HARDWOOD RECORD 



logs in the booms or as lumbei- in the yards. 

 When tlie lumbermen faced the season of 1907-8 

 they reduced their cut by 25 per cent, calcti- 

 latir.g that the stock on band and the cut of 



the last season would meet all requirements. 

 and it did, for the financial collapse came and 

 the demand for lumber declined as did other 

 products. 



Hardwood JWeWs. 



(By HARDWOOD BECOBD Special Correspondents.) 



CHICAGO 



M. M. Thomas, sales manager of Cobbs & 

 Jlitchell, Inc., and Mitchell Brothers Company of 

 Cadillac, was a welcome caller at the Record 

 ofHce on Wednesday last. lie reports that both 

 in lumber and flooring the two houses which he 

 represents had the largest trade in fheir history 

 during July and August, and that prices are 

 very satisfactory. Mr. Thomas is absent from 

 home on his annual vacation and after spending 

 a few days in Ciiicago will make a western trip. 



The Record had the pleasure of a call on 

 September IG from A. B. Pierce, treasurer of the 

 Southern Mill & Land Company. 508 Fullerton 

 building, St. Louis. Mr. Pierce's company oper- 

 ates hardwood mills at Catron, Mo., and Keller. 

 Ark. Associated with the company is the Helena 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, which has just 

 about completed a new mill at Helena, Ark. 

 Mr. Pierce reports lumber conditions in the St. 

 Louis market as having materially improved dur- 

 ing the last few weeks. 



One of the welcome visitors at the recent Hoo- 

 Hoo annual was George O. Worland of Thomp- 

 son, Thayer & McCowen, Evansville. Ind. Mr. 

 Worland is very much pleased with the business 

 outlook. 



A. li. F. Timken, manager of the Kentucky Car 

 Lumber Company of Madisonville, Ky., spent the 

 last two weeks in the Chicago market. Mr. Tim- 

 ken's specialty is railroad car lumber and wagon 

 Woodstock, and he secured some very desirable 

 orders during the last few days. 



A. Fellahaum of the Frankfort Handle Manu- 

 fiiituring Company, Frankfort. Ind., was a Rec- 

 .pKi. lalln- early this week. Mr. Fellabaum's 

 lusiifutiiiii is runnning about two-thirds capacity, 

 witli orders well up to output. 



.\ new Chicago institution is the Lumber .Shin- 

 pcrs' Slurase i^ Commission Company, with office 

 and yard in Throop street, south of Twenty- 

 second. This institution is under the manage- 

 ment of Q. Y. Hamilton. The business of the 

 company will be to store lumber for local anil 

 foregin shippers and make sales of the property 

 ou a commission basis when so requested. Mr. 

 Hamilton is an experienced hardwood man and 

 his new venture should be a success, as shippers 

 are often at a loss how to li:innii- fnt inmh'T 

 forwarded to this market th.ni i- it-! - ■-,, 

 to consignees. The company sIh i i i ' 



sa',-e demurrage charges for shiii|i. I - m iii,ni\ m 

 stances and to efEect sales'that will h.' prontable 

 and satisfactory. 



F. J. Kuny, secretary and treasurer of the 

 Williamson-Kuuy Mill & Lumber c.mipiiny. Mound 

 City, 111., spent the hni uu ii:n~ n ■ iiii:i.", 

 digging up business. Tlii- (..m m. i 



of southern hardwoods a^ «> :i > > i ■ 

 and is represented locally by ilir ll'idn i Mill- 

 Lumber Company, 1120 Monaduock building, Chi- 

 cago. Mr. Kuny reports having booked several 

 very handsome orders while in the city 



A caller on the RECoin Srptrminr 'J-J iv:i-- O. 

 .\I. Evans, a student in Hi" im, u- .1. ii:i riiiM'iit 



(if the University of Mhhi:: i \iiii \iii"r. 



.Mr. Evans was in Clii.,.^.i .,.rk,,iu i,, ;,r,|,Kiiut 

 himself particularly with the utllizatiou of hard- 

 woods, and on that mission visited several lead- 

 ing Chicago woodworking plants. 



II. C. Haner of Pahoa I'una, Hawaii, who has 

 been engaged in the erection of a sawmill at 

 that point for some months, will return to the 

 United .States within a month to buy machinery 

 for another new sawmill which he will erect at 

 the Volcano Kilauea, and on his trip will visit 



.\mong the callers at the Record office this 

 wck was W. F. Hopkins of Munising, Mich., 

 vice-president of the First National bank of 

 Alger count.v. Mr. Hopkins is very much inter- 

 ested in hardwood lumber affairs. He reports 

 no forest fires reached within twenty-five or 

 thirty miles of Munising. 



Burdis Anderson of Munising, Mich., president 

 of the National Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' 

 Association, was in town on Monday and said 

 "Hello" to the Record. Mr. Anderson was on 

 his way to attend a meeting of the Veneer Club 

 held at Cincinnati on Tuesday last. He reports 

 the veneer business in very fair shape and con- 

 ditions constantly improving. 



W. E. rioshall of the house of Iloshall & 

 >IcDonald Brothers, manufacturers of h.ardwoods 

 at Eola, La., was in cIij,;il;i. r..iinly looking 

 after business. He rcinii- ; i-i. Arable im- 



L. E. Ridley, hardwo...! wIh.IcsiiI.i- .,r this city, 

 has opened a distributing yard at lirookport, 111., 

 on the Ohio river. He expects to pile about 

 :, 000,000 feet at that point. W. E. Barrett & 

 Co. of Chicago are also interested in the enter- 

 prise. 



M. A. Hayward of Columbus, O., ^as a Chi- 

 cago visitor of the past week and one of the 

 many visitors to the n.".TI."i .uinn:.!. 



H. H. Ileineman "i ihr ll.iiini:iii Lumber 

 Company. Helneman, Wi- . \v:i^ 1 1 ;iii-:i. I ing busi- 

 ues.< in this market durini; tli.' i.nst i.mi days. 



J. M. and W. W. .Schultz of Schultz Brothers 

 & ('owan were absent on a southern trip last 

 week. 



R. ,1. Lockwood of the Arthur Hardwood Floor- 

 ing Company, Memphis, called on Chicago friends 

 the early part of last week. 



E. A. Lang, in charge of the hardwood depart- 

 ment of the raepcke-Leicht Lumber Company, is 

 enjoying a vacation among the Wisconsin lakes. 



NEW YORK 



The Superior i^umuer compauy is the name 

 .1' I be latest acquisition to the local wholesale 

 lrn<le, with headquarters at 549 Flushing ave- 

 nue, Brookl.vn, X. Y. The leading spirit in the 

 company is C. H. Boner, formerly with Sam E. 

 Barr. The company will handle a full line of 

 lini-M\vM<il-- fni- thi> local trade, and with the 

 I Ml :, . ,1 i.> Mr. Boner it stirts out 



Sii.- \] Mill- I I A. Kirby of the riirny 

 Itivrr l'...oni & Lumber Companx. Siiiiiiiin I'l 

 was a visitor this week in the iin.-, 

 ness. Tlie mills of the compan.* n.. in i, ■ i 

 time, and have every prospect ii ,i _ I .:ii 



\\ ^ \,iii (lief, the prominent lumberman of 

 r,.ii !;i. hill. 111(1. Staten Island, as president of 

 I he Uiiluiiuud County Agricultural Society, was 

 the leading spirit in the management of the 

 fourth annual county fair of the society, which 

 was held during Labor day week at Dongan 

 Hills, L. I. "^Iiii > ilWiii^uished guests were 

 present duriin; 'i ■ . i, including Goveruor 

 Hughes, and ih. : i ' « i i big success owing 



Mr 



w ii|iU-y h<as been tiled against 

 Uiiseuberg & Son, manufac- 



1 1 im and grillwork at 250 

 I Irons. F. H. Griffin has 



in; of the Building Material 

 I Westchester county. New 

 II the lumber and building 

 he county, will be hold at 



White Plains September 21. The annual election 

 of officers and many important matters will be 

 discu.ssed and acted upon. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against 

 Thomas Todd, large box manufacturer and lum- 

 ber rti'iil.'i 111 I'liiiiy sixth street and First ave- 

 nue, .Miiiiliiii mil, iilji-ing insolvency. G. F. Dar- 



I'ell Ini- II i]i| ui-d receiver. Liabilities are 



.$15.iMiii anil .issfti, .'j;;;,000 above liens and in- 

 cumbrances. The business was started in 1863 

 by John Todd and is one of the oldest in that 

 line in the district. 



The Oriental Fireproof Sash and Door Com- 

 pany has been organized In the Bronx with a 

 capital of .$2,000 by P. Lingerman, A. L. Brown 

 and I. Kanner. 



The Coopers Creek Lumber Company has been 

 organized in this city with offices at 20 East 

 Forty-second street, Manhattan, by F. A. Camp, 

 late treasurer of the Mead Lumber Company, 

 wholesale hardwoods, at the same address, A. 

 L. Camp and Fritz Zaenger. The new company 

 will develop a choice tract of hardwoods iii 

 niu-tb Georgia and has bought mills at Baxter 

 and Margaret, tliat state, formerly owned by 

 the Mead Lumber Company. The latter company 

 will handle the output of the Coopers Creek Lum- 

 ber Company, comprising oak, ash, poplar, etc. 



Miss Margaret Marsh, daughter of Eben J. 

 Marsh, the well-known cypress lumberman of 1 

 Madison atenue, city, was married on August 29 

 to Paul L. Sheldon, a well-known local stock 

 broker. 



F. A. Salomon, a broker and lumberman of 

 29 Broadway, Manhattan, has been arrested on 

 charges preferred by J. H. Bryan of the Bryan 

 Lumber Company of Ivnoxville and Bristol, 

 Tenn.. alleging that he sold the Universal Lum- 

 ber Company of 13 William street, of which Sal- 

 omon is president, $65,000 worth of Tennessee 

 timber land for which he was paid in what he 

 believes were worthless bonds and notes, and 

 charges fraud. 



B. P. Salmon, the popular manager of the 

 local office and exhibition room of the Iroquois 

 Door Company of Buffalo, has just returned 

 from a week's stay with Manager A. J. Phinney 

 of the company at the lattcr's handsome sum- 

 mer home on Lake Ontario. 



E. B. Skinner, late with John P. McEwan 

 in the wholesale trade, has bought a controlling 

 interest in the business of Budd & Co., large 

 manufacturers of furniture, desks, etc., at 71-73 

 Spring street, Manhattan, and has incorporated 

 the business under the same style. Mr. Skinner 

 is president of the corporation and William 

 Bitdd. secretary and treasurer. 



the 



fell-known stave and 

 s and head of Lucas 

 was here during the 

 W. K. Knox of the 

 on business. 



E. Moore & Co., that city, 

 fortnight visiting ilanagei 

 local ottice. 11 Broadway, 



John Cathcurl, who for several years past has 

 lieen prominently identified with the hardwood 

 m.iniifiniin in-, wholesale and export trade, 



"ii Ii ■ - in this city and plants at <;iasgow. 



'■■^ mil I ntur, Ala., has just organized the 



■'"Im I a III .lit Lumber Company at Plaintteld. 

 X. J., with a capital of $50,000, to conduct a 

 general lumber and timber land business, with 

 headquarters in New York. Associated with 

 him in the new company are George E. and 

 Herbert J. Catheart, two brothers. 



F. R. Babcoek of E. V. Babcock & Co., Pitts- 

 burg, was here last week at the local office of 

 the firm, 43 Wall street, en route home with his 

 family after summering at .Spring Lake, N. J. 



W. W. Schupncr, the able assistant to Secre- 

 tary E. F. I'erry of the National Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' .Vssociation, 66 Broadway, re- 

 turned this week with his family from a stay at 

 Stamford. N. Y. 



An execution of judgment for $430 has been 

 made against the Wood Mantle and Pier Mantle 

 Company, 298 Bowery, in favor of the Jefferson 

 Trust Company. The company was capitalized 

 at $200,000. and the sheriff found only a few 

 odds and ends when he visited the place. 



