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ruptcy to operate the factory for sixty days 

 for the benefit of the creditors, among 

 whom are C. Crane & Co. of this city, 

 to the extent of several thousand dollars, 



and several Tennessee concerns. 



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M. B. Farrin, president of the M. B. 

 Farrin Company, has tendered his resig- 

 nation as director of the Merchants' Na- 

 tional Bank. The cause is Ijecause Mr. 

 Farrin is a presidential elector, and there- 

 fore is not allowed to hold otRce while ex- 

 ercising the function of the elective fran- 

 chise position. At a future meeting he 

 will be restored to the directory of the 

 bank. 



W. R. Wallis, representing the K. & P. 

 Company, is making a buying trip through 



Kentucy and Tennessee. 



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L. G. Banning has returned from St. 

 Louis, where he took in the closing days 

 at the "World's Fair. 



BUFFALO BITS. 



(Special Correspondence.) 



Buffalo, Dec. G, 1904. 

 Over a week ago a barge named Massa- 

 soit, loaded with lumber for Tonawanda, 

 went adrift in the river on account of an 

 accident to the steamer having her in 

 tow, and landed on the waterworks inlet 

 crib. Notwithstanding there have been 

 (iaily efforts to get the barge off, she is 

 still stuck fast, although a large amount 

 of lumber has been lightered. The river 

 is very swift at this point, which makes 

 the work of lightering the lumber and 

 moving the barge both difficult and haz- 

 ardous. It means a big loss to someone. 



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The new factory of the Buffalo Box Fac- 

 tory having finally been completed, this 

 firm have vacated their former office on 

 Perry street and will transact all their 

 Buffalo business at their now quarters, 

 and now consider themselves in shape to 

 take care of all the business that comes 



their way. 



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The case of the Cameron Lumber Com- 

 pany against J. W. Spangenberg and J. R. 

 Droney is now being tried in the United 

 States Court here. The partners all oper- 



ate in Pennsylvania. The amount sued 

 for is 131,800 on the plea of breach of 

 contract on the part of Messrs. Spangen- 

 berg and Droney. The original contract 

 was between the parties and Mr. E. V. 

 Dunlevie, entered into May 10, 1902, 

 whereby they were to deliver to Dunlevie 

 six million feet of lumber at $6 per thou- 

 sand. Mr. Dunlevie having assumed an 

 interest in the Cameron Lumber Com- 

 pany, and becoming manager of this com- 

 pany, transferred his end of the contract 

 to the Cameron Lumber Company, who 

 claim that the lumber was not delivered 

 according to contract, and are suing for 

 the amount of their loss in the sum named. 

 The parties are all well known in Buffalo. 

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Mr. F. W. Vetter has returned from the 

 South, where he reports everything as run- 

 ning along in good shape. Mr. Mason 

 starts for the South in a day or two for 

 an indefinite stay at the mills of the com- 

 ]iany in Arkansas. 



at the Lumbermen's Exchange in the 

 Bourse, on December 2. The concantena- 

 tion was followed by a banquet. John J. 

 Rumbarger, vice-gerent snark, was the 

 chief spirit of the affair. 



PHILADELPHIA POST. 



(Special Correspondence.) 



Philadelphia, Dec. fi, 1904. 

 The annual meeting of the Pennsylva- 

 nia Lumbermen''s Association will be held 



January 12. 



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James W. Difenderfer is traveling 

 through Che South, with an eye on the 

 hardwood situation. 



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George E. Davis, the Bristol (Tenn.) 

 hardwood manufacturer, was a recent vis- 

 itor to the city. 



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The matter of authorizing official lum- 

 ber inspectors will come up for discussion 

 at the next monthly meeting of the Lum- 

 bermen's Exchange. E. B. Malone, the 

 head of the committee appointed last 

 spring to consider the question, will then 

 make his report. It is reported that the 

 committee will report favorably. 

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Robert P. Whitmer has returned home 

 from a business trip through the New 



England states. 



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A concantenation of Hoo-Hoos, of the 

 eastern district of Pennsylvania was held 



PITTSBUBG PACKET. 



(Special Correspondence.) 



Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 7, 1904. 

 After being out of the market for 

 months, the Pittsburg Coal Company is 

 again getting estimates on big lots of oak 

 and hemlock for boat building and for 

 mine timbers. 



The H. C. Huston Lumber Company and 

 the Yough Manor Lumber Company, with 

 offices in the Peoples Savings Bank build- 

 ing, will remove April 1 to the new House 

 building at Smithfield and Water streets. 

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The H. C. Huston Lumber Company has 

 booked orders for 15,000 ties the last two 

 weeks. It is busy getting out a large 

 quantity of tie stuff for the Baltimore & 

 Ohio Railroad, to be used on its Pittsburg 

 division. 



Forest fires have lately done considerable 

 damage in Western Pennsylvania and 

 West Virginia. Several small tracts of 

 standing timber in northern counties have 

 been badly burned over. Near Mononga- 

 heia City there occurred recently one of 

 the worst forest fires for years. 



SOUTHERN FIELD. 



(Special Correspondence.) 

 New Orleans, La., Dec. 3, 1904. 

 John C. Leijenaar, a successful young 

 log and lumber exporter of this city, died 

 in the Charity Hospital here on the morn- 

 ing of November 24, as a result of wounds 

 inflicted by himself in his office in the 

 Macheca Building at 5 o'clock in the 

 morning of November 22. Leijenaar died 

 without ever telling what prompted him to 

 commit the rash act. He was alone in 

 his office at the time he shot himself. 

 The sound of the pistol brought the jani- 

 tor of the building to the scene, and he 

 found Leijenaar weltering in his blood on 

 the floor. Beside him was the revolver 

 (Continued on page 2G.) 



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