HARDWOOD RECORD 



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rnittee and the ways and means committee of the 

 National ^^'llolesa1e Lumber Dealers' Association, 

 at which delegates from twenty-live leading lum- 

 ber associations and exchanges from all parts 

 of the United States are in attendance, is in 

 session at the Auditorium Hotel as the Record 

 goes to press. This meeting i.s held for the 

 purpose of perfecting an organization for push- 

 ing the suit in the car equipment case now 

 pending before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission as filed by this association. 



The Chicago Hardwood Lumber Exchange, in 

 connection with the A. R. Vinnedge laimljer 

 Company, has leased Suite 756, First National 

 Bank Building, corner Dearborn and Monroe 

 streets, and are removing to the new headquar- 

 ters today. This joint arrangement is made to 

 accommodate the Exchange and Carl V. Kim- 

 ball, who is secretary of the Exchange and sec- 

 retary and treasurer of the A. R. Vinnedge Lum- 

 ber Company. The new quarters will be much 

 handsomer and more thoroughly adapted to the 

 needs of both concerns than the former rooms in 

 the Fort Dearborn Building at 134 Monroe 

 street. 



Boston. 



G. A. Parkei of Parker & Page is receiving 

 congratulations from his friends upon the re- 

 covery of his wife, who underwent a severe 

 operation about two months ago. 



Charles W. Leatherbee of Charles W. Leather- 

 bee & Co. has returned from a trip through New 

 Hampshire and Canada. 



E, W. Eames, vice president of the Boston 

 Lumber Company, Boston, has returned from 

 a trip to Maine. 



Mr. Wilson of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Com- 

 pany, Columbus, Ohio, has been visiting the 

 company's Boston office and the trade in this 

 vicinity. 



The Worcester Trust Company, Worcester, 

 Mass., has been sending the following circular 

 to the holders of bonds of the Norcross Prop- 

 erties, Inc. ; "You are hereby duly notified that 

 in accordance witli the stip.ulation embodied in 

 a certain indenture or deed of trust, dated Aug- 

 ust 27, 1903, Jjy and between the Norcross Prop- 

 erties, Incorporated, and the Worcester Safe 

 Deposit & Trust Company, trustee, which said 

 stipulation is recited in each and every bond, 

 you are invited to forward to Worcester Trust 

 Company your proposal to sell bonds of said 

 the Norcross Properties. Incorporated. 



"Your attention is called to the fact that by 

 the terms of said stipulation those bonds which 

 are olTered at the lowest figure shall have the 

 tirst preference in the matter of purchase. 



"By the terms of said stipulation, fractional 

 bond scrip may also be offered, the same rule 

 applying to its purchase as applies to the pur- 

 chaser of goods. 



"There is on hand with said trustee, the Wor- 

 cester Trust Company, the sum of twenty-nine 

 thousand flfty-four and forty-seven one-hun- 

 dredths dollars (,'i:29.0o4.47) applicable to the 

 purchase and retirement of bonds as of October 

 1, 1!KI5, 



"Proposals to sell, to be entertained, must 

 he received by the Worcester Trust Company on 

 or before the close of business November 1, 1905. 

 — Worcester Trust Company, Trustee." 



The veneer mill of the Ranger & Ayer Manu- 

 facluring Company in Foxcroft. Me., is doing a 

 large business. The firm expects to use about 

 1,000,000 feet of basswood logs before spring. 



The mill of the Bailey Lumber Company, Sun- 

 cock, N. H., has been destroyed by fire, entailiug 

 a loss of ,$5,000. 



E. R. Estes & Sons of Hancock, Mass., have 

 started up their new woodworking plant. 



The George Emery Company of Chelsea, Mass., 

 has just received a consignment of 3.035 mahog- 

 any logs. The shipment arrived im the steamer 

 Chelston from Great River and Prinzapolca, Nic- 

 aragua. 



Ralph B. Woodbury and Miss Alice Louise 



Woodman of Cambridge were married Wednes- 

 day, Oct. 11. Mr. Woodbury is a popular young 

 salesman for Chas. S. Wentworth & Co., 147 

 Milk street, Boston. After a three weeks' trip 

 througli New Hampshire they will reside in Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 



The first fall meeting of tlie Massachusetts 

 Wholesale Lumber Association was held at 

 Young's Hall, Boston, Oct. 13. The attendance 

 was small. William E. Litchfield, president of 

 the association, has felt for some time that the 

 members would enjoy learning more ol! the new 

 corporation laws of Massachusetts. With this 

 in mind ho secured three able speakers, two of 

 whom sere members of the legislative committee 

 which revised the laws of 1903. These speakers 

 were (Irosvencr Calkins and Robert Luce. Charles 

 A. Adams, president of the State Board of Trade, 

 also spoke. At this meeting W. C. B. Bobbins, 

 secretary of the association and taanager of the 

 Suncock Valley Lumber Company, was elected as 

 a delegate to attend the convention of the Na- 

 tional association to be held at Chicago beginning 

 Oct. 25. W. R. Chester of W. R. Chester & Co. 

 was re-elected a delegate to the State Board of 

 Trade. 



George Turner of Charlemont, Mass., recently 

 added machinery to his plant to make barrels. 

 He ships his staves from the manufacturers. A 

 carload recently arrived from Michigan. 



E. P. Brown of the Hartford Lumber Company, 

 Hartford, Conn., has practically recovered from 

 an operation for a growth on his foot. 



The Frary Manufacturing Company, manufac- 

 turer of spools, Charlemont, Mass., is now using 

 on an average of 600 cords of birch a year. It 

 is interesting to know that a cord of birch makes 

 30,000 common silk hundred yard spools. 



Word has been received here of the death of 

 Charles Joy of St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Joy was a 

 leading lumberman in Boston about thirty yeara 

 ago. 



The Kearsarge Lumber Company of Boston, 

 Mass., and Concord, N. H., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $100,000. Herbert P. 

 Cook of Dorchester is president ; Edward W. Boos- 

 ter, East Boston, treasurer and clerk : W. W. 

 Downs, Medford : Geo. E. Rowe, Boston, and 

 Horatio B. Emerson, Maiden, constitute the board 

 of directors. 



The North Eastern Lumber Company of Bos- 

 ton has been incorporated with a capital of .'£40.- 

 000. The incorporators are J. Boardman West, 

 Charles E. Bailey, Robert F. Miller. H. J. Blatch- 

 ford and H. C. Gifford. 



Nicholas Zalinski of Beverly, Mass., has pur- 

 chased the moulding mill property in that city 

 and will operate the same. 



New York. 



Local shippers of hard and soft woods from 

 northern points via combination rail and water 

 routes are indeed having troubles of their own 

 this season. In addition to an embargo hav- 

 ing been declared covering a period of several 

 weeks owing to the congestion of shipments and 

 canal boats, a report is current that the rail 

 lines handling business through from that terri- 

 tory with water connections are planning to make 

 a change in the tonnage basis nest spring from 

 Ihe rate per thousand feet board measure to the 

 hundred weight basis. The suggestion of this 

 change is being strongly opposed by lumber ship- 

 pers, and an important meeting of Canadian and 

 Adirondack manufacturers and local wholesalers 

 has been called to convene in this city on Oc- 

 tober 25. at which time strong opposition will 

 be organized which it is hoped will result in the 

 abandonment of the scheme by the railroad com- 

 panies. 



The annual meeting of the New York Lumber 

 Trade Association was held in the association 

 rooms, 18 Broadway, Wednesday, Oct. 11. The 

 meeting was the largest in the history of this 

 progressive organization, there being eighty odd 

 members present. The reports rendered showed 

 a decidedly healthy condition of affairs and that 



the work of the past year had been large and 

 Important. The report of the board of trustees 

 showed a total membership of 195. 



Another important feature of the reports was 

 the fact that the association is working in close 

 harmony with the National Wholesalers and 

 other representative organizations. The treas- 

 urer's report showed a balance in hand of $1,000 

 more than last year. 



One of the most advantageous features of the 

 association to its members is the credit system 

 in operation in connection with the customers 

 of the retail dealers. Doubtless thousands of 

 dollars have been collected by the members 

 through this system, and it is proving a very 

 valuable one. 



The annual election resulted in the unanimous 

 choice of the following officers : President, 

 James S. Davis, Brooklyn; first vice president, 

 Abner P. Bigelow, New Y'ork ; second vice presi- 

 dent, Guy Loomis, Brooklyn ; treasurer, Charles 

 V. Fischer, New Y'ork. 



The resignation of Charles E. Pell, who has 

 been treasurer of the association since its or- 

 ganization, was accepted with much regret, owing 

 to his retirement from business. Charles F. 

 Fischer, prominent hardwood retailer of Man- 

 hattan, was elected to succeed Mr. Pell. 



C. O. Shepherd of the Emporium Lumber Com- 

 pany, 1 Madison avenue, reports that his com- 

 pany has decided to put in flooring, matching 

 and boring machines at its three mills at Keating 

 Summit, Austin and Galeton, Pa., instead of 

 erecting an individual flooring plant. This will 

 be a great convenience for customers of this 

 concern, as they can then secure their hardwood 

 flooring supplies together with lumber from any 

 of the company's mills in mixed cars. 



Orville GrifBn of the GrifBn Lumber Company 

 of Sandy Mill, N. Y., was in town for several 

 days last week in connection with the sale of a 

 special lot of oak which his company has ready 

 for market. He reports business as very satis- 

 factory. 



.\. E. Hoffmann of the Hoffmann Bros. Com- 

 pany, Fort Wayne, Ind., was here looking over 

 the trade during the fortnight. 



F. A. Wilson, who so ably conducts the af- 

 fairs of the selling department of the W. M. 

 Ritter Lumber Company of Columbus, C, was 

 in this city several days en route home from a 

 New England trip, where he was in consultation 

 w'ith various representatives of the company. He 

 expressed himself as very w-ell satisfied with 

 business conditions and prospects for the future. 

 L. T. Davidson, hardwood manufacturer of 

 Glasgow, Ky., spent several days in town during 

 the fortnight in the interest of business. Mr. 

 Davidson has on hand at the present time about 

 2.000,000 feet of quartered white oak, one to two 

 inches, which he is desirous of moving. 



P. D. DeWitt, Philadelphia representative of 

 the Barr & Mills Company, spent several days 

 with Sam E. Barr of the local ofHce of,the com- 

 pany in the Flatiron Building recently and en- 

 joyed himself generally around town. Mr. Barr 

 left about the middle of the month for a trip to 

 the Zainesville, O., office of the company. 



Col. H. B. Curtin, head of the extensive hard- 

 wood operations of the Pardee & Curtin Lumber 

 Company at Sutton, W. Va., has been spending 

 several days in town in -the interest of busi- 

 ness. 



J. P. and W. E. Uptegrove, prominent hard 

 wood lumbermen of this city, recently suffered 

 the loss of their father, Josiah P. Uptegrove, 

 who passed away at Burnside, N. Y"., Oct. 8, in 

 his 81st year. Mr. Uptegrove, senior, was a 

 retired farmer and a prominent citizen of Burn- 

 side. 



Horace F. Taylor of Taylor & Crate, Buffalo, 

 accompanied by his family, returned from Europe 

 Oct. 13 after a two months' tour. On the same 

 steamer was J. McLeod of the R. Laidlaw Lum- 

 ber Company of Buffalo. 



C. W. Manning, 66 Broad street, this city, has 

 just returned from an extensive southern busi- 

 ness tour. 



