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the lioo-IIoo, stopped iu t'hicago, Jan. 4, eu route 

 from St. Paul to Toledo. 



J. M. Attley of J. SI. Attley & Co. of this 

 city is at the company's mills at Sagola, Mich. 



Gus Heinemann of the B. Heinemann Com- 

 pany of Wausaii. Wis., was one of the local 

 callers during the past week. He was on hia 

 way home from the South. 



C. P. Jennings of the Berthold & Jennings 

 Lumber Company, St. Lonis. Mo., was in Chi- 

 cago last weels getting R. A. Hastings, his new 

 local representative, established. 



W. E. Johns of the new Johns-Mowbray-Nelson 

 Company of Cincinnati has been doing busi- 

 ness fn this city for several days. 



W. J. Foy of the McShano Lumber Company 

 of Omaha was in the city recently. 



Horace Blaclj, manager of the Petros Lum- 

 ber Company of Petros. Tenn.. the sawmill 

 branch of the Fred W. Blacl< Lumber Company, 

 left Chicago for the South Jan. ."». after a week 

 in the city. 



A. W. Lucas, head of the Lucas Land & Lum- 

 ber Company, Paducah. Ky., spent several days 

 last week in the city on business. 



P. E. Gilbert, formerly prominently connected 

 with Memphis Itardwood houses, has just ac- 

 cepted the position of sales manager for the 

 Wisconsin Lumber Company of Chicago. 



G. H. Holloway of Schultz, HoIIoway c& Co. 

 returned on Jan. from a several days' selling 

 trip to St. Louis. Mr. Holloway reports cot- 

 ton\\'0od and No. 1 common gum increasing in 

 demand steadily. 



C G. Powell of the Fullerton-Powell Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company. South Bend, Ind.. was 

 in the city on .Tan. 5 in conference with his 

 local representative. 



E. E. Skeele of the Estabrook-Skeele Lumber 

 Compan,y, left on ,TaD. .3 for a hurry up busi- 

 ness trip to Cairo. 111. J. S. Estabrook left 

 the same date for St. Louis, to be gone sev- 

 eral days. 



George W. Smith of the A. 11. Kayser Lum- 

 ber Company, Madison. Wis., was in town on 

 business the early part of last w'eek. 



Edward Hammer of Hammer Brothers. Hills- 

 boro. ^^'is., spent several days in the city re- 

 cently. 



NEW YORK 



In the case of tlie goverirment against the 

 Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation and its component associations for al- 

 leged violation of the Sherman law, arrange- 

 ments have been made with the coul't for a 

 hearing this week as to the manner of taking 

 testimony in the trial. The lumber associations 

 wdll contend strongl.v for a hearing in open 

 court before a full bench, but it is understood 

 that the government will insist upon taking the 

 testimony before a referee for ultimate presenta- 

 tion to the court. The lumber associations feel 

 that the suit is not based upon legitimate facts, 

 and that the trial in any other way but in 

 open court is pre.iudicial to fairness as far as 

 the lumbermen are concerned. 



A petition in bankruptc.v has been filed 

 against the John JlcOlave Company, wholesale 

 lumber dealer of 1182 Broadway, show'ing lia- 

 bilities of $7,000 and assets, $900. The com- 

 pany was incorporated in July, 1009, with a 

 capital of $25,000 and was headed by John 

 McClave, who was formerly treasurer of the 

 McClave Lutflber Company, from which he re- 

 signed in 1009. 



Petition in bankruptcy has been filed against 

 the Moore Lumber Company. 90 Nassau street, 

 and James .\. Jloore. lumber dealer, the same 

 address, who is president of the lumber com- 

 pany. Liabilities were estimated at $.30,000 and 

 assets $5,000 in each petition. F. J. Wald- 

 eyer has been appointed receiver in both cases. 



This week Sales Manager Van W. Tyler ot 

 the Manufacturers' Jjumber Company. 17 Bat- 

 tery place, left here in company with a corps 



of salesmen and department managers of the 

 New York, Buffalo, Chicago and Canadian 

 branches of the company for the annual in- 

 spection tour of the Hugh McLean Lumber 

 Company's operations at Chattanooga, Birming- 

 ham and Jlemphis. This is an annual event 

 extended by the company, for the purpose of 

 thoroughly acquainting its sales representatives 

 with the character and efliciency of operation 

 and method of production. 



Fire on the night of Jan. 1 wii)ed out the 

 mill-work factory of the Hudson Wood-Working 

 (^'ompauy at Bedford Park, N. Y., and destroyed 

 considerable lumber belonging to Church E. 

 Gates & Co. The total loss was about $21,000, 

 of which Church E. Gates & Co. suffered $1,000. 



A. S. Olmstead of the Floyd-Olmstead Company 

 of Philadelphia, and branch oflice New York 

 City, has sold out his interest in that com- 

 Iiany, to assume the management of the white 

 pine and hardwood department for the Barker- 

 Bond Lumber Company, wholesaler at 29 Broad- 

 way, city. 



Keith Price of Price & Pierce, London. Eng- 

 land, lumber merchants, recently arrived in this 

 city for a business tour of .Vmerican producing 

 points. 



The Seacoast Lumber Company, wholesale 

 cj'press. 1 Madison avenue, recently acquired 

 the entire output of cypress manufactured by 

 the Greenville Yellow Pine Company ot Green- 

 ville, Fla. 



Norman B. Coster of Price & Coster, 52 Broad- 

 way, left Dec. 22 for Havana and other Cuban 

 points, where the firm is cutting cedar and 

 mahogany for the American markets. 



BUFFALO 



The A. J. Chestnut Lumber Company tiled a 

 certificate ot incorporation on Jan. 2, with cap- 

 ital of $150,000. The directors are Albert J. 

 Chestnut, Edwin B. Lott, Anna C. Bangert. 

 James Chestnut and Ernest F. Runnels. The 

 company succeeds the firm of Chestnut & Slaght, 

 t". C. Slaght retiring entirely on family con- 

 siderations. The firm has been in the hard- 

 wood trade for eight years. Mr. Slaght, hav- 

 ing the Pennsylvania sawmill interest to look 

 after, was kept almost constantly away from 

 his family. Mr. Chestnut is president of the 

 new company. 



The Chamber of Commerce election takes 

 place on Jan. 10 and one ot the nominees for 

 president is O. E. Y'eager. who has been first 

 vice-president arffl has given much of his time 

 to the interests of the chamber and the city. 



The Gaffney Wood Products Co'mpany of Brad- 

 ford, Pa., has purchased 1,700 acres of hard- 

 wood timber at Cartwrights, Pa., and will util- 

 ize the wood at its chemical factory at Nansen, 

 near Kane. Pa., thus securing material to keep 

 running for several years there. 



The annual automobile show the first week 

 of this month brought out exhibits from fifty 

 manufacturers and was spoken of as the best 

 in tile country, outside of New York and Chicago. 



Hugh McLean went on a southern trip on 

 legal and other business early in the month in 

 connection with the Memphis mill. R. D. Mc- 

 Lean is back at his desk again, after a stormy 

 passage from E'urope on tlie Campania. 



J. W. Welsh of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, has returned from a trip through 

 Ohio and Kentucky on business (or the company, 

 finding lumber conditions about as good in Buf- 

 falo as elsewhere. 



F. W. Vetter states that the basswood trade 

 at his yard has been looking up lately, a large 

 lilock having been sold last month, which brought 

 the month's figures up to very good proportions. 



H. A. Stewart reports having shipped out 

 quite an amount of poplar and other hardwoods 

 from I. N. Stewart's West Virginia yard, from 

 which he returned this month after a six weeks' 

 stay. 



G. Ellas has returned from an eastern trip on 

 business. The oflice reports the hardwood trade 

 as rather quii't, but is looking for improvement 

 and a fair amount of activity during the year. 



Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling state that their 

 trade is about up to normal thus far this year. 

 Prospects for 1912 trade are considered bright. 



Trade has been very good lately at the yards 

 of T. Sullivan & Co., as compared with last 

 year's start. Maple is one of the leaders and 

 prices are said to be growing still firmer, with 

 birch also strong. 



James A. Whiti-. president of the National 

 Hardwood Company, has returned from a trip 

 to New York with his family. Various hard- 

 woods, including maple and birch, are iu fair 

 demand at the yard. 



Anthony Miller reports trade as only mod- 

 erate during December, but business has picked' 

 up and he looks for a year ot co'mparatively 

 good results in hardwoods. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The Lumbermens' Exchange of Philadelphia 

 held its regular monthl,y meeting on Jan. 4. 

 .\fter the reading of the minutes of the pre- 

 vious meeting, Frederick S. Underbill, chairman 

 of the Panama Canal Committee, reported that 

 at a meeting held by his committee, it was 

 resolved that the chairman confer with other 

 trade organizations and request the appointment 

 by them of a similar committee of five mem- 

 liers, the chairman of each of the committees 

 to constitute a joint committee to devise ways 

 and means to be taken up and carried out by 

 the rest of the several committees. A request 

 was made and carried to the effect that the 

 Lumbermen's E.xchange recommend to the 

 I'nited States Senate, the adoption of the Arbi- 

 tration Treaty now before that body, without 

 amendment. The rest of the meeting was de- 

 voted to routine matters. 



Florace A. Reeves, Jr., of R. B. Wheeler & 

 Co.. says things are moving along smoothly, 

 and the business outlook is very promising. 



John H. Schofield of Schofleld Brothers, testi- 

 fies to an advanced trading during the last few 

 weeks. He is mucli pleased with totals for 

 1911, and reports their manufacturing business, 

 at the Saltkeatchie Lumber Company, Schofield, 

 S. C, making fine progress : also that their 

 branch in Reading, Pa., has completed another 

 successful year. 



The Whiting Lumber Company is not disposed 

 to criticize conditions, as it is getting business 

 right along, with prospects of further increase 

 in the near future. 



Frederick S. Underbill of Wislar, Underbill 

 & Co., is much encouraged at this time over 

 prospects for 1912 trading. Their salesmen are 

 decidedly encouraged over prospects in their 

 respective territories. The firm style of Wistar- 

 Underhill & Co.. on Feb. 1 will be changed to 

 Wistar, Underbill & Nixon. 



The Kay Lumber Company was recently in- 

 corporated and will succeed the business carried 

 on by Robert G. Kay for twenty-one years. The 

 officers are : Robert G. Kay. president ; John F. 

 Rohrbach, vice-president, and Warren D. D. 

 Smith, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Kay Is 

 one of the best known lumbermen in the eastern 

 field and was at one time president of the Lum- 

 bermen's Exchange, also ot the Philadelphia 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, of which 

 latter organization lie is now a director. Messrs. 

 Rohrbach and Smith have been associated with 

 Mr. Kay for a number of years. 



Creditors filed a petition in the United istates 

 court. Dec. 20. to have the Millbourne Lumber 

 Compan.v of this city, adjudged an involuntary 

 bankrupt. Creditors and their claims are : F. 

 W. Unkel Lumber Company. $677.99 : Charles P. 

 Dyer, $204.25 : J. Quincy Hunsicker, $10. On 

 Dec. 27. Joseph P. Comegys of Barker-Bond 

 Lumber Company and John C. Tennant of the 



