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HARDWOOD RECORD 



secured a piece of land in the burned district and 

 erected a temporary office with the view o( bet- 

 ter being able to serve the demands of the 

 builders who have already started to put up 

 temporary quarters for business houses. 



Among the lumber dealers of Boston who con- 

 tributed about $2,500 to the relief work in Chel- 

 sea were the Shepard & Morse Lumber Company, 

 H, M. Bickford Company, Davenport, Peters & 

 Co., William E. Litchfield, Owen Bearse & Son 

 Company, H. D. Wiggin, Jones Hardwood Com- 

 pany and Lawrence & Wiggin. 



E. V. Babcock of Pittsfield, Pa., was in Bos- 

 ton on business recently. 



New York. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against 

 Isidor L. Cohen, trading under the style of the 

 Mott Haven Lumber Company, Manhattan, by 

 creditors with claims agregating ?13,500. F. B, 

 Van Duzen and L. D. Driggs have been appointed 

 receivers with bonds at $10,000. Mr. Cohen 

 suffered reverses in October last, since which 

 time the business has been conducted under a 

 trusteeship. 



Johan Faber, the large lead pencil manufac- 

 turer of Germany, is constructing a big pencil 

 factory at Irvington, X. J., which will be ready 

 for operation June 1. Richard Best is local rep- 

 resentative for Mr. Faber and maintains head- 

 quarters at 03 Diiane street. New York. 



President James Sherlock Davis of the New 

 York Lumber Trade Association was guest and 

 speaker at the annual meeting of the Phila- 

 delphia Lumber E.\change In that city April 9. 

 President liichard S. White of the Eastern States 

 Retail Lumber Dealers" Association, and head 

 of the ,Tohn C. Orr Company, Brooklyn, was 

 also a prominent attendant. 



The Kilpatrlck Lumber Company, West Fifty- 

 seventh street, Manhattan, has Increased Its cap- 

 ital from $2,500 to $10,000. 



Clifford A. Bockoven, Bockoven Bros. Com- 

 pany, Newark, N. J., died April 3 after a long 

 Illness. He had been associated with the Newark 

 lumber trade through the operations of Henry 

 H. Munday for many years, and with his brother 

 bought out the business in 1906. The firm an- 

 nounces that there will be no change in the 

 conduct of the business, which will be continued 

 as heretofore. 



James C. Place has severed his connection 

 with George M. Grant & Co., wholesale hard- 

 woo.is, 74 Cortlandt street, Manhattan, to repre- 

 sent the well-known Philadelphia wholesale house 

 of Schofield Brothers, whose Interests he will look 

 after In the Metropolitan district and vicinity. 

 Mr. Place has boon associated with the local 

 hardwood trade for the past eighteen years. 

 Schofield Brothers have large facilities in all 

 lines of hardwood, white and yellow pine, and 

 already enjoy a large eastern trade. 



The regular semiannual meeting of the New 

 York Lumber Trade Association was held at the 

 association rooms, 18 Broadway, April 8, at 

 which time several transfers of membership were 

 acted upon and a nominating committee ap- 

 pointed to report at the annual election In Oc- 

 tober. There was a large attendance and much 

 Interest shown In the general affairs of the 

 association, but for the most part only routine 

 business was transacted. Resignations of several 

 members, by reason of retirement from business, 

 were also accepted. 



James H. Plttlnger of Watson & PIttinger, 

 Carroll street and Gowanus canal, Brooklyn, has 

 Just returned from a pleasure trip South and 

 West via New Orleans, during which he visited 

 his nephews, James E. and W. A. Stark, promi- 

 nent Memphis lumbermen. 



Clayton P. Chew has resigned his position 

 as joint manager of the New York office of the 

 Goodyear Lumber Company, 45 Broadway, and 

 has engaged in the wholesale lumber trade on 

 bis own account, with headquarters at Morris- 

 town, N. J. E. V. Randall, who has been asso- 

 ciated with Mr. Chew In the management of 

 the Goodyear office, will continue at the head 



of things at 45 Broadway, and will be assisted 

 in the selling department by J. L. Billington 

 and H. D. Dunlevie. 



Frank D. Langstroth has severed his connec- 

 tion with Robert R. Sizer & Co., 17 William 

 street, and has engaged in the wholesale trade 

 on his own account, with headquarters at 68 

 Broad street, Manhattan. 



Stone & Hershey, prominent Newark whole- 

 sale house, has just moved into fine new head- 

 quarters at 776 Broad street from 800 Broad 

 street, where they have larger and better facili- 

 ties for handling their growing business. 



John Bossert of Louis Bossert & Son, Brook- 

 "lyn, has just returned from a three weeks' pleas- 

 ure trip to the Florida resorts. 



Captain A. P. Bigelow of A. P. Bigelow & Co., 

 West Fifty-fourth street, Manhattan, is con- 

 valescing from a severe attack of pneumonia, 

 a result which Is very gratifying to bis many 

 friends in the trade. 



M. S. Tremaine of the Montgomery Bros. Com- 

 pany, Buffalo, arrived April 6 after a month's 

 pleasure trip abroad. 



The big veneer operation of I. L Cole & Son, 

 foot of East Eighth street, Manhattan, was bad- 

 ly damaged by water on April 7, resulting from 

 a fire in adjoining premises. The loss Is fully 

 covered by insurance. 



W. B. Mershon of Saginaw, Mich., was a re- 

 cent visitor in town in the interest of business 

 and pleasure. It had been some time since Mr. 

 Mershon was in New York, and his many friends 

 were glad to meet him again. 



C. H. Bond of E. W. liathbun & Co., Oswego, 

 N. Y., was here for a day en route home after a 

 vacation at PInehurst, N. C. 



George E. W. Luebrmann of the Charles F. 

 Luchrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, St. 

 I.ouls, Mo., has been spending several days here 

 in the interest of the domestic and e.\port trade. 



Judge W. A. Cromble of W. M. Cromble & Co., 

 SI New street, arrived April 14 after a six 

 weeks' pleasure trip abroad. 



The Goshen Sash & Door Company, large 

 manufacturers of Goshen, Ind., are arranging 

 to ftpen a sales office in Brooklyn in the interest 

 of an active eastern campaign. 



R. F. Kreinboder of the Standard Hardwood 

 Lumber Company, Buffalo, was a recent visitor 

 In the Interest of business. His company Is as 

 usual In possession of a choice assortment of 

 hardwoods for the eastern trade. Business Is re- 

 ported as very fair with them. 



The Lumber Sales Corporation has removed 

 from 95 Liberty street to the new Hudson Termi- 

 nal building, where it will be In better shape to 

 lake care of its business. 



The sash, door and blind firm of Levin k 

 Kronenbcrg, Brooklyn, has been Incorporated as 

 Levin, Kronenberg & Co., with a capital of 

 $50,000. The Incorporators are J. Levin, H. 

 Kronenberg and A. Fink. 



A petition In bankruptcy has been filed against 

 S. F. Mlnter, wholesale hardwoods, 1 Broadway, 

 by attorneys for the Elm City Lumber Com- 

 I>any, a creditor for $745, and the court has ap- 

 pointed Charles L. Cohn receiver, with bond at 

 .<2,000. It Is stated that the liabilities are 

 $40,000 and the assets $5,000. 



Edward HInes and C. F. Welhe of the Edward 

 Hlnes Lumber Company, Chicago, were promi- 

 nent visitors during the fortnight. 



George J. Kennedy, wholesale hardwoods. 1090 

 Elllcott Square, Buffalo. N. Y., has opened a 

 New York office at 1 Madison Avenue. Mr. Ken- 

 nedy win continue his Buffalo office and divide 

 his time between the two cities. 



L. C. Blades, vice president of the Forman- 

 Blades Lumber Company, Elizabeth City, N. C. 

 and J. V. Blades, secretary and treasurer of the 

 J. B. Blades Lumber Company, Newberne, N. C, 

 sailed on the 18tb for Italy for a three months' 

 tour of Europe! 



FMladelphia. 

 Soble- Brothers are not arguing over trade sit- 

 uation, but are complacently meeting conditions 



as they arise. Harry I. Soble is spending some 

 time in Honaker, Va., looking after mill interests 

 of the firm. John J. Soble has just returned 

 from a two weeks' trip through New York state 

 and reports some little improvement all along 

 the line. 



The Codling-McEwen Lumber Company reports 

 March trade very encouraging, but that of April 

 somewhat Irregular : however, they are not hope- 

 less of an early improvement in business. 



Miller & Miller are not grumbling, as they 

 have been fortunate enough to secure some de- 

 sirable orders. They regard the outlook fair. 



Horace G. Hazard & Co. state that so far April 

 has not equaled previous month ; think so many 

 rainy days may have had some effect upon trad- 

 ing. However, they work industriously and reap 

 their reward in a goodly share of what business 

 there is. They do not anticipate any decided 

 revival of trading until the political sky shines 



John W. Coles Is pushing his hardwood depart- 

 ment and has no fault to find therewith. He 

 reports trading generally a little slow, but be- 

 llaves that to the hustler come the orders, and 

 takes little lime to Indulge In pessimistic con- 

 jectures. 



Ualf.nenny & Hamilton report business In fairly 

 good shape. They look for gradual Improve- 

 ment right along. Benjamin C. Currle, Jr., of 

 this house is making a short business trip to 

 New York and part of New Jersey. 



H. H. Maus & Co., Inc., are satisfied they are 

 getting their share of trading In the lumber line, 

 but report slow buying of ties, etc., by railroads. 

 However, they are sanguine that the near future 

 will see a fair restitution of business. 



Emil Guenther has been spending some time 

 In eastern Tennessee looking up the general stock 

 situation there. 



On the morning of April 10 Are visited the 

 lumber yard of Shelp & Vandegrlft, Inc., and 

 that of the I'hlladclphla Veneer & Lumber Com- 

 pan.v, in which the first-named concern is largely 

 Interested. At one time it seemed that the en- 

 tire plants would be destroyed, as the seasoned 

 state of the lumber rendered It extremely com- 

 bustible, but the losers arc pleased to state that 

 the first estimate of a $70,000 loss has been re- 

 duced to $30,000 to $40,000. They arc fully 

 insured, and the disaster will not prevent them 

 from filling all orders as heretofore. 



A fire which started on April 14 from a burn- 

 ing pile of trash in the garden of R. C. Pervls 

 destroyed about 100 acres of valuable timber 

 land near Mlddleford, Del., owned by R. C. 

 Pervls, George Boyce and George Stewart of Mld- 

 dleford. 



Standing timber worth thousands of dollars 

 was recently destroyed near MlllvlUe, N. J., by 

 forest fires. Among the heaviest losers are Ga. 

 brlel Glann, John Mason, Lilburn Hess, Eugene 

 Goodwin. John Cambron and Harrison Shaw, all 

 of this place. 



It Is announced that the last two drives of 

 logs in the West Branch, one from Kettle Creek 

 and one from Pine Creek, the two amounting to 

 about 30,000,000 feet, are now afloat and will 

 be safely within the Willamsport boom within a 

 few days. Then this famous boom will be fii> 

 mantled, only enough of It being left to barb : 

 about 2,000.000 feet of logs, which will be drlv^ 

 In next spring. 



Justice H. W. Bardwill of Montrose has pla. • ' 

 In bis office a desk built of white oak that f 

 fifty-three years lay at the bottom of the Si 

 quehanna River, underneath the piers of th 

 bridge. The trees were cut on his father's farm 

 over fifty years ago and used for cribbing for the 

 foundation of the piers. Notwithstanding If 

 long bath the wood looks new and fresh as 

 though but recently cut in the forest. 



It was recently announced In Allentown, P.i . 

 that the largest transfer of land ever made nt 

 a private sale In this state took place when 

 O. C. Dorncy, trustee for the collateral heir 

 of the estate of the late C. A. Dorney, recent i. 



