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HARDWOOD RECORD 



touch witU the manufacturing and furniture 

 trade. lie reports that Octolier started off well 

 and that the prospect for a good fall trade is 

 more encouraging. 



J. C. Llnchan. who represents the Linehan 

 Lumber Company at its New York oflice, was in 

 this city a few days recently. Trade with this 

 concern is lieeping up well. 



The Forest Lumber Company is cutting about 

 25,000 feet a day at Bristol. Va.-Tcnn. Its east- 

 em business has been better than in 1010 but 

 it notes a falling off in the Pittsburg district. 



The Allegheny Lumber Company finds that 

 October is producing much more business for it 

 than September. Its hardwood orders are be- 

 ginning to show up well in shipments. Competi- 

 tion is still very keen but the tendency among 

 buyers in most cases is to increase the size of 

 their orders. 



BOSTON 



The Brett Lumber Company, Lynn, Mass., is 

 planning to build a large wharf at its property in 

 West Lynn. The wood-working plant of this 

 company was destroyed by fire a few months ago. 

 The company now occupies an old shoe factory 

 for its wood-working department. This gives 

 it much larger and better quarters than it pre- 

 viously had. Just at present the company is 

 being held up by the city on its plans to build 

 the wharf, but it is said that no serious delay 

 will be encountered. 



The Alderbrook mill property in New Hamp- 

 shire, owned by the George W. Blanchard & Son 

 Company, has been purchased by George A. Veazie 

 of Littleton, N. H. The main mill on this prop- 

 erty was destroyed by fire some months ago. 



The Lexington Lumber Company, Lexington, 

 Mass., is reported to have bought a large tract 

 of land in that town close by the Boston & Maine 

 Railroad Company's tracks. This will give the 

 company better transportation facilities. 



The Trimount Lumber Company, Boston, 

 George H. Leatherl>ee, treasurer, has filed the 

 following annual statement: Assets, cash and 

 debts receivable, $21,521 ; liabilities, capital, 

 $5,000 : accounts payable, $16,321 ; profit and 

 loss, $200 ; total, $21,521. 



The E. F. Nelson Lumber Company has started 

 in the wholesale lumber business in Worcester, 

 this state. Edwin F. Nelson, who came from the 

 South has the New E'ngland agency for .several 

 southern lumber manufacturers. 



The Norfolk Lumber Company, Stoughton, 

 Mass., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $5,000. The incorporators are Fred II. Buck- 

 ley, Herbert N. MuIIan, Charles K. Dodge and 

 George M. Nay. 



BALTIMORE 



The committee of the National Lumber Ex- 

 porters' Association, which is to confer with 

 members of the London Timber Trades Federa- 

 tion In regard to measurement and other 

 questions, has been completed. It consists of 

 Gustavc A. Farbcr, London representative of 

 Russe & Burgess, Inc., Memphis, chairman : R. 

 D. McLean of the Hugh McLean Lumber Com- 

 pany, Buffalo, N. Y., and .1. U. Williams of the 

 Ferd Brenner Lumber Company, Cincinnati. All 

 the members of the committee are abroad, and 

 it is expected that the conferences will take place 

 the latter part of this month or the first part of 

 November. A letter has been received here In 

 response to one sent to the officers of the federa- 

 tion a.sking If they would be willing to meet the 

 committee. The response Is couched In the mo«t 

 cordial terms and expresses an earnest desire not 

 only to have all the points at issue adjusted but 

 to meet the N. L. E. A. as far aa this possibly 

 can be done. In view of the disposition of the 

 Federation to co-operate with the exporters a 

 feeling of confidence prevails hero that every 

 dllTerence In regard to measurement will be ad- 

 jnsted, and that Important progress will be made 



toward reaching an agreement on all other ques- 

 tions that may have given rise to disagreements. 

 The relations between the exporters and the for- 

 eign buyers are at the present time more satis- 

 factory perhaps than ever before, misunderstand- 

 ings are being removed, and both sides are giving 

 evidence of a sincere desire to co-operate, to the 

 end that both sides will be benefited thereby. 



Robert McLean, well-known dealer in hard- 

 woods and cottonwoods. who also distributes the 

 output of thg Norva Land & Lumber Company, 

 reports that domestic business is quiet, but that 

 more interest is being shown by the foreign buy- 

 ers in stocks. The assortments abroad appear to 

 have been reduced to a point where a filling out 

 of the deficiencies is deemed desirable, and 

 numerous inquiries are l)eing received here, many 

 of which result in sales. This is not merely the 

 opinion of Mr. McLean, but must be regarded 

 as a general experience, the more buoyant feel- 

 ing being reflected also in the way stocks are 

 regarded abroad. There is at present less ex- 

 action, the buyers are by no means as captious 

 as they have been during a part of the present 

 year, and the conditions are decidedly more en- 

 couraging from the standpoint of the shipper. 

 Mr. McLean states that the ordinary widths of 

 poplar, Nos. 1 and 2, are fairly active, bringing 

 about $60 per 1,000 feet, and that the wide stocks 

 are not as high as could be desired. The inquiry 

 for the wide lumber, about twenty-four indies 

 and up, appears to lag in consequence largely of 

 the diminished requirements of the automobile 

 builders, with prices around $80 to $85. No. 1 

 4/4 common oak is in good request, stocks bring- 

 ing approximately $36. With respect to this 

 division of the trade the Baltimore exporters are 

 at a disadvantage as against the New Orleans 

 shippers, who can get lumber for $30. But in 

 spite of this drawback, the outlook in the matter 

 of exports appears to be encouraging. 



F. E. Hoffman of Hoffman Brothers, Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., was a visitor a few days ago. He 

 saw some of the local dealers and found business 

 in the middle West quiet. 



George L. Wright of C. Leary & Co., London, 

 England, was a visitor two weeks ago. He came 

 over to the States more for pleasure than for 

 business, having visited Niagara Falls and por- 

 tions of Canada. Robert Menzies of James Ken- 

 nedy & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland, was In 

 Baltimore about the same time and saw some 

 of the exportei'S. He is in charge of the Cin- 

 cinnati oflice of the firm. Another caller from 

 abroad was Alfred Beling of Hamburg, Germany, 

 who stopped on the way to Mobile, Ala., where 

 he intended to establish a branch office. 



Mann i.t Parker report business quiet, but they 

 state also that they have taken a number of 

 large orders lately. They have likewise entered 

 into commitments for extensive supplies, having 

 contracted for the entire cut of one mill during 

 the next year. 



COLUMBUS 



H. M. Rowe of Powell & Rowe says business 

 has been good during the last fortnight and 

 more orders coming in. Prices are still strong 

 and the prospect is bright. He says demand from 

 factories for hardwood stocks Is Improving but 

 jard trade Is a little slow. 



The report of the city building Inspector for 

 ■ the first nine months of this year shows the num- 

 ber of permits Issued were 2.144 as compared 

 with 1.727 for the corresponding period in 1!)10. 

 The valuation of the permits Issued was $3,S75.- 

 051 as compared with $3,885,707 for the first 

 nine months of 1010. 



B. N. Hayward, secretary of the Ohio Retail 

 Lumber Dealers* Association, has resigned that 

 position to enter the active lumber business with 

 the Garver Lumber Manufacturing Company of 

 Tippecanoe Clly, O. Headquarters of the asso- 

 clatlim will remain at Canton, and all corre- 

 spondence pertaining to association matters will 

 be looked after by President O. H. Bachtil. 



W. L. . Whitacre of the W. L. Whitacre Com- 

 pany says trade has been satisfactory during the 

 last month and orflcrs and iniiuiries coming in 

 steadily. Prices on all grades of hardwoods are 

 well maintained. 



II. W. Putnam, president of the General Lum- 

 ber Company, returned recently from an inspec- 

 tion trip to the timber tract of the company on 

 the Big Sandy river in Kentucky and the mill 

 at Ashland. The concern had a large run of 

 logs from the tract to the harbor at the mill 

 .ind operations were started the middle of Octo- 

 ber. It was the first run of logs since April and 

 as a result all mill owners are preparing to start 

 their mills. Mr. Putnam reports a steady trade 

 in factory circles and purchasing agents buying 

 only what is needed for immediate wants. 



M. A. Hayward of M. A. Hayward & Son, left 

 recently for an extended business trip through 

 the South. The company reports a good business 

 in hardwoods generally and an exceptional de- 

 mand for oak flooring. The difficulty is to secure 

 sufficient stocks to meet orders promptly. There 

 is only a small amount of dry stocks in hardwood 

 flooring. Prices on all lines are strong and tend 

 upward. 



John R. Gobey of John R. Gobey & Co. finds 

 improvement in business generally and a promis- 

 ing prospect. Orders are coming in well and 

 prices rule firm. Stocks in the hands of mill 

 owners and retailers are low. 



.T. K. Sowers, manager of the Sowers-I>each 

 Lumber Company, says trade in hardwoods is 

 goo<l. 



H. D. Brasher of the H. D. Brasher Lumber 

 Company, returned the middle of October from 

 a ten-days' business trip in the South. 



S. D. Morgan of the Imperial Liimber Company 

 left recently for a business trip in the South. 



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

 Lumber Company, returned Oct. 14 from a three- 

 months' trip to the Continent and England. He 

 visited the branches of the Ritter company in 

 London and Liverpool, and had a pleasant trip. 



Salesmen of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company 

 were called into the oflice at Columbus, Oct. 14 

 to 16 to confer with President W. M. Ritter and 

 J. W. Mayhew, general sales manager. G. V. 

 Patterson, manager of the eastern division, head- 

 quarters at Philadelphia, and F. B. Pryor, west- 

 ern sales manager, headquarters at Chicago, were 

 among those who attended the conference. R, 

 W. Ilorton, man.ager of the central division, was 

 also in attendance. Reports were received from 

 every section of the territory covered by the 

 sales agents. 



The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company finds im- 

 provement in the trade in the last fortnight and 

 n promising outlook. ICxcepting in tlie lower 

 ^.irades of poplar prices have been well maintained. 



CINCINNATI 



A meeting of the directors of the Tensas River 

 Lumber Company was held in this city on Oct. 

 17, at the ottlces of L. C. Black, secretary and 

 treasurer. A new subsidiary company was 

 formed, to be known as the Ilarrisburg, Tensas 

 & Mississippi Railway & Navigation Company, 

 with a capital of $500,000. The ofilccrs are 

 George W, Batch, president; C. S. Walker, vice- 

 president, and manager In charge of traflic ; L. 

 I'. Black, secretary and treasurer. Equipment 

 has been contracted for, one locomotive Is In 

 service and another under contract : two steam 

 loaders and logging cars arc part of the equip- 

 ment. Passengers and freight will be cared for 

 as soon as the road Is completed. It will extend 

 across the holdings of the company and will be 

 twenty-seven miles long. Letters from S. A. 

 Conn, manager of the Tensas River Lumlwr 

 Company's operations, slate that the mills are 

 running full time and the logs are turning out 

 belter than was expected. He says Ihe company 

 has a fine stock of red cum and oak on stick and 

 Is shipping large quantities. 



W. A. Bennett of Bennett & WItte, Is In the 



