THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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Those times are too good to be jeopardized 

 by sueli questions as these if there is any 

 possibility of an adjustment that will not 

 prove more harmful than good in the ulti- 

 mate results. I presume some action will 

 be taken by the lumbermen at their next 



meeting. 



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Another big factory is to be added to the 

 already growing number of industries 

 which are seeking out Buffalo as the most 

 desirable city in America to-day for a loca- 

 tion of manufacturing plants. The name 

 of this Institution is the Wright Chair 

 Manufacturing Company, and it is capi- 

 talized at §500,000, and will manufacture 

 what is known as the Wright patent re- 

 clining chair, an invention of Mr. P. R. 

 Wright of this city. Jlr. C. .T. McLennan, 

 president of the McLennan Paint Company 

 of Buffalo, is president of the new com- 

 pany, and his connection with it insures it 

 progressive methods, substantial growth 

 and ultimate success, since he will devote 

 his personal attention to the new industry. 

 Mr. P. R. Wright, the inventor of the chair, 

 will have the genera! supervision of the 

 manufacturing end of the new business, 

 and this in itself will insure that the work 

 will be done right. 



* * * 



The firm of Hugh McLean & Co. held 

 their yearly meeting on May 1, 1903, and 

 came to the unanimous conclusion that the 

 past year was the best in this firm's his- 

 tory. After going through the usual I'outine 

 business the firm took the necessary pre- 

 liminary steps and afterward reorganized 

 themselves into a stock company, capi- 

 talized at $500,000; stock fully paid up, 

 with the following officers : 



Angus McLean, president and general 

 manager. 



William A. McLean, vice-president. 



Hugh McLean, treasurer. 



Robert D. McLean, secretary. 



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There is considerable lumber coming 

 down by lake. Taylor & Crate have 

 rented a dock at lower Black Rock to fa- 

 cilitate their handling lumber that comes 

 Ijy water. Both Taylor & Crate and G. 

 Elias & Bro. expect a number of cargoes 

 down this season. T. Sullivan & Co., who 

 handle more elm than all the other con- 

 cerns put together, have received one cargo 

 so far, and others will follow in due course. 



* * * 



yir. Orson E. Yeager seems to be able to 

 keep quite an. assortment of almost all kinds 

 on hand, and it is needless to say that the 

 selling end is taken care of equally well. 



The Curll & Lytic Lumber Company is 

 building a band mill with a capacitv of 80.- 

 <u:mp foot daily at Holcnmb. W. v'a. The 

 mill will cost about .$20,000. The com- 

 pany has a large amount of birch, beech 

 and maple in Mchol:is County. West Vir- 

 ginia, and has another large mill in opera- 

 tion near the one at Holcomb. The Roam- 

 A: Curll Lumber Company also has a big 

 uiill at ^^■eston. W. \:i.. wlii.'li i< <-ntting 

 hardwood. 



PHILADELPHIA POST. 



The congestion along the various rail- 

 roads, which has .so greatly interfered with 

 the shipment of lumber during the past 

 six montlis. is reported to have been some- 

 what relieved. The cars are moving with 

 greater regularity and a return to the old 

 conditions is expected. 



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Reports continue to reach the city of the 

 disastrous fires which have been raging in 

 the lumber tracts throughout the state. 

 At Emporium, 7.O0O.00O feet of logs, to- 

 gether with log loaders, camps, etc., were 

 destroyed, at a loss approximating $100,- 

 000. The lumber camp or A. B. Peerley, 

 on the Beaver branch of the Pennsylvania 

 Ranroad, was wiped out by a forest fire. 

 More than 100,000 feet of logs, 1,000 cords 

 of bark, two lumber camps and a train 

 of teu cars were destroyed. Harlan's saw 

 mill. at Bloomsburg, was also seriously 

 crippled by the forest fires. 



* * * 



As an instance of the scarcity of lumber 

 in this part of the country, the contractors 

 who have charge of the work of construct- 

 ing the Market street subway in this city 

 say that they are unable to continue the 

 work on account of their inability to secure 

 timber for "shoring up" work. 



* * * 



The Bradford Woodworking Company 

 has been incorporated in this city with a 

 capital of $10,0(XI. The incorporators are 

 George Kennington, C. J. R. Sprouls and 



Charles Bond. 



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John A. Bruner, a well-known lumber 

 dealer of this city, died on May 8 at the 

 home of his son-in-law. Frank J. Roe, in 

 Pelham, X. Y. Mr. Bruner was born here 

 in 1824 and received his education in the 

 Philadelphia public schools. He entered 

 the employ of Samuel L. Megargee in 1841 

 and acquired an accurate knowledge of 

 the lumber business. He succeeded to the 

 business twenty-four years later and in 

 1871 entered into partnershiji with Lewis 

 Davis, with the firm name of Bruner & 

 Davis. Mr. Bruner was one of the oldest 

 members of the Lumbermen's Exchange 

 and was recently elected to the first honor- 

 ary membership of the organization. He 

 was also one of the incorporators of the 

 Lumbermen's Fire Insurance Company. 



The i)laning mill of -Mungcr & Bennett, 

 at 111 Xorth Delaware avenue, Camden, 

 was damaged by fire to the extent of 

 .SI. 500 on May 8. It was caused by a quan- 

 tity of sawdust catching fire from a rapidly 



revolving shaft. 



* * * 



Wood. I'.arkor & Co. of Boston have es- 

 tablished business offices in this city in 

 the Real Estate Trust building. Broad and 



Chestnut streets. 



* * * 



S. Henry Keck, of the firm of Keck & 

 Brother of Allentown, died at his home in 

 East Allentown recently, after a short 



illness of typhoid fever. He was born in 

 1855 and received his education at Muhlen- 

 berg College. In 1880 he entered the em- 

 ploy of the coal and lumber firm of C. L. 

 and A. S. Keck, with which his father was 

 connected. With his brother. William G. 

 Keck, he succeeded to the business in ISSS. 

 The deceased was a director of the Penn- 

 sylvania Lumbermen's Protective Associa- 

 tion and also of the Lumber Mutual Fire 

 Insurance Company. 



* * * 

 The Quaker City Cooperage plant, at 

 Twenty-second street and Washington ave- 

 nue, was visited by fire on May 8. The 

 building was badly damaged, and its con- 

 tents, including 4.rHX) Ijarrels and many 

 thousand of staves, were destroyed. 



MEMPHIS MATTER 



Memphis will have a strong delegation 

 at the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- 

 ciation that begins this week. One of the 

 decided favorites in hardwood circles in 

 this part of the country, the Hon. W. H. 

 Russe, will be urged for president. That 

 gentleman is still abroad, but will be home 

 within the next uiree or four weeks. 



* * * 



J. W. Thompson, of the ,T. W. Thompson 

 Lumber Company, is in Mississippi look- 

 ing after the selection of a site for a new 

 lumber mill of that expansion-loving com- 

 pany. The mill will probably be located 

 near Berclair, Miss., and will have a cut 



of 25,000 feet per day. 



* * * 



D. W. Baird of Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 has been in Memphis the last few days. 

 He represents large interests located in 



this section. 



* * * 



The Farrell-Miles Lumber Company, 

 Limited, located at Mer Rouge, La., and 

 Little Rock, Ark., has filed its articles of 

 incorporation at the latter place within 

 the iJast week. The capital stock is $150,- 

 000. The officers are: William E. Farrell, 

 president; C. M. Ferrell, vice-president; 

 Richard Miles, secretary and treasurer. 



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-V large timber deal is reported from 

 Dyersburg, Tenn., in Dyer County — that 

 of the sale of the timber on 1.000 acres by 

 D. G. Parker to Ferguson cSc Palmer of Pa- 

 dueah. Ivy., for $'25,000 cash. Another sale 

 to the same firm was made by A. J. Via for 

 $9,000. These timbers are in the Forked 

 Deer River country, and it is understood 

 that a tramroad will be built to enable 

 the purchasers to haul the timber to Dyers- 

 burg, from whence il will be freighted to 



Paducah. 



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A big damage suit has just been filed 

 here in the federal court. It is styled 

 Dudley & Daniels vs. Inman Bros. The 

 plaintiffs set forth that they constitute a 

 lumber firm with main office located at 

 Grand Rapids. Jiich.. and claim to have 

 purchased by contract hundreds of thou- 



