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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 10, 1917 



The Tennessee Lumber & Veneer Company of Johnson City, Tenn., has 

 suffered a rather severe fire loss. 



The Haag Cabinet Company has been incorporated at Newport News, Va. 



At Spencer, Ind., The Eel River Falls Lumber Company has started 

 in the wholesale hardwood business. 



The Standard Veneer & Panel Company has been incorporated at New 

 York City. 



Word comes from New Bern, N. C, of the incorporation of the Gum 

 Panel Company. 



The Defiance Box Company of Defiance, O., has decreased its capital 

 stock from $.300,000 to $150,000. 



The Marcus A. Monaghan Company has been incorporated at Cleveland. 

 O., by M. F. Widner, Jr., G. M. Hones, M. F. McCarthy and R. R. Lee to 

 manufacture cabinet work. Capital stock is $10,000. 



The Wiuegar Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Mich., has decreased 

 its capital stock to $200,000, and the Curtis, Towle & Paine Company of 

 Clinton, Iowa, has increased its capital from .|200,000 to $300,000. 



.\t Millersville, Wis., the Herman Sprenger & Sons box factory and grist 

 mill recently burned with $10,000 damage. 



Barth Brothers Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of woodenware 

 at Port Washington, Wis., was recently destroyed by fire. Loss is esti- 

 mated at $25,000. 



At Boyne City, Mich., R. E. Olds, Heber W. Curtis and John Murray 

 recently purchased the interest of the W. H. White Company in the Boyne 

 City Lumber Company. 



M. Lewis, Brown Antone, L. Lott and B. C. Lewellyn have incorporated 

 the Detroit Wood Products Company, Detroit, Mich. Capital stock is 

 $25,000. 



The Pisgah Land & Lumber Company, with $5,000 capital, has been 

 incorporated at Scottsboro, Ala. 



The Hardwood Interior Company of San Francisco, Cal., has become 

 bankrupt. 



The Portage Lake Mill Company of Houlton, Me., has increased its capi- 

 tal from $70,000 to $270,000. 



-V receiver has been appointed for the .\tlantic Coast Veneer Company 

 of Wilmington, N. C, while a temporary receiver has been appointed for 

 the W. B. Lukens Lumber Company of Philadelphia, I'a. 



The .Vnchor Bay Lumber Company of Detroit, Mich., recently became 

 an involuntary bankrupt. 



W. L. Roach, president of the Roach & Musser Company of Muscatine, 

 Iowa, died recently. 



The C. M. Kellogg Lumber Company of Chicago and Cairo, 111., has 

 been succeeded by the Kellogg Lumber Company, a recent incorporation 

 with $50,000 capital. 



The following incorporations have recently been reported : Arkansas 

 Cooperage Company at Jacksonport, .\rk., the Eastern Building Finish 

 Company at Boston, Mass., the Hardwood Products Company at Itta 

 Bena. Miss., and the Bath Hardwood Lumber Company at Warm 

 Springs, Va. 



-< CHICAGO >• 



Ray E. I'ickrel oi' tlie Piikrel Walnut Company. St. Louis, Mo., passi'd 

 through Chicago on Tuesday en route to Grand Rapids where he will 

 look over the new furniture lines. 



Earl Grossman, sales manager of the A. L. Dennis Salt & Lumber 

 Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., spent a day in Chicago last week. Mr. 

 Grossman reports northern hardwoods continuing their trend upwards. 



J. P. Bushong of tile Northwestern Cooperage & Ijund)er Company, 

 Gladstone, Mich., acconiiianied by former superintendent William Schal- 

 linger. passed through Chicago this week on their return from Bay City. 



The large dry kilns and considerable hardwood luiliber were destroyed 

 in n flre at the Pullman Company plant last week. 



N. J. Rupp, president and treasurer of the John C. Moninger Company, 

 greenhouse construction contractor, died December 28 following an opera- 

 tion for appendicitis and an illness of several months, during which time 

 his son. Walter M.. was in charge of the business. Burial took place De- 

 cember 31 from the residence, 350S Jansseu avenue. The previous evening 

 tire flcslroyed the warehouse of the company, but the office and adjoining 

 buililings were saved. Rebuilding will be commenced at once and Walter 

 M. Rupp will continue in charge. 



The Forreston Table Company has been incorporated at Chicago. 



Tho National Piano Bench Company of Chicago has suffered an in 

 voluntary petition in bankruptcy. 



Sam \. Thompson, manager for the Andcrson-Tully Company, Memphis. 

 Tenn., passed through Chicago last week en route to Canadian points, 

 where he will look over the woodworking situation. 



II. E. Glaeser, representing George W. Hartzell of Piqua, O., in central 

 territory, arrived in Chicago last week. Mr. (ilaeser found trade so good 

 that he stayed ail week. 



Frederic Schreibman, M. E., E. E., consulting engineer from the Fni- 

 versity of Leige, Belgium, has been spending several days in Chicago 

 preparatory to introducing a new and very effective method of bending 

 wood. Mr. Schreibman is prominent in engineering circles in Belgium 

 anil in the two years he has been in this country has handled some very 

 Important assignments in the woodworking as well as other industries. 

 Bis bending process promises to revolutionize that branch of woodworking. 



n. W. Jones, president of the G. W. Jones Lumber Company, Appleton, 



Wis., and the Forrest City JIanufacturing Company, Forrest City, Ark., 

 passed through Chicago last week on his way to the southern plant. 



The annual meeting of the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago will 

 be held on Monday, January 15. 



=■< BUFFALO y- 



Charles H. Crouch, head of the Crouch & Beaban Lumber Company, Ro- 

 chester, died at his desk from heart disease on December 28, aged fifty-nine 

 years. He was a long-established and popular lumberman and one of tjae 

 most prominent citizens of Rochester. 'His wife, one son and three daugh- 

 ters ^^u^vive. 



Tdylor & Crate's new yard on Elmwood avenue is reported to be coming 

 along in excellent shape and will be ready for business in hardwoods this 

 spring. Lumber demand is reported to be satisfactory. The firm still 

 has considerable stock in its Elk street yard, which is being gradually dis- 

 posed of. 



Jackson & Tindle have been disposing of a large quantity of hardwoods 

 recently and report the demand as strong. W. K. Jackson is looking after 

 the firm's interests in Canada for a few days. 



T. Sullivan & Co. state that brown ash and elm are in steady demand* 

 the ouly cause for complaint nowadays being the slow delivery of stock. 

 Shipments from Michigan are held up much longer than usual. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company reports the hardwood demand as 

 above the average at this season. H. A. Plumley, purchasing agent, has 

 returned from a business trip to the mills. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company is looking forward to a good 

 demand for hardwoods this year, though demand has been lately inter- 

 fered with by the holiday season. The yard has a fair assortment and 

 car supply has been quite good. i 



The Yeager Lumber Company states that demand is fair so far this 

 year. A number of woods are now moving, with prices holding strong. 

 Oak and maple show their usual lead. 



G. Elias & Bro. state that the hardwood trade is holding its own, with 

 quite a fair stock of interior finish in demand. A large trade in buildiag 

 lumber is looked for this spring. 



W. P. Killer of Miller, Sturm & Miller has been recovering lately from 

 a siege of illness, which lasted several weeks. The yard is selling a fair 

 quantity of oak and maple. 



H. B. Oorsline of the National Lumber Company has been elected one 

 of the new police commissioners of North Tonawamla. Peter Baillie of 

 the Kelsey Hardwood Lumber Company, who has held the position for 

 twenty-three years, Is his associate. 



Blakeslee, Perrln & Darling have been adding to their lumber stocks 

 considerably in the past few weeks and now report having an unusually 

 large general assortment. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company reports an increased activity 

 in birch, which It is making a specialty. Oak and ash are also selling 

 fairly well so far this year. 



The Atlantic Lumber Company has completed its inventory taking. 

 The assortment of hardwoods in stock is quite complete at present. 



=-< BOSTON >= 



Ileywood Bros. & Wakefield Company has purchased the plant formerly 

 occupied by the Derby Desk Company at North Somerville and will trans- 

 fer several departments of its business to this location, principally the 

 storage and shipping of goods. There will not be any general decrease of 

 nuinufacturlng operations at the two Massachusetts plants and the Bos- 

 ton salesrooms will still be maintained. 



The firm of Robertson & Larkin at Hudson. Mass., whose senior partner 

 recently died, has been succeeded by the Larkin Lumber Company in- 

 corporated with capital of $65,000. 



The Boston & .Vlbany Railroad has modifled its embargo to permit transit 

 of freight from connecting lines for points east via West Albany and 

 other junction points ; this together with some other relief measures has 

 rendered the situation a little more favorable on the New England roads. 

 but there are many trunk line prohibitions which constitute a serious ob- 

 stacle to the lumber trade in getting stock through. 



=-< PITTSBURGH >-= 



J. C. Cottrell, president of the J. C. Cottrell Lumber Company, spent 

 a few days in the East lately. 



FreiL It. Babcock of tlie Babcock Luml)er Company is very busy with 

 the arrangements for the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' convention 

 here in March. The Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce will aid greatly in 

 providing entertainment for the visitors. 



The Acorn Lumber Company was fairly well satisfied with last year's 

 business, and looks for a strong deuuind and very high prices this year. 



The .Aberdeen Lumber Company Is having very hard work to get Its 

 gum and Cottonwood stocks out of the Southwest, owing to the car 

 shortage and the embargoes. . 



The .\ilelnuin Lumber Company Is pushing its trade hard and has a 

 splendid lot of stocks lined up for spring business. Hardwood mills in 

 tri-state territory are as busy as they can be, considering bad roads and 

 a shortage of help at the mills. Stocks are very light. 



The Kendall Lumber Company will start its big new hardwood opera- 



