HARDWOOD RECORD 



other holdings of the romiJiiny. gives it eontiol 

 of ov.'i- iiitl.iMin acres in I'ennsylvania, New Yoik 

 and New Knsland. The company cuts from ;ici.- 

 000,000 to 40.0ilc).(H)0 feel of liardivoorts yearly. 



G. L. Smith, inspector seneral of the Nationai 

 Hardwood Lumber As.socialion. Indianapolis, Inil.. 

 was iiere during the forlnighi in conneilion with 

 tite woric of his department of this in-i);;rcssi\'i' 

 aardwood body. 



The I'. K. Finn Supply Cuiupany was incorpu 

 tated here last week, to inanuracture trim. etc.. 

 to sui'ceed I'inn Bros. ; capital. $5. noil, riirectors : 

 C. !•'. Finn, .\I. 1>. Vernon. A. ('. ICnocller and 

 J. B. Hunter of New York. 



C. F. .Fischer, prominent iiardwood retailer of 

 lliis city, is fast getting his new yard at i;;4i!i 

 to IS.'jth street and I'ark avenue in shaiie fur 

 occupancy and hopes to be in it hy l'"el). 1, When 

 completed it will be one of the best retail IimhI 

 wood j-ards in the city. 



C A. Christman of Twenty second street and 

 Eleventh avenue is also j:ettin.u' his new propei-ty 

 on Fifty-si.vih street between Tenth and lOleventli 

 avenues in shape, and he too will be much fa- 

 vored in regard to location and general equii) 

 ment. He is also erecting a solid brick and con 

 crele kiln. 



The Albert Haas Lumber Company. hardw<!(Ml 

 manufacturers of Atlanta, <Ja.. has ojiened a 

 local sales office at 1 Madison avenue in charge 

 of .Milton May. vice president. 



AV. \V. Knight of the l.ong-lvnighf Lumb;M- 

 Company. Indianapolis, was in town a few days 

 ' ago on business. 



New York was a great center of attract i(jn 

 dtiring the past fortuiglit, prominent hirnbernien 

 from all sections of the I'nited Stales visited 

 this city in great numbers. 



Baltimore. 



The annual meeting of the Baltimore Lumber 

 r'.xchauge was held Dec. 1'^ at the Merchants' 

 Clnli and proved to be one ol the most dcliyiit- 

 ful ■ .'ents ever arranged by that energetic <)r- 

 ganizalion. .Secretary Theodore Mottu stated 

 that the exchange is In an exce]>tionaIly pros- 

 perous condition, with an increase of six rtrnis 

 in the membership during the year, while the 

 acting treasurer reported the finances in excel- 

 lent sliape. Mr. I/ix. the peimsnent ireasur.'r, 

 is ill, having been paralyzed several months ago. 

 and was unable to attend. 



Hepcrls \ver3 also made hy the several stand- 

 ing committees. The hardwood inspection com- 

 mittee, through its chairman. .John 1,. Ahiick. 

 presented the most favorable exhibit, extract .s 

 of which follow : 



"IJurlng the year I'.H).") the receipts of hard- 

 woods have been greater than in any other year ; 

 the first six months, up to June 1, (;,18!).4li7 

 feel were inspected : since that date, and uj) to 

 this time, (j,7]S,41.S feet were inspected, making 

 a total of 12,907,807 feet, for which certificates 

 of the Baltimore Lumber I'.xchangc were duly 

 issued- It is a well-known fact that a great 

 quantity of hardwoods is sold in Baltimore thai 

 does not go through the exchange insiwction. 

 and we think it should be the aim of the tnem- 

 hers of the exchange to have all their hard- 

 woods rcgularl) inspeclcd by the licensed In- 

 specters. 



"During the year there have been cumplainis 

 of the irregularity of the grading.- So fur 

 a» these complaints were made to your cmn 

 mlttce, e>ery one v.as investigated, and when 

 requested a resurvej was promptly furnlslied. 

 In six rcsurveys five of them were sustained. 

 and the Inspectors were compelled to pay the 

 losi ol thJB work. In one case your cotnuililec 

 personally Investigated the question of grading 

 and found th.^ Inspector at fault and he was 

 suspended thirty days. In only one resurvey 

 was the original Irtpectlon found correil. and 

 the cost of the work borne by the buyer." 



The officers and managing committee elecieil 

 are as follows 



President, William M. Kurgan ; vice prcBldent, 

 I'^dwnrd 1'. Oil! of W. I>. filll ic Son; treasurer. 



I'arker I). Dix. Surry I.iiiuber ('unipan.\ : mini 

 aging (ommittee. Uichard W I'riie cil I'riii iV 

 Heald; S. 1'. Uyland ol the li.vhiiul ^V: I'.roi.ks 

 Lumber Company; Norman .lumcs of .\. W 

 James & Co. ; Theodore MiiCu of Theodore Muliu 

 & Co.: F. 1'. Gill of W. 1). liill & Son: George 

 F. Slcpiin of George F. Sloiui & Bro. : G. W. 

 Fisenbnuer ot' the Fisenbauer-MacLea Company : 

 Lutliei' II. (iwcltney o( the American Lumber 

 Compan.\ : (leorge I'oeblinniin of I'oehlmann ^; 

 •Schnepfe : Henry I". IJiiKer . i iitio IJuker & Co., 

 and John T. tJalviii of the lloistmeier Liiinliei' 

 Company. 



The seeretjuy is eleeled hy the mallaginu eoiii- 

 mitlee. IMieie is l<o ibiiihl iIkii Mr. .Mollu 

 can ha\e the othce as long ;is lie wants ii. lie 

 lias bold the office of sei leiary lor several years 

 and is one of the most popular of the younger 

 members of the eychange. 



Gen. (ieorge W. Ctirtin ot ilie I'lirtiii I.tinilier 

 Ccinpany. whose extensive plain al (.'uriiu. W. 

 Va.. WHS burned December 1, was in lialtlmore 

 la.st week. General Curtin said Ihat while the 

 lire occasioned his company some embarrassment, 

 l>usiness was not interrupted. Contracts have 

 already been phned tof a new mill in he etjuipped 

 with a double Iiami s;i\\ ;iiiil tiihei- machinery 

 of the latest pattern, and. couseijuently. more 

 efficient than the equijinienl destroyed. The 

 new mill is to be ready for ojieratiou in about 

 three inontlis. (leneral Ctiitiii expressed tlie 

 laost oplimist'e views as to the trade oiitlof)k 

 and manifested confidence in the future. 



Among other visitors in Baltimore last week 

 was Norman \Vrigbt of C. Leary i*c Co.. London, 

 who lias had been on an extended tour in the 

 south and southwest. His journey consumed .just 

 three monflis, and during tliat time be talked 

 with many manufacturers, all of whom were 

 most entliusijtslic as to pri'seiit cuKlitious and 

 the prospects lor the future. .Mr. Wright said 

 he found slocks cvcrywlu're very small. lie 

 also admitled tliat tlic complaints abmil the 

 tar famine. <ontrarj to the belief cutertained 

 hy many of ids countrymen, was anything hut 

 a bogie. It appears that the opinion lias been 

 widely prevalent on the other side of the At- 

 lantic that reimrts about the freight embargo 

 were circulated hy exporters .solely for the pur- 

 jjosc of inducing the foreign consumers to pay 

 the higher prices demanded. .Mr. Wright found 

 by personal observation that this is not so. He 

 called on a number of firms here and then jiro- 

 ceeded to New ^'ork preparatory to sailing for 

 home. 



II. L. Bollhalii. the well known inaiiiilact nrer 

 of liardwoods at Chilhowie, Va., was in Balti- 

 more last Monday on one of his regular busi- 

 ness trips. He was very optimistic as lo the 

 prevailing state of trade. 



r.y consent of the defendant .Vll'red It. Kiggs 

 lias been appointed receiver of I he Stirling-West 

 Cr)mp;iny, exporter of lumber and logs, I*'rank- 

 liii building, this city. The receiver gave bond 

 in the sum of .fl.OOO. The bill of complaint, 

 filed by William II. West, alleged that the con- 

 cern is Insolvent. 'I'he company was Incor- 

 porated with a capital of ^!1 2,000, .i!7.000 of 

 which was paid in. It has been In existence 

 for years and was formed by Charles G. Stir- 

 ling, now repicsentatlve In I'hlladelphla and 

 Baltimore of Price & Harl of .New Vork. The 

 affairs of the concern will he wi.iiiid up. 



Pittsburg, 

 Agents for a firm in Geriiiany are rapidly se- 

 curing all the walnut logs In the vlilnlty of 

 Sallncvllle, O. There are comparatively few 

 walnut trees In that part of Ihe state, and flic 

 farmers are getting good prh-es for them, many 

 bringing as high as ,525. Farmers who have 

 thus prollteil are now planting black and white 

 walnut trees In pastures and along fence rows 

 which tliey will cultivate carefully to Insure a 

 perfect growth while Ihe free Is young. In the 

 I'ountles of York, Lancaster. Lebanon and Berks. 

 In Pennsylvania, agents of Furopean lumber 

 firms were busy all siiiiiiuei- buying wiilniil. This 



fall tile "dresseis' have .eniie lliiongli tile coun- 

 ties peeling and siniariug I lie lugs fur ship- 

 ment. 



The Penns.\lvania Uailroad Company and tlie 

 llalrimoie & Dliio Company are doing their ut- 

 most to relieve the car shortage. A few days 

 ago prominent officials of the Pennsylvania met 

 in Pittsburg to devise ways and means of get- 

 ting more cars to the lumber territni-y. l-^arly in 

 tlie month Baltimore & nbiu otlicials called a 

 meeting of prominent lumber shiiipers along its 

 lines and as a result the congesliou has been 

 sligliit,\- relje\-e(l. By January 1 it is expected 

 tli:it lM)tli rnafls will be able In gi\-e iinieli better 

 service to lumbcrnu.'u. 



The C, r, Caughey Lumber Company is now 

 selling sound square edge oak bill stuft' at $2 a 

 thousand higher than thirty days ago. This 

 company reports that mill cull chestnut is 

 scarce. Sound wormy is in beftei- stock and 

 is a little weaker in market. 



Frank B. Graliam is happy over an order 

 f.ir .'iO.OOO wliilc oak ties (ix8xS which he has 

 just delivered to Ohio points. Mr. Graham has 

 within tile last few months cut 125,000 liard- 

 Hooil |iil posts, most of them six and seven 

 feet long, along the line of the Frie rallroail 

 near New Castle, Pa., where he cleared a large 

 tract of timber. He also shipped from West 

 Alexander. Pa., seven carloads of hickory and 

 mixed hardwoods to Baltimore & Ohio points, 

 nav'ng .iust linislied clearing foi-ty-two acres 

 I here. 



The Lumbermen's Bowling League of Pitts- 

 burg is doing much to cement the ties of good 

 fellowship among local firms. J. P. Garling is 

 chairman of the league and it bowls every Mon- 

 day evening in the club alleys in Diamond street. 

 At present the eight firms in the league are 

 ranked as follows, according to their scores so 

 far : Nicola Brotliers' Company. Forest Lumber 

 I'onipany. J. M. Hastings Lumber Company. Etn- 

 pirc T, umber Company. L. L. Sailer Lumber 

 I'ompany. American Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company, Willsou Brothers and the Mead & 

 Spcflr Company. 



T.Tnder the management of .1. .\. Wonlleii. ttie 

 .\nierican Lumber & Manufacturing Company is 

 rounding out tlie best -year of its history in ;he 

 hardwood trade. II has just closed up for 

 2,000,000 feel of oak and chestnut for 1006 

 delivery, to be resawn to its order. This makes 

 a total of 5.1100,11110 feet, mostly oak and chest- 

 nut, which this company has contracted for. 

 W. D. .lohnston. president of tlie concern, has 

 been in Soulb Carcdina and Florida for a short 

 time sizing up conditions, and G. W. Gates, 

 secretary, also made a similar tour in South 

 Carolina recently. 



The llassinger Lumber Company, which has 

 carried on quite extensive operations at Lamoiia. 

 Pa., for several years, has secured 17,000 acres 

 of oak and hardwoods In West Virginia. It will 

 shortly inil in a mill there to cut 75.000 feet 

 a day. The company has nearly exhausted Its 

 ilinber at Lamona. 



William T. Mtinroe. who was formerly con- 

 nected with Ihe J. M. Hastings Lumber Com- 

 pan.v, has again entered the lumber business In 

 the Diamond Bank building. Mr. Munroe is 

 going after his jmrtlcular line, factory mill 

 work, and has been figuring some big orders 

 the last two weeks. He has Just started on 

 'lUIng a contract for all the mill work for the 

 big addUli.ii lo the .\mcrlcan Slieel & Tin Plate 

 f-ompany's plant at .Morgantown, W. \'a. In- 

 quiries on his hooks Indicate a very brisk sea- 

 son ahead In this Hue, us doitens of new inanu- 

 lactorles are being iiiiiiotinci'd every week. 



According to 1. F. Balsley of .lames 1. M. 

 Wilson & Co., Ihe hardwood sltualloii Is at pres- 

 ent In the best shape, all things cousblered, that 

 It has been for years In this territory. He re- 

 ports a brisk Inquiry for all kinds of hard- 

 woods wllh prices holding very firm, and occa- 

 sional rises In Ihe minor lines. 



The A. M. 'J'urner Lumber Compiiiiy is closing 

 a reoiarkahly successful ,\ear. lis sales have been 



