HARDWOOD RECORD 



35 



NeWs Miscellany 



A Distinction for Gum '^°^^^'^ ■ ^'fS, ^S-ifr ,4 ■■ 



Worcester 481.(343 22(,29JJ 112 .. 



If it were uot fur tlie fart that the new Wllkesban-e 105,881 00,056 ., .. 



dassiflcation of red gum by the Italian govern- ^^^^^ ?32.204.80a .$.-,0,080,154 "~3 TT 



nient, which maizes it a cabinet wood and places 



it on a fancy wood basis and Hxes a heavy ^^^ ^^^^^ Hardwood House 



import (lutv on it, it would be a distinct ph^as- 



uro to rod sum manulactureis that the material l''i-«^d W. Black and Horace W. Black, respec- 



has been thus classified and given recognition "^ely president and treasurer of the Fred W. 



as being fit to he in the same family with ma- •='»<■'< Lumber Company of this city, with yards 



hogany. Circassian walnut and other fancy "' ^^'^ "»■""'■ "^ l^""" "''»°'' "^o""" =>"" ^^"^"-^ 



woods. 



Italy formerly atlmittod gum among the com- 

 mon woods free of duty, together with maple, 

 oak, chestnut, cherry and cedar, but now it has 

 changed the classlticaticn to include it with 

 ebony, mahogany and similar hardwoods of great 

 weight and high values in the class of cabinet 

 woods. This places the duty at from three to 

 four lira per iinintal (a lira is equal to 10.3 

 cents and a ([uintal is equal to 220.45 pounds). 



The new rule covers all varieties of gum. 

 such as red. sap and tupelo. and the duty 



amoimls to approximately .ISlii per thousand |^^^^^^H% *^^ ip' ""' ' ' ' jk " 

 which prohibitive. |^^^^^^^^ '' 



The National Lumber Exporters' Association. ^^^^^^^^^ 

 with headquarters at Baltimore, is busily en 

 gaged with Ihe government authorities at Wash- 

 ington in relation to this new classification by 

 the Italian government. It is needless to say 

 the classification is ridiculous. 



Building Operations for November 

 Last month building operations in forty-five 

 building centers throughout the country as com- 

 piled by the American Contractor. Chicago, show 

 au aggregate gain of three per cent as compared 

 wilh November. 1908. Although the past eleven 

 mouths scored a considerable gain as compared 

 with last year, the Increase occurred more es- 

 pecially in tiie sjiring months and tapered off 

 with the season. Seventeen cities present a loss 

 of iroin one to eighty-five per cent and tw'enty- 

 I'iglil show a gain of from one to 6.50 per cent. 

 Cities wliicii gained fifty per cent or more are: 

 HulTalo. 77: I lenver. SO; Hartford, 127: Kansas 

 lily, -)0 : I. OS .\ngeles. 00; Memphis, 201i ; New 

 llnveii. 72: oMalioma City. G.jO : Omaha. 12J; 

 Koi-liesier. 7:'.; St. I'aul. 72: Scranton. 04; 

 WoKesiir. 112. Th- details are as follows; 



November. November. 



1900 1908 Per Ceut 



rilv Cost Cost Gain Loss 



.Mlniitii * 344,52.-) .$ 279.557 21 .. 



lialtimiiie 376.605 540,!)05 .. :n 



Hri.lceiL.it 162,275 1.81,013 .. 16 



IJuffal" 1,183.1X10 006.000 77 



Chicagii 0.825.700 lu. 897. 850 . . 37 



UineluMiiti 376.855 425,095 ,. 11 



Coluuihus 186,345 204,015 .. S 



Dnllas 1S2.498 222,055 . . 17 



Denver 988,850 548,200 mi . . 



Detroit 1.551.455 1.045.100 4S 



Dullltl 212,695 102,.-i55 :;(, 



Graml Uapids 207,621 107,2:;9 24 



Hartfmil 490,395 219,6il3 127 



llKhanapolis 345,185 270,557 27 , , 



Kansas Citv 989,070 032,055 56 .. 



Louisville 172,772 217,454 . . 20 



Li.s .\ngcles 1,336,830 801.415 06 .. 



Maucbester 84,610 . 01.990 3U . . 



.Mihvaiiki'e 1,196.062 l,;j21,129 .. 17 



Mliineaixilis 1.0.56,3,<5 922.005 14 .. 



Mempbis :',fio.6flO 12s. 943 202 .. 



Mobile 16.700 1 l:'..:!9o . . So 



New Haven 409..851 2,38.125 72 .. 



New Orleans 2.56.356 260.123 .. 1 



.Manbaltan 8.759.835 6.705.424 .. .. 



Brooklvu 4.402.800 4.S90..508 30 10 



Bronx 3,815,975 4.484,675 .. 14 



Now York 16,978.610 )6.(l.so.oo7 5 .. 



Oklalioma 740,770 07. .-.65 659 .. 



Omaba 9.33.0:i-. 42o.l:i5 122 ;. 



Pbibicleipbia :;.2.-.4.iiO I 2.:ll'i..-,;io 40 .. 



PatersoM 217.1.4.". 105. sOo 11 .. 



Plttsburi; 702.22:1 l.sr.4.0i;i; 59 



Portland, (he s:;5.4.io '.100.075 12 



KocbesliM- 724.11011 417.108 73 .. 



St. Paul l..-.ns,.-,:{5 910.135 72 .. 



St. Lonis 1.458.010 1.306.511 7 .. 



San Francisco 1.964.2S4 2.943.1143 .. .33 



Scranton 219,935 133.605 04 .. 



Seattb- 1.254,630 1.253.180 1 .. 



Spokane 363,4.34 473.8,50 . . 23 



Syracnse 320.481 308.830 4 . . 



Salt Lake Cltv 541.400 OS3.5<10 .. 44 



IliiKAci; w, BLACK, CHICAGO. 



street, in connection with H. J. Strand as vice- 

 president and B. F. Hamilton as secretary, are 

 the principals in the new Petros Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chicago, wilh milling operations at 

 Petros, Tenn. Petros is lo( ated on the Brushy 

 Mountain branch of the Southern railroad, a 

 line originally built by the state of Tennessee 

 to develop eoal properties in Morgan county. 

 This line runs northeast from Harriman. 



At the extreme end of the line :s a large area 

 of virgin forest, four thousand acres of which 

 are owned by the Petros Lumber Company. The 

 timber is situated on the Big Fodderstock. Bi^ 



lliushy and Little Brushy mountains. The lim- 

 1.1 1 consists chiefly of yellow poplar, oak and 

 ■hestnut, with some minor woods. 



The lompany Is building an eight-foot band 

 mill at a -point known as Stevens and will run a 

 Iwn-mile spur up between the Big and Little 

 Brushy mountains as a logging road. All the 

 machiner.v for the mill is now on the ground 

 and the company expects to begin sawing early 

 in 1910. 



The Messrs. Black are well Uimwu in ilie local 

 trade and the Messrs. Strand and Hamilton 

 have been connected for several years with the 

 Leavltt Lumber Compan.v of Chicago, and are 

 also well and favorably known. 



American Woods Corporation 



The American AVoods Corporation is the name 

 of a new compan.v to engage in the wholesale 

 lumber business with headquarters at Owls Head, 

 N. Y.. organized with a capital of $10,000. The 

 president of the company is S. G. Boyce of 

 Owls Head ; vice-president. F. H. Bryant of 

 Malone, N. Y. ; secretary and treasurer. G. H. 

 -Meyers of Owls Head. \. V. The company will 

 have a branch office in the old South building 

 Mt Boston, Mass.. but all financial matliu's will 

 lie looked after by the head office. 



The head of the institution is S. G. Boyce, 

 lumberman at Owls Head. The vice-iiresldent is 

 his son-in-law. an attorney of Malone. N. Y., 

 and the secretary and treasurer has been asso- 

 ciated with Mr. Boyce as his bookkeeper for 

 many years. 



Enthusiastic Meeting Memphis Lumber- 

 men's Club 



The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis held one 

 of the .jolliest and most thoroughly en.joyable 

 meetings of the year at the Hotel Ga.voso, De- 

 cember 4. It was the occasion of the formal 

 launchin,g of the campaign for officers of the 

 ciiib during the ensuing year and it was regarded 

 as highly auspicious that such a splendid feeling 

 .>l' good fellowship was evidenced. 



W. L. Crenshaw presided and tlie atl.'udauce 

 was unusually large. The usual luncheon 

 was served. After this had been dispatched 

 President Crenshaw auuniinced the nominat- 

 ing committees, whieii, after some debate, 

 chose red and bine as their colors, this being the 

 method decided upon for dej^ignating the tickets 

 instead of the old plan of numbers. The com- 

 mittee^ are : Red — S. i!. Anderson. Anderson- 

 Tully Company, chairman ; George C. Khemann, 

 llennett & Witte, and F, T. Liooley. the Dooley- 

 Stern Lumber Company. Blue — It. .1. Darnell, 

 K. J. Darnell, Inc.. chairman; F. E. Stonebraker, 

 the Crittenden Railway Company, and John M. 

 I'ritchard, .T. M. I'ritchard Lumber Company. 



Following are the nominees of the two com- 

 mittees : 



Red Ticket 



For president — S. C. Ma,ior. S. C. Ma.jor Lum- 

 ber Company. 



First vice-president — .loliii ^^', McClure. Jlell- 

 grade Lumber Company. 



Second vice-president — .1. 1'. .\Iclulyre. Mem- 

 phis Veneer & Lumber Company. 



Secretary and treasurer — J. W. Thompson, 

 ,1. W. Thompson Lumber Company. 



One-year directors — Ralph Ma.v. May Brothers ; 

 Keith Blanton. Blanton-Thurmau Lumber Com- 

 pany; L. C. Nolan, Nolan Brothers. 



Two-year directors — A. G. Fritchie, Lamb-Fish 

 Lumber Company : J. F. McSweyn. Memphis Saw 

 Mill Company: I{. J. Lockwood. Tennessee Hard- 

 wood Flooring Company. 



Bi.VE Ticket 



For president — F. E. Gary. Baker Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



First vice-jiresident — Max Soudhcimer, K. Sond- 

 heimer Company. 



Second vice-president — C. L. Wheeler. .1. \V. 

 Wheeler .ic Co. 



