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HARDWOOD RECORD 



H. L. Bonham, a sawmill man of Chilhowie, 

 ^'a., was in Baltimore last weeli. He reported 

 that the mills in his section were quite active. 



CLEVELAND 



One of (he interesting derelopments of the 

 past weel; is the announcement that the Ohio 

 Sash & Door Company, eastern distributing 

 agent for the Paine Lumber Company of Osh- 

 Icosh, Wis., has purchased the mammoth plant 

 of the White Sewing Machine Company and pro- 

 poses to occupy it about July 1 when the White 

 company moves to new quarters on St. Clair 

 avenue. The plant was purchased at a cost of 

 about .'?250,000. The main building is four 

 stories high. The Ohio Sash & Door Company 

 was burned out of its home on Merwin avenue 

 a tew months ago and has since been occupying 

 temporary quarters across the road. It will use 

 the new warehouse, which is the largest in the 

 downtown section of Cleveland, for its huge 

 stock of hardwood veneered doors, hardwood 

 trim and other stock used in house building. 

 The company proposes to build an addition to 

 the plant in which will be located a fully 

 equipped mill for the manufacture of special 

 orders and to handle local work. 



Building permits during the past fortnight 

 passed the total for a similar period for last 

 year, coincident with the issuing of a $400,000 

 permit tor the superstructure for the annex to 

 the Rockefeller building. Builders believe that 

 the total for the present year will break all 

 previous records. About sixty-five dwellings per 

 week are being erected, all of which call for 

 considerable hardwood floor or trim. 



A popular agitation has been started here to 

 suppress the unnecessary cutting of trees in the 

 city parks. Hardwood trees, many of them a 

 century old, have been cut down by the city 

 forester and sold. The Martin-Barriss Company 

 was the only bidder for the logs, which were 

 sold to that concern to be cut into lumber. An 

 enterprising councilman has proposed that the 

 city have its own sawmill in which to cut up the 

 logs instead of selling them. The lumber would 

 be used by the city in its repair work, he 

 thinks, (bus saving some money for the dear 

 voters. 



The Builders' Exchange, to which most of the 

 larger lumber concerns belong, has been redeco- 

 rating and refurnishing its quarters preparatory 

 to the installation of a number of new exhibits. 

 Among the firms which have renewed their 

 leases for exhibition space are the Martin-Barriss 

 Company, which has a beautiful display of pol- 

 ished hardwoods, and the Ohio Sash & Door 

 Company. 



The Worden Lumber Company will resume 

 operations in ils mill here as soon as repairs 

 are completed. The company is putting in a 

 new stock of hardwoods which will be one of the 

 best in the city when completed. It is planning 

 to handle hardwood for interior trim with yards 

 and sash and door concerns. 



The new plant of the recently formed East 

 Cleveland Lumber Company is about ready for 

 business. It will be put into commission in a 

 short time. 



Gum has lioen having a strong call, according 

 to the Interstate Lumber Company's ofiicers. 

 Heavy shipments are being made both East and 

 West. 



C. II. Foote of the Foote Lumber Company 

 reports that that concern's business during March 

 was greater tlfan for the two preceding months. 

 He says that low grade hardwoods have a par- 

 ticularly heavy call just now. 



A planing mill may be added to the plant of 

 the Scranton ltd. Lumber Company if plans 

 which are being formulated by that company are 

 carried out. 



The new lien law, which is pending before the 

 legislature, is expected to assist lumber dealers 

 considerably and to help in the elimination of 



irresponsible contracts. The law provides for 

 some drastic improvements over the existing one 

 and is generally favored by the trade here. 



George S. Gynn of the Willson Avenue Lumber 

 Compan.v lost his father, .Tames Gynn, by death 

 a few days ago. The deceased was eighty-two 

 years of age and had been in failing' health for 

 some time. 



Grant Wallace of the Martin-Barriss Com- 

 pany, F. T. Peitch. head of the company bear- 

 ing his name, and M. E. Hammell, manager 

 of the Euclid Avenue Lumber Company, were 

 members of the party which left a few days ago 

 tor the annual meeting of the Shriners at New 

 Orleans. 



W. F. Bradley of Zanesville, Ohio, and head 

 of the Bradley Lumber Company, which manu- 

 factures hardwoods on an extensive scale, vis- 

 ited some of the local trade this week. 



A. P. Bertram of Rogers City, Mich., manu- 

 facturer of maple flooring, called upon the trade 

 here during the week. 



M. A. Ilayward of Columbus, Ohio, was a 

 recent Cleveland visitor. 



The United States Lumber Company, with 

 headquarters here, is promoting a novel plan for 

 the growing of eucalyptus trees in California, 

 where the company has acquired a large acreage 

 in Solano county about sixty miles from San 

 Francisco. There are many trees on the land 

 and thousands more will be added. The land is 

 l)eing ^old in ten-acre tracts. 



COLUMBUS 



The Imperial Lumber Compan.v. which was in- 

 corporated several months ago under the laws of 

 Ohio with a capital stock of $50,000, has been or- 

 ganized b.v electing Sherwood D. Morgan, for- 

 merly of the Kile & Morgan Company, as presi- 

 dent. The latter company bad an office in Provi- 

 de nee, R. I., as w'ell as Columbus, and it is the in- 

 tention to discontinue the Columbus oflice. Asso- 

 ciated with Mr. Morgan in the new enterprise 

 is John A. Ford, of West Virginia, well known 

 in lumber circles in that state. Mr. Ford will 

 be general manager. The concern will develop 

 a tract of timberland in the South and will do 

 a general wholesale lumber business. The offices 

 have been opened in rooms 91C and 017 Coiumojs 

 Savings and Trust building. 



H. C. Horton of the central sales division of 

 the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company said: "Busi- 

 ness with our concern has been good and orders 

 and inquiries are steadily coming in from all 

 parts of the country, except the East. The de- 

 mand is pretty generally distributed over all the 

 grades of hardwoods. Prices are holding their 

 own and there is no disposition to decrease 

 quotations in any quarter. Stocks in the hands 

 of the retailer are only fair, and the same is 

 true of the stocks in the hands of manufacturing 

 establishments. We expect both retailers and 

 factories to be in the market soon for a large 

 amount of all kinds of hardwoods." 



J. W. Mayhew of this company went to Cleve- 

 land and northern Ohio points about the middle 

 of April on business. H. W. Collins, manager 

 of sales of the central sales division, was called 

 to Pittsburg on business recently. 



A. C. Davis, head of the A. C. Davis Lumber 

 Company, reports a lull in the demand for cer- 

 tain varieties of hardwood. He says the trade 

 is not experiencing the demand that was ex- 

 pected earlier in year, but conditions will im- 

 prove in the near future. 



H. W. Putnam, president of the General Lum- 

 ber Company, reports unchanged conditions in 

 the hardwood trade in central Ohio. He says 

 that manufacturing establishments are in the 

 market for a fair amount of stock, but as it is 

 the between seasons period, the demand is not 

 very good. Prices remain the same, with bright 

 prospects for improvement soon. The company 

 is preparing to start operations at its large mill 

 at Ashland, Ky., as soon as high waters will per- 

 mit a large number of logs to be floated down the 

 Big Sandy river. The company has cut a large 



number of logs on its timber tract on the Big 

 Sandy and is ready to start a raft down the 

 river to Ashland. 



H, C. Bard of the Middle States Lumber Com- 

 pany reports quietude in certain lines. He saya 

 the business is improving and orders are coming 

 in better. He Is of the opinion that the best 

 conditions prevail in the Middle States. Strength 

 is appearing in certain sections. 



II. D. Brasher of the H. D. Brasher Lumber 

 Company says the market is steady to the ex- 

 treme, with a good tone prevailing in every quar- 

 ter. Mr. Brasher is of the opinion that better 

 prices will soon be reached. He says shipments 

 are coming out more freely. 



Representatives of practically every line of 

 manufacturing in the state of Ohio met at Chit- 

 tenden hotel, Columbus, April 20 to form an or- 

 ganization to look after certain matters pending 

 before the Ohio legislature. One of the bills 

 which will receive attention is the Woods public 

 utilities bill, which will be opposed by the organ- 

 ization. This bill has passed the house of repre- 

 sentatives and is now pending before the commit- 

 tee on commercial corporation of the Senate. 

 The manufacturing interests are asking for more 

 time in order to allow certain interests to oppose 

 the measure before the committee. Lumbermen 

 feel that the measure will hurt their interests, es- 

 pecially in shipping matters. The bill seeks to 

 place additional duties on the Railway Commis- 

 sion, and it is feared that the commission will be 

 unable to look after the shippers' interests as It 

 has in the past. 



It is planned to bold a conservation congress 

 in Ohio soon, and a number of the states of the 

 Middle West will be asked to send representa- 

 tives. The congress will be similar to the Na- 

 tional Conservation Congress, and the question 

 of conserving the timber wealth of the state will 

 attract a large part of its attention. Governor 

 Harmon has issued a proclamation for the con- 

 gress, and will' urge other states to take part. 



J. J. Sexton of the Osborn & Sexton Machinery 

 Company, dealers in woodworking machinery, re- 

 ports an active season of orders and inquiries. He 

 believes tliat a bettor business will be done as the 

 season advances. 



Managers of local building and loan associa- 

 tions report quite an active demand for loans 

 for the purpose of erecting homes, since the 

 pleasant weather has appeared. The indications 

 are bright for an active season, and already a 

 large number of buildings are projected. Archi- 

 tects and contractors as well as lumbermen are 

 engaged in preparing for the rush when it comes 

 later in the season. 



At Martins Ferry, 0., the Grafton Manufac- 

 turing Company, with an authorized capital of 

 $50,000, has been incorporated to make wooden 

 articles. 



The Jacob Lapp Cooperage Company of Akron, 

 O., was incorporated with a capital stock of $50,- 

 000 by Jacob Lapp, Fred W. Lapp, W, O. Slusser, 

 W. O. Wise and Nick Huber. 



The Cleveland Woodwork & Mantel Company 

 of Cleveland, Ohio, was incorporated with a cap- 

 ital stock of $20,000 by Louis Mintz, D. Mintz, B. 

 K. Goss. J. M. Ulmer and J. N. Bernstein. 



The Thompson Hardwood Lumber Company of 

 Ciucinnati was incorporated with an authorized 

 capital of $30,000 by R. E. Thompson, Edward 

 Ritcliie, J. Wonn, Maude Gallagher and William 

 S. Sterritt. 



C. G. McLaughlin, general manager of the Mc- 

 Laughlin-Hoffman Lumber Company, reports 

 things rather quiet in the hardwood trade. He 

 says prices are well maintained and there are no 

 indications of a recession in any direction. The 

 company has its full force of traveling salesmen 

 on the road. 



John 1!. Gobey returned recently from a ten 

 days' trip through Louisiana and Mississippi, 

 where he attended the wedcfing of John A. Bruce, 

 a well-known lumberman of Louisiana. He re- 

 ports a good tone prevailing in all parts of the 

 country. Locally Mr. Gobey reports a nice run 

 of orders, with bright prospects for the future. 



^^'. L. Whit.acre reports a quiet market at this 



