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city. Mr. Martin, in his petition, alleged that he 

 was a stockholder in the company and that It 

 was unable to meet its obligations. 



The Gulf Coast Lumber Exporters' Association 

 met in regular session at Gulfport, Miss., April 

 27, and transacted routine business. President 

 Hunter of Mobile, Secretary Thurley and a large 

 number of the members were- present. The gen- 

 eral lumber situation was discussed and it de- 

 veloped that the exports from Gulf ports during 

 April had been very satisfactory in view of con- 

 ditions which hav^ existed recentl.v. 



Considerable Interest is manifested here in the 

 status of the affairs of the J. E. North Lumber 

 Company, which is figuring prominently in a 

 number of litigations in the Mississippi courts. 

 S D. Thayer, a prominent exporter of Gulfport, 

 has resigned as receiver and I. C. Enochs of Jack- 

 son has been appointed. In the meantime Chan- 

 cellor T. A. Wood has overruled the motion of the 

 Lincoln Trust Company of St. Louis for the 

 transfer of the case to the federal courts. Chan- 

 cellor Wood held that the state courts have com- 

 petent jurisdiction in the case. 



Fire recently destroyed the dry kilns and a 

 large amount of lumber in the yards of the 

 Kiggs Cypress Company at Patterson, La. The 

 loss approximates .$12,000. 



That the Legislative Port Investigation Com- 

 mission which has been In session here several 

 weeks will make a strong recommendation for 

 more wharf space on which to handle lumber is 

 admitted by all members of the commission, and 

 the report of that commission, to be submitted to 

 the legislature this month, will call for a big 

 wharf to be especially equipped for the handling 

 and accumulation of lumber shipments. 



Lumber exporters are much concerned over the 

 statement that the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion will shortly issue an order fixing the free 

 time for cars of lumber and other commodities 

 received here for export at five days. The belief 

 that such action will be taken is based upon 

 recent correspondence, which the officials of the 

 various railroads have had with the commission 

 upon the subject, and it is stated that within a 

 short time the order will be published and become 

 effective. This will be a further reduction of 

 the free time on cars for export received f. o. b. 

 this port, from ten days' free time, to which they 

 were reduced by a decision of railroads made 

 effective last year. 



One of the largest lumber ent''iTr''«f= li^n.-bi^l 

 in Louisiana in some time has lir. n it :|. i' -1 

 by the Dantzler and affiliated int- r i M 



sippi and will shortly begin oiini i i 



ragua. It is known as the Loui i <- i ^ i 



Lumber Company, and was forni^Nl !• 



of lumbermen which holds conic -i-n ""'. 



COO acres of desirable timber biinl in \ir:M mlii.i. 

 The new corporaJ:ion, the charter of whicli has 

 just been recorded in this city, is capitalized at 

 $3,000,000. It is already operating a small plant 

 in Nicar.igua, but will soon begin the development 

 of plans for extending its enterprise. Inasmuch 

 as the x-ompany will market a good deal of Its 

 timber through New Orleans, this city is much 

 interested in the plans. John L. Dantzler. presi- 

 dent of the Standard Export Lumber Company 

 of New Orleans and the head of the Dantzler 

 interests in Mississippi, is president of the new 

 concern. The other officers and directors are : 

 Lennox S. Anderson, vice-president : Lorenzo N. 

 Dantzler, treasurer : Edgar R. DuMont, secre- 

 tary ; James T. Ford and Frank H. Benn. 



With a view to tapping rich timber land in 

 the valley of the Aguan river in Honduras, Chi- 

 cago lumbermen and capitalists, it is reported, 

 will shortly begin work on the new Honduras 

 Central railroad that is to be built from Truxillo, 

 on the Coast, to Tegucigalpa, the capital of the 

 Central American republic. Dr. J. P. Henderson, 

 of Chicago, who is said to be largely interested 

 In the new enterprise, passed through New Or- 

 leans several days ago, and while here discussed 

 the company's plans. He said the length of the 

 road's main line would be 280 miles. It will be 

 built through some splendid timber country, 



which will be developed by Interests affiliated 

 with the new railroad company. The lumber 

 will be shipped to the coast and then trans- 

 ported to the United States. 



Norfolk. 



The Ferd Brenner Lumber Company, among 

 the largest wholesalers in the South, has de- 

 cided to remove its main office from Norfolk to 

 Cincinnati. In speaking with Mr. Brenner re- 

 garding the removal he said his decision was 

 caused by the recent action of the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission forbidding the railroads 

 of the South to equalize freight rates on export 

 shipments. This ruling the leading exporters 

 consider a great hardship, and the Ferd Brenner 

 Lumber Company is assisted by the Dickson 

 Lumber Company of Norfolk and a number of 

 firms in New York and Baltimore in their fight 

 to have this verdict rescinded. The National 

 Lumber Exporters' Association, through its sec- 

 retary, E. H. Terry of Baltimore, have also 

 joined in the effort. The Brenner Company, 

 although having its headquarters in Cincinnati, 

 will maintain a sorting shed and yard in this 

 city and a branch office, which will be in charge 

 of Hugh E. Gray. 



The two "lumber trust investigators" who 

 have been compiling data from the books of 

 the leading firms In this city during the last 

 three weeks have left tor Washington, where, 

 it is expected, the data will be issued in pamphlet 

 form to the lumber trade at large, also the 

 general public. From Norfolk the gentleman 

 carry the investigations to New York city, Buf- 

 falo and other New York state points, compiling 

 statistics on other woods than North Carolina 

 pine, which was the specie detailed for Nor- 

 folk. 



John H. Burrell of John H. Burrell & Co., 

 lumber brokers of Liverpool, was in the city 

 recently as a guest of H. M. Dickson of the 

 Dickson Lumber Company. From Norfolk Mr. 

 Burrell goes to Bristol, Memphis, Asheville, 

 N. C, Kansas City, Chicago and other northern 

 cities. Mr. Burrell's opinion of the cause for 

 the dullness in the export trade is the consign- 

 ment shipments. Mr. Burrell is a lumberman 

 of twenty-five years' experience, and is well 

 versed in the trade. 



M. J. Skerritt of the Associated Lumber Com- 

 pany, New York city, was a recent visitor to this 

 cit.v, as was also Charles E. De Haven, buyer 

 for" Edmund A. Souder & Co., Philadelphia. 



W. L. Rudy of the Diamond Lumber Company, 

 rasic City, Va., has returned from a short trip 

 tn Baltimore. Mr. Rudy looked over the hard- 

 wood trade in Baltimore, and says that while 

 there is some business moving, he found things 

 quiet wherever he went. 



I. R'. Williams and Harry Reichenberg, repre- 

 senting the Ferd Brenner Lumber Company, Nor- 

 folk, were in London recently visiting the prin- 

 cipal buyers. Mr. Reichenberg is making an 

 extensive tour of Europe looking over trade 

 conditions. 



James T. Held, one of Norfolk's most widely- 

 known citizens, died April 29 after a month's 

 illness. Mr. Keid for a long time was engaged 

 In the stave exporting business in Norfolk. 



Going to show the extent of Norfolk's com- 

 merce and the distance from which its trade 

 comes Is the shipment of oak timbers on the 

 25th for Amherst, Nova Scotia. The Virginian 

 railway, which has been financed by H. H. 

 Rogers of Standard Oil fame, is fast nearlng 

 completion, and these oak timbers come from 

 newly-opened territory on its line, now tribu- 

 tary to Norfolk. These shipments are made 

 from the road's pier on the southern branch of 

 the Elizabeth, and have been extensive, three 

 vessel loads having left this port during the past 

 fifteen days. 



to the Ohio Central Railway Company and was 

 the first water shipment of its kind this season. 



Charles H. Hoover and William H. Roush have 

 purchased the stock and good will of the Simon- 

 Roush Furniture Company at Lima, O. The sale 

 was made on account of ill health of Albert 

 Simons, president and manager of the old con- 

 cern. The new owners have already taken pos- 

 session of the business. 



The Cameron Company of Toledo was incor- 

 porated last week with a capital stock of $10,- 

 000, to operate a planing and sawmilL The 

 incorporators are James M. Cameron, A, B. 

 Creps, W. C. Trempf, Charles L. Dehn, C. A. 

 Richardson, John J. Hoffman and E. H. Perrin. 



Ten cars of walnut logs were recently shipped 

 to New York from Washington Court House, 

 O., by way of Mansfield. It is destined for ex- 

 port. This is the largest consignment of wal- 

 nut made from this section for a long time. 



Minneapolis. 



D. F. Clark of Osborne & Clark has returned 

 from a trip to the South, during which he looked 

 over the lumber situation In Arkansas, north- 

 ern Texas and in Tennessee, with a short stay 

 at Hot Springs to recuperate from an attack 

 of grip. Mr. Clark says that hardwood mills 

 in that territory are doing more business now 

 than a while back, and are pleased with the 

 outlook. Tlie cut down there has been much 

 curtailpil by liieh water, but some of the mills 

 are sili'aie'l s.. tiny can run right along. 



S. C. Ma.'or of ti.e S. C. Major Lumber Com- 

 pany. Memphis, Tenn., was in Minneapolis a 

 few days ago calling on the leading hardwood 

 consumers, and visiting with some of the local 

 wholesalers. 



E. Payson Smith of the Payson Smith Lum- 

 ber Company is back from a business trip to 

 Chicago and adjoining points, on which he dis- 

 posed of a couple of million feet in small lots. 

 He says that as a rule the buyers are taking 

 stock only for immediate needs, but their wants 

 are increasing and the situation looks better 

 than it did a short time ago. There is a fair 

 call for maple, basswood and ash, and some 

 birch is moving. 



The mill which has been projected since the 

 organization of the Atwood Lumber & Manu- 

 facturing Company last season will be built at 

 Fifield, Wis., on the Wisconsin Central road. 

 This company owns a tract of pine, hemlock 

 and hardwood timb.-r estimated to contain 300,- 

 000,000 feet, and a good mill will be built at 

 Fifield to work 



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been much lighter than last year, and >:n I'.ny 

 have been enjoying a very fair demand. 



The plant of the John A. Bunn Chair Com- 

 pany at St. Anthony Park, St. Paul, was de- 

 stroyed by fire last week with a loss of $50,000. 

 There was very little machinery in the building, 

 as the furniture is made in the East and shipped 

 to St. Paul to be put together, so the loss was 

 on the building and stock, which was quite 



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Toledo. 



A water shipment of 10.004 posts 

 last week from Alpena, Mich. It was c 



A Wisconsin hardwood man 

 city the other day predicted an early shortage 

 of 'basswood. He said prices on the new stock 

 would start in right at the high point reached 

 last fall and go still higher. His estimate was 

 that the basswood cut is not more than 35 to 

 40 per cent of wha 



last season. 



