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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Tlic Worcester Lumbei' Company of Worcester. 

 Mass.. has been incorporated under the laws of 

 JIassaohusctis. Kdward n. Buzzell of Boston 

 is president .ind K. li. Page of Boston is secre- 

 tary. A contract for the erection of two large 

 lumber sheds has been awarded. Mr. Buzzell 

 purchased land adjacent to the Boston & Maine 

 railroad several weeks ago. At that time it was 

 reported that a yard would be established in the 

 spring. 



Charles S. Wentworth & Co. report prices as 

 very lirm an<l the demand good. 



Lawrence & Wiggin have been doing an exten- 

 sive business in quartered oak during the past 

 month. 



New York. 



The annual meeting of the Lumber Insurance 

 Company of New York was held at the head- 

 quarters, (16 Broadway, Feb. 7, at which time 

 a large majority ot the officers and directors 

 were present and the affairs ot the company 

 found to he in a very satisfactory condition, its 

 total cash assets being .$40o,79C.3G. Pendennis 

 White of Buffalo was reelected president, 

 Horace l'". Taylor of Taylor & Crate. Buffalo, 

 vice president, and Kalph II. McKelvey of New 

 York, treasurer. Mr. McKelvey was also made 

 a director. The new board of directors follows ; 

 .S. M. Clement. Buffalo, X. Y. : Lewis Dill, Balti- 

 more. Md. ; William H. Gratwick, Buffalo, N. Y. ; 

 William Hamlin. Buffalo, X. Y. : W. A. Holt, 

 Oconto. Wis. ; W. C. Laidlaw, Toronto, Ont. ; 

 .Tohn U. Larkin, Buffalo, N. Y. : ,7ohn .lay Mc- 

 Kelvey. New York City : Kalph 11. McKelvey. 

 New York City : Hugh McLean, Buffalo, N. Y. : 

 I'". W. JIattocks, New York City : George A. 

 Mitchell, Buffalo, X. Y. ; Henry J. Pierce. Buf- 

 falo, X. Y. : C. H. Prescott, Jr.. Cleveland, O. : 

 Frank C. Rice, Springfield, Mass. : Horace F. 

 Taylor, Buffalo, X. Y'. : Pendennis White. Buf- 

 falo. N. Y. The company is making rapid gains 

 in the amount of business underwritten as well 

 as in financial resources and is saving the lum- 

 ber trade from Lj to 20 per cent in rates from 

 the schedules of the old line companies. 



Schedules In bankruptcy of Alfred Adams, 

 cabinet woodworker, ;!S Gold street, show liabili- 

 ties :f.".,G43, and assets $S,.")0.j, .itS.OOO of latter 

 being in notes given for the purchase of the 

 business by an outsider. Mr. Adams will pay 

 100 cents on the dollar, half cash and half 

 notes. 



The large trim manufacturing firm of Kert- 

 scher & Co. at Klmiia, N. Y., with plant bovu 

 there and in this city, has been incorporated 

 under the same style with a capital of ?350,000. 



The IS. T. .Tones Lumber Company of North 

 Tonawanda has opened an office in the Flatlron 

 building. In charge of W. JL Beers, who has 

 so ably looked after the company's local trade 

 In recent years. In addition to the white pine 

 supplies a full line uf hardwoods suitable for 

 the local trade will be added. 



Wni. Whitmer & .Son.s, Inc., of Philadelphia, 

 with branch office at 143 Liberty street, city, 

 has opened a sales office at Newark, N. J., 

 under the charge of R. L. Coryell. 



K. K. Katon. local representative of the W. M. 

 Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, ()., Is now 

 located at LIS West Klghty first street, and has 

 some very choice hardwood offerings. W. M. 

 Ultter, the distinguished bead of the bouse, 

 was here during the fortnight. 



(;ol. Horace B. Shepard of the Shepard & 

 .Morse Lumber Company, Boston, accompanied 

 by his two sons, galled on Feb. 8 for a three 

 months' Mediterranean tour. 



Hugh McLean, head of the extensive hard- 

 wood operations bearing his name, was a recent 

 visitor on business. 



.Tohn .1. lireen of Wm. Brcen's Sons, Brook- 

 lyn hardwoud dealers. Is receiving the congratu- 

 Inllims of Ills many friends. On Feb. 12 AIlss 

 Kvelyn lieggs of this city became his bride. .Mr. 

 and -Mrs. I'reen will leave shortly for an ex- 

 tended honeymo<in trip. 



M. M. Wall, the prominent Buffnioninn, was 

 In town this week for several days on business 



and expressed himself as well i)leased with the 

 general hardwood situation. 



At the call of Vicegerent C. F. Fischer a 

 lousing concatenation was held at Iteisen 

 Weber's Hotel, Manhattan. Feb. 2.'t, at which 

 lime about fifteen kittens were admitted, a 

 majority of whom will be students ot the Yale 

 l-'orestry School at New Haven. 



J. C. Turner, lite prominent cypress specialist, 

 left last week for a six weeks' tour ot his Pa- 

 cific coast investments, going via New Orleans, 

 where he will take in the Mardi Gras. From 

 there be will go to Frisco to look over his red- 

 wood interests and thence to Blaine. Wash., 

 where he recently acquired a substantial interest 

 in the J. L. .lenkins Lumber Company, which 

 owns two billion feet of stumpage. .\ good part 

 of the latter output this year will be marketed 

 east by Mr. Turner. ^ 



W. W. Knight ot the Long Knight Lumber 

 Company, Indianapolis, Ind., was here last 

 week attending the trustees' meeting of the 

 National Wholesalers. In speaking of business 

 he stated that his company, had the biggest 

 .Tanuary in its career and that lie looked tor 

 a marked scarcity of dry hardwoods before 

 spring, owing to the strong demand generally. 



M. B. Farrin. president of the JI. B. Farrin 

 Lumber Company of Cincinnati, arrived in town 

 I<"eb. 15, preparatory to sailing for a six weeks' 

 trip to the West Indies on the ITth. He was 

 accompanied liy Mrs. Farrin. 



Baltimore. 



The Interstate Mantel & Tile Dealers' .\s- 

 sociation held a three days' session here last 

 week, the occasion being the annual meeting 

 of the organization which was formed two 

 years ago at Nashville. The deliberations were 

 presided over by T. F. Keating of Chicago, the 

 retiring president, and much work of interest 

 and imporiaiioe was accomplished. 



The following officers were elected: 



President— R. Kdward Logan. Pittsburg, Fa. 



First vice president — Henry A. Grimwood, 

 Providence, R. I. 



Second vice president — S. Homor Calkins, 

 Baltimore. 



Treasurer — W. J. Xorthcross. Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



Executive committee — Charles F. Lorenzen. 

 Chicago; Joseph S. Miller, Philadelphia, and 

 George F. Eubanks, Atlanta. Ga. 



The case of John L. Alcock & Co. has been 

 again postponed until ne.xt Monday owing to 

 unfinished business pending in the United 

 States Court. 



The car equipment question which was the 

 subject of a two days' conference in January 

 between representatives of some thirty .lum- 

 ber organizations and the railroads interested 

 at Washington is to be taken up again be- 

 tween now and the first ot March by railroad 

 representatives and a committee of seven on 

 the part of the lumber interests. 



.\mong the visiting lumbermen here last 

 week were E. B. Becklcy of the Crosby & 

 Beckley Company, New Haven. Conn., and 

 Mr. Troadway ot Sanford & Trcadway of the 

 same town. They called on a number ot hard- 

 wood firms and expressed confidence In the 

 continuance of high values. 



Pittsburg. 

 PIt'tsburg Is going through an epidemic of 

 warehouse liulldlug. It started two years ago 

 and there arc enough buildings planned to keep 

 everybody busy for at least another year. Fully 

 ?."i, 000,00(1 has been Invested In warehouses 

 within the Inst two years. The Wabash Pllts- 

 htu-g Terminal Railroad Company Is now build- 

 ing fourteen warehouses under Us clcvnled 

 Hacks. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com- 

 pany Is having plans prepared tor a big group 

 of wnrehouHes near Its proposed freight ter- 

 minal, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 

 Is <'onKlderlng the project of building an im 



mense warehouse group in Pittsburg as well as 

 a dozen or more six-slury warehouses in .Alle- 

 gheny. There is no let up in tlie number of 

 private projects announced. This warehouse 

 Iniilding epidemic is a splendid thing for the 

 hardwood men for the amount of oak used Is 

 enormous, and for two years some of the best 

 liusiness done in Pitlsburg has been along this 

 line. Xow some big bills are being figured and 

 within the next three months there will be 

 some very nice orders placed for oaU timbers 

 and flooring. 



Several of the prominent hardwood men are 

 gc.lng to Washington next week to attend the 

 annual convention ot the National Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' Association, March 7 and S. 

 I'iilsburg dealers are much interested in the 

 p.iatter ot car stakes and allowances tor weight 

 of the .same in bills ot lading, which will come 

 up at this meeting. 



Frank M. Graham, the pole and lie man, an- 

 nounces that it is hard to get Xo. 1 white oak 

 sawed ties, although hewed ties are plenty. 

 There Is a good supply of poles, but. like ties, 

 dealers are holding them till the weather per- 

 mits active construction work, when they ex- 

 pect to get higher prices. Both the railroad and 

 the street railway companies are pouring in a 

 big inquiry for ties for this spring's use. 



I'rom the A. M. Turner Lumber Company it Is 

 learned that building men are buying more freely 

 of late and that the local yards are stocking 

 up with a pretty good lot of hardwood. The 

 company has hustling agents out in Ohio and 

 western Pennsylvania who are keeping it sup- 

 plied with a fine lot of orders for building stocks. 



II. W. Henninger, president ot the Reliance 

 Lumber Company, is back from an extended 

 trip through West Virginia and Kentucky. He 

 finds good white oak scarce. The company's 

 luospects for a big trade in building lumber this 

 spi-ing are excellent. 



The Dunlcvy Lumber Company is a iimv con- 

 cern at Durbiu. W. Va. It is pnlting in a mill 

 that will cut 70,000 feet a day and will be quite 

 a producer of hardwood. 



J. M. Hastings, president ot the J. M. Hastings 

 Lumber Company, dropped into the hoiue office 

 ten days ago after a stay ot several weeks at 

 the immense plant ot the Davidson Lumber Com- 

 pany in Nova Scotia. Mr. Hastings was the 

 originator of the Davidson operation and takes 

 a just pride in watching Its development. 



I. F. Balsley. hardwood manager for Hillson 

 Brothers, has been touring West Virginia and 

 Kentucky again in searclr of hardwood oiiportu- 

 nities. The rm expects to leave no stone un- 

 turned this year to get a full share of the hard- 

 wood trade and It is already booking some fine 

 orders. 



The Forest Lumber Company rciiorts a large 

 call for oak and chestnut, the latter having been 

 a leader with it for months. The better grades 

 of oak are leading the market among the other 

 hardwoods. 



.V wholesale lumber firm I hat will ilo con- 

 siderable business In oak is the Washington Lum- 

 ber Company ot Washington. Pa., which has 

 just been organized. The company is the first 

 wholesale firm in that (own. but has no yards 

 as yet. 



The Kendall LuMihcr Company has (he biggest 

 job of hustling on hands of any year In the his- 

 tory ot Its founder-^. Its mills are being pushed 

 I. aid. and the oiit|Ui( of Its new plant al Crel- 

 lln. .Md.. will be largel.v Increased before fall. 

 The lompany Is a strong competitor In the oak 

 and hardwood market and Is getting Into the 

 i-aslern trade In good shape with Its (.'relllu 

 St ock. 



The Rtinibarger Lumber Ctiinpaiiy now has a 

 line suite of offices ut 701 Keystone building, 

 where .M'lnager Mann Is In charge. The com- 

 pany found It best to start a Pllt.sburg office as 

 Its rapidly Increasing trade In this section made 

 ii nliiiiist Impossible to do all (be dealing from 

 (be liomi' iiin<'e In Philadelphia. 



