HARDWOOD RECORD 



Fred Buell of the Fred Buell & Son Co., of 

 Malvern. O., together with F. H. Weeks of Akron, 

 was in the city during the past week. 



D. T. Patterson of C. T. Patterson & Co.. mill 

 supplies, of New Orleans, was in the city last 

 week calling upon the various dealers. 



T. J. Aycock, secretary-treasurer of the Aycock 

 Lumber Company of Aycock, Florida, and 

 Thomas H. Betty, general manager of the N. & 

 B. Lumber Company of Montgomery, Ala., were 

 in Cleveland and called on the trade. 



COLUMBUS 



The Wayne Lumber Company of Mt. Gilead, 

 Ohio, was incorporated Wednesday, September 

 16, at Columbus, with a capital stock of $50,000 

 by H. S. Cruikshank, T. W. Babcock, Mt. Gilead ; 

 O. S. and I. B. Jeffrey, Ashley. Ohio, and Meyers 

 Jeffrey. The headquarters of the company will 

 be at Mt. Gilead and the sales offices will be at 

 Columbus. -The company has 4.000 acres of 

 valuable timber lands in Tennessee and during 

 the next two years will give its attention to the 

 cutting and selling of quartered oak and poplar. 

 It will ship its mill within a few days from Mt. 

 Gilead to its timber district in Tennessee and 

 expects to begin operations within a month. F. 

 McDonnell, former president of the F. McDonnell 

 Lumber Company of this city, will have charge 

 of the Itfcal sales offices and has contracted for 

 the company's entire output during the next two 

 years. The Jeffrey brothers have been operating 

 a mill successfully for years at Ashley, Ohio, 

 also at Marengo, Ohio, and have a thorough 

 knowledge of the lumber business. All the men 

 connected with this company are practical lum- 

 bermen, and Mr. McDonnell is well known to the 

 local trade as a man of wide experience In the 

 business. The company expects to have Its lum- 

 ber on the market within about five weeks from 

 this time. 



W. H. Schleyer, secretary and treasurer of 

 the Schleyer Lumber Company, returned several 

 days ago from the timber districts of West Vir- 

 ginia and reports stocks as unusually light every- 

 where and prices decidedly on the upgrade. The 

 Schleyer Lumber Company was formerly launched 

 several weeks ago and has enjoyed a good busi- 

 ness ever since it opened offices in the Harrison 

 building the first week in September. J. F. 

 Schleyer Is the president of the company ; G. A. 

 Schleyer, vice-president, and W. H. Schleyer, 

 formerly of the Powell Lumber Company of this 

 city, secretary and treasurer. The company will 

 limit its business entirely to the hardwoods and 

 conduct a wholesale trade. W. H. Schleyer has 

 spent considerable time In the timber regions of 

 the South since the company was formed and 

 reports stocks as light everywhere and but few 

 mills In operation. He says that some of the 

 mills are getting ready to start up about the 

 first of November, but will not begin operations 

 then, unless the general business situation shows 

 better signs of improvement. 



S. D. Morgan, vice-president of the KIIe-Mor- 

 gan Lumber Company, who has been out of the 

 city a greater part of the summer, says that 

 business is much better than It was several 

 weeks ago and reports Inquiry, which Is good all 

 along the line. Is resulting In many orders. Mr. 

 Morgan says that prices are higher on the bet- 

 ter grades of lumber and lower on the under 

 grades. He Is optimistic regarding the fall trade 

 and says that the market will give a good ac- 

 count of Itself before the close of the year. 



M. A. Hayward of the Uayward Lumber Com- 

 pany says considerable stock Is moving and there 

 Is a general Improvement In the demand for all 

 kinds of lumber. Prices are firming up on oak 

 and' there has practically been no cutting on 

 poplar. Mr. Hayward seems to be confident re- 

 garding the future of the market for poplar, 

 because stocks are light and mostly In the hands 

 of manufacturers, who manifest a disposition to 

 hold for higher prices. 



A. G. Fritchey, who has been with the W. M. 



Ritter Lumber Company for several years, has 

 resigned his position to take a similar position 

 with the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, of Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. R. L. Gilliam, who has previously 

 worked about five years for the W. M. Ritter 

 Lumber Company, has taken the position for- 

 merly occupied by Mr. Fritchey. Mr. Gilliam 

 has a practical knowledge of the lumber business 

 and is highly esteemed by the local trade. 



The H. C. Creith Lumber Company says that 

 its men are doing a good business on the road and 

 sending in more orders than they have In many 

 months. The company says that business is very 

 satisfactory considering the depression that has 

 prevailed In all departments of trade since the 

 beginning of the panic last October. 



The General Lumber Company is doing a good 

 business in the hardwoods and has no complaints 

 to offer at this time. It regards the outlook as 

 very satisfactory and says that the trade will 

 be active during the fall months. The month of 

 September has been very satisfactory so far, and 

 this company did a good business the latter part 

 of August. 



The McLaughlin-Hoffman Lumber Company 

 continues to enjoy a good business and says that 

 new orders are coming in with more regularity. 

 The company Is optimistic regarding the future 

 of the trade and says that the low point of the 

 depression has been passed. 



Other local lumlier companies say that the 

 turn for Improvement in the lumber trade has 

 taken place and much better business can be 

 expected from this on. Collections are good and 

 there seems to be a gradual betterment taking 

 place in the general business of this city. The 

 outlook is regarded as very satisfactory. 



CINCINNATI 



The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club held Its 

 first meeting of the season at the Business 

 Men's Club, September 14. It was decided to 

 send a delegate to the inspection congress at 

 Philadelphia on September 24 with instruc- 

 tions to stand by the 1905 rules. The rules 

 as adopted by the National Hardwood Asso- 

 ciation at Its meeting in Milwaukee In June, 

 1908, were condemned as unsatisfactory. 



A monthly bulletin of the lumber will be 

 issued giving all information obtainable as to 

 markets, statistics, etc. A committee was 

 appointed to arrange for a game of baseball 

 between the lumbermen and the furniture 

 dealers of the Queen City, to take place 

 Wednesday. September 23, at League park. 

 Both teams have been training hard for the 

 combat, and each team Is eager to capture the 

 contest. The contest promises to reveal sev- 

 eral ex-Ieaguers, and a very warm contest is 

 generally anticipated. 



President B. F. Dulweber read a most 

 touching eulogy upon the passing away of 

 Col. A. D. McLeod in June and upon the death 

 of the late Matthew Brown Farrin, both of 

 whom were prominent members of the club. 

 The committee on resolutions presented a 

 tribute to the late M. B. Farrin, saying, "He 

 was a man of sterling worth to the com- 

 munity, an able worker in all affairs that 

 made for the best interests of his fellows. Of 

 an optomistic and cheerful disposition, he lent 

 encouragement to all those with whom he 

 came in contact, and his wise counsel will be 

 keenly missed by the various public organiza- 

 tions with which he was connected, and in 

 his sudden and untimely death the city has 

 lost one of Its foremost and progressive citi- 

 zens." 



That Matthew Brown Farrin, the wealthy 

 lumber merchant who died suddenly a short 

 time ago, left no will, developed when his 

 widow, Dora L. Farrin, applied at the probate 

 court for appointment as administratrix of his 

 estate. The estate is valued at $250,000, 

 equally divided as the realty and personal 

 property. 



The Vermilion Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company, of Vermilion, Ohio, with a capital 

 stock of $10,000. was incorporated last week. 



The Wayne Lumber Company of Mt. Gilead, 

 Ohio, was incorporated last week with a capi- 

 tal stock of $450,000. 



Fire in the Krempe lumber yard at Oakley 

 last week brought out the entire village, and 

 the volunteer fire department were confronted 

 with a difficult proposition in extinguishing 

 the blaze of a lumber pile. The work was 

 fast and the flames were put out with a small 

 loss to the concern. 



S. P. Kgan of the J. A. Fay & Egan Com- 

 pany has returned from a business trip, where 

 he reported that prospects were brighter. 



Harry A. Freiberg of the Freiberg Lumber 

 Company reports trade with them during the 

 past month has made a decided improvement 

 and that by the end of this month he expects 

 to start up the mill of the concern located in 

 this city. The mill has been idle for many 

 months and the Increased amount of business 

 is bringing on the reopening of it. The fall 

 trade should be very good and exceed that of 

 the spring of the year. 



J. H. Hicks of Glasgow, Ky.. a prominent 

 lumber dealer of that city, was a visitor In 

 the Queen City during the past week. 



James Kauh of the Freiberg Lumber Com- 

 pany left last week for the South, where he 

 will ship a great deal of lumber to the concern 

 here. The shipments will consist principally 

 of undressed wood, which will be fitted for 

 market at the mill here. 



George M. Morgan of the Nicola, Stone & 

 Meyer Company, large dealers In hardwoods, 

 said that trade with them Is only fair, but he 

 looks for an Increase In the volume of business 

 within a short time. 



W. E. Shrlmpton Lumber Company state 

 that trade Is fair, but Is not quite as good as 

 the month previous. 



William S. Sterrett of the Sterrett Lumber 

 Company says trade Is very good and from 

 present Indications he can see nothing that 

 will mar a continued good business and a 

 prosperous fall trade. 



L. B. Adrich of the Relmeler Lumber Com- 

 pany left last week for a southern business 

 trip, which he expects will consume about two 

 weeks. 



E. O. Robinson of the Mobray & Robinson 

 Lumber Company returned from a business 

 trip to the South. F. W, Mobray of this com- 

 pany says that business with them is very 

 good, especially so in poplar and quartered 

 oak. Both those items have been in good de- 

 mand for some time and prices have been held 

 up materially. 



W. A. Hadly, senior Hoo-hoo, was a visitor 

 In town during the past two weeks on busi- 

 ness and on association matters. 



G. H. Relmeler of the Relmeler Lumber 

 Company reports that trade during the past 

 month has been very good In all Items of 

 hardwoods, and also stated that the foreign 

 demands were on larger volume. 



Joseph Bosken of the Cincinnati Hardwood 

 Lumber Company finds trade locally Improved 

 during the past few weeks. The export trade 

 has been picking up in the veneer line. Ferd 

 Bosken left last week for the South to look 

 after some timber lands there of the com- 

 pany. 



Chester F. Korn of the Farrln-Kom Lum- 

 ber Company has returned from a business 

 trip to the South. 



Frank McCracken of the Kentucky Lumber 

 Company. brother of Ralph McCracken, 

 stopped at Cincinnati on his return trip from 

 Chicago to Williamsburg, Ky. 



A. E. Hart of the L. G. Banning Lumber 

 Company reports trade as rather quiet during 

 the past two weeks. L. G. Banning of the 



