The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-25
Building Activities
Beae Roseate Tint
Says Billy Carnea|
Edward Ragland Tells All
About Lumber, and the Out
look for Immediate Future.

look LOT lulIueuldG L QLuic-
President C. T. Norman. OF the
local Kiwants club, was the first mem
Der of the baby organization to$vio-
late an unwritten law of Kiwauis,
namely, to employ the prefix Mis-
ter" ia referring to or addressing a
fellow member. As a. penalty, Ser
geant-at-Arms William Buck" Buch-
roeder decorated him with the in
strument employed in such instance
a red disc. fringed with sleigh bells
and bearing the injunction, Can the
Mister.
President Norman's "offense" was
committed when, in introducing the
speaker OF the evening, Edward Rag
land, of the Montague Manufacturing
company, he used the appeliation. He
corrected himself too late. Short was
the duration OF his humiliation. how
ever, as Orator Ragland. in his re-
marks, repeated the presidents error
of commission when he referred to a
previous speaker. Carl c. "SmngEie"
Whitaker, as Mr.. whitaker" XIV
a1.ar Ragland was unable to call the
turn on another fellow member and
with him for the rest OF the evening
remained the bells.
Last nights meeting was marked
by two interesting and enlightening
talks--that of Mr.. Ragiand, u paper.
on Lumber" and short talk on
Building" by Billy" Carneai, OF
Carneal and Johnston, architects.
MIR. Carneal thinks the building
situation looks rossate. He does not
/ look for . sluInp. ar husirrss de-
preston. To substantiate his belief,
he enumerated a long list OF build
ing operations contracts for which
j either had been closed or actually
under way.
They total si.7s5.ooo, and are as
follows: Virginia Trust company,
s25o.0o0; American Trust company.
$4,000; new Colonial theatre. $20o,-
900: new church on the Boulevard,
ts125.0oo; Spotless company, $780,
1000; Virginia Military institute. $780,
600; Ginter Park ytaduct, 500, 900;
kresge. 100000: Retreat for the
Sick. $4,000: Howitzers armory
800 900; miscellaneous. $4,000 900. The
foregoing figures represent only work
in which his firm Is interested.
The price of steel. said the speaker,
Is coming down within the next few
months. if not within the next thirty
days, from 81 to Sc per ton on the
present basis However. he. does no,
ynrHk thai the ppices OF k1rn Der >SaTf
come down any time soon.
| As long as the high cost OF living
remains where il is, he does not look
| for very much of a reduction in price
of any material used in building, with
the exception of steel. Business, how
ever, has got 10 proceed. he said, and
(. cannot hold back on account of the
high cost of material. He does not
think high prices will retard building
| He looks for a sbig building year.
1t will not be as big as the year jus
preceding the war. he said. 1t will
however, be 200 per cent larger than
! it was in 1918.
| Richmond, he said Is two or three
years behind in the matter OF housing
apartment builders. he said, are going
right ahead with their plans.
| x poll OF members showed that they
are from all parts OF the world. One
,or more members were born in South
Scotia, Washington. d. c.. Maine,
Pennsylvania, North Carolina. Can
ada, New York. OHIO. Missouri. Iii
nois, Kentucky. Massachusetts and
Virginia. The bulk of the member.
ship first saw the light OF day In "Olt
virginny." many Of them in Rich
lmcnd. s.4..eqpss,. a.~ar.-..,Y,ys.,-~,.r,-~
President Norman suggested tha'
the local Kiwanis club affiliate with
the organization OF Baltimore, Wash
lfngton and Delaware, which. with
Richmond, would constitute a dis
trict. No action was taken.
4 Reports from Norfolk, where dis
trfct organizer Of Kiwapis is now en-
gagged in organizing a club. arc tina
I progress along the desired fine is no
as rapid as 1t was in Richmond.
i A southern chicken dinner precede,
the business session.
Mr.. Raglands paper follows:
Ragland's Remarks
1t il a pleasure for me to have thl
opportunity of presenting to my fel
low Kiwanians few facts in conncc
tion with the subject of lumber. Lum
Der, as you know, In rated as one o
'. our most important Industries. and
is product in which nearly everyon
is more or less interested. This Is be
cause Of the fact that practicali
every manufacturing and mercantil
business has use for II In one fort
or another and because II forms sue
I an Important part in the building Q
our houses furniture, musical instrv
ments, and many household an
other necessities. II Is had TO thin
| OF any particular line OF business
which wood Is not an important fae
tor.
One might suggest that the build
ings Of 90 many concrete structurs
would naturally eliminate . larx
quantity OF lumber. yet the cost I
the wood forming required on TIL
type Of construction Is a considerabl
! item.
/ without wood the cost OF concrei
~ lcontinraA n Par EvAA