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about it. and it being the first time we hat! 

 met liim. we felt a natural delicacy alxMit 

 mentioning- tlie subject. We were very 

 glad to make liis acri.uaintan(!e and found 

 him an intelligent and pleasant gentleman. 

 * * « 

 :\rr. W. AV. Whieldon, of the Eureka 

 Hardw Mid Lnmlier Company of Becton. 

 Ark., dropped in again this week on his 

 way back to the mill from his home in 

 I'ennsylvania. Mr. Whieldon does not use 

 tobacco in any form and li.id no cigars 

 with liim. He had. however, some fine 

 mineral siiecimens from his farm in Penn- 

 sylvania, coal, limestone and a bottle of 

 crude petroleum, which were much en- 

 joyed liy all. 



* * * 



Mr. Ed. A\'oolfolk of Paducah. Ky.. was 

 brought in and introduced by Mr. Charles 

 Thompson, of Crandall & Richardson, one 

 of the enterprising lumber firms of our 

 city. Charley threw on quite a lot of lugs 

 in making the introduction, but we had 

 met Mr. Woolfolk before. Mr. Woolfolk 

 has been a constant reader of the Record 

 for a number of years, and while here sub- 

 scribed for another copy to be sent to his 

 son. and planked down a dollar to pay for 

 it. Mr. "Woolfolk started to pass around 

 the cigars. l)ut by the time that Thomp- 

 .son had .got one. and George Stoneman 

 and Charley Pierce, who happened to be 

 in the office at the. time, had got one 

 apiece. Mr. Wooltolk's supply gave out. 

 Come again. Mr. Woolfolk. 

 * * * 

 We are indebted to Mr. I.,. C. Gleasou 

 of Lonsdale, Ark , for a news item to the 

 effect that an Arkansas lumberman has a 

 white oak knot or burl which he is going 

 to exhibit at the St. I-ouis E.xposition. This 

 knot contains 70 cubic feet, and weighs 

 l!l{. tons. How is that for high? While 

 llie knot will attiact a great deal of at- 

 tention at the exposition, it seems to us it 

 would be well, too. to place on exhibition 

 the hole from which the knot was ex- 

 ti-;icted. 



GOTHAM; GLEANINGS. 



While nobody denies that this is the sea- 

 son for the lumber trade to be somewhat 

 <lnll. some i»>rtion of tile recent stagna- 

 tion nuist be attributed in a large measure 

 111 tlie strikes and generally unsettled 

 <-ondltion of the labor world, .lust now. 

 however, a little more life is beginning to 

 be apparent, and despite what the pessi- 

 mists may think, it begins to look a.s 

 though there were any number of retailers 

 about who are not frightened by dismal 

 talk and who intend being ready to supply 

 the big fall demand when it comes. The 

 fact is refreshing and has helped to give 

 the general market a firmer tone than 

 e^•e^. , 



« * * 



Not many lumlier trade visitors have 

 graced Gotham the past few weeks. Here 

 to enjoy the y.'icht races just now is Capt. 

 II. H. Tift, of Tifton. Ga.. while others 



who have been here are: A. P. Bliss, of 

 HIiss iV: Van Auken, Saginaw: Secretary 

 Cook, of the Maple Flooring Manufac- 

 turers' Association, Petoskey, Mich.; A. C. 

 Mambert, of Holland, Mambert & George. 

 Bulfalo; George G. Tyler, New London, 

 Conn.: .1. M. Woollett, of the W. W. Mills 

 Company, Raleigh, N. C; E. C. Fosburgh. 

 of the Fosburgh Lumber Company, Nor- 

 folk: L). A. Sullivan, of the Union Lumber 

 Company, Jamestown, N. Y. 



* * * 

 The Corwin & \all Lumber Company of 



Riverhead, L. L, has been incoiiwrated at 

 -Vlbany. with a capital of .?3o,000. G. M. 

 Vail, D. F. and IT. I. Corwin are the di- 

 rectors. 



* * * 



Another recent in<-orporation is that of 

 the West Coast Lumber Company of this 

 cit.r. The capital of this company is put 

 at !i;i.00O.(X)0. l)ut the directors, H. P. Lay- 

 ton. S. M. Gardenhire and D. P. Jetmore, 

 New York, are not known to tlie lumber 

 trade. 



* * * 



.Tohn I>. Ireland, of the Cross, Austin & 

 Ireland Lumber Company, arrived from 

 Europe last Tuesday, and his many friends 

 in the trade are planning to give him a 

 dinner to celebrate his safe return. 



* * * 

 A local office has been established at 



room 03, No. 29 Broadway, by the Hard- 

 wood Export Company of Mt. Vernon, Ala. 

 F. H. i'oung. who has been placed in 

 charge of the company's meti-opolitan 

 trade, is from St, Louis, and those behind 

 the company are said to be big western 

 hardwood men. Southern hardwoo<Js are 

 being pushed, a specialty being made of 

 ba.v poplar. 



* * * 



Robert W. Iligbie. the well-known hard- 

 wood wholesaler. No. 4.j Broadwa.v, is just 

 back from his poplar mill in West Vir- 

 ginia. He reports conditions excellent. 



* * * 

 Hardwood exporters are enjoying the 



summer. .7. W. Hussey is back from a 

 pleasure trip to the northern part of the 

 state, and E. .M. Price, of Price & Hart, 

 spends his leisure time at Lakeville, Conn, 



* * =:: 



On every side it appears employers are 

 organisiing to protect themselves against 

 what they deem the unjust demands of 

 the workingman. Across the river, in .ler- 

 sey, there has recently been organized the 

 Master Stair Builders' Union of Hudson 

 Count.v, which claims to have for its object 

 self-protection alone. The membership al- 

 ready numbers about 40, and last week 

 the completion of the formation was cele- 

 bratetl by a dinner at the National assem- 

 bly rooms in Jerse.v City. 

 « * * 



For the third time in six years, the Day 

 4.V (I'Donnell cooperage was totally de- 

 stroyed by fire on the 0th inst. The 

 cooperage is situated on the bank of the 

 Morris Canal at Sussex street, Jersey City, 



and the blaze was a spectacular one. 

 There was a stock of 40,000 barrels on 

 hand and the total loss is put at .$25,000, 

 uninsured. 



* * * 



.Tohn Riddle, head of the Biddle Piano 

 Company of this cit.v. who was well known 

 as a buyer to the wholesale hardwood deal- 

 ers of this countr.v, died here recently. 



* * * 



Gver at the navy yard in Brooklyn they 

 are completing the erection of a new and 

 modern saw mill plant. William Gna- 

 towski, one of W. B. Merslion & Co.'s 

 skilled mechanics, has just returaed to 

 Saginaw after installing a band saw mill 

 and a band resaw. both of which are to 

 be operated by electric motors. 



* * * 



A. H. MeCay. who manages the Balti- 

 more office of William Whitmer & Sons, 

 Inc.. of Philadelphia, sailed from this city 

 for Europe recently on a business ti-ip. 



NASHVILLE NE"WS. 



Nashville. Tenu.. August 19. 



The buyers from the North and East 

 seem to have been holding back very per- 

 ceptibly of late, but the amount of accept- 

 able stock has not been greatly enlarged 

 thereb.y. and a first-rate summer business 

 has been eked out in one part of the coun- 

 try and another, and when a new season 

 opens a good activity is expected. The 

 price situation has kept up in a strong 

 way. No great supply of logs is held by 

 the mills in Nashville and the season's cut 

 of poplar is about over. 

 * * * 



H. N. Saxton of Knoxville was here a 

 few days since while returning from a 

 trip in the East. Mr. Saxton notes a fall- 

 ing off in the export demand for walnut 

 and thinks that the mahogany tr;ule may 

 be profiting thereby. 



* * * 

 The A. E. Baird Lumber Company and 



C. C. Northern of Nashville have consoli- 

 dated their lumber businesses. They own 

 several mills and will In the future do a 

 hardwood, cypress and yellow jiine busi- 

 ness where the operations of the first 

 named have hitherto been confined to the 

 yellow ))ine trade. The office will be in 

 Nashville. 



* * • 



The United Stave & Lumber Company 

 of Columbia. Tenn.. has been incorporated 

 by M. E. and F. S. Wheeler. Dan Smith, 

 John W. Fry and others. The capital 

 stock is placed at .f 10,000. 



• * « 

 J. G. (Jrayson, a merchant of Huntsvllle, 



Ala., will establish a new saw mill at Far- 

 ley, Ala. 



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A representative from the Tennessee Coal 

 & Lumber Company was down at Crossvile 

 a few days ago and stated that the suit 

 brought against the company on account 

 of the failure of I. B. Jlerriam of Chatta- 

 nooga had been compromised and the com- 



