HARDWOOD RECORD 



57 



An artistic volume 

 by Henry H.Gibson, 

 editor Hardwood 



OAK FLOORING 



);ri old; 4(1 pau't--^. if] ci'l'M--^, oil iM'uvy India tint paper; 

 tells ail that's worth knowing about Oak Flooring, its 

 liyt^'itMiif (iualities and low cost; as well as the proper 

 linisbing and care of oak floors. * 



Profusely illustrated, an ornament to any office or lib- 

 rary table; contains no advertisements, and constitutes an 

 authoritati^-e text - book on this important subject. Of 

 special Interest to architects, builders, house-owners and 

 wouieii. Price 50 rents. A limited numlier have been 

 purchased by leading oak flooring manufacturers who 

 autliorize distribntinii FRIE ' until ^npply i-^ exhausted'. 

 Copy will be -eut on rfci-ipt of ID ivnt-; ni '2r stamps to 

 rover co^t of p:i.-kln_' atid ninilinL.'. Address -juick: 

 Book Dept.. HARDWOOD RECORD, 3SS Dearborn St., Cbicago. 



BARGAINS IN REBUILT WOOD WORKING MACHINERY 



Every Hacbloe Tharoufhly Overhaukd aai Trsted Before Iravlog Our Shops 



1 yu-in. :i-Drum Invincible Sauder 



1 :iO-in. Sinple Drum Berlin Sander Complete stock 



1 Iron Double Circular Saw Table of Structural 



1 44-ln. McDonough Band Resaw Steel and Iron. 



4 ltxl6 Baldwin 36 in. liauge Locomotives Shafting, Belt- 



€0 miles relaying rails ing and Pulleys 

 .5000 Boilers, Engines and other Machines 



Send for list, a'so our new oOO-Poge Catalog No. 940 



CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO. 



35th and Iron Streets, - ■ CHICAGO 



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 Chestnul 

 100,000 feel 4-4 No. 3 Common Cheslnul 

 Send us your inquiries for special bills in Oak 

 NEOLA, W. VA. 



TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 



For other Wanted and For Sale 

 Matter See Pa^e 61 



WANTED— FOSITION. 



As Buyer anrl Inspector of H;irilwoods. Have 

 bad twelve years" experieDce. (.'an give best of 

 references. Address 



"Box 65," care Hardwood Record. 



HABDWOOB LOGS— FINEST QUALITY. 



Kock elm — 20' to 40', 16" and up diameter. 

 iJray elm — 20' to 40'. 16" and up diameter. 

 White ash — 12' and up, 14" and up diameter. 

 Hickory — 12' and up, 14" and up diameter. 

 Delivered at port F. O. B. or C. I. F. London 

 or Liverpool. Full particulars 



HOPTONS. 

 George St., Euston Sq.. London, England. 



MADDOX TABLE CO., JAMESTOWN, 



N. Y., 



Wishes to contract with a Band .Mill which 

 cuts about two million feet a year of the follow- 

 ing ; Birch, Maple, Oak, Chestnut, Basswood, 

 Butternut, Beech, Cherry and Elm. Will move 

 stock within eight months. 



L. L. AMIDON, 

 Lumber Buyer. 



BASSWOOD AND BIRCH WANTED. 



6 4 Basswoijd and Ilinii 2n" long. 60 per 

 cent 6" and up wide, clear one face. 



SANITARY SPECIALTIES CO., 

 1836 E. Clearfield St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



FOR SALE— SELF FEED RIP SAWS. 



Bolting saws, quick acting saw gauges and spe- 

 cial machinerv. I'rices right. Write for par- 

 ticulars. 1'. O. BOX 345, Muncie, Ind. 



BAND MILL FOR SALE. 



In Mississippi Delta : situated on floating 

 stream and two railroads with nearby hardwood 

 timber supply for twenty years. Complete mill 

 outfit with wagons, mules, etc., also furnished 

 hotel, commissary, stocked with merchandise, 

 etc.. all ready for business. Price $15,000. 

 Terms ; One-third cash and balance on time or 

 will take lumber. Reasons for selling, have 

 other interests requiring time and capital. 



Address "BOX 66," care Hardwood Record. 



makers. Red gum is in good supply and is 

 steadily increasing in demand, as is evidenced 

 bj- the number of dealers who now have red 

 gum on their stock lists. There is noticeable a 

 steadily increasing number of small orders from 

 consuming manufacturers — which indicates that 

 more manufacturers are experimenting with a 

 view to replacing other and higher priced hard- 

 woods with gum. The stocks of walnut and 

 iherry for export are greater than for several 

 .vears. owing to the weak condition of the export 

 demand in the past two years. 



TOLEDO 



The local hardwood market continue.s to show 

 considerable life. The demand from builders has 

 dropped off somewhat owing to inclement 

 weather, but the loss in this line has been 

 about counterbalanced by an increased factory 

 demand. All kinds of box materials are firm. 

 There has been an especially nice demand for 

 basswood, with but a limited supply in sight 

 and prices firm. Oak, both quarter and plain 

 sawed, is still a ready seller. Oak and maple 

 flooring are still finding an anxious market. 

 Furniture factories are consuming their u.sual 

 quota of hardwoods, including a fair voliune of 

 chestnut, which is holding strong at the old 

 prices. Poplar is settling down to a regular 

 basis, except the greater widths of clear stuft' 

 suitable for automobile bodies, which is com- 

 manding almost fabulous prices. Announcement 

 is made here of a material advance in all grades 

 of cypress on January 1. Local hardwood stocks 

 are well filled, but dealers are buying consider- 

 able stuff yet and show no fear of the future. 

 .\sh. hickory, birch, and even elm, are all finding 

 ready sale in this market. 



MEMPHIS 



Hardwood conditions continue to improve ana 

 the feeling of confidence among the trade is 

 getting stronger. There are an increasing num- 

 ber of buyers in the market and more interest 

 is being shown in low-grade stock. High-grade 

 lumber has been in demand for quite a long 

 while, but there has been more call for it re- 

 cently and buyers who come to this market com- 

 plain that they have dilHculty in finding what 

 they want. Manufacturers and wholesalers also 

 testify to the fact that their stocks are badly 

 broken. It was pointed out some time a.go in 

 tlie Hardwood Record that there was a good 

 dimand for hardwood lumber for forward ship- 

 ment, but that sellers here were opposed to 

 business of this character because they did not 

 know whether they would be able to secure the 

 necessar.v stock when the contracts matured. 

 It would seem that they were quite wise in 

 the course, there being already a most pro- 

 nounced shortage of certain classes of high-grade 

 stock. 



There has been a further increase in the pro- 

 duction of hardwood lumber in the Memphis 

 territory during the past fortnight. Some of 

 the mills in Arkansas which had been closed 

 down for some time on account of lack of ade- 

 quate water supply have resumed and there is 

 no reason wh.v the others should not do so at 

 an early date. In addition to the heavy rain- 

 fall in Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee there 

 has been considerable fall of snow in Arkansas. 

 Tennessee and northern Mississippi and the 

 stage of the water in most of the courses is 

 satisfactory for bringing out timber. In the 

 meantime the railroads are going right along 

 handling timber and the mills here are well 

 supplied with raw material. In fact, there is 

 no indication of any decided shortage in the 

 supply of timber for Memphis mills any tirai' 

 soon. 



General business conditions could scarcely be 

 better. Bank clearings in Jleniphis continue of 



record proportions. The railroads report that 

 tliey are handling a constantly increasing vol- 

 ume of traffic and only recently the Southern 

 Railway found it necessary to add 1,000 new 

 box cars to its equipment. Another southern 

 road has placed an order for 500 box cars and 

 one of the big car manufacturing plants at 

 .\nniston, Ala., which has been closed down for 

 some months, has resumed operations with a 

 force of 1.500 men. Traflic oflicials of the roads 

 passing through Memphis say that they are hav- 

 ing about all the business they are able to 

 handle and that all lints are furnishing their 

 full quota, with the exception of cotton. The 

 steel and iron industry is in excellent condition 

 and there is not a meml>er of the hardwood trade 

 iiere who does not admit that the present sit- 

 uation is better than for more than two years. 

 All the woodworking enterprises of Memphis, 

 with one or two exceptions, are working full 

 time. 



So far as the building trade is concerned, it 

 is already evident that the total amount in- 

 volved in building operations this year will ex- 

 ceed last year by practically $1,000,000. The 

 gain up to the end of November was $900,000. 

 A well-known trade papfr here has compiled a 

 statement of the amount that will probably 

 be expended in new buildings next year on the 

 basis of projects already under way. This 

 authority gives the figures at $16,000,000. It 

 also allows $4,000,000 for residences and $1,000,- 

 000 for other buildings. 



- NASHVILLE 



Christmas generally brings somewhat dull 

 times to the Nashville lumbermen, the buyers 

 as a rule holding off until after the first of 

 the year. This has not be?n the case this sea- 

 son, however, and from general reports the 

 trade has held up remarkably well. Prices re- 

 main about the same. No appreciable let-up has 

 been noted in the wholesale trade. It is be- 

 lieved that many of the wholesalers, fearing in- 

 creased prices the first of the year, have kept 

 in the market and are buying right on up to 

 the close of the old year. 'I'he work of taking 

 stock begins the first of the new year, however, 

 and this will undoubtedly, for a little while at 

 least, cause a lull. Renewed activity is expected 

 immediately after invoicing is finished. 



A special feature of the hardwood market the 

 past few days is the unusual demand for wide 

 poplar, this being a leader in both first and 

 second grades. Good plain and quartered oak 

 has been right up with poplar and chestnut in 

 point of demand. Beech, elm and gum are slow. 

 A fair demand is noted for ash and maple. The 

 cypress market is quoted as strong. 



CHATTANOOGA 



Hardwood is rather quiet of late. This is due 

 partly to the close of the .year and partly on 

 account of bad weather. Indications are for a 

 good trade immediately after the beginning of 

 the new year. Prices are looking up and the 

 demand is good. 



BRISTOL 



The general feeling among lumbermen here 

 is that the new year will be a most prolific one 

 for the hardwood industry and that the im- 

 provement that was so marked during October 

 and November will continue. Tliere is plenty 

 of optimism and good cheer on every hand. The 

 lumbermen say that, considering the holiday sea- 

 son, December will not make a bad showing 

 by any means, though orders have not come in 

 as fast as might have lieen expected. Prices 

 are high and firm and there is the best of feeling 

 as to the trade outlook on every hand. 



