HARDWOOD RECORD 



corresponding month a jcii:- ago. This is a gain of 4 per cent, small, but 

 oucouraging when comparod with the less favorable statements for some 

 months past. As shown in previous reports the gains are not uniform, 

 one interesting developnipnt is that some of the larger cities are doing 

 better. Those cities making the relatively better returns include the 

 following, with percentage of gains : Alhany, 410 ; Bridgeport, 201 ; 

 Si)rlngfleld, III., 513; Wilkes-Barre, 365; Toledo, HT ; Paterson, 121: 

 Cleveland, 73; Duluth, T.'!; Harrlsburg, 61; Hartford, 08: Kansas City. 

 SO ; Brooklyn, 73 ; Borough of Richmond, New York, 00 ; Oklahoma, 50 : 

 St. Paul, 01 ; South Bend, 87. 



. The statement of building operations for the half year must also In- 

 regarded as favorable in view of the present trend. The decrease, as 

 compared with the first half of 1013 is less than one per cent, the more 

 unfavorable showings earlier in the year being almost extinguished. 

 The total cost of building permits issued in 63 cities for the first six 

 months of 1014 was $364,276,705, compared with $363,848,792 for the 



Tota 



$05,938,930 



Metal Railway Ties in Switzerland 



I'onsul Frank Bohr, Zurich, Switzerland, has made a report to this 

 -iivernment eonceruiug the use of steel ties by the railroads of that 

 .oimtry. About sixty-flvc ijer ceut of the federal railways rest upon steel 

 ties and thirty-five per cent upon wooden ties. All of the steel ties have 

 the form or profile of a trough, into which shape they are rolled in the 

 mills. The ends of the ties are bent down, and the trough profile thus 

 closed, and from the point of the attachment of the rails the ties have a 

 slope of one in twenty away from the center of the track. The ties have 

 holes for the attachment of the rails by means of clamp plates, and no tie- 

 plates are used under the rails. The weight of the trough profile is 159.84 

 pounds each. 



For a year or more the federal railways have been installing, at the 

 .iunction points of the rails, double-trough steel ties instead of two ordinary 

 single-trough ties. These double ties are of the same material as are the 

 single ties, and the rails rre attached in the same nuinnor. but they weii--ii 

 •275.58 pounds each. 



Forest Land Bought in West Virginia 



The Forest Service has recently completed the purchase of an nddi- 

 li.mal 6,083 acres of land in West Tirsinia, on the upper tributaries of 



Hooton Hardwood Co. 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



SOUTHERN HARDWOOD LUMBER, 

 LOGS AND TIMBER 



CHOICE WHITE OAK 



Even color— soft texture 



7 cars — 4-4 Ists and 2nds Plain 

 12 cars— 4-4 No. 1 Com. Plain 

 5 cars — 4-4 No. 2 Com. Plain 



Good widths and lengths — Dry 



Also large stock all grades and 

 thicknesses plain Red Oak 



Terre Haute, Indiana 



The White Lake Lumber Co. 



Peoples Gas Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern and Southern Hardwoods 



CAR STOCK 



WHITE PINE YELLOW PINE 



High Quality — Prompt Delivery 



\N'E WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 



10 cars 1" No. 1 Common Basswood 

 5 cars 1" No. 2 Common Basswood 



30 cars 1 " Red or White Oak, all grades 

 Bend ut '*'' ^^^^ 1 " ^^^ an<l Sap Gum, all grades 



tiour inquiriti The last two items are but one-holf dry 



