ bolrsiUe .Mi&iiurii4-lur<Tt and Kzportm 



RED GUM 



SAP GUM 



corroNwooD 



CYPRESS 

 ASH 



PLAIN OAK 

 All Grade, and Thickn.s.e. '^^^||^y°^*' 



SOFT ELM 



SYCAMORE 



DUGAN LUMBER CO. 



Hardwood Lumber 



TENNESSEE 



Manufacturers 

 and Shippers 



MEMPHIS 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



REPORTS INCLOPET 

 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP, DETAIL E8TIUATKB ft WRITTEN REPORT 



GARDNER & HOWE 



ENGINEERS 



Clarence W. Griffith "'^p^TZ-^uUdlSJ"' Memphis, Tenn. 



Tschudy Lumber Co. 



M AM KA( XriiEItS OI 



St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 



Specials for Immediate Shipment 



BAND SAWN. DRY. 60'. 14 AND 16 FEET LONG 



50,000 ft. 1" Ists & 2nds Plain White Oak 



25,000 ft. 1' Log Run Maple 



50.000 ft. 1x13 to 17" Yel. Cottonwood Box Boards 



60,000 ft. 1x6 & wider Ists and 2nds Yel. Cottonwood 



UlU * Yards 



ADDRESS CORRESPONDE.NCE TO GENERAL OFFICE 



605 Republic Bldg. KANSAS CITY, MO. 



VANDEN BOOl-STMSON LUMBER COMPANY 



MaHofactirers Saotlieni HaHwoods 



A.SH a Speci alty 

 Memphis Tennessee 



Minx l.<-U Duki'. ilauKblPt of Mr. and Mri. J. B. Duke of Kokomo look 

 plao<' nt Dip Central CbrUllan Cliurch on tbo rvpolnc of June 18. 

 Afl<r II wpddInK trip tbpj will be ii( homi' at 0S4 Kait 8li«-<-ntb utrvl. 



li. U. JaiDPii, an cxiM-rlpnci-d hardwood lumberman : Lrnn li. Mllllkan. 

 a Keneral rontranor, and Jamra K. Jowph, a flrr Innurance man, hare 

 r<-ci'ntl]r orennliiMl the Mllllknn-Jame* Iliirdwood Comiinny, lu deal In 

 hnrilwood lumber. Tbe company In Incorporntrd with If.o.ooo rapltal. 



John I". lluCnnan, for twenty y<nr« n »hole«nU' lumber <lealer here, 

 • nmmllted DUlclde June 14 by drinking denatured nioibol. Ill* act waa 

 <ltie lo deiipondency over III health and bualneaa worrlea. lie aulTercd 

 II iilroke of pnralyala elKbl month* aifo. Mr. Ilulfmiin wai alxlyunr 

 \<ars old and la survived by bta widow and four children. 



=■< MEMPHIS >•-- 



Ilie woothcr hna been i|ulie favonilili tliruuKlinut the Mempbla ter- 

 illory recently for loKKlnt; opiialloiiB, l.ut, iik Iiuh Ix-en tbe cane for 



ume lime, only modorutc pruKreka Is reported, lurKely becauao of tbe 

 ~' iirclty of labor available therefor, It lir expected, bow^over, that timber 

 ' iittlQg will bcRln on a aomewbat larger Hcale In the Immediate future 

 »s a srent deal of help heretofore employed on tbe farms la being r«- 

 I'iiseU for other work. There In a rather pronounoe<l ncarclty of timber 

 :>l present and, If some headway U not made with logging pretty aoon, 

 the outlook will become rather serious. So far there has been com- 

 paratively little Interference with milling work on account of lack 

 of rnw mnterlnl but this condition cannot continue IndeOnltely without 

 some replenishment of log holdings. Owing to the comparatively small 

 nmoiint of timber being cut nt present and owing lo the even more 

 limited quantity being offered for loading, receipts by both water and 

 mil are quite small. 



Tbe Kuropean Lumber & Transit Company has started a movement 

 which will likely result In substantially lower ocean rates on lumber and 

 ■ ■thcr cargoes. It bus chartered a number of vohbcIb and will operate 

 these between Gulf port, Miss., and foreign points. Including Genoa, Ham- 

 l.nrK, .\ntwerp and other centers In England and on tbe continent The 

 rate Is eighteen cents per hundred pounds ou lumber and one prominent 

 local Urm has already sent abroad one lot of fifteen cars as a result 

 of tbe advantageous rate. Advices from tbe traffic department of tbe 

 <;iilf & Ship Island brought tbe Information regarding tbe newly Installed 

 service. Local exporters are of the opinion that the lower rates from 

 i;ulfport will bring about a change In rates made by the regular steam- 

 ship companies operating out of New Orleans which, In tbe opinion of 

 some members of the trade, have kept rales up through some sort of 

 agreement. Lower rates from New Orleans have been offered but they 

 arc still from two to six ccnta higher than those from Gulfport, with 

 the result that local exporters ore routing their business through tbe 

 latter port where possible. Tbe action of the foreign company in estab- 

 lishing the new service is regarded as the entering wedge that will 

 ivcntually cause a decided reduction in ocean rates. 



John M. Prltchard, secretary of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, is borne after having spent some time in New York in connection 

 with tbe red gum exhibit at the Forest Products' Lxposition and be is 

 quite entiiusiastic regarding tbe broadening Interest manifested In that 

 particular wood. He believes that this rapidly increasing interest must 

 neoessarlly result in a decided gain In tbe amount of red gum consumed 

 and therefore in the quantity which manufacturers will he able to dis- 

 pose of at profitable rates. He regards tbe outlook as particularly 

 bright, pointing out that, if progress such as that recently noted can 

 lie made during a period of comparative dullness in lumber and otber 

 commodities generally, there Is no telling whot may be accomplished 

 when there has been a return of general activity. He believes that there 

 are many signs pointing to a revival of activity In general business and 

 he feels that the manufacturers of gum have only to be patient in 

 order to secure an exceptionally good volume of sales at remunerative 

 values. 



The latest issue of the Lulletin, gotten out periodically by the Gum 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association, contains much that is of particular 

 Interest to members of that body as well as consumers. It Indicates, 

 through letters published therein, that the foreign inquiry for gum Is 

 on tbe increase, there being requests for information from Berlin, Stock- 

 holm. Sweden, Sydney, New South Wales, Anstralla, and Shanghai, China. 

 It also contains a list of the buildings which are now being finished with 

 red gum and which are also making use of doors made of this material. 

 The list is quite a lengthy one and Indicates that substantial progress is 

 being made in securing the adoption of this lumber for finishing purposes. 

 It further shows that two new members have l)een admitted, Forrest 

 City Box Company, Forrest City, Ark., and A. G. Wineman & Sons, 

 <;reenevllle. Miss. The officials of the association are very much en- 

 couraged over what has been accomplished thus far and are unusually 

 optimistic regarding tbe future. 



Lumbermen here arc awaiting with interest the announcement of Its 

 decision in the railroad rate advonce affecting the roads north of the 

 Ohio and east of the Mississippi by the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion. This is expected now any day. The lumbermen occupy a rather 

 peculiar position in that they do not want higher rates and in that, with- 

 out the relief asked by the railroads, prospects are not bright for a 

 revival of general business. It Is apparent, however, that sentiment 

 among the local fraternity is In favor of granting the roads some relief 



