HARDWOOD RECORD 



company's export department, says tliey Iiavc raiKclloil all cxpoit busi- 

 ness on account of the war. 



Maurice J. Dukes, vice-president R. A. & J. J. Williarus, wlio recently 

 shipped a cargo of 800.000 feet of spruce to Hucnos Aires, says Soutli 

 American business is now at a Standstill owing to the lack of funds anil 

 will undoubtedly remain so until the end of the war unless American 

 capital Is sent down to finance the banks in that country. 



Building work in riiiliidelphia durini; AiikmsI has fallen short of vol- 

 ume of business compared with I he picvimis month. Figures for the 

 month show 842 permits fjraiiled for l,2.j4 operations to cost $2,604,204. 

 The totality of bulldluK work for .July of this year shows the sum ol 

 .14,661,850. In the face of these discouraging flgures, the amount or 

 huilding work for the first eight months of ]!)14 exceeds that of thi- 

 same period of last year by about $400,000. 



John I!. Steinhncher, a retired lumberman of Williamsport. I'a.. \\;i-^ 

 killed August 26 by a locomotive. He was eighty-two years old. 



Thomas J. Carter, retired shipbuilder and formerly of the firm of 

 Thomas J. Carter & c, . ^iM|,i,uihi. r^ ut Cooper's Point, Camden, N. .T.. 

 died at Haddon Heights, \ .1 .n \ii>;ust 28, aged eighty-eight years. 



The Lumbermen's lOxMi.in^. li. hi ns first monthly meeting after thi- 

 summer suspension, mi S' i.l.nii. i :;. at 1 :30 p. m.. with President Wil- 

 liam H. Fritz in the chair, .Vt this meeting it was announced that the 

 meeting for October 1 will be held at 4 :30 )>. m.. after which the mem- 

 bers of the exchange will proceed in automobiles to a country club some- 

 where for dinner and a uemi-Mi •_-cmii fellowship meeting. President Frit-/, 

 .innounced that the Il.nri. i i nmi r I'nmpany had been elected a mem- 

 ber of the exchaiigi' c huic- \i i In sinut, in behalf of the waterways 

 committee, made an inti i'--i hil- lipi.ii of his committee's work, which 



nde. 



=-< PITTSBURGH >= 



15. E. McCall, who helped to organize the Mouonsahela Lumber Com- 

 pany a few months ago, withdrew from that concern September 1 and 

 has'allied himself with the Thomas K. Coale Lumber Company of Phil- 

 adelphia, with whose stocks he is very familiar. He will be a free 

 lance tor the time being with Pittsburgh as his headquarters, but will 

 work considerable of the Ohio trade including Cleveland and Toledo. 

 He was for several years with the West Virginia Lumber Company as 

 a salesman and was later identified with the Coale company's Pitts- 

 burgh office. 



kicking because the steamship companies 

 •rn lumber stocks shipped via the Panama 

 . Atlantic ports to which must be add.il 

 I handling to get the stock to Pitlslim;;li. 

 all-rail rate of fir> cents from Spokam- m- 

 ua. so that Pittsburgh will gain no li.iiriii 

 this respect, 

 ensburg, I'a., have bought 5,000 acres of 



Pittsburgh lumbermen ar 

 have raised the rate on we 

 canal to C") icnis |i. i inn 

 13 cents mon i. i 1 1 - ijin : 

 .\gainst this i- i ii' ■ !.i:.i; i 

 fiS cents from S,:Uil. ■•i la 

 at all from the new canal i 



The Graft interests of C 



timber lands in Loyalhanna and Salem townships, Westmoreland county. 

 Pa., including the McCullough and Robert Stewart tracts a mile from 

 Saltsburg. Sawmills have already been set and a large amount of mine 

 lumber will be sawed this fall. The timber Is mostly hardwood and 

 hemlock. 



The Johnston-Davies Lumber Company of this city, which has been 

 lumbering successfully in Butler county. Pa., the past two years, has 

 bought another tract of hardwood there and will start a mill soon. It 

 will ship from Parker. Pa., via B. & O. or Pennsylvania railroads. 



C. Pressler & Sons have bought the old Herman planing mill prop- 

 erty on Pennsylvania avenue. North Side, for .?12,500. This is one of 

 the best known planing mills in the city. 



=-< COLUMBUS >- 



building inspector for the 

 iluatlon of $647,325 issued 

 rinits and a valuation of 



1 the year the department 

 ;i;i,535, as compared with 

 hr corresponding period iu 



.Vceording to the report of the Columbi 

 month of .\ugust. there wor'' 220 iirrmits 

 during' lli.' in.iiiili, as ,,.,Hp;.is.i \v m, i 



$495.14n Muiiiii; \nmi-i. i:.i:; - v. 



has issii.Ml i'.iiii:i |„-i nm -. ,.i ,, > .'-^u., ...i 



1913. 



The State Lumber and Manufacturing Company of Columbus has been 

 incorporated with a capital of $30,000 to do a general lumber business by 

 William A. Slatter, J. J. Klndell, C. F. Napier, V. H. Cummins and .1. M. 

 Thompson. 



R. W. Horton, sales manager for the central division of the W. M. 

 Ritter Lumber Company says trade in hardwoods has been all that could 

 be expected under the circumstances. The demand on the part of retailers 

 is the strongest point in the market. Factories making implements, and 

 vehicles are In the market for limited quantities. Furniture concerns are 

 also buying some. Shipments are coming out promptly. 



< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The Stndebaker Corporation. South Beud. on account of increased 

 business, has put a thirteen-hour day schedule iu effect. 



Charles B. Stllz, formerly a member of the city council, is establish- 

 ing a plant for the manufacture of hardwood flooring at Cornell ave- 

 nue and Twenty-fifth street. 



Harris Manufacturing Company 

 Johnson City, Tennessee 



''Harris^' Hardwood Flooring 



and Lumber 



MEMPHIS 



WholcBale Manufai-turers Hnd Exporter* 



RED GUM 



SAP GUM 



COTTONWOOD 

 CYPRESS 

 ASH 



PLAIN OAK 

 All Grades and Thicknesses ^^^^JSy^^" 

 We make a upecfaltr of mixed cars QDPX CI \A 



of 8ap and Red Gum, One-half to \,r,7... 



Two inches thick. SYCAMORE 



DUGAN LUMBER CO. 



a""ndrhrp'prr Hardwood Lumber 



MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



GARDNER & HOWE 



ENGINEERS 



TSCHUDY LUMBER CO. 



sl*ni:k-\cturers of 



St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 



SPECIAL BILLS LONG STOCK 

 OAK, ASH and CYPRESS 



18 to 30 feet 



Sawed to Order 



ADDRESS COliHICSPONDENCB TO GENERAL OFFICE 



606 Republic Bldg. KANSAS CITY, MO. 



VANDEN BOOM=STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY 



Mannfactnrers Sonthern Hardwoods 



