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HARDWOOD RECORD 



MATHEWS STANDARD 



Gravity Lumber Conveyer 



}fr, flooring, dlmanslr 



four p«r c«nt »rad». Adjustable JacI 



Un« and secure proper crade. Light 



Been In auccra^fu) use for paat ten y 



Pricea quoted on receipt of Inform 



conveyed. Send 



q Fitzgibbons & Krebs Patent Ele 

 vated Traveling Derrick propels itseH 

 on 28-ft. gauge track. 



<J No guy wires. 



q Write to O. M. Krebs, Mallory 

 Branch, Memphis, Tenn., or to P. F. 

 Fitzgibbons, Chattanooga, Tenn., for 

 pamphlet fully illustrating and explain- 

 ing the derrick. 



Also ask for list of users. 



iM- ii>» loiiu iiinl biirwau uiay arrangt to Imvo tlir opeoInK of liida puat- 

 Ihiii.hI lun;i rUuiiKli for Ilia to rnicli Miinllu. 



.\B thp Icrma of the raiiccaalmi r<'<|ulr<' the ratnlillrtiuii'iil of anwrnlllk 

 nnil InmliiK ii|HTnlloii«, Ainrrlrnn iiinniifnrturi'ra of <><|iilpim-nt thrrvfur 

 ^ll..nlll folioH ii|i thla miill.T In orili-r to obtain ordrra for nmrliln<T.v. 



BtUldlng Operatlona for September 



It l« not cii(.y to t'Xtrttcl conaolallon or Joy frmn llir HlaUuiPDI of liiillil' 

 liiK u|iiTallona for tbo month of Hoplcuibcr. TiK' flKum look unfavorable. 

 In fnci, llicy nrr unfavorable. AuRuit, the flrat month of the European 

 »nr, made a very creditable showlnii, a ahrlnkSK'' of only 4 per ci'nt a> 

 lompared with AuRuat loHt year. Hut Scpleinber reveals a losa of 32 

 (H-r cut. The explanntlon Is perhapK thlH. Pinna late In July for Aumist 

 IK'rmlia had alreody proKreasod ko far that aloppuKe waa both unnecessary 

 anil undesirable. Hut durlnx the month of Auuust there waa not the 

 Hnine undivided looklne ahead to coiiKtrucllon work. Instead there were 

 street corner dlscUKHlons and nrnuments. TumlnB the spot lluht on the 

 misty future, a somewhat hazardous iniess would be that buildlnic opiru 

 tlons may be about due to (tet their second wind. One consldernllon 

 whieli Is recelvlUK some attention la that bulldlUK material has cheapened 

 III Kiiine directions within recent weeks nnd Ihnl this may serve as n spur 

 to Increased activity. LookInK the flKures squnrely In the face, this Is 

 the presentment : 



The ofllclal reports of building permits. Issued by 71 of the principal 

 eliles throuRhout the country, durlni; September, received by the American 

 I'ontractor, t'blcaBo, total $44. 071,004, as compared with ter>,844,400 for 

 September, l!li;i. a decrease of 32 per cent. Tint the losses are not 

 iinnnlinouB. There arc 18 cities thot show sains, IncludlnK St. Paul, 200 

 per cent; Denver, 241 per cent; Des Moines, 108 per cent; Scranton, 330 

 per cent ; SprlngQcId, 111., 160 per cent ; Suit Lake City, 237 per cent. 



Kor the llrst nine months of the year the showInK Is creditable. The 

 total cost of bulldlnt; permits Issued In the 71 cities was $558, 276,753, as 

 compared with $.%83, 218.802 for the corresponding period Inst year, a 

 docnnse ol only 4 per cent. The statement In detail Is as follows : 



Per cent 

 Gain Lous 



