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C. ly. Willey. the makiogany and veneer mag- 

 nate nf Chicago, has just returned from a 

 month's trip to Great Britain, in company 

 with Mrs. Wil!e>-. He reports that the general 

 situation is far from reassuring there, and 

 trade generally is extremely dull. While in 

 Liverpool. Mr. Willey purchased upwards of 

 a million feet of fine quality mahogany logs, 

 which will be shipped to Chicago for reduc- 

 tion into veneers and lumber. He says he is 

 still running his big Memphis sawmill and 

 veneer plants full force, and has a stock of 

 logs on hand tn last for sixty days. However, 



he has sir~i 1> ^1 lii- woods operations and 



probably will i< uni. them until autumn. 



O. S. A\'Iniiim.i lip [iioneer lumberman of 

 Cadillac. :\liili -imI chhiiKo. died at his resi- 

 dence in rasad-iKi, I '111 M;i> i;, nfi.r ,i brief 

 illness. He is suiAh-d ),s i \mi1<iu nnl eight 



children, six of whrni, liv ■hh,m<i, and a 



son and daughter in PiusadeiuL. Mr. Whit- 

 more's death was due to bronchial trouble, 

 which necessitated his leaving the Chicago 

 climate for California ten years ago. During 

 the time In w i .'it lu.l in n,. lumber busi- 



ith 



rge 



W. Ho 



ed at the Recokd of- 



'■•■ I Illinois Retail 



Lumber T'. i- ■ ii-n :i! Kv.mston. He 



had charL-. .r ih. .Mi.liiir.in forestry exhibit 

 at the Chir:,i;.. w m,M^ Fair. During his resi- 

 dence in (\ilir-iiii 1 h. wrote considerable mat- 

 ter for e:iih i- u i.s uf the Record. e.specially 



.biiiii i: K. 11; . manager of sales of the 

 SiiiiMiM! M I iiiii.ieturing Company of Fitch- 

 bei- Al I w I ill town a few days last week 



in I Ill I \Mtli Cliarles F. Braffett. vice- 



ei> ii'iii 'I 'In •onipany. who has charge of 



till' I 'lil.'.rj., 1,1 ,iiM li 

 "\A'. I', !■■. nil M 



turing hon^. -i \ 

 cago on Jf.iy JL', 

 flee. 



I A fire which occurred in the heart of the 

 lumber district May 21. caused great conster- 

 nation, hut was fought down by strenuous ef- 

 fort on the part of employees of a number of 

 factories. However, the T. Wilce Company 

 piiffered the loss of Jl.-i.OOO worth of valuable 



li'iil" 1 1. f.ic- the flames were checked. 



>-" : , n . 1 companies were affected. 



■11 ' • 'lily covered by insurance. The 



<onii liiiMnn.ss will not be in the least 



interfered with because of the blaze, but will 

 be conducted with its usual di-spatch. 



Henry Maley of Edinburgh. Ind.. the solon 

 of the Indiana hardwood trade, spent a few 

 days with Chicago friends last week. Although 

 Mr. Maley Is interested in nine hardwood saw- 

 mills and has a good deal of hardwood lumber 

 in pile, he is not at all worried over the busi- 

 ness outlook. He has not had recourse to 

 cutting prices in order to secure a fair volume 

 of trade, and insists that hardwood lumber 

 at the prices at which it is being sold by 

 some of the small operators at the present 

 time, is a much better asset than money in 

 the bank. He believes that the development 

 and necessities of business will clean' up all 

 the surplus stock at good prices. 



Gardner I. Jones of the Jones Hardwood 

 Company. Boston, has been making a trip 

 west. 



William E. Litchfield, a prominent Boston 

 hardwood dealer, has been on a trip to Penn- 

 sylvania and Virginia. 



Holt & Bugbee. large dealers in hardwoods, 

 Boston, report new business of small volume. 



E. J. Phinney of Jacksonville. Fla., has re- 

 turned home from a trip north. 



William H. Rollins of Beverly, Mass., has 

 been appointed trustee in bankruptcy of 

 James Fairfield of Salem, Mass., who re- 

 cently assigned. 



John McDonald of Savannah. Ga.. has been 

 a recent visitor in this market. 



The creditors of the O. D. Brett Company. 

 Lynn. Mass.. woodworkers, will shortly re- 

 ceive a dividend of forty cents cash. This 

 company had a finely equipped plant hut was 

 obliged to assign, dut to the failure of those 

 who had promised money for a working cap- 

 ital to put it up when it was necessary. A 

 new company is to be formed to take over 

 this plant. The affairs of the Brett company 

 have been settled up in a quick and satisfac- 

 tory manner by fie i-mui. - William Bacon, 

 of the Davenpori-P i i -i , ni\ . 



One of the ree. n i i - ■ i-iiors in this 



market was R. J. .Mn/ nf ili- I?. J. Menz 

 Lumber Company. Seattle. Wash. 



L. H. Randall of Randall & Orcutt. hard- 

 wood dealers, returned recently from a New 

 York trip. 



Robert W. Leatherbee, who has been asso- 

 ciated with his father's business, the Chas. 

 W. Leatherbee Lumber Company, will shortly 

 enter the iron business in which his wife's 

 father is interested. He will be located at 

 Bridgeport. Conn. 



The George D. Emery Company received a 

 large and valuable cargo of mahogany and 

 cedar logs this month. The steamer Chelston 

 arrived with 2.830 logs of mahogany from 

 Nicaragua. In addition to this the cargo con- 

 sisted of 530 cedar logs and 134 San Juan 

 logs. Some of the mahogany logs weighed 

 over five tons. 



NEW YORK 



R. J. Darnell, prominent Memphis liardwood 

 man. spent several days in town the middle 

 of the month preparatory to sailing for Europe 

 on a business and plea.sure trin. 



Charles F. Fischer of the C. F. Fischer 

 Lumber Company. 1916 Park avenue, is spend- 

 ing ten days with Nelson H. W^alcott of the 

 L. H. Gage Lumber Company. Providence. R. 

 I., at the latter's summer home. 



Much interest is being manifested locally 

 in the approaching tournament of the lyum- 

 berrr-en's Golf Association, which occurs at 

 Newton, Mass., June 23 and 24. The local 

 trade will be well represented in the contest, 

 and the prizes this year will be as handsome 



AV. H. Martz of the Goodland Cypress Com- 

 pany. New Orleans. La., is snending a few 

 weeks in town at his local office, 115 Broad- 

 way, in the interest of business. The inter- 

 ests with which he is associated are .iust com- 

 pleting the erection of a new cypre.ss mill for 

 the Vacherle Cvnress Comnanv. which is its 

 latest organization and will be operated In 

 connection with the Goodland Cypress Com- 

 pany and the Hoyt & Woodin Manufacturing 



Oliver O. Agler of rphani \ .\i;l. r, prom- 

 inent Chicago hardwood Imn-. .m il lii-l \\re-- 



president of the National Il.mlH 1 lumber 



.Association, spent several .l:iys in town dur- 

 ing the fortnight in the interest of business. 



Schedules in bankruptcy of J. L. English, 

 trading as English & Co.. liardwood whole- 

 salers. 1 Madison avenue, Manhattan, who 

 was recently petitioned in bankruptcy, show 

 liabilities of $121,631. of which $27,243 arc se- 

 cured; and nominal assets $32,521. 



Claude S. Day. of 611 West 113th street. 

 Manhattan, who was formerly engaged in the 

 manufacture of plumbers' woodwork in Jer- 

 sey City, has filed a petition in bankruptcy 

 with liabilities of $20,875. and no assets. The 

 largest creditor is his father-in-law. C. H. 

 Turner, a lumberman of Malone. N. Y.. for 

 $19,532 for money advanced in 1905-6 to carry 

 on business. 



The old established carriage and wagon 

 stoek nianiifaeturing firm of J. B. Brewster & 

 Cm hn- ii. .n ii.iiii.in.il into bankruptcy by 



Ihi .Iii..i^ It l::ii- of late years been a 



,i..int M.i. k ,,>^...i:,u..ii, of which C. C. Dow- 

 ney. H. N. Inmcan and U. M. White are the 

 principals. H. A. Robinson has been ap- 

 pointed receiver with bond at $15,000. The 

 liabilities are e«;tin:ateil at $50,000, and assets 

 $35,000. Til. iiiiiii. 1- .ittributed to the gen- 



fina 



md 



inabilii 



dispose 



- iniiiufactured stock. In 

 a fair miiik.i ili. .--.Is would be worth at 

 least $60,000. but at present prices the stock 

 will bring only about $25,000, a'nd good ac- 

 counts $10,000. 



Ernest M. Kenna. headquarters 66 Broad- 

 way, who for se\eial years past has been 

 prominently identified with the California 

 redwood trade, has incorporated his business 

 as the E. M. Kenna Lumber Company with 

 a paid-in capital of $25,000. The incorpora- 

 tors are E. D. Kenna. a prominent railroad 

 man of Chicago; Geraldlnc Kenna of New 

 York; H. O. Shundler and E. M. Kenna". The 

 new corporation will continue the California 

 redwood specialty, with some of the best and 

 most complete facilities at sources of supply 

 in the California redwood belt. 



H. Billetter. manager of the Lumber L'n- 

 derwriters. the well-known lumber trade fire 

 insurance organization of 66 Broadway, city, 

 is recuperating at Atlantic City after a seri- 

 ous attack of typhoid fever, from which he 

 has been suffering for the past four months, 

 and is expected to soon be sufficiently recov- 

 ered to assume his active duties. 



C. D. Chase, manager of the Lumbermen's 

 Credit Association, 116 Nassau street, has 

 .just returned from a business and pleasure 

 trip in tlie West. 



Rolf Stepliens. who was formerly on the 

 selling staff of the wholesale house of Wm. 

 Whitmer & Sons. Inc.. of Philadelphia and 

 Newark, has joined forces with Stone & Her- 

 shcy. wholesalers of Newark. N. J., and branch 

 office at 18 Broadway, city, and will repre- 

 sent them in the Metropolitan District and 

 Long Island trade. 



C. H. Boner, who was formerly a.ssociated 

 with S. E. Ban- in the wholesale hardwood 

 business. Flatiron building, has secured the 

 eastern representation for the Br.van Lumber 

 ( '..ni). :iii\ , l.iiu. Ii.imIw.mmI manufacturers of 

 l:ii i.ii 1. nil 111. I will open an office in the 



at 



H. 



r.i\, I 111. ...eiiiniii.v . i^ in the city com- 

 pleting final plans for the office. The Bryan 

 Lumber Company operates seven mills and 

 has a choice stock of hardwood lumber suit- 

 able for the eastern markets. 



The Export Lumber Company announces 

 the removal of its office from 42 Broadway 

 tn the Corn Exchange Bank building. 



It M Ri. kford of the H. M. Bickford Com- 

 Iiaii\ i:..^i.in, has been spending several days 

 in l.iwn M-iiini,- Manager A. Shoaf of the 

 New Viiik .illiee of the company. 



Charles E. Page & Co. have leased new 

 and larger quarters at 1170 Broadway, in line 

 with increasing business. 



E. E. Taenzer of the Darnell-Taenzer Lum- 

 ber Company. Memphis, spent several days 

 in town during the fortnight in the Interest 

 of business. 



B. P. Salmon, manager of the local office 

 of the Iroquois Door Cqmpany. IS Broadway, 

 has just returned from a pleasure trip to Vir- 

 ginia points. 



• The Widdlcomb Lumber Company is tlic 

 name of a new wholesale house which li.is 

 just opened quarters at 347 Fifth avenue. 

 Manhattan, with E. L. Widdlcomb of Detroit, 

 Mich., at the head. Mr. Widdlcomb was iden- 

 tified with the wholesale hardwood trade in 

 the latter city for a good many years. 



W. L. Burton of the Burton-Sliwartz 



