HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Articles of iiiroriiorntiun wcif lilod in ilu- Sec 

 retary of State's otlice by the I'owcli llickoi-y 

 Handle Company of Uoe, Ark., capitalizi'd at 

 $10,000. fnlly sul)scribed. Tlip company is or 

 ganized for the purpose of nianufadurinL; and 

 sellinj? lumber, and also fttr the purpose ul en 

 gaging' in men-ant ile business. The corporators 

 are W. V. I'owfll. L. L. Doyle. I. A. rowell. ('. 

 K. rtriKi'. (), \\ . C.nlfy- W. \". INiwell is pres- 

 ident. 



The Ohio iVc Tennessee Lumber Company, re 

 fonlly inrorporateci under Ilie laws of Ohio, by 

 Dr. P. C. Kamsey. A. M. Ilawn. Henry Shaffer. 

 I.indlay 'Stronp and II. »'. Sinui. will commence 



up<i;iii(ms on its Tennessee timber tract ai an 

 early date. The property consists of l.r)(M> acres 

 in hauderdab' county, and the forest comprises 

 splendid growlli of oak. maple, gum, cypress and 

 lieech. It is estimated that at least :jo.O()0.0(((i 

 feet ol lumber can be cut from it. The nearest rail 

 road is eighteen miles away, but the distance to 

 the Mississippi is only three miles, so that excel 

 lent shipping facilities are available. A "lO horse 

 power mill, having a capa<-ity of 25,000 feet nf 

 iumber a day will be ready for operations by 

 Dec. 15. 11. C. Stout and A. M. Ilawn, who re- 

 side in Alliance, o.. will have active charge of 

 the business. 



Hardwood NeWs. 



;B7 habdwood becosd 



Chicago. 



The ILviiDWuoD Uki.iji:1) arkuowledges with 

 I)Ieasure rhe receipt of luindsonie souvenirs and 

 calendars for the coming year from tlie follow- 

 ing: lirittingham & Younj; Company. Madison, 

 Wis.: Blanton-Thurman Company, Memphis. 

 Tenn. : I. F. McLean, Nashville, Tenu. : W. J. 

 Cude, Kimmins. Tenn. : CJoodlander-Robertson 

 Lumber Company. Memphis. Tenn.. Tyler I, um- 

 ber Company. New York City : I'.lufTton Turned 

 (Joods Company. Wuffton, (). ; Thomas Mcl-'ar- 

 land Lumber Conipau.v, (_'airo. 111. : S. yi. Brad- 

 ley, Jlorehead. Ky. ; McCIure Lumber Company. 

 Detroit. Mich. 



The American ILv.-dwood Lumber Compauy of 

 St. Louis has established a branch house in Chi- 

 cago, located at Sixty-tifth street and F.lue Island 

 avenue. Frani; Ingram is in charge. 



Joel 15. Ettinger, western manager of the S. A. 

 Woods Machine Company of Boston, with otbces 

 in Chicago, and Geo. K. Youle, Pacific coast man- 

 ager for the same concern, wliose headquarters 

 are in Seattle, were callers at the Record office 

 on Dec. 16. 



J. V. Stirason of Huntingburg. lud.. spent a 

 tew days in Chicago, tlie end of the n-eels, on 

 his way home from an extensive IMichigan 

 trip, and favored the Kecokd with a call. He 

 reports business excellent. 



Robert n. .Jenks. president of the Robert II. 

 Jenks Lumber Compan.v of Cleveland, O., was in 

 the city last week, en route to the company's 

 mill at Tremont. I, a. 



Charles Miller of Miller Brothers is at pres- 

 ent in the south making provisions for a winter 

 and spring supply of hardwoods from that sec- 

 tion. He reports stock very scarce. b»it has suc- 

 ceeded iu purchasiug considerable. 



W. A. Bonsack of the Bonsack Lumber Com- 

 pany, St. Louis, was a Chicago visitor last week. 



Earl I'almer of I'aducah. Ky., was in the city 

 Dec, lit and 20. 



The Fred W. Black Lumber Company, A. R. 

 Vinnedge Lumber Company. Ha.vden & Lombard. 

 Theodore Fathauer and .lohnson & Knox report 

 ^a slight relaxation in business activity, due to 

 the holiday season, liut unite with other hard 

 wood dealers in stating that present conditions 

 are excellent and prospects foi- the coming year 

 exceedingly bright. 



The (ium Manufacturers' .Vssociation, com- 

 posed of the Himmeiberger-Harrison Lumber Com- 

 pany. Morehouse. Mo., the CJaretson-Greason 

 Lumber Company, St, Louis, Mo., and a number 

 of other equally well known concerns operating 

 In gum lumber, held a meeting recently and 

 advanced the price on all grades about $2 a thou- 

 sand. This was considered necessary owing to 

 ilie scarcity of labor and the inaccessibility of 

 logs for the coming three months, in addition to 

 the unusual demand. Secretary Burchette of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the 

 I'nited States took an active part in proceed- 

 ings. 



W. W. Dings, secretary of the Garetson-Grea- 

 son Lumber Company of St. Louis, was a Chicago 

 visitor last week, and reported that the influence 

 of the new Hardwood Dimension Association is 



Special Correspondents.) 



already being felt by manufacturers, and that 

 the work accomplished up to the present time is 

 .showing good results. 



VV. M. Hopkins of Ihe Theodore Fathauer 

 Companv Is in the South this week on a buying 

 trip, with .Memphis as headquarters. 



L. B. I.esh of the Lesh & Matthews Lumber 

 Company is al present in Memphis looking over 

 Ihe stocks at the company's Memphis yard and 

 in<'lclentally making some new contracts for addi- 

 tional buildlng.s in the Bluff City. 



Theodore .\. Schneider, buyer of the Bnins- 

 wick-Baike-ColIender Company, is on a southern 

 buying trip in the vicinity of Memphis. .\Ir. 

 Schneider has recently closed some very heavy 

 contracis for both plain and quartered r)ak tor 

 this compan.\-. 



K. S. Foster, lumber purchasing agent for the 

 National Casket Company of Hoboken. N. ,T.. 

 was In Chicago on a business trip last week. 



Boston. 



.\lbert G. Baxter, an old-time lumberman, died 

 at his home In this city recently of apoplex.v. 

 lie w'as born in Boston, May 26, 1837, and with 

 the exception of a few- years spent in the West 

 has always been a resident of this city. About 

 1S77 he became connected with William G. Bark- 

 er & Co.. where he remained until three years 

 ago, when he retired from active business. Mr. 

 Baxter never married. He is survived by a 

 brother and two sisters. 



The Derby Desk Company recently met with 

 a loss by fire. It is thought that the storehouse 

 in SomervlUe, Mass.. was set Are to. The loss 

 is placed at about .$25,000. Many desks ready 

 tor shipment were destroyed. 



R. S. Cooper of the Briggs & Cooper Company. 

 Ltd., Memphis. Tenn.. recently visited Boston 

 and vicinity. 



The fine new office building of the Hutchinson 

 Lumber Comi)a;iy of L.ynn. Mass.. has been com- 

 pleted. 



W. C. .lohnson, who has conducted a lumber 

 business in Fitchburg, Mass., since 1886, has sold 

 out to the Webber Lumber Company. The latter 

 comi^any will be in full possession by the first 

 of tlie year. 



James Summers and Alex Sanford of Adams. 

 Mass.. have gone into the business of manufac- 

 turing sleighs and wagons. 



H. W. Cousin's sawmill in Frycburg, Me., has 

 been damaged by fire, causing a loss of about 

 .fo.OOO. 



Isam Mitchell of the Isam Mitchell Company 

 of Brockton, Mass., will spend the winter in Ills 

 orange grove in Redlands, Cal. Mr. Mit<-licll 

 left for the coast a week ago. 



Frank A. Arend of Fraud A. Areud & Co., Bos- 

 ton, has been on a trip to the West. lie spent a 

 few days in Chicago. 



The Barker Lumber Company of Fall Ui\er. 

 -Mass., is sellin.g out. 



Frank Hartshorn of Milford, N, H,, has pur- 

 chased twenty-three acres of timber land at auc- 

 tion in .■imlierst, N. H. 



The C. H. Spragnc Company lias been organ- 

 ized at Portland. Me. Frederick J. Laughlin of 



I'ortland. .Mc. Is Ihe preslileiil and Robert E, 

 Goodwin of Concord, .Mass., is treasurer. 



diaries S. Wentw'orth of Charles S. Went- 

 worth & Co. reports liusiness :is iiobling up well, 

 cith prices lirm. 



C. A. Abbott of West Merry. .N. 11.. will soon 

 have his mill in West Jay, Vt.. in running order. 

 Machinery has been shipped from Concord, N. U. 

 Mr. .\bbott has a large timber tract in West Jay. 



,\ new sawmill is to be erected by D. C. Wood 

 'Ul his propert.v iu Stratford. Conn. 'I'lie new 

 mill will be equipiied witli the most modern ma 

 cbinery <,ibtainable. 



Henry .M. llubbell. president of the Carter & 

 Hubbell Cvuupany of Derby, t.'onn., has resigned 

 !tnd sold bis stock to L. C Lockwood. who 

 now becomes president and treasurer. The busi- 

 ness will be continued along the same lines as 

 heretofore. 



The Insurance ad.justers have allowed a settle- 

 ment of $;!,•!. 000 to W. & D, Crane, lumber deal- 

 ers of Burlington, Vt. Their yards were visited 

 by fire a few weeks ago. The J. R. Booth Lum- 

 i»er Company, which sutfered a loss Ity lire, has 

 l»ecn allowed .¥2,716,60. 



New York. 



rhe \-oIunie of huilding business tiled In the 

 Greater City last month shows a gain of thirty 

 ,)er cent over November, 1904. with an aggre- 

 gate value of ¥17,644,154. The whole city has 

 shown decided gains in the amount of building 

 projected for each month of the year thus far. 

 and of course this activity is reflected in the 

 big business being done by the lumber trade. 



Charles S. i^'ischer. founder of the piano manu- 

 facturing business of that name, died here re- 

 cently in bis eighty-sixtli year. 



John W. Russell, a himberman prominent in 

 the local trade for many years, died al East 

 Orange, Dec. 1, in his eighty-seventh year.' 



A\'. W. Welch, for many years prominent iu 

 the Baltimore hardwood trade, has succeeded 

 .\lbert Steinbach as local manager of the Rnni- 

 barger Lumber Company's affairs and will con- 

 tinue the offices of the company at 1 Madison 

 avenue. Mr. Welch is well versed in both hard- 

 woods and spruce, of which the company make a 

 specialty and through his past associations has' 

 many friends iu the trade here, who are glad to 

 welcome him to their midst, 



A meeting of the creditors of the Export Lum- 

 ber Company, 17 Battery place, which suffered 

 financial reverses a couple of years ago. has been 

 called for Jan. 17 to effect a final settlement of 

 its affairs. 



G. W. Rode of 115 Middleton street, Brooklyn, 

 has been granted a license to inspect hardwoods 

 and cypress by the New York Lumber Trade .As- 

 sociation. The inspection committee is also con- 

 sidering the new Southern Cypress .Association's 

 rules. The license of W. J. Hill has been revoked. 



Ever.vthing points to a big turnout of the 

 trade at the annual banquet of the New Y'ork 

 Lumber Trade -Association at the Waldorf- .Astoria. 

 Jan. 23. The committee is making good prog- 

 ress with the arrangements and in addition to 

 a sumptuous dinner the entertainment features 

 will take the nature of a high class vaudeville 

 instead of speeches. 



Among the foreign visitor.s wlio have com- 

 pleted their itineraries and sailed for home are 

 noted C. 1). Hughes of Alfred Dobell & Co.. Liv- 

 erpool, and Norman Wright of C. Leary & Co.. 

 London. Both reported satisfactory results from 

 their visits. 



W. M. Ritter, president of the W. M. Ritter 

 Lumber Compauy, Columbus, was a recent vis- 

 itor to this city on business, F. A. Wilson, sales 

 manager of the company, was also a New York 

 visitor during the fortnight. 



W. L. S.vkes, president of the Em[iorium Lum- 

 ber Company. Austin, Gaieton and Keating Sum- 

 mit, Pa., was here last week with Superintendent 

 William Caflisch. Mr. Sykes reported that he 

 bad purchased another 40.000-acre hardwood 

 tract in Pennsylvania, which, together with the 



