HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Mills at Russellville, Ky., are finding a ready 

 market for cedar lumber and have sold nearly two 

 million feet during the last few months. The 

 timber rights to a 300-acre tract of cedar were 

 sold in Logan county for $4,400. 



The Ayre-Lord Tile Company of Paducah will 

 build dry docks at the mouth of the Tennessee 

 River, where its fleet of towboats and barges Is 

 located. 



A. J. Asher, the lumber and stave man of 

 Pineville, Ky., recently bought 5,000 acres of 

 timberland in Leslie county at a sheriff's sale 

 held as the result of the non-payment of taxes. 

 Mr. Asher is interested in the development of 

 eastern Kentucky. 



The Burtt & Brebb Lumber Company of Ford, 

 Ky., has sold to the Greasy Fork Coal and Tim- 

 ber Company 14.5S9 acres of timber lands in 

 Leslie county for ?97.260, according to the terms 

 of a deed tiled at Hyden. R. Carnahan, who Is 

 connected with E. B. Norman & Co., Louisville, 

 is one of the chief stockholders of the Greasy 

 Fork Company. 



It is announced that the Kentucky & Indiana 

 Bridge & Railroad Company, which is construct- 

 ing a new bridge across the Ohio at this point, 

 will use several million dollars to be provided 

 hy a $10,000,000 bond issue for the purpose of 

 making extensive improvements in its local 

 switching facilities. At present the Louisville & 

 Nashville has the larger part of the terminal 

 facilities of the town, and it is generally hoped 

 by the lumbermen that the K. & I. plans will be 

 carried out. 



The decision of the circuit court nullifying a 

 12 per cent increase in assessment announced by 

 the State Board of Equalization saved the lum- 

 bermen thousands of dollars. The Increase was 

 made arbitrarily and horizontally. 



ST. LOUIS 



Building permits in St. Louis for July showed 

 a considerable increase over June, but were not 

 up to July of last year nor the year before. A 

 total of $1,976,350 of building was authorized 

 last month, against $1,884,013 for June. In 

 July, 3 909, permits aggregated $2,066,039, 

 slightly over $80,000 above the report for last 

 month. The figures for last month included no 

 large buildings and because of the good showing 

 on small structures exclusively indicates a 

 healthy condition. 



The following is a report of the movement of 

 lumber at this market during July : Receipts 

 liy rail during July, 1910. were 16,584 cars ; 

 during July, 1909, there were 14,738 cars, an 

 increase of 1,846 cars in 1910. Receipts by 

 river during July, 1910, were 67,000 feet ; dur- 

 ing July, 1909, 183,000 feet, a decrease of 116,- 

 000 feet this year. Shipments by rail during 

 July, 1910, were 10,229 cars ; shipments by 

 rail during July, 1909, were 9,872 cars, an in- 

 crease of 357 cars this year. Shipments by 

 river during July, 1910, were 43,000 feet ; dur- 

 ing July, 1909, 92,000 feet, a decrease of 49,000 

 feet this year. 



The following Is the report for the month of 

 July of the number of feet of lumber measured 

 and inspected by the Lumbermen's Exchange of 

 St. Louis, as furnished by Secretar.v A. H. Bush. 

 The past six months shows a healthy gain in the 

 Inspection over the corresponding period last 

 year : 



Feet. 



Oak 183.891 



Quartered oak 24,584 



Gum 73,632 



Ash 34,135 



Hickory 11,892 



Cottonwood 24,824 



Sycamore 12,430 



Locust 141 



Cypress 1,046 



Maple 23,209 



Elm 13,501 



Ilackberry 161 



Total 40.=).446 



The Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 



Company reports a good call for nearly every 

 item on the hardwood list. Plain-sawed oak and 

 red gum has been in particularly good request 

 with this concern. 



Among the recent visitors to this market was 

 W. A. Clay, representing the Bluff City Lumber 

 Company of Pine Bluff, Ark. 



W. W. Dings of the Garetson-Greason Lumber 

 Company is still at Estes Park, Colo., where he 

 is enjoying his vacation with ilrs. Dings. The 

 company is doing a nice business in hardwoods 

 and is having a good demand for nearly all 

 hardwood items. 



A fair trade in cypress is reported by E. W. 

 P.iumer, sales manager of the Lothman Cypress 

 Company. While business is good, values are 

 far from satisfactory, although the concern gets 

 top prices for everything it sells. Mr. Blumer 

 believes when the fall trade opens it will be good 

 as stocks are low, not only at the factories but 

 at the retail yards as well. 



After several weeks spent on the Atlantic 

 coast, at Asbury Park, Charles Thomas of the 

 Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company is back for 

 only a short stay,' as he intends to return and 

 spend the month at the sea coast, where he left 

 his family. 



E. L. Page, manager of the hardwood depart- 

 ment of the Alf Scott Lumber Company of this 

 city, has resigned that position to become con- 

 nected with the American Forest Company, deal- 

 ers in hardwood, with offices in the Bank of 

 Commerce building. Mr. Page will be sales 

 manager for the American Forest Company, 

 whose headquarters are at Buffalo, N. Y. The 

 branch at St. Louis has always been an im- 

 portant part of this company's business, but will 

 be considerably augmented under Mr. Page's 

 guidance. The successor of Mr. Page with the 

 Alf Bennett Company has not yet been an- 

 nounced. 



MILWAUKEE 



Next winters cut will be very large, according 

 to reports received in Milwaukee from the north- 

 ern part of the state, as the forest fires have 

 damaged great numbers of trees, so that tney 

 will have to be cut. It is said that the big 

 hemlock might stand for another year, but it is 

 necessary to cut the small hemlock used for 

 pulpwood, and so both large and small will be 

 logged at the same time. The hardwood par- 

 tially burned will not remain in good condition 

 for another year, so a large quantity will have 

 to be cut. Farmers, who have fared poorly 

 with their crops, will turn to timber, and the 

 cordwood supply will also show a large increase 

 over that of the past season. Preparations are 

 now being made for what will be one of the 

 busiest seasons ever experienced in the Wis- 

 consin woods. 



The forest fires which have been raging for 

 some time have been quelled. Local rains and 

 the absence of strong winds have been the help- 

 ing factors. The damages which have resulted 

 from the flames will be enormous, but as yet no 

 estimate has been made. To guard against 

 similar occurrences a "fire train" has been 

 equipped at Antigo, Wis., by the Chicago & 

 Northwestern road. The train consists of a 

 large locomotive and several cars equipped with 

 large tanks and a powerful pump with several 

 hundred feet of hose. 



The reports which were recently sent out 

 from Marinette, Wis., to the effect that the 

 mills of that city were suffering from a log 

 famine and were closing down as a result have 

 been denied. The Sawyer-Goodman mill closed 

 down for a few days recently because of a seri- 

 ous break In the machinery. This fact, together 

 with the delay in the arrival of the main 

 Menominee log drive, was the cause for the 

 rumor being circulated. A few of the smaller 

 mills are feeling the lack of timber to some 

 extent, but the larger plants are well stocked 



and will find no difficulty in completing the 



season. 



The Allen Lumber Company of Fremont, 

 Wis., has purchased the logs in the yards of 

 the Jennings Company at New London. The 

 lot con.sists of hardwood and cedar logs ana 

 will be fioated down the river to Fremont. 



An amendment has been made to the articles 

 of incorporation of the New Dells Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chippewa Falls, Wis. The capital stock 

 of the company has been increased from $200,- 

 OUO to $240,000. 



What is considered to be the largest shaving 

 and sawdust chute in the world has recently 

 been completed by the Racine (Wis.) Manufac- 

 turing Company. The chute is 500 feet in length 

 and runs from the factory building on Racine 

 street to the boiler room in the ruins of the old 

 I'uildmg. It is four stories above the ground 

 and measures six feet In diameter. 



With a force of seventy-five hands the furni- 

 ture plant of M. A. & J. Poznanski at Chippewa 

 Falls, Wis., has been placed in operation. 



The F. E. Worden Lumber Company at Osh- 

 kosh. Wis., has filed a notice of dissolution with 

 the secretary of state at Madison. C. W. Hol- 

 lister is president of the corporation and P. W. 

 Hollister is secretary. 



Announcement has been made by the Crocker 

 Chair Company of Sheboygan, Wis., of the pur- 

 chase of 2,475 acres of timber land in Houghton 

 county, Michigan. The land was formerly owned 

 by G. F. .Sanborn and the consideration was 

 .f 36,570. 



The Grimm-Rempe Wash Machine Company, 

 recently organized at Algoma, Wis., has com- 

 menced operations. 



The new plant of the Anson-Gilkey-Hurd Com- 

 pany at Merrill. Wis., will soon be in full op- 

 eration. The buildings were formerly occupied 

 by the Anson-Hixon Sash & Door Company and 

 comprise one of the largest woodworking plants 

 in the state. It is exrpected that 400 hands 

 will be employed when the departments are all 

 in full operation. 



The Brooks & Ross Lumber Company's plan- 

 ing mill at Wausau, Wis., has been reopened 

 after being shut down for a week, caused by a 

 recent fire in the plant. 



Plans for a large three-story building to com- 

 prise a planing mill, foundry and machine shop 

 are being prepared by the Smalley Manufactur- 

 ing Company at Manitowoc, Wis. 



A company is being organized at Kenosha, 

 Wis., by M. G. McGeehan for the manufacture 

 of a bed and kitchen cabinet. Mr. McGeehan, 

 together with U. A. Javins, also of Kenosha, 

 holds patents on the cabinets. 



The inheritance tax on the estate of J. M. 

 Hray of Oshkosh, Wis., one of the wealthiest 

 lumbermen of the state, is the biggest that has 

 ever been paid in Winnebago county. The total 

 value of the estate is estimated at $998,235, the 

 tax upon the same being $20,379. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed with 

 the secretary of state by the Werheim Wood- 

 work Company of Wausau, Wis. The capital 

 stock of the company is $60,000, and the in- 

 corporators are F. W. Genrlch, M. B. Rosenberg 

 and G. D. Jones. 



Mrs. J. W. Wells, wife of J. W. Wells, a 

 prominent Michigan lumberman, died recently 

 at their home in Menominee, Mich., aged sixty- 

 three years. Mrs. Wells had been an invalid for 

 fifteen years. Besides her husband she is sur- 

 vived by five children. 



WAUSAU 



The Heinemann Lumber Company has decided 

 io rebuild its plant. The company lost its mill 

 by fire last spring, and on July 20 the town of 

 lioinc-mann. the planing mill and about 8. 000. 000 

 feet of lumber was destroyed by forest fires 

 creeping up on the town. Since the sawmill 

 hurncd, the company has made several large 



