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ing as its chairman of the board of directors a 

 very capable consulting architect who believes 

 he has adoptetd a form of construction for this 

 big structure that is much superior in fireproof 

 qualities as well as stability to any concrete 

 structure ever erected. 



B 26& — Seeks Basswood Moulding 

 New York, N. Y., May 6. — Editor Hardwood 

 Kecord : I hare a customer who wants to buy 

 basswood mouldings, and probably can be in- 

 duced to buy in carload lots if the price is at- 

 tractive. Please advise me of some moulding 

 manufacturers who would be liliely to want to 

 figure on a requisition of this kind. 



The writer of the above letter is a weU- 

 knowu Xew York jobber, and has been re- 

 ferred to several producers of basswood 

 mouldings. Any others interested in the in- 

 quiry can have the address on application by 

 referring to B 266. — Editor. 



B 270 — Commends "The Middleman's 

 Wages" 



Battle Creek, Mich.. June 1. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : Your editorial in last issue Hard- 

 wood Record entitled "The Middleman's Wages" 

 is a very good one. The only suggestion we could 

 make is that we think you should have made 

 mention of the fact that If it were not for the 

 Jobbers, the prices of lumber would not be nearly 

 as staple, and the manufacturers in the long run 

 would suffer materially. 



The F. W. Frexxh Lumber Compaxy. 



Thf foregoing is one of the numerous let- 

 ters that have been received during the last 

 few days commending the position taken by 

 H.^RDWOOD Record on the subject of the essen- 

 tial value of the jobber in the hardwood in- 

 dustry. The ^Y^iter of the above letter is cor- 

 rect in the assumption that the competent job- 

 ber does add to the stability of lumber values, 

 but on the contrary, the scalping element of 

 the trade, which sells lumber below its real 

 value and attempts to execute orders with off- 

 grade stock, is a distinct menace to the 

 stability of values. — Editor. 

 B 271 — Opening New Wagon Stock Yard 



MoUne. 111.. May 28. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We anticipate opening a new lumber 

 yard for the storage of implement and vehicle 

 wood stock with ample shed rooms for all our 

 requirements. Can you give us the name of some 

 concern that has an .ideal yard in the way of 

 equipment and general arrangement? Any in- 

 formation you can give us will be greatly ap- 

 preciated. MoLisE Wagon Compaxt. 



The writer of the above letter has been ad- 

 vised that so far as the editor knows, the best 

 equipped wagon Woodstock yard in the coun- 

 try is that of the Studebaker Brothers Com- 

 pany at South Bend, Ind., although there may 

 be others equally as well arranged. — Editor. 



B 272 — Wants Quotation on Three and Five- 

 Ply Panels 

 .Toplin. Mo.. May 2o. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We are buyers of three and five-ply 

 veneered panels, and would like to have quota- 

 tions on -them from houses making panels from 

 oak, red gum, birch, yellow pine and tupelo gum. 



throughout this region, I believe I can safely 

 state that the average woods foreman has it in 

 his power to save his firm at least $10 a day. 

 with practically no extra work on the part of 

 his crew, by seeing that crooks, heavy defects 

 and shakes in logs are so situated as to minimize 

 the amount of damage in the grade of the log 

 when it is sawed into lumber. I find that many 

 times a bad crook in a tree can be worked 

 around by cutting the first log twelve feet in- 

 stead of sixteen feet to take in the crook and 

 thus avoid heavy waste. Likewise heavy surface 

 knots should be cut around rather than to be 

 left in the middle of the log length, thus throw- 

 ing them so as not to lower the grade of the log. 

 The cheapest place to get rid of unmerchantable 

 log end and badly defective stock is to leave 

 them in the woods. 



Any of the panel patrons of Habdwood 

 Record who would like to communicate with 

 the writer of the above letter, can have the ad- 

 dress on application by referring to B 272. — • 

 EDiTon. 



B 273 — Tips to Woods Foremen 



Marlinton, W. Va., June 1. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : In my contact with woods operations 



It is probably true that a good many woods 

 foremen under instructions from principals to 

 ' ' cut everything sixteen feet possible, " go to 

 the extreme in the order, and that more judg- 

 ment might be displayed by cutting crews to 

 the manifest advantage of the sawmill opera- 

 tor. — Editor. 



B 274 — Slow-Burning Construction 



Detroit, Mich., May 2.j. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : An important tip to the lumber trade 

 may be found in the fact that the li'isher Body 

 Company of Detroit, Mich., last winter erected 

 an immense factory building (for the construc- 

 tion, by the way, of metal automobile bodies 

 largely), of a slow-burning construction typo, 

 which is regarded practically fireproof. The floors 

 are built out of 2x8, spiked together on edge. 

 The building was erected during the winter, when 

 a building of a substantial concrete structure 

 would have been impossible. It cost less than 

 7 cents per cubic foot, whereas the cost of a 

 concrete building of a similar character would 

 have cost 15 cents per cubic foot. 



The Fisher Body Company is fortimate in hav- 



B 275 — Situation at Charleston, Miss. 



Charleston. Miss., May 24. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We started our sawmill this morning 

 after being shut down practically all the time 

 for two months on account of high water, but 

 intend to begin running double time about June 

 10 in order to make up for lost time. We find 

 the lumber market very strong in all items. 

 Prices are from two to five dollars higher than 

 on Jan. 1. It is our opinion that these prices 

 will be maintained for the remainder of the 

 year, as from the best information obtainable, 

 hardwood lumber stocks are very short both in 

 the hands of producers and consumers. We have 

 on hand less than thirty per cent of our normal 

 stock. Lamb-Fish Ld.\iber Company, 



W. B. Burke, General Manager. 



The analysis Mr. Burke makes of the lum- 

 ber situation from the Charleston viewpoint is 

 about a duplicate of that received from all 

 other lower Mississippi Valley points. The 

 majority of the mills are now again in opera- 

 tion, after having been closed down for more 

 than two months by reason of high water. 

 Stocks of dry lumber, however, are very short 

 in every quarter. It will be late in fall be- 

 fore the 'situation is relieved to any appre- 

 ciable extent with lumber that is dry enough 

 to go into shipment. — Editor. 



B 276 — Wants Gum Table Legs 



Greencastle, Ind.. May 24. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Can you furnish us the addresses of 

 parties who can furnish gum table legs? 



Cabinet Company. 



The wi;iter of the above letter has been given 

 the names of several houses which manufac- 

 ture gum table legs. Any others interested 

 in the prospective customer for this class of 

 material, can have the address by writing this 

 office and referring to B 276.— Editor. 



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'News Miscellany 



Annual Meeting Hoo-Hoo 

 It has been definitely decided by the Supreme 

 Nine of Hoo-Hoo that this year's annual meet- 

 ing will take place at Asheville. N. C. on July 

 18. 19 and 20. The climatic conditions at Ashe- 

 ville during the month of July are ideal, the 

 temperature rarely rises above T.j degrees in the 

 middle of the day, and the nights are invariably 

 cool. The North Carolina members of the order 

 are very anxious to have a large number attend 

 this annual meeting, and it goes without saying 

 that they will do everything in their power to 

 assist in . making the visit a pleasant and 

 memorable one. 



The headquarters of the order will be at the 

 Battery Park Hotel, one of the big resort hotels 

 of the country. This famous hostelry stands 

 high up on an eminence almost in the heart of 

 Asheville, affording from its spacious balconies 

 a most wonderful and alluring view of the 

 "Land of the Sky." 



Annual Grand Rapids Lumbermen's 

 Association 

 The annual meeting and banquet of the Grand 

 Rapids Lumbermen's Association was held May 

 31 at the Hotel Pantlind, with a fine attend- 

 ance of members, their wives and invited guests. 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected as 

 follows : President, Wm. E. Cox, Nichols & 

 Cox Lumber Company ; first vice-president, Otis 

 A. Felger, Felger Lumber & Timber Company : 

 second vice-president, G. Von Platen, Von Platen 

 Lumber Company ; secretary, Arthur M. Man- 

 ning, Stearns Company ; treasurer. Gaius W. 

 Perkins, Jr., Perkins Lumber Company. 



A half hour's reception of an informal nature 

 was held preceding the banquet, the reception 

 committee consisting of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. 

 Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Felger, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Gerald McCoy. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wolf, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Walter C. Winchester, Mr. and Mrs. G. von 

 Platen, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Ward and Mr. and 

 Mrs. N. J. G. Van Keulen. 



After enjoying a sumptuous banquet Otis 

 A. Felger was introduced as toastmaster and the 

 program that followed was of exceptional merit. 

 The toastmaster had a fund of stories at his 

 command and the speakers included leaders on 

 the bench, in the pulpit and in business life. 

 Carroll F. Sweet, manager of the Grand Rapids 

 Lumber Company, who now heads the Grand 

 Rapids Association of Commerce, led off in his 

 usual inimitable style on "Lumber Optimisms." 

 Judge John S. McDonald of this city read an 

 able paper on "Individualism and Socialism." 



