HARDWOOD RECORD 



T. B. Stone will represent the Cincinnati 

 Lumbermen's Club in efforts that are to be 

 made by united local business organizations to 

 have the tlnited States senate pass the Foraljer 

 amendment providing for the Installation of a 

 pneumatic postal tube system in this city. 



W. J. Eckmann, secretary of the M. B. Fan-in 

 Company, has returned from a business trip to 

 New York. Cleveland and intermediate market 

 centers. Mr. Eckmann states that the eom- 

 Iiany's trade in poplar and oak at present is bet- 

 ter than at any time at this season of the year. 



Work on the dams to insure a 9-toot stage 

 of the Ohio river here at all seasons will be be- 

 gun shortly by the government. This improve- 

 ment will be a great benefit to local hardwood 

 lumber men. 



William Stone, of the T. B. Stone Company, 

 has gone to Florida for a several weeks' stay. 

 While away he will combine business with pleas- 

 ure. 



H. C. Jacoby. of Hamilton. O.. was here the 

 early part of the month buying nice sized lots 

 of hardwoods. He regards the spring outlook 

 as very promising. 



The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club held its 

 regular monthly business meeting and banquet 

 at the Stag Cafe Monday evening. Feb. 6. with 

 President B. A. Kipp presiding. Following the 

 dinner the members devoted considerable at- 

 tention to the matter of the revision of the na- 

 tional inspection rules of lumber. Members 

 were not backward in expressing themselves in 

 regard to a change, whicli they declared was 

 needed at once. The matter was introduced by 

 W. A. Bennett, who said the appointment of a 

 new national inspector in this nuirket was an 

 important matter, and that a stranger and not 

 a local man should be appointed at a sufHcient 

 salary to prevent favoritism being shown. lie 

 stated that inspection entered Into profits and 

 was of the most vital imiwrtance. After a 

 lengthy discussion the following resolution was 

 unanimously adopted : 



••'Jhe Cincinnati Lumbermen's Clul) asks tiie 

 National Hardwood Lumljer Association to ap- 

 point a salaried insiwctor. one who is a stran- 

 ger in Cincinnati, who will be under the regular 

 inspection bureau." 



W. H. Todhunter, who was to be the speaker 

 of the evening, did not come down from .Middle- 

 town, <)., and local men. including Cllffonl 

 Walker. Ernst Tuttle and W. A lienuett spoke, 

 rhose present were : 



B. A. Kipp. 

 F. K. Undina. 

 a. A. Shaw, 

 .1. S. Hind. 

 I". K. Conn, 

 \Vm. H. Honovan, 



A. K. Hart. 



,1. B. Cochran, 



B. J. Quatman. 

 H. W. Brock, 

 W, W. Brock, 

 O. I'. Morton. 

 B. Hagemeycr. 

 U. <;. Emswiler. 

 ,1. H. l,eiding. 



.\. V. .lackson, 

 W. A. Bennett, 

 C. S. Walker, 

 S. A. Conn, 

 C. H. Uease. 

 ,1. Walt (iraham, 

 i:. (J. Itoblnson, 

 C. M. Houghton. 

 A. N. Noble, 

 C. H. Schalzman. 

 ■.T. E. Tuthill, 

 W. S. Sterritt, 

 (Jeorge C. Kamsey. 

 I,. H. Gage, 

 .T. B. King, 

 i:. .7. Thoman. 

 T. B. Stone has been ill for the past two 

 weeks, but is again able to attend to business, 

 .iinna E. Fryworth. stenographer for the 

 Cypress Lumber Company, has entered the com- 

 petition for a free trip to Europe to be given 

 to the most popular young lady of Cincinnati. 

 The competition is being held by one of the 

 local pai>ers. Mr. Tuttle of the Cypress Lum- 

 ber Company requests that the young lau'-s 

 admirers send their coupons to him, that Miss 

 Fryworth may have due credit. 



Mr. Stewart of Stewart & ,la(kson has been 

 making some changes in his business since the 

 first of the year, having added a yard at Cin- 

 cinnat i. 



Minneapolis. 

 The exhibit of woods made in connection 

 with the Northwestern Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion convention In this city .Tan. 31 to Feb. 2 

 Included practically all varieties of soft woods. 



but for some reason hardwoods were not shown 

 to any extent, except In the form of doors and 

 to some extent in finish. Some of the local 

 hardwood dealers signify their intention to 

 make exhibits of yard stock next year if a sim 

 ilar display is arranged. 



The I. Stephenson Lumber Company of 

 Wells. Mich., was in the list with an exhibit 

 of its flooring. The Wisconsin Land & Lum- 

 ber Company also had a booth, displavii ;: 

 maple flooring, basswood ceiling and siding. 



The Minneapolis men in the party which 

 went on the junket to Greenville. Miss., re- 

 turned Jan. 22. They reported having a splen- 

 did outing and were full of the praises of 

 Greenville, whici they say has as fine a hotel 

 and club rooms as the twin cities can 'boast. 

 All had an interesting excursion to the ."i.OOO 

 acre tract of giun timber owned by the Chicago 

 & Mississippi Land & Lumber Company, which 

 was the objective point of their trip, .i day 

 and a half was spent in Greenville, and a day 

 in Chicago returning. A dozen went from the 

 twin cities, including the following lumbermen : 

 V. A. Nolan and ,T. M. Nolan, SI . Paul : A. H. 

 Barnard and P. W. Strickland of Barnard and 

 Strickland. F. XL Lewis. W. C. Bailey and Geo. 

 H. Tenuant. Minneapolis. 



W. H. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com- 

 pany says they have been enjoying a good 

 trade from the factories, althougb the season 

 for special work is about over for the sash 

 and door people. On account of the advance 

 in prices on southern oak. Mr. Sill says north- 

 ern oak is stronger and is likely to become 

 more so, as stocks are very short. P 1!. Ham- 

 ilton, of the same company, has been making 

 a short trip to the mill at Ituby. Wis., and 

 Mr. Sill will start in a day or two for a trii) 

 in Wisconsin, looking over some stocks. 



C. F. O'sborne of Osborne & Clark says their 

 yard trade Is quiet now. as tliey had antici- 

 Ipalcd. but they are finding a good business 

 among the factories, and are selling more hass 

 wood than for some time. He finds the bass- 

 wood situation stronger, and oak is also 

 stilTcr. Mr. Osborne predicts a scarcity of good 

 oak. both red and white, before spring. They 

 have been having considerable trouble in get- 

 ting cars to fill orders. For some reasim the 

 roads are short on rolling slock, and tliey now 

 have thirty cars ordered and wailing delivery. 

 I). F. Clark, "f the .same firm, is away on a 

 short trip to Wisconsin. 



F. II. Lewis, the hardwood wholesaler, says 

 the mills in the ea.stern section of Wisconsin 

 are still hampered in their logging by deep 

 snow, but are working hard to get out logs for 

 future operations. Mr. Lewis regards the price 

 situation as strong, and expects a fair trade 

 from the factories all the time. Temporarily if 

 is a little slow, due in part to the extreme 

 cold weather. 



A. H. Barnard of Barnard & Strickland re- 

 ports that they have been enjoying a good de- 

 mand from the factories for almost all lines of 

 hardwood stock that they use. While birch 

 and oak have been the leaders, as usual, there 

 has also been a good call for basswood, for elm 

 and for ash. The furniture factories are doing 

 a good business this winter, and arc on the 

 market steadily, though not as a rule for heavy 

 orders. 



I. P. Lennan of I. P. Lennan & Co. reports 

 business reasonably quiet, but a good prospect 

 for general hardwood trade, and the price 

 situation he considers as strong as ever. 



Baltimore. 



The main building of the cooperage factorv 

 of August Pfeil & Co.. Russell street. l)etween 

 Stockholm and West streets, a structure con- 

 taining tsvo stories and a basement, and 30x 

 125 feet, was entirely destroyed by fire on 

 the night of .Ian. 24. Tlie blaze started in 

 some unknown manner, and when first noticed 

 was bursting out of the second story windows. 

 Two alarms were given, and by hard work the 



flre was prevented from extending to a frame 

 storage house nearby. Five thousand empty 

 barrels and kegs and a lot of dry staves were 

 also burned. The damage is estimated at $10.- 

 (100. fully covered by insurance. 



John L. Alcock of J. L. Alcock & Co., who. 

 together with Gustave Farher of I'rice & Heaid, 

 represented Baltimore at the annual meeting of 

 tlie National Hardwood Exporters' Association 

 in St. Louis, returned last Monday, and when 

 seen talked interestingly of tlic sessions. He 

 said much importance attaclied to the delibera- 

 tions, which might be expected to prove of ex- 

 ceptional consequence to the trade. Among the 

 matters discussed was of course the question 

 of clean through bills of lading, on, which the 

 special committee made a report, .\fter thor- 

 ough deliberation the question was referred 

 back to the committee with full jKiwer to dis- 

 pose of the matter. The committee, of which 

 George M. Speigle of Philadelphia is chairman, 

 will accordingly proceed to take action. Sev- 

 eral conferences have already been held, and it 

 is likely that the United States district attor- 

 ney will be requested to bring suit against the 

 offending railroads on the ground that they 

 are violating the provisions of the Harter act. 

 I'verything depends upon the advice of the at- 

 torney engaged by the committee. If he deems 

 such a course advisable it will be taken, .\mong 

 other matters dis))oscd of at the annual meet- 

 ing was the creation of a bureau of inspectio" 

 which will stand in the same relation to the 

 N. 11. E. \. as the system now in force under 

 the auspices of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange. 

 Still another matter of special Interest to Bal- , 

 moreans was the admission to membership i'l 

 the organization of Mottu & Buckingham, a 

 new firm formed last year: the Byiand & 

 Brooks Lumber Company and W. O. Price. 



Richard P. Bear of U. P. Bear & Co., deal- 

 ers in and exporters of hardwoods, who have 

 their offices in the Manufacturer.s' Record build- 

 ing, has gone down to Memphis to spend sev- 

 eral weeks at the firm's mill there and look 

 after its other interests. It is one of the 

 periodical trips, which will also take Mr. Bear 

 to the timber sections. The firm reports that 

 a big business is being done in bay poplar and 

 cypress, and that prices are firmly maintained. 

 .\inong the visitors here this week was C. 

 Boyce of the hardwood firm of Boyce v% Grogan. 

 Boston, who had been to Ablngdiui. Va.. to look 

 after the firm's mill and other interests there. 

 He called on a number of firms here, among 

 them Carter. Hughes & Co., Tnion Hock and. 

 of course, talked about business conditions. He 

 takes a very encouraging view of the situation. 

 A most welcome visitor to Baltimore VN-as 

 Charles G. Stirling, formerly of the Stirling- 

 West Lumber Company, hardwood dealer and 

 exporter, but for some years representative of 

 Price & Hart of New I'ork at Philadolphia. 

 Mr. Stirlinu is a native Baltimorean. his father 

 having held a prominent position here, and he 

 was cordially greeted by his many friends. He 

 came on business for his firm. 



The Dutch steamship Constance, which ar- 

 rived at Norfolk. Va., on Jan. 31 from Monte- 

 video, used expensive fuel under her boilers 

 during the latter part of the trip. She car- 

 ried a load of lOgwood consigned to New 'Vork 

 jiarfies f<ir the manufacture of dyes, and en- 

 countered such heavy weather that her coal 

 ran out. The only thing on board with which 

 steam could be kept up was the logwood, and 

 this valuable commodity was Inirned for the 

 last five days of the Journey. 



At a meeting of the managing ciunmittee of 

 the Baltimore Lumber Exchange, held Jan. 11. 

 the standing committees were named for the 

 year«and other business was transacted. On the 

 arbitration and grievance committee Is Richard 

 W. Price. The hardwood inspection committee 

 includes John L. Alcock, chairman: George Elsen- 

 hauer and David T. Carter. R. W. Price is also 

 on the membership committee, while Jlr. Elsen- 



