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HARDWOOD RECORD 



wood Lumber Company o£ Ashland, Ky., called on 

 Chicago friends last week. 



E. J. Young of the Brittingham & Young Com- 

 pany, Madison, Wis., was a recent visitor to this 

 market. 



G. J. Landeck of the Landeck Lumber Com- 

 pany, Milwaukee, was in Chicago a few days 

 ago arranging details pertaining to the enter- 

 tainment of the National Hardwood Lumber As- 

 sociation at Milwaukee in June. 



A new Chicago organization is the Illinois 

 Embossed Molding Company, capitalized at 

 .$5,000, which will engage in a general wood- 

 working business. The incorporators are Otto 

 Ledvinke, Edward L. Fransted and Edward 

 Toicek. 



We are advised that the North Branch Floor- 

 ing Company of this city, whose plant was com- 

 pletely destroyed by fire last fall, are again in 

 full running order, with their factory better 

 equipped to au orders than ever before, having 

 installed newer and more modern machinery, 

 which enables tliem to almost double their former 

 capacity. Their flooring will therefore continue 

 to be the usual clean, perfectly kiln-dried stock, 

 well manufactured and up to grade, which they 

 have heretofore turned out. They will confine 

 their output solely to oak and maple flooring in 

 future. 



The Foster Minhinnick Lumber Company, lo- 

 cated in r.M.n, :.]- 1 i 1-, r.uiMh,.'. is another 

 new Cbicau., - I ■ ' II: > will engage 

 in the mauuin : ■ .iM - !■ -i Hu.i.r and lum- 

 ber prodmt.. :mM '..^"iz..l at «10.000. 



The incorporaturs are William I'ostcr, William 

 J. Minhinnick and Frank J. Kuth. 



Gardiner I. Jones of the Jones Hardwood 

 Company, Boston, returned late in April from a 

 trip to Pennsylvania and Virginia. Mr. Jones 

 reports that his business for last month shows a 

 good gain over the same month a year ago. 



H. Fiigate of the H. Fugate Company, Kich- 

 lands, Va., was in Boston last week. 



Samuel SIzer of Kobert K. Sizer & Co., Inc., 

 New York, visited the trade in this vicinity 

 recently. 



K. S. Cohn of the Roanoke Kailroad and 

 Lumber Company, Norfolk, Va., was a recent 

 visitor in Boston. 



A. W. Hayford, one of Bostons promtaent 

 wholesalers, has moved into new quarters In 

 the Atlantic Bank Building, Boston. 



Mr. Henderson, representing the Santee River 

 Cypress Lumber Company, Ferguson, S. C, made 

 his first trip east for this house about two 

 weeks ago. 



W. N. Ames, manager of the flooring depart- 

 ment of the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company, 

 Cincinnati, O., has been calling on the eastern 

 trade. 



The Palmer >V I'arkcr Company, hardwood 



dealers and m . i .. "f veneers, Boston, 



has been Im This company has 



a good St." k I is well prepared to 



take care oi n i '"Is "P- 



Pope & Cottle, lumber dealers, Chelsea, Mass., 

 recently added a sash, door and blind depart- 

 ment to their already extensive business in that 



New Yoik. 



The Welte Lumber Company, retailers and mill 

 workers of 667 South Tenth street, Newark, 

 N. J., called a meeting of its creditors on April 

 •2?.. A settlement covering four, eight and twelve 

 months was made and the same was taken under 

 consideration by the creditors. 



B. F. Van Dusen, one of the well-known sales- 

 men of the Metropolitan district, has severed his 

 connection with the wholesale house of Frederick 

 W. Cole. 29 Broadway, to assume the position 

 of local sales representative for the SUlllings, 

 Whitneys & Barnes Lumber Company, branch 

 office at 1 Madison avenue, and headquarters at 

 Boston, Mass., and Ogdensburg, X. Y. Through 



the recent death of H. L. Tibbetts. treasurer of 

 the company and manager of the Boston office, 

 a number of changes in the general management 

 of the Skillings, Whitneys & Barnes company 

 were made, which included the election of J. D. 

 McLaurin, manager of the New York office, as 

 treasurer, which made necessary a change in the 

 local sales office to permit Mr. McLaurin to de- 

 vote proper attention to his new duties. 



0. R. Stoutenour, who is head of the new 

 sales office of the Goshen Sash & Door Company, 

 Goshen, Ind., located at 16 Court street, Brook- 

 lyn, is making an active compaign for eastern 

 business. The Goshen company has been manu- 

 facturing its products for nearly forty years 

 and its success is due to the quality of its goods 

 and the fact that it ships out orders within 

 four to seven days. 



1. T. Williams & Sons, the prominent hardwood 

 house of Twenty-fifth street and Eleventh ave- 

 nue, announced the retirement of Lloyd Williams 

 from that firm effective May 1. Mr. Williams' 

 retirement is caused by ill health and the con- 

 sequent demand of his physician that he retire 

 to quiet and restful life in the country. Thomas 

 Williams, senior head of the firm, returned last 

 week from a six months' European pleasure tour. 



James C. Place, who recently left the hardwood 

 house of George M. Grant & Co. at 74 Cortlandt 

 street, to take up the local representation of 

 Schofleld Brothers, the prominent Philadelphia 

 hardwood and general wholesale house, has just 

 opened office quarters at 74 Cortlandt street as 

 a convenience for his friends and customers in 

 the trade. ^ 



E. H. Lewis of the E. H. Lewis Lumber Com- 

 pany, Seattle, Wash., local office 18 Broadway, is 

 on a visit to the city for several weeks, going 

 over matters at this end of the line. 



Soble Brothers, who for several years past 

 have been prominent in the Philadelphia whole- 

 sale hardwood trade, with mill at Honaker, Va., 

 have removed their headquarters from that city 

 to 1 Madison avenue, where J. J. Soble will con- 

 duct the general selling end of the business. 

 H I. Soble will make his headquarters at the 

 Honaker mill, superintending shipments, etc. 



W F. Hopping, for many years prominent In 

 the wholesale and retail trade of the Metropolitan 

 district has succeeded the late Clifford A. Bock- 

 oven as secretary and treasurer of the Bockoven 

 Brothers Company, prominent retailers of New- 



^Henry L. Doolittle, son of H. N. Doolittic, the 

 prominent manufacturer of Newark, N. J., was 

 united m marriage at the Hotel St. Andrew, 

 Manhattan, on April 23, to Miss Mary Blondel, 

 a charming young lady of Cranford, N. J. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Doolittle after an extended honeymoon 

 will reside in Newark, where Mr. Doolittle is 

 associated with his father. 



State superintendent of public works has an- 

 nounced the opening of the Erie and other state 

 canals on May 5, which is five days later than 

 last year. Considerable activity Is already being 

 manifested in the matter of lumber shipments via 

 that channel. 



The Transfer Lumber & Shingle Company of 

 North Tonawanda, N. Y., has opened a Jo"' 

 office at 1 Madison avenue. In charge of R. U. 

 Larkln. Mr. Larkin will solicit business in New 

 Jersey and throughout New England. 



L J Baltics, who for some time past has been 

 buying for White, Frost & White, has taken up 

 his quarters at the local office, 1 Madison ave- 

 nue, to assist Mr. Frost in the conduct of theii 

 local office. ^ , _, 



W E Ellis & Co., wholesale and export deal- 

 ers of 29 Broadway, have closed a deal with the 

 Bryan Lumber Company of Bristol, Tenn., for 

 the entire cut of its Cranberry mill, consisting 

 of 8,000,000 f<et of choice hardwoods. There 

 Is alreadv 1,500,000 feet, last year's cut, ready 

 for immediate shipment. W. E. Ellis & Co. have 

 also arranged with the Bryan I-umber Company 

 to act as sole agents for their other six mills, 

 there being about 5,000,000 feet of dry lumber 

 rendv for shipment, Inrludlng ash, oak, both 



plain and quartered : poplar, basswood and other 

 hardwoods in all thicknesses. 



W. P. Barker, the genial sales manager of the 

 Kaull Jc Hall Lumber Company of St. Marys, 

 I'a., was a visitor in town during the fortnight 

 renewing acquaintances in the trade. 



Collins, Lavery & Co., the prominent Jersey 

 City house, with local office at 39 Cortlandt 

 street, removed the latter on May 1 to the fine 

 new Hudson Terminal building, 32 Cortlandt 

 street, where. they have secured larger quarters 

 to take care of their growing business. 



George M. Grant & Co., the well-known hard- 

 wood house, which recently opened fine new- 

 quarters in the Hudson Terminal building, are 

 delighted with their new location in view of 

 the indications that these twin terminals will 

 be among the most popular office quarters with 

 the opening of the new Hudson river tubes, 

 which are now completed. The convenience 

 thereby attained will be a great advantage to 

 the conduct of business, and in view of the 

 fact that they have extensive yard interests in 

 Jersey City their location in that building is of 

 special advantage. 



The many friends of F. E. Longwell, the 

 popular hardwood buyer of the National Casket 

 Company, headquarters Pittsburg, Pa., are ex- 

 tending sympathy to him in the loss of his wife, 

 which occurred last week. 



A bankruptcy petition was filed on April 30 

 against Herts Bros., large manufacturers of 

 architectural woodwork, 28 West Thirty-eighth 

 street. It Is desired that the business should 

 go on without interruption by the creditors to 

 carry out large contracts in hand. The liabili- 

 ties are estimated at $200,000, of which $50,00ii 

 is for merchandise and $130,000 to banks and 

 other creditors. The failure is attributed to 

 inability to raise money to carry on extensive 

 contracts. This concern has furnished the in- 

 terior woodwork for some of the biggest hotels 

 and other Improved properties in recent years. 



Schedules in bankruptcy of the American Pal- 

 ace Car Company of 27 William street show 

 liabilities of $40,575 and assets consisting of 

 office furniture, $1,843 ; claims for $11,288 

 against two agents for the sale of stock, pat- 

 terns and equity In three palace cars held as 

 security, amount unknown. The cars are esti- 

 mated ut $20,000 each. 



The New York oflice of the General Electric 

 Company has been moved from the Edison build- 

 ing, 44 Broad street, to the Cortlandt build- 

 ing, 30 Church street, one block west of Broad- 

 way and three blocks east of the North river. 

 Approximately 31,000 square feet, or the entire 

 stventeenth floor, will be occupied by the Gen- 

 eral Electric Company. The building is admir- 

 ably situated for office purposes, being in close 

 proximity to the principal railroads and the 

 liver tunnels. There will also be a connection 

 with the present subway under Broadway. 



Considerable surprise was occasioned among 

 the trade on May 2 when a petition in bank- 

 ruptcy was filed against the Tyler Lumber Com- 

 pany, with offices at 111 Broadway, and exten- 

 sive cypress operations at Tyler, Fla., by tbree 

 stockholder creditors, as follows : W. H. Lynn, 

 $14.375 ; Alice Tiuax, as administratrix of 

 Chancey H. Truax, $14,375, and Margaret M. 

 Rellly, $2,250 — all on notes for money loaned 

 to the company. The company Is a New York 

 corporation, organized In 1904 with a capital 

 of $400,000, and succeeded to the business of the 

 H. M. Tyler Lumber Company of North Tona- 

 wanda, N. Y.. and Tyler, Fla. It had no rating 

 in Bradstreel's. W. 11. Lynn was president up 

 to a few months ago, when he was succeeded 

 by F. L. Zabrlskie. C. A. Swigert was treas- 

 urer and G. H. Porter was secretary. It is said 

 that Mr. Lynn and his friends put about $250,- 

 000 Into the company. In addition to the capital 

 ^stock there are bonds outstanding for $100,000. 

 The Jan. 1 statement of the company showed 

 assets of $356,298 and liabilities of $13,799 in 

 accounts payable. In the assets the mill plant 

 and pr()i)orly was placed at $521,966, with cash 



