HARDWOOD RECORD 



The Ferd. Brenner Lumber Co.. Alexandria. Louisiana 



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Manufacturers of High Grade Hardwoods '"l^iltlmj 



JAMES & ABBOT COMPANY 

 Lumber and Timber 



No. 165 Milk St., BOSTON, MASS. 



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iHardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers^ 



I RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. 



|OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT 



^ SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS 



Veneers: 



CIRCASSIAN WALNUT AND ALL 

 OTHER FIGURED WOODS 



THE FREIBERG LUMBER COMPANY 



OFFICE AND MILL. CINCINNATI. OHIO 



Johns, Mowbray. Nelson Company 



OAK. ASH, POPLAR ft CHESTNUT 



GCM AND COTTONWOOD 



JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. 



OAK. POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK BCILDINO 



OAK TRIM andllOULDINGS 



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in plain sawn stock arc one of our "specialties." 

 Our stock is smoothly machine run and is not 

 excelled by any in quality or machine work. 

 Can furnish Oak Flooring in same cars. 



THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO. 

 OHIO VENEER COMPANY 



I Manufacturers k Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 

 2824-t4 COLERAIN ATENCE 

 g, DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. 



I Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



E GENERAL OFFICE— CI.AT CITV. KT. 



Tlic I'ort .Siiiltli Tmaic Durraii nn Aujcuit 8 OIrd with tb« Intoratvlo 

 t'oiiinuTrf ('<iiiiiulKHlon n ouinplHlnt iiKiiiiiHt the CIiUiiko, Kock luliiud « 

 riK'KIc, Ihi KuiimiH CIt.v Kiiiitlii'ni. tin- .MIdliiiiU ViiU<'.v iind lli<- 8t. I.ouU 

 A. Snii KraiirlHio nidroailM to omiiii'l lli.'m to pill III I'lroct Ix-lwwn Fori 

 Smilti und |>nliit« I'liNt, III ArkmiMiK. mi tin- Hock iHlfinil, a rati- icbpduli* 

 •'i|iilviilpnl to i^tHiKliird l-'rrlKht Msiiiiir.- TiirllT .Vo. :i, iMUed bjr tlip llall. 

 roiid Coniiuliu>lou of .Vrkitinum. riiii. anion on tin- part of tin? Foil 

 Smith JoblMTn, luiinufnrturiTii, wh..liKiiK' dcnliTn and MhlpiHTii la rrndiTi-d 

 n'TPDsnr.v, since prnrtlriilly cvitj line of rnllrond i-ntiTlne Kurt Kniltli, 

 tr.iiu other polniK In Arkuniiia. piiBK over into (ikliihoiDii for tbori dl> 

 liiiices, theroliy n-nderlni; bnuU ovir tie- Hiinu- IntcritlHlv, nod taklpii iIh- 

 siiinc ont of the hiindH of the ArkiiiisiiK eonimlHHlon na Intraatato builnriiii. 



On .\uKiiHt i:t lire of unkoown orliiln <le«tro.ved ^i. A. Booiwr'a itave 

 fiictory, Kawnilll and el-ctrlc llk-ht idiint nt ("ornlnK. Ark. The lou l« 

 estimated nt ♦U0,(»00 with no liiKiininri'. .\bout J.Vl.fMK) atavea, •.'O.ihmi 

 fi-.t of linnti.i- iitid III. I feet of liius w.r- d.-Min.d In the lire. 



:-< WISCONSIN y- 



The Kiiii Claire Lumber Com|"i".v lia~ l.-.u „i«uiil/..,l ul Kail ilalre 

 by Floyd \V. Long and Conrad C. rber. The new concern beara the n iiiie 

 of a well-known lumber company, formerly located at Eau Claire. 



The GIddinga & I^wla Manufaclurlne Company, well-known Hawmlll 

 ei|ulpmcul mnnufttcturini; concern at Fond du I>ac. has been forced to 

 put OD a night shift In order to bundle Ita biislDeaa. 



The O. K. Morgan aawniUl at MorganB aiding, north of Shawano. wa» 

 destroyed by lire recently, causing a loss of $5,000. No Inaiiranee wna 

 larrled. Mr. Morgan will rebuild the plant. 



Wholesale lumbermen will be Interested to learn that T. A. McCollow 

 '•( .Tunenu ha« disposed of his lumber business at Clyman to W. .1. Colllna, 

 possession to be given on September 1. 



The Dillingham Manufacturing Company of Sheboygan recently re- 

 <• ived a cargo of ."i2,000 feet of hardwood lumber on the schooner Mary 

 l.iidwig. from Providence Bay, Ont. The cargo was the flrst lumber ship- 

 ment to arrive In Sheboygan from Canada by water In ten years. 



The K. .T. Pflffner Company of Stevens Point experienced considerable 

 loss recently when fire destroyed Its shavings house and the roof of the 

 planing mill power house. 



Announcement has been made that the plant of the .\ndrew Kaul. .Ir. 

 Company, hub manufacturing concern of Merrill, will be placed In 

 uperatlon early this fall. 



The property of the Brunct Falls Manufacturing Company at Cornell. 

 Wis., has been sold under a decree of foreclosure to the Cornell Woml 

 fioduct Company for Jl.uOO.OOO. The plant, one of the largest In the 

 slate engaged In the manufacture of wood pulp materials, was built two 

 years ago by G. I,. Steele and others at a cost of $2,000,000. 



In a bulletin. Issued recently, and which was one of the causes for the 

 introduction of an anti-wood shingle ordinance in the common council of 

 Milwaukee, H. L. Dalton, president of the Wisconsin State Fire Preven- 

 tion Association, declares that the wooden shingle roof is the worst 

 hazard in Milwaukee toda.v. 



"The shingle roof has been the cause of conflagrations all over ilie 

 T'nited States, which could otherwise have been controlled," says ihi- 

 liiilletln. "Milwaukee has made some advance In the extension of Its 

 lire limits, but these limits outside of the downtown district, are ho 

 narrow that they would be useless In a conflagration." 



Building Inspector W. D. Harper of Milwaukee has come out In favor 

 of the antl-shlnglc ordinance before the common council and has asked 

 tlie public welfare committee of the council to recommend the measure for 

 passage. 



=-< DETROIT >.= 



Tlie Fislier Body Company of Delroil, big maniifiuturer of automelille 

 liodies, recently acquired a new five-story building In which It was planned 

 to employ GOO additional men. Whether such action will be carried unl 

 regardless of tlie war is problematical. 



The Adjustable Table Company of Grand Rapids is one of the eonceins 

 that has profited directly as a result of the European war. The company 

 has received an order for 200 sighting stands to be used on European 

 gunboats. The order was placed through a Rochester, N. Y., dealer, and 

 Hie tables are for use on battleships of the nations at war. 



Charles B. Hays. Kalamazoo financier, has bid $4ri,000 for the mam- 

 moth plant of the defunct Kalamazoo Buggy Company, which exceeds the 

 bid of E. Willard Ready of Nlics. Mich., by $5,000. Tlie Ready bldd was 

 ihe highest at an auction held at Kalamazoo by the Detroit Trust Com- 

 pany, receiver, and it was announced that Ready wouM be recommended 

 to the T'nited States court os the purchaser. However, since then the 

 Hays bid has been made, and probably It will be accepted. Mr. Ready 

 as soon as he received control of the property Intended locating several 

 manufacturing Industries In the plant. Litigation probably will develop. 



The European war has apparently not affected the Imports of lumber 

 from Canada to mills in the Saginaw valley. Bradley, Miller & Co., the 

 Bay City Box and Lumber Company, and E. B. Foss & Co., all of Bay 

 city, have received a total of 2,.30G.404 feet of lumber from Canada since 

 August 5. 



E. B. Foss & Co. of Bay City have practically completed arrangements 

 whereby they will become owners of the mill of the North Channel Lumlier 



