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A Russian firm has been making ex- 

 tended inquiries regarding firms in a 

 position to supply railway sleepers and 

 wood blocks suitable for paving pur- 

 poses. 



The heaviest sale of hardwood timber 

 in the history of Emmet County, Mich., 

 was recently made, consisting of 36,000 

 acres, the total consideration being 

 placed at $52,000. 



Export orders of Cypress ties are being 

 figured on at New Orleans in lots of 

 250,000 for Cuban purchasers. Under 

 the recent ruling, these ties will be ad- 

 mitted free of duty. 



A lumberman's marine insurance com- 

 pany has been incorporated with a capi- 

 tal of $50,000 at Norfolk, Va., in conse- 

 quence of disagreements with the general 

 insurance companies. 



The timber on 30,000 acres of hard- 

 woods at Algoma, W. Va , is about to be 

 cut at the rate of 35,000 feet per day. 

 It is estimated that five years will be 

 spent in finishing the tract. 



One and one-half million feet of lum- 

 ber has already been delivered in Phila- 

 delphia for the buildings of the Com- 

 mercial Museums' Exposition of Amer- 

 ican products and manufactures. 



The timber on a tract of virgin forest 

 in Mississippi, 23,000 acres in extent, 

 heretofore reserved for United States 

 naval purposes, was offered for sale at 

 the highest bid filed by the middle of 

 June. 



Ashland, Wis. The timber will amount 

 to about two hundred and fifty million 

 feet and is the first large amount of Min- 

 nesota timber to be brought to the Ash- 

 land mills to be sawed. 



The Ontario Department of Forestry 

 has received inquiries from Great Britain 

 regarding the quality of Birch timber to 

 be found in Canada. There is said to be 

 a good demand in Great Britain for Cana- 

 dian Birch for furniture manufacture. 



A consolidation of all the interests of 

 a number of West Virginia timber pro- 

 ducers, including U. S. Senator Stephen 

 B. Elkins and all the mills on the W. 

 Va. Central & Pittsburg Railroad, has 

 been rumored for some time, but lacks 

 confirmation. 



An American company, composed 

 largely of Pennsylvania ^capitalists, has 

 invested in extensive timberlands, under- 

 laid with minerals, in Honduras, Central 

 America. About 40,000 acres of land 

 have already been purchased for devel- 

 opment. 



Three Scotch lumbermen, from Crieff 

 and Montrose in the Land of the Thistle, 

 have been touring Michigan to acquire 

 general information touching their busi- 

 ness. Besides having interests in Eng- 

 land and Scotland, they are factors in 

 the lumber trade of Sweden. 



A special commissioner, recently sent 

 to San Francisco by the Philadelphia 

 Exposition of American Manufactures 

 and Products, has secured the promise 

 of a California exhibit 

 and raisins. 



A short time ago there was recorded 

 at Davis, W. Va , the largest trainload 

 of logs ever brought into that place. 

 The cargo was West Virginia Spruce and 

 consisted of thirty-seven trucks, loaded 

 and unloaded and hauled a distance of 

 twenty miles all within twelve hours. 



including nuts 



A large tract of Pine, situated on the 

 north shore of Lake Superior, has been 

 purchased, it is announced, to be rafted to 



A valuable tract of land in Mississippi, 

 well timbered, has been sold to New 

 York lumbermen for immediate devel- 

 opment. The purchase includes Yazoo 

 Delta lands, of rich alluvial bottoms, 

 which are regarded very highly, and will 

 be good farming tracts, it is said, when 

 the timber is cut. 



