HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Greenbrier Lumber Company 



WE WANT TO MOVE— 



150.000 feel 4-4 No. 2 Common Oak 

 250.000 feel 4-4 No. 3 Common Oak 

 100,000 feel 4-4 Sound Wormy Cheslnul 

 100,000 feci 4-4 No. 3 Common Chestnut 

 Send at your inquiries for special bills in Oak 

 NEOLA, W. VA. 



WRITE US FOR 



10-4 and 12-4 BIRCH 

 12-4 SOFT ELM 



Edward Clark & Son, Toronto, Ont. 



BLUESTONE LAND & LUMBER GO. 



White Pine, Oak, 

 Poplar, Chestnut 

 and Hemlock Lumber 



WHITE PINE AND OAK TIMBERS ON 

 SHORT NOTICE 



RAILROAD TIES 



We own our own stum page 

 and operate our own mill. 



Mill: GARDNER. W. VA. 



Sales Office: RIDQWAY, PA. 



Westingtiousc 35 eallon Glue Cookers 



Westin^house 



Electrically -Heated 



Glue Cookers 



The modern way of cooking glue 

 in quantities. A starting and a 

 running heat is provided, the first 

 cooks the glue, the latter keeps it 

 at exactly the right working lem- 

 peralure for supplying small glue 

 pots with glue. 



Send for Folder 4102 



We also manufacture power motors 

 of any capacity for all circuits 



Wesfinghouse Electric 



& Mfg. Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 



Sales Offices Everywhere 



well. Prices on both quarter-sawed and plain 

 oak are still at the top notch. Maple is also 

 strong and orders are being filled with some difll- 

 cult.v. There has been some call for beech at 

 prices ranging from $19 to $20 for log run 

 birch. Birch is selling around $20 to $22 for 

 the better grades and is apparently' much more 

 regular than it was some time ago. There has 

 Ijeen some call for elm. the bulk of it being 

 used for crating purposes. While the supply of 

 l)asswood is more plentiful than for some time, 

 it is still demanding good figures. The local 

 supply Is not very large and orders are still 

 being liberally placed for all kinds of hard- 

 woods. The factory call for hickory, chestnut, 

 ash and maple is at least normal and prospects 

 are good for a fair winter trade. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The exceptionally fine weather throughout 

 Xovember and the first few days of December 

 was stimulating to the hardwood trade, and 

 business was brisk. Business this year has been 

 at least .30 per cent better than last, and local 

 hardwood men say the outlook for 1910 is very 

 encouraglnj. , i 



Quartered oak remains Whe most popular 

 hardwood in the local market, with prices 

 slightly higher than a month ago. Poplar is 

 also in good demand, with the market brisk for 

 mahogany and other woods used largely In in- 

 terior finish and furniture manufacture. 



MEMPHIS 



The production of hardwood lumber in the 

 Memphis territory is gradually increasing and, 

 with one or two exceptions, the statement may 

 be made that all plants of manufacturers hav- 

 ing headquarters in this city are running except 

 in eases where the mills are located on streams 

 which are at present at such a low stage as to 

 make it impossible for them to bring out their 

 timber. This condition is more notable at pres- 

 ent in some portions of eastern Arkansas than in 

 any other part of the Memphis territory and 

 there is therefore more inactivity of plants in 

 that region than anywhere else in the Memphis 

 district. 



The market is improving and the undertone 

 is becoming much better, with the result that 

 manufacturers are anxious as a rule to increase 

 fbeir holdings of lumber. The belief prevails 

 that the new year will bring a much increased 

 demand and that the spring trade will be large. 

 In Memphis proper practically every hardwood 

 mill is running on full time and all the wood- 

 working plants, including the box factories, 

 lioop mills, stave plants, dimension mills and 

 others, are running at full capacity. 



Shipments of lumber during the past few 

 weeks have been on quite a large scale, with the 

 result that there has been a tendency toward 

 decrease in the amount of lumber on local yards. 

 There has been also a decided gain in the 

 amount of low-grade lumber shipped, with the 

 result that the stock of lumber here is better, 

 as a whole, than it has been for a long time. In 

 fact, this is regarded by members of tne trade 

 here as one of the gratifying features of the 

 local situation. It is also notable that there 

 has been none of the decrease in business that 

 is usually coincident with the approach of the 

 end of the year and the time for taking inven- 

 tories. Consumers have shown an increasing 

 amount of interest and the volume of business 

 '■learly reflects this fact. 



NASHVILLE 



indication of weakening, and it is believed that 

 December will prove an excellent month. 

 Naturally there is a little let-up in the local 

 trade for the reason that the bad weather has 

 set in and building operations, of course, are not 

 so brisk as in the months of better weather. 



The season tor inventories will soon be at 

 hand, however, and further advances are not 

 anticipated at this time, not until after the 

 first of the year, at least. Xfany of the con- 

 suming factories, behind in their orders, are 

 clamoring for lumber. 



The demand for high-grade hardwoods con- 

 tinues quite brisk. Plain and quartered oak in 

 the higher grades are both reported scarce and 

 selling well : also wide poplar. The lower grades 

 of these are rather quiet. Maple and birch are 

 holding their own. There is some trading in 

 chestnut and basswood. Cypress is rather 

 active. 



CHA TTANOOQA 



The hardwood condition in this section is 

 improving right along and the outlook is for a 

 good trade after the holiday season is over. 

 Buyers are plentiful and are placing orders for 

 future deliveries. Prices are strengthening some 

 and the demand is now including the lower 

 grades, which have been the drug on the mar- 

 ket for some time. Yard men are preparing for 

 the future and accumulating stocks of all kinds. 

 Altogether, the trade is satisfactory, but not yet 

 as large as before the panic. 



BRISTOL 



Lumbermen here say that the outlook for busi- 

 ness is fine. There is a general belief that busi- 

 ness will show great improvement soon after 

 the first of the .vear. The car supply is what 

 might be termed as adequate so far. though the 

 railroad traflSc officials report all transportation 

 equipment in service. Lumber prices are steady, 

 but there is a slight lull in trade, attributed to 

 the holiday season. The outlook is considered 

 very bright indeed. 



LOUISVILLE 



The market for hardwoods is active, though 

 the demand is perhaps not so strong as it was 

 a month ago. This is easily accounted for, how- 

 e\er, on the ground of the lateness of the sea- 

 son and the preparations being made by con- 

 sumers to close their affairs for the year and 

 take stock. Beginning with January 1, however, 

 ir is expected that the demand will be resumed 

 in large volume. As it is, a lot of lumber is 

 moviug. plain and quartered oak and poplar be- 

 ing the chief items on the list. Large buying 

 has stimulated the movement of the low grades 

 also. Prices are steady with an upward tendency 

 expected to develop materially in the next few 

 months. The demand for mahogany is fair, 

 though hardly up to expectations. Veneers are 

 in good demand, the output of all local mills 

 iKing large and at advanced prices. 



ASHLAND 



Lumbermen appear tu be well satisfied with 

 the local market and conditions in general, for 

 that matter. Prices continue strong, giving no 



A continued increase in demand for all kinds 

 of hardwoods is noted by our several manufac- 

 turers and prices are becoming more satisfactory 

 each week. Furniture manufacturers, and in 

 fact all lumber consuming factories, are begin- 

 ning to lay in new stocks and replenish those 

 v/hich they have allowed to become very low 

 the past two years. Buying is being done more 

 freely and orders being placed for future deliv- 

 ery. Millmen are very much pleased over the 

 present conditions and the future prospects and 

 they are inclined to be on the optimistic side of 



