HARDWOOD RECORD 



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We Have Nothing But Flat Dried Stock 

 EDINBURGH, INDIANA 



Walnut for Export 



A lot of splendid assorted American Walnut 

 logs, squared up and ready for export, are 

 shown in the above photograph, which illus- 

 trates a section of our exporting yard at Kan- 

 sas City. 



All work, from the selecting of the trees in 

 the woods to the final loading, is done by men 

 trained in our employ and is under our close 

 personal supervision. 



Hence we can giiarantee satisfaction in both 

 export and domestic shipments. 



FRANK PURCELL 



Kansas City, Mo. 



U. S. A. 



lu bircli, lilckory, ctirrry, iuii|>le antl ullirr (uruKuro wood*, tiuw 

 la not up to •tniiilnrtl, imioiiIIuk ('• l'i< "I'li-tit Wlllliim lluiitvr. 



--•<, BOSTON >•-- 



Tliv Intont dvri-loiimrDi* Id tlii.' iirugrviui i>l li'cul ri-Kulutlon In tbc utv 

 uf nouUi'O coQiitructlOD Id thin tllittrlct arc tlif luwa Jimt pnnaoil by the 

 city of Lynn, Mnui., prohlblllni; wooiloo nlilniclc conttructlon uod pro- 

 vidlne for n Arc proof rouf uii ull bulldlntiK by lU'Jl ; nud thu mudlUcd 

 rullUB of thp ooinmlaiilon Id Sniom, Maw., to ndmit wooden coDitrurtlon 

 In ri'bulldInK the tity, lor ccoDnmlcnl rcunonf. 



A llrv on July lb dnuiiiKod the \uritf pliiiiInK tnlll mid woodworklDg 

 pinnt of .M. Krnult Lucas lu Weat NewtoD to tbc cxtcDt of IT.UOO, covered 

 by Inaurnncc. 



The Steiinia Kurnlturc Company has been Incorporated at Worceadr. 

 .Miisa., with iiutborli'.od capltnl of 130,000. 



I'bins arc on foot for no outluK of the Boston lumbermen to take place 

 III the near future, lu the way of u day'a trip to Buzxarda Bay, a dinner 

 there, and a tour of Inspection of the new Cape Cod canal. 



-■< BALTIMORE >•= 



ic. i: Wood 1.1 



more at tbe office looklnK 

 ' weak, but lie la galnlnic 



strength dally, and there Is every Indication that his excellent constitu- 

 tion will carry blm through and enable bim to shake off entirely the 

 elTects of the long illness. 



Mann & Tarker, Inc., wholesale hardwood men, with office in the 

 Continental building, were admitted to niembcrsblp in the Baltimore 

 Lumber Exchange at tbe last monthly meeting of the managing coui- 

 iiilttce. The firm states that It has been doing ii considerable amount 

 uf business notwithstanding the quiet in tbc trade. 



The first shipment of Circassian walnut Ioks brought to this port for 

 John L. Alcock & Co., Baltimore and Gay streets, arrived about two weeks 

 ago by way of -New York and consisted of some slxty-flve logs of a 

 total weight of thirty-live tons. The logs were finely figured, and will 

 be distributed to manufacturers gf veneers and other consumers. It Is 

 the Intention of the firm to make the importations direct fr6m Bat<ium, 

 Russia, with which city Baltimore maintains steamer connection. Owing 

 to a miscarrjing of arrangements the first shipment came by steamer to 

 New York, but lu the future the Baltimore line is to be used. Messrs. 

 Alcock & Co. take the view that Baltimore offers a more favoroble point 

 for the distribution of this wood than any other Atlantic port, and the 

 arrangement for the imports was concluded in the firm expectation that 

 much of the trade can be concentrated here. 



The National Forest Reserve Commission, of which United States 

 Seuator John Wnlter Smith of Maryland Is a member, has approved th" 

 purchase under the Weeks law of 0,000 oires of cut-over tlmberland In 

 Tucker and liiindolph counties, West Virginia, from tbe Ralne-Andrews 

 Lumber Company, at the price of ?4 an acre. With this purchase the 

 government's holdings in the two counUes as a forest reserve are brought 

 up to 40,000 acres. 



Tbe Maryland Forestry Commission has purchased from the R. E. 

 Wood Lumber Company about 150 acres of tlmberland, extending for 

 nearly a mile along the Tuiapsco river, from .\valon station. The price 

 paid for the land wns ?62 an acre. The purchase was made to protect tbe 

 waicrshcd of the Tatapsco and also to augment the forest reserve of tbe 

 state, the region being one of the most picturesque In Maryland. 



The warehouse being erected for the Morgan Millwork Company oo 

 North avenue, near .Maryland avenue, has reached the height of tbe 

 second story, and work is progressing rapidly. The structure will be 

 entirely of steel, brick and concrete, and will constitute an architectural 

 ornament. When completed It will be occupied as headquarters by the 

 Morgan Company, of which C. A. Oanscom Is the head. It Is altogether 

 likely that the corporation will concentrate all of Its business there, tbe 

 location being much more advantageous for tbe cllstrlbutlon of the 

 company's products than the one on South Howard street. 



Solomon George, aged fifty years, president of the West Side I^Aimber 

 Company, died July T at Hot Springs, Ark., where he had gone for treat- 

 ment. He Is survived by bis wife and five children. 



That the local lumber trade Is In good shape so far as volume Is con- 

 cerned, appears from the monthly report of the building Inspector, which 

 shows that In June the value of tbe new buildings, additions and 

 alterations for which permits were Issued, amounted to not less than 

 52,246,410. This Is almost a record and brings the total for the first 

 six months of the year up to above ?9,000,000. If this rate is maintained 

 the year will run ahead of all previous periods, not even the year after 

 the great fire showing as large a sum. 



That a hopeful view Is being taken abroad In regard to tbe hardwood 

 trade Is shown by the report sent out by J. F. Mueller & Sohn of Ham- 

 liurg, one of the largest and best known firms In the business. Thig 

 report states that as compared with the first months of the present year 

 the second quarter showed a decided improvement In the distribution, so 

 that "we cannot refrain from representing tbe present condition of our 

 market as once more approaching the normal : although it is also to be 

 admitted that tbe prices realized on many Kinds of lumber are not yet In 



