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HARDWOOD RECORD 



committee made up of Herbert W. Blanchard, 

 W. F. Brown. Morris A. Hail, Howard C. Morse 

 and Walter E. Cliamberlain have been asking 

 the many firms for their choice. The candi- 

 dates in the field are Charles H. Crane, Herbert 

 W. Bowler, George R. Dunn and Frank E. 

 Badger. All the candidates are favorable to 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association's inspec- 

 tion rules. 



John M. Woods of J. M. Woods & Co., East 

 Cambridge, Mass., has returned from an extend- 

 ed western trip. 



W. M. Weston of the W. M. Weston Company, 

 hardwood dealers, who has been in the West, 

 has returned home. 



L. H. Randall of Randall & Orcutt, hardwood 

 wholesalers, has returned from a very successful 

 business- trip through the South and West. 



Gardner I. Jones of the Jones Hardwood Com- 

 pany, Boston, has returned from a western trip. 



R. E. Cleves & Co. is the style of the newest 

 wholesale lumber firm in Boston. Mr. Cleaves 

 has been identified with the C. W. Leatherbee 

 Lumber Company tor several years. George H. 

 Leatherbee is treasurer of this company and 

 was also associated with the Leatherbee com- 

 pany, being a brother of Charles W. Leatherbee. 



A new lumber storage company has been or- 

 ganized in Boston known as the South Ray 

 Storage Company. This company has taken the 

 lumber sheds formerly used by the C. W. Leath- 

 erbee Lumber Company. 



James R. Hall of the Hall Lumber Company, 

 Boston, has opened his summer home at North 

 Pembroke, Mass. 



The Stiles Lumber Company has been organ- 

 ized at New Haven, Conn., with a capital stock 

 of .?10,000. The company will manufacture 

 lumber ia Virginia. Charles F. Treadway is 

 president ; William H. Stiles, vice-president ; C. 

 E. P. Sanford, treasurer, and Henry E. Sanford, 

 secretary. Mr. Stiles is from Johnson City, 

 Tenn., and the other Incorporators are of the 

 firm of Sanford & Treadway, wholesale dealers. 

 New Haven, Conn. 



Three failures in the lumber trade in the met- 

 ropolitan district were reported during the fort- 

 night. The first was Soble Bros., hardwood 

 manufacturers, 1 Madison avenue, formerly of 

 Philadelphia, who have asked their creditors for 

 an extension of time and have submitted a prop- 

 osition for the formation' of a new corporation 

 to be known as the Soble Bros. Lumber Com- 

 pany, with a capital of $150,000, to continue 

 the business, the creditors to accept stock therein 

 in payment of their respective claims. The lia- 

 bilities amount to $102,000. It is understood 

 that quite a number of the creditors have ac- 

 cepted the proposition and further announcement 

 will be made later. 



.Tohn P. McEwan, wholesaler of 140 West 

 Forty-second street, Manhattan, personaU.v, and 

 the Clayton Manufacturing Company of the same 

 address, with plants at Princeton and Clayton, 

 N. C, Controlled by him and of which he is 

 secretary and treasurer, were petitioned into 

 bankruptcy June 0. The petition against the 

 Clayton Manufacturing Company was by two 

 creditors, tlv^ < 'npiir,, i: Wnnirr T.nnil.er Company, 

 $5,000, aii^I M 11, ,1, -■ ■ : ■ . ..,: :..,,v, $166. The 

 llabilitifs :■: - . ; ' -I'l.ooo. Judge 



Holt apiioihi I I _ I I . . iver in both 



cases, bond .Sin, I iiim to con- 



tinue Uic business 



Closely related i . i >s was that 



of the A. D. Laii.|. i > u.any, retail- 



ers of Brooklyn, who haw likrwise been peti- 

 tioned into bankruptcy. I. L. Ernst, of 170 

 Broadway, Manhattan, has been appointed re- 

 ceiver with bond of $10,000. The liabilities are 

 estimated at $40,000 and assets $25,000. 



There was a meeting of the creditors of the 

 firm of G. L. Schuyler & Co., bankrupts, held at 

 the referee's office, 50 Church street, and after 



land 



a consideration of matters in that 

 the meeting was adjourned until June 30, when 

 the business will be finally wound up and a final 

 dividend paid. The company has paid 20 per 

 cenr so far and it is believed that the final divi- 

 dend will be very small. 



The local office of the Fosburgh Lumber Com- 

 pany of Norfolk, Va., has been removed from IS 

 Broadway to the Flatiron building, where J. S. 

 Fletcher, the new manager, has leased commo- 

 dious quarters. 



Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the wealthy timber 

 f St. Paul, Minn., has been elected 

 a director of the Carnegie Trust Company of 

 Manhattan. 



C. E. Kennedy, the well known and popular 

 manager of the local office of the Shepard & 

 Morse Lumber Company, 18 Broadway, for many 

 jears past, severs his connection therewith on 

 July 1 to engage lu business on his own ac- 

 count, handling a full line of general lumber. 

 Mr. Kennedy has a host of friends in the local 

 district as well as among northern mills, and a 

 thorough knowledge of the lumber business in 

 all its branches, and starts out under most 

 favorable auspices. 



The annual meeting of the Building Material 

 Men's Club of Newark, N. J., was held In Newark 

 on June 9, preceded by a dinner. The president 

 and vice president of last year were re-elected 

 and W. F. Hopping of the Bockoven Brothers 

 Company. Newark, was elected secretary and 

 treasurer to succeed Mr. W. E. Clark. 



Among the distinguished visitors during the 

 fortnight was Edward Hines of the Edward 

 Mines Lumber Company, Chicago, who passed 

 through the city accompanied by Mrs. Hlnes 

 after a rest at Atlantic City following his re- 

 cent operation. 



W. M. Kilter, the prominent hardwood manu- 

 facturer and head of the W. M. Ritter Lumber 

 Company, Columbus, O., spent several days here 

 last week visiting with Local Manager E. E. 

 Eaton. In commenting upon the business situa- 

 tion Mr. Ritter. as one of the largest hardwood 

 producers of the country, was most optimistic. 

 'I'he many m:lls which his company operate 

 whil" not at present running full time are pro- 

 ilu.ing in line with his belief in a fair future 

 trad.-. 



Rolf Stevens, late with William Whitmer & 

 Son, has just joined W. A. Eaton In the latter's 

 new wholesale business at 1 Madison avenue, 

 and will assist Mr. Eaton in the selling end. 



M. B. Farrin, M. B. Farrin Lumber Company, 

 Cincinnati, has been in town for several days 

 rene'-vlng acquaintances In the trade and for the 

 purpose of taking back with him via the canal 

 and Lake Erie his fine new steam cruising yacht 

 just completed, which he will use in connection 

 with his usual summer stay at his residence on 

 Lake Erie. 



Robert R. SIzer, head of R. R. Slzer & Co., 13 

 William street. Is on a business and pleasure trip 

 to the Pacific coast. 



The East Jersey Lumber Company has been 

 organized in this city by U. D. Leslie of the 

 Burlee Dry Dock Company of Staten Island and 

 O. W. Ramsey of Perth Amboy, N. Y. They will 

 open offices here and conduct a general whole- 

 sale lumber business. 



A. P. Irish of the Fuller & Rice Lumber & 

 Manufacturing Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 was In town recently on business. 



E. V. Babcock of E. V. Babcock & Co., Pitts- 

 burg, spent several days In town visiting Man- 

 ager U. J. Gott of the local office of his firm, 

 43 Wall street. He reports conditions as better 

 than last month and states that Inquiries Indi- 

 cate a slow but steady improvement in business. 



TThe LIvermore Lumber Company is the name 

 of a new corporation just organized here with a 

 capital of $100,000 by Jesse L. Livcrmore, 35 

 New street, and William F. S. Hart, 5 Beekmau 

 street, New York. 



Gloeckner & Schundler Is the name of a new 

 firm which will open a yard at the foot of Twen- 

 tieth and Twenty-first streets, Brooklyn. The 



firm is composed of L. G. Gloeckner, a partner 

 in the firm of Grupe & Gloeckner, Spanish cedar 

 importers of Brooklyn, and H. O. Schundler, who 

 was formerly associated with E. M. Kenna. whole- 

 saler of G6 Broadway, in a selling capacity. 



PniLADELPlilA 



Tliough the Lumbermen's Exchange rooms are 

 comparatively deserted at this the vacation sea- 

 sou, small groups of the stay-at-homes or of 

 those who will indulge in an outing later on 

 may be found at the noon hour in animated 

 conversation as to issues political and commer- 

 cial. Great Interest was taken this year In the 

 annual baseball game betw'een the nines selected 

 from the Lumbermen and Builders* Exchanges, 

 which was held at the Athletic ball park on 

 June 16 and which resulted In a victory for the 

 Builders' Exchange of 14 to 3. It would be a 

 difficult task l..r a layman to give a graphic 

 description of tbo wonderful curves of the twlrl- 

 ers and tbo slugging of the batsmen In this 

 game. A. J. Kilroy, the umpire, could discourse 

 more eloquently on the subject. Suffice It to say, 

 the attendance was large and the proceeds of 

 course in proportion. To George A. Howes of 

 the Lumbermen's Exchange and Benjamin K. 

 Nusbaum of the Builders' Exchange, who suc- 

 cessfully managed the affair, be the credit, for 

 the very considerable sum which will be handed 

 over to the Modified Milk Society, the Red Bank 

 Sanitarium and the Children's Country Week, 

 for whose benefit these games are annually 

 played. Two helpers on this occasion who vol- 

 unteered a little private philanthropy by taking 

 it upon themselves to sell the score cards were 

 Edith and Janie Howes, daughters of the jovial 

 chairman of the office and entertainment com- 

 mittee of the Lumbermen's Exchange, George A. 

 Howes. The winning little saleswomen collected 

 $8.75, which was a most flattering testimonial 

 to their thoughtfulness for these worthy chari- 

 ties. 



The Rlghter-Parry Lumber Company states 

 that on the whole it Is getting a fair volume of 

 business. The company recently engaged Charles 

 M. Hamlin, formerly buyer in Kentucky and 

 Tennessee, for the Philadelphia Veneer & Lum- 

 ber Company of this city as salesman to cover 

 New York state and the New England territory. 

 Charles K. Parry Is at Seaside Park, N. J., for 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire 

 Insurance Company is anything but Idle these 

 times. This concern, from present indications, 

 will 1" :a :ill past records In the total amount of 

 l.ii-iii--~ Willi. I; up. It is careful In placing 

 ri^k- .111.1 1:: Ncen fortunate -in the small 



Horace G. Hazard & Co. report business slowly 

 improving and they are most hopeful as to out- 

 look. This firm recently secured Pier No. 46 

 and Its covered shed, known as the old sugar- 

 house wharf, which they will utilize as a stor- 

 age wharf. 



Miller & Miller are confident that the near 

 future will show great Improvement In business. 

 They are indefatigable hustlers and so manage 

 to get orders, but they are not inclined to rush 

 sales at some of the prevailing quotations. 



C. E. Lloyd, Jr., of the Bolce Lumber Com- 

 pany, Inc., does- not trouble over conditions. He 

 pegs .away unflaggingly and a modicum of busi- 

 ness is entered on the books right along. He 

 feels confident that everything will be in good 

 shape before long. 



The Owen M. Bruner Company is complacent 

 over business affairs and reports that though 

 trading Is spotty It Is keeping up a fair total. 

 Owen M. Bruner is making an extended trip 

 through the lumber districts of Michigan. 



H. H. Maus & Co.. Inc., report business some- 

 what brighter and the outlook promising. H. U. 

 Maus is on a selling trip through eastern Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Frank T. Humbarger Is pleased over a fair 



