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and that the lime has come when there should 

 be a cheapening of those articles. It was this 

 feeling which led to the adoption in the as- 

 sembly of the resolutions mentioned. It is 

 believed that this feeling also will secure the 

 adoption in the senate of the lumber and 

 < i-niHnt investigation resolution. 



Ashland, Ky. 



Most of the timber that recently came out 

 of Guyandotte and Big Sandy rivers is rafted 

 and the river bank on both sides from Iron- 

 ton, O.. to Huntington is crowded with logs, 

 most of which are of superior quality. Nearly 

 all the mills in this section have enough logs 

 to keep them sawing until the first of next 

 year; usually these mills have to shut down 

 at least tliree months in the year, but, owing 

 to the unprecedented runs of timber, will 

 saw steadily. 



Jeff Tacket and James Sowards of Pike- 

 ville are associated in the construction of the 

 railway and other big undertakings for the 

 Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, at Jane, 

 near the breaks of the Big Sandy. 



The Acton Piano Company has had a repre- 

 sentative looking over ground with a view to 

 locating the company's works in this sec- 

 tion. Catlettsburg will probably be selected 

 as the site for the factory. 



W. T. Hubbard of Toledo. O., was a recent 

 visitor in the Ashland markets. He bought a 

 big bill of lumber from the Giles-Wright Com- 

 pany. 



W. A. Cool of Cleveland and W. W. Reilly 

 of Buffalo, N. T., were here recently. 



There is prospect of two large sawmills be- 

 ing erected at Kenova, W. Va. 



The R. G. Page Lumber Company has re- 

 cently bought a tract of timber land contain- 

 ing several thousand acres, in the Big Sandy 

 valley, near Paintsville. The tract will yield 

 20.000,000 feet of extra fine poplar, oak and 

 walnut lumber. A narrow gauge road and a 

 big band mill will be built at once. 



John W. Kitchen has gone to Asheville, N. 

 C, on business for Vansant. Kitcher & Co. 

 R. H. Vansant and son Harold have been 

 spending a few days in Elliott county, visit- 

 ing relatives. 



W. H. Dawkins of the W. H. Dawkins Lum- 

 ber Company is in Parkersburg and W. E. 

 Berger of the same firm is in Logan, W. Va. 



The spoke works of the Breece Manufac- 

 turing Company at Garrison, Ky., were to- 

 tally destroyed by fire at a loss of $5,000. 

 Ground is being cleared to rebuild at once. 



Mr. Evan Walker, a prominent lumberman 

 of Pikeville. and Miss Josephine Francis of 

 the same city were recently married in Pike- 

 ville, and left for a visit to the groom's home 

 in Philadelphia. 



Fire of unknown origin destroyed the plant 

 of the Pike Lumber Company near Pikeville, 

 Ky., on May 20. The loss will be several thou- 

 sand dollars. 



On account of the rapid increase in busi- 

 ness, the Fearon Lumber Company of Iron- 

 ton has been obliged to put on a night crew 

 at its mill. 



The main ofHces of the W. R. Vansant 

 Lumber Company will "be removed from this 

 city to Rush, Carter county, Kentucky, near 

 to where the company is opening up a large 

 tract of virgin forest. Mr. Vansant will re- 

 move his family to the scene of his new 

 operations, as will also James Hayes. 



Morehead, Ky. 



The Clearfield Lumber Company has re- 

 ceived a new Climax engine to be used in 

 hauling logs. It now has two engines and 

 one log loader on its new railroad. 



S. M. Bradley has commenced work on 



another large boundary of timber, princi- 

 pally oak, and is experiencing great difficulty 

 in getting men and teams. 



There is really no improvement in the car 

 situation here. It is still diflicult to get cars, 



W. J. Rice of Jackson, Miss., is here to at- 

 tend the hearing of the case of the Winton 

 Lumber and Manufacturing Company, bank- 

 rupts, at Mt. Sterling, Ky., on May 23. Sev- 



eral attorneys here and at Ashland are in- 

 terested in this case. 



We notice a very singular thing in freight 

 rates at Ashland. The C. & O. charge 2 cents 

 more per hundred on all freight out of Ash- 

 land than other roads charge to same point.' 

 This goes to show the C. & O. does not want 

 business, and it is needless to say they are 

 not getting the business from Ashland. 



Hardwood Market. 



(By HABD-WOOD SECOBD Exclusive Market Beporters.) 

 Chicago. 



In the Chicago district trade in hardwoods 

 is only fair. There is no particular snap in 

 the market and in some instances lumber is 

 being urged upon buyers. Of course, a good 

 call remains for oak, ash and all varieties of 

 wagon stock, wide poplar and Cottonwood. 

 There is a fair demand for maple and bass- 

 wood. Undeniably, the furniture people are 

 disappointed in the volume of current sales, 

 and this constitutes a large element of the 

 local buying trade. A lessening demand is 

 being felt by the jobbers. Owing to the short- 

 age of stock at sources of supply, prices are 

 being well maintained and the volume of trade 

 as it is, is above normal. 



Boston. 



The market for hardwoods is firm. Whole- 

 salers continue to complain of a great delay 

 in shipments from mill points, although the 

 trouble from this .source is not as bad as it 

 was. The demand is moderately active. One 

 of the leading wholesalers says he prefers to 

 get notice of shipments having been made 

 at present rather than new orders, although 

 the latter are welcome. Some of the interior 

 finish mills have been handicapped by a labor 

 strike and as a result have not been large 

 buyers. Furniture manufacturers are busy 

 and are in the market for fair sized lots from 

 week to week. A good demand for vi?neer of 

 all kinds is reported. It is stated that since 

 the marked advance in lumber took place 

 more veneer has been used than previously. 

 The yards in this vicinity are carrying fair 

 sized stocks of hardwoods, and owing to the 

 extremely high prices they are buying in 

 moderate way only. 



Plain oak is in moderate call. It is reported 

 that some sales have been made at lower 

 figures than this, but where this has been 

 so, it is found that the lumber does not come 

 from the best sections of the country. Quar- 

 tered oak is very firm with a fair call. One 

 inch stock is held at $S5 to $S7. Considerably 

 more interest is reported in black walnut 

 than for several months. Offerings of this 

 are not large and prices are very firmly held. 

 Many believe that walnut is coming back 

 into favor as wood for furniture. The call 

 for maple flooring is moderate only. White- 

 wood continues very firm with offerings of de- 

 sirable dry stock small. Many of the southern 

 mills have very little dry lumber on hand. It 

 is reported that they have two customers for 

 every lot ready for shipment. Cypress is in 

 quiet call with prices well maintained. 



Ne-w York. 



The current volume of trade in hardwoods 

 in the metropolitan district continues good in 

 pretty much all branches. Notwithstanding 

 the high prices which have prevailed for some 

 months, the yard dealers, with a full apprecia- 

 tion of the situation at mill points in the 

 matter of supplies, have laid in good stocks, 

 and a majority of the yards are today in pos- 

 session of some very choice assortments of 



stock and are all looking to a good volume 

 of summer and fall business. For this reason 

 the demand in the wholesale market from 

 the yard dealers has eased oft considerably 

 of late except perhaps in choice or fancy car 

 loads, for which there seems to be a specially 

 good call. Also for glue-up table and furni- 

 ture stock. This latter character of business 

 is constantly increasing and is a very profit- 

 able line of business for those wholesale houses 

 handling it where they have proper facilities 

 for supplying the wants in this line. Not- 

 withstanding this easing off in the demand 

 among the yards, the furniture, cabinet mak- 

 ers and in fact the general manufacturing 

 trade, both in the city and surrounding terri- 

 tory, are very active and are supplying a 

 good volume of buying orders to the whole- 

 sale trade. 



Stocks of good lumber continue to be scarce, 

 although there are some slight increases in 

 offerings in certain lines due undoubtedly to 

 the fact that the season is approaching when 

 the new cut begins to be available for market. 

 There is, however, no easing off in the mat- 

 ter of prices, which continue very stiff and 

 high all along the line. It has really been 

 remarkable the prices which have obtained 

 this year for good hardwood lumber and which 

 have seemed to have no effect on the volume 

 of demand, and it has indeed been a rich 

 harvest for those houses who had foresight 

 enough to lay in a good stock before the rise. 



Plain oak, ash, birch, chestnut and poplar 

 seem to be mostly in call in the lumber line, 

 with oak ship timber and heavy coarse hard- 

 woods for construction work likewise moving 

 freely in those channels. Beech is also in 

 large call for boarding and planking and tem- 

 porary construction work, and the trade 

 therein is developing greatly as each season 

 arrives. The whole hardwood situation in this 

 section of the country is certainly on a very 

 sound basis and the general opinion of the 

 trade is that there will be a good and firm 

 market for the balance of the year. 



Philadelphia. 



Although general activity is noticeable in 

 hardwood circles, some members of the trade 

 still report a slight dullness. This is at- 

 tributed mainly to the belief that there is 

 likely to be a drop in values, consequently 

 some diffidence is felt in buying certain 

 woods. The better posted dealers and con- 

 sumers, however, realize that the bad weather 

 recently experienced in southern producing 

 sections will prevent accumulation of stock, 

 which condition must keep values up, hence 

 they do not hesitate to transact business on 

 the prevailing schedule of prices. Fair sup- 

 plies of logs have come in at mill districts, 

 and a good deal of lumber is being turned 

 out, but it is sold way ahead. 



Although reports show that the western 

 furniture manufacturers are slacking up, there 

 has been no indication so far of a let-up in 

 the activity of the factories in eastern Penn- 

 sylvania. The sash and door men continue 

 prosperous, and are rushing things. Indoor 



