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HARDWOOD RECORD 



=-< BALTIMORE >•- 



A special committee of tlie Niitional l.umljci- ICxpoi-ters' Association ap- 

 pointed by Pi-esident Frank Fee recently fi-nmed and adopted resolutions 

 on the death o£ Frank F. Abbott, vice-president of the Fenrod-Abbott 

 Lumber Company of Brasford, Ark. 



Howard W. Jackson and Lee I. Hecht were appointed receivers for the 

 €has. J. S. Steiner Mantel Company of Orangevillc. Baltimore county, on 

 Mar. 10, by Judge Duncan, ic the circuit court at Towson. The receiver- 

 ship was decreed on the application of Mr. Jackson and was assented to 

 by the company and Sady Salebes. It was contended In the petition that 

 irreconcilable differences had arisen between the ofiicers. directors and 

 stockholders of the company in regard to a proposed reorganization, and 

 that the interests of all parties would be conserved by a receivership. The 

 assets were given as .$65,000 and the liabilities as $36,000. The com- 

 pany was formed years ago by Charles J. S. Steiner, who was formerly 

 with the Steiner Mantel Company, which operates a plant at Highland- 

 town and is not In any way connected with the corporation in finaucial 

 difficulties. 



A formal hearing of the case of Robert McLean, the hardwood ex- 

 porter, who had petitioned the United States Court here for the benefit 

 of the bankruptcy laws, was held before Thomas Foley Hiskey, acting 

 as referee, the statement as to assets and liabilities as well as other 

 matters being sworn to and certified to the court. Mr. McLean, as an- 

 nounced at the time, placed his liabilities at $00,000.80 and his assets at 

 ¥10,405.7:;. 



Mr. Collins, a young man who has been with Robert McLean for a 

 number of years, has established connection with several hardwood mills 

 and IS selling lumber here on commission. 



David T. Carter of the hardwood (irm of David T. Carter & Co., Calvert 

 building, will leave next week for Tennessee and southwestern Virginia in 

 search of stocks, which are in very urgent demand. He will be away 

 about ten days and expects to take in a considerable number of mills, but 

 is by no means sanguine of getting what he wants, the offerings being 

 small and the inquiry very active. 



The new mill of the K. E. Wood Lumber Company at l-"ontana. Swain 

 county, has been running about ten days now. but has not yet been 

 speeded up to its normal capacity nor has it been running. full time. 

 The plant, which Is of frame, on a concrete foundation. Is regarded as 

 one of the best and most eflicieat in that section of the country- 

 Paul Littig, a young Baltimorean. who was formerly with the Stirling- 

 West Company, a corporation that liquidated shortly after the big fire, 

 and who is now in the wholesale hardwood business at Uoauokc, Va., was 

 in Baltimore last week and called on a number of his old acquaintances. 

 He spoke very encouragingly on the general state of the tradi' and his own 

 business in particular. 



Among other visiting hardwood men during the past week wore H. L. 

 Bonbam, a millman of Chilhowie, Va., and F. X. Diebold of the Forest 

 Lumber Company of Philadelphia. Both stated that stocks are very 

 small and that prices are either firm or higher in consequence of the 

 urgent demand. 



--<, COLUMBUS >• 



Building operations during the month of February showed a marked 

 increa.se over February of 1912 according to the recent report of the 

 building inspector. During the month of Februar.v, 1913, building opera- 

 tions aggregated $225,980 as compared with $210,251 in the same month 

 of the previous year. Since Jan. 1 the value of new buildings projected 

 amounts to $434,225 as compared with $310,251 for the correspondins 

 period in 1012, a net gain of thirty-nine per cent. Warm weather has 

 been responsible in a large measure for the increase. Architects and 

 lontrai'tors are waiting for plans which will be started as soon as spring 

 .appears. 



C. H. Weedon, Detroit sales agent for the W. M. Hitter Lumber Com- 

 pany, visited the Columbus oflices recently. J. W. Mayhew, general sales 

 manager for the same company, has returned from a two weeks' inspec- 

 tion trip of the mills throughout the South. 



A bill to exempt woodlands from taxation has been introduced in the 

 Ohio legislature by Kepresentative Bayer and Is intended to stimulate 

 forestry. The bill provides that land owners after having planted trees 

 no less than 170 per acre can have the land placed on the tax duplicate 

 at a nominal valuation of .$1 per acre. There is .some chance of the bill 

 Iteconnng a law. 



The TheLsen-Hildred Company of Napoleon, O., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $20,000 to operate a saw and planing mill and 

 deal in lumber. The incorporators arc Albert S. Tbeiscn, George E. 

 Hi drcd, Fred C. Hildred, John Tbeiscn. Nettie Corbett and Herbert U. 

 Ilildred. 



The Portage Lumber Company has filed papers with the secretary of 

 slate increasing its capital stock from $30,000 to .$50,000 and at the 

 same lime changing its name to the Honing Lumber Company. The 

 concern is located at Ravenna. O. 



The Fremont Lumber & Supply Company has about completed the work 

 .on the former building of the Fremont Furniture Company and several 



of the departments of Ihj lumber company are being operated. The 

 move was made to increase the facilities of the concern. 



F. B. I'ryor of the sales department of the W. M. Rltter Lumber Com- 

 pany reports a good demand for all varieties of hardwoods with prices 

 ruling strong. He says the movement is well divided among all the 

 grades with the result that there is no accumulation in any place. Chest- 

 nut is in good demand and prices are high. Buying is pretty equally 

 divided among retailers and factories. 



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

 has returned from a buying trip in the South. He says the demand 

 for hardwoods is good, with stocks fairly scarce and prices remaining 

 strong. J. J. Wyatt, the Detroit representative of the Sowers-Leach 

 Lumber Company, has resigned his position. 



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

 market is about the same, with strength shown in every variety of hard- 

 wood. There is no weakening in prices and the larger volume of business 

 is expected as soon as the weather improves. 



\V. I.. Whitacrc of the Whitacre Lumber Company says there is a fair 

 demand for hardwoods, with prices strong. D. W. Kerr of this company 

 recently left for a business trip in the South. 



Hay Lovell of the Reliance Lumber & Manufacturing Company says 

 prices are good and there is a good demand for hardwoods, with ship- 

 menls coming along better. 



=-< TOLEDO y 



•Business has been fair with us" was the report from the Toledo Bend- 

 ing Company, manufacturer of carriage woodwork. "The demand is not 

 yet up to the standard hoped for, but I believe that this coming season is 

 going to be a good one for us. We received a considerable set-back from 

 the automobile Industry but each coming season strengthens the belief 

 that the automobile cannot put the horse out of business. It Is a well 

 known fact that horses cost more now than ever before and can be readily 

 sold at fabulous prices it the stock is right. Carriages and wagons are 

 still in large demand and I believe will be better than for a long time 

 past as soon as the season really opens up. We have had no difficulty 

 in securing stock and have been able to secure our supplies at a reason- 

 able figure." This c<mcern seut out a new price ILst the first of the year 

 which showed a ten and fifteen per cent increase in certain articles, such 

 as shafts, spokes and bows, but for the most part prices are the same 

 as last season. 



W. S. Booth of the Booth Column Company is making a trip through 

 eastern Ohio in the interest of his company, this week. 



The J. M. Skinner Bending Company, reports business fine with plenty 

 of raw materials on hand and a good line of orders. The only com- 

 plaint is that prices on products are lower than they should be. 



Records in the office of the building inspector show that Toledo baa 

 gained seventy-one per cent during February, 1913. over the same month 

 last year. Permits were issued for 101 buildings at an estimated cost 

 of $406,280 as ciunpared with forty-two permits for February, 1912, at 

 an estimated cost of $230,917. 



-< INDIANAPOLIS >— = 



The plant of the T. B. Laycock Manufacturing Company, bed manu- 

 facturer, has been sold for $307,025.47 to the general creditors, who will 

 operate the plant. 



B. G. B. Slaymaker has been appointed receiver for the American Pipe 

 Organ Company, Anderson, on application of the American Rotary Valve 

 Company, creditor to the amount of .$150. 



John J. Madden has bought a manufacturing plant at Sherman Drive 

 and Sixteenth street for $38,000 and will manufacture davenports, em- 

 ploying 150 people. The plant will be in operation in three months. 



Caleb S. E'aglcsfleld, president of the Eaglesfleld Stewart Company, 

 manufacturer of hardwood flooring, has been appointed receiver in the 

 United States Court for the Roach-Brown Manufacturing Company, manu- 

 facturer of tables and kitchen cabinets. Action to have the ri'ceiver 

 appointed was brought by E. C. Atkins & Co. and other creditors. 



With an authorized capitalization of $5,000. the West Side -Mill & 

 Lumber Company has been organized and incorporated at Clay City to 

 operate a sawmill and conduct a general lumber business. Those Inter- 

 ested in the company are Frank K. Sipple, Claud Williams, William 

 Dickey, Orvllle Dickey and Thomas Flynn. 



The Mcllvaine I-umber Company of A'incennes has filed notice with 

 the secretary of state that it has increased its capitalization by a $20,000 

 issue of preferred stock. 



Clothes racks and hardwood novelties will be made by the Schoentrup- 

 Worden Rack Company, just organized at Shelbyville by Joseph B. Schoen- 

 trup, George Worden and Harry Minster. The company has been incor- 

 porated with an autliorizeil ca])itaIizatiou of $5,000. 



=-< MEMPHIS >• 



Weather condilions In this territory during the past fortnight have 

 been generally favorable for work in the woods and as a consequence the 

 amount of timber brouglit out has been considerably above the average. 

 During February the Valley Log Loading Company prepared 1300 cars 

 for shipment to Memphis and other points on the I'azoo & Mississippi 



