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the foreign markets, in which his com- 

 pany enjoys a large trade. 



* * * 



J. D. Moir, of Christy. Moir & Co., hard- 

 woods and spruce, 149 Broadway, sailed 

 for Europe on the 16th on a six weeks' 

 pleasure trip, accompanied hy Mrs. Moir. 



* * * 



M. H. Robertson, of the East .Tordan 

 Flooring Company, East Jordan, Mich., 

 spent several da;s in town last week for 

 the purpose ol looking over the local situ- 

 ation with a view to arranging for the 

 entry of their product in the eastern field. 

 They have one of the finest plants in the 



state of Michigan. 



* * * 



C. W. Manning, hardwood wholesaler, 66 

 Broad street, has just returned from a 

 trip of several weeks spent among the 

 southern hardwood mills. He states that 

 the conditions at manufacturing points in- 

 dicate a tendency to higher prices between 

 now and spring. 



* * * 



Rode & Horn, Inc., retail hardwood lum- 

 ber dealers, 1-9 Lynch street. Brooklyn, 

 have filed a voluntary dissolution of the 

 corporation for the purpose of reorganiz- 

 ing as a partnership. The change in no 

 wise affects the firm or its business. It 

 was originally a partnership, but was later 

 incorporated and it is the purpose of its 

 personnel to return to the style of first or- 

 ganization, 



Thomas P. Stran. .Jr.. who is connected 

 with the Wiley, Harker & Camp Company, 

 this city, was recently married at Pitts- 

 burg to Miss Nellie Mead, sister of J. J. 

 Mead, of the wholesale hardwood firm of 

 Mead & Speer, They will reside here 

 upon their retvirn from their honeymoon. 



* * * 



The Wayne Lumber Company has been 

 organized with offices at 138 Front street, 

 this city, to carry on a wholesale hard- 

 wood business, making a specialty of 

 maple and basswood. Its personnel con- 

 sists of Samuel J. Ormsbee and Theodore 

 G, Mittelstaedt, who for many years have 

 been connected with W. E. Uptegrove & 

 Bro.. large hardwood dealers of this city, 

 and John G. and Wm. F. Rlefler, who are 

 members of the lumber manufacturing 

 firm of Riefler & Son, at Tanners Falls, 

 Pa. The company will handle the output 

 of the Riefler mill, in addition to forming 

 other connections of supply, and with the 

 wide experience of these various gentle- 

 men, both at the manufacturing end, as 

 well as in catering to the local market, 

 augurs well for the success of the new 



company. 



* * * 



At a recent meeting of the directors of 

 G. Hoyt & Co., retail hardwood dealers of 

 Kent Avenue & Clymer street, Brooklyn, 

 the resignation of A. U. Hoyt as president 

 and director was tendered and accepted, 

 and he will not participate in the future 

 management of the business, which has 



been placed in the hands of F. W. Van 

 Duzen, who is associated with the local 

 wholesale house of Frederick W. Cole, 29 

 Broadway, city. There has been no an- 

 nouncement of any financial embarrass- 

 ment and the new manager stated that the 

 change was brought about for the best in- 

 terests of all concerned in the company's 

 business, which will be conducted along 

 general lines as heretofore until such time 

 as a proper understanding of the com- 

 pany's affairs will enable the management 

 to entertain offers, now under considera- 

 tion, for the sale of the property. 



* * * s 



John Cathcart. the large hardwood whole- 

 saler and manufacturer of 114 Franklin 

 street, has just returned from a two weeks' 

 visit to his Decatur (Ala.) mill, looking 

 over the situation at that point, where he 

 found everything running along smoothly 

 and satisfactorily. 



CINCINNATI GOSSIP. 



(Special Correspondence.) 



Cincinnati, Nov. 22, 1904. 

 Max Kosse, president of the K. & P. 

 Company, will arrive in this city the last 

 of the month. He and his wife landed in 

 this country from Germany last week and 

 at present are taking in the sights in 



New York City. 



* * * 



Chas. F. Shiels, head of the Chas. F. 

 Shiels Company, is home from a busi- 

 ness trip through the hardwood districts 

 of Kentucky and West Virginia. 



* * * 



Fred E. Radina is at his desk again 

 after a short trip to the World's Fair. 



* * * 



J. Dulweber & Co. have removed their 

 yards from Budd street to a more com- 

 modious location on McLean avenue, be- 

 tween Poplar and Finlay streets. At their 

 new place they have a private railroad 



switch. 



* ♦ * 



T. B. Stone has been chosen to repre- 

 sent the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club, 

 which will assist other commercial organ- 

 izations in an effort which is to be made 

 to secure a modern pneumatic tube sys- 

 tem for the transmission of mails between 

 the central postoffice and the various rail- 

 road depots and branch postoffices 



throughout the city. 



* * * 



M. B. Farrin, who was delegated to rep- 

 resent the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club 

 at the meeting of the Ohio River Improve- 

 ment Association in Huntington, W. Va., 

 on November 16-17, has returned, much 

 pleased over the work accomplished. 

 Prospects for securing a nine-foot navi- 

 gable stage for the Ohio the year round 



are bright. 



* * * 



As the guest of President M. E. Ingalls 

 a party of 150 business men w-ent to In- 

 dianapolis on November 11, to make ait 

 inspection of the belt line in operation 

 in that city. T. J. Moffett, L. G. Banning, 



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