HE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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be rpbuilt this fall so as to give it a ca- 

 pacity of 40,000 feet daily. The comijany 

 is doing a big business in railroad ties. 

 most of which it hews and floats down to 

 tlic railroad. Surveys are now being made 

 for a railroad through this timber tract to 

 connect with the Kaltimore & Ohio Itail- 

 road at ilorgautown, W. Va.. or r>oint 

 .Marion, W. Va. The route will be from 

 the confluence of the Big Sandy River to 

 Kaston and thence to Morgantown, giving 

 a Une outlet for a large amount of timl)er. 

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 The Paine Luniljer Company, Limited, Is 

 liooking large orders for birch and guni 

 trimmed doors, both in apartment lionses 

 and office buildings. The gum-trimmed 

 doors are taking the place of the birch 

 trimmed in the local marliet and arc jirov- 

 ing more satisfactory. 



BTTITALO BITS. 



The mother of the Wall Ilrothers, con- 

 stituting the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, is very sicli. This seems espe- 

 cially hard at this time, as Miss Kate Wall 

 is at Paris enjoying her vacation. The 

 many friends of this estimable family will 

 hope for the recovery of Mrs. Wall, 



Business is unusually good with the Em- 

 pire Lumber Company. Jlr. Vetter is at- 

 tending matters at Buffalo, while Mr. Janes 

 is taking a turn at tlio mills South. 



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Tlie many friends of Mr. Homer Kerr, 

 the manager of the Keeney Lumber Com- 

 pany, will regret to learn that he has been 

 con-tined to his bed since July .3 with what 

 was supposed to be malarial fever, but 

 which has since developed into typhoid 

 fever. Mr. Kerr has put in a great deal 

 of his time at the mills of the company 

 South during the past eight months, which 

 probably accounts for the sickness, 



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Mr. T. J, McGevy, agent of the Lacka- 

 wanna Line, with headquarters at Memphis, 

 Tenn., was in town this week seeing bis 

 niimerous business friends. 



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Mr, John N, Scatchcrd has returned 

 from quite a protrat-ted visit to his mill 

 at Memphis, Tenn., and the surrounding 

 vicinity, where he has been sizing up the 

 situation, so to speak, with regard to the 

 possibility of being able to increase his 

 output of quartered oak while the market 

 is in such a healthy condition. 



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Mr. Hugli McLean, Mr. .Vngus McLean 

 and two sons and a party of friends have 

 gone fishing and hunting up the Gatineau 

 Hiver, situated in Northern Ontario, where 

 the Messrs. McLean own extensive fishing 

 and hunting preserves. 



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Mr. A. J. Klias is in New York on a 

 business trip. Messrs. Elias & Bro. re- 

 ceived a couple of boat loads of lumber a 

 week ago and there are two more about 



due, which will about wind up their lum- 

 I'cr receipts by water for the year, 



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Mr. R. H. M. Hopkins has returned from 

 a four weeks' vacation, looking and feel- 

 ing '.iiuch beuefited by the rest. 

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The lumbermen of Buffalo and Tona- 

 wanda had such a large time on their out- 

 ing down the river two weeks ago that 

 they have not got over talking about it yet. 

 They had such a good time that they have 

 decided to hold another outing on August 

 IS. to which the wives and sweethearts of 

 the lumbermen and their guests are in- 

 vited. The program will not be exactly 

 the same as on the last trip. It is under- 

 stood there will be some changes and 

 omissions (Indian war dances, etc) on ac- 

 count of the presence of the ladies. 

 Everybody invitetl. 



GOTHAM GLEANINGS. 



Building has not yet been entirely re- 

 sumed in the metropolis, yet a majority 

 of the unions have signed the arbitration 

 agreement. Everybody .seems to be "up in 

 the air" regarding the point as to when 

 the entire matter will be settled, and in 

 the meantime the lumber dealers seem 

 undecided as to the advisability of stock- 

 ing up very heavily. The yards contain 

 enough lumber for immediate wants and 

 a hand-to-mouth policy prevails, although 

 everyone expresses Inmself as confident 

 that the trade this fall will be of good 

 proportions. It is a queer summer condi- 

 tion and explains to some extent the usual 

 midsummer dullness that prevails. 



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W. R. Creed & Co. of No. 18 Broadway 

 have added a poplar department to their 

 business. The firm has made several very 

 excellent connections recently and report 

 the new venture a decided success. 



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George ('. Layery, of Collins, Lavery A: 

 Co., No. 39 Cortlandt street, this city, and 

 witli yards at Jersey City, is at the head 

 of the newly incorporated New Jersey Oak 

 & Chestnut Company, which has a capital 

 of .$10,000, and its offices at the firm's 

 yards. No. 243 Communipaw avenue, Jer- 

 sey City. Associated with Mr._Lavery are 

 H. W. Runyon and George M. Flaacke. 

 The firm's specialty will be chestnut sleep- 

 ers and niher hardwoods. 



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\V. II. Russe. of Russe & Burgess, Mem- 

 phis, i-oturned from a most delightful trip 

 to Europe a couple of weeks ago, passing 

 through this city on his way home. 



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These be vacation days. R. W. Iligbio. 

 hardwoods, has been summering at liar 

 Harbor; Secretary E. V. I'erry, of the Na- 

 tional Wholesale Lumber Dealers' As.so- 

 ciation, is resting quietly at Nyack; Frank 

 A. Lewis and W, S, Skinner, of the Booth 

 & I.«wis Lumber Company, 18 Broadway. 

 are at Wolf Island, Canada, and Orchai'd 



Beach, respectively, and E. W. McClave. 

 No. 18 Broadway, is at (ireenwich. Coun. 



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Richard Grant, who, while engaged in 

 the shipbuilding trade many years ago, 

 owned what was said to be the largest 

 cooperage business in the world, located 

 in Jer,sey City, died last week at East 

 Orange, He was 73. and had retired. 



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The planing and molding mills and box 

 factories of ^'anderbeek & Sons, Jersey 

 City, wer<> destroyed by fire on the 17th 

 ult. The damage is placed at .$50,000, and 

 is fully covered by insurance. Rebuilding 

 has begun and the firm e.xpect to be ready 

 to start up in alnrost as good shape as ever 

 before September L5. 



New York is a favorite summer resort, 

 and the weather here thus far this sum- 

 mer has been delightful. Y'et visitors, as 

 far as the trade is concerned, are not over- 

 numerous. During the past few weeks 

 there have been with us Guy I. Buell, of 

 H. M. Poole & Co.. Buffalo; Joseph P. 

 Dunw'oody. Philadelphia: John Scatcherd. 

 of Scatcherd & Son. Buffalo; C. G. McCloy. 

 of the Pittsburg office of the Advance 

 Lumber Company. Cleveland; R. C. Lip- 

 pincott. Philadelphia; J. \. Cheyne, of the 

 Pennsylvania Door & Sash Company, 

 Pittsburg, and H. Fugate, of^the H. Fu- 

 gate Company, Raven, Ya, 



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Tlie handsome new five-story brick fac- 

 tory erected for George J. Milligan. hard- 

 wood trim manufacturer. East Thirty- 

 second street, this cit.v, is completed and 

 ready for occnijancy. It is located at West 

 and Java streets. Greenpoint. 



NASHVILLE NEWS. 



The local building season in Nashville 

 is taking considerable stock off tlie lum- 

 ber mills here. The furniture manufac- 

 turers are utiliziu.g more lumber this year 

 right here in the city than ever in the 

 history of Nashville. The box business has 

 been holding up well this sumniei', but the 

 cooperage man complains at scarcity of 

 timber, high labor, hi.gh freight, ctit throat 

 competition and everytliin.g else unnamed — 

 the lumbermen is perched on the golden 

 mean and made enough money during the 

 first half of 1903 to spend this season of 

 the year at the summer "resorts that some 

 of the Nashvillians have in reient .vears 

 become rich enough to bu.v bodil.v. as .Tohii 

 W. Love did up in Novia Scotia and Mr. 

 Davidson over on top of the Cumberland 

 Mountains in I'^ast Tennessee. 

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The new hardwood flooring factory of 

 tlie Nashvill(> Hardwood Flooring Com- 

 pany in West Nashville is now complete 

 and running smoothly. It is installed 

 throughout with the latest machinery and 

 with numberless labor-saving devices. John 

 B. Ransom is president, W. K. Phillips, 

 vice-presiilciil. and .\rlhur P.. Kansdm. sec- 



