HARDWOOD RECORD 



Rail. 



M. B. Farrin, chairman : C. S. Walker, G. S. 

 Stewart, E. C. Groesbeck, T. B. Stone. 

 Welfare. 

 H. H. Freiberg, chairman ; C. F. Korn, S. W. 

 Kichey, E. A. Hart, W. W. Stone. 

 Entertainment. 

 W. ,T. Fckman, chairman; J. A. Balser, F. 

 Scott, J. W. Graham, Charles Pease. 

 Credit and Teb.«s. 

 S. W, Richey, chairman ; J. Zoiier, J. B. King, 

 H. W. Wiborg, L. H. Gage. 



Inspection. 

 George W. Morgan, chairman : E. E. Beck, E. 

 O. Robinson, W. F. Dulweber, J. W. Darling. 

 Law and Insurance. 

 L. G. Banning, chairman; W. E. Talbert, A. 

 B. Ideson, F. W. Mowbray. .T. E. Tuthill. 

 Advertising. 

 Ralph McCracken. chairman ; George Remeler, 

 H. H. Freiberg, J. W. Darling, George Hand. 

 Me.mbership. 

 C. F. Korn, chairman ; E. L. Edwards, James 

 Buckley, Fred Conn. I. M. Asher. 

 Statistics. 

 T. J. MoCfett. chairman; L. D. Halstead ; 

 Thomas Kirby, Jlax Kosse. L. D. Ault. 

 Arbitration. 

 G. S. Stewart, chairman ; T. P. Scott, W. E. 

 Delaney, Charles Duhlmeier. A. V. Jackson. 



TRANSPt RTATION. 



W. A. Bennett, chairman ; F. Radina, H. Rei- 

 meier, B. A. Kipp, J. P. Hanna. 



The receipts and shipments of lumber during 

 the month of May were just about half what 

 they were for the same month last year, but 

 even at that the actual amount of lumber 

 shipped showed a slight increase over the 

 amount of April. The receipts of lumber dur- 

 ing the last month amounted to 5,104 cars, as 

 compared with the previous month of 5,584 cars 

 and for the same month of the year previous of 

 9,312. The shipments last month were 3,594 

 cars, as compared with 3,501 cars for the 

 month previous and 7.274 cars for the year pre- 

 vious. The amount of business transacted dur- 

 ing the month of last year was the greatest 

 known in the history of the lumber field here, 

 and.it is doubtful if that mark will be equalled 

 again soon. The receipts, too, were the largest 

 so far on record. The fact that the month of 

 May this year was very light did not discourage 

 local dealers, as they anticipated it and were 

 glad to note the increase over the month pre- 

 vious, which shows that trade is gradually get- 

 ting down to a steady level. 



Trade will soon pick up here, that is, if Frank 

 Wiborg's eCforts are successful. He is starting 

 a Sunshine League, identical to the one origi- 

 nated at St. Louis some time ago. They have 

 set July 1 as the day for the general resump- 

 tion of trade. The league will get the support 

 of all the business organizations, and it is their 

 intention to have all the large factories start 

 up again, or at least to employ as many of their 

 men as possible. Confidence is not lacking, and 

 It is about time to resume operations in full, 

 and not wait for the beginning of next year. 



The addition to the building occupied by the 

 Acme Lumber & Veneer Company at Eighth and 

 Harriet streets is fast nearing completion. The 

 addition was made in order to make more room 

 for the prospering concern. 



E. W. Bobbins of the Maley, Thompson & 

 Moffett Lumber Company states that trade with 

 them has been rather quiet during the past fort- 

 night. All the mills of the company are run- 

 ning full time, and he looks for a change in 

 the situation within a short time. 



W. J. Griffith of Oliver Springs, Tenn., was 

 a recent caller among the lumber element in an 

 cfEort to get trade for his concern. 



William Guelker of Duhlmeier Brothers has 

 returned from a trip to the mills of the com- 

 pany in Kentucky. 



B. F. Dulweber, who returned from the South 

 recently,' slates that the production of lumber 

 In the South is very light and with anything 

 like a fair demand it would not take very long 

 for It to be absorbed. Demand locally is gener- 

 ally quiet. 



Attorney Chapman C. Archer of this city In 

 a bankruptcy petition filed in the district court 

 adnllts that he owes debts which he Is unable 



to pay and that he Is willing to surrender all 

 of his property to his creditors. Archer, Mitch- 

 ell and Tuthill were all members of the Cypress 

 Lumber Company, and his liabilities along with 

 those of the company aggregate $750,000. Arch- 

 er's assets aggregate $24,380, which includes 

 bonds and real estate. William Mitchell, a 

 brick manufacturer of Delhi, also a member of 

 the defunct company, filed a petition in bank- 

 ruptcy. The liabilities, which are those of the 

 Cypress Lumber Company, amount to ?77S,109, 

 and his assets are stated to he $23,286. 



The Curry Woodenware Company has sworn 

 out a warrant for the arrest of their collector 

 on a charge of embezzlement of $600, which he 

 is supposed to have spent on his sweetheart. 



M. B. Farrin and family left the latter part 

 of the week for a vacation trip to New York, 

 where he will take charge of his new launch, 

 ■■The Dida." It is 57 feet long and 11 feet 

 6 Inches wide. The party will sail up the Hud- 

 son river and they may end at Detroit. Mr. 

 Farrin expects the trip that he desires to take 

 will consume about three weeks. He has sev- 

 eral deals hanging fire in Cincinnati, which In- 

 clude the erection of two factory buildings with 

 a floor space ot about 90,000 feet, to be built on 

 Spring Grove avenue, Winton Place. That mat- 

 ter will rest until Mr. Farrin returns from his 

 jaunt. 



'■If the Cincinnati Reds win the National 

 League pennant this year we, the Chamber of 

 Commerce, will have a spread right on the floor 

 of the Chamber of Commerce. That will be the 

 greatest advertisement that Cincinnati ever re- 

 ceived, should her stalwart athletes corral the 

 1908 rag, and from present indications there is 

 more than a possible chance. People talk about 

 advertising Cincinnati, why let our Reds win 

 the pennant and that will be the greatest ever 

 acquired for every person in the United States 

 will hape the name of Cincinnati on their lips," 

 and at that Mr. Egan is not a baseball fan, but 

 every place he goes that is about all he hears. 



The logs of the Maley, Thompson & MofEett 

 Lumber Company, which were drifted up the 

 mill creek during a recent flood, are being drawn 

 out of the bottoms and cut up into marketable 

 lumber. This little scheme of utilizing the mill 

 creek for commercial purposes has saved the 

 concern considerable money. 



The United States Timber Company's entire 

 plant at West Irvine. Ky., was disposed of at 

 auction sale last week by the Ezekiel & Bern- 

 helm Company. The sale was made by order 

 of the United States district court of the south- 

 ern district of Ohio, and a great many Cincin- 

 nati people were interested. R. De V. Carroll 

 was trustee in bankruptcy. The plant brought 

 only $7,800, nearly 87 cents on the dollar of 

 the appraisement. 



C. Crane & Co. have purchased a tract of land 

 in Madlsonville, near the Pennsylvania railroad, 

 and will use the property to extend their al- 

 ready large plant by using this as lumber yards. 



W. W. Stone of the T. B. Stone Lumber Com- 

 pany, with offices in the Union Trust building, 

 has gone on a business trip to New York. He 

 said in letters received that trade in Gotham 

 is rather quiet, and that there is little chance 

 for any transactions to be made. T. B. Stone 

 of the company asserts that trade during the 

 past week has been fairly active. "We have 

 received some very good orders In that time, 

 and it leads me to believe that trade will show 

 .some increase within a short time." 



W. B. Dunn of the Boyce Lumber Company 

 of Abingdon, Va., was here during the past 

 fortnight. He said things In his town are 

 rather quiet. 



Lewis Morton of Bristol, Tenn., was another 

 visitor during the past week to take a look Into 

 the hardwood situation here. 



G. JI. Morgan of .the Nicola, Stone & Meyers 

 Company states that trade with them has been 

 very quiet lor some weeks, and that he does 

 not look for any material change for some time. 



Charles Cunningham of L. W. Radina & Co. 



says trade has shown some improvement during J 

 the past two weeks. "We are selling a great 

 deal of wagon load lumber and have filled a 

 number of carload orders during the past few 

 weeks." 



J. Watt Graham of the Graham Lumber Com- 

 pany says that business with them is very ir- 

 regular. "One day we are a little busy and 

 the next day we have to hunt around for some- 

 thing to do,' is the way he put it. 



The A. M. Lewin Lumber Company of McLean 

 and Bank street, with a branch on Langdon 

 avenue, Evanston, has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock ot $150,000 by A. M. Lewin, H. P. 

 Lewin, B. H. Lewin, Alfred Mack and Henry 

 Mack. The company was formerly run by A. M. 

 Lewin and the new concern takes over his prop- 

 erty and business. The concern does a large 

 business in builders' materials. 



Sam L. Moyer, vice president of the Lunken- ' 

 heimer Company, took unto himself a bride last '< 

 week and left immediately for a wedding tour | 

 through the East. His spouse is Miss Ella ! 

 Louise Hewetsoh of Newport, Ky. The wed- 

 ding was a secret until a short time before the ' 

 ceremony, when the news leaked out. Mr. Moyer '. 

 is also a councilman of this city. t 



Thomas P. Egan, president of the J. A. Fay i 

 & Egan Company, manufacturers of woodwork- 

 ing machinery, was elected vice president for 

 Ohio at the recent convention of the National 

 Association of Manufacturers of the United 

 States in New York. Mr. Egan was the origi 

 nator and first president of this association. 



The Cincinnati Coal, Iron & Timber Company 

 has been incorporated by Frank H. Adair, R. W. 

 Wilson, James M. Stone, A. W. Schulman au.l 

 Burton C. Jacobson, Jr. 



At the first meeting of the creditors of Walter 

 G. Beck, bankrupt box manufacturer ot this 

 city, held in the office of Bankruptcy Referee 

 Greve, August Lasance was selected as trustee 

 of the estate. His bond was fixed at $800. 

 which he furnished. 



■The month of May with us has been the 

 poorest on record this year," said J. E. Tuthill, 

 local representative of, E. L. Edwards of Day- 

 ton. "Usually that month and June are the 

 best of the year, and from present indications 

 I cannot see much change for the month of 

 June. April was a good month, and we were 

 beginning to see light again, and then the 

 slump came." 



Sam W. Richey of Richey, Halsted & Quick 

 says that trade with them has been very quiet 

 for some time, and he does not look for any ma- 

 terial change for the balance of the year. Mr. 

 Richey is the proud father of a son, recently 

 arrived at his home. 



T. T. Babcock of the Babcock Brothers Lum- 

 ber Company of Pittsburg was a visitor in town 

 recently. 



W. Trcster of Hamburg. Germany, was in 

 town recently looking into the lumber situation 

 here. He is making a trip through the hard- 

 wood district, placing orders for his concern. 



W. E. Johns of the William H. Perry Lumber 

 Company returned the latter part ot the month 

 from a business irip in Chicago. lie reports 

 business l"- i- for some weeks and 



says he .1. ny material change 



for some v w-lfe of the company, 



who is 111' III- lumbermen to be- 



come a beut?'li< t, r.'i 111 lull from his honeymoon 

 through the hills of Kentucky and departed im- 

 mediately to Nashville, where he will superin- 

 tend a large shipment to the Cincinnati yanU 

 of the company. 



R. Gilbert of the J. W. Darling Lumber i 

 pany says trade with his concern was fai. 

 active for cottonwood and the lower grades ul 

 gum, which was due to the rapid absorption o£ 

 the box manufacturers. There is some inquiry 

 for the better grades ot gum, but the lower 

 grades have the call at present. ■'! look for 

 a fair amount of business to be done until the 

 middle of July, and then the usual summer lull 

 will be noted." J. W. Darling of the company 



