HARDWOOD RECORD 



26A 



Hardwood NeWs. 



(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special Corraspondents.) 



Chicago. 



James Carter Walsh, sales manager for 

 Tpham & Alger, was married Nov. 15 to 

 Miss Rena Cummiiigs, also of tliis city. They 

 left immediately after the ceremony for a 

 two weeks' trip through the South. Mr. 

 Walsh has been engaged in the lumber busi- 

 ness here for the past five years. 



D. F. Diggins of Cummer. Diggins & Co., 

 hardwood flooring and wood chemical manu- 

 facturers of Cadillac, Mich,, was recently 

 elected vice president of the National Wood 

 Chemical Association, organized at Buffalo 

 Oct. 25. 



Thomas N. Nixon of Wistar, Underbill & 

 Co., Philadelphia, spent a few hours in Chi- 

 cago last week, en route home from a month's 

 trip through the northern states and Canada. 



Frank F. Woods, manager of the S. A. 

 Woods Machine Company, Boston, Mass., paid 

 a flying visit to this city on Friday of last 

 week. 



Samuel B. Knight of St. Louis, Mo., has 

 been appointed industrial commissioner of the 

 Wabash system of railroads, the appointment 

 to take effect Jan. 1, 1906. Mr. Knight en- 

 tered the employ of the road in 1ST4. and is 

 one of the best known and most popular men 

 in the railway world. He is thoroughly fa- 

 miliar with all departments of the work, hav- 

 ing served as train dispatcher, division 

 freight agent, assistant general freight agent, 

 and general freight agent. Probably no man 

 in the employ of the Wabash is so well qual- 

 ifled to act as head of this newly established 

 ofBce, as is Mr, Knight. His long familiarity 

 with every mile of the road, his knowledge of 

 its needs and interests everywhere, make him 

 specially fitted for his new duties. 



Among the callers at the Record office dur- 

 ing the past week were Thornton A. Green of 

 Ontonagon, Mich.; William J. Wagstaff of 

 Oshkosh, Wis., and Ira B. Bennett of San 

 Francisco. Cal. 



The management of the Hoyt & Woodin 

 Manufacturing Company, the Hoyt & Woodin 

 Cypress Company and the Good Land Cypress 

 Company announce that headquarters have 

 been established in the Hibernia Bank build- 

 ing at New Orleans, and that the Memphis 

 office has been permanently discontinued. 



The Vehicle Woodstock Company, of which 

 Fred A. Curtis of this city is secretary, held 

 a meeting at the Great Northern Hotel, Nov. 

 21 and 22. The principal feature of the meet- 

 ing was a discussion of ways to preserve a 

 supply of raw material suitable for the mak- 

 ing of bent wood stock for carriages and 

 wagons. It was declared that oak and hick- 

 ory are disappearing so rapidly that the price 

 of raw material is becoming almost prohibi- 

 tive. 



H. P. Coe of Painesville, O., manager of the 

 Coe Manufacturing Company, has been in the 

 city some days, figuring on a big veneer ma- 

 chinery contract. Mr. Coe states that the 

 Painesville plant has been running for some 

 months on fifteen hours' time, and within a 

 few weeks will put on a full night shift, ow- 

 ing to the accumulation of orders which it 

 has been impossible to execute with prompt- 

 ness on day runs. The company is engaged in 

 the construction of several additions to their 

 already mammoth plant, and expects very 

 soon to be able to keep up with the extraor- 

 dinary demand for Coe veneer cutters and 

 drying apparatus. 



The H.IEDWOOD Record acknowledges receipt 

 from A. E. Beebee, secretary and treasurer 

 of the Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's As- 



sociation, of a neat pamphlet containing the 

 revised rules for the measurement and in- 

 spection of hardwood lumber, A note incor- 

 porated in the pamphlet says that the rules 

 in the main are the same as those originally 

 adopted on Marcli 15, 1896, which were re- 

 vised Sept. 15. 1896, revised and rewritten 

 Jan. 11, 1890, Sept. 17, 1902. and Sept. 19. 

 1905. It also says that the Wisconsin asso- 

 ciation's inspection rules are now the same 

 as those of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, which will insure a greater uni- 

 formity, of inspection throughout the country. 

 The pamphlet also contains a list of the offi- 

 cers, directors and committees of the asso- 

 ciation, its constitution and by-laws, uniform 

 terms of s.ale agreement, and membership 

 roll. 



Boston. 



The Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Asso- 

 ciation held its annual meeting at Toung's 

 Hotel, Nov. 14. The following oflficers were 

 elected; William E. Litchfield, president; H. 

 B. Clark, vice president; W. C. B. Bobbins, 

 secretary and treasurer. President W. E. 

 Litchfield was elected delegate to the Boston 

 Associated Boards of Trade. Secretary Rob- 

 liins, who attended as a delegate the Inter- 

 state Commerce Law Commission, offered a 

 very interesting report and an appeal from 

 tlie National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' As- 

 sociation for funds to help fight their case 

 relative to car staking that is to come up 

 before the Interstate Commerce Commission. 

 It was finally decided to leave this question 

 in the hands of a committee. Another im- 

 portant matter discussed was whether the 

 association should ask the Lumber Trade Club 

 of Boston to join with them. This matter 

 was also left to a committee. A number 

 of prominent firms were elected to active 

 membership. 



W. C. B. Bobbins, manager of the Suncock 

 Valley Lumber Company, has gone to New 

 Brunswick on a three to four months' trip, 



Frank F. Woods, treasurer of the S. A. 

 Woods Machine Company of this city, has 

 recently returned from a trip to Chicago. 



J. J. Mead of Mead & Speer, Pittsburg, Pa., 

 visited Boston last week. 



Frank Lawrence of Lawrence & Wiggin has 

 practically recovered from his recent accident. 



Mr. Gleason of the John T. Dixon Lumber 

 Company, Elizabethton, Tenn., recently made 

 a trip about Boston. 



(ieorge W. Moores, the Boston sales agent 

 of the Farrin-Korn Lumber Company of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, has been on a Western trip. 



The dry house at the plant of J. H. ToUes 

 & Co., Nashua, N. H., was damaged by fire 

 early in the month. 



George W. Barker & Son have started to 

 build their new steam mill in Milford, Me. 



Daniel Arnold, son of the late H, J. Arnold, 

 and a member of the firm of H. J. Arnold & 

 Sons, Adams, Mass., died recently of typhoid 

 fever. Mr. Arnold was 29 years of age. He 

 is survived by two brotliers, William H. and 

 John Arnold, and a sister, Mrs. Thatcher. 



The Fish River Lumber Company of Eagle 

 Lake, Me., has completed its new plant. This 

 company met with a total loss by fire about 

 three months ago. 



The new woodworking plant of F. P. Sain- 

 ton, Huntington, Mass., will be of brick and 

 concrete. 



The new lumber company known as the 

 Swift & Upson Lumber Company of New Brit- 

 ain. Conn., will erect two sheds on their land. 

 One will be 60x297 feet and the other 17x126 



feet. The sheds will be two stories high and 

 have gravel roofs and the sides will be cov- 

 ered with iron. A brick office building will 

 also be erected. 



The plant of the Rice & Griffin Manufactur- 

 ing Company of Worcester, Mass., is reported 

 for sale. This company was petitioned into 

 bankruptcy some time ago. 



New York. 



There was a special meeting of the Eastern 

 States Retail Lumber Dealers' Association at 

 18 Broadway, this city, on the 10th inst. The 

 committee which attended the Ottawa con- 

 vention of the National Wholesalers reported 

 that it had pledged the co-operation of the 

 Eastern States Association to the movement 

 of the National WlioleSalers on the car equip- 

 ment matter, and that Richard S, White and 

 Louis A. Mansfield have been appointed on 

 the Ways and Means Committee. Reports 

 were also received from the delegate who at- 

 tended the Chicago Rate Conference on Octo- 

 ber 25. The announced intention of the 

 Forestry Department at Washington to com- 

 pile the various grading rules in vogue 

 throughout the country in one publication was 

 also discussed, and it was unanimously agreed 

 that such publication was ill-advised and 

 against the best interests of the lumber trade, 

 and a protest was ordered forwarded by the 

 secretary. 



On November 10 there was an auction sale 

 of the effects of G. L. Schuyler & Co., Inc., 

 retailers, foot of East Ninth street, Manhat- 

 tan, who failed recently, ' the sale realizing 

 about $10,000 exclusive of book accounts. The 

 debts of the company are $49,505. 



C. F. Fischer will remove his retail yard 

 to 134th, 135th streets and Park avenue, be- 

 tween now and March 1. the property at his 

 present address being sold. Mr. Fischer has 

 purchased the new site outright, which is very 

 well appointed for the conduct of his busi- 

 ness. 



Jas. Taylor & Son, Twenty-first street and 

 Eleventh avenue, and Chas. A. Christman, 

 Twenty-second street and Eleventh avenue, 

 prominent retailers of this city, will remove 

 their businesses to new locations, the changes 

 being necessitated by the city improvements 

 on the upper West Side. Mr. Christman will 

 remove to Fifty-sixth street, between Tenth 

 and Eleventh avenues and Taylor & Son to 

 542-546 WIest Twenty-eighth street. 



The Union Lumber Company, prominent re- 

 tail hardwood house, IS Union avenue, Brook- 

 lyn, was completely wiped out by fire on the 

 10th inst., entailing a loss of $10,000, fully cov- 

 ered by insurance. 



J. N. Scatcherd, of Scatcherd & Son, Buf- 

 falo, was a New York visitor during the fort- 

 night, F. W. Vetter, of -the Empire Lumber 

 Company also spent a few days here on busi- 

 ness. 



The piano and hardwood manufacturing 

 plant of Bernard N. Smith, 514-518 West 

 Twenty-fourth street, was burned on the Sth 

 inst. The loss is covered by insurance. 



H. M. Susswein & Co., foot of E. 105th 

 street, have purchased the defunct sash, door 

 and milling plant of John Lanzer in the Bronx. 

 No announcement as yet has been made as to 

 what disposition will be made of the property. 



Doyle, Thomson & Co. report business ac- 

 tive. Mr. Thomson has just returned from a 

 successful buying trip north, and Mr. Doyle 

 is now in the South making arrangements for 

 future supplies. 



Wm. M. McCormick of Philadelphia spent 

 several days in town recently on a business 

 and pleasure trip, accompanied by Mrs. Mc- 

 Cormick. He reported conditions generally 

 as most satisfactory. 



The Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company, 

 manufacturer of logging systems, has removed 

 its Seattle, Wash., branch oftlce from the 



