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HARDWOOD RECORD 



New Orleans. 



The famous twu-cent lumher rate case rt'cently 

 decided by the United Stnt<'S Supreme court in 

 favor of the lumber shippers east of the Mis- 

 sissippi river, has been carried into that terri- 

 tory west of the Mississippi and now practi- 

 cally every railroad south of the Ohio and west 

 of the Mississippi is a defendant in a suit to 

 force the reduction of alleged unreasonable and 

 unjust rates on lumber shipments. <Jen. T. 

 Marshall Miller of New Orleans, associate coun- 

 sel for the lumbermen in this case, has just re- 

 turned to New Orleans with the announcement 

 that suits have been filed with the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission to force the railroads 

 west of the Mississippi into line. 



A new lumber company which will very prob- 

 ably establish a large furniture manufacturing 

 plant has been organized at Natchitoches. La. 

 It is the D'Quin-\Villiams Lumber Company, 

 Ltd., and its authorized capital is .$2r>.000. The 

 incorporators are: J. L. Logan of the National 

 Lumber Company, Texarkann, Tex. ; Noble W. 

 AVilliams of the Montrose Lumber Company, 

 and John T. D'Qnin of Natchitoches. The com- 

 pany holds options on several desirable hard- 

 wood tracts in the vicinity of Xatehitoches. 



The Baton Itouge Manufacturing Company has 

 been organized in Baton Kouge, La., to operate 

 a big woodworking plant in conjunction with a 

 sash, do'ir and blind factory. The company 

 will mai nfacture office fixtures and other arti- 

 cles of jardwood. The authorized capital is 

 440.000. T. M. Walker, formerly of Atlanta, 

 will mai fige the big plant. 



Advioi s from Lake <'harles. La., state that 

 the Smith-Trot ti Lumber Company. Ltd.. has 

 been organized there with an authorized capital 

 of .ItirLOOO. The officers are: Thomas -T. Trotti, 

 president : John L. Trotti. vice president ; Flem- 

 ing T. Smith, secretary-treasurer. 



The Mississippi-Alabama Lumber Exchange 

 has been temporarily organized at Meridian, 

 Miss. The exchange will be permanently or- 

 ganized at a meeting to be held July 13. The 

 object of the exchange is to protect those mills 

 which have an output of from 10,000 to 20,000 

 feet. The mill men in the exchange will appoint 

 a manager to help them market their output. 

 This was formerly done by the lumber brokers. 

 W. IL Seymour is temporary chairman of the 

 organizniion. 



Minneapolis. 



E. Payson Smith of the I'ayson Smith Lumber 

 Company recently returned from a business trip 

 into Missouri. Arkansas and Tennessee, lie says 

 of the situation down there; "Hardwood manu- 

 facturers have enough orders on hand to keep 

 them busy for some time. There is some weak- 

 ness noted in a few items, but oak is still 

 strong. Hickory people can not get nearly as 

 much stock as they need." 



The Waterman-Hunter Company, sash and 

 door manufacturer of this city, has assigned for 

 the benefit of its creditors. This concern has 

 been making doors and millwork for the mail 

 order trade and failed to make a success of the 

 business. A meeting of the creditors was called 

 June 22 and Robert Dobson of the Pittsburg 

 Plate (Jlass Company was selected as trustee. 

 The creditors* interests will also be looked after 

 l>y a committee consisting of ixeorge H. Tennant. 

 the hardwood flooring man ; C. A. Barton and 

 C. D. Huyck. No new business will l)e taken, 

 but all old orders will be filled and the stock 

 closed out as expeditiously as possible. 



W. H. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Vam- 

 pany has returned from a business trip to Win- 

 nipeg, where he spent a week. 



W. C. Meader of the Hawkins Lumber and 

 Land Company, this city, is back from Hawkins, 

 Wis., where their mill is located. He superin- 

 tended the installation of machinery in the mill, 

 which will have a capacity of .^0,000 feet a day 

 and will turn out hemlock and hardwood lumber. 

 The company owns 4.0(hi ncres nf land adjoining 

 the mill. 



A. H. Barnard, the local wholesaler of hard- 

 woods, is back from an extended vacation trip 

 which he took in connectitm with the convention 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. 



D. F. Clark of Osborne & Clark is on a short 

 business trip to Chicago and other points. 



Toledo. 



A. M. I'elgate of the Cuyahoga County Engi- 

 neering Department says that along Independ- 

 ence road in Breckville chestnut fence posts 

 have taken root and sprouted. "The county will 

 evidently have a line of chestnut trees where 

 the commissioners expected only an unsightly 

 wall." said Mr. Felgate. "The posts were green 

 when they were set last fall, and the unusually 

 wet season did the rest." 



The sawmill, sash factory and lumber yard 

 of Leander Bloker of Lindsey, O.. were destroyed 

 last week by fire, entailing a loss of ^7,."»00, par- 

 tially insured. 



The Park Street Lumber Company of Colum- 

 bus. O., was incorporated recently with a capi- 

 tal stock of .$.•^.■^.000 by Edgar W. Hedges. Lewis 

 K. Park. Harry W. Stewart. M. V. Hull and 

 Josiah R. Hedges. The company will do a gen- 

 eral lumber business. 



Ashland, Ky. 



On the afternoon of July n the plant of the 

 Lanham Lumber Company at Lebanon. Ky., was 

 destroyed by fire, nothing being saved but the 

 office and one wareroom. The company manu- 

 factured hardwood lumber exclusively, employ- 

 ing thirty-five men. The loss is placed at $35.- 

 00(1, with $7.r.00 insurance. 



J. S. Holmes and Wesley Bradfield of the 

 Forest Service were in Ashland several days 

 ago on their way to Pike county, where they 

 will commence a forest survey of the state, fol- 

 lowing the line laid (!own in an agreement re- 

 cently executed between the commissioners of 

 agriculture, immigration and statistics of Ken- 

 tucky and the Forest Service. The work so 

 far outlined comprises the making of a forest 

 map of the state, a study of forest conditions, a 

 study of markets, demand and supply of timber, 

 a study of the causes and means of preventing 

 forest fires, etc. Information in regard to the 

 timber supply, transportation, manufacture, etc., 

 will be collected and compiled and a report along 

 these lines prepared, in hope that our depleted 



forests may be saved for the use of coming gen- 

 erations. 



The Queen City Lumber Company of Ashland 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 *:I0,000. The incorporators are: O. F. L. 

 Beckette, M. W. Thomas. J. M. Craig and M. L. 

 Merldilh. J. W. Craig is manager of the busi- 

 ness, which is located in <'incinnati. It con- 

 sists of a planing mill and dry kilns, and at 

 present is doing commercial work exclusively. 



Hon. W. H. Counts, manager of the extensive 

 mountain interests of Van.sant. Kitchen & Co.. 

 shot and killed himself on the afternoon of 

 July 4 at his home in Olive Hill, Ky. It is 

 not known whether the killing was intentional 

 or accidental. The decedent was 4S years of 

 age and was cjuite prominent throughout north- 

 eastern Kentucky. He was at one time super- 

 intendent of schools in Carter county and repre- 

 sented Carter and Elliot counties in the state 

 legislature in 188i> and 1891. Mr. Counts was 

 a cousin of (.'harks Kitchen, of this company. 



Reports from the timber districts in the 

 mountains state that the prevalence of snakes 

 of the deadly variety is creating consternation 

 among the lumbermen and loggers. Rattlesnakes 

 and copperheads are .said to be common sights 

 and are causing no little trouble. 



The Wjilker Lumber Company will in the 

 near future erect a large lumber plant at Ken- 

 ova. The firm will receive logs from the moun- 

 tains by rail, and will cut them into lumber. 

 The mill will he erected on the river front. 

 Mr. Corn of Ironton, superintendent of the 

 company, has leased a house in Kenova. and 

 will remove his family to that place at once. 

 The Kenova Sawmill Company's plant is an- 

 other enterprise for that thriving little town. 

 liUmber is being cut, and the work will be rushed 

 to completion. 



The new plant of the Imnton Lumber Com- 

 pany is completed, and the machinery was given 

 a trial June 1. The mill was destroyed by fire 

 .some time ago. The new plant has no planing 

 djepartment. for the company intends to deal 

 largely in unfinished material for the time be- 

 ing. The machinery is the most modern on the 

 market, and when in operation the capacity nf 

 the mill will be about .'O.ooo feet of lumber a 

 day. One feature is the boiler room, which is 

 situated about twenty feet from the main build- 

 ing. The boilers have the Quinn patent Dutch 

 oven, which consumes all waste material. 



Hardwood Market 



CB7 HABDWOOD XECOSD Ezolnsive Mark«t Beporteri.) 



Chicago. 



There is no particular evidence of midsummer 

 dullness in tlie local hardwood market. While 

 trade is not rushing, there is a fair demand for 

 lumber of nearly all varieties. The furniture 

 manufacturers are buying with considerable 

 freedom In anticipation of a very satisfactory 

 July market for their goods. With the large 

 volume of building still going on in Chicago, the 

 interior finish, trim, and flooring producers are 

 having about all they can do to keep up with 

 their sales. On the whole trade is good with 

 every prospect of its being better as the season 

 progresses. 



Oak is still in the lead, with remarkably 

 strong demand, as well as the good end of pop 

 lar. All varieties of northern woods are mov 

 ing very freely. The local call for mahogany 

 is as good as it has been at any time during 

 the past year. 



Boston. 



During the past two weeks the Boston and 

 New England hardwood markets have developed 

 a fair volume of business. Prices continue firm 

 and no jjrnspects of easier values are found. In 

 part the rise in prices during the past few 



months has been due t<t the demand. Init the 

 chief cause has been the short supply of suitable 

 lumber. All mills have found it difficult to give 

 their customers just what they wished for and 

 in many sections the heavy rains have resulted 

 in mills not being able to get a sufficient quan- 

 tity of logs. From some sections of the South 

 car shortage is reported. This is more especlall.v 

 true in North Carolina. Not so much trouble 

 of this nature is heard of from the West, still 

 some is being experienced. Consumers of hard- 

 woods in this section have been busy and their 

 close manner of buying has kept them in the 

 market. An unusually good demand for veneers 

 has l>een reported for several weeks past. 



The demand for export Is not of large volume, 

 as prices <iuoted when inquiries are received ap- 

 pear to be above buyers' views. The market for 

 whitewood h(dds fairly steady at the high level. 

 Buyers confine their purchases largely to lots 

 to cover nearby wants. Several believe prices 

 of whitewood will be lower a little later. For 

 one-inch .f."»!t to $G0 is quoted. Sates have been 

 made at the outside figure. Manufacturers of 

 maple flooring report a larger demand with 

 prices firmly sustained. A strong call for Iteech 

 is reported and prices are stiffer. In a few 

 months' time beech has si)rung into active call. 

 Black walnut is still in g<Mid request. Plain oak 



