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riiilippine mahogany is now on the way to 

 Cleveland for the same firm. It consists of 

 boaids from one to four inches in thiclsness and 

 of squares and timbers 6xG inches and 6x8 

 inches in size. C. A. Nicola went to Grand 

 Kapids during the present weeli to interview a 

 nurabcr of furniture dealers there with a view 

 to disposing of some of the cargo for furniture 

 making purposes. 



The Saginaw liay I.umher Company during the 

 past week received three cargoes of lumber by 

 boat from upper lake ports and reports the fall 

 'lusiness to he quite brisk. \V. H. Trescott of 

 tlie company, accomi>anied l>y his family, is back 

 from a two weeks' trip spent at Anisquam, ilass. 



The month of August broke all building 

 records in the history of Clevc^land and the fall 

 outlook is exceedingly brii;ht. During August 

 the total value of buildings started was $1,.500.- 

 682, as against .$1,002,130 during the same 

 month a year ago. The number of permits 

 issued during the month was 768, as against 

 532 for the same month last year. The total 

 cost of buildings started during the first eight 

 months of the present year was $9,023,177. On 

 September 4 the total was about $400,000 more 

 than for the same tinic^ last year. 



W. H. White of liuffalo. a prominent hard 

 wood manufacturer oC that city, was in Cleve- 

 land during the past week and reported busi- 

 ness brisk. 



A. P. Waterflekl of tin' Ohio Uiver Lumber 

 Company of Ironton. O., dealer in poplar, oak, 

 etc., called upon the local trade dnring the past 

 week. 



.John L. Sands, in charge of the hardwood 

 deiartment of the It. II. .Tenks Lumber Com- 

 pany of tbis city, is back from a trip to eastern 

 cities, where he says business is in a thriving 

 condition. 



W. B. Martin of the Jlartin-Barriss Company, 

 accompanied by his family, enjoyed an auto trip 

 through the East during the past fortnight, 

 visiting Chautauqua and other points. 



I', E. Kimball of the Southern Lumber Com- 

 pany is back from an extensive trip through the 

 lumber regions of the South. 



COLUMBUS 



.Tohn R. Gobey. head of tlic .■oncern iK-aring 

 his name, returned recently frcuu a short busi- 

 ness trip through Tennessee and other southern 

 states. He says there is some improvement in 

 the trade and because of short stocks in the 

 bands of dealers, more liberal orders will be 

 placed soon. 



D. M. Moul of the Ohio Uiver Lumber Com- 

 pany of Ironton, Ohio, was a caller in Columbus 

 recently. 



George B. Jobson. secretary of the A. C. 

 Davis I, umber Company, returned recently from 

 a business trfp in northern Ohio and Michigan. 

 The W. M. Hitter Lumber Company will soon 

 place in operation its nmv mill located on Hazel 

 creek in North Carolina. Tlie station at that 

 place will be named Hitter. A standard gauge 

 road has been built from I'roctor to Kitter, a 

 distance of five miles and machinery is l)eing 

 hauled over it. The road will be extended for 

 the use of the lumber can! p. The company will 

 also erect a large planing mill at that place 

 which will be placed in operation s#nie time in 

 the winter. 



W. L. Whitacre of the W. L. Whitacre Lumlier 

 Company, has returned from a ten days' trip 

 through the South reiiortlng good conditions. 

 He says trade conditions in Columbus and 

 vicinity have improved to a large extent recently. 

 The monthly report of the Columbus Building 

 inspector for August shows a continuation of 

 the building activity that has characterized the 

 Buckeye capital for some time. During the 

 month 224 permits were issued for structures 

 estimated to cost j;r)49,(i4n. as compared with 

 140 permits in August. 1000, estimated to cost 



*233,60."i. The number of permits issued 

 eclipses liy ."iO the number issued in any previ- 

 ous August. During the seven months of last 

 year 1.264 permits liave l»een issued for struc- 

 tures costing .?2, 571, 141, as compared with l,,"il2 

 Ijcrmits issued during the seven months of 1010, 

 having an estimated valuation of ,$3,315,000. 



The Ilardman-Potters Box &: Crate Company 

 of Columbus has filed papers with tlie secretary 

 of state increasing its authorized capital stock 

 from $25,000 to $33,000 to provide for addi- 

 tional facilities. K. K. Lerch is president and 

 Edward It. Hack, secretary of the company. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Standard Dry Kiln Company is building 

 a new $20,000 plant at McCarty street and the 

 belt railroad tracks. 



The Heimberger & Drinkard Veneer Mills have 

 been organized and incorporated at New Albany 

 by Adam Heimberger, H. E. Heimberger and 

 C. L. IJrinknrd, for many years actively identi- 

 tied witli the veneer industry of southern In- 

 diana. The company has an authorized capitali- 

 zation of $33,000 and will engage in the veneer 

 business. 



The W. F. .Tolinson Company has succeeded 

 the Eaglestteld Company, and has been incorpo- 

 rated with an authorized capitalization of $70.- 

 000. Incorporators and directors are William !■". 

 .Tohnson. Laura Huey Johnson, Gus F. Bald- 

 win and James T. Eaglesfleld. Mr. Johnson, 

 liresident of the new company, for many years 

 was secretary and general manager of the Capi- 

 tol Lumber Company. 



George W. Smith, a local hardwood buyer, has 

 bought a number of black walnut trees that 

 have been found partially imbedded in a former 

 channel of the Kankakee river, near Bowling 

 Green. The trees are in an excellent state of 

 preservation and some of them are worth as 

 high as $300 each. 



Several hundred lumbermen from all parts of 

 Indiana, as well as from many cities outside of 

 the state, were guests of local lumbermen at a 

 picnic, baseball game and Hoo-Hoo concatena- 

 tion held here Saturday, August 27. In the 

 morning was a concatenation in the grove at 

 Germania Tark. in which seven kittens were 

 initiated. A baseball game followed in the after- 

 noon at Atkins Park between the Indianapolis 

 and Memphis lumbermen's teams, the former 

 winning 3 to 2. There was a chicken dinner 

 after the game, and a banquet to the Memphis 

 players at the Columbia Club in the evening. 



MEMPHIS 



The report of the Memphis Clearing House 

 Association under date of August 31 shows that 

 bank clearings for August broke all previous 

 records for that month and exceeded last year , 

 by nc'arly $2,000,000. It abso shows that the 

 total clearings for the 12 months from Septem- 

 ber 1. 1000. to August 31, 1010, exceeded $313.- 

 000,000. thus establishing a new high record for 

 the business year. The largest previous total 

 for the same period was in 1903-06. when the 

 figures were, in round numbers, $270,000,000. 

 This is a gain as between the two high levels 

 i.f $43,000,000. This is the first time during 

 a business year that the $300,000,000 mark has 

 been passed. Lumbermen have contributed 

 largely to this splendid result. Business among 

 them during the past twelve months has shown 

 a most substantial increase over the same period 

 in lOOS-00 and the outlook for the new business 

 year commencing today is regarded as very 

 satisfactory. 



Tlic production of hardwood lumber con- 

 tinues on a very good scale. The Bellgrade 

 Lumber Company reports that it broke all rec- 

 ords on lumlier shipments and doubled the cor- 

 resiionding mcmth last season. Other concerns 



say they are meeting with only moderate suc- 

 cess, but as a rule there is a disposition to take 

 an optimistic view of the outlook for the fall 

 and winter, a fact which explains the full 

 schedule on which lumber manufacturers are 

 operating in all cases where they are able to 

 secure all the timber that is necessary. The 

 number of inquiries is increasing and it is also 

 admitted that there is no large surplus of dry 

 stock, with the result that continued activity of 

 production is necessary if there is to be plenty 

 of lumber to meet the needs of the trade. There 

 has been a considerable amount of rainfall in 

 this territory recently and this accounts for the 

 fact that all of the mills are not well supplied 

 witli logs. However, every effort is being made 

 to secure all of the timber needed. 



The Three States Lumber Company, one of the 

 largest manufacturers of hardwood lumber In 

 this territory, has resumed operations at its big 

 hand mill at Burdette, Ark., which has been 

 closed down lor a number of months, and has 

 made its plans to continue to run on a large 

 scale. During the period of suspension extensive 

 repairs and improvements have been made. 



Lumber interests here owning tap line roads 

 are pleased with the decision of the Interstate 

 c'ommerce Commission in cancelling the with- 

 drawal of joint rates in the cases of the Kan- 

 sjis City Southern Uailway Company, the Tex- 

 arkana & Fort Smith Railroad Company and the 

 Arkansas Western Kailroad Company in their 

 proceedings against a large number of the tap 

 Hue roads in their territory. The cancellation 

 was to ha\"e become effective early this month, 

 but by the terms of the decision the date for 

 the effectiveness of the cancellation has been 

 removed to January 5, 1911. The victory is 

 only temporary, but it has given the lumber- 

 men some ground for belief that the commis- 

 sion may make the suspension permanent and 

 thus leave the tap lines in the position they 

 occupied before the action of the trunk lines in 

 announcing the withdrawal of joint rates. 



Lumbermen here have commented most favor- 

 ably on the special issue of the Hardwood 

 RiiCORD containing the writeup of Memphis as 

 the j'Hub of the Hardwood World." The man- 

 ner in which the story has been told is re- 

 garded as nothing short of brilliant and there 

 is nothing hut commendation in the highest and 

 strongest terras of (he splendid illustrations ac- 

 companying the descriptive matter. Particular 

 gratification is expressed also by the Bureau 

 of Publicity and Development, which is just 

 now interested in everything that tends to keep 

 Memphis in the eye of the indu.strial and com- 

 mercial world. 



Manager MeClure. of (he Lumbermen's Club 

 baseball team, is authority for the statement 

 that efforts are now being made to secure a re- 

 turn engagement with Nashville October 1. The 

 park at Red Elm has been leased for that date 

 and Nashville lumbermen have been invited to 

 come here at that time to play the deciding 

 game in the series which has been played this 

 year. Each city has won one game. It will not 

 he known until later just whether or not Nash- 

 ville will come. In the event it does not, In- 

 dianapolis has signified its willingness to play 

 on that date, with the result that a game with 

 one city or the other is assured. Indianapolis 

 and Memphis each have a victory to their credit 

 and the game to be played will decide which 

 can win the best two out of three. It will be 

 recalled that Memphis and Indianapolis played 

 here last year, when Memphis won. The other 

 game was played at Indianapolis on August 27. 

 when that cily came away with the big end 

 of the score. 



Manager McCIure sa.vs that his men are not 

 discouraged over the double defeat encountered 

 on the recent disastrous northern tour into 

 foreign territory. He believes they can play 

 as good ball as either Cincinnati or Indian- 

 apolis and is quite anxious for other contests 

 wltli the teams of those two northern cities. 



