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Company for one of its wood steaming preparators for the oak flooring 

 plant at Blissville. 



C. L. Willey, tlie well-known veneer and mahogany man, was absent 

 from the city for several days last week at Philadelphia, where he was 

 called for a second time as a witness for the government in the case of 

 an alleged misuse of the mails for fraudulent purposes against Messrs. 

 Markley, Miller, Armstrong et al in connection with the redolent Inter- 

 national Lumber & Development Company. 



T. J. Peterson, prominent in Toledo lumber circles, was in town on 

 March 20. where he met his wife, who was on her way home from a 

 winter stay in San Diego. Cal. 



James K. Dewey, sales manager of the Stearns Salt & Lumber Company 

 of Ludington, Jlich.. was in the city several days last week, and favored 

 Hardwood Record with a call on March 19. 



H. F. Below, principal of the recently incorporated Below Lumber 

 Company of Marshfield. Wis., was in town three or four days the latter 

 part of last week. 



J. B. White of the Missouri Lumber & Land Exchange Company of 

 Kansas City. Mo., was in the city the early part of last week for a few 

 days on business. 



G. H. Holloway, president of the Holloway Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany, Great Northern building. Chicago, just returned from a two weeks' 

 trip to southern mill points, getting mostly into Arkansas and adjacent 

 territory. 



Arthur Jarvis of the Steven & Jarvis Lumber Company. Eau Claire, 

 Wis., was in town two days of last week on business in connection with 

 that firm's interests. 



R. H. Jones, secretary of the G. W. Jones Lumber Company of Apple- 

 ton, Wis., stopped oft at Chicago last week in conference with the local 

 manager of that company. A. H. Ruth. 



B. C. Tully of the Anderson-TuUy Company of Memphis, Tenu.. was 

 in the city the most of last week on a business trip. 



A. H. Ruth, local representative of the G. W. Jones Lumber Company. 

 with offices in the Railway Exchange building, was recently unanimously 

 appointed by the Supreme Nine of the Hoo-Hoo to complete the unexpired 

 term of John Oxenford of Indianapolis in the capacity of Supreme Bojum. 



The Ouachita River Lumber Company has been incorporated at Chicago 

 with a capital of ?30.000 to do a general lumber and milling business. 

 The incorporators are E. Winters. J. II. Westover and John E. Waters. 



J. E. Rhodes, secretary and manager of the National Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' Association, will return on March 30 from an extended trip 

 which he has been making for several weeks in the interests of the 



association. 



=-< NEW YORK >-= 



A committee of the Lumber Trade Golf Association will meet in this 

 city on Mar. 29, at which time definite plans for this year's play will be 

 made. In all probability the tournament will be held on the links at 

 Garden City, Long Island. 



H. L. White of the White Lumber Company, Johnson City, Tenn., was 

 a visitor in town recently. 



Local wholesalers and representatives of coastwise steamship lines met 

 recently and talked over the proposed abrogation of free lighterage priv- 

 ileges on lumber from southern ports. The dealers made a good case and 

 the steamship men stated that they did not wish to do anything to in- 

 jure the business. Final announcement will be made later. 



A petition in bankruptcy filed against George Spaeth & Co.. stair 

 builders of New York, has been dismissed. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against the Abramson & Engesser 

 Company, manufacturer of cabinet work. West Forty-Sixth street. 



A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by Schildwachter 

 Carriage Company, manufacturer of carriages and auto bodies, 1S85 

 Park avenue. 



The Nassau Milling Company has been incorporated at Hempstead. Long 

 Island, with W. F. Hofstra, president and treasurer, and C. W. Brownson, 

 vice-president and secretary. A modern planing mill equipped with 

 eighteen machines and 150 h. p. boiler and 100 h. p. engine will be erected 

 at Jackson street, Hempstead. Messrs. Hofstra and Brownson are well 

 known in the trade of the Metropolitan district and Long Island. 



Robert Elliott, president of the Standard Dry Kiln Company of In- 

 dianapolis, spent a few days in New York following the inaugural cere- 

 monies which he witnessed at Washington. 



Another machinery trade visitor to New York recently was W. P. Powell, 

 representing Wm. B. Mershon & Co.. band resaw makers of Saginaw. 



=-< BUFFALO >• 



One of the chief committees of the Chamber of Commerce is the en- 

 tertainment committee and it usually has among its members representa- 

 tives of the hardwood trade. This year President Meldrum has ap- 

 pointed on this committee A. W. Kreinheder and I. N. Stewart. 



F. T. Sullivan is making plans for the receipt of a large amount of 

 lake lumber this season and the boats of H. H. Salmon & Co. are now 

 being put in shape for their first trips. 



W. K. Jackson of Jackson & Tindle returned a few days ago from a 

 trip to Panama. He was a member of a party spending several weeks 

 in a visit to the isthmus and other countries. 



Anthony Miller reports an Improvement in the demand for a number 



of hardwoods. He expects to make large shipments from the South sood, 

 particularly in ash and basswood. 



Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling are receiving stock from several southern 

 mills and have been very busy of late in piling up stock in yard. Every- 

 thing is reported in pretty good demand. 



The National Lumber Company has arranged for the receipt of a 

 large stock of lake hardwoods this summer, especially in birch and maple, 

 in which trade is reported very good. 



O. E. Yeager is back from an enjoyable trip to Mt. Clemens, Mich. 

 He reports a very fair inquiry for different hardwoods, with plain oak 

 leading and quartered doing a little better than formerly. 



G. Ellas & Bro. are looking for an active building season here this 

 spring. The firm is getting a good share of the business in hardwood 

 fittings for some of the big office structures. 



Roy O. Sykes, son of President W. L. Sykes of the Emporium Lumber 

 Company, is to be married on Mar. 26 to Miss Laura K. Scott of Syra- 

 cuse at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Scott. 



The unloading committee of the Buffalo Lumber E'xchange has been 

 appointed by President A. W. Kreinheder as follows : H. I. George, 

 chairman ; John McLeod, W. P. Betts, B. H. Hurd, S. G. Taylor and H. 

 E. Montgomery. All are lake shippers of lumber. 



The Chautauqua Panel & Veneer Company has been organized at 

 Jamestown with a capital stock of $125,000 and will manufacture and 

 deal in veneers for furniture making. The directors are the Setter 

 Brothers, recently in this line at Cattaraugus, and John N. Chappel, 

 Frank H. Mott and Louis L. Ostrander. The furniture factories of 

 Jamestown have plenty of business on hand at present and are fre- 

 quently obliged to work overtime. 



The Medina Wood \\'orking Furniture Company has been organized at 

 Medina, N. \'., with Carl II. Breed, for many years memt)er of the hard- 

 ware firm of Chase & Breed as president. .T. William Jackson, vice- 

 president, was formerly connected with the Maher Brothers Company, 

 manufacturer of furniture. 



•< PHILADELPHIA > 



Frederick S. Underbill of Wistar. Linderhill & Nixon is not disposed 

 to quarrel with trade conditions. He says the buying is in spots, slow 

 in large cities, but the totality satisfactory. The hardwood situation is 

 strong and prices are well maintained. After a four weeks' stay in 

 Sumter, S. C, looking after the firm's interests, R. W. Wistar is on his 

 way home. He will put in a few days at Pinchurst, N. C, where he 

 will indulge in golfing, his favorite sport. 



J. W. Floyd of the Floyd-Olmstead Company reports a little slowing 

 up in some lines, but the general situation gives satisfaction, and the 

 outlook is favorable. 



Charles Alherton of Charles Atherton & Co. reports steady trading, 

 with a noticeable advancement as the spring season opens. 



J. T. Fentress of the Surry Lumber Company. Baltimore, Md., and 

 Brooks Flowers, of th'^ Flowers Lumber Company, Jakin, Ga., were 

 among the recent visitors to the local trade. 



Maurice W. Wiley, formerly associated with the Wiley-Harker Lumber 

 Company, of Baltimore, has connected himself with Thomas E. Coale 

 Lumber Company in the capacity of manager of the yellow and North 

 Carolina pine departments. 



E. M. Bechtel, sales manager of William Whitmer & Sons, says business 

 gives no cause for complaint. — no difficulty in disposing of good stock 

 and at strong prices. Everything indicates a good year's trading. 



Fire recently destroyed the factory of the Shreve Chair Company, 

 Union City, Pa., with an estimated loss of |250,000. 



The Pocahontas Coal and Timber Company, Wilmington, Del., was 

 chartered under Delaware laws. Mar. 17. with a capital of $500,000. 



-< BOSTON y- 



B. D. Peterson, Jr., a dealer iu cypress and other building lumber, 

 with an office at 15 Federal street. Boston, has left Boston without let- 

 ting any of his friends know where he has gone. The sudden disap- 

 pearance has caused great surprise among lumber dealers in this city as 

 they have always thought that he was doing a fine business. So far as 

 is known no steps have been taken to incur expense to either his estate 

 or his creditors owing to the fact that the assets are practically nothing. 

 A clerk in his employ states that the liabilities will be about $63,000 

 to $70,000. His office is now closed. 



The hearings at the State House, Boston, on the fire hazard bills were 

 held early this month. The Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Associa- 

 tion and the Lumber Trade Club of Boston were represented by Arthur 

 S'. Whalen. He favored a permanent lire hazard commission. In refer- 

 ence to the bill, which was introduced with the idea of prohibiting the 

 use of wooden shingles within the city limits, Mr. Whalen felt that the 

 subject should be given further study and that it should be referred to a 

 permanent metropolitan Hro commission. A bill prohibiting the use of 

 wooden shingles would work a hardship to manufacturers and dealers 

 in lumber. 



The long established business of the L. T. Robbins Lumber Company, 

 Plymouth, Mass., has bei'U sold to Swain & Boggs. wholesale dealers. 

 Boston. The Robbins business was established many years ago by the 

 late Leavitt T. Robl)ins. 



