36 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



W B Morgau. a rai-mbor of the River and Bail 

 i\.mniilteer staied tliat tlu; tarifVs are now in 

 process of preparation and that tlic Illinois Cen- 

 tral will charge ?5 per car for the privilege 

 of resawins and dressing in Memphis and the 

 protection of the through rate. It is expected 

 (hat this tariff will heeome effective withm the 

 licxt sixty davs. Efforts are hcing made to get 

 similar concessions from the other railroad com- 

 niinies It has Deen argued that lumbermen at 

 „lher points have this privilege and that Jli-m- 

 phis. owing to its high rank, is fully entitled 



' ''rhe"' Lumbermen's Club of Memphis has 

 lurned down the proposition brought forward 

 |,v \ liuller Ilavnos for the establishment of a 

 U'lmber exchange at which trading for both spot 

 and future delivery might be effected daily, 

 l-his matter was turned over to the Board of 

 Directors some time ago for consideration and 

 i-ccommeiidation and the hoard reported at this 

 meeting in the form of a resolution, stating 

 Ihat the club should take no official cognizance 

 ,f the matter, hut that it be considered by the 

 nemhers individually. This report was heartily 

 ■ndorscd This does not necessarily mean that 

 here will be no exchange, but it does mean that 

 here will be no exchange sanctioned by the 

 .lub as an organization. The chief objections 



the proposition, it is understood, are the 

 ave expense entailed and the fear that the es- 

 ablishment of the exchange under the auspices 

 ,f the cluh would tend to lessen tlie influence 

 U' the club itself. 



The attendance at the meeting was fairly 



arge. 



April Meeting Cincinnati Lumbermen's 

 Club 



The April meeting of the Lumbermen-s Club of 

 ■incinnati was held Monday evening, April 4, at 

 he Gibson House. The usual dinner was en- 

 oved The Pork Chops Band furnished vocal 

 nd instrumental music of the -rag-time- variety 

 i-hilc the meal was in progress, and made a hit 

 dth eyervbodv but President Clif S. Walker, 

 i-ho says he is not an admirer of "Rings on my 

 iugers" and as a consequence this delightful 

 nusio was repeated for his especial delectation, 

 ■icrars passed. President Walker drew forth his 

 re'asured new gavel and knocked for order. 



The secretary then read the minutes of the hist 

 iieeting. 



.\fter the reading President Walker said; "The 

 :;nutes should nut be approved, as the secretary 

 cad that Mr. John I.ong of the New York Lum- 

 er Trad.- .Tournal was present and made an ad- 

 ress. Evidently a joke has been perpetrated on 

 Ir. Long, and this should be omitted." 



This occasioned considerable laughter at Mr. 

 .ong's expense, who was present. 



A motion was then made that the minut.'S he 

 pproved as read, which was carried. 



Letters from the Lumbermen's Bureau, and 



1 hers on economic subjects were ordered filed. 

 A letter from W. II. Perry, secretary of the 



.'ational Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, 

 hanking the club for its entertainment at the 

 onvention of the association in March, and ex- 

 ressing the appreciation by the directors of the 

 ssociation, was read, and on motion approved 

 nd filed. 



An invitation from the Master Plumbers' Asso- 

 iation of Ohio to attend its lecture on sewerage 

 nd scientific and sanitary sewage disposal, at 

 he Ohio Mechanics' Institute, was read, inviting 

 he members of the club to attend. The invita- 

 ion was accepted and a vote of thanks accorded 

 tie Master Plumbers' Association. 



Col. S. Stanberry, who is one of the Ohio Val- 

 ;y Exposition Commissioners, was present and 

 t'ated the object of the exposition and invited 

 he Lumbermen's Club to repeat the excellent 

 isplay made at the last Fall Exposition in 1S06. 

 t was decided to appoint a committee to work 

 a conjunction with the exposition commission- 



ers, and report a plan at the May meeting. The 

 chair appointed W. H. Hopkins, chairman; George 

 Littleford, R. McCracken, W. A. Bennett and J. 

 Watt Graham on this committee. 



Ralph JlcCracUen, chairman of the Advertis- 

 ing Committee, made a report of the bids re- 

 ceived and the work of his committee, of whom 

 no representative was present but himself. He 

 stated that the various plans submitted involved 

 amounts ranging from $600 to $6,000. 



Much discussion followed upon the merits of 

 the advertising proposition as a wliole, and the 

 chair stated that the position of the club on the 

 advertising matter was the same as it had been 

 for three years, and he hoped some one would 

 make a motion to relieve the situation. A vote 

 was then taken on whether the club desired to 

 advertise or not, and was decided in the negative 

 by an almost unanimous vote. 



The Committee on Permanent Ileadquarters not 

 being ready to report, the chair said he would 

 entertain a motion to discharge the committee. 

 This was done and that matter also finally dis- 

 posed of. 



Lewis Doster moved that a vote of thanks be 

 extended to Ralph McCracken and the Adveitis- 

 ing Committee for their long and thankless yet 

 untiring efforts in their work of endeavor to ex- 

 ploit the club and the market by club advertis- 

 ing; also that the individual members of the lum- 

 bermen's club take up with the trade papers the 

 subject of advertising. This was adopted unani- 

 mously. 



During the debate many kind things were said 

 "f the work of the trade papers in giving infor- 

 mation of the, markets and news of the trade. 



The M. R. Short Lumber Company and II. J. 

 Rinehart & Co. made application for member- 

 ship. Col. Stanberry also signified his iutenliou 

 of filing an application. The meeting tlien ad- 

 journed. 



Those present wore: 



New Catalogue of Simonds Saws 



The lUlO catalogue of the Simonds Manufac- 

 turing Company, Fitchhurg, Mass., and Chicago, 

 111., is being distributed among the saw and 

 planing mills and vi-oodworking factories where 

 saws, knives or files are extensively used. Re- 

 arranged, revised, brought up to date, with 

 many new articles added, the catalogue presents 

 a cftmiilete list of the articles manufactured. 

 The items of special interest are a new showing 

 of inserted tootli and band saws ; a more com- 

 plete list of one-man cross-cut saws, cross-cut 

 saw handles, saw tools, three new manufacturers' 

 brand hand saws, new pruning, compass, keyhole 

 and nests of saws, and wood saws, carefully ar- 

 ranged and listed in a practical way; several 

 sizes have been added to the Ii.ack saw Hue. 

 Metal cutting saws I'lU' all machines are listed 

 completely. 



The catalogue is printed on a good quality 

 of coated paper and the half-tone illustrations 

 bring out the detail construction of tb- goods. 



Much valuable information is contained in tab- 

 ular form. Several pages are devoted to tech- 

 nical descriptions and instructions regarding the 

 economical use of Simonds products. 



A copy of this book should be in the hands 

 of every superintendent or filer who has con- 

 stant use for saws or knives. The Simonds 

 Manufacturing Company will send a copy free 

 111 any millnian who will write for it. 



Building Operations for March 



OiEcial reports from forty-three leading cities 

 throughout the country, as compiled by The 

 American Contractor, Chicago, indicate that build- 

 ing operations, in the aggregate, are on a par 

 with March, 1909. A decrease of operations in 

 Greater New York of some five million dollars. Is 

 made good by the combined efforts of Chicago, 

 I'liiladelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, Ore., and 

 Rochester. Building operations in New York 

 City are of such magnitude, comparatively, that 

 a serious fluctuation there frequently sways to 

 such an extent as to show a gain or loss in the 

 aggregate, when the rest of the country is hold- 

 ing its own or even increasing building operation. 

 Eighteen of the forty-three cities present a loss 

 of from 2 to 47 per cent, and twenty-five show a 

 gain of from 2 to 252 per cent as compared with 

 March, 1909. Cities showing a gain of over 50 

 per cent are: Birmingham, ISO; Detroit, 75; Grand 

 Rapids, 56; Hartford, 145; Minneapolis, 89; Port- 

 land, Ore., 66; Rochester, SO; Seranton, 252; To- 

 ledo, 103. The particulars are shown in the fol- 

 lowing table of statistics: 



MaiTb, March, 



1910. 1900. Per Cent 



City. Cost. Cost. Gain. Loss. 



ISaltimore $ 059.275 $ 732.290 30 



Birmingham 448,597 15S.847 180 



liiiffalo 926.000 064. 000 39 



Cliicago 10.002,900 8,145.800 22 



Ciucinnati 047.330 014.075 3 



Cleveland 1.192.204 1,165,983 2 



Columbus 785.790 B.36.768 23 



Dallas 582,377 424.014 37 



Denver 1,121,900 1,040,750 S 



Des Moines 107,785 115.775 .. 6 



Detroit 1,651,640 934.000 ,75 



Grand Rapids 313.576 201.000 56 



Hartford 521.020 211.820 145 



Indianapolis 1,026,399 603,275 48 



Kansas City 1,622,398 1,708,053 .. 5 



Los Angeles 1,719,921 1,154,720 48 



Louisville 336,455 345,406 . . 2 



Manchester 106,475 78,083 36 



Memphis 422,257 376,790 14 



Minneapolis 1,420,160 752,320 S9 



Nashville 182.116 202.184 .. 



Newark 1,793.501 1.278.025 40 



New Haven 350.034 364.805 .. 4 



Now Orleans 302.210 341.509 .. 11 



Manhattan 

 Brooklyn . 

 Bronx . . . . 



14.227.121 

 4,099.820 

 4.S75.255 



19.73S.:i20 

 5.21o.:i:iO 



4,i45,4:;o 



New York 23,802.196 29.094.680 



Omalia 500.943 611,245 



I'atrTson 247,432 265,274 



I'liiladelphia 5,343,270 3,857.840 



I'itlslnirg 853,052 1,051,538 



I'lirlland, Ore 1.471,585 885,585 



Itiiilioster 1,080.036 596,030 



St. Louis 2,347.944 2.075,087 



Salt Lake City.. 425.700 529.r)0ll 



San Antonio 109.590 279.5.85 



San Francisco... 1.927.300 3,673.701 



Seranton 300.619 S5.265 



Seattle 1.475,895 2.562,075 



Spokane 846,975 1,177.205 



Taooma 329,871 295.132 



Toledo 555.790 261.490 



Worcester 341.003 316,540 



Total $70,897,530 $70,800,629 



66 

 80 



11 

 103 



17 

 IS 

 6 



12 

 19 

 28 

 47 



42 



28 



New Saw Catalogue 



The Record has received from Joshua Oldham 

 & Sons of the New York Saw Works, 112-131; 

 Twenty-sixth street. Brooklyn, their new cat- 

 alogue No. 41, giving description and price list 

 of their line of band, circular and inserted tooth 

 .saws, and various other types of saws made by 

 this big saw manufacturing house. The work is 

 complete and handsomely arranged and printed. 

 It should be in the hands of every saw user. 



