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ti-rrltory ■ of tlio Soiitlirru WeigliiiiK niul 

 lii8|)(H-tlon Bureau whore such Is belnc 

 done. The territory embraces all states 

 south of the Ohio niul I'otoninc rivers and 

 east of the Mississippi river. 



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Several months ago the Memphis lines 

 aKreetl to allow the Meniplils IuiuIkm- deal- 

 ers the prlvileRe of reconsignlug lumbi'r 

 In carload shipments at the reeular 

 tliroufrh rates. Thus Memphis ha.s become 

 ii lumber dejwsltorj- for a number of larKc 

 lirnis. It was claimed recently that some 

 of the dealers were takln;; advantaRO of 

 the reconslKuinK privilege. Therefore llie 

 i-allroads inau!;urate<l the inspection of 



lumber shipments. 



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According to the conditions of reconsign- 

 nient a shipper may bill a carload of lum- 

 ber to Memphis and store It in the local 

 lumber yards, and later bill out a car of 

 the same grade of lumber at the balance 

 of the through rate from original shipping 

 l)oint to ultimate destination. It does not 

 matter especially whether it is exactly the 

 same lumber, just so it is of the same 

 kind of timber and in the same form and 

 weight. Some of the railroads claimed 

 that lumber shippers were bringing in 

 shipments of one kind of lumber, for ex- 

 ample, a car of oak, and shipping out at 

 a later date a car of another Kra<lo. for 

 instance, poplar or cottonwood, and claim- 

 ing the reconsignmenl privilege on the 

 through rate. Now the shippers, before 

 reconsigning, must surrender the original 

 bill of lading, specifying the grade of lum- 

 ber, and that must correspond with the 

 bill of lading for the reconsignment ship- 

 ment The inspector compares the two 

 bills of lading and examines the lumber 

 on the cars before the shipments are al- 

 lowed to go out. The new order of inspec- 

 tion has necessitated the appointment of 

 a special lumber inspector. G. W. Bri- 

 gance has been appointed to that position. 

 He inspects for all the lines out of Mem- 

 pliis on this side of the river. 



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O. P. llurd, .Jr.. of Cincinnati, is in the 

 city. Mr. Hurd is a large buyer of cot- 

 tonwood lumber, of which he makes :i 



specialty. 



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Arthur Korcheimer of New Orleans, wIk, 

 is identified with lumber e.xporting inter- 

 ests, stopped here a few days ago on a 

 visit, while en route to New York City, 

 from whence he sails this week for a tem- 

 porary stay in Germany. 



George T. Kendall, of Hughart & Ken- 

 dall, has returned from Grand Rapids. 



Mich. 



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.John O'Brien, of John O'Brien & <r,. 

 Chicago, was a recent visitor in this luii] 



ber market. 



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.Tohn Stapp, F. R. Robertson, Leonard 

 App, E. E. Goortlander and E. B. Good- 



lantler have Hied an application for a char- 

 ter for the Stapp Lunilu-r Company. The 

 1 npilal stock of the concern Is $10,(KW, and 

 It will engage in a general lunilier busl- 

 ni>ss, buying, selling and maniifaclurliig 



timber into lumber. 



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.Vii application has been made for a 

 charter for the .Vlabanui laimber and 

 Shingle Company of this city, whose plant 

 will be located at the Union Belt Railway 

 intersection of the I'lgeon Roost road. The 

 incMrporators are: M. Bloom. George E. 

 Davis. Herman (.'arville and (i. O. Car- 

 nahan. 



PITTSBURG PACKET. 

 The i>lant of the I'eopU-'.s Lumber Com- 

 pany. In Monessen. Pa., was burned on 

 Sei>lember .'{O. entailing a loss of .$r)0,000. 

 Ill' iliis amount .flo.lXKt was covered by in- 

 surance. 



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The Big Run Lumber & Coal Company 

 of Big Run, Pa., has received a Pennsyl- 

 vania charter and has a capital of .$.oOO,000. 

 Tlie capital is divided into common and 

 ])referred stock, the former being seven 

 per cent cumulative. Frank P. Brown, a 

 large lumber dealer of Big Run, is presi- 

 dent. .1. N. Thompson vice-president, and 

 .\. M. Sliaffer secretary and treasurer. 



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'I'lie Cnrll & Lytic Lumber Company of 

 Pittsburg has its new mill at Holcomb. 

 .Nicholas County. W. Va.. running at the 

 rate of 5,000 feet a day. The output of the 

 mill is iwplar and oak. which tlic company 

 cuts on a large tract it bought there re- 

 cenll.v. The sam(> company will start an- 

 other mill in the same county as soon as 

 tliere is sufficient water to float logs profit- 

 ably. 



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J. E. McIIvain & Co. have recently 

 bought 000 acres of oak and poplar liniher 

 in Wetzel County, West A'irginia. The 

 tract is near New Martinsville, on the Bal- 

 timore it Ohio Railroad, and will be opened 



in the spring. 



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George P. Barber, one of the best-known 

 lumbermen in Penns.vlvania. died at Miis 



kigon. .\llch., October 5, agtHl "'.». .Mr. Bar- 

 ber WHS born In .Norwich, N. Y., and re- 

 moved to Wllllamsport, Pa., when a young 

 iinin. engaging In tin- lumbi'r business 

 there, lie came to Pittsburg In 18G1. He 

 Imineillalely bought the Uuqm'sne Planing 

 .Mill of Allegheny, which he operated till 

 It burned in 1880. He then became pur 

 chasing agent for eastern lumber llrms, 

 and in a short time went to .Muskegon. 

 .Mich., to buy lumber for the American 

 Lumber & Manufacturing Company. In 

 IKfM ln' was sent to Menominee, the tlnilier 

 at .Muskegon having been exhausted, lli- 



remained at Menomii until last April. 



when he was obliged to return to Muske- 



g 11 account of 111 health. The funeral 



was helil at Emsworth. a stiburb of Pitts- 

 burg. 



NASHVILLE NEWS. 

 The Nashville Hardwood Flooring Com- 

 pany is turning out about .'{.'lOOO feet of 

 flooring per day. and selling the same in 

 tlie eastern and foreign markets. The 

 plant is superbly fitted with machinery. C. 

 L. McConnell, for a long time with the 

 Prewitt-Spurr .Manut'.icturing ("ompany. is 

 manager; John B. Ransom, president; W. 

 K. Pliiilips, vice-president; Arthur Ran- 

 som, secretary: McEwen Ransom and John 

 W. Love, directors. 



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The Davidson-Benedict Lumber Com- 

 pany has purcha.sed a ."i.CXJO-acre hardwood 

 timber addition in Franklin County to add 

 to its present holdings. W. V. Davidson, 

 of the firm, is now in that part of the 

 country to arrange for getting the logs off 

 the mountain side. The firm has had con- 

 siderable experience in bringing mountain 

 timber to market. Tills timber will prob- 

 ably be carried to the railroad at Cowan, 



Tenu. 



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Geo. C. Brown & Co.. extensive hard- 

 wood manufacturers of McMinnville. 

 Tenn., will put in a large branch yard at 

 Nashville. The same will be managed by 

 ("has. F. Rhea, lately with the Prewltt- 

 Sjnirr >ranufacturiiig Company. .\t the 



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