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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Incorporated with a capital stoclj of $5,000. E. L. Xettleton is president 

 and treasurer and Orin L. Nettleton, vice-president. 



Frank M. Faior lias purctiased tiie lumber business in Gardner, 

 formerly carried on by the late Milton M. Favor. 



The New Hampshire Lumbermen's Association held its annual meeting 

 at Manchester, N. H., Mar. 20. Warren Tripp, who has been president 

 since the association was organized, refused a renomination owing to 

 poor health. The otiicers elected were: President, Irving H. Chase, 

 Plymouth ; vice-president, John H. Wallier : treasurer, L. Ashton Thorp ; 

 directors, Samuel D. Felker, Governor of New Hampshire, James B. 

 Tennant, J. B. Fellows, Frank B. Clark and Charles A. Bailey. 



The ^Yest River Valley Lumbermen's Association held its annual meet- 

 ing in Brattleboro, Vt., Mar. 19. The officers elected were : President, 

 J. C. Tibbetts o£ Wardsboro, Vt. : vice-president, Frank H. Brasor ; 

 secretary and treasurer, Willis H. Taft ; executive committee, George D. 

 Williams, C. H. Willard, F. H. Sanford, L. A. Cook and Julian Taft. 



T. H. Shepard of the Shepard & Morse Lumber Company, Boston, 

 has recently visited the company's plant in Burlington, Vt. 



=-< PITTSBURGH y- 



The Pittsburgh Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association recently elected 

 J. L. Kendall of the Kendall Lumber Company, president : A. D. ICnapp 

 of the Nicola Lumber Company, vice- president : J. G. Criste of the 

 Central Lumber Company, secretary and treasurer : Louis Germain, Jr., 

 of the Germain Company ; Edward Eiler, O. H. Babcock of the Babcock 

 Lumber Company, William H. Schuette of William Schuette & Co. and 

 W. W. Dickey of the West Virginia Lumber Company, directors. 



The Brown Brothers Lumber Company of Punxsutawney, Pa., will start 

 work shortly to cut off a 7.000 acre tract of hardwood and hemlock near 

 Murchison, N. C, which it bought two years ago. It will put in a. 

 modern band and resaw mill with capacity of 60,000 feet daily and 

 expects to he busy eight years on this operation. The officials of th^i 

 company, all of whom lived at Punxsutawney, are : President. W. F. 

 Brown ; vice-president, D. J. Brown ; treasurer, P. L. Brown ; secretary, 

 G. C. Brown, director, S. A. Rinn. 



The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has decided to build a big creosot- 

 Ing plant at Middietown, Pa. This is the result of a trip of its agent, 

 Grant P. Shipley, to Europe to investigate creosoting methods there. 



"The plant of the K. B. McDanel Company at New Brighton. Pa., on 

 the Ohio river, was practically ruined by the recent flood, the damage 

 being estimated at $1.^.000. The plant of the Kennedy Keg Company a 

 little farther down the river was also considerably damaged. 



The Adelman Lumber Company in its new offices in the Park building 

 Is doing a very nice business in hardwoods. A. Adelman, president, just 

 escaped being washed out in the Ohio flood lately. 



The Duquesne Lumber Company, which handles the product of the 

 Pittsburgh Lumber Company, reports a part of the latter concern's 

 railroad washed out near Bramer. Tenn., where its big plant is located. 

 President A. Hex Flinn has gone down to oversee the repairs. 



Frank E. Smith of C. E. Breitwieser & Co., is on a hardwood buying 

 expedition in the South and expects to make some very desirable con- 

 nections before he returns. Ttis company's hardwood business is coming 

 up right along and it looks for a fine trade all summer. 



The Standard Box & Lumber Company's plants at Millvale, a short 

 distance up the Allegheny river from Pittsliurgh, were sold last week at 

 public auction to Robert Ostermeier of this city for about $29,000. The 

 sale included the box factory which has been operating several years, 

 considerable stock and the real estate. 



J. J. Linehan, who represents exclusively the Mowbray & Robinson 

 Company in this territory, has gone to Cincinnati to learn the extent of 

 the flood damage to his firm there and also at its plants in Kentucky. 

 Its hardwood trade, especially in oak and poplar, has been very satis- 

 factory the past few weeks. 



The plant of the Mack Axle Works in Beaver Falls, Pa., has been 

 taken over personally by John Mack who was formerly a part owner, the 

 consideration being $75,000. Over 150 skilled men will be employed 

 and a large sum will be spent on remodeling the plant. 



The Foster Lumber Company has bought recently more timber ia 

 West Virginia and is now running a half dozen hardwood mills in tri- 

 state territory. It has orders on hand to keep it busy for several months 

 and is shipping a large amount of white oak especiall.v. 



The Shreve Chair Company, whose factory at Union City, Pa., was 

 burned a few days ago, has let the contract for a new reinforced con- 

 crete plant three stories high and SGx400 feet. It is expected that the 

 new plant will be ready for business by Aug. 1. 



=■< BUFFALO >• 



President James A. White of the National Lumber Company has lately 

 been in Chicago locking after the lumber vessels of the W. H. White 

 Company, which are about ready for the sailing season. 



G. Ellas of G. Elias & Bro. has been making an eastern business trip 

 In the interest of the firm. The office reports a good demand for hard- 

 woods and excellent prospects for building here this spring. 



B. E. Darling of Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling has been South lately, 

 looking after lumber purchases. The yard of the company has a largo 

 quantity of plain oak coming in at present. 



Hugh McLean has been a busy traveler as usual lately, looking after 



the company's business in the East. The yard has a good assortment 

 of oak and other hardwoods on hand. 



Scatcberd & Son. who are among the pioneers in the use of mahogany, 

 especially for inside finish, still find it quite an uncertain wood in the 

 minds of architects, with the demand rather light at present. 



F. M. Sullivan of T. Sullivan & Co., who has been looking after the 

 hardwood trade pretty closely of late, is planning a trip to Atlantic 

 City for a resting spell, although he states that the hardwood demand 

 is good. 



Anthony Miller's yard has been handling a good amount of incoming 

 and outgoing lumber recently, denfand being well distributed and including 

 oak, ash and basswood. 



The Emporium Lumber Company is still considering the fate of the 

 Buffalo office, with a prospect of closing it altogether after a while. 

 The extensive new offices in Utica will be ready for occupation on May 1. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company has a lot of lake lumber to 

 come forward early this spring, much of it birch. More of this same 

 wood will be handled from the Adirondacks this season. 



Miller. Sturm & Miller have been getting in oak and ash lately, and 

 report that the flooded situation in Ohio is causing a good deal of 

 derangement to lumber movement from the South. 



The Public Service Commission has ordered a reduction of rates 

 charged in Buffalo for electricity, as well as gas. The reduction in 

 power amounts to about thirty-three and one-third per cent. This will 

 be of great advantage to this city in a commercial way. O. E. Yeager. 

 who was formerly chairman of the electric light and power committee 

 of the Chamber of Commerce, states that a number of large factories 

 might have been secured for Buffalo within the past two or three years 

 if the i)0wer rates had not been so high. He predicts that the reduction 

 will be very stimulating to Buffalo's prosperity. 



John W. Welch is here from .Memphis, where he located some time 

 ago as a member of the hardwood Grm of Welch Brothers. He states, 

 however, that he will go back to British Columbia about August to 

 resume regular operations there. 



Jackson & Tindle are moving this month to the New York Telephone 

 building, which will "oe their headquarters in future. The yard on 

 Niagara street has been given up, owing to the location having been 

 outgrown. It is expected that a more roomy yard will be purchased 

 later. 



^ PHILADELPHIA >■ 



Samuel H. Shearer of Samuel H. Shearer & Sou says things are 

 moving satisfactorily, with signs potent for ample future trading. Wiliam 

 P. Shearer is in Atkinson, N. C, superintending the erection of a 

 planing mill for the firm, which will manufacture sidings, roofers, factory 

 flooring, etc. The plant will have a capacity of about 30,000 feet a day. 



Schofield Brothers at the end of their fiscal year on Mar. 31 testify 

 to a remarkably prolific year's business. Robert W. and John H. 

 Schofield are in Schofield. S. C. to attend the annual meeting of the 

 Saltkeatchie Lumber Company, which is controlled by this prominent 

 Philadelphia house. 



The Haddock-France Lumber Company, Mt. Sterling, N. C, is rushed 

 to full capacity, and at the present time is turning out some extra fine 

 stuff. Howard B. France, secretary and treasurer of the Haddock- 

 France Lumber Company and the Monarch Lumber Company, which is 

 the sales end, reports a brisk activity, with outlook stimulating. Demand 

 for low grades far exceeds the supply. 



W. S. W. Kirby of tile Kirby & Hawkins Company says everything is 

 running without a hitch. They are so busy on railroad supplies and 

 overhead material, they can hardly find time for the general lumber 

 business. 



J. S. Maris of the Maris & De Witt Lumber Company complains only 

 of the difliculty of getting the desired material. The company is able 

 to sell almost anything at this time without the least exertion. 



Ralph Souder of Hallowell & Souder says they have no fault to find 

 with business. Orders are coming in freely — which requires a lively 

 hustle these days to keep the supply up to the demand. They have 

 added another olBce and now occupy the whole southern side of the 

 Harrison building. 



Arthur W. Kent, secretary and treasurer of the J. S. Kent Company, 

 admits a little concession in some lines, but on the whole prices are weli 

 sustained. J. E. Troth, president of the company, is taking a much 

 deserved recreation, with his family, in the shape of a month's trip 

 to Bermuda. 



Among the recent visitors to the Lumbermen's Exch.ange and the 

 trade, were F. R. Stevens of the Robert Dollar Company. San Francisco, 

 Cal., and Jacob Eisenberger, superintendent of the Penn Sumter Lumber 

 Company, Sumter, S. C. 



Norman A. Perry, manager of Robert C. Lippincott, reports accelerated 

 business. The placing of orders is now the easiest part of the business, 

 but stocks are still scarce and difficult to secure. 



Tlie Woodlawn Lumber Company, Woodla^vii, Pa., was chartered under 

 Pennsylvania laws. Mar. 27, with a capital of $50,000. 



The Philadelphia-Vancouver Timber Company, Wilmington. Del., obtained 

 a charter under Delaware laws. Mar. 29, capitalized at $60,000. 



Tlie Red Lion Table Company, Red Lion, Pa., was incorporated under 

 Pennsylvania laws. Mar. 31, with a capital of $50,000, by George M. 

 Holtzinger. 



