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associated himself with John W. Coles, with whom he gained his first 

 practical business experience. Mr. Wright, who is one of the best-known 

 young salesmen in the East, will look after the selling and buying. Mr. 

 Coles says he has erery reason to be satisfied with the business of 1912, 

 and sees potent signs of a robust trading for the new year. 



W. S. W. Kirby of the Kirby & Hawkins Company states that a satis- 

 factory year's business has been closed. The company has every reason 

 to believe in an accelerated activity for the coming year. Railroads are 

 buying freely and there is a healthy demand throughout the trade. 



Howard B. France, secretary and treasurer of the Monarch Lumber 

 Company and of the Haddock-France Lumber Company, reports a sus- 

 tained activity and anticipates a swelling prosperity for 1913. The mill 

 is rushed to the limit and many orders are now sent there direct. 



Ralph Souder of Hallowell & Souder says orders are being booked right 

 along, but to get the goods he fears will be a problem hard to meet by 

 many lumbermen this year. The outlook for business is encouraging. 



Herbert E. Sumner of the Sumner Lumber Company. New York City, 

 was a recent visitor to the local trade. 



.The W. R. Taylor Lumber Company has removed its office to 1829 

 Land Title buildln?. wlicn- with larger quarters it will have better facili- 

 ties to handle the increasing business. 



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\V. \V. Vosburgh of the old firm of Bemis & Vosburgh is now located 

 at 1011 Bessemer building, where he will handle the hardwood stocks of 

 the Bemis Lumber Company from its mills at Bemis, W. Va., and Peters- 

 burg, Va. The office of Bemis & Vosburgh in the Farmers' National Bank 

 building was closed Jan, 1. 



The Duquesne Lumber Company reports a fine eastern business. Since 

 its big mill at Braemer. Tenn., has been operating, the company has been 

 able to keep almost abreast of its shipments. Sales Manager G. C. 

 Adams is working the eastern trade this week. 



The B. W. Cross Lumber Company, which has taken over the business 

 of the Thomas E. Coale Lumber Company in the Pittsburgh district, is 

 located in fine quarters in the Oliver building. It has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $5,000 by the following members : B. W. Cross. Pitts 

 burgh ; R. H. Moore, Fred H. Ely, T. F. Dalrymple. Philadelphia : L. K. 

 Harvey, Wilmington. Del. 



The Foster Lumber Company is a new hardwood concern at 814 Besse- 

 mer building. For many years it has been operating, country mills in 

 western Pennsylvania and West Virginia and established the Pittsburgh 

 office in order to make a clearing house for this business. The company 

 has 1,500,000 feet of standing white oak within street car distance of 

 Pittsburgh and recently bought 300 acres more of good hardwood timber 

 In West Virginia. 



J. J. Linehan is making good headway in selling the poplar and oak 

 stocks of Mowbray & Robinson, whose mills are located in Breathitt 

 county, Kentucky. He regards the outlook for business much belter than 

 last year. 



I. F. Balsley ot the Balsley & McCracken Company was in Buffalo and 

 other eastern points last week and found hardwood buyers pretty well 

 disposed toward heavy iiurcbasch-. He has been settiUL; snn^e spb-ndid 

 orders for chestnut the past few, weeks. 



The J. C. Donges Lumber Company has a larger force of salesmen than 

 last year as. It has added C. E. Bald, recently of the Coale company 

 force. Mr. Donges stands A 1 with the yard trade in western Pennsyl- 

 vania and his hardwood business is growing r.ipiflly. 



A. G. Breitwieser of C. E. Breitwieser & Co. spent the last two weeks 

 in Ohio with the retail yard people. He finds them well fixed in general. 

 In that they have low stocks and are feeling much better over the gen- 

 eral situation than for a long time. 



The Adelman Lumber Company has recently made some splendid con- 

 nections which will give it very fine stocks of good poplar to offer this 

 year. Mr. Adelman, president of the company, has been In the South thi' 

 past two weeks looking after the mill end of the business. 



H. T. Lincoln, formerly of Bemis & Vosburgh, is now general manager 

 of the Gibson I^nmber Company of Masontown, W. Va. His partner is 

 .Tames C. Gibson ot Masontown. The company has 25.000,000 feet of 

 hardwood and hemlock and Mr. Lincoln is pushing Its Inisiness up to a 

 very profitable notch. 



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The Baltimore delegation going to the annual meeting of the National 

 Lumber lOxporters' Association, held at Chattanooga. Tenn., on .Tan. 

 2.'i and 24. left here Jan. 21. Secretary Price will present his report 

 on various matters that have claimed his attention during the year, one 

 of them being the question of through bills of lading and the complaint 

 filed on the subject with the Interstate Commerce Commission at Wash- 

 ington. This complaint, as stated at the time, was directed against prac- 

 tically all of the railroads east of the Mississippi river and asked the 

 commission to require the transportation lines to abrogate the regulations 

 which serve in effect to stop the exportation of lumber. No time for a 

 hearing has yet been set. 



A movement is on foot to form an association of traffic men in Balti- 

 more, with the object of bringing about a closer relationship between those 

 engaged in the transportation business and allied Interests. The mov.v 



ment is being encouraged by A. E. Beck, traffic manager of the Merchauts' 

 and Manufacturers' Association, and E. A. Walton, district passenger 

 agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, has also been talking up the 

 matter. A meeting in furtherance of the object is to be held shortly. 



The Mann & Parker Lumber Company, dealer in oak, ash, chestnut, 

 cypress and other woods, was incorporated at Dover, Del., on .Tan. 16 

 with a capital stock of .$25,000. The incorporators are Frank A. Parker, 

 Stephen S. Mann and Morris A. Soper. The charter gives the company 

 the right to acquire timberlands and to manufacture lumber of all kinds, 

 but it is not likely that this provision will be exercised, Messrs. Mann and 

 Parker, who were members of the wholesale firm of Mann & Parker, 

 which went into bankruptcy some months ago, blaming a mill enterprise 

 for most of their troubles. The company has offices on the sixteenth floor 

 of the Equitable building. The assets of the firm are still in the hands 

 of a trustee for distribution. 



George French Strother, a well-known lumberman of West Virginia, died 

 at his home in Welch, that state, on Jan. 5 of malignant tonsilitis. He 

 was only about thirty-nine years old and his demise proved a great shock 

 to his many friends. Mr. Strother made his headquarters at Welch and 

 was president of the Forest City Lumber Company and of the Dry Fork 

 Planing Mill Company at War, W. Va.. on the Norfolk & Western Rail- 

 road. He never married. The funeral took place the following Tuesday 

 at Culpepper. Va., where Mr. Strother was born. 



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Secretary Ernest N. Bagg of the Massachusetts Retail Lumber Dealers' 

 Association is quoted as saying that an appeal will be taken from the 

 recent decision of the United States District Court of New York, which 

 granted a permanent injunction against the Eastern States Retail Lumber 

 Dealers' .Association. He stated that the case would be carried to the 

 Supreme court of the United States. Secretary Baggs states that the 

 JIassaehusetts Retail Lumber Dealers' Association is purely a social or- 

 ganization and that its principal function is the holding of an annual 

 banquet. 



The ^Ildland Chair & Seating Company, Portland. ^le.. has been organ- 

 ized with a capital stock of $400,000. The incorporators are Albert F. 

 Jones. Albert A. Richards, B. M. Maxwell and A. F. Farnham. 



John M. Woods of John M. Woods & Co., Cambridge. Mass., is making 

 an extended trip through the West and South. He was a guest of the 

 meeting of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association. 



=■< COLUMBUS >• 



steps are being taken li\' Governor Cox ot Ohio as well as members of 

 the Ohio General Assembly for a complete reorganization of the Ohio 

 Public Utilities Commission which has charge of all shipping matters In 

 the Buckeye state. It is proposed to give the shipper of the state better 

 service by establishing a bureau to look after shippers' complaints exclu- 

 sively. Lumbermen and building supply men are favorable to the plan 

 of reorganization. 



The board of directors of the Columbus Builders' and Traders' Exchange 

 in its annual report showed that plans for buildings valued at $8,000,000 

 passed through the exchange during the year 1912. Contracts aggregating 

 $2.000.00tt for outside work were awarded members of the organization. 

 John A. Kelly has been re-elected secretary, and E. L. Harris, treasurer. 



Papers have been filed increasing the capital stock of the Conneaut 

 Lumber Company of Conneaut, O.. from $10,000 to $25,000. 



R. W. Ilorton, manager of sales for the central division for the W. M. 

 Ritter Lumber Company, says trade is firm in every variety of hardwoods. 

 Stocks are extremely light and as a result prices are firm. Both manu- 

 facturing establishments and retailers are buying well, but the latter are 

 now the best customers. Furniture men are attending the semi-annual 

 shows, which is making that branch of the trade quiet. All grades are 

 moving well. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports a good demand 

 for all hardwoods, with prices well maintained. Shipments are as good 

 as could be expected under the circumstances. 



J. C. West, president of the Midland Lumber Company of Parkersburg, 

 W. Va., was a business visitor in Columbus last week. 



Secretary Benbow of the Sowers-Leach Lumber Company says trade ia 

 good in every direction and prices are firm. The principal drawback to 

 a more active market is the weather, which interfered with the movement 

 of salesmen. 



John R. Gohey ot the concern bearing his name reports a very fine 

 demand for all hardwoods, with prices strong. There has been a good 

 volume of business with stocks light in most sections. The ear situation 

 has improved materially. 



F. Everson Powell of the Powell Lumber Company says the volume of 

 trade is good, with prices firm and inclined to strengthen. Stocks are 

 extremely light. 



Manager Hodil of the Virginia Lumber Company says trade conditions 

 are satisfactory in every respect, with all grades moving well. Prices are 

 holding up firmly and inclined to advance. 



The Hoskins Lumber Company of Mt. Gllead. 0., has been Incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $10,000 to handle lumber. The incorporators are 

 John C. Hoskins. M. M. Hoskins, Morris W. Kline, Ethel Elder and J. W. 

 Barry. 



