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HARDWOOD RECORD 



as mnih more fur a flooring concera in Detroit 

 which the Sailing & Hanson people stock. 



Grand Kapids. 



James F. McSweyn is no longer with the Ilacli- 

 leyPhelps Bonnell Company. Mr. McSwe.vn is an 

 old-timer in the lumber business o£ this city. 



Charles A. Phelps Is in llackley. Wis., on busi- 

 ness. 



A. Gihbs of Gibbs & Hall will again operate 

 the mill at Mayfield belonging to Mrs. J. K. 

 Gibbs and will make a large cut there this sea- 

 son. 



Charles M. Aycr. dealer in hardwoods and hem- 

 lock, is contined at home for a few days as the 

 result of bruises received in a street car acci- 



''""Millwrights are becoming scarce in Michigan 

 as the result of the moving of the zone of manu- 

 facturing operations to the South and West. 



K. H. roote of the Grand Rapids Chair Com- 

 pany, who is largely responsible for the build- 

 ing up of that successful concern, is now the 

 president of the Imperial Kurnituro Company, 

 manufacturers of tables and sectional book- 

 cases. . , , 



President George Engel of the Engel Lumber 

 Company expects to go to Engelwood. I.a.. where 

 the company is building a railroad and installing 

 a sawmill, early next month. A postoffice was 

 established there recently and It is thought the 

 yellow fever quarantine will soon be raised. 



The main office of the J. F. Quigley Lumber & 

 Land Company has been removed from the Michi- 

 gan Trust Building to the yards. 



Milwaukee. 

 The Paae & Laudeck Luml)er Company of this 

 city has 'just completed a new logging load 

 r.'nning six miles east of its mill at Crandon, 

 Wis, and is preparing for a busy season. The 

 companv will put in a larger stock this fall 

 than ever before and expects to log 15,000,000 

 feet duriuK the winter. 



C. A. P.eck of C. A. Beck & Son reports a 

 strong demand for maple flooring due to the 

 extensive building throughout th(' country. Prac- 

 tically all that can be obtained is being taken in 

 this city at an advance on No. 1 stock of $2, 

 with the prospect of another it.ise before the 

 season is over. 



"Stock is being sold by us as fast as it can 

 be turned out,' said Charles Tegge of the Tegge 

 Lumber Company, "and it may be some time 

 before »e are able to replenish our yards and 

 get in position to fill orders as rapidly as they 

 come in. We have a number of large contracts 

 and rii.sh orders which are yet to be flllcd, but 

 by working to our full capacity we expect to 

 get I !• rough the season without complications." 

 J. K. Donovan, president of the Gulf States 

 Lumber Company, was in the city during the 

 past few days. The offices of the company 

 were formerly in New Orleans, but were moved 

 to Chicago about the time yellow fever became 

 manifest. This company is an extensive dealer 

 in cypress, and Mr. Donovan says that there is 

 a strong demand for that commodity. 



W. E. Glascock of the Glascock Bros. Manu- 

 facturing Company, novelty manufacturer of 

 Muncie, Ind., spent several days In the city re- 

 cently and as a result he may become a pur- 

 chaser In this market. He requires large quan- 

 tities of hardwood for the manufacture of toys 

 and believes be can buy cheaper In Milwaukee 

 than In the vicinity of his factory, even when 

 freight rates arc taken Into account. lie is un- 

 derstood to have negotiations on and may make 

 a contract within a short time. 



Adjusters have completed their work at the 

 scene of the recent Arc at Khlnelandcr, Wis., 

 where a loss of over i5»50,000 was sustained by 

 the Brown Bros. Lumber Company and the Itob- 

 blna Lumber Company. A considerable portion 

 of the stock consumed was hardwood. 



Bristol. 

 K. E. Bradley, president, and J. It. Fletcher, 

 secretary and treasurer of the Bradley Lumber 



Company of Klizabcibton. Tcnn., were in Bristol 

 last week. Tlie Bradley Lumber Company is be- 

 ginning more txtensive operations. 



J. II. Bryan, president of the Bryan Lumber 

 Company, has returned from a trip in the In- 

 terest of his company. 



Fred W. Hughes, resident manager tor Price 

 & Heald, Baltimore exporters, bas returned from 

 a trip to the East. Mr. Hughes repoits a very 

 profitable visit, and a good loudilion of the 

 company's large business in that region. 



J. A. Wilkinson versus the Old Dominion 

 Steamship Company and the Norfolk & Western 

 Itaihvay Company Jointly is tlie style of an 

 important suit now pending In the Court 

 of Law and Chancery at Norfolk. Va.. which 

 involves vital questions to lumbermen and ship- 

 pei-s generally in Virginia and elsewhere. Mr. 

 Wilkinson, a large wholesale lumber dealer of 

 Bristol, shipped a car of very valuable hardwood 

 stock to a customer in New York on July 30. at 

 an advantageous price, the market on the stock 

 at that time being high. The car was regularly 

 shipped out and the bills of lading of the two 

 transportation companies jointly taken for the 

 delivery of the car in New York. The car did 

 not reach the purchaser until three months after 

 it was shipped, and the price had been ma- 

 terially lowered, and the customer had been 

 foi-c'd to make the purchase elsewhere. Mr. 

 Wilkinson found that he was out .'f.jOO on the 

 car and immediately brought suit through his 

 attorneys against the transportation companies 

 jointly, alleging that by their culpable negligence 

 and delay the car did not reach its destination 

 in a "reasonable time." The jury decided that Mr. 

 Wilkinson was duly entitled to damages as sued 

 for. and appraised his loss at $500. On a mo- 

 tion for a new trial by the attorneys of the 

 defendant corporations the trial judge held that 

 a little more evidence on the amount of dam- 

 ages was necessary, and it was so ordered, leav- 

 ing the case in this attitude. The defendants 

 claim that the delay was not unreasonable and 

 that owing to the rush of business, transferring, 

 etc., it could not be handled sooner, and that 

 there was no stipulated time for its delivery on 

 their part. Here arises a question of precedent 

 which seems to be without the light of previous 

 adjudication in the state, and the defendants 

 are determined to test the efficacy of the lower 

 court's holdings in the iircmises in the Sujireme 

 Court of Appeals of Virginia, and, with tills 

 end in view and of making a test case, have em- 

 ployed a long array of the most brilliant barris- 

 ters in Virginia and will make a strong flglit 

 to sustain their contentions in tlie matter before 

 the appellate tribunal. 



Col. C. P. Toncray of Elizabctliton. Tenn., 

 has been appointed receiver for the Boston Iron 

 & Timber Company in a bill lilod at IClizabeth- 

 'Lon by George K. llamble of New York, William 

 Spaulding of Boston and others, stockholders of 

 the company, praying for its dissolution. The 

 assets of the company amoiHit to about $20,000 

 while the liabilities will amount to about $00,- 

 000. The company was Incorporated in Tennes- 

 see several years ago by Colonel Toncray and 

 eastern parties for the purpose of dealing in 

 timber lands in Carter county and other parts of 

 cast Tennessee, but has been a llniin<lal failure. 

 The company recently sold the greater part of 

 its timber land holdliigs. Including a .'j^.'lo.OOO 

 tract, to the II. E. Wood Lumber Company of 

 Baltimore, which reduced the assets and liabili- 

 ties correspondingly. 



The schooner "William Marshall" left Itlch- 

 mond October 18 for St. Johns, N. B., with a 

 cargo of 200,000 feet of some of the finest 

 specimens of oak ever shipped out of Virginia. 



T. H. Carrier of the Adventure Lumber Com- 

 pany, Watauga, Tenn., and J. W. Tarman of the 

 Luppert Lumber Company of Butler, Tcnn., were 

 in Bristol on busineys Inst week. 



Cincinnati. 

 It. II. Downman of New Orleans .ailed on the 

 local trndv the middle of this month. He was 



en route from New York to Louisiana, where he 

 has several large cypress plants. Mr. Down- 

 man reported the cypress trade in a highly 

 flourishing condition. 



Walter J. Sharp, connected with a prominent 

 exporting Arm of Liverpool, England, was a 

 visitor liere during the last fortnight. He will 

 visit all the Important hardwood centers before 

 leaving the country. 



I. M. .\sher, Cincinnati representative of the 

 Nicola, Stone & Meyers Company of Cleveland, 

 has returned from a buying trip through Ten- 

 nessee. 



Cincinnati hardwood lumbermen are vitally 

 interested in the charges of discrimination 

 against local shippers by the Cincinnati South- 

 ern railroad. A committee of business men, the 

 lumber industry being represented by T. J. Mof- 

 fett of the Maley, Thompson & MofTetl Com- 

 pany and W. A. Bennett of Bennett & Witte, 

 li&s appealed to the C, N. O. & T. 1'. 1!. U., 

 the lessee company of the southern road, to 

 modify rates. It is declared that rates from 

 here to Chicago and St. Louis are double those 

 from Chattanooga here, although the distances 

 are about equal. The board of trustees of the 

 C, N. O. & T. P. have taken the charges under 

 advisement and in the meantime business inter- 

 ests will request a general revison of rates 

 through the Iteceivers' and Shippers' Associa- 

 tion. 



The Wiborg-llanna Company has opened a 

 downtown office in the Fosdick building on 

 Fourth street, near Walnut. The company's 

 Iiiant is located in Fairmount, a suburb of Cin- 

 cinnati. 



J. S. Buchanan of the Buchanan Lumber 

 t'ompany of Cairo, 111., and Richard Turpin of 

 Toledo, O., were here on business missions the 

 middle part of the month. 



Leland G. Banning has returned from a trip 

 to New York and other eastern markets. 



The Cincinnati Furniture Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation at the last meeting admitted Charles 

 1". Shiels & Co. to membership. Many otner 

 hardwood firms belong to the association. 



Tiic C. W. Sowles Lumber Company, located 

 in the Thomas building, made an assignment on 

 Oct. 14, to H. B. Staniierry, Jr. The assets 

 were given as $1,500 with liabilities $5,000. 

 Losses on contracts with mills and contractors 

 was given as the cause of the failure. C. W. 

 Sowles was president of the company, and W. 

 II. Crowder secretary. The concern had been 

 in business liere for a number of years. 



The Kennedy I'"erguson Company which was 

 iucorporaled the early part of the month, will 

 liuild kilns on Summer street, near Gest. It Is 

 their intention to dry kiln lumber for the trade. 

 This will be a new venture in Cincinnati. 



.\n involuntary petition in bankruptcy was 

 filed in the United States Court at Covington, 

 Ky., Oct. Id, against John S. Callebs and E. K. 

 Callebs & Co., manufacturers of lumber at Flat 

 I.ick, Knox county, Ky. The plalntllTs allege nn 

 indebtedness of over $1,400. 



T. J. MolTolt, president of the Business Men's 

 Club and a member of the hardwood Arm of 

 Maley, Thompson & MolTett, has been elected a 

 director of the Third National Bank. 



Chattanooga. 



Tlie Acme Box Company, manufacturer of lock 

 corner boxes, recently purchased the plant of 

 'I'aylor A: Crate on the Tennessee river, the con- 

 sideration being about $1.S,00<I. G. E. Bailey, 

 manager of Taylor & Crate, will remove to Buf- 

 falo, the headquarters of the concern. The 

 mndilnery of the Acme Box Company will be 

 removed to the newly acquired property and 

 it will then be the largest jilant of the kind 

 In the South. The olHccrs are: Garnett An- 

 drews, president : C. B. Watt, vice president ; S. 

 It. .Miller, secretary, and O. B. Andrews, general 

 iiuinager. The com ern ri'eeiiily amended Its 

 eluirler IncrcH'^Inc ils nipllal from .'JKi.ooo to 

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