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of the Big Sandy. It reports a better demand 

 for plain and quartered oak at good prices and 

 also notes a better movement in low-grade chest- 

 nut and poplar. 



Vansant, Kitchen & Co. say the business sit- 

 uation is practically unchanged, although pros- 

 pects are brighter. They are receiving plenty of 

 orders for high-grade stock at good prices. The 

 recent tides brought down a fair amount of tim- 

 ber, which will keep the mill running for at 

 least two months. 



The Whisler & Scearcy Company of Ironton, 

 O., has no complaint to otter regarding business. 

 Its export trade with Liverpool has been very 

 good the past few months. B. F. Scearcy is at 

 Farmers, Ky., looking after the company's plant 

 there. 



J. H. Kester, secretary of the Southern Hard- 

 wood Company, returned recentl.v from an ex- 

 tended business trip through Tennessee. The 

 company says business has improved. 



S. M. Bradley, a lumberman of Morehead, Ky., 

 was visiting with our millmen recently. 



M. L. Thornton. Huntington. W. Va.. agent 

 for the American Car Foundry Company, called 

 on the trade last week. 



The W. R. Vansant Lumber Company has 

 moved its office from this city to Rush, Ky., 

 where its mill and timber interests are located. 



ST. LOUIS 



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Building permits issued during May by the 

 building commissioiher aggregated $1,581,717. 

 Because of a few less big buildings, the aggre- 

 gate is .$242,200 less than May of last year, but 

 the building commissioner says the decrease does 

 not indicate an unhealthy building condition. 

 The contrary is nearer correct, because the in- 

 crease of forty-six in the total number of per- 

 mits indicates that a larger number of sma" 

 buildings have been erected. 



The following is a report of the movement of 

 lumber at this market during May : Receipts by 

 mail during May. 1910, were 17,976 cars; dur- 

 ing May, 1909, there were 12,380 cars, an in- 

 crease of .5.500 cars in 1910. Receipts by river 

 during May, 1910. were 303.000 feet ; during 

 May, 1909, 170,000 feet, an increase of 127,000 

 feet this year. Shipments by rail during May, 

 1910, were 11,378 cars : shipments by rail dur- 

 ing 1909 were 8,875 cars, an increase of 2,503 

 cars this year. Shipments by river during May, 

 1910, were 115,000 feet ; during May, 1909, 39,- 

 000 feet, an increase of 76.000 feet this year. 



In a letter received by .Tulius Seidel, chair- 

 man of the entertainment committee of the Lum- 

 bermen's Cluh, under date of May 14, written 

 by P. S. Stahlnecker, secretary to Gifford 

 Pinchot, he stated that Mr. Pinchot would ar- 

 rive from Europe about the first of June and 

 as soon as possible he would be able to give some 

 information in regard to Mr. Pinchot's promised 

 visit to the Ozark country and to address the 

 Luml)ermen's Club. 



The following is the report for the month 

 of May. of the number of feet of lumber meas- 

 ured and inspected by the Lumbermen's Ex- 

 change of St. Louis, as furnished by Secretary 

 .\. H. Bush : Feet. 



Cak. plain 330,330 



Oak. (jiiartered 6,196 



Ash 40,396 



Maple 29,352 



Gum 70,122 



• Poplar 50,288 



Cypress 110,047 



Cottonwood 4,939 



Chestnut 454 



Haekberry 32 



■Vellow piue 14,831 



Elm 171 



ciaiion holds its convention in Louisville, Ky., 

 next month, ihere will be a big delegation of St, 

 Louis lumbermen present to try to get the asso- 

 ciation to hold its 1911 convention in St. Louis. 

 Julius Scheve is at the head of the movement 

 and is working "hard to accomplish what he 

 wants. The Lumbermen's Exchange and the 

 Lumbermen's Club are helping Mr. Scheve. 



An interesting event happened in the house- 

 bold of Dwight L. Dickinson, who has been the 

 resident manager of the Houston, Texas, office 

 of the Alf Bennett Lumber Company, since the 

 office was established a few months ago. It was 

 a boy and both the parents are receiving the 

 congratulations of their friends. 



An inventory of the estate of William A. Bon- 

 sack, president of ti-e Bonsack laimber Com- 

 pany, who was drowned in Lake Ponchartrain, 

 La., on March 18, was filed a few weeks ago in 

 the probate court. It described real estate at 

 Main and Poplar. $20,500 stock of the Bonsack 

 company and $41.80 cash. 



Business is reported as being seasonable by 

 Charles E. Thomas of the Thomas & Proetz Lum- 

 ber Company. Mr. Thomas says that some of 

 his competitors differ v/ub him in regard to the 

 trade conditions, but he finds them as reported. 



George Luehrmann. of the Charles F. Luehr- 

 mann Hardwood Lumber Company, says there is 

 a tendency for .gum to advance. This kind of 

 wood is one of the specialties of the company, 

 so Mr. Luehrmann can be considered as being 

 pretty well posted on the situation. 



While business has naturally been a little 

 dull, the general situation is much better than 

 during a couple of weeks ago. This Is the 

 opinion expressed by George E. Cottrill. secre- 

 tary of ti.e American Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



■Seventeen members of the Millmen's Associa- 

 tion of this city had an automobile outing on 

 the afternoon of Saturda.v, May 28. They went 

 to Knabe's Grove, several miles from the city, 

 where they had a chicken dinner. President 

 Robert B. McConnell lead the party, which went 

 out in four big automobiles. 



MILWAUKEE 



Total 637,158 



When tho National Hardwood Lumber Asso- 



Jesse C. Bradley, styling himself as a "man- 

 ager of manufacturing corporations," and presi- 

 dent of the defunct Two Rivers (Wis.1 Wooden- 

 ware Company, has filed a voluntary petition 

 in bankruptcy in the office of Referee E. Q. Nye 

 at Milwaukee. He fixes his liabilities at $204.- 

 213.88 and his assets at $21,990.13. of which it 

 is claimed $11,240- are exempt. Only $55,300 

 of the liabilities are secured, according to the 

 petition. The largest item in the list of liabili- 

 ties is $147,722.93 of endorsed notes and accom- 

 modation paper to the extent of $1,000 also 

 figure in the list. The assets consist largely of 

 real estate, stock, notes and outstanding ac- 

 counts. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed with 

 the secretary of state at Madison by the John 

 EUer Lumber Company of Milwaukee. The capi- 

 tal stock of the concern is $40,000 and the in- 

 corporators include : John, George E. and Ste- 

 phen H. Eller. 



The Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Mil- 

 waukee & St. Paul Railway Company have re- 

 ceived an order to commence immediately upon 

 the construction of 700 automobile cars. These 

 cars are especially constructed with double end 

 doors for the convenient loading and unloading 

 of automobiles. 



The W. S. Seaman Company of Milwaukee, 

 manufacturers of automobile bodies, has filed 

 its articles of incorporation with the secretary 

 of state at Madison. The concern is capital- 

 ized at $50,000. 



The Hornig Cabinet Company of Milwaukee, 

 with a capital stock of $10,000, has filed articles 

 of incorporation at the state capital. The in- 



corporators include : Charles A. Hornig, Edwin 

 L. Klein and Hugo J. Trost. 



Articles of organization of the F. P. Hiles 

 Lumber Company of Milwaukee have been filed 

 with the secretary of state at Madison. This 

 concern has a capital stock of $250,000 and the 

 incorporators are : Franklin P. Hiles, Paul W. 

 Rehfeld and Anna Rehfeld. 



The Allls-Chalmers Company of Milwaukee 

 lias received an order for the following equip- 

 ment for a new sawmill being erected by the 

 Schwager-Xettleton Mills of Seattle, Wash. : One 

 band type mill with automatic apparatus ; 

 twentj'-four induction motors ranging from 200 

 H. P. to 5 H. P. ; one 750 K. V. A. steam turbo 

 generator ; one 35 K. W. exciter unit : two 15 

 K. V. A. ligiiting transformers and a switch- 

 board. 



The large sawmill of the H. W. Wright Lum- 

 ber Company at Merrill, Wis., was totally de- 

 stroyed by fire recently, entailing a loss of 

 $100,000, partly covered by insurance. The flre 

 for a time threatened the lumber yards, but after 

 much effort was confined to the sawmill. The 

 firm has announced its intentions of rebuilding 

 the mill at an early date. During the interven- 

 ing time the W. G. Collar Lumber Company will 

 saw the hardwood for the Wright company. 



The Wisconsin Incubator Company and the 

 Racine Boat Company, both of Racine, Wis., are 

 preparing to erect new factories during the 

 summer. 



Hiram Dunfield, .a well-known lumber cruiser 

 of Wausau, Wis., died recently. While fishing 

 from a log on the bank of the Plover river he 

 was stricken with heart failure and fell into the 

 water. 



Much progress is being made in the construc- 

 tion of the new buildings which are being erected 

 by the American Seating Company at Racine, 

 Wis. The new power house is nearly completed 

 and work has already commenced on the new 

 dry kilns. 



The E-Z Auto Go-Cart Company of Monroe, 

 Wis., has filed an amendment to its articles of 

 incorporation with the secretary of state, re- 

 ducing its capital stock from $50,000 to $25,000. 



The Gurney Refrigerator Company of Fond du 

 Lac. Wis., is planning to institute many improve- 

 ments in its plant during the summer. A large 

 dry kiln is to be built and another stor.v will be 

 added to the main plant. The work will cost 

 $25,000. 



The Central Upholstering Company of Sheboy- 

 gan, Wis., is planning to occupy its new factory 

 building before the end of the month. The con- 

 struction work is practically finished and new 

 machinery is now being installed. 



The Kauknuna Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Kaukauna, Wis., has recently completed 

 the erection of a two-story addition to its cabi- 

 net and bench-work room. An elevator has also 

 been installed in the plant. 



The sawmill of tho Union Manufacturing Com- 

 pany at Oconto Falls. Wis., which has been 

 undei'going repairs for the past month, has been 

 placed in operation. The output for the coming 

 season is expected to surpass all past records. 



The North Star Lumber Company of Bloomer, 

 Wis., has taken a contract to saw a large quan- 

 tity of logs for Oscar Hooey of Rice Lake. 



The W. G. Collar Lumber Company of Mer- 

 rill, Wis., was the highest bidder for the logs 

 which have been lost along the right of way of 

 the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road during 

 the past winter. The logs, which were pooled 

 for this sale, amounted to about 700,000 feet. 



The Foster-Latimer Lumber Company of Mel- 

 lon, Wis., has opened its canal with which it 

 hopes to control the floods of the Bad river. 



Alexander Stewart of Wausau, one of Wiscon- 

 sin's most prominent lumbermen, suffered a com- 

 pound fracture of his right arm while visiting 

 at the Marathon paper mill recently. Mr. Alex- 

 ander Is nearly eighty years of age. 



