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ti-nsive trip through the southc rii lumber camps as far as Florida. 



Lukons Drothcrs. who were among (he oldest an,l best-known retailers 

 <-f this city, have disposed of (heir yard and Joined the ranks of whole- 

 salers, with office at 808 Perry huildins- 



W. J. Mingus of Mingus & Uuttcr reports unlimited business with 

 promise good for rest of the \ear. The (Uily troul>le is where to look 

 lor the goods. 



.1. E. Troth, president of the .7. S. Ivent Company, says (he month of 

 I'ebruary is regarded as between seasons, and a slight hill in trading 

 is nothing unusual, but things are movin.g along nicely and orders caji 

 he hooked tor almost anything that can be promptly delivered. 



Ralph Souder of Hallowell & Souder reports a satisfactory business, 

 'i hey are not forcing their salesmen at this time as they wish to catcli 

 i:p with the shipping of accumulated orders. The outlook is very en- 

 .ouraging. 



\V. A. Jackson of the .Tackson-Wyatt Lumber Company recently re- 

 turned from a stock hunt in Korth and South Carolina. W. H. Wyatt 

 is there now on the same errand. "There is no trouble hooking sales." 

 he says, "the gathering of material is where the hitch comes." 



The Baldwin Locomotive Works reccudy booked an order from the 

 Italtiraore & Ohio Railroad for ninety locoraolives. costing .$2,323,000; 

 :il!!0 an order for five engines from the Missouri Pacific Railroad, 



The Pine Tree Lumber Company, Sunbury. Pa., capitalized at $3,000, 

 *vas incorporated under Pennsylvania laws, Feb. 20. 



The East Fails Lumber Company, this cit.v. obtained a charter under 

 Pennsylvania laws. Feb. 20. with a capital of $10,000. 



The Warren Table Works. Vx'arren. Pa., was chartered under Penn- 

 sylvania laws. Feb. 21. Capitalized at $175,000. 



-■<, PITTSBURGH y 



.7. X. Wollett, president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, made a 

 \ery successful buying trip to the Southwest lately and got under way a 

 large amount of Cottonwood and gum which he sent up the river hy barge. 

 'J'wo of these barges were unloaded last week at Louisville and another 

 «ine will be distributed from a Mississippi river town shortly. 



The Manufacturers' Lumber Company is a new concern here organized 

 hy A. E. Murphy, well known in lumber circles in Pittsburgh, and C. M. 

 Pomeroy and E. J. Flautt. The company will have offices in this city. 



The Pittsburgh Industrial Development Commission last week landed 

 its fourteenth plant in fourteen months for Greater Pittsburgh. This 

 was the Fulton Iron Company, which has secured a four acre site at 

 Cheswick, a few miles up the Allegheny river. It will employ 150 men. 



The West Virginia Lumber Company reports business good and pros- 

 pects fine. It is doing a splendid business this year in making boats and 

 barges for the coal trade at its plant in northern Pennsylvania. 



The Woodlawn Lumber Company is a new concern at Woodlawn, fifteen 

 miles down the Ohio river, where the $10,000,000 plant of the Jones & 

 Laughlin Steel Company is located. Its members are John F. Haines. E. 

 ^I. Ridenour and W. J. Harris. 



J. W. Semans and Thomas B. Palmer. Uniontown. Pa., have bought 

 2.200 acres of timherland in Somerset and Westmoreland counties. Pa., 

 for about $80,000. The work of cutting will start .shortly. Most of the 

 lumber will be hardwood. 



Joseph J. Linehan is busy these days marketing the stocks of the Mow- 

 bray & Robinson Company of Cincinnati and reports from his office in 

 the Fulton building that plenty of good business is in sight. 



The Pittsburgh Wood Preserving Company is arranging to build an- 

 other plant at Reed City, Mich., for the treatment of ties. It already 

 has two plants near Connellsville. Pa., and Orrville. Ohio. 



C. E. Breitwleser & Co. report their hardwood business first class 

 Frank Smith of this concern was in West Virginia last week making new 

 <onnections for lumber. 



President W. D. Johnston of the American Lumber & Manufacturing 

 <ompany went to the western coast last week on a business trip. Mr. 

 Johnston recently returned from a trip to the Bermuda.s. He thinks that 

 business prospects in lumber circles are very encouraging. 



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Frank F. Carpenter, president of the Frank F. Carpenter Lumber Com- 

 pany Providence R, I., died late in February in that city after an illness 

 .■xtending over three years. He was confined to his bed about four weeks. 

 He was fifty-eight years of age. Mr. Carpenter had been in the lumber 

 l.usiness since leaving school. He entered business for himself about tour 

 years ago. He is survived by a widow. 



The National Woodworking Machinery Company, of Manchester. X. H.. 

 is reported to have been taken over by Joel F. Sheppard of Dover, N. H.. 

 who will remove the business to the latter city. 



Recent visitors to this market were : 



G. F. Stocker. representing the J. J. Newman Lumber Company, Scran- 

 ton Pa ■ C H Carroll, representing the Robinson-Edwards Lumber Com- 

 panv of Burlington, Vt, ; C. R. Gardiner, of the A. J. Chestnut Lumber 

 i-ompany, Buffalo, X. Y. : A. L. Underwood, second vice-president of the 

 J, C. Turner Lumber Company. New York ; L. C. Litchfield, representing 

 the Montgomerv Lumber Compan.v, New York: and Mwm D. Walker, 

 treasurer of the John M. Woods Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



The Fletcher Lumber Company, Springfield, Mass,, has been Incorporated 



with a capital stock of $25,000. The incorporators arc George W. Stone. 

 William .\. Fletcher and Frank A. Bralnerd. 



The Sebago Lumber Company, Portland, has been Incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $10,000, The Incorporators are Robert B. Jordan, Scar- 

 boro. Me. ; Sidney St. F. Thaxter and Roscoe Holt, of Portland. 



=■< BALTIMORE y 



The annual meeting of John H. Heald & Co., Inc., Lynchburg. Va.. 

 manufacturers of tanning extracts and coloring matter from chestnut and 

 olher woods, was held there the last week In February, the following 

 nmcers being re-elected : President. Charles E. Ueald ; vice-president. 

 John M, D. Heald of Baltimore ; secretary, Charles E. Heald, and treas- 

 urer, H. T. Thornhill. The factory of the corporation uses about fifteen 

 cars of chestnut a day, consuming also chestnut oak, black oak and Span- 

 ish oak. The yearly reports read at the meeting showed the company u< 

 have been very successful. J. M. D. Heald Is of the firm of Prhe .V 

 rieald. the hardwood wholesalers and exporters here. 



Among the visiting lumbermen In Baltimore recently were J. S. Kent 

 of the J. S. Kent Company of Philadelphia : H. E. Sanford of Sanford t< 

 Treadway. New Haven ; Mr. Morrison of the Boice Lumber Company. 

 Inc., of Richmond, Va., and C. L. Shoffner. general manager of the SholT- 

 iicr Lumber Comiiany of Cleveland, O. Messrs. Kent and Sanford were 

 tn their way homo from the mills of their respective companies in thi- 

 South, and stated (hat the plants had plenty of orders on hand and were 

 lacing a most promising prospect. Similar reports about trade conditions 

 vere made by the other two visitors. 



Baltimore is to have a $1,000,000 belling factory, the American Belt- 

 ing Company of this city having been incorporated on Feb. 28 at Dover. 

 Del., with a capital stock of that amount, subscribed largely here. The 

 incorporators named are Harry C. Lawrence. 2.347 Eastern avenue, secre- 

 tary of the Maryland Belting and Packing Company; William M. Purdy, a 

 machiuisi: living at 1000 Federal street, and Charles T. Neepier of Catons- 

 ville. a suburb. It is stated that Baltimore will soon have the largest 

 factory for the manuf.acture of stitched canvas and cotton duck belting 

 in the world. The plant will cover from three to five acres and employ 

 500 persons. The Maryland company is to be merged with the new cor- 

 poration. it is stated. 



=-< COLUMBUS y 



The most important happening in lumber circles in the past few weeks 

 was the passage by the Ohio General Assembl.v of the Green compulsory 

 workmen's compensation bill. The hill provides that every individual, 

 firm or corporation which employes five or more people must pay into 

 the state premiums which are to be used for disability and death of em- 

 ployes. The schedule of benefits for death range from .$1,500 to $3,500: 

 for temporary disability two-thirds of the average weekly wages is to be 

 paid, provided it does not exceed twelve dollars, for a period of six 

 weeks. For permanent disability the employe is paid two-thirds of his 

 weekly wages for life, provided it does not exceed twelve dollars per 

 week. Many lumbermen objected to the compulsory 'jill, but since it 

 does not become elfective until January. 1914. sufficient time will be 

 given to work out the details. 



The Collinwood Lumber Company of Collinwood. O.. has filed papers 

 with the secretary of state increasing its capital stock from $20,000 to 

 $40,000, 



Papers have been filed with the secretary of state decreasing the cap- 

 ital stock of tire Compressed Wood Preserving Company of Cincinnati, 

 O., from $200,000 to $50,000. 



After a short illness in which his serious condition was not realized. 

 Fred W'. Hubbar. secretary of the Kiibourne & Jacobs Manufacturing 

 Company of Columbus died at his late residence. 447 East Broad street. 

 of blood poisoning. He was also president of the Sun Manufacturing 

 Company of Columbus. He comes from one of the oldest families of 

 central Ohio and was well known in business circles. He was fifty years 

 of age and is survived by a widow, four children, mother and a large 

 circle of friends. 



The Atlas Coop'erage Company of Fremont. O., has moved to Fostorla, 

 O., and will start operations in the new plant March 20. Ralph Morris 

 is superintendent of the concern. 



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

 Ritter Lumber Company, says the hardwood trade is strong In every 

 way. Both factories and yards are buying well. Yard stocks are slightly 

 larger in preparation for the spring building trade. Factories are buying 

 only what is needed for immediate consumption. Prices are firm and In- 

 clined to advance. Dry stocks In every locality are generally short. Mr. 

 Horton recently returned from a business trip to Rochester, Syrncnse 

 and New York City. 



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

 for hardwoods with stocks growing scarcer. Prices arc well maintained. 

 Mr. Ford recently returned from a business trip In the lumber districts 

 of West Virginia. 



Manager Hodll of the Virginia Lumlx^r Company says trade Is good, 

 especially in the lower grades of hardwood.s. He believes that the activity 

 will continue In all branches of the trade. Mr. Hodll recently returned 

 from a business trip In northern Ohio. 



John U. Gobey of John R. Gobcy & Co.. says trade has been fair and 

 prices lire strong: buyers apparently are waiting on the weather, although 



