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HARDWOOD RECORD 



regard to the death of its late member, 

 Samuel Miller of Miller, Robinson & Co., who 

 died September 15, said resolutions to be pre- 

 sented to his family. 



PITTSBURQ 



The K. M. Diebold Lumber Company had a 

 splendid float in the Sesqui-Centennial parade 

 last Thursday. This was the only big retail 

 concern of greater Pittsburg which was thus 

 represented. 



The Kellanee Lumber Company announces 

 little Improvement in the hardwood situation 

 and has been driving hard at the trade in the 

 Kast. 



Fred R. Babcock of the Babcock lumber in- 

 terests is one of the national committee which 

 has issued a call for another car stake and 

 equipment conference to he held on October 

 13, in Chicago. Pittsburg had a front rank 

 in this agitation and is much interested in the 

 result of this meeting. 



The Webster-Kcasey Lumber Company has 

 shut down its big mill in Indiana county, Penn- 

 sylvania, b-c Is still keeping up the operation 

 in Butler county where the company is getUng 

 out a good supply of trolley and railroad stock. 

 William U. Cornelius has been keeping In 

 very close touch with the lumber manufacturers 

 of West Virginia and Kentucky, and finds it 

 possible to buy good stocks of lumber from 

 ihe mills at a reasonable figure, lie has had 

 a good trade with standard customers and has 

 had little difficulty In getting good stock to flU 

 his orders. 



E H. Holden of the Pardee & Curtln Lumber 

 company of Clarksburg. W. Va., was calling on 

 friends In town last week. This company pro- 

 duces about 50,000,000 feet a year and Is the 

 largest manufacturer of poplar in West Vir- 

 ginia. . , , 

 The C. I'. Caughey Lumber Company is load- 

 ing some fine white oak at Its mills In Washing- 

 ton county this week. This will be used In 

 government work on the Monongahola and Ohio 



W E. Pownall, president of the Colonial 

 Lumber Company, missed the Sesqul-Centennlal 

 on account of a relapse from a hard attack of 



K. H. Schrelner, hardwood manager of Will- 

 iam Whltmer & Sons, Inc., Is pushing hard for 

 trade and as a result Is getting more concerns 

 to figure on spruce and poplar. He spent four 

 weeks this fall In Canada, Illinois and Wis- 

 consin. 



The Germain Company finds the market con- 

 nned chiefly to timbers. Its officers look for 

 slightly higher prices on lumber but do not 

 expect any great improvement before January 1. 



The McDonald Lumber Company reports most 

 of the West Virginia mills running, cutting 

 spruce and hemlock. The situation there Is 

 much Improved according to Robert McDonald, 

 president of the company, who has returned 

 from bis vacation. 



The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany Is creeping up toward Its usual volume 

 of business and Is losing no chance to get what 

 scattering trade there Is going. Its cottonwood 

 business Is more encouraging than any other 

 line at present and President Johnston says 

 that other hardwood consumers who have not 

 bought a car for months are beginning to take 

 stock again. 



J. J. Mead, president of the Mead & Spear 

 Company, Is looking after lumber matters In 

 West Virginia and Kentucky this week. The 

 company has Its mill running and Is getting 

 Us full share of the hardwood business. 



The 11 V Curll Lumber Company will shortly 

 start up' Its plant again at Glen Ray, W'^ Va. 

 It reports the poplar market In fine condition 

 and looks for higher prices. 



1 J LInehan of the LInehan Lumber Com- 

 pany Is spending the week at the company's 



mill at Ashland, Ky. For a few weeks this 

 concern has had quite a run on white oak 

 flooring but reports the demand for other hard- 

 wood rather quiet. 



Bemls & Vosburgh say that the market is 

 •holding Its own." The best features of their 

 report concern yellow pine and hardwood, espe- 

 cially oak. They also announce that clear 

 .spruce is oversold and is creeping up In price. 

 The J. L. Lytle Lumber Company is pegging 

 away hard for business in the nearby states. 

 W. n. De Voss of this company Is going after 

 the Ohio trade this week and J. L. Lytle Is 

 calling on the Pittsburg district. X'oplar Is 

 the best seller on their list and bids fair to 

 command higher prices before long. 



The Valley Lumber Company, capital ?7o,000, 

 has been formed by a number of capitalists 

 from northern Somerset county, Pennsylvania, 

 by the following officers: President, Ellsworth 

 Ling : vice-president, A. L. Cohn ; secretary and 

 general manager, W. N. Yates. The company 

 has purchased a tract of 0,000 acres of hard- 

 wood and hemlock timber near Pulaski, W. Va.. 

 which will probably cut 73,000,000 feet. It 

 will start operations this fall. 



The Newell Brothers Lumber Company Is 

 rushing Its plant at Brauchcr, W. Va., on the 

 Coal & Iron railroad to fill an order of 1,000,000 

 feet of ash, cherry, maple and oak which It 

 sold In Buffalo recently. The lumber was nearly 

 all common and better and brought about i'.i 

 per M less than last year's figure. 



The Flint, Ervlng A Stoner Lumber Company 

 Is running Its plant at Hawthorne, Miss., stead- 

 ily and Is also running operations at Us Uun- 

 levle plant In West Virginia. From the latter 

 mills It shipped T^2 cars of lumber In Septem- 

 ber. It Is running Us planing mill day and 

 night. Last week the company secured an order 

 for 500,000 feet of spruce for I'hlladelphla de- 

 livery at *1 more than It would have brought, 

 August 1. 



The Greater Pittsburg Lumb<T Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation showed 000,000 people last Thursday, 

 the tremendous growth of the lumber Industry 

 In Pittsburg within the last hundred years. The 

 two floats which It had In the Sesqul-Centennlal 

 parade represented an old-fashioned river raft 

 coming down the Allegheny and a modern well- 

 equipped flat car loaded with fine lumber. The 

 most significant point in the exhibit was the 

 statement that In 1S2S only 8,500,000 feet of 

 lumber was consumed In Pittsburg while In 

 I'JOG over 500,000,000 feet was used. 



The Babcock Lumber Company estimates Its 

 loss at Ashtola, Pa., at about $::00,000, this 

 having Iwen caused by the recent forest Arcs, 

 over l.'JOO.OOO feet of lumber and logs were 

 burned and practically the entire camp was 

 gutted by fire. 



I'resldent Nelson Bell of the Furnace Bun 

 Sawmill & Lumber Company is pounding away 

 at the hardwood trade diligently but Is not 

 uverenthuslastlc about Immediate prospects of 

 a big business. It looks for some gain after 

 the election but thinks that during the In- 

 ventory season trade from the yards will he 

 light. 



The F. W. Crane Lumber Company Is con- 

 sidering the project of Installing a modern elec- 

 tric light plant at Its operation at Cloverllck, 

 W. Va. Its mill at that |K>lnt and also the mill 

 at Rohr, W. Va., arc running full and Mr. Crane 

 notes a quickening In the call for all grades 

 of good hardwood. F. E. Smith of this com- 

 pany spent last week at Chicago, Grand Rapids, 

 .Mich., and South Bend, Ind., and sees some Im- 

 provement In the furniture trade. 



The ClaySchoppe Lumber Company Is In the 

 hands of a receiver, and J. F. Scbofleld of the 

 I'lttsburg Hardwood Door Company will act In 

 that capacity. It will Iw remembered that 

 A. G. Breltwieser was prominently Identified 

 with the 1,'lay-Schoppe concern and was sup- 

 posed to have furnished most of Its financial 

 backing. He Is also largely connected with the 



Pittsburg Hardwood Door Company. The Clay- 

 Schoppe Company had a good tract of timber 

 in southern Pennsylvania and was cutting it off 

 with portable sawmills. According to street 

 rumors the Broad Top Lumber Company of 

 Clearfield. Pa., will take over this portion of 

 the Clay-Schoppe concern and will also prob- 

 ably secure the service of W. A. Clay who has 

 been managing the Pittsburg office. 



The Kendall Lumber Company has increased 

 its railroad equipment by the purchase of a 

 new Shay locomotive. It Is also planning to 

 erect a new mill. On account of dry weather 

 It has been force<l To suspend all railroad 

 logging at Crullln. .M(i. 



BOSTON 



Pope & Cottle, Chelsea, Mass., were visited by 

 Arc September 21. All of the sheds with the 

 exception of the stable and one house were 

 destroyed. George F. Cobb, manager, baa made 

 plans to take care of the trade. 



Andrew F. Leatberbee, the Boston retailer 

 who made an assignment a few weeks ago, made 

 an offer of settlement of 2.j cents at the first 

 meeting of the creditors. The latter asked for 

 35 cents. At the second meeting, held Septem- 

 ber 30, Mr. Leatberbee stated that he could 

 not pay over 25 cents. The creditors then 

 voted to ha-,-e the assignee sell the property and 

 settle all claims as fully as possible. 



William E. Litchfield returned last week from 

 a trip to his mill at North Vernon, Ind. This 

 mill Is opernlcd under the name of Litchfield 

 Bros. George A. Litchfield came East with his 

 brother and will stay here for several weeks. 



Howard C. Morse of Blacker & Sbepard Com- 

 pany, and Walter Chamberlain, were the dele- 

 gates from the Lumber Trade Club at the meet- 

 ing In Philadelphia, September 24, to discuss 

 the rules of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association. William E. Litchfield was the dele- 

 gate appointed by the Massachusetts Lumber 

 Dealers' Association. The latter association 

 feels that the rules are as good as could be 

 expected and Instructed their delegate to vote 

 In favor of them. Mr. Litchfield did not attend, 

 but sent a telegram showing the sentiment of 

 his association. 



F. W. Vetter, a large hardwood dealer, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., has been visiting the trade In the 

 East. He spent several days In Boston. 



I). A. Lucey, salesman for Harry C. Phllbrlck, 

 Boston, Is In Maine on a hunting trip. 



Horace M. Blckford of the H. M. BIckford 

 Company, Boston, returned during the past 

 week from a southern trip. Frank B. Wlther- 

 bce of the same company returned from the 

 South late In September. 



J. D. Henderson of the Henderson Lumber 

 Company, Sanford, Ala., was a visitor In the 

 Boston market this week. 



.Mitchell & Harding, Lawrence, Mass., have 

 sent out notices announcing the formation of 

 a Massachusetts corporation and the taking over 

 of the assets and liabilities of the old co-part- 

 nership. 



The brush handle factory of the F. B. Pierce 

 Company, Keene. N. H., has been destroyed by 

 fire. 



Among the recent visitors In this market was 

 Charles Esle of the Arm of Charles Este & Son, 

 Philadelphia. 



The .New Hampshire Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion held a short business meeting at Manches- 

 ter, N. H., Septemebr IS. A notice has been 

 sent to all of Its meml)crs asking that they send 

 to the secretary the amount of timber cut and 

 sawed by them for the years ending July 1. 

 1007, and 1908; also figures for the amount of 

 lumber on sticks during these periods. 



Marcus L. Foster, president and treasurer of 

 the Stone & Foster Lumber Company, Worces- 

 ter. Mass., has purchased the property occu- 

 pied by this company. The estate was formerly 

 owned by the late Lucius W. Pond. 



