HARDWOOD RECORD 



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iliuliiiii. Nearly all mills ari> working priiclically 

 full time but are accumulating very little stock 

 in tlie face of the increasing demand. 



The Pennsylvania Lumber Company has re- 

 cently been taking over some very nice orders 

 for the finest grades of hardwoods. includiuK 

 walnut, birch, cherry and maple. Its president. 

 William Hunter, is well satisfied with his first 

 year in business, and has succeeded in workiirj: 

 up a very satisfactory trade with the furniture 

 factories and other hardwood users in this 

 vicinity. 



D. L. Gillespie & Co.. who for years have been 

 located in the Home Trust building on Wood 

 street, have now a fine suite of offices in the 

 front of the Oliver sky-scraper on .Smithfield 

 street. 



The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, located in the old bank building at I'enn 

 avenue and Ninth street, lias taken a large 

 suite of oflices in the Peoples Bank building at 

 Fourth avenue and Wood street, which it will 

 occupy after January 1. 



Sales Manager I. V. Balslcy of the I'alnier & 

 Semans Lumber Company spent last week in 

 I'hiladelphia. and this week is working the fac- 

 tory trade, in Now York. The company's mills 

 are all very busy. 



The Pittsburgh Industrial Development Commis- 

 sion has just published an industrial map of 

 I'ittsburgh showing the location of every manu- 

 facturing plant in the city, and also the avail- 

 able sites for new concerns. Its efforts to get 

 factories for Pittsburgh are already bearing 

 fruit and last week the May Advertising Com- 

 pany of New York arranged to build a big 

 branch factory in the East End for the manu- 

 facture of Immense advertising signs. 



The Willson Brothers Lumber Company, 

 whii-h owns the .Standard Lumber Company's 

 plant at Canonsburg. Pa., has traded the prop- 

 <uty for .SllO feet of vacant frontage on Hazel- 

 wood avenue, "Squirrel Hill. The Canon.sburg 

 plant consisted of one acre of ground, a first 

 class iilaning mill, office building, modern equip- 

 ment and 2,000 feet of P. R. R. siding. 



A. Cw. Asher. well-known manufacturer of oak 

 kegs, has leased big quarters in the Terminal 

 warehouses, which will be used as a distributing 

 point for his product that was manufactured at 

 Piueville. Ky. 



The Acorn Lumbei- Company has added to its 

 city force Harry W. Henninger. the well-known 

 lumberman, and former head of the Reliance 

 Lumber Company of this city. He w-ill devote 

 most of his attention to the trade in the Pitts- 

 burgh district. 



BUFFALO 



The improvements at the big plant of C. 

 Klias & Bro.. to cost about $13,000, will be 

 delayed for more settled weather. G. Ellas 

 lias just returned from an Eastern luisiness 

 trip. 



.M. .M. Wall of the Buffalo Hardwood Lum- 

 ber i.'ompan.v has returned from a trip to 

 Albany, where he attended, on Dec. 2, the an- 

 nual meeting of the New Y'ork State Automo- 

 bile Association. 



II. A. Stewart returned early this month 

 from a trip to the operations of I. N. Stewart 

 & Bro. in West Virginia, where he made some 

 direct shipments of hardwoods, including oak. 

 poplar and chestnut. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company states 

 that while the general hardwood trade is rather 

 quiet, there is fair demand for quartered oak, 

 both white and red, in the better grades. 



The yard of A. Miller Is said to have turned 

 over quite an amount of hardwood recently 

 in the local market. Trade Is said by the 

 office to be of about fair propiu'tions. 



F. W. Vetter's hardwood stock has been 

 increased lately by the addition of supplies of 

 oak, chestnut and poplar, all of which are 

 moving fairly well, with oak in the lead. 



O. E. Yeager's yard has been getting orders 

 for moderately good amounts of ash and plain 

 i>ak. There is not much doing in quartered 

 oak, although the price shows little change. 



Lumber receipts have been somewhat cur- 

 tailed at the yard of T. Sullivan & Co. by lake 

 storms, but elm. maple and ash have recently 

 been coming in in good-sized quantities. 



The visit of the western governors to this 

 city on Dec. 2 w'as an occasion of much In- 

 terest. Tickets to the Chamber of Commerce 

 dinner at the Elllcott Club that evening went 

 very fast, to the number of several hundred. 

 I. N. Stewart was chairman of the entertain- 

 ment committee and other lumbermen mem- 

 bers were O. E. Yeager and C. Walter Betts. It 

 was the largest dinner party the chamber has 

 given in some time. J. N. Scatcherd, O. K. 

 Yeager. I. N. Stewart and A. W. Ivreinhedn- 

 entertained tlie governors by a day's trip to 

 Niagara Falls. 



PHILADELPHIA 



J, C. Tennant of the Summit Lumber Com- 

 pan.v says trading has been fair right along, but 

 a little more hustling Is necessary at this time 

 to book sales. Buying unfortunately continues 

 irregular and of the quick delivery kind, which 

 very obvlousl,v Is less convenient to handle. 



Robert W. Schofield of Schofield Brothers has 

 just returned from a two weeks' stay at the 

 Saltkeatchle Lumber Company's mill. Schofield, 

 S. ('.. and reports things running In good shape. 

 The last month's shipments of lumber w'ore the 

 largest the.v ever had. and raan.v of th<' orders 

 tomlng In now are for future delivery, which Is 

 encouraging. 



A. Ileidrltter and .T. W. Floyd have pin- 

 chased the interest of A. S. Glmstead In the 

 i'lo.yd & Olmstead Company and will continue 

 the business under the old corporate style. 



.lustln Peters, manager. Pennsylvania Lum- 

 bermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company, re- 

 ports a good year's showing. The amount of 

 new business Is considerably in excess of 1010. 

 The annual meeting o£ the company will be 

 held in January. 



The Tledemann Convertible Chair Company, 

 of which Emll tjuenther Is proprietor, has 

 opened a salesroom at 137 South Fifteenth 

 street. The chair manufactured by this con- 

 tern, and known as the "Konverto." is a com- 

 bination piece of furniture which has readied 

 the acme of perfection, chair, couch or bed 

 as the taste inclines. As a Christmas gift It 

 will appeal to every lover of ease and comfort. 



Information comes from Joseiih F. Comegys 

 of the Barker-Bond Lumber Company, Phila- 

 delphia and New York, that A. S. Olmstead, 

 formerly of the Floyd & Olmstead Company, has 

 recently become associated with this house and 

 will handle the hardwood and white pine end 

 of the business. 



John J. Rumbarger of the John .1, l!\un- 

 barger Lumber Company states that business 

 Is running smoothly. He has been fortunate 

 In recently closing some excellent sales. 



J. C. McDiarmid of tfie Southern Timber & 

 Lumber Company. Fayettevllle. N. C. and C. 

 C, Wallaci'. Dunkirk. X. Y.. representing Tay- 

 lor & Glfford, distributors for the Cutler Bay 

 Lumber Company, Ltd., Cutler. Ont.. were re 

 cent visitors on the local trade. 



E. M. Bechtel, sales manager of William 

 Whitmer & Sons. Inc.. reports an increasing 

 buoyancy in business. 



The Ideal Desk Company, Washington, T). C. 

 was incorporated Nov. 24 with a capital stock 

 of $7.5.000. 



The John Gross Wood Turning Company. 

 Philadelphia. Pa., was incorporated Nov. 20 

 with a capital stock of $7,500. 



Fire visited the lumber yards of Hiram DUts. 

 Flemington. N. J., on Nov. 20, entailing a loss 

 estimated at $3,000. 



Charles S. Caft'rey, eighty-one years of age. 



and until a few years ago, when he retired, 

 one of the most famous manufacturers of light 

 carriages in the world, died on Nov. 28 in the 

 Cooper Hospital. Camden. N. J. 



The Baldwin I^ocomotive Works has received 

 an order for thirty locomotives from the New 

 York Central lines, in addition to the contract 

 for fifty engines recently awarded by that rail- 

 road system. 



The .1. G. Brill Company reports advance 

 trading. It has recently received a number of 

 large orders for export. 



Creditors filed a petition to have Elbert Smith 

 adjudged an involuntar.v bankrupt. The cred- 

 itors and the amounts of their claims are; J. M. 

 Card Lumber Company, .f.57-1.11 : Virginia Caro- 

 lina Lumber Company. $.3GG.7.") : Fleck Brothers 

 Comjiany. .'*itn7.2rt. 



BOSTON 



For the convenience of lumber dealers who 

 are members of the Massachusetts Wholesale 

 Lumber Association the government is furnish- 

 ing a monthly sailing list showing the scheduled 

 sailings of steamers from all ports of tfie 

 United States and their destinations. At the 

 present time this list Is posted In room 22, 

 Mason building, Boston, and those manufac- 

 turers who are not able to call at that office 

 can get the information they desire by tele- 

 phoning Main 421.5. This Is a very valuable 

 list, and at the present time Is only issued to 

 associations, but later the government plans to 

 have enough copies so that individuals may 

 ai)ply for one and receive it. 



George E. Hull, formerly well knt)wn In the 

 hardwood lumber business in Boston, has be- 

 come associated with the Meadow River Lumber 

 Company of Rainelle. W. Va. 



James B. Sutton of Mystic, Conn., w-ho since 

 1 8.53 fias conducted a business of manufacturing 

 spars in that place, has announced that be Is 

 closing out his business and will retire. 



Russell Bickford. son of H. M. Blckford of the 

 H. M. Bickford Company. Boston, was married 

 Nov. 16 to Miss Louise Bolton Lowney. datighter 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Lowney of Boston 

 and Mansfield. Mass. Mr. Bickford is in charge 

 of the H. M. Bickford Company's business In 

 New York City. 



The Boston Lumber Salesmen's Club, which 

 was recently organized, held its first dinner at 

 the New Marlboro hoti'l. Boston, late In Novem- 

 ber. W. E. Walker is president of this asso- 

 ciation. 



A large shipbuilding plant Is. being completed 

 near Monument Beach. Mass. This plant is 

 located near the beginning of the Cape Cod 

 Canal, which Is now being put through, and 

 from its location should command a large 

 amount of business. 



The Springfield Lumber Company, Springfield. 

 Mass.. Charles A. Bly, treasurer, has filed a peti- 

 tion with the Superior court, asking for a decree 

 to dissolve. Tbe company has not been in 

 active business for nearly two years. The peti- 

 tion states that the company, which Is caiMtal 

 Ized at $20,000, fias no debts. The compan\ 

 wa-s organized in 1890. 



BALTIMORE 



Richard W. Price of I'ricc & Hoald spent 

 the past week at Atlantic <'ity recuperating 

 from an attack of Illness, which proved of 

 short duration, but left him in a somewhat 

 weakened state. He is back now feeling much 

 stronger. 



John L. Alcock of the well-known export 

 firm of John L. Alcock & Co.. has been elected 

 a director in the National City Bank, which 

 shows the high esteem wherein he is held and 

 the standing he occupies as a business man, 



E. E. Price. In charge of the export depart- 

 ment of Thomas Hughes, Is back from a trip 



