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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



of New Englacd lumber associations on Jan. 

 25, called for the purpose of taking action in 

 regard to governmental freight rate regulation. 



E. M. Price. Price & Hart, 18 Broadway, large 

 wholesale hardwood and export house, left Jan. 

 21 for a visit to the mills of the Gauley Com- 

 pany, Camden-on-GauIey, W. Va., for whom they 

 are selling agents and from there joined the 

 other eastern exporters on the 23rd for St. 

 r^uis to attend the National Lumber Export- 

 ers' Association annual convention on the 2ijth. 

 Mr. Price is an ex-president of the association 

 and has always taken a keen interest in its af- 

 fairs. 



E. E. Eaton. 42 Broadway, who for some 

 time past has been representing the Kenova 

 Poplar Manufacturing Company of Kenova, \V. 

 Va., in the local market, has severed his con- 

 nection with that company to assume the man- 

 agement of the local office of the W. M. Ritter 

 Lumber Company, of Columbus. O., at 45 Broad- 

 way, to succeed T. S. Miller who recently went 

 with the Stevens-Eaton Company, as manager 

 of their hardwood department. Mr. Eaton is 

 favorably known in the local trade. 



Local Hoo-Hoo had a blowout on Jan. 6 

 at the Vendome hotel, at which time 

 the following candidates were elected : Joseph 

 Bailey, E. Bailey & Sons, retailers. Patchogue. 

 L. I. ; S. G. Ormsbee, Wayne Lumber Company. 

 Hardwoods : T. S. Miller, manager hardwood de- 

 partment Stevens-Eaton Company ; W. A. Eaton. 

 Stevens-Eaton Company, 1 Madison avenue : M. 

 Mosson, retail hardwoods, 518 Flushing ave- 

 nue, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; F. W. Fassett, Bush, 

 I'assett & Krussen, wholesale, 112.3 Broadway; 

 rierndon Sizer, Robert R. Sizer & Son. whole- 

 sale, 13 William street. 



There was a general good time, a fine dinner 

 and vaudeville entertainment, and a very fair 

 attendance of the local cats, under the leader- 

 ship of Snark F. K. Ix)ngwell, of Hoboken. N. 

 J. .\n enjoyable feature of the concatenation 

 was the presence of Vicegerent J. J. Kumharger, 

 of Philadelphia, and head of the operations of 

 the Rumbarger I^umber Company. Mr. Rum- 

 borger was accompanied by a coterie of Phila- 

 delphia IIoo-Hoo who helped to make things 

 lively. With him were C. E. Lloyd, Jr.. Cherry 

 River Boom & Lumber Co. ; St. George Bond, 

 H. E. Olson and F. W. Werden, all of the 

 Rumbarger Lumber Company ; Thomas B. Hoff- 

 man. J. S. Kent Co. ; John H. Vanghan, Lewis, 

 Thompson & Co., Philadelphia, and E. W. Vande- 

 grift. 



The Barr & Mills Company, large wholesaler 

 of Zanesvllle, O., has opened an office in the 

 I'latiron building, under the management of 

 Sam 10. Barr and has become a permanent fix- 

 ture in the local wholesale trade. It will handle 

 a full line of hardwoods and hardwood flooring. 

 The concern has secured the hardwood output 

 of the Otter Creek Lumber Company, Hamble 

 ton. W. Va.. which company has put in a brand 

 new flooring plant which will give them a 

 choice line of maple and oak llnoring. in addi- 

 tion to several million feet of oak lumber, which 

 in addition to its other lines places them In 

 possession of some very choice offerings for the 

 trade of this section. Mr. Barr Is a well posted 

 lumberman and their local venture starts out 

 under most favorable auspices. 



Tlie banquet of tlie Xew York Lumber Trade 

 Association was given at the Waldorf-Astoria 

 at which time over 200 members of the local 

 trade and out of town lumbermen were pres- 

 int. The menu was most excellent and the 

 loom handsomely decorated. After dinner 

 speeches were made by the following prominent 

 lumbermen: James Sherlock Davis, president of 

 1 he New York Lumber Trade Association ; Blch- 

 : id S. White, president of the Eastern States 

 Retail Lumber Dealers' Association : Lewis Dill, 

 lialtlmore, Md. ; Norman James, president Bal- 

 timore Lumber Exchange; A. J. Cadwallader, 

 president the Lumbermen's Exchange of Phlla- 

 .Iclphln, niifl I'rof rninlilln H. Giddings. Colum- 



bia University, after which a very fine vaude- 

 ville entertainment was given. 



Grand Bapids. 



The Longfellow & Skillman Lumber Company 

 has bought a tract of ground at Fuller, in the 

 northern environs of Grand Rapids, for use as 

 a lumber yard. The yard is located on the 

 Grand Rapids & Indiana railway and it is one 

 of the finest for business purposes in the city. 

 Side tracks have been laid and lumber piling 

 started. In the spring the company expects to 

 erect an office building there, still maintaining 

 its downtown offices in the National City bank 

 building. 



Henry W. Carey of Eastlake was in the city 

 Jan. 21 for a short time. He stated that the 

 Michigan Maple Company would hold its annual 

 meeting early in February and that conditions in 

 the hardwood line w'ere excellent. 



Tlie annual meeting of the Nichols & Cox 

 I.um))er Company was held last w^eek and the 

 following officers elected : President, F. I. Nich- 

 ols : vice president, P. H. Travis ; secretary and 

 treasurer, W. E. Cox. The company manufac- 

 tures maple flooring and Mr. Nichols reports that 

 business for December was unusually active. 

 Arthur Konkle has been engaged by the company 

 as bookkeeper. 



The state senate last week confirmed the re- 

 appointment of W. W. Mitchell of Cadillac as a 

 member of the board of managers of the North- 

 ern Asylum for Insane at Traverse City. 



Stockholders of the Dennis Bros. Salt & Lum- 

 ber Company met last week and elected the fol- 

 lowing board of directors : Henry Idema. Edward 

 Fitzgerald, Amos S. Musselman, McGeorge 

 Bundy. Dudley E. Waters. E. E. Dennis and 

 A. L. Dennis. Officers will be chosen later. 



Walter C. Winchester of the Foster-Winches- 

 ter Lumber Company, accompanied by his wife, 

 will leave Feb. 1 for an extended trip abroad. 



The Foster-Winchester Lumber Company held 

 its annual meeting last week, re-electing directors 

 and otlicers as follows : Directors. Henry Idema, 

 W. C. Winchester and F. C. Miller, Grand Rap 

 Ids ; John J. Foster and C. W. Johnson, Green- 

 ville. President, Henry Idema ; vice president. 

 John J. Foster ; secretary-treasurer. W. C. Win- 

 chester. 



The annual meeting of the Vilas County Lum- 

 ber Company, held at the offices of the Foster- 

 Winchester Company, resulted as follows : Di- 

 rectors. Henry Idema, W. C. Winchester, Lewis 

 II. Withey, C. W. Johnson and John J. Foster. 

 I'resident, John J. Foster of Greenville; vice 

 president. Lewis H. Wlthcy ; secretary, W. 0. 

 Winchester ; treasurer, Henry Idema. 



Tlte annual meeting of the Turtle Lake Lum- 

 ber Company, also held in the offices of the 

 Foster-Winchester Company, resulted as follows : 

 Directors, Wm. S. Wlnegar, Henry Idema. W. C. 

 Winchester, F. C. Miller, George A. Rumsey. 

 .Tohn J. Foster and C. W. Johnson. President, 

 W. S. Wlnegar ; vice president, Henry Idema ; 

 .secretary-treasurer. F. C. Miller. 



Dealers in hardwood will be interested in the 

 step taken by stockholders of the Central F^irnl- 

 ture Company in changing the name to that of 

 the Shelton & Snyder I'^imiture Company. John 

 K. Shelton and Charles Snyder have been ac- 

 tively interested in the management of the com- 

 pany for years, and the change is made largely ■ 

 to avoid the frequent confusion of names with 

 other furniture concerns. 



Tlie Dudley & Daniels Lumber Company of 

 Grand Rapids has been dissolved and Is now 

 selling Its stock and closing up its affairs. From 

 the same office headquarters. 220-225 Houseman 

 building, the Dudley Lumber Company, not In- 

 corporated, will continue the business. This 

 company will handle the products of Its own 

 mill and will make a specialty of southern oak 

 and all kinds of Michigan hardwoods. H. J. 

 Dudley of Fremont, 0., a well known and highly 

 regarded Michigan operator, is the principal of 

 tills concern. 



E.E.Taenzer&Co. 



(Incorporated) 



MANUFACTURERS 

 AND DEALERS 



HIQH = GRADE 



Hardwood Lumber 



Band Sawn Thin Stock 

 a Specially 



MAIN OFFICE AND MILL: 

 Florida Ave. and Y. & M. V. R. R. 



MEMPHIS, 



TENN. 



ALSO MILL AT SHORT BEND. ARK. 



WANTED. 



We are in the market for the 

 following lumber, must be in 

 good dry condition, and if can 

 furnish any or all, please quote 

 us f. o. b. cars shipping point, 

 describing stock, and how soon 

 same can be reached. 



10 to 20 cars 1 In. 1st and 2Da Plain White 



Oak. 

 2 cars Vi In. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 

 1 car m In. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 

 .3 cars 1% In. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 

 2- cars 2 In. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 

 1 car 214 In. Ist and 2nd Plain White Oak. 

 5 cars 3 In. list and 2nd Plain White Oak. 

 1 c.ir 4 In. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 



The above stock must be well manufac- 

 ture<I. equalized trimmed lengths. Prefer 

 band sawn stock. Could take 15% to 25% of 

 good Common with same. 



We are also In the market for the following: 



10 cars 1 in. Common Plain White Oak. 

 to 10 cars 1 In. Ist and 2nd Plain Red 



Oak. 

 10 cars 1 In. Common Plain Red Oak. 



FOR SALE. 



2 cars 1 In. Ist and 2iid Quartered Red Oak. 

 2 cars 1 In. Ck)mmon Quartered Red Oak. 

 I car 1 In. x 10 In. and up 1st and 2nd 



Plain Red Oak. 

 1 car IH Id. x 10 In. and up 1st and 2nd 



Ash. 



'^ car IH In. s 10 In. and up 1st and 2nd 



Asfa. 

 1 car 1^ In. x 12 In. and up 1st and 2nd 



Red Gunj (two years old). 

 1 ciir 2 In. s 6 in. and up 1st and 2nd Red 



Gum (3 to 4 months old). 

 10 cars 1 In. Gnm Crating lumber, can ship 



rough or d. 2 s. 

 .3.000.000 ft. 1 In. Poplar. 

 114. l',^ nnd 2 In. bang up stock, all gradea 



and good lengths. 



E.E.Taenzer&Co. 



(Incorporated) 



MEMPHIS 



