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HARDWOOD RECORD 



was tbe biggest and best yet. Two hundred 

 and forty odd members and guests enjoyed one 

 of the famous "Oscar's" dinners, followed by 

 a brief speech by President J. S. Davis, and an 

 evening of high class rauderille. Many distin- 

 guished out ot-town association officials were 

 present and everybody voted it a huge success. 

 John T. Dixon, tbe prominent hardwood man- 

 ufacturer of Elizabetbton, Tenn., and West Vir- 

 ginia, spent several days here last week. lie Is 

 well satisfied with tbe hardwood situation. 



Albert Steinbach, manager hardwood depart- 

 ment of tbe Northern Lumber Company, l''latiron 

 building, is just bacli from a soutbern buying 

 trip and reports tbat he's well fixed. 



Ernest M. Price, ex-president and chief organ- 

 izer of tbe National Lumber Exporters' Associa- 

 tion and one of tbe prominent figures in the 

 hardwood and export trade, died suddenly at 

 his residence in this city, Feb. 1. He was a 

 partner in the local firm of Price & Hart, 18 

 Broadway, and is survived by a wife and three 

 children. Mr. Price was a product of Balti- 

 more, where he entered the hardwood field. He 

 was for years associated with tbe operations of 

 his brothers there, and about fifteen years ago 

 came to this city to form a partnership with 

 Walter T. Hart, which firm has been contin- 

 uously identified since with tbe trade of the dis- 

 trict, as one of the leading houses. Mr. Price 

 was for many years and up to the time of his 

 death, a trustee in the New York Lumber Trade 

 Association and one of the charter members of 

 the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation and conspicuous in its upbuilding. He 

 was an expert judge of hardwoods and highly 

 esteemed both locally and abroad, where his 

 firm enjoyed a large and valued constituency. 

 His death came as a shock to his many friends 

 and his loss is felt keenly. He was at the an- 

 nual meeting of the exporters only last week 

 in Washington, but on returning home was 

 taken ill. He seemed to improve the early part 

 o( the week, but in the early morning of the 

 ftrst, expired suddenly. 



Philadelphia. 



The fortnight just closed has proved in 

 every way a favorable one to hardwood men 

 of this city; l)usmess has been exceptionally 

 good and diversions galore have been furnished 

 by meetings of various trade associations. 



The sudden death from heart disease of 

 John Peart of Ptart, Nields & McCormick at 

 his new home in 'West Goshen, was a shock 

 to the Philadelphia trade. Mr. Peart was 

 stxty-five years old, but had always enjoyed 

 the best of health. lie had been identified 

 all his life with the local lumber trade and 

 his unexpected death is universally mourned. 

 The business will be continued as heretofore 

 by the surviving members of the firm. 



The monthly meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange was an Interesting one. The Ex- 

 change placed Itself on record as favoring the 

 movement of the other trade associations to 

 force the Pennsylvania railroad to abolish 

 the rebate charge of $10 for Interchangeable 

 mileage books. S. B. 'Vrooman, as chairman 

 of the committee to attend sessions of the In- 

 terstate Commerce Commission in Washing- 

 ton in the Interests of deepening the Dela- 

 ware river channel, spoke at some length, re- 

 porting that success had attended the efforts 

 In that direction and that the government 

 would make the necessary surveys. Some 

 sixty odd members of the Exchange attended 

 the meeting and partook later of a luncheon 

 served in the Bourse restaurant. The follow- 

 ing applications for membership were re- 

 ceived and will be voted upon by the full 

 membership In accordance with a new rule: 

 Soble Brothers, R. M. Smith & Co., J. R. 

 •Williams and M. W. Jones. 



A number of Michigan retailers are due 

 here this week. They are with a party of 

 lumbermen from the Northwest who are mak- 

 ing an annual excursion through the Eiist, 



their destination being the national capital. 

 H. Ij. Foot of Dennis Brothers. Grand Rap- 

 ids, wrote A. S. McGaughan of this city to 

 expect him and his traveling companions to 

 seek the hospitality of the lumbermen of this 

 city on a stop-over visit. 



A. Williamson of Carter, Hughes & Co., 

 Baltimore, w\'»s a visitor to this city recently, 

 looking after special business interests. 



Emil Guenther, one of the best known 

 Philadelphia lumbermen, has been selected as 

 a member of this city's reform campaign 

 committee. Tlie announcement is made dur- 

 ing the absence abroad of Mr. Guenther, who 

 has as his traveling companion Anderson 

 Given. 



Articles of incorporation were granted at 

 the state capital last week to the Walton 

 Lumber Company, Charleroi, capital $50,000; 

 to the Grain. Pump & Lumber Company, 

 Philadelphia, capital $25,000 ; to the American 

 Box Company, $10,000; and in Delaware to 

 the Delta Lumber Company, with a capital 

 stock of $100,000. 



The Rumbarger Lumber Company, Harri- 

 son building, has opened a branch office at 

 701 Keystone building, Pittsburg, Pa., under 

 the management of O. T. Mann. 



J. J. Rumbarger has entirely recovered 

 from an attack of the grip which compelled 

 him to defer a proposed trip to the South. 



Among those who visited the Philadelphia 

 trade during the fortnight were: W. W. 

 Reilly of W. W. Reilly & Bro., Buffalo, N. 

 T.; H. H. Black of the Roos Lumber Com- 

 pany, Jamestown, N. Y., and W. H. Cole of 

 the Little Creek Lumber Company, Green- 

 briar, W. "Va. 



F. W. Whiteman has resigned his position 

 with Schofleld Brothers to enter the hard- 

 wood business for himself, with offices in 

 the Land Title building. Mr. Whiteman is 

 .TO well known to the trade and so familiar 

 with it that no doubt exists as to his suc- 

 cess. 



Hugh Mcllvaine of J. Gibson Mcllvaine & 

 Co. is due home this week from an extended 

 trip through the South. 



Jerome H. Sheip of Sheip & Vandegrift has 

 left for a tour of the southern timber re- 

 gions. 



I. M. Troth of the H. H. Sheip Manufac- 

 turing Company has cabled friends in the 

 trade here of .his safe arrival in Europe and 

 assured them that he Is having a first rate 

 time. 



R. F. Whitmer of Wm. Whitmer & Sons, 

 Inc., made a trip to Pittsburg last week, 

 looking after the interests of the firm in the 

 western part of the state. 



Frank C. Scnedeker & Co. are building a 

 new planing mill at their yards at Ninth and 

 Tioga streets, to cost $7,000. 



The Emery Lumber & Coal Company, Wll- 

 liamsport. Pa., was incorporated Jan. 23 with 

 a capital of $50,000. 



Eli B. Hallowell & Co., Harrison building, 

 instituted suit in the local courts recently 

 against Horace G. Williams, receiver of the 

 Beaver Creek Lumber Company. 



Jerome H. Sheip, vicegerent snark for the 

 eastern district of Pennsylvania, announces 

 that the next Hoo-Hoo concatenation will be 

 held Tuesday, March 13. 



Baltimore. 



Profound regret was caused here by the death 

 In New York on February 1 of Ernest Melville 

 Price, senior member of the hardwood firm of 

 I'rlcc & Ilart. Mr. Price passed away at bis 

 New York residence but tlie body was brought 

 to Baltimore for Interment. Mr. Price was born 

 in Baltimore 48 years ago, and engaged In the 

 lumber business at an early age. Fifteen years 

 ago he removed to New York and established the 

 firm of I'rlcc & Hart, which Is one of the best 

 known in the trade and has extensive conuec- 

 tlon.s. 



Lumbermen here are considerably disturbed 

 over an opinion handed down last week which 

 holds that lumber is not included in minor priv- 

 ileges — in other words, that no permits for 

 piling lumber on streets and other public thor- 

 oughfares can be issued. Until the ruling Is 

 upset by tbe courts it becomes the law of the 

 municipality, and it will be necessary to remove 

 the lumber piles now occupying parts of street 

 beds. It is altogether probable that the matter 

 will be brought up before the managing com- 

 mittee of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange at 

 its next meeting. 



The large lumber mill of William Whitmer & 

 Sons of Philadelphia, at Wailman, Garrett 

 county. Mil., was completely destroyed by a fire 

 which Is supposed to have been started from 

 the heiiting of the saw, on January 19. The 

 loss is estimated at $20,000, with no insurance. 

 The plant will be rebuilt as soon as possible, 

 as tho firm has much standing timber in that 

 locality. 



It is reported from Marlinton, W. Va., that 

 about 8,000 acres of timber land, three sawmills, 

 fifteen miles of standard gauge railroad, a farm, 

 a store with $18,000 worth of goods, and about 

 twenty-five bouses, which make up the town of 

 Boyer, W. \a., have been sold to J. W. Mc- 

 Cullough of Friendsvllle, Md., and U. J. Wil- 

 moth of Meyersdale, Pa. The purchasers will 

 continue the manufacture of lumber, the stand- 

 ing timber being suflicient, according to esti- 

 mates, to turn out about 100,000.000 feet. 



David T. Carter of Carter, Hughes & Co., 

 Union Dock, this city, is still away on his 

 southern tour, visiting lumber mills and look- 

 ing after business generally for his firm. He 

 is extending his travels beyond the limit orig- 

 inally fixed, and is taking a comprehensive sur- 

 vey of the lumber trade situation. 



In compliance with tbe agreement in the car 

 stake equipment matter reached at the hearing 

 before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 

 Jan. 13, at Washington, representatives of the 

 National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association 

 and of the railroads met at the Wlllard Hotel, 

 Washington, on Feb. 1. The meeting was held 

 behind closed doors, the discussion continuing 

 tor hours, and was finally carried over to the 

 next day. The second day's session ended with- 

 out definite result and it was agreed to meet 

 again in the near future. 



The case of John L. Alcock & Co. was to 

 have come up in the United States court here 

 on Feb. 5, but another case was peuding and 

 It was postponed until Feb. 12. A number 

 of witnesses. Including ofllcers of the National 

 Exporters' Association, have been subpoenaed. 



Pittsburg. 



Ben C, Keator of Fair & Keator is in Chi- 

 cago. He finds jobbers very independent and 

 ills company is experiencing tlie usual dif- 

 ficulty In getting dry stocks. 



The J. M. Hastings Lumber Company Is 

 putting in a new mill to cut 35,000 feet a day 

 at Jacksonburg, W. 'Va., where its first tract 

 of timber is about cut out. This operation 

 is on an adjoining tract which will afford the 

 company a big lot of tine oak and other hard- 

 woods. 



D. C. Stewart of the Stewart Lumber Com- 

 pany of Warren, O,, is doing considerable 

 business in hardwoods on tlie Western Re- 

 serve, especially in ash and hickory. 



The Oliver Iron Mining Company, controlled 

 largely by Pittsburg capitalists, has bought 

 IS, 000 acres of land contiguous to the Chicago 

 & Northwestern railroad in Gogebic county, 

 Mich., for about $10 an acre. This gives the 

 company over 200,000,000 feet of stumpage In 

 that territory, 



William Whitmer & Sons, Inc., broke all 

 records at their Pittsburg ollice In January, 

 shipping over GOO cars of lumber, or more 

 than twcnty-ftvc per cent above the usual 

 month's business. Tho call for oak and spruce 

 is almost phenomenal for this season. 



