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Mr. Dewey of this firm, has had a very 

 comprehensive training in the lumber busi- 

 ness. He was reared at Big Rapids, in the 

 heart of the Michigan lumber country, and 

 even as a youth was ' identified with the 

 Michigan trade. He went east seven or 

 eight years ago, and became assistant sales 

 manager at Philadelphia and New York for 

 the big Du Bois, Pa., interests. Retiring 

 from this position, he became the Saginaw 

 manager for Bliss & Van Auken, large han- 

 dlers of white pine, hemlock and hardwoods, 

 and manufacturers of maple flooring. Then 

 for a time he represented this house in the 

 metropolitan district, as manager of sales. 

 Two years ago he engaged with the Whiting 

 Lumber Company at Elizabethton, Tenn., to 

 manage its sawmill and planing mill plant 

 there, which was largely engaged in the pro- 

 duction of hardwoods, oak flooring, etc. Prom 

 this position he has graduated as partner to 

 Mr. Dixon in the wholesale hardwood trade. 

 Mr. Dixon's hardwood manufacturing opera- 

 tions are carried on under the title of the 

 John T. Dixon Lumber Company of 

 Elizabethton, Tenn., and the firm of Dixon 

 & Dewey have this company's stock to draw 

 upon. Outside of this source of supply, the 

 concern is a large buyer of hardwoods in 

 the open market, and with the capabilities 

 of the members of the firm, their ample cap- 

 ital and their facilities for disposing of a 

 good deal of lumber in excess of their own 

 output this firm will constitute a desirable 

 outlet for many manufacturers in the south 

 and middle west. In addition to their large 

 interests in hardwood lumber, they also are 

 extensive handlers of maple and oak floor- 

 ing. 



The new hardwood corporation known as 

 The Barr & Mills T'ompany, recently mak- 



WILLARD WINSLOW, New York. 

 Treasurer Indiana Quartered Oak Company. 



ing its advent in the New York market, is 

 incorporated under the laws of the state 

 of Ohio, with home office at Zanesville. The 

 company succeeded to the business of Sam 

 E. Barr last January, and handles hard- 

 woods and spruce in the eastern market, de- 

 voting its attention particularly to oak, 



although it also handles a considerable quan- 

 tity of poplar, ash and chestnut. The offi- 

 cers of the company are Sam E. Barr, pres- 

 ident and giineral manager; Joseph Shaw, 

 vice president, and S. Mills, Jr., secretary 

 and treasurer. Mr. Barr has long been iden- 

 tified with the hardwood trade of Ohio and 

 has made an enviable record for himself in 

 the middle west. Mr. Mills is also a thor- 

 ough lumberman, having been connected 

 with the lumber business in Ohio, both in a 

 manufacturing and retail way, for a good 

 many years. Mr. Shaw is president of the 

 Muskingum Coffin Company of Zanesville, 

 O. While the company has its home office 

 at Zanesville, its principal sales office is in 

 the Platirou building, New York, and is in 

 charge of Sam E. Barr, the president of the 

 company. The company has a branch office 

 at Asheville, N. C, in charge of H. B. 

 Thomas, and one at Knoxville, Tenn., in 

 charge of J. M. Miller. These two are pur- 

 chasing offices and the gentlemen in charge 

 look after the company's shipments of hard- 

 wood from the south. The company has very 

 excellent connections with hardwood manu- 

 facturers throughout the south and west, 

 and is exclusive eastern sales agent for 



WILLIAM THRELKELD, New York. 

 Secretary Indiaca Quartered Oak Company. 



the oak flooring manufactured by C. M. 

 Carrier & Son, of Sardis, Miss. 



One of the older hardwood manufacturers 

 and wholesalers of New York is John Cath- 

 (•:nt. who, in addition to selling hardwoods 

 throughout the entire east, is a large ex- 

 porter. Mr. Cathcart 's main office is at 

 115 Franklin street, where he spends a part 

 of his time. He has been operating a band 

 mill at New Decatur, Ala., for the last four 

 years, cutting at the rate of about 10,000,000 

 feet a year, quartered and plain oak and 

 ]ioplar, with red and tupelo gum incidentally. 

 ;Mr. Cathcart 's mill and yard at New De- 

 catur cover an area of twent.v-two acres, 

 :iuil he has recently added facilities for 

 working poplar and gum into siding and ceil- 

 ing, and also his oak into flooring, and is 

 prepared to mix cars as desired. At Pitts- 

 field, Vt., Mr. Cathcart operates a circular 

 mill, cutting a virgin tract of birch, maple, 

 beech, spruce and hemlock. Mr. Cathcart 

 has been identified with the domestic and ex- 

 port hardwood trade for many years, and 

 little comment is necessary concerning him 



and his enterprises, save that he has been a 

 growing man in the trade, and although very 

 retiring in disposition, he is recognized as 

 one of the foremost factors in the hardwood 

 trade of the east. 



One of the largest manufacturing and 

 wholesaling hardwood houses of the eastern 

 country, whose principal office is at New 



JOHN" CATHCART, New York. 



Haven, Conn., but which has a New York 

 office in charge of R. L. Walkley, treasurer 

 of the company, is The Crosby & Beckley 

 Company. Ot this corporation E. A. Beckley 

 is president, W. E. Douglass vice president, 

 R. L. Walkley treasurer and F. 0. Hevener 

 secretary. This company has a western office 

 at Columbus, 0'., and band mills at Algoma, 

 W. Va., and several grouping and shipping 

 yards in the south and west. It also has 

 two associate manufacturing companies, the 

 Holly Lumber Company of Pickens, W. Va., 

 and the Douglass & Walkley Company at 

 Drew, Miss. This company handles almost 

 the entire range of American hardwoods, and 

 through its own and allied companies, pro- 

 duces a large quantity of oak, poplar, gum 

 and the various woods that are mixed in 

 this forest growth. This company is one 

 of the pioneer concerns of the east, and 

 has a very high standing in the trade. 



Another well-known hardwood concern in 

 the New York market is the Emporium Lum- 

 ber Company of Keating Summit, Pa., with 

 mills at that place and also at Galeton and 

 Austin in the same state, and lumber stocks 

 at various points in the Adirondack region. 

 This company is an exclusive handler of 

 - eastern and northern hardwoods. Its prin- 

 cipal output is maple, beech, birch, cherry, 

 etc. Of this company W. L. Sykes of Buf- 

 falo is president, W. S. Walker vice presi- 

 dent, William Caflish superintendent and 

 W. L. Turner secretary and treasurer. It 

 maintains a branch sales office at New York, 

 Boston and Buffalo, and its New York office 

 at 1 Madison a\'enue is regarded as one of 

 its principal outlets for its lumber. This 

 office is in charge of C. O. Shepherd, who has 



