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ji now concern, and B. W. says that business looks good all around tlio 

 I'ittsburgh district. 



The E. H. Sbreiner Lumber Company Is getting ready to Sell a lot oC 

 chestnut and poplar tor it bas contracted for some fine stocks of these 

 woods this year. Mr. Sbreiner lately made a trip among the southern 

 mills. 



IT. T. Bettinger, of the Xicola Lumber Company, bas been on a buying 

 expedition in the South for several weeks. The Nicola company is get- 

 ting a fine business this spring and says everything looks good. 



•< BOSTON y- 



Leonard J. Jackson, who for thirteen years has been connected with 

 the W. A. Fuller Lumber Company, Leominster, Mass., is now connected 

 with the Lyon Cypress Company, at Caryville, Ga. 



The Emery Lumber Company, Portland, Me., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $10,000. The promoters are C. N. Haskell, Les- 

 lie L. Mason and Irving E. Vernon. 



The Bangor Lumber Company, Bangor, Me., has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $50,000. The incorporators are : Henry Patton, 

 James Q. Gulnac, Albany, N. Y. ; Don A. Sargent, Bridgeport. Conn. ; 



D. Allston Sargent, South Brewer, Me. : Fred C. Patton, Albany, N. Y. 

 The Keswick lumber Company, Bangor, Me., has been incorporated 



with a capital stock of .$25,000. The incorporators are : M. G. Lowell, 

 Waldo P. Lowell, Bangor, and John R. McVonhell, Marysville, N. B. 



There bas been more doing in the building line in Boston during the 

 past winter than for several years. Other cities have experienced a 

 similar increase. Several office buildings have been completed, which 

 have called for a large amount of interior finish, and the mills in this 

 section have been kept very busy. 



Peck & Marcoullier, lumber dealers and woodworkers. Westfield, Mass., 

 have dissolved and the business will be conducted by George F. and 

 Arthur D. Marcoullier, under the name of Marcoullier Brothers. Abner 



E. Peck and his son, Luman O. Peck, retired from the firm, but will 

 continue in the lumber business. 



The Thames River Lumber Company of New London, Conn., at its an- 

 nual meeting voted to increase its capital stock by Ji.j.OOO, making a 

 total stock of $100,000. 



The E. C. Wright Block Company, Brockton. Mass.. is building a large 

 factory in that city, for the purpose of manufacturing last blocks. This 

 wil make a demand for large quantities of hardwood lumber, especially 

 maple. 



Sarah A. Leatherbee, widow of John W. Leatherbee, one of the pio- 

 neers of the lumber industry in Boston, died at her home in Jamaica 

 Plain, late in January, at the age of eighty-eight years. 



=-< BALTIMORE >-= 



President Fred Arn. the now executive of the Xational Lumber Ex- 

 porters' Association, acting on an invitation of the National Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' Association, has appointed Harvey M. Dickson of the 

 Dickson Lumber Company of Norfolk ; John L. Alcock of John L. Alcock 

 & Co., Baltimore, and Walter Hart of Price & Hart, New York, official 

 representatives at the annual meeting of the wholesalers, which will be 

 held at Atlantic City March 6 and 7. 



William Otis Price, for years engaged in the hardwood export trade 

 here, with offices in the Continental building, Baltimore and Calvert 

 streets, died on Feb. 12 at bis home, 1906 Walbrook avenue, after an 

 illness of about two years. For a year he had been at his office only at 

 rare intervals, and for several months he was confined to bed. Mr. 

 Price was born forty-five years ago in Frederick county, Maryland, and 

 first became identified with the hardwood trade as an inspector for 

 Price & Ileald. Later he formed a partnership with his brother under 

 the name of E. E. Price & Bro., which partnership was dissolved after 

 some years, when W. O. Price engaged in business on his own account. 

 He was very successful as long as his health remained good. He held 

 membership in the National Lumber Exporters' Association and was iden- 

 tified with other movements to promote the best interests of the trade. 



Robert McLean, a well-known hardwood exporter and official of the 

 Battery Park Lumber Corporation, with a mill at Battery Park, Va., re- 

 turned Feb. 17 from a several months' trip abroad. Mr. McLean reports 

 that the hardwood situation on the other side is decidedly encouraging, 

 and his views fully bear out the optimistic accounts sent out in recent 

 months about the export business. Mr. McLean found that the demand 

 for all kinds of stocks was good, even brisk, and that prices were being 

 well sustained. He is a large shipper of gum, which wood, he states, is 

 holding its own and rules very firm. 



H. L. Bowman, sales manager of the R. E. Wood Lumber Company, 

 Continental building, has gone to Rift, W. Va., to look after the opera- 

 tion of the company's mill there and to confer with the superintendent 

 in regard to the special requirements of the company. From there it 

 was his intention to proceed to Fontana, N. C, where the company is 

 about to put in operation its new mill, erected to take the place of the 

 plant operated for some years. G. L. Wood, the general manager of the 

 company, is also at Fontana, giving the work of construction his per- 

 sonal attention. 



David T. Carter & Co., hardwood men, have moved from the tenth to 

 the ninth floor of the Calvert building, the expansion of their business 

 requiring more office room. 



E. F. Burke, president of the Battery Park Lumber Corporation, hag 

 moved his office from the Stewart building to the Munscy building, Cal- 

 vert and Fayette. 



=-< COLUMBUS >- 



Upon the application of the Jobson Lumber Company, 528 City avenue. 

 John T. Dunnick was appointed receiver of that company. Mr. Jobson 

 claims to be surety on notes amounting to moi-e than Sl.i.OOO. of which 

 $3,000 are due now. Receiver Dunnick gave bond in the sum of .$10,000. 



D. R. Winn of the A. C. Davis Lumber Company has returned from 

 a buying trip in the cypress district of the South. 



The McFall-IIoysor Lumber Company of Cincinnati. Ohio, has been in- 

 corporated with a capital stock of $50,000 to deal in lumber and oper- 

 ate mills. The incorporators are: W. E. Heyser, Weaver Ilaas, Charles 

 J. Hunt, I>. .\. Robbach and Norwood J. Utter. 



Representatives of Ohio lumbermen and builders in conference with 

 Governor Cox, requested that the optional feature be incorporated in the 

 Green compulsory workmen's compensation bill, which is in the hands of 

 the Senate labor committee. Most of the members of the delegation 

 favored the compulsory provision in the measure but objected to the 

 clause which makes the state the exclusive liability Insurance agent. 



With a mechanics' lien law to be enacted and appropriations for an 

 extensive program of slate building, local architects and contractors an- 

 ticipate a revival of building operations as soon as these questions are 

 settled by the general assembly. There is a lull just now in building 

 plans and operations, owing to the uncertainty of the mechanic Hen 

 proposal. While a bill approved by representatives of the various inter- 

 ests involved has . been drafted, it is feared that changes may be made 

 altering the purpose of the law by the legislature. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company says trade in hardwoods 

 has been good, prices firm and stocks growing a little scarcer, which has 

 caused an advance in prices. 



W. W. Hammerick, a wholesaler of Detroit, Mich., was a visitor in 

 Columbus recently. 



John Henderson, secretary of the Hope Lumber Company of Weston. 

 W. Va., called upon Columbus shippers recently. 



F. Evcrson Powell of the Powell Lumber Company reports a fair busi- 

 ness In hardwoods, with the volume as good as can be expected under 

 the circumstances. Stocks are only fair and there is not a great deal of 

 trouble in receiving shipments. 



W. B. Sissons. sales manager for the Sowers-Leach Lumber Company, 

 says trade is about the same with prices high. Mr, Sissons looks for a 

 good demand for hardwoods when the spring building season opens. 



L. B. Schneider, sales manager for John R. Gobey & Co., says hard- 

 woods are strong and inclined to advance. Stocks are very scarce and 

 shipments are a little slow in coming out. 



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

 Ritter Lumber Company, says the demand is good for all grades and 

 varieties of hardwoods. Both quartered and plain oak are especially 

 strong ami advances have been announced in the past two weeks. There 

 is also a good demand for poplar, especially the lower grades. 



F. B. I'r.vor of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company has returned from 

 a business trip in Michigan. 



=•< TOLEDO y 



The Skinner Bending Company reports a good business, the demand 

 being much better than it was a year ago at this time. This concern 

 has plenty of material on hand as it carries an unusually htavy stock 

 at all times. 



The Gotshall Manufacturing Company reports the general demand good 

 and prices strong. This concern is greatly handicapped on account of 

 the fire suffered last fall. The plant will be rebuilt as soon as the 

 weather permits. 



The Toledo Turning Works is running at two-thirds capacity and the 

 management is looking for a heavy spring call. 



The Toledo Bonding Company is operating at two-thirds capacity and 

 reports the demand for its product fair, although the management pre- 

 dicts that the strike difficulties in this country and the war in Mexico 

 will affect the demand considerably. This concern does considerable 

 exporting. 



The Piqua Furniture Company of Piqua, 0., manufacturer of library 

 tables, by the voluntary act of all the stockholders, recently went into 

 the hands of a receiver. S. Mendelsohn was named by the court as 

 receiver. The factory will be operated by the receiver. The company 

 was capitalized at ,$55,000. 



The Bryan, O.. factory of the Bryan Showcase Company, which was 

 recently destroyed by fire, has concluded not to rebuild in Bryan and 

 is looking for a new location. It is intimated that Findlay. O.. may be 

 chosen. This concern is one of the leading manufacturers of display 

 cases in the country. 



•< INDIANAPOLIS > 



Fred C. Gardner of E. C. Atkins & Co. has been elected president of 

 the Columbia Club. 



The Furnas Office & Bank Fixture Company has increased its capitaliza- 

 tion $12,000. 



