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B 303 — Wants Information 

 Louisville. Ky., Sept. 13.— Editor nABDWOOD 

 Record : We wish to know if you know what 

 the law is in the diffei-ent states governing the 

 purchase of lumber, as to whether or not the 

 party who orders a car of lumber of certain 

 grades and description has a right upon receipt 

 of the same to proceed to measure and inspect 

 and receive that part of it that is up' to the 

 requirements of the order and hold the remainder 

 subject to the order of the shipper, or subject 

 to reinspection by an authorized inspector of 

 whichever association rules govern the purchase. 

 We think there was a case decided in the Chi- 

 cago courts, the case being some Cincinnati firm 

 versus the Chicago Car Lumber Company, and 

 that the court held in this case that the buyer 

 had the right to use that part of the lumber 

 that met the requirements of the order and hold 

 the remainder subject to reinspection or the 

 order of the shipper. 



This matter is one in which we think all lum- 

 bermen in the country are very much interested. 

 Any informal ion that you can give us will be 

 very greatly appreciated. 



Company. 



The above concern has been written as fol- 

 lows: 



I don't believe there is any enactment in 

 any state governing the point you raise. The 

 general custom of tlie trade is that consignee 

 must receive the shipment as an entirety, or 

 reject it as an entirety, and this has been the 

 general practice as laid down by a number of 

 association rules. 



However, in the case of the appeal made 

 some years ago between members of the Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers ' Association and members 

 of some eastern associations, a rule was inter- 

 jected whereliy the consignee had tlie right 

 to sort out lumber that failed to reach stand- 

 ard grade and hold it subject to the order of 

 the shipper. 



If my recollection serve me right, the orig- 

 inal decision in favor of the Chicago Car 

 Lumber Company in the case you note was 

 subsequently reversed. However, it has been 

 clearly decided several times that a consignee 

 has the right to transport lumber from the 

 railroad car to his usual place of business for 

 inspection before he accepts or rejects, and 

 that in event that he rejects the shipment he 

 ha3 a claim against the lumber company for 

 the drayage charges. It was so decided in 

 a case of this sort before Judge Hunt in Cin- 

 cinnati in 1884.— Editor. 

 B 305— Hardwoods on West Coast of South 

 America 

 San Francisco, Cal„ Sept. 3.— Editor Oard- 

 ■wooD Record : Kindly advise us it you know 

 of any hardwood either for interior finish or 

 hardwood used for strength such as wagon work, 

 that might be found on the west ccast of South 

 America. We know that you have a fund of 

 information along these lines and assure you we 

 will appreciate any references that you might 

 give us. We have particular reference at this 

 time to Colombia, Ecuador, I'eru and Chili. 



& CO. 



The following reply has been sent to the 

 above correspondent: 



There has never been much shipment of 

 timber from the west coast of South America, 

 Init a number of species grow back from the 

 tour thousand mile stretch of coast, which are 

 reported to be valuable. 



In the South a number of beeches grow. 

 Some of them near the straits, and on Terre 

 del Fuego, are evergreen. The beech has 

 been investigated with a view to developing 

 the resources for cross-ties. The wood is 

 strong and hard, and doubtless is suitable 

 for flooring and for certain classes of interior 

 finish and furniture, but I do not know that 

 it has ever been so used in this country. 



An acacia tree (Acacia Cavenia) is a very 

 hard wood, and is of much importance in 

 southern Chili. It might be valuable for the 

 manufacture of farm implements and ve- 

 hicles, but probably bas never been imported 

 into the United States for that purpose. 



A species of oak, which is commonly known 

 simply as Chilean oak, is very hard and dura- 

 ble and the tree attains large size. I do 

 not know how the figure of the wood com- 

 pares with oaks of this country, but the tim- 

 ber is said to be valuable and abundant. 



The alerce, a species of cedar, is one of the 

 largest trees and indigenous to the western 

 coast of South America; and a large and 

 sliapely tree (Araucaria Jmbricata) locally 

 called pine, is reported valuable for many pur- 

 poses. 



North of Chili the timber within reach of 

 the Pacific coast is scarce because much of 

 the coast is rainless; but over the mountains, 

 in the sources of the rivers which flow to 

 the Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean sea, 

 tliere are valuable forests of many kinds of 

 hardwood, including the so-called Columbian 

 mahogany. 



You probably are well acquainted with the 

 wood known commercially as prima vera or 

 white mahogany {Tahebiiia donnellsmithii) . 

 This has been imported into San Francisco 

 for a long time. Do not know that any is 

 cut in South America. The supply in the 

 past has come principally from southwestern 

 Mexico and tlie western coast of Central 

 America. — Editor. 



B 306— N. H. L. A. Report 

 The following letter from Charles H. Bar- 

 naby, together with attached report, received 

 through the office of Secretary Frank F. Fish 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 is self explanatory. 



We enclose statement of the inspection bureau 

 lor the month of August, 1912, and invite your 

 careful attention to the figures presented in 

 this statement. 



The total for August, 1912, is 18,041,552 feet, 

 r.n increase of 2.132,052 feet over July, 1912. 

 and therefore the largest month by more than 

 two million feet in the record of the inspection 

 department. This volume of work was accom- 

 plished with earnings of the inspectors slightly 

 in excess of the actual expense. 



The combined inspections lor the first three 

 months of the new fiscal year (June, July and 

 August, 1912) amount to 47,200,229 leet, which 

 is an increase of 10,379,524 leet over the same 

 months of 1911. We believe this important in- 

 crease will be gratilying to our membership and 

 that it is additional evidence that the Inspec- 

 tion Bureau is making substantial and perma- 

 nent progress. 



Since our August letter, James Faske has 

 been appointed inspector with headquarters at 

 Dermott, Ark., and assistant inspectors have 

 been engaged at Detroit, St. Louis aud Memphis, 

 to meet the increased demand lor the official 

 certificate, and we shall station a man at Little 

 Rock, Ark., about Oct. 1. 



Since Aug. 15, sixteen new applications for 

 membership have been received, bringing the 

 total since the June convention to thirty-four. 

 Yours very truly. 



Chas. H. Barnaby. President. 



Frank F. Fish. Secretary-Treasurer. 



Salaried Inspectors 



Feet 



Frank R. Buck, Chicago, 111.. 357.880 



John J. Lorden. Chicago. 111.. 300.4oO 



J. J. Shepard. Milwaukee. Wis. 229.03. 



W E Robinson. St. Louis, Mo. 1)2 1, 440 



Ed. Horn, St. Louis. Mo ^•;*'''*§2 



W 11 Beckner, Bristol, Tenn. 29o,4o8 

 U. E. Gray, Chattanooga, 



Tenn 24.i,isi 



W T. North, Memphis, Tenn. 270,488 



A. K. Baker, Memphis, Tenn. 293,046 . 



<) L Faust. Memphis, Tenn. 2o9,612 

 J. Lee Brannon. Nashville, 



Tenn - ' 0,000 



W. J. Mcisride, Cairo, III 221,128 



C. E. McSmith, New Orleans, 



T jj 2.5n,4ol 



J. i,. Benson. .Uexandria, La. 4U>.i>70 



(■ C Ferguson. Louisville. Ky. 4x2. 7. U) 



II. W. Miller. Cincinnati. O.. •■'''J4.1tJ4 



D E. Buchanan. Cincinnati. O. 322,198 

 II. II. Roberts, Huntington, 



^\ Va J4J,9od 



Jos. Patterson. New York City 358,831 



J. J. Miller. Toronto, out... l-ij.5S2 



J L Stewart, Buffalo, N. Y.. 225,683 

 II. F. Thompson, Philadelphia, 



j»a 2o ( ,338 



W li. Long, Pittsburg. Pa. . . 272,0B1 



(Jeo R. Dunn. Boston. Mass. 2uo,482 



A. <;. Langeluttig, Baltimore, „,„ _„ 



MU 313,458 



T A. Hall, Detroit. Mich 459,597 



N W Rice, Detroit. Mich... llO.olO 

 Ed. Borgeson, Minneapolis, ^ 



Minn 66a,oj^ 



n. N. House, Minneapolis, 



Minn 235,;>i3 



II. A. Hoover, Chief Inspector 191,779 ^ ^^^ ^^^ 



Fee Inspectors 



Chas. Christiansen, Manistee, 



Mich 1,.S7S„549 



P. Collier. Boyne City, Mich. 1, 181, 3al 

 J S. Coman, Menominee, 



Mich 328,419 



W. M. Clemens, Trout Lake, 



Mich 1,035,586 



J. M, Gillett. Traverse City, 



Mich 356,515 



Warde L. llagadorn, Cheboy- 



gau, Mich. 1,190,057 



Grant Harrison, Petoskey, 



Mich 945,255 



^\",ich'- ".°"!';...':':"':*.°.°: 120,295 

 '■lS".*.''l'!":."'"''f'':"i.047,98i 



Scott & RieckhoBE. Ludington, 



Mich 341,023 



Walter Tillitson, Grand „ „ „„„ 

 Rapids. Mich 710,832 



W. S. Calkins, Shawano, Wis. 18,olb 



9,160,3(9 



18,04L552 



B 304 — Wants Birch Boot Lasts and Boot 

 Trees 



London, E. C, Eng., Sept. 4.— Editor Habiv 

 wooD Record : We have considerable inquiries 

 from various Iriends lor teak or birch blocks 

 sawn out roughly in small pieces. These blocks 

 are used in this country lor making boot lasts 

 and boot trees, but so far we have been unable 

 to lind anybody who manulactures this class of 

 material, although there is a big business being 

 done. 



