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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



Colmnljus. 



Lewis Doster. secretary of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United States, 

 has been busier than a boy killing snalies in per- 

 fecting preliminary arrangements for the Nash- 

 ville meeting of the association. 



M. A. Hayward, the well-known poplar lum- 

 berman of this city, reports inquiries very numer- 

 ous and trade remarkably good for the season of 

 the year. 



President R. H. VanSant was a recent visitor 

 at the Manufacturers' Association headquarters. 



W. M. Ritter, president of the W. M. Ritter 

 Lumber Company, has just returned home from 

 an extended business and pleasure trip in the 

 East. 



T. N. Fannin of the Keys-Fannin Lumber 

 Company of Ashland, Ky., was a Columbus 

 visitor last week. 



Benjamin F. VanSant, chief salesman of the 

 Lawkins Lumber Company, whose office is at 

 Ashland. Ky., and mills at Ironton, O., was 

 looking around among the trade a few days ago 

 for business. 



A. P. Waterfield. the local representative of 

 the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company of Coal 

 Grove. O., reports the poplar business very good 

 throughout this section of Ohio, and that pros- 

 pects for an increased demand are very promis- 

 ing. 



\V. E. Douglass of the Crosby & Beckley Lum- 

 ber Company of New Haven, Conn., and of the 

 Douglass & Walkley Lumber Company of Mis- 

 sissippi, is south on a business trip. 



Superintendent Harvey Dern of the Ritler. 

 West Virginia, operations, spent several days In 

 town last week, in consultation at the company's 

 » headquarters. 



F. A. Kirby. who represents the Cherry Uiver 

 Boom & Lumber Company in the western I'enn- 

 .sylvania and Ohio field, called on the trade in 

 th's market a few days ago. Since the company 

 cl,-,sed its Pittsburg office Mr. Kirby h(is had 

 to take on considerable additional work. As- 

 sisting bim in handling the territory west of 

 the principal office at Philadelphia is C. H. 

 Holden, who traveled In West Virginia In tlie 

 interests of the big corporation. Mr. Holden 

 was formerly with the U. F, Stockert Lumher 

 Company of Buckhannon, W. Va. Of course. ('. 

 K. Lloyd, .Tr., still continues as general sales 

 manager of the Cherry River Boom & Lumber 

 Company. 



Waiter I.. Whitacre, the well-known commis- 

 sion lumber merchant of Columbus and president 

 of the rnion Association of Luml>er, Sash & Door 

 Salesmen, is now handling the stock of the 

 Stearns Lumber Company of Stearns, Ky., which 

 consists largely of hardwoods. 



Philadelphia. 



'I'he demand being made c.n tlie hnubermcii <.t 

 Philadelphia for hardwoods at a general advance 

 in price argues well for both tlie wholesaler and 

 retailer. Comparing the condition of affairs a 

 year asto when everything was extremely dull, 

 with the present. 190.5 is about a month in ad- 

 vance for orders booked for immediate ship- 

 ment. 



Several vessels have been chartered at this 

 port In the past week to load lumber at the Ouli 

 ports for the Klver I'latte. The export business 

 Is rapidly growing and is worth looking after. 



.lust now there is a steady call for hemlock 

 and chestnut with very little in the yards, 

 which has a tendency to stiffen prices. Oak is in 

 demand and hard to get. Poplar is improving 

 along with the general conditions. 



Clemm E. I-loyd, Jr.. sales manager of the 

 Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company has 

 been in the western part of the state visit Ing 

 the branch office at Pittsburg: lie also looked 

 over the ground at Dayton and Columbus, O. 



The out-of-town visitors who called im the 

 local trade this week were: Vice President and 

 Assistant Manager M. M, Krb of the Case Lum- 



ber Company, Chattanooga: J. Patterson, Little 

 Creek Lumber Company, Sue, W. Va. : A. H. 

 Winchester, Buckham, W. Va. : C. C. Chapman, 

 Diana, W. Va. : Jno. L. Alcock of Jno. L. Al- 

 cock & Co., Baltimore : Harold Weston, Jackson- 

 ville. Fla., and H. Kolb, Elkins, Va. 



Ralph Souder of Eli B. Hallowell & Co. is on 

 a trip to the Carolinas. He has his gun with 

 him but no one has seen any evidence of his 

 marksmanship : probably the game laws inter- 

 fere. 



Wm. H. Fritz of Wm. H. Fritz & Co. has been 

 visiting their white pine interests in Michigan 

 and Canada. 



Two new tirms have been recentl.v incorporat- 

 ed, to be known as the WilUamsport Hardwood 

 Lumber Company with offices at Williamsport, 

 capital $30,000, and the Williamsport Planing 

 Mill Company, Williamsiwrt, Pa., capital $100,- 



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W. A. Hiikill. Jr.. has severed his connection 

 with Wistar & Underhiil to represent the Lacka- 

 wanna Lumber Company on the road. H. E. 

 Bates, who has been looking after the interest 

 of the Wistar & T'nderhiil people in Eastern 

 I'ennsylvania and New Jersey, will now make 

 New York Stale his special territory. 



Vicegerent Snark John J. Rumbarger, of the 

 eastern district of Pennsylvania will hold a 

 Hoo-Hoo concatenation on Wednesday, March 

 1. These concatenations under such able direc- 

 torship are increasing the popularity of the 

 Hoo-Hoo in this district, 



ChaiHes L. Meckley of Strong & Meckley re- 

 ports a large booking for hemlock for imme- 

 diate delivery. -\rchippus Strong has been in 

 -New York for a few days. 



The annual report of the Fire Insurance Pa- 

 trol shows a total of ;(,'i!i.") tires, last year. Of 

 ihese lis were among the lumber yards and 

 vv<)od workers establishments. This was an in- 

 ■ rease of 202 over that of 100:i. 



Chattanooga. 



The river mills Including the l.oomis iV Hart 

 Manufacturing Company, the Central .Manufac- 

 turing Company, the McLain Lumber Company, 

 the F. W. Blair sawmill. Snodgrass & Fields 

 and the Brenner Lumber Company are again 

 busy after having practically suspended opera 

 lions for several months. There is a good log 

 ging tide In the Tennessee river wblcli will 

 bring about .").onii,(i(io feet of logs to these mills 

 before it subsides. Owing to the recent cold 

 Hcalher the river began to fall before logmen 

 (ould get their logs to the river and in fact a 

 good majority of the logs were cut last year 

 and they have been lying on the ground and 

 are somewhat damaged as a result. 



The semi annual meeting of the Retail Lum 

 her Dealers' Association of Tennessee and Ala- 

 bama will be held In this city. The second an 

 uual meeting was held In Birmingliam on Jan. 10. 

 According to the constitution of the association 

 the annual meetings are to be held in Birming 

 bam. but the semi-annual meetings are to be 

 held in Tennessee, the place of meeting to be 

 selected by a vote of the convention, 'nie as 

 sociation was organized at Birmingham in lOOK. 

 W. E. Wailes of Birmingham is secretary and 

 treasurer of the association. 



The Case Lumber Company, whicli has estab 

 lished yards at East End. is increasing its 

 stock rapidly. This company has an edging 

 plant and it has about as pretty a stock of 

 lumber as can be found anywhere. The new 

 band sawmill of Snodgrass & Fields which has 

 recently been in.stalled will be In operation 

 within the next week. The mill will have a ca- 

 pacity of about :iO,(Kio feet per day. 



The S. A. Williams Lumber Company, whose 

 plant Is located at East Lake, has Increased Its 

 stock to about 2.000,000 feet. The concern 

 makes a specialty of oak and poplar and the 

 company now has more than 1.000, 000 feet of 

 ijuartered oak on its yards. 



The Ferd Brenner 

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CHATTANOOGA, - = TENN. 



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