THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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Record office. The conversation was de- 

 voted largely to the best method of raisins 

 boys. Mr. JIaley has one seven months 

 old who is no doubt away beyond his years 

 iu .some ways. .Vccording to Claude, yoiinu 

 Henry (named after his iirandfatheri is 

 disturbed so much aliout the jirice of lum- 

 ber tliat he <loesn'l sleep well at ni.uht. 



.\notlier visitor in Cliica.Lio last week was 

 .lulius Hanger of Xew Yorl;. Mr. Ranger. 

 a.s was mentioned in our last issue, is in- 

 terested with Max Sondheimer in the newly 

 organized Ranger Hardwood Export Com- 

 pany of ?Ioiiston. Tex. Jlr. Ranger left 

 for New York last Thursday on personal 

 matters, returning this week. and. in com- 

 pany with Jlr. Sondheimer. left at once for 

 the scene of their projected southern opera- 

 tions. Mr. Ranger will take up his resi- 

 <lence at Houston and will have charge of 

 that end of the business. 



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Among other visitors to the market <Iur- 

 ing the past two weeks may be mentioned: 

 B. F. Swain of Shelbyville. Ind.. a mem- 

 ber of the firm of D'Heur & Swain Lum- 

 ber Comi)any at Seymour, Ind.. and iiresi- 

 dent of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association: .T. il. Pritchard. secretary of 

 the Long-Knight Lumber Company. In- 

 dianapolis. Ind.: (). (J. (iardner. manufac- 

 turer southern hardwoods, and who re- 

 cently removed his head(iuarters from Mer 

 cer to .Tackson. Teun.: F. .T. Blackwell. 

 president of the F. .T. Blackwell Company. 

 Brownsville. Tenn.. and F. W. Tetter, man- 

 ager of the Kmi>ire Lumber Company, en 

 route from he;ui(|uarters at Buffalo. X. Y.. 

 to their mill plant at Empire. Ark. 



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The many friends of \V. D. Hurlbut. 

 manager of the National Ti-atfic Associ.i- 

 tion, will sympathize with him in the loss 

 of his wife, whose death occurred suddenly 

 on September '2(i. .Mrs. Hurlbut was as 

 popular in her circle of friends and ac- 

 ipiaintances as is Mr. Hurlbut in the busi- 

 ness world. Besides her husband she 

 leaves two children — a boy and a girl — to 

 mourn an untold loss. 



GOTHAM GLEANINGS. 

 If aff.-iirs were in their normal state, this 

 city would be Just seething with work 

 now, and the lumber trade locally would 

 he so busy that it wo\ild be working over- 

 lime. But affairs are not nornnil. I'.y 

 dint of much tnmblc builders are .Inst 

 about able to tinish up the \voi-k on un- 

 coniplctcil buildings, with no dreams of 

 such a thing as t)eginning the erection of 

 new structmes. Of course, hardwoods 

 are not quite as badly hit as constru<lion 

 tind)ers, for manufacturing is going on in 

 practically as large voltime as ever, and 

 there is a good, steady dem.iiid rnmi tlicsr 

 sources, with prices tirm. 



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At a special meeting of the board of trus- 

 tees of the New York Lumber Ti-ade Asso- 

 ciation recently, the following new mem 



bers were elected: The Hilton <fc Dodge 

 Lutuber Company. ,S1 New .street; the At- 

 lantic Coast Ltimber Corporation, 17 Bat- 

 tery place, and A. S. Kibbee & Son. l.S 

 Itroadway. The annual meeting of the 

 association and tlu' annual election takes 

 place on the 14th inst., the ticket nominated 

 including the re-election of Richard S. 

 \\hite as president: .Tames Sherlock Davis 

 as first vice-president; Abner P. Bigelow 

 as sfM'ond vice-president, and Charles E. 

 Pell as treasurer. A buffet Inncheon will 

 ]irecede the meeting. 



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The M. Mosson Compan.v has been in- 

 corporated to conduct a general hai-dwood 

 business in Brooklyn. The capital Is $20.- 

 <HKl. and the inccjrpcu'.-itors are: Jlax Mos- 

 son of Brooklyn, fornn>rly head of the tirm 

 of JI. Mosson kV- Bro.. recently dissolved; 

 Frank L. .Vckerman of Brooklyn, and W. 

 N. Cooper. Asheville. N. C. Mr. Cooper is 

 a hardwood lumber manufacturer and re- 

 cently opened a New York ntiice at 112;! 



Broadway. 



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S. Herrnst.-idt. dealer in hardwoods at 



wholesale at (i(> Broad street, left here on 



the 4th inst. for a two weeks' business 



trip in the southern hardwood district. 



.Mr. Herrnstadt's business is constantly on 



the increase. 



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Charles Lovett. lumber inspector at the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad shops. Pavonia. 

 .v. .L. since 186G. has been retirefl under 

 the company's i)ension system, having 

 reached the age of 7(i. 



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A pair of sightseers here .inst now is 

 .Mr, and Mrs. H. A. Davis. Mr. Davis is 

 of the cypress tank manufacturing house 

 of (I. M. Davis iV- Son. Palatka. Fla. 



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A recent death is that of Charles B. 

 Crombie of IS Broadway, who for the 

 past two years did a wholesale commis- 

 sion business in hardwoods. Mr. Crom- 

 bie was 54 years old, and is said to have 

 i-omc from Chicago. 



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Recent visitors to New York included: 

 S. F. Carter, of the Emporiuini Ltnnbcr 

 Compan.v. Houston. Tex.: R. C. Lipplncott. 

 Philadelphia; E. It. Safford. .Ir.. of the A. 

 Sherman Lumber Compan.v. Potsdam. 

 X. Y.: II. B. Short of L.ike Waccamac, 

 .\. C; C. 10. Lloyd, of the Cherry River 

 Lumber Comi)an.v. Philadelphi.-i; Ralph 

 Souder. of E. B. Hallowcll iV: Co.. Phila- 

 delphia; (Jc'orge .1. Barker, of the Wood- 

 Barker Compan.v. Boston; \V. L. Sykes. of 

 the Emporium Lumber Comiiany, Ke.-iting 

 Summit, Pa.: C. L. Barr. sales manager 

 for the .M. B. Farrin Lumber Company. 

 Cincinn.-iti; H, .\. Batcheller. Panasoffsky. 

 Fla.. .-uul K. V. Babcbck <if Pittsburg, 



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(leorge I ). P.\n'gess. of Uiisse \- Bm'gcss, 

 I lie Memphis h,-u<lwari' tirm. passeil 

 through here recently on his way home 

 with his family. They had spent part of 

 the summer vac;iti<n\ at .\tlantic City, 



MEMPHIS MATTER. 



Moore iV McFerren. large Cottonwood 

 manufacturers, have started a new mill 

 at I.andiertville. Ark. 



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The Roberts Liunber Company, formerly 

 the Southern Cy])ress Company, is operat- 

 ing in Arkansas on gum. cottonwood and 

 oak. An oflii-e is maintained in Memphis 

 in charge of (!. C. Roberts. The mills are 



near Osceola. 



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The Chicago Mill it Lumber Company is 

 making considerable extensions and im- 

 provenK'uts on its Arkansas mill properties, 

 which plant will cover about 7t) acres. 



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The Benicia Liunber Company, whole- 

 salers in carload lots of hardwood lumber, 

 have opened an otHce at 00 and (i;! Ran- 

 dolph building, in charge of .1. B. Cilbert. 

 formerly of Chicago. 



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The .\ndersini-Tully Company have pur- 

 chased an additional 2.(Mi(> acres of cotton- 

 wood timber holdings on the Mississipiji 

 River, to add to their holdings. 



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E. \V. \icliaus. of E. \V. Xiehaus & Co.. 

 San Frani-isco. was a recent visitor in this 



market. 



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The .1. W. Thompson I^imber Comii.-iny 

 has been purchasing more stumpage in 

 LeFlore County. Mississippi. At Berclair 

 it is installing ,1 mill with a capacity of 

 about 2."i,<HHi feet per day. 



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Bald.v Vinson of Little Rock has just re- 

 turned from Ashley County. Arkansas, 

 where hi' purchased for the A, F. Cook 

 Land & Timber Company 14.(KK1 acres of 

 timberland. A. F. Cook, the head of the 

 new concern, will shortly move from Sagi- 

 naw, ilich.. In Little Rock to reside. 



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George l';heman. of Bennett it Witte. 

 has just returne<l to their Memphis office 

 after a trip in Louisiana, where they have 

 been shipping out a good deal of lumber 



lately. 



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.1. D. Bolton, manager of the hardwood 

 department of the American Lumber and 

 -Manufacturin.g Company, ()f Pittsburg. 

 Pa., was in Memphis recentl.v. 



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,1. O, Bonier, of Boujer Bros.. Browns- 

 ville, Tenn.. was in Jlemphis this week 

 looking afti'r lumber interests. This firm 

 is rei)resente(l here by Dave Trippetl. 



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Carload shipmenls of liunber through 

 Memphis are now inspecte<l by the South- 

 ern Weighing and Inspection Bureau for 

 IIk" railroails before being billed through 

 to destination. This is done to protect the 

 railroads against the itossibility of ship- 

 pers taking advantage of classification and 

 through rate concessions granted the Mem- 

 l)his lumber interests by the Memphis 

 lines. Memphis is the only cit.v in the 



