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and Daniel WpUs Norris, Jlilwankeo. are among 

 the stockholders. 



The Leiler & Martner sawmill and box fac- 

 tory, Prairie du Chien, recently sustained a total 

 loss by fire. The origin of the fire is not known. 

 The owners may not rebuild the mill. 



The Hamilton Manufacturing Company of 

 Two Rivers, manufacturer of wood type, cabi- 

 nets, etc., has sold its Ludington plant to the 

 M. Eeichardt & .Sons Piano Company of Chicago. 

 The company will center all its business in Two 

 Rivers. 



The season's largest lumber deal was made 

 at Marinette when the Edward Hines Lumber 

 Company, Chicago, purchased the entire cut o£ 

 two mills of the Stephenson company. The 

 purchase involved upwards of one million dol- 

 lars. Senator Isaac Stephenson and H. A. J. 

 Black consummated the purchase with Edward 

 Hines and Isaac Baker. 



The Menominee River Boom Company has a 

 drive of 36.000,000 feet of logs in the Menomi- 

 nee river, which is being piloted by forty-nine 

 men under Supt. William Stephenson. It is 

 expected that the logs will reach the sorting 

 gap by .Tuly 1. 



The Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company will 

 erect an addition to Its plant, G0x48 feet in 

 dimensions, to make room for the increased busi- 

 ness. The company has an order for 3,000 

 veneered doors for a new hotel in Cleveland, 

 which, with many other orders, is keeping the 

 plant busy with its full force. 



The Employers' Mutual Liability Insurance 

 Company of Wisconsin, which was organized to 

 insure manufacturers' risks under the workmen's 

 compensation act, has now 178 policy holders. 

 These policies cover 13, .500 employes in the 

 state. At a recent meeting at Wausau. the 

 number of directors was changed from fifteen 

 to eighteen. C. F. Steele of Cornell was re- 

 elected president. 



The Wisconsin Industrial Commission opened 

 an exhibition of more than 1,000 photographs 

 and blue prints of safety devices for the protec- 

 tion of employes in Milwaukee June 4. in the 

 Merchants and Manufacturers' headi|\iarters. 

 Another set has been placed on exhihition at 

 Madison, while a third set is to travel from 

 city to city throughout the state. The exhibit 

 will remain in each town for a week and manu- 

 facturers and the public in general will l)e in- 

 vited to view the display. The wood-working 

 industry will be particularly interested in the 

 traveling exhibit, as many types of safety de- 

 vices for wood-working machines will be shown 

 in the town reached Iiy llie exhiliit. 



DETROIT 



A number of Detroit hardwood dealers went 

 to Chicago for the fifteenth annual convention 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 June 6 and 7. Great interest in the conven- 

 tion was shown by the Detroit lumbermen and 

 those who could not go because of business rea- 

 sons expressed their regret. 



Ralph. Ely of the W. E. Heyser Lumber Com- 

 pany of Cincinnati. O., was in town on a busi- 

 ness trip a few days ago. 



Two big cargoes of hardwood lumber were re- 

 ceived at the docks of the Thomas Forman Com- 

 pany on the Rouge river during the past few 

 days. The steamer Ida Keith lu-ought 400,000 

 feet of maple from Harbor Springs while the 

 steamer Green brought 350,000 feet of maple 

 from Cheboygan. Lumber cargoes are coming 

 along in good shape, all lumber concerns .which 

 have dockage receiving shipments. 



Large size requisitions for oak. elm and' wal- 

 nut are being placed with many dealers by the 

 automobile factories. The factories are laying 

 in hardwood supplies suflBcient for several 

 months and the dealers are hustling to fill the 

 orders. 



Thomas Forman of the Forman Company and 

 Secretary John Lodge of the Dwight lAimtjer 

 Company, large manufacturers of hardwood floor- 

 ing, report that the trade in their line has im- 

 proved decidedly within the past month. In- 

 quiries and orders are coming along now in grati- 

 fying manner. 



A five-story addition, with a total floor area 

 of 0,5,000 square feet, is being erected at the 

 plant of the Wilson Body Company, Clay ave- 

 nue. The third floor is an addition to the body 

 shop and the fourth and fifth floors will be 

 used in the painting and trimming of limovi- 

 sine and coupe work. The first floor will be 

 ready July 1 and the remainder of the building 

 by Aug. 1.". 



Warden Moyer. who for many years was iden- 

 tifie<i with the manufacturing and wholesaling 

 of lumber in Michigan, died in Detroit last week. 

 He began the wholesale lumber business in De- 

 troit in 1880. The leading hardwood men of 

 the city acted as pallbearers. 



Construction work shown by building permits 

 taken out last week represi'uted an aggregate 

 of $307.0.50 against *2i;n.70.5 for the similar 

 week of last year. The permits for new buildings 

 totaled 118 and their estimated cost $362,480. 

 There were 37 permits for additions. 



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CHIC AGO 



On account of the fifteenth annual ouuventicui 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, 

 W'hich was lu'ld in (^hicago on Thursday and Fri- 

 day of last week, an uiuisiial number of sales 

 managers, rei)r<'senting hardwood mills and 

 wholesalers from all over the country, were in 

 the Chicago market looking for orders during 

 the week. A great man.v spent the entire week 

 in town soliciting trade, and judging from gen- 

 eral reports, their efforts have been highly suc- 

 cessful. Most of them have made very satisfac- 

 tory sales, which would indicate that the local 

 market is at least continuing as firmly .'is it has 

 heen for several months, .\nother good indica- 

 tion is the continued stilTcning of prices, which 

 of course, is more mtirked in some items tlian in 

 others. Sound wormy chestnut has been an 

 active stock recently, and considerable quantities 

 lit" it have heen disposed of. 



In the northern woods, low-grade basswood is 



dill' of till.' struui^est items t.n tin- in;irket. a!- 

 though birch and maple continue t.. maintain 

 their healthy condition. 



Local yard conditions seem to 1)C in fair shape, 

 judging from reports from the yard contingent 

 The same can be said to a less extent of the con- 

 suming factories, although there has been a little 

 disposition on their part to increase sales. There 

 has been a slight strengthening in quartered oak 

 of late, w^hile plain oak. of course, is still a re- 

 markably scarce and valuable stock. Cottonwood 

 and gum are in fairly active request. 



NEW YORK - 



The local hardwood market shows a fair busi- 

 ness in all departments. Inquiries are active, due 

 to the shortage of stock at both ends of the line, 

 and prices, especially on good lumber, are very 

 firm. There is every indication that the general 

 hardwood market will be very stiff for some time 

 to come. 



Plain oak is scarce and high, and ash is par- 



ticularl,v active. As a matter of fact, the in- 

 ability to ship promptly is giving a great deal 

 of ptimulus to the market. Maple and birch are 

 active and some of the largest producers report 

 a larger demand than it is possible to fulfill 

 from ordinary sources. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood trade is almost as good as it 

 was two weeks ago, and much better than two 

 months ago. Yards generally could look after 

 more trade if it could be had. However there 

 is a fair average volume of business stirring. 

 Prices are holding firm and seem likely to con-t 

 tinue so. The bulk of the business seems to be 

 in plain oak and maple, stocks of which are 

 scarce. Quartered oak is a little firmer. Ash. 

 chestnut, poplar and elm are in fair inquiry. 

 Birch continues strong. There is only a small 

 sale for such woods as cherry and walnut. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Notwilhstauding an admitted lull in trading 

 in the general lumber business, the hardwood 

 situation continues about normal. The settled 

 weather during the last fortnight has proved 

 the necessary stimulus to a more liberal buying, 

 and steady trading of a medium volume is looked 

 for throughout the season. The general con- 

 struction work continues active. Hardwood em- 

 ploying industries are fairly busy. The demand 

 for hardwoods is slightly diminished, but on 

 account of conditions at the mill end great ditfi- 

 culty is experienced in controlling shipments. 

 Maple is in good call and prices hold firm. Ash 

 is inclined to be a little sluggish : of poplar 

 there is a modicum demand : chestnut holds a 

 good position and sound wormy chestnut is grow- 

 ing stronger. Oak of all grades is apparently 

 the hardest wood to get at this time. As a 

 summary, all stocks of standard grades of woods 

 j\re depleted, and" the low grades sold up, conse- 

 quently it will be some months before the stock- 

 pile will ri'ach normal condition. 



PITTSBURGH 



Speaking of Pittsburgh, it is ]>erlinent to sa,v 

 that no time in the past two years has tlte lum- 

 ber situation been as good, all things considered. 

 Payrolls are the largest for years in this dis- 

 trict. The steel mills are buying large quantities 

 of lumber for extensions and, in fact, industrial 

 activity in lumber buying is one of' the big 

 features of the market. Yard trade is improv- 

 ing. Railroads are taking a fair amount of stock 

 and. in spite of all the ijolitical uncertainties, 

 there is a mighty good sentiment in tlii' market. 

 Stocks are low everywhere. Mills are rushing 

 operations. Prices are firm with all chances that 

 they will increase Ix'fore fall. 



BOSTON 



The general tendency of the hardwood market 

 is upward. Practically all reports from manu- 

 facturers indicate that they are making plans 

 to further advance prices. Dry stock is scarce 

 and many mills have been handicapped in their 

 sawing by the recent floods. These facts, to- 

 gether with the better demand, are responsible 

 for the firmer tone. In the Boston and New 

 England markets there is a fair demand for 

 hardwood lumber. One of the features of the 

 demand here is the increased call for walnut. 

 Offerings of the latter are small and prices rule 

 liigh. Veneer manufacturers are busy with a 

 good volume of orders ahead. Manufacturing 

 consumers of hardwood lumber are doing more 

 than for some time and in most cases are car- 

 rying small stocks. Plain oak is much firmer, 

 and offerings are smaller. Quartered oak is well 

 held, with a firmer tone than a few weeks ago. 

 For maple there is a fair amount o£ new busi- 



