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HARDWOOD RECORD 



which has opened offices in the new First Na- 

 tional Banls slcyscraper. The mainstays of the 

 company are M. Riely. president, and H. E. Ast. 

 vice-president. Both of these men are veteran 

 lumbermen who have been for years with the 

 .\merican Lumber & Manufacturing Company of 

 this city. Mr. Riely has had charge of the 

 American traJBc and railroad sales department 

 since 1900 and Mr. Ast was for the past six 

 years manager of the hardwood department. 

 The new company will malse a strong bid for 

 straight out hardwood business and for the first 

 few months will confine its energies to hard- 

 woods almost entirely. 



Both Mr. Riely and Mr. Ast have a very large 

 acquaintance among lumbermen and millmen. 

 The former will be office manager, while the 

 latter will lools after the outside sales worli 

 and will do most of the hardwood buying. The 

 company starts off with splendid assets in the 

 way of a long experience and loyal friends. The 

 position which Mr. Ast held at the American 

 has been filled by Robert Brown, a former De- 

 troit lumberman who has been with the Ameri- 

 can the past year. 



Completion of New Hardwcod Mill 

 The II. n. Ilitt L«ml>er Company, Decatur. 

 Ala., announces the completion of its new 50,000 

 feet daily capacity band mill at Decatur. This 

 installation makes three band mills the company 

 is now operating, which have a total daily out- 

 put of 120,000 feet. The timber of this company 

 is exclusively of the high-class Tennessee River 

 valley variety, which is said to be second to none 

 in softness of texture and good color. The lum- 

 ber of this company is carefully manufactured 

 and graded. 



The new mill is a 12-inch. 10-foot AUis-Chal- 

 mers band, and is up-to-date in every particular, 

 being equipped with chain log-haul-up, shot-gun 

 feed, steam set-works, steam nigger, band resaw. 

 live rolls, etc. The power is supplied by two 

 engines of 4.50 H. P. and 250 H. P., respectively. 

 The mill was started the last week in August 

 and has thus far given entire satisfaction. 



A VENEER KNIFE OE SIZE AND QUALITY 



Some Veneer Knife 



E. C. .\tkins & Co. have just shipped from 

 their Lancaster knife factory a very remarkable 

 veneer knife, a picture of which we are pleased 

 to show herewith. 



We have not the exact dimensions of the 

 knife, but you can see for yourself that it is 

 "some knife." 



This was ordered for a special slicing ma- 

 chine, and the great accuracy required in order 

 to grind them straight and true, to temper them 

 properly and to finish them so as to give results, 

 proves the splendid facilities which the Atkins 

 company enjoys. 



Knives of this size are very rare, and we 

 understand that only about twelve of them are 

 consumed in the United States in any one year. 



Building Operations for August 



Building statistics for August, as compiled by 

 The American Contractor, Chicago, from forty- 

 four leading building centers throughout the 

 country, show a decline of fourteen per cent as 

 compared with the same monih of the past year. 

 This was caused by builders at Chicago taking 

 out permits during August, 1911, for skyscrap- 

 ers and extensions to some already built, because 

 a height limit was established to take effect on 

 Sept. 1. These permits amounted to nearly .1>20,- 

 000,000. Under normal conditions the gain in 

 the cities listed would be about fifteen per cent. 

 Despite this skyscraper boom the past eight 

 months scored an increase of nearly six per cent 

 over the same months of the past year. The 

 cities which gained an increase of more than 

 Hlty per cent for August, 1912, are: Baltimore, 

 6-1 per cent: Dallas, 208: Manchester, 296: Mem- 

 phis, 160; Norfolk, 88: New York City, 54: Oak- 

 land. 70; Richmond, 80; Seranton, 73; Shrevc- 

 port, 448. and Wilkes Barre, 153. The particu- 

 lars will be found in the following table ; 

 .\ngust. .\usvist. 



1912. 1011. I'er Cent. 



City Cost. Cost. GainLoss 



.\tl.ili'ta $ 47.S.l.'iO .? G51.717 .. 26 



I'.iiltimore 694.:iU4 420.S.S4 64 . . 



Itiiffalo 900.000 793.000 LS 



Cedar Rapiils 201.000 185.000 S .. 



•ChicaKO ...' 8,436.100 26.200,500 .. 67 



Cincinnati 1.61S.3S5 1.420.125 IS . . 



Columbus 389.830 535,036 . . 26 



Dallas 623. 09S 202.172 208 .. 



Des Moines 79.475 154,000 . . 4S 



Detroit 2.407..505 1.60S..'i75 49 .. 



Duluth 207.788 27S.910 . . 25 



r,rnn,\ Raplrls 200.514 145.550 37 .. 



H;arisburg 77.725 120.575 .. 35 



ir^irtford 514.030 530.095 .. 2 



Iii.linnapolis 888,670 642.488 38 .. 



Ivnisas City 1.016.150 877.170 15 .. 



.Mi.n.hestcr 741,712 189.816 296 .. 



^Icmi.bis 1,101.505 422,.8.',0 160 .. 



Milwaukee 1.026,300 1,027.608 .. .. 



Minneapolis 1,050.815 1,042. .800 .. .. 



.NasliTille 146.660 159,706 . . 8 



.Newark 901.069 1.377.710 . . 34 



New Haven 292.735 84:1,005 . . 65 



.\ew Orleans 284.636 267.665 6 .. 



Norfolk 492.276 261.3.S0 88 . . 



Manhattan 13,253,067 6.547.885 102 . . 



Brooklyn 2,475,650 2.978,780 .. 16 



Bronx . 2,300,687 2. 143,275 7 . . 



Ni-w York 18,029,294 11,689.940 54 ~ 



Oiikland 1,267,779 744.533 70 . . 



( iin^iha 474,137 404.325 17 . . 



PatiTson 135.503 145.177 .. 6 



Philadelphia 3,445,935 4.660,185 .. 26 



I'ittshurgh 1,170,434 1,138.531 3 .. 



I'ortland 1.094.509 1.733.325 .. 36 



Kichmontl 413.035 228.889 SO . . 



llorhester 1,005,320 849,770 18 .. 



St. I'aul... 618.774 797.116 .. 22 



■St Louis 1,671.951 1,631,519 2 .. 



Siilt Lake City 398.835 354,900 12 .. 



Snanton 185.810 107.092 73 .. 



Slu-eveport 425.888 77.658 448 .. 



Toledo 334.985 574,588 .. 41 



WilkesBarre 235.670 92.950 153 .. 



Worcester 588.408 549. .838 7 .. 



Total $56,358,616 .$66,178,933 .. 14 



*Chica?ro issued nearly $20,000,000 for skyscrapers. 

 .\iigiist, 1911. herfiro restrictions wore enforced Sept. 1. 



Liquidation of Hardwood Lumber Company 



Owing to ill health and inability to carry on 

 the details of the business of the Hardwood 

 Lumber Company of Cincinnali. O., .1. II. P. 

 Smith, presidi nt and larger owner of that enter- 

 prise, has deemed it wise to liquidate the affairs 

 of the company. Mr. Smith has been suffering 

 from a severe case of neuritis for the past six 

 months, and has been practically incapacitated 

 from attending to his business. 



The affairs of the comjinny has been placed 

 in the hands of E. V. Babcock of Pittsburg, 

 It. B. Burns of Charleston, W. Va. and Fred 



W. Mowbray of Cincinnati, as trustees to wind 

 up the business. 



The assets of the institution, consisting of 

 good accounts receivable, cash on hand and lum- 

 ber, are amply sufficient to enable the trustees 

 to pay all the liabilities in full and turn over 

 to Mr. Smith and his associates a handsome 

 surplus. 



The many friends of Mr. Smith in the trade 

 will regret the misfortune that has overtaken 

 him, and which makes it necessary that he 

 shall liquidate his profitable and growing busi- 

 ness. 



A Handsome Speeder 



Superintendent .1. P. Murphy of the Little 

 River Lumber Company and the Little River 

 Railroad, Townsend, Tenn., is the proud posses- 

 sor of a new automobile speeder, which he em- 

 ploys in getting over the fifty or more miles of 

 this railroad. 



sri'"r -Muiii'iiYs ALTo.\ii)i;ii.L si'iii:i)i;R 



Mr. Murphy removed the running gear and 

 [•ut a set of railroad trucks with suitable brake 

 equipment on a new "20" Ford automobile, and 

 now has the handsomest speeder in the coun- 

 try. He says he Is using this machine every 

 day, and it is giving entire satisfaction. He 

 believes he made no mistake in rigging it up, 

 as it is Infiniti'Iy superior to any standard motor 

 (ar made. 



It must lie mentioned that the curves of the 

 Little River Railroad range up to thirty-six de 

 gi-ees, and in the mountain section go up to a 

 grade of nearly seven per cent. The car easily 

 makes tlilrty miles an hour. 



The accompanying picture shows Mr. Mur- 

 phy at the "trigger" of the machine, and the 

 liack sent occupied by Herbert B. Nields. chief 

 salesman of thj Little River Lumber Company. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The Sycamore Wagon Company at Delvalb, III , 

 has been succeeded by the DeKalb Wagon Com 

 pany. 



The Parma Veneer Products Company, rarnni. 

 Mo., has boen incorporated with a capital of 

 ?;2S,000. 



The McLean Hardwood Company of New York, 

 N. Y'., has incorporated with a capital of 

 $300,000. 



The Otwell Wagon & Novelty Works at Otwell, 

 III,, have recently inccuporaled with an author- 

 ized capital of .SI.OOO, 



The llamillon Vehicle Company at Hamilton, 

 O., has been incorporated with a $,10,000 author- 

 ized capita!, 



A receiver has been applied for l)y the ,\meri- 

 can Carving and Manufacturing Company at 

 Grand Rapids. Mich, 



An increase in capital from $03,500 to $72, 

 000 has been made by the Southern Ilhuois l.um 

 her Company of Springfield, III, 



The Chelsea Manufacturing Company, with a 

 capital of $5,000, has been incorporated at 

 Chelsea, Vt., to manufacture handles. 



The Independ.nl Lumber Company of Fre- 

 mont. Ala., with headquarters at Indianapolis, 

 Ind.. was adjudged bankrupt on Aug. 22. 



A cyclone which struck Hirchwood, Wis., .\ug. 



