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HARDWOOD RECORD 



TIk' Lycominj; Tiinbci- & Lumln'i- Company of 

 Roxhury. V;i.. has bci'n incorporated with a cap- 

 ital stool! of $50,000. 



The Woodworl; Manufaiiurins Company. Mil- 

 naulfec. Wis., lias been incorporated with a cap- 

 ital stock of .$1.").0U0. 



The Fisher Show Case Company of Grand 

 Kapids. .Mieli.. has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of ¥10.000. 



The (iainesville Chair Company. Gainesville. 

 Ga.. has been incorporated with an authorized 

 capital stock of .s^n.ood. 



The Hickory Chair .Manufacturing Company. 

 Hickory. X. C. has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of ¥27..SOO. 



The National Lumber & .Manufacturing Com- 

 pany. Newark. N. ,T.. has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of .^loo.OOO. 



The Stapp-Bass Lumber Cuuipany. Hirmin;:- 

 ham. Ala., has been incorporated wi(h au author- 

 ized capital stock of .$10.0011. 



The Randolph Wagon Works has changed its 

 residence from Kandolph. Dodge county, to Ran- 

 dolph, Columbia county. Wis. 



The Horse Creek Lumber Company. Charleston. 

 W. Va., has been incorporated with an author- 

 ized capital stock of $:2(lo,(ioii. 



The Anderson Valley Lumber & Spoke Com- 

 pany, St. .Meinrad. Ind., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of ,^7,000. 



The Muskogee Furniture Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Muskogee, Okla., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of ¥o0.000. 



The L, E, Campbell Lumber Company is the 

 style of a new concern which will wholesale hard- 

 wood lumber at Meridian, Miss. 



The Cheek & Heyman Lumber Company. Sara- 

 toga. Tex., has been incorporated with an au- 

 thorized capital stock of .$40.0o0. 



The H. II. Hitt Lumber Company, headquar- 

 ters at Falkville. Ala., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of >;,"i(i,0(i(i. 



The Olney Lumber & Manufacturing Company, 

 manufacturer of hardwood lumber at Olney. 111.. 

 has increased its capital stock from .^lO.OOO to 

 |!20,000, 



The^Machirus & I'eterson Company, IJavenport, 

 la., has been incorporated with an a\ithorized 

 capital stock of $10,000 and will manufacture 

 furniture. 



The Foster Lumber Company. Indianapolis, 

 Ind., has been incorporated with a capital sto<k 

 of .fo.l.OOO by C. C. Foster. It. S. Foster and 

 George Miller. 



The Clay Lumber Company, miinufacturcr of 

 poplar and oak lumber, with offices at Charles- 

 ton, W. Va„ has moved its mill from Porters to 

 Middle Fork, W. Va. 



The American Lumber Company of Houston, 

 Te.\.. has recently purchased property aggre- 

 gating .$7,100.0011 and will begin operations at 

 Orange in the near future. 



Alger. Smith & Co., manufacturers and whole- 

 salers of lumlier, with headquarters at Detroit, 

 Mich., and mills at Duluth. Minn., have increased 

 their capital stock from $!)3(j,00O to .$l.."iO0.0O0. 



Fire originating in the dry-kiln of the saw- 

 mill and stave factory owned by .lobn II. .Moellcr, 

 Mt. Vernon, hid.. Nov. 17. entailed a loss esti- 

 mated at ifiio.oiio, partially .covered by insurance. 



The Sears Lumber. Coal & DeveloimienI Com- 

 pany. Jackson. Ky.. has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of .floo.OOO. The iiicoi-porators 

 are JI. E. Gray. .Max Lange, M. <;. .Imkiiis and 

 0. A. Sears. 



The .Manchac Lumber Company has been in- 

 corporated at I'laquemine, La., with a capital 

 stock of ,$05,000. The principal part of the 

 stock of the company is owned by Henry N. 

 Slierburne, Frank B. Glynn and Ed C. Glynn. 



Fire of unknown origin recently destroyed tlie 

 spoke factory of .lohn W. Little. I'adueah. Ky., 

 entailing a loss of .$10,000, fully covered by in- 

 surance. The warehouse, containing a large 

 amount of tinislied material, was saved. The 

 plant will he rebuilt. 



The I'erry-Bradley Lumber Company has re- 

 cently been incorporated at Dragonsville, Va,, 

 with a maximum capital stock of ,$2."i,(iOo and a 

 minimum of $10,000. The incorporators are 

 Vaudalia I'erry, president : Frank A. I'erry, vice- 

 president : Lynn I'erry, secretary : all of Salis- 

 burj', Md,. and Geo, O. Bradley, treasurer, 

 Dragonsville, Va. 



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^j^^^:|;-'i Hardwood 'News Notes 



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O. A. Felger of tin- Felgei- Lumber & Timber 

 rompany. (irand liajjids. .Mich., has been spend- 

 ing several weeks in the southern hardwood pro- 

 ducing territory, and passed a day in Chicago 

 last week on his way homeward. 



Clarince Boyle of I). K. .leffris & Co.. I'ullman 

 building, has been engaged for some months in 

 looking afler railroad construction for the Con- 

 cordia Lumlier & Timber Company, near Natchez, 

 Miss. Mr. Boyle reports that the new plant of 

 the Concordia Lumlier & Timbr-r Company is a 

 model one in every respect, anil that the quality 

 of thl.s timber is excellent. This new manufac- 

 turing enterprise Is tinanced by tin- same In- 

 Icresls as the Chicago Car Lumber Company. 



Oorge F. Bodflsh of San I-'ranclsco has Just 

 taken charge of the Chicago office of (he .lohn D. 

 MerMhon Lumber Company of Saginaw. Mich. 

 This company's local office la at H>."i7 .Monadnock 

 building, and specializes in redwood and other 

 I'acitic coast lumber products. 



Chas. A, Cook, until recently superintendent 

 of the Hackley (Wis.) plant of the Haekloy- 

 Pbelps-Bonnell Company, has engaged as sales 

 representative for tlii' Von I'laten Lumber Com- 

 pany's Iron Mountain, .Mich., mill. 



Malsey & Dion, Chicago, liave been Hticceeded 

 liy an incorporation known as the Maisey & lilon 



Lumlier Company with a full paid up capital of 

 $60,000. 'i'he same interests are involved. 

 Robert .Maisey is president and .Tohn II. Dion 

 secretary and treasurer. The company's office 

 and yards are located near Twenty seionil and 

 Loomis streets. 



E. H, Klaiiu, whose olhces are in the .Ma.^uulc 

 Temple, and who is secretary of tlie Lumber 

 Sales ^lanagers' Association, announces the open- 

 ing of a ni-w department of this organization 

 known as an lOmployment Bureau. The purpose 

 of this bureau, by a method of inti'icbaiige of in- 

 formation, is to look up the records of individuals 

 seeking einployinent in the lumber trade. The 

 names and empbiymeiit sought by cotnpetent men 

 will be listed with the members of the associa- 

 tion, and for the present reports are being se- 

 cured on sales managers, salesmen, buyers and 

 inspectors. This information will be gathered 

 and reports furiiisbi'd to members Interested free 

 of charge. 



Iteceipt is acknowledged liy ll.Muiwuoti lti:i'iiiiii 

 from the Farley & Loetscber .Maiuil'aci iirliig 

 Company of Dubuque. la., of a large, vryy baud- 

 some and richly illustrated catalogue showing 

 this company's ver.v complete line of "everything 

 in millwork." It Is doubtless one of the best 

 inlllwork catalogues ever issued. 



IlI-:(oiiii Is Indebted to Chester I'. Koni of the 

 Farrln-Korn Lumber Company. Cliieliiuatl, o., 

 and president of tin; Winton Savings hank, for 

 an Invitation to be presiMil at the formal open 



ing of tills banking institution's handsome new 

 quarters, wb'u-ii occurred on Saturday. Dec. 2. 

 Mr. Korn is to he congratulated on his success 

 in steering a new Cincinnati suburban bank into 

 n very prominent position in loial banking his- 

 tory. 



Among the distinguished liardwood lumlKM-- 

 nien who have been visitors in Chicago during 

 tlie past few days are W. W. .Mitchell of Cadil 

 lac, Mich. ; C. A. Bigelow, Bay City. Mich. : W. 

 H. White. Boyne City, Mich. ; (J. von I'laten, 

 Grand Kapids. Mich.: Harry A. Batchelor of 

 Nashville. Tenn. : W. D. Young. Bay City. Mich. : 

 A. I'. Steele. ,Sardis. .Mi.ss. 



In last isue of ll.iiinwuoii UicruKH. ibrougb an 

 error in reading the calendar, the dale of the 

 forthcoming annual meeting of the Lumlier Sales 

 Managers' Association read February Hi and 17. 

 1012. The by-laws of the organization provide 

 that the first day's session of the annual meet- 

 ing shall be held on the third Thursday of 

 February, and hence tlie correct dates for the 

 meeting are Thursday and Friday, I'"eliriiary l.-| 

 and 11). 'I'he meeting will be held at the Audi- 

 torium Hotel, and promises to be an altair from 

 which no lumber sales' manager can afford to 

 absent llimseir. 



NEW YORK 



The Annual 'Banquet uf Uu: New York Lumber 

 Trade Association has been set for i-'eb. 1. and 

 already a large number of subscriptions have 

 been received by the committee. The banquet 

 this year will be held at Delmonicos and the 

 committee is arranging a very interesting pro- 

 gram, and a big lime is expected. 



The Board of (iovernors of the Lumbermen's 



Club of New York held a meeting last w k at 



which plans werc> mapped out for tlie llnal 

 closing of new club (|uarters. Tlie house com- 

 mittee was instructed to go ahead as fast as 

 possible in the matter, and announcement will 

 shortly be in order which will be of interest to 

 the members. 



Harry S. La'fond. wliobsale lumber. 1 .Madison 

 avenue, was recently united in marriage to Miss 

 Carol Kraus. daughter of Chas. T. Kraus. well- 

 known hor.seman of this city. Mr. Lafond has 

 lieen identilied with the local wboli-.sale trade 

 for some time, and recently commenced business 

 on his own account. 



A. L. Stone of the Nicola. Stone & Myers Com- 

 pany. Cleveland. O., accompjinied liy Mrs. Stone, 

 was in the city last w-eek. Mr. Stone came to 

 see his sister off for Europe, after whlcli Mr. 

 and Mrs. Stone left for a visit to Atlantic City. 



George H. Montgomery. Montgomery Bros., 

 Buffalo, arrived here last week from a lengthy 

 European lour. 



The Hardwood I'loducts Company, manufac- 

 turer of sash, door and interior flnlsli, Neenah, 

 Wis., has opened a sales offlie at 1 .Madison 

 avenue. New York City. 



PITTSBURGH 



Local hardwood Inisiness is hi the liest con. 

 dltlon it has been for months. Iteports indlcati' 

 a substantiiit gain in rei)ulslt Ions. Inquiries, 

 orders and sblpiiieuts. Some bii,' urders liavi- 

 Iieen placi'd with I'ittsburgh lumber llrms for all 

 kinds of railroad stock. Steel interests are 

 taking much more barciwtHxl than Ihey did a fi>w 

 months ago. The factory trade Is making steady 

 progress and orders are being booked almost 

 daily for lill'J supplies. 'I'be yard trade is 

 alioiit closed up for the year. Tlie inventor.!- 

 season Is here and there Is little to be done now 

 until late in .lanuary. Tlie prospects are. how- 

 ever, that the yard trade in this vicinity will be 

 niuch belter next year. 



The situation at hardwood mills Is changed 

 but little. Slocks of good hardwood are scarce. 

 Special sizes are very hard to gel. Low-grade 

 stock is iilentlfiil and Is being offei-ed at some re- 



