THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



19 



From Nea^r eLnd Fa^r. 



LOCAL GOSSIP. 



Joliii D. Spaldlug, -with the Fred W. Up- 

 ham Lumber Company, lias returned from 

 a business trip in the Northwest. 



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A disastrous fire visited the Twenty- 

 second street lumber district this weeli and 

 Ijetween 200,000 and 300,000 feet of maple 

 flooring and other kinds of lumber, to- 

 .sether with dry kilns and other buildings, 

 belonging to the South Side Lumber Com- 

 pany, were destroyed. The loss is esti- 

 mated at $120,000. The property consumed 

 was located on i\-shland avenue, south of 

 Twenty-second street. Just across the 

 street was the John Spry Lumber Com- 

 pany's plant, which was threatened, but 

 the spread of flames in that direction was 

 prevented. The cause of the fire was un- 

 known, but is supposed to have been 

 started by sparks from passing engines. 



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C. L. Cross, general sales agent for the 

 Southern Cypress Lumber Selling Com- 

 pany, reports the demand for cypress ex- 

 cellent in this section of the country, and 

 a moderate sufliciency in supply. In view 

 of the present character of the market and 

 the outlook in the building line, he is dis- 

 posed to look upon the coming season's 

 trade with great confidence. 



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Mr. Frank Vetter of Buffalo spent a 

 couple of days in Chicago this week, on 

 his way to the mills of the Empire Lum- 

 ber Company at Empire. Ark. 

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Mr. Charles J. Starke, of the Henry 

 Starke Land & Lumber Company. Arca- 

 dia, Mich., paid Chicago a brief business 



visit this week. 



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ilr. Earl Palmer, of Ferguson «& Palmer, 

 Padueah, Ky., was in Chicago over Sun- 

 day of this week, visiting his two sons, 

 who are attending the preparatory school 

 of the Chicago University. 



CINCINNATI GOSSIP. 



Fred Schaefer. formerly of Watts *: 

 Schaefer, of Memphis, Tenn., but now con- 

 nected with tlie J. M. Card Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chattanooga. Tenn.. recently put 

 in a few days with the local lumljermen. 

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George M. Morgan, who is with tlio 

 Cincinnati t)ranch of Nicola. Stone & Myers 

 Company, is a hai)py man these days. The 

 cause of all this happiness is the arrival 

 of a bouncing baby at his home. Mother 

 and baby are doing well. 

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There is a great deal of satisfaction in 

 local yellow pine circles over the indefinite 

 postponement of the recently proposed ad- 

 vance in railroad rates of 2 cents iier hun- 

 dred poimds on yellow pine lumber from 

 the South. .Vt a railroad conference held 



in this city a short time ago it was decided 

 to let the advanced rates go into effect 

 on April 15, but it seems that they have 

 reconsidered their determination, much to 

 liie gratification of all concerned. 



On Monday niglit, April i:j>, the Cin- 

 cinnati Lumberman's Club held its month- 

 ly meeting and banquet at the Stag Cafe. 

 The attendance was above the average in 

 size, and everybody present had a good 

 time. J. I. Edgerly of Xewark, O., repre- 

 sentative of the I'nion Association of 

 Lumber Dealers, was present and endeav- 

 oreo to secure the support of the club in 

 their fight against the present existing 

 demurrage rules of the railroad companies. 

 The matter was referred to the river and 

 rail committee of the ciub and no definite 

 action was taken. The transfer of the 

 Foster Lumber Mercantile Agency was 

 also discussed, but no action was taken, as 

 most of the members had already ad.iusted 

 their claims. Several other matters of in- 

 terest to club members were discussed. 

 Among those present were: 



B. A. Kipp, A. E. Hart, 



C. F. Korn, Wm. A. McLean. 

 W. A. Bennett, E. K. Prickett, 

 Will S. Sterrett. C. C. Emswiler. 

 Geo. C. Ramsey. W. H. Vanderbilt, 

 C. P. Morse. L. J. Thoman. 

 Geo. A. Shaw, J. E. Tuthill, 



.T. B. Cochran. L. H. (iage, 



J. I. Edgerly. .\. B. Peters, 



W. T. Hanna, c. ('. Southgate, 



A. D. McLeod, ('. L. Barr, 

 .Jas. C. Cherry, T. B. Stone, 

 Wm. ,1. Eckman, E. O. Robinson, 

 E. P. Ransom, Geo. R. Stuntz, 

 T. J. Moffett, A. V. Fuhrmann. 



B. Bramlage, Jas. R. Davidson, 

 Geo. W. Doran, H. P. Wiborg. 



J. B. King, J. Watt Graiiaiii. 



E. L. Edwards, 



GOTHAM GLEANINGS. 



A monster log of Atrirau lualiogany. 

 which is said to be probably the largest 

 and finest-grained piece of stepeli wood 

 tliat ever came out of the country, is now 

 on exhibition at the mill of William E. 

 T'ptegrove iS: Bro. at the foot of East 

 Eighth street. The log. which was 31 feet 

 long, originally came in not long since on 

 a White Star line steamer consigned to the 

 firm in question. For the convenience of 

 handling it in tlie veneer-cutting machitie 

 the log has been divided into three 10-foot 

 lengths, and these again have been di- 

 v.ded into quarters ready for the slicing 

 process. The cross section of the log 

 shows a grain exceedingly fine in texture, 

 making a wav.v pattern resemliling the 

 rippling waters of a wind-blown lake. 

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A\'illiani Cornelius of William Cornelius 

 A: Co.. No. 18 P.roadway. dealer in hard- 

 woods, who has made riuite a large circle 

 of friends since liis arrival here from 



Chicago 



Hardwood Lumber 



Dealers 



Why not place your 

 Fire Insurance with 

 one who makes a spe- 

 ciality of insuring lum- 

 ber yards, and who has 

 done much towards 

 securing recent reduc- 

 tions in rate? 



H. M. GARDINER, 



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