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nhich will be erected at the Pisgah Forest 

 station. 



The purchasers of this timber area are 

 Louis Carr and W. F. Decker. Mr, Carr was 

 formerly a West Virginia lumberman but is 

 now located at Forney, N. C. He has been 

 connected with several large lumber enter- 

 prises in the state and is now operating at 

 Forney as the Norwood Lumber Company. 

 The sale disposes of only the wild forest sec- 

 tion of the famous Biltmore estate. Mr. Van- 

 derbilt retaining some 1.5,000 acres adjacent 

 to his magnificent residence at Biltmore. The 

 Biltmore officials state that they have had 

 hydraulic engineers at work for some time, 

 estimating the possible amount of water power 

 available on the estate with a view to estab- 

 lishing extensive water power operations. 



Pittsburgh Concern Changes Management 



Since the recent personal bankruptcy of A. 

 G. Breitwieser, former president of the Breit- 

 wieser-Wilson Lumber Company, of Pitts- 

 burgh, there has arisen no little misunder- 

 standing antong the trade, which in some 



W. \V. WILSON. I'RESIDENT WESTEIIN I.UM- 

 BEK COMPANY, PITTSBURGH, PA. 



cases has not been just to the remaining 

 members of the former company. To do 

 away with any false impression which the 

 trade may have gotten relative to the Breit- 

 v'ieser-Wilson Lumber Company, William W. 

 Wilson, Jr., of the former concern reorganized 

 under the name of the Western Lumber Com- 

 pany, of which William W. Wilson, Jr., is 

 president and W. J. Harrington, secretary 

 and treasurer. A. G. Breitwieser, of the 

 lormer concern, has severed all connections 

 with the lumber business and has nothing in 

 any way to do with the new organization. 

 The change introduces into the firm new and 

 aggressive individuals, and puts it on a more 

 desirable financial standing. 



The company has taken on the services of 

 W. G. Brown, who has a wide reputation in 

 the Pittsburgh district. He will be In charge 

 of the city sales and will handle the manu- 

 facturing and mill trade. 



The head of the Western Lumber Company 

 has for years been closely identified with the 

 lumber business. Ho began his career with 

 Perais & Vosburgh. It is generally conceded 

 il-.at the personal energy and ability of Mr. 

 Wilson are responsible for keeping the Ereit- 

 viie.ser-Wilson Lumber Company out of finan- 

 1 al ■lifflculty connected with Mr. Breitwieser's 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



per.sonal transactions. The company is in e.v- 

 ■ •ellent financial condition and is doing business 

 to the limit of its capacity. The active man- 

 agement of the concern will still be retained 

 by Mr. Wilson, and with the influx of new 

 blood into the personnel of the firm, its de- 

 velopment should be rapid and uninterrupted. 



Buyers of Veneers and Panels 



H.VRDWOOI) Rkcokd has just issued Bulletin 

 No. 4 involving a continuation of its list of 

 the annual requirements of users, in the 

 United States and Canada, of sawed, sliced 

 and rotary cut veneers and panels. This in- 

 formation is collected, collated and printed in 

 bulletin form for the benefit of its veneer and 

 panel advertising clients. Any others inter- 

 ested in this service, which is proving in- 

 valuable to the trade, can get full information 

 concerning it on application. 



As is well known, for years this publication 

 has issued a similar series of documents, at 

 all times kept up-to-date, covering the annual 

 requirements of wholesale consumers of hard- 

 wood lumber of all varieties. This information 

 recites quantity, kinds, thicknesses, etc.. cm- 

 ployed by the majority of users throughout 

 this country and Canada. 



Balsley & Mc'Cracken Company Organizes 

 in Pittsburgh. 

 I. F. Balsley, veteran hardwood man who 

 until recently was sales manager of the 

 Palmer & Semans Lumber Company, and D. 

 M. McCracken, who was for five years with 

 the H. K. Porter Locomotive Company of 

 Pittsburgh and then four years with the 

 Hrenstein-Arthur Koppel Company, have 

 formed the Balsley & JlcCracken Company of 

 Pittsburgh. The company's offices will be 

 maintained in the First National Bank build- 

 ing. The object of the organization is to 

 sr< cialize in hardwoods in which line both 

 members of the firm are ably qualified. Both 

 are men who have a wide acquaintance among 

 the trade and their new venture will un- 

 doubtedly be welcomed by a good many 

 friends. 



Veteran Lumberman Celebrates Golden 

 Anniversary 



A little history of the veteran Imuborman 

 Godfrey Stringer, who is celebrating the golden 

 anniversary of his connection with tlio Daniel 

 Itiick Estate, will he interesting lo many of the 

 <ild time lumliormen who are still in the harness. 

 -Mr. Stringer came to Pliiladel|Miia in the spring 

 of 1SI!2 to seek employment, and was at once 

 successful in securing a position with Daniel 

 Buck, then operating a small yard of which Mr. 

 Stringer was given charge. As the rapid growth 

 "f tlie business soon necessitated the securing 

 of larger quarters, tiie large yard at Fifth and 

 Jefferson streets, where the business Is now cur- 

 ried on by the Estate of Daniel Buck, was ao- 

 i|Uired, with Air. Stringer as superintendent, and 

 in this capacity he bus just ■•onipleteil his Hfli- 

 eth consecutive year. 



Mr. Stringer enjoys excellent health and from 

 all appearances has many years of active life be- 

 fore him. He can recount many interesting and 

 amusing facts concerning the lumber business 

 when the value of good lumber was not appre- 

 ciated as at the present date. He states that he 

 has diligently kept track of the rapid changes 

 in business methods. He has always adapted 

 himself wisely to the times He can be found 

 at his post at early morn, supervising every de- 

 tail of the work in the yard, and his continued 

 vigilance and energetic appliance of his experi- 

 ence to the business have in a large measure 

 contributed to the success of this weii Known 

 firm. The lumber trade congratulates Mr. Strin- 

 ger, as also the Estate of Daniel Buck, on a 

 business association of such length as tn hp dis- 

 tinctly compllmentaiy t.> the man and the linn. 



Proposed Advances of Southern Bates 



It is pretty definitely rumored in southern 

 shipping points that the southern railroads 

 throughout the entire lumber shipping territory 

 are contemplating a radical increase in rates, 

 beginning with Jan. 1, 1913. 



This increase is the result of several years' 

 attempt to boost freight rates in this territory. 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission having 

 prevented such advances two years ago at 

 which time it was specified that the railroads 

 should not make any increase for two years. 

 Serious changes are contemplated, particularly 

 in the Memphis territory. The rate advances 

 contemplated by the railroads would not 

 merely mean an increase of shipping cost but 

 would so disarrange present business condi- 

 tions in that section as to throw out of gear 

 entirely relations between the various branches 

 of the lumber business. For instance, it has 

 always been known that a special rate in 

 favor of gum and cottonwood was installed 

 when these woods first began to be given at- 

 tention In order to stimulate their use and 



I. E. BALSLEY, BALSLEY & McCUACKEN 

 COMPANY, I'lTTSBURGH, PA. 



thus increase freight tonnage over the lines 

 in that territory. This has not only resulted 

 in a vastly iticrea.sed use of the better grades 

 of these woods, but has also enabled the lower 

 grades to compete successfully with pine for 

 certain purposes for which the latter woods 

 have been used entirely. It is now proposed 

 to put these three woods on a parity inas- 

 much as it is considered that cottonwood and 

 gum have already attained a sufficiently 

 strong position to hold their own without fui - 

 ther assistance. 



It is probable that a general advance of 

 one cent on the higher rates will be attempted 

 while the favored commodities will be raised 

 to an equal basis. This will mean that the in- 

 crease on these favored commodities will be 

 much greater than on the other lines. Thus 

 it can be seen that there is a grave possibility 

 of the contemplated increases disorganizing 

 present methods of conducting the lumber 

 business in that territory. 



A protest will be instituted by the various 

 interests affected, particularly the Lumber- 

 men's Traffic Bureau of Memphis. It is prob- 

 able that the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion will hear the arguments of both sides and 

 will grant a further stay to rate advances. 

 Failure to do this will result seriously to 

 Memphis and other lumber centers. 



