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HARDWOOD RECORD 



of the receivers and the appointment of a 

 trustee to wind up the affairs of the firm. It 

 appears that the receivers have realized about 

 all that can be gotten out of the assets other 

 than the real estate, which Includes the office 

 building on Light street, the mill and the wharf 

 opposite on Light street, which is rented to a 

 steamboat company. The calculation now is 

 that eventuallj- the creditors will receive about 

 seventy-five per cent of their claims. 



The W. Lewis Rowe Lumber Company, at 

 I5ast Falls and Canton avenues, went into the 

 hands of a receiver on Oct. 15. Alonzo L. Miles. 

 an attorney, being appointed in circuit court 

 No. 1. The company has been doing a com 

 mission and wholesale business in hardwoods 

 and yellow pine, with Frank R. Ing acting 

 general manager. The company succeeded W. 

 Lewis Rowe & Co.. of which W. Lewis Rowe 

 was the head, after the death of the senior 

 member five or six years ago. In October. 

 1910, It was reorganized by the election of Mrs. 

 Lucia LeCompte, widow of Mr. Rowe. who had 

 married again, as president ; James C. Rowe. 

 Sr., as treasurer and manager. Mr. Ing being 

 actively in charge. Prior to that time James 

 C. Rowe, Jr., had been managing the concern. 



The annual meeting of the Baltimore Lumber 

 Exchange will be held on the evening of Dec. 

 4. when officers will be elected. A dinner will 

 be given. 



Richard P. Baer of Richard 1'. Baer & Co. 

 is on his way north after a trip that extended 

 as far south as Mobile, to the firm's mill. 



J. M. D. Heald of Price & Heald went duck 

 hunting last week at the opening of the season 

 in Maryland, but found wind and weather 

 against him, and got little more than an outing. 



A. Temple Dobell of Alfred Dobell & Co.. 

 Liverpool, England, called last week to say 

 good-by to Baltimore firms of exporters on his 

 way to take steamer at New York for home. 

 Mr. Dobell was winding up a business trip of 

 three weeks through the lumber regions of the 

 United States. 



W. O. Price, well-known exporter of hard- 

 woods, with offices in the Continental building, 

 who has been ill for some time with a compli- 

 cation of diseases, has so far recovered as to 

 visit the office again. He expects soon to be 

 able to resume active work regularly. 



F. L. Winchester, formerly with the Champion 

 Fibre Company at Canton, N. C, was a visitor 

 from his home in Ashevtlle a week ago. 



R. E. Wood, president of the R. E. Wood 

 Lumber Company, has been on a trip as far as 

 South Carolina and Georgia, and on the way 

 i,p st"f.rM-<l Mt v;irtous points in Virginia. 



COLUMBUS 



.Inlm it. Uobey. bfail oi .lobn 11. Gobey & Co.. 

 says hardwoods are a little quiet, but he thinks 

 that prices will advance In the next six weeks. 



J. K. Sowers, president of the Sowers-Leacli 

 Lumber Company, says orders are coming in 

 miKlerately, but prices are holding firm. 



H. C. Buskirk. sales manager of the Genera) 

 Lumber Company, says hardwood prices con- 

 tinue flrni and Ihe volume of business steady. 

 Inquiries have Increased in the last week. Mr. 

 Buskirk left early in the week for a trip 

 to the company's mill at Ashland, Ky. 



M. A. Ilayward of -M. A. Hayward & Son 

 says there is a good volume of inquiries for 

 hardwoods and prices arc well maintained. 

 Flooring Is in good demand. 



George Cooper and Charles Richards, Ullls- 

 boro, O., who have been doing business as the 

 Central Lumber Company, have dissolved part- 

 nership. Mr. Cooper will continue In the busi- 

 ness under the old firm name. 



H. M. Rowe of Powell & Kowe says buai- 

 oess Is better than It was a few weeks ago. 

 He says the yards are not stocking up much 

 and will not until after the first of the new 



W. M. Ritter, head of the W. M. Ritter 

 Lumber Company, returned recently from an 

 inspection tour among the mills of the South. 



C. T. Nelson of the C. T. Nelson Company 

 says business is fair and prices continue firm. 

 He says there has not been any decline in 

 business in the last few weeks. The outlook Is 

 promising. 



W. L. Whitacre of the W. L. Whltacre Lumber 

 Company says trade is dull, owing to the de- 

 cline in prices in some sections of the South. 



CINCINNATI 



C. S. Walker and Uic directui'.-3 uT the Tensas 

 Kiver Lumber Company have returned from a 

 two-weeks' stay in Concordia parish, Louisiana. 

 While in that state they held important business 

 meetings to provide for the extension of opera- 

 tions of the company, a new line of railroad, and 

 the installation of new machinery. The last 

 week of their stay was spent in hunting on the 

 holdings of the company, which embrace 70.000 

 acres of timber land. 



The proposed extension of the lines of the 

 ISaltimore & Ohio railroad into eastern Kentucky 

 and West Virginia, will open the 40,000-acre tract 

 of virgin timber land for Cole & Crane and will 

 also bring to the market the GO.OOO-acre tract 

 of Kountz Bros. The Chesapeake & Ohio rail- 

 road, with its branches, already opens up the 

 Guyandot river timber and coal lands, and C. 

 Crane & Co., of Cincinnati, have made arrange- 

 ments with the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad to 

 haul their logs from the Guyan to Cincinnati. 

 Both the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Baltimore 

 & Ohio railroads are hauling coal from this 

 section through Cincinnati for distribution in thi- 

 North and Northwest. 



B. B. Kirkpatrick of the Fagin & KirkpatricU 

 Lumber Company, is rejoicing over the arrival 

 of a new member of the firm. The young lady 

 arrived at the Kirkpatrick home on M'ednesday, 

 Nov. 15. 



The Freiberg Lumber Company is cutting up a 

 large cargo of Mexican mahogany logs, which 

 has just arrived at its plant in the West End. 

 This company makes a specialty of Mexican ma- 

 hogany, and has handled the largest shipments 

 of mahogany logs ever seen in this section. Be- 

 sides manufacturing lumber, the company makes 

 a large number of mahogany flitches, which it 

 saws up into veneers in its veneer depannient. 



A receiver was appointed last week iov the 

 Gahl Company, well-known furniture manu- 

 facturer. J. W. Matthews was appointed by 

 the court. The concern is well known as one 

 of the old-timers among the lumber buyers as 

 B. Gahl & Co. Mr. Gahl retired from the active 

 side of the factory some time ago. 



At the plant of the Ohio Veneer Company 

 there Is every sign of activity. The company's 

 new mill and machinery are in full working 

 condition. 



Walter Johns, formerly with the W. H. Perry 

 Lumber Company, is now selling hardwoods on 

 his own account. He Is located In the Lyric 

 building. 



Walter Quick of Richey, llalstcad & tjuick, who 

 has just returned from a four weeks' stay lu 

 the West Virginia lumber fields, in the Interests 

 of his firm, says that he found all the mills in 

 that section prosperous. Nearly all the mills 

 have sold all their slock, and many of the 

 yards are cleaned up. The Inquiries for future 

 delivery were very good and Improving. He 

 visited nearly all the hardwood plants and found 

 a very good feeling prevailing among the mill- 

 men. 



Among the visitors to the city In the last 

 week was Col. C. T. B. Cobbett of Cobbett & Co.. 

 London, England. lie Is touring the country 

 looking over the hardwood lumber field. 



Franklin Greenwood, formerly with the Louis- 

 iana Red Cypress Company, and later with the 

 Great Soulhern LnmbiT Company, dropped into 



town last week to visit old acquaintances, and 

 inform them of the fact that he is now in busi- 

 ness for himself, with headquarters at Chicago. 



The Cincinnati Veneer Company has received 

 the plans from its architect for the erection of 

 a new building to replace the one recently de- 

 stroyed by fire. The plant will front 195 feet 

 on Sixth street, and extend back 154 feet to- 

 Front street. The new buildings will be modern 

 in every respect. 



Frank Scott, formerly of T. P. Scott & Co., 

 lumbermen, sold a lot on Dayton street, 130 

 by 100 feet, to the Steinman & Meyer Fur- 

 niture Company, to be used as a storage yard 

 for lumber. The company also has large yards 

 near the factory, and carries over a million feet 

 of hardwoods in stock constantly. 



The Crafters Company was incorporated last 

 week, and will open a shop on Monday, Nov. 27, 

 on Fourth avenue. The new company purposes, 

 to make only beautiful household furniture. The 

 company is organized to promote the artistic in 

 the home belongings. 



The following visitors were at the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' headquarters during the last 

 week ; R. H. Vansant of Ashland, Ky. ; W. B. 

 Townsend, Townsend, Tenn.. president of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association ; J. H. 

 Himmelberger, president of the Himmelberger- 

 Harrison Lumber Company, Cape Girardeau, Mo. ; 

 C. M. Crawford, secretary-treasurer of the Yel- 

 low Poplar Company, Coal Grove, O. ; Floyd Day 

 of the Swann-Day Lumber Company, Clay City, 

 Ky. : J. M. Ransom, treasurer of the Nashville 

 Hardwood Flooring Company. Nashville, Tenn., 

 and Robert Vestal of the Vestal Lumber & Manu- 

 facturing Company, Knoxviile, Tenn. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



John H. Talge, president of the Talge Ma- 

 hogany Company, is in Missouri on business 



The Interior Hardwood Company states that 

 it is working full time and has a good volume of 

 business in hand. 



Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Talge, who went to West 

 Africa last May, have returned home after a stop 

 in England. Mr. Talge is a buyer for the Talge 

 Mahogany Company. The company has just re- 

 ceived a cargo of one million feet of mahogany 

 logs from West Africa, which were bought by Mr. 

 Talge. 



Notice has been filed with the secretary of 

 state that the Auburn Lumber Company of Au- 

 burn is preparing to dissolve. 



The Anderson Valley Lutnber & Spoke Company 

 has been organized and incorporated at Saint 

 Meinard by J. A. Greullch, N. A. James and 

 J. F. Ruxer. This company has an authorized 

 capitalization of $7,000 and will conduct a manu- 

 facturing hardwood and spoke business. 



The Indianapolis Trade Association will go on 

 a trade extension trip through several southern 

 states and to tluba in February. During the same 

 month the Commercial Club will start a twenty- 

 six-day trade extension trip through Mexico. Both 

 trips will be for Indiana manufacturers. 



EVANSVILLE 



S. B. Taylor, formerly of Taylor & Mason, 

 Buffalo, N. Y., now with the Wood-Mosaic Com- 

 pany of New Albany, Ind., was in this city a 

 few days ago visiting the mills. Mr. Taylor still 

 maintains headquarters in Buffalo. 



O. W. McCowen of Thompson, Thayer & Mc- 

 Cowen was a recent visitor In this city. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Lumber- 

 men's Club, which was to be held Nov. 14. was 

 postponed one week on account of the directors' 

 meeting of the Indiana Hardwood Lumber Asso- 

 ciation, and will be held at Ihe New Vcndomc 

 hotel on Nov. 21. 



Bedna Young of Young & Cutslnger, and Dan 

 Wertz of Mnley & Wertz, were in Indianapolis 

 last week. atlciidlnK the board of directors' 



