HARDWOOD RECORD 



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known lumber dealer, and first station agent 

 of this place, died on May 3, in his seventy- 

 sixth year. 



C. E. Lloyd, Jr.. of the Boice Lumber Com- 

 pany, Inc., reports business active and is more 

 than pleased with results to date. Mr. Lloyd 

 has been malting- an extensive tour among 

 mills, their own and others, and reports con- 

 ditions eminently satisfactory — no weakening 

 at any point in values. This company has 

 purchased considerable hardwood of late, and 

 with the output from their mills, will be pre- 

 pared to meet most any demand for months 

 to come. 



A forest fire that has been burning in Presi- 

 dent and Pine Grove townships since May 12. 

 was recently checked, after the timber loss 

 had reached the sum ot $75,000. 



The Holloway Lumber Company reports 

 business moving along nicely and the car 

 service a little improved, so that it is able 

 to get out some of the back orders. 



Miller & Miller, a prosperous firm, have ex- 

 tended their business considerably during the 

 past year. They have mills at Branchville 

 and Bowman, S. C, and are arranging for 

 the building of a railroad to connect with 

 their mills. They also expect shortly to open 

 a branch office in this vicinity. They report 

 their hardwood department doing well. Frank 

 B. Miller has recently returned from an ex- 

 tended tour in South Carolina and Georgia, 

 where he has been looking up longleaf pine, 

 in which wood they also deal extensively. 



J. N. Holloway & Co. are receiving a good- 

 ly share ot orders. They feel that a new im- 

 petus has been given to trading, in conse- 

 quence of the more seasonable weather. 



H. H. Maus & Co., Inc., report the best 

 year's business they have ever had. Their 

 mill is working without interruption, orders 

 coming in right along, notwithstanding they 

 have not been able as yet to close out all the 

 back orders. The company has engaged F. 

 W. Strahorn to look after the pole end of the 

 business. Mr. Strahorn. who is well known, 

 having been in this business on his own ac- 

 count for some years, is thoroughly familiar 

 with the line. 



The J. W. Ditenderfer Lumber Company 

 will shortly remove to 1314 North American 

 Building. 



J. Randall Williams & Co. are preparing tor 

 prospective good summer trading. J. Randall 

 Williams. Jr., of this firm, is on a buying 

 trip in South Carolina. When last heard from, 

 he was fast developing into an expert in the 

 piscatorial line. It comes from good author- 

 ity that his record for one afternoon's catch 

 was twenty-three trout. 



Baltimore. 



A meeting of Baltimore members of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association was 

 called prior to the annual meeting of that 

 organization to discuss the advisability of 

 urging the amendment of the National grad- 

 ing rules and whether the Buffalo resolution 

 of 1905 should not be rescinded with a view- 

 to securing as close an approach to unanim- 

 ity throughout the United States as pos- 

 sible. All the Baltimore members were pres- 

 ent with two exceptions, and the action taken 

 was unanimous. After an extended discus- 

 sion of the subject under consideration, the 

 following resolution was adopted: 



"Resolved, 1st. That it is the sense of the 

 Baltimore members of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association that the association 

 in convention at Atlantic City, N. J.. May 23 

 and 24, 1907, should take such action as is 

 necessary to rescind the Buffalo resolution of 

 1905, whereby it was agreed to make no 

 change in the grade rules of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association for a period 

 of three years; and that this association 

 should make such alteration and changes in 



its grade rules as will as nearly as possible 

 promote and bring about a common and uni- 

 versal system of inspection of hardwood lum- 

 ber throughout the entire country. 



"2nd. That the chairman shall appoint a 

 committee ot three members whose duty it 

 shall be to present to the convention of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 through the proper channel this resolution 

 and the further action of the Baltimore mem- 

 bers here assembled." 



The following resolution was adopted on 

 motion of M. S. Baer: 



"Resolved. That the committee of Balti- 

 more members are empowered and instructed 

 to meet with the committee on inspection of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association, 

 and discuss with them fully the proposed 

 changes to be offered in the association in- 

 spection rules, with a view to determining 

 their action in behalf of the Baltimore mem- 

 bers and to lay before the committee the de- 

 sirability of the following changes: 



"1st. That there should be a proper divi- 

 sion in the grade of shipping Culls Hard- 

 wood, conforming nearly to the present sys- 

 tem of division into No. 2 Commons and No. 

 3 Commons of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States. 



"2nd. That for the inspection ot poplar 

 lumber there should be established an addi- 

 tional grade of "stained" saps, making a 

 place for this class of stock under a head to 

 itself. 



"3rd. That the rules governing the mea- 

 surement of hardwood lumber should be so 

 changed as to cause measurement to be made 

 as follows: 



"In widths, fractions on the one-half foot 

 are t3 be given alternately to the buyer and 

 seller; the fractions below the one-half foot 

 to be dropped, and all fractions above the one- 

 half foot to be counted to the next higher 

 figures on the board rule. 



"In lengths, standard to be four to sixteen 

 feet, counting the 'odd' as well as the 'even' 

 feet." 



This matter, for which the meeting had 

 been especially called, having been disposed 

 of, the cost of inspecting hardwood lumber 

 at Baltimore was taken up. The Baltimore 

 Lumber Exchange having adopted the na- 

 tional rules. M. S. Baer offered the follow- 

 ing resolution, which was adopted: 



"Resolved, That the committee of three 

 members appointed by the chairman of this 

 meeting shall be further empowered and re- 

 quested to take up with the Inspection 

 Bureau of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association at some suitable time in the near 

 future the subject of co-operation between 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 and the Lumber Exchange of Baltimore, with 

 a view to having the association grant proper 

 license to the chief inspector of the Lumber 

 Exchange of Baltimore, permitting him to 

 issue the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- 

 ciation inspection certificate on lumber in- 

 spected under his supervision, and allowing 

 the Lumber Exchange charges to apply." 



This, it was contended, would relieve the 

 association of the fixed expense of the 

 salaried inspectors in this city. 



Richard W. Price presided over the delib- 

 erations. The committee named to bring the 

 matter before the Atlantic City convention 

 was: R. B. Wood, Richard P. Baer and 

 Richard W. Price. 



Articles of incorporation were filed re- 

 cently by the John C. Scherer. Jr.. Manufac- 

 turing Company, which is organized to manu- 

 facture and deal in office furniture, bar fix- 

 tures and other similar products, and has an 

 authorized capital stock of $60,000. The in- 

 corporators named are John C. Scherer, Jr.. 

 Harry R. Ruse. Thomas T. Tongue, Frank H. 



Longfellow and Daniel MacLea. Mr. Scherer 

 is widely known in the sash, door and blind 

 trade. Mr. MacLea is a member of the 

 Eisenhauer & MacLea Company, dealers in 

 hardwoods on West Falls avenue, and enjoys 

 an excellent reputation. The company will 

 doubtless conduct operations on a large scale. 

 Hardwood men here are considerably exer- 

 cised over the action of the Baltimore & 

 Ohio Railroad in serving notice of an increase 

 in the freight rates of one cent per 100 

 pounds. The increase became effective on 

 May 1. At the same time the minimum 

 weight of cars was increased from 30,000 to 

 34,000 pounds. In other words, where a lum- 

 ber shipper had formerly to pay for 30,000 

 pounds when he loaded a car, he will now 

 havp to pay on 4.000 pounds more, so that 

 the increase in rates is really much more 

 than the one cent advance indicates. Ar- 

 rangements are under way to make some sort 

 of representation on the subject to the rail- 

 road company, the advance being considered 

 out of proportion to that on other commod- 

 ities. 



Among the visiting lumbermen here last 

 week was C. E. Lloyd, vice-president of the 

 Boyce Lumber Company of Philadelphia. Mr. 

 Lloyd had been on a southern trip, and was 

 enroute for home. He said that the hard- 

 wood business continued in excellent shape, 

 with prices strong and the demand active 

 with the possible exception of common oak. 

 which, he thought, had eased off somewhat, 

 though the general situation was not affected 

 thereby. He looked for a prosperous busi- 

 ness during the balance of the year. 



A concatenation of local Hoo-Hoo has been 

 called by Vicegerent Snark Maurice W. Wiley 

 for the first week in June, when it is ex- 

 pected that a number of applicants for ad- 

 mission will be on hand. 



B. C. Currie of the R. M. Smith Lumber 

 Company of Parkersburg, W. Va., was in 

 town last week and expressed himself as 

 highly gratified over the way trade keeps up. 

 The Norva Land and Lumber Company of 

 which Robert MacLean, a well-known ex- 

 porter of hardwoods with offices in the Stew- 

 art building, this city, is general manager 

 and president, is erecting a planing mill in 

 Norfolk County, Va.. along the Dismal Swamp 

 Canal, with Walliston, Va., as the postofBce 

 station. The company has some 23,000 acres 

 of land there, containing large quantities of 

 hardwoods, cypress and much gum. The lat- 

 ter is being worked up into staves, a stave 

 mill and sawmill having been on the place 

 when it was purchased. A resaw is also 

 being put up, and the facilities of the com- 

 pany will be greatly enlarged when the im- 

 provements are complete. The planing mill 

 will be in running order about the middle of 

 June. 



The Danzer Lumber Company of Hagers- 

 town, Md., is making extensive improvements 

 at its yards on South Potomac street, which 

 cover an area of five acres and are being 

 connected with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 

 by means of a switch 550 feet long. This will 

 permit cars to be shunted direct to the yards 

 without extra handling. A smoke stack 80 

 feet high is being built, and dry kilns are 

 under construction, together with exhausts to 

 convey shavings and sawdust to the boilers. 

 Every facility for handling lumber, heavy 

 timber and logs is to be provided. The im- 

 provements will be completed some time in 

 July. 



Mary L. Evans, president; Eugene Murray, 

 vice-president, and William B. Murra.v. sec- 

 retary-treasurer, all of W'ashington, D. C. 

 have incorporated the Convertible Furniture 

 Manufacturing Company of Alexandria. Va.. 

 with a capital stock of $50,000. and will erect 

 a factory there. 



