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as adopted by the Milwaukee convention of 

 190S, but at the suggestion of the president, 

 the matter was deferred in deference to a com- 

 munication received from Hugh Mcllvain, who 

 is acting for some of the representatives, who 

 attended the former conference held here, until 

 after the conference to be held in Philadelphia 

 on September 24, at the Bellevue-Stratford 

 hotel. 



George M. Spiegle of George SI. Spiegle & 

 Co., in an attempt to save his brother, Henry 

 Spiegle, who was bent on committing a terrible 

 crime, accidently shot him while trying to take 

 a pistol from his hand ; he died a few hours 

 afterwards. The Jumbermen of Philadelphia to 

 a man tender their deepest sympathy to Mr. 

 Spiegle, who they implicitly believe will be 

 entirely exonerated from all blame when the 

 whole facta of the case are placed before the 

 authorities. 



J. Randall Williams & Co.' speak cautiously 

 of business conditions. There is a slight pro- 

 gression, bu^ prices are variable. They are 

 changing their quarters to 514 and 515 Arcade 

 building. J. Randall Williams Sr., is summer- 

 ing at Buzzard's bay, Mass. 



John W. Coles has recently added two efficient 

 men to his selling staff, E. Tate, who has 

 had considerable experience in the lumber busi- 

 ness in Williamsport, Pa., and West Virginia, 

 to look after Philadelphia and nearby territory, 

 and R. W. Smenner, a former commission lum- 

 ber dealer, who will cover eastern Pennsylvania. 

 Mr. Coles has recently made a trip through the 

 lumber fields of Florida, where he was able to 

 make some desirable connections ; he reports a 

 growing optimism us to outlook. 



G* W. Wright, who is trying his luck in New 

 Jersey, speaks encouragingly for southern sec- 

 tions. 



Brawley & Smith Company report a better 

 show in the East and an increase of orders 

 over some time back. They think by the first 

 of the year, a further advance may be looked 

 for. 



Justice P. Taylor & Co. see signs from afar 

 of approaching good times. They have booked 

 some fair orders of late and have no fault to 

 and with the inquiries coming In. U. S. Field 

 of this house has been probing the Michigan 

 lumber districts with satisfactory results. 



Wistar, Underhill & Co. express themselves 

 as fairly content with the business coming in of 

 late. Their orders are of respectable size and 

 their men in the field report a better attitude 

 In regard to trade, with prospect of rise in 

 prices. 



Sheip & Vandegrlft, Inc., are resting on their 

 oars until the opening of the fall trade. Asa 

 W. Vandegrlft is spending the summer at 

 Eaglcsmere, Pa., and Jerome H. Sheip, after a 

 short sojourn at Ocean City, X. J., will try 

 his hand at moose hunting in the wilds of 

 Maine. 



R. B. Wheeler & Co. state that they are not 

 troubling over the various reports concerning 

 the speedy or turdy return of prosperity ; they 

 have breasted more than one panic and have 

 learned that time alone can settle the ills and 

 difficulties resulting from such chaos. 



Ell B. Hallowell & Co. confess they would 

 like it better if prices were firmer, but the vol- 

 ume of sales has compensated somewhat for this 

 shortcoming. They consider outlook promising. 



W. M. Ritter Lumber Company has engaged 

 U. C. Magruder, formerly a commission lumber 

 dealer of New York, to take charge of the 

 Philadelphia office. He reports the mills work- 

 ing fairly well and that business has improved 

 considerably during the last few weeks. 



Philadelphia Veneer & Lumber Company, Inc., 

 has thought best to reduce the output of its 

 mills in Knoiville, Tenn., and is not disposed to 

 force the market at prevailing prices for veneer. 

 It la rebuilding as fast as possible the portions 

 of Its property destroyed by fire several months 

 •go. Francis Goodhue Jr., secretary, has just 



returned from a visit to his old home in Ver- 

 mont, where he has spent a month's vacation. 



Emil Guenther takes a logical view of exist- 

 ing conditions and works out for himself the 

 vexing problem of the speedy return or delay 

 of prosperity. He argues that stocks are not 

 too heavy in the storage yards of the manu- 

 facturers, that crops' are enormous and soon 

 to be moved, and that the railroad companies 

 have not thought best to repair rolling stock, 

 which will necessitate the taking of cars from 

 othtr industries, thereby creating a shortage. 

 These conditions he believes will have their 

 effect on the lumber market and send prices up 

 in the near future. 



O. M. Bruner Company has presented to the 

 trade a telephone directory on a large square 

 of cardboard in very readable type, and on 

 which may be found the phone numbers of all 

 the lumbermen in Philadelphia and the neigh- 

 boring towns. As may be imagined it is greatly 

 appreciated by the recipients. 



J. S. Kent Company testifies to an encourag- 

 ing activity during the hist two weeks. J. E. 

 Troth of this hou.se is at Buck Hill Falls, Pa., 

 for a summer sojourn, and A. W. Kent has just 

 returned iiom Buffalo, N. Y., where he has been 

 rusticating for a few weeks. 



Halfpenny & Hamilton predict a more satis- 

 factory trading for fall. John Halfpenny and 

 Benjamin C. Currie Jr., of this house are on 

 a visit to the firm's mills informing themselves 

 as to situation in that section. 



Samuel H. Shearer is at Asburv Park, X. J., 

 for a two weeks' outing. 



On August 17, Judge McPherson appointed 

 Edward Reukauf receiver of the estate of the 

 Kendall Carriage Company, alleged bankrupt ; 

 security $5,000. 



The toy factory of the American Xovelty Com- 

 pany at Bethlehem. Pa., was visited by fire on 

 July 22, which destroyed the machine shop, toy 

 room, boiler house, office and several smaller 

 buildings, and several thousand dollars' worth 

 of Christmas toys ; partial insurance. 



It is aun..iiu(i.l that the Burlington Railroad 

 Coll i raigh trial, has rejected the 



c"ii . as to durability, to those 



nij'i ily treated with creosote to 



wii; 11 of the elements. It is said 



the cuuiijany will erect an extensive plant for 

 the treating of ties, bridge timbers, etc., with 

 creosote, which will be the largest and most 

 up to date of its kind in the world, and will 

 cost $270,000. 



The Interstate Lumber Company, Pittsburg, 

 Pa., obtained a charter under Pennsylvania state 

 laws, on August 27 ; capital $50,000. 



A charter was granted under Delaware state 

 laws on August 2G to the Union Casket and 

 .Manufacturing Company ; no capital given. 



Nathan Grossman, S3 years old, a pioneer 

 lumberman, who cleared the land where Punx- 

 sutawney now stands, died recently at his home 

 in Valier. 



Johnstown Vehicle Works, Uollsopple, Pa., 

 was destroyed by fire on September 1 ; loss 

 $15,000, insurance about $5,000. 



Forest fires are said to be raging in the west- 

 ern portion of Schuylkill, and a report from 

 Pottsville states that much damage has been 

 done to timber groves. 



The assignment of Andrew F. Leatherbee of 

 Boston, Mass., was recorded on August 2S, with 

 liabilities at $100,000. 



Among the recent visitors to the local trade 

 were : O. J. Mann of Mann-Caven Lumber Com- 

 pany, New York ; R. A. Shaffer of Slaymaker & 

 Co., New York ; John B. Case, Flemington, N. 

 J.; G. G. Barr of I: 1 i >v I m. Pottsville, 

 Pa.; William Brown - i i ii Company, 

 New Y'ork ; U. S. ' riiager Hen- 

 dricks Lumber Comi linlii I,,, w. Va. ; C. 



L. S. Sheldrake of Butters Lumber Company, 

 Boardman, N. C. ; Joseph C. Jones, Consho- 

 hocken. Pa. : J. Jarrett of Jarrett Bros., Savan- 

 nah nn : T W Foreman of Foreman-Blades 



Lumber Company, Elizabeth City, N. C. ; W. S 

 Ilollister of Pine Plume Lumber Company. 

 Montgomery, Ala. ; Morris Wilson of Wilson & 

 Mendenhall, Toughkenamon, Pa. : E. B. Sheriff 

 of Breon Lumber Company, Williamsport, Pa. : 

 G. W. Chambers of Kendall Lumber Company, 

 Pittsburg, Pa. ; Lindley C. Kent, Wilmington. 

 Del. ; M. X. Wilson of Wilson Lumber Company, 

 Elkins, W. Va. ; George Rodgmen Jr., Chester 

 Pa., and H. W. Alexander of Mershon, Schuette. 

 Parker & Co., Saginaw, Mich. 



PITTSBURO 



The J. L. Lytle Lumber Company is having 

 good success in marketing poplar and hemlock 

 in the towns outside of Pittsburg. The August 

 sales of this company were much the best that 

 it has had any month since it started, and 

 President Lytle feels sure that much better 

 times are at hand for wholesale lumber dealers. 



H. T. Lincoln of Bemis & Vosburg has re- 

 turned from his trip through Canada which was 

 almost a honeymoon, inasmuch as he has been 

 married but a tew weeks. Mr. Lincoln is hand- 

 ling the affairs of the Cheat River Lumber Com- 

 pany and is doing his best to get some dividends 

 for the creditors. 



J. H. Henderson, secretary of the Kendall 

 Lumber Company, has been looking after the 

 work at the Crullin plant, where a large cut 

 of lumber is being made. The Kendalls are 

 pushing hard for trade and their hardwood. sales 

 are very encouraging. 



L. II. Allen, of the Byers-Allen Lumber Com- 

 pany, of Buffalo, N. Y., spent a few days in 

 Pittsburg last week. His concern has a good 

 mill at Ligonier, Pa., and -is turning out some 

 fine lumber. 



The Linehan Lumber Company feels encour- 

 aged over the hardwood outlook and reports a 

 better call for oak and a slight advance in the 

 demand for maple flooring. The factory trade, 

 according to this concern, is bracing up right 

 along. 



R. A. McDonald, president of the McDonald 

 Lumber Company, is spending his vacation at 

 Cambridge Springs, Pa. His concern has been 

 doing some good hardwood business all summer 

 and expects to run its West Virginia plant in 

 full this winter. 



The Webster-Keasey Lumber Company is do- 

 ing business in the good old fashioned way at 

 its mills in Indiana, Butler and Venango 

 counties. Its sales have been very encouraging, 

 and Mr. Keasey is inclined to think that the 

 worst times for lumbermen are about over. 



D. L. Gillespie of D. L. Gillespie & Co. is one 

 of the republican politicians who is frequently 

 mentioned as a candidate for mayor of Greater 

 Pittsburg. Mr. Gillespie was a delegate to the 

 national convention at Chicago in June and 

 takes a very active interest in local republican 

 politics. 



A. A. Germain of the Germain Company has 

 gone to the wilds of Canada for his vacation. 



Thomas Raine of Evanwood, W. Va., called 

 on the Pittsburg trade this week. He has i 

 good hardwood mill at Gladwin, W. Va., on tn« 

 Dry Fork railroad and is cutting all hardwood 

 now. 



The I'ittsburg Wholesale Lumber Dealers 

 Association resumed its meetings last Tuesday 

 after a vacation of four weeks. The association 

 is taking a firm stand for higher prices and its 

 members are gaining much benefit from the 

 weekly meetings. 



J. G. Criste, secretary of the Interior Lumber 

 Company, spent ten days recently In northern 

 Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. His trip 

 was very profitable and he came back full of 

 the notion that the man with good business 

 sense and a little money will buy his lumber 

 this month. 



The J. M. Hastings Lumber Company Is work 

 Ing its mill at Jacksonville. W. Va., in full and 



