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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Active Campaign in Westbound Freight 

 Matter. 



An active campaign has Ijeen instituted by 

 the various hardwood lumber associations and 

 the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion in an attempt to secure a lower and more 

 equitable freight rate on hardwood lumber and 

 flooring from the middle West to the Pacific 

 coast. 



At nu adjourned meeting of the Transconti- 

 nental Freight Association, held at its office in 

 Chicago ou July IS. appeared E. P. Arpin, of 

 Grand Rapids, Wis., acting on behalf of the 

 committee appointed by the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association, of which he is chair- 

 man. There were also present at this conference 

 the following committee of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association : O. O. Agler, J. II. 

 I'ritchard and G. .7. Landeck ; also Lewis Dos- 

 rer. secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States, representing 

 that organization. Mr. Arpin was the chief 

 spokesman of the lumber delegation and pre- 

 sented a mass of evidence showing the injustice 

 of the present rate and instancing a great many 

 comparisons with the eastbound tariff covering 

 like commodities. Mr. Arpin backed up his evi- 

 dence by a succinct and forceful address, bring- 

 ing forth convincing arguments in favor of a 

 reduction of the westbound rate. O. 0. Agler 

 and G. J. Landeck also spoke briefly on the same 

 subject. 



The meeting between the lumber delegates and 

 the Freight Association was marked Ijy thorough 

 good feeling and the members of the association 

 were apparently markedly impressed by the 

 forceful way in which Mr. Arpin presented the 

 claim on behalf of his lumbermen colleagues. 

 The association agreed to take the matter under 

 advisement and to report its decision at an early 

 date. 



The next meeting of the association will be 

 hnld at New Orleans, the date to be determined 

 later. At this meeting the Atlanta and Florida 

 cypress operators will be the guests of the 

 Louisiana members. 



Florida Cypress Meeting. 



The Soulhern Cypress Manuf;i<tarers' Asso- 

 ciation held a meeting at Atlantic Beach, near 

 .Tacksonville, Fla., July IS and 19. The meet- 

 ing was very well attended. 



The result of experiments made in drying 

 tupelo gum were thoroughly discussed. The 

 committees on insurance, railroad transportation, 

 market conditions and terms of sale made brief 

 reports. The committee on market conditions 

 reported that the demand for cypress is notably 

 better, and that the volume of orders received 

 in the last four weeks was greater than any 

 previous period of like duration. The associa- 

 tion completed its arrangement for the installa- 

 tion of local inspectors at quite a number of 

 mills, under the general direction of Chief In- 

 spector B. R. Ellis, who was appointed at the 

 Atlanta meeting. The visitors indulged in a 

 banquet at the Continental Hotel at the conclu- 

 sion of the first day's session. 



The second day was devoted entirely to the 

 consideration of the reports of the committees 

 on grading rules and specifications. Some 

 changes were made in grading rules, especially 

 in the matter of measurement. In future, in 

 measuring and tallying random widths, all frac- 

 tions of a foot, one-half a foot and less will not 

 be counted, and all fractions of a foot more than 

 one-half will be counted as one foot, i. e., the 

 give-and-take method on the alternate half foot. 

 A small knot was specifically designated to be a 

 knot not over three-fourths of an inch in diam- 

 eter. The reference to "small sound knots" in 

 No. 1 shop was stricken out. The grade of C 

 finish will in future be known as shop finish, 

 so that the trade will know how calculations 

 are made for a loss of ten per cent on account 

 of defects. A grade of D finish to be known as 

 A was added, which provides for consuming 

 lumber that could not be used in C finish. The 

 grading rules for siding were also somewhat 

 amended. 



Doings of Florida Hardwood Company. 



The West Florida Hardwood Company of 

 Marysville, Fla.. held its election of officers 

 July 10 and George V. De Gruy was made 

 president and general manager and E. B. Net- 

 tleton, secretary and treasurer. Mr. De Gruy 

 is a practical hardwood man and Mr. Nettle- 

 ton will be well recalled as an experienced 

 lumberman by the many friends who knew 

 him in connection with various lumber en- 

 terprises at Philadelphia. . 



The company has started one of its mills 

 and is sawing cottonwood at the present 

 time. It has been logging for about a year 

 and has quite an accumulation of cotton- 

 wood and ash logs in boom at its mills. The 

 \\'est Florida Hardwood Company controls a 

 large holding of fine southern hardwoods and 

 expects to be in the manufacturing business 

 at Marys\ille for many years. 



Changes in National Inspection Force. 



The Inspection Bureau Committee of the Na- 

 licinal Hardwood Lumber Association is actively 

 engaged in organizing a complete corps of deputy 

 inspectors for all the chief hardwood markets of 

 the country. Recent changes and additions to 

 the force are as follows: 



F. P. Sonthgate, who has done such excellent 

 work for the association in St. Louis for the 

 past year, has been transferred to New York City. 

 His permanent address there will be announced 

 later. 



J. Rosewarne. an experienced inspector, suc- 

 ceeds Mr. Southgate in the St. Louis market. 

 His address is 719 North Garrison avenue. 



D. R. Pinney has been appointed deputy in 

 spector for New England, with headquarters at 

 the Hotel Perrin. Providence, R. I. 



J. E. McQuady has been appointed deputy in- 

 spector at Louisville, and bis address is 3(120 

 Fifth street. 



A new deputy inspector has been selected for 

 Baltimore. As soon as he has qualified the com- 

 l>lete announcement of this appointment will be 

 made. 



A Handsome Booklet. 



The Uussel \Vheel v^; Foundry Company of De- 

 troit. Mich.. i)articularly known to the lumber 

 trade in connection with the production of log- 

 ging cars and skidding and loading machinery, is 

 out with a liandsome pamphlet exhibiting the 

 work it does in lines largely remote from the 

 lumber industry. The work contains a group of 

 very handsome halftone engravings. The frontis- 

 piece is a view of the immense plant of the com- 

 pany at Detroit, and following are views of its 

 steei-sttick yards and more than a score of steel 

 structures that it has recently erected in various 

 places throughout the United States. These 

 views are of steel plants, coke sheds, rolling 

 mills, foundries, paper mills, grand stands, apart- 

 ment houses, bridges, ornamental iron stair- 

 ways, government lighthouses, various types of 

 power cranes, etc. In conclusion the book has 

 illustrations of upwards of thirty types of stand- 

 ard cars which are a part of the output of the 

 company. 



I'oples of this handsome pamphlet can be ob- 

 tained by addressing the Russel Wheel & Foun- 

 dry Company at Detroit, which concern will sup- 

 ply on request catalogs of its line of logging 

 cars, logging machinery, dump cars, and cars and 

 light railways for industrial purposes. This 

 company has developed into one of the great- 

 est structural steel houses in the United States, 

 besides being the foremost institution in the 

 production of logging railway equipment. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The Turner-White Coffin & Casket Company, 

 North Wilkesboro, N. C, has increased its capi- 

 tal stoi'k from $50,000 to ?12o,000. 



The Francis-Eure Veneer Company, capital 

 stock ¥100,000, has been incorporated at James- 

 ville, N. C, to manufacture veneers. 



A new concern at New Orleans, La., is the 

 Royal Trunk Company, incorporated with $5,000 

 capital stock, to manufacture trunks. " 



The Philadelphia Rapid Washer Company, 

 I'hiladelphia, Pa., to manufacture washing ma- 

 chines, has a capital stock of $100,000. 



The Howard Cooperage & Lumber Company, 

 Ltd., domiciled at Ridgetown. Canada, has been 

 incorporated with $30,000 capital stock. 



A woodworking plant will be established at 

 East Orange, N. J., by Spanger Brothers, re- 

 cently incorporated with $100,000 capital. 



The Schell-Demple Furniture Manufacturing 

 Company has been incorporated with a capital 

 of $30,000 to manufacture furniture at Keokuk, 

 Iowa. 



TTie Missouri Amusement Swing Company, re- 

 cently organized at St. Louis, Mo., will manufac- 

 ture swings and operate a woodworking plant ; 

 capital $5,000. 



1). W. Peoples, Clyde Mansfield. Guy D. Nonna, 

 orinda F. Peoples and J. N. Foster are the in- 

 (■(irporators of the Veneered I»oor Company of 

 Athens, O. ; capital $15,000. 



The Brazos Hardwood Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated with a capital of $15,000 at 

 .Marlin. Tex. R. F. Pool, T. S. Henderson and 

 J. N. Bradshaw are the incorporators. 



The saw and heading mill operated by Rice 

 & i.xeorge at Addison, Mich., was damaged by 

 fire recently, entailing a loss of about $6,000. It 

 is reported that the mill will be rebuilt at once. 

 The Lee Veneer Company. Lexington, Ky., re- 

 cently incorporated with $10,000 capital stock, 

 has purchased a site on which will be erected 

 a two-story frame building 50x100 feet in dimen- 

 sions. 



The Hackettstown Woodworking Company, 

 Hackettstown, N. J., has been incorporated with 

 $25,000 capital. The incorporators are : E. H. 

 flay and L. Hooper of Boston, Mass., and J. 

 Karr of Hackettstown. 



Newport. Ark., has a new veneer plant which 

 represents an investment of about $20,000 and 

 will employ about seventy-five men. It has not 

 yet commenced ojierations, but will be ready for 

 business in the near future. 



The Perry Lumber Company of Webbers Falls, 

 I. T.. has been incorporated with a capital of 

 $20,000 to do a general lumber and hardwood 

 manufacturing business. C. H. Perry, O. L. 

 Hayes and J. J. McGarth are interested. 



The veneer plant at Narrows, W. Va., will 

 soon be completed, and will be one of the largest 

 in the country. It will give employment to 320 

 men and will turn out 1,000 feet of finished ma- 

 terial a minute, loading several cars a day. 



TTie National Fireproof Sash & Door Com- 

 pany, to manufacture fireproof trim and building 

 materials, has been incorporated with $30,000 

 capital stock at New York City. M. N. Keshin, 

 I. Blitstein. B. Landon. C. Greenberg are the 

 incorporators. 



The maple flooring plant of Gerber & Strable, 

 Reed City, Mich., was badly damaged by fire re- 

 cently. Two dry kilns, containing 140,000 feet 

 of rough maple lumber, were destroyed. The loss 

 is estimated at $25,000, fully covered by insur- 

 ance. The firm will rebuild. 



Silas Chesebrough of Carey. O., has purchased 

 the saw and planing mill of John Wisdom & 

 Son at Sycamore. He has made extensive im- 

 provements in the plant and is now operating it 

 at its fullest capacity. John Wisdom & Son will 

 operate a saw and stave mill at Sabul, Iowa. 



Sash, doors, blinds, mouldings and building 

 materials will be manufactured by the Goldingay 

 Brothers Company, recently incorporated at 

 Newark. N. J., with $100,000 capital stock. 



