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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Among the welcome visitors to Chicago on 

 October 2 was J. V. Stimson, the hardwood man- 

 ufacturer of Huntingburg. Ind. Mr. Stimson is 

 always as optimistic as he is conservative and 

 reports a very satisfactory business. 



W. G. Collar of the Collar-Stange Lumber 

 Company, Merrill, Wis., was a Chicago visitor 

 on October '2. Mr. Collar's company has an ex- 

 cellent stock of northern hardwoods, which he 

 Is making plans to market. 



The Record is advised by the Albion Handle 

 Company of Albion, Mich., that it is going out 

 of business. 



H. B. Leavitt, president of the Leavitt Lum- 

 ber Company of this city, is spending a week at 

 the company's band mill at Hollywood, Miss., 

 and will also visit various sawmill centers In 

 Arkansas. 



The Record Is advised that W. H. Dailcy & 

 Co., a corporation at Grafton, W. Va., has gone 

 into Involuntary bankruptcy. The first meeting 

 of creditors was held at Grafton on October 7. 

 No statement of assets and liabilities has as yet 

 been supplied by the trustee, who is O. E. 

 Wyckotf. 



.John C. Spry, the well-known ex-Chicago lum- 

 berman, who during recent years has built up 

 a big business in timber lands, recently returned 

 to Chicago from an extended trip through the 

 limber area of the Province of Quebec. Mr. 

 S[ ry is very much Interested In the timber of 

 that region and it Is very likely that he will 

 invest some money in that section. 



.Miss Emelinc Wllkic Spry, daughter of John 

 C. Spry, the Chicago timberland merchant, was 

 married, Scpteml)er 30, to Kollln Webb Keyes of 

 Chicago. The ceremony was performed at the 

 First i'.aptlst Church of Evnnston. Both the 

 bride and groom are prominent In Evanston so- 

 cial circles. The wedding was a very elaborate 

 one and was attended by numerous friends. After 

 the honeymoon Mr. and .Mrs. Keyes will make 

 their home in Evanston. They have the con- 

 gratulations of the Recohd. 



Receipt is acknowledged of a very handsomely 

 framed panel, consisting of flftecn sections of 

 various varieties of mahogany and African hard- 

 woods at the hands of J. F. Mtiller & Sohn of 

 Hamburg, Germany. This house Is an important 

 dealer in fancy woods and Its specimens make a 

 very handsome advertisement. The panel Is on 

 ixhibltlon in the sanctum of the editor of the 

 Hardwood Record, who will be pleased to ex- 

 hibit It to anyone interested In the beautiful 

 handling of some splendid foreign hardwoods. 



Frank F. Fish, secretary of the National 

 Hardwowl Lumber As.soclatlon, has been out of 

 town the greater portion of the last month. He 

 spent several weeks on an eastern trip, returning 

 the latter part of September, and has since spent 

 a week In Michigan. He makes a good report of 

 association affairs. 



,Iohn E. '(Villlams, editor ot the New Orleans 

 Lumber Trade Journal, accompanied by his wife 

 and daughter, is here on his annual visit to 

 Chicago. -Mr. Wlllliims paid the Reiurd an 

 agrecalile i-nli on 'Iluirsdav. 



Kreinheder back from his trip to the south side 

 of the Ohio, but lumber is comipg in freely and 

 business is very good. 



A. Miller does not like to brag of his trade, 

 but he Is getting it Just the same, and when hf 

 does not the other dealers might as well lay 

 down, for he keeps a good assortment always. 



T. Sullivan & Co. call trade very much better, 

 and F. T. Sullivan reports the same state of 

 things in New England. Both hardwood and 

 raclfic coast stock are coming In freely. 



A very much Improved state of business Is 

 reported by O. E. Yeager In pretty nearly all 

 hardwoods and it is believed that this will last 

 right along until people begin to buy for In- 

 creasing stocks. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company Is get- 

 ting ready for Increased shipments from the 

 South as well as by lake, and has sent an office 

 man to Memphis to look after things in that 

 direction. 



The oak mills of the McLean Interests in the 

 Southwest .tre running rather slowly yet, as logs 

 are none too plenty, but there Is more need of 

 lumber now and they will soon be in full swing 

 again. 



Now that the great danger from forest fires 

 seems to have passed. President Beyer ot the 

 Pascoia Lumber Company will soon be starting 

 his mills in Missouri, for he has |)lenty of need 

 for the stock. 



BUFFALO 



G. Ellas & Bro. have bought two acres of land 

 adjoining their yard and are putting in a new 

 locomotive crane for handling heavy timber, of 

 which they have always made a specialty. 



The yard of I. N. Stewart & Bro. has been 

 handling quite an amount of oak and cherry 

 lately and the Urm seems to be satisfied with the 

 tr.Tde. Poplar is also moving out very well. 



Scatcherd & Son have a pretty good stock of 

 summer-sawed lumber at Memphis, mostly oak. 

 fhough the demand has all along been good 

 enough to keep tbcm from being too vain of It. 



F. W. Vctler did not come back direct from 

 Philadelphia, but sla.ved there a day or two and 

 then went to New York, looking Into the pros- 

 pects of the hardwood trade. 



Fitting up the addition to the yard of the 

 Sinndnrrt Hardwood Company has kept A. W. 



NEW YORK 



The regul.ir annui.l miitlni; "f the New York 

 Lumber Trade Association will be held October 

 14, at the association rooms, IS Broadway, pre- 

 coded i>y a Delmonico luncheon. The usual large 

 turnout of the members Is expected by reason of 

 It being the twenty-second anniversary of the 

 organization, as well as because of the fact 

 that the reports to be presented will outline a 

 year's work replete with many accomplishments 

 In the departmental work of the organization. 



George K. Towle, for the past four years trav- 

 eling representative for the Lumbermen's Credit 

 Association of Chicago, has resigned his position, 

 effective October 1, and concurrently therewith 

 Charles D. Chase, manager of the New York 

 office, at IIG Nassau street, also resigned to 

 engage In other lines. Mr. Chase will be 8uc- 

 ceeded in the management of the local office by 

 H. H. Tuttle. 



The lumber trade of nearby New Jersey figured 

 prominently lu the recent republican primary 

 election results In that state. W. W. Smalley of 

 Bound Brook, president of the New Jersey Lum- 

 bermen's Protective Association, was renominated 

 for the stale legislature by a handsome plurality. 

 Clarence G. Meeks of the Gardner & Meeks Com- 

 pany, Weehawken, was also nominated for the 

 assembly on the republican ticket. 



F. J. Cronin, who has for several years past 

 ably represented the Yellow Poplar Lumber Com- 

 pany of Coal Grove. O.. In the metropolitan dis- 

 trict and eastern trade, has severed his connec- 

 tion therewith to take up the representation of 

 the Dimension Lumber Company of Herkimer, 

 N. Y., large producers, with mills at Foley, W. 

 Va. : Callettsburg, Ky., and Herkimer, N. Y. 

 .Mr. Cronin has many friends who will be glad to 

 welcome him In his new connection. 



The Robert Lloyd Company Is the style of a 

 new concern Just organized to take over the 

 retail business of F. B. Whitney & Co.. 552-554 

 West Fifteenth street. Manhattan. The new 

 company Is composed of Robert Lloyd, proprietor 

 of the well-known hardwood house ot William 

 Gibson, Inc.. West Fiftieth street, Manhattan, 

 and David Miillgan, who for the past twenty-one 

 ye.irs was associated with F. B. Whitney & Co. 

 The business of the Robert Lloyd Company will 

 he entirely separate from that of William Gib- 

 son. Inc . and the new corporation will handle a 

 full line o' heavy hardwoods suitable for car- 

 riage and automobile trade, as well as a general 

 line of lumber. 



J. F. Murpby. for seventeen years with the 

 late firm of G. L. Schuyler & Co.. and tor the 

 past seven years with the John C. "r- r-vny""^" 



ot Brooklyn, Uas organized the J. F. Murphy 

 Lumber Company with a capital of $10,000, to 

 conduct a hardwood and general retail business 

 at 522 West Thirty-fourth street, Manhattan, 

 where the company is arranging up-to-date prem- 

 ises for such business. During the past year 

 or two Mr. Murpby has been conducting a com- 

 mission lumber business at 1 Madison avenue, 

 which he now surrenders to devote his undivided 

 attention to the new company. 



The local selling staff ot the Iroquoi.^ Door 

 Company has Just been enlarged through the 

 appointment of W. A. Ropps as assistant to 

 Manager B. P. Salmon in the solicitation of the 

 local trade. Mr. Ropps has had a long and sue 

 cessful experience In the wholesale sash and door 

 trade, which eminently qualifies him for bis new 

 connection. 



Secretary F. F. Fish of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, Chicago, spent several days 

 during the fortnlt;ht visiting leading firms In 

 Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore 

 In the Interest ot association work. 



C. H. Moberly ot the Cummlngs-Moberly 

 Cypress Company. .Moberly. La., arrived from an 

 European trip during the fortnight after an ex- 

 tended trip abroad. Among other leading cypress 

 manufacturers also In town during the fortnight 

 were Capt. F. B. Williams of Patterson, La. : 

 John DIhert ot Donner, La. : W. J. Burton of 

 Burton, La., and J. A. Bruce of Strader. La. 

 R. H. Downman, the prominent cypress manu 

 facturer of New Orleans, passed through the city 

 lost week accompanied by his family en route 

 heme after spending the summer at Loon Lake 

 In the Adlrondacks. J. C. Turner of the J. C. 

 Turner Lumber Company, 1123 Broadway. Is 

 Just back from a visit to his various southern 

 manufacturing Interests on a tour of Inspection. 

 George E. Deramlng, who was formerly In 

 charge of the local sales office of Halfpenny & 

 Hamilton. Philadelphia, which was recently dis- 

 continued, has formed a connection with the 

 M.iban Lumber Company, hardwooils and spnice. 

 Mahan. W. Va., and will hereafter represent them 

 in the local market, logclher with several other 

 high-class mill connections. 



M. W. Teufel, m-inager ot the Davison Lumber 

 Company, 1 Madison avenue, has Just returned 

 from a visit to the extensive Interests of his 

 company at Bridgewater, N. S. He reports mat- 

 ters as deridedly better and the outlook promls 

 ing for a still further Improved domestic and 

 export demand. 



K. P. Hollowell. who a short time ago pur- 

 chased the local branch business of the Indiana 

 Veneer & Lumber Company of Indianapolis, Ind.. 

 then located at Thlrty-flrst street and First ave- 

 nue, Manhattan, has removed the business to 

 21(> East Forty-second street. Manhattan, where 

 he has commt dious quarters and a full line 

 ot all classes ot hardwood veneers for the local 

 ' trade. 



George D. Burgess ot Russe ft Burgess, Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., spent several days In town last 

 week en route home with his family after a six 

 weeks' stay at Atlantic City, N. J. 



The West Twenty-ninth street yard of the 

 Dunbnr Box * Lumber Company, Manhattan, 

 suffered a fire damage of $2,300 on September 

 24 ; loss fully covered by Insurance. 



The United Stales district court on September 

 23 granted a discharge In bankruptcy to J. L. 

 English and English ft Co., wholesale hardwoods. 

 1 Madison avenue. Manhattan, who failed some 

 months ago. with liabilities of $121,031. 



The annual meeting ot the Building Material 

 Men's Association of Westchester county. New 

 York, occurred at White Plains. September 21. 

 with a large attendance. Reports received showed 

 the organization to be doing good work for Its 

 members. Officers as of last year were rei'lected. 

 The leading feature of the meeting was a full 

 discussion ot business conditions, the consensus 

 of opinion being that business was slowly but 

 steadily Improving, and the hope was exprewed 

 Ihnt the same he encouraged and could be en 

 . ,.Mriie"'i I" •^niw nriinn on the part of the whole- 



