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HARDWOOD RECORD 



liirinj;. selling and dealing in lunilici-. Tin' 

 president is George A. I'aul. and treasurer. 

 George A. Fisher. 



Keech Fukagawa of Toklo, Japan, and II. 

 Nakanura of Formosa have been recent visitors 

 at the plant of the Simonds Manufacturing 

 Company, Fitehburg. Mass. IT. Nakanura, upon 

 his return to Formosa, will establish a large 

 sawmill. The visitors were accompanied b.v T. 

 Isshiki, manager of the New Vork branch of 

 Mitsue & Co.. large importers and exporters. 



The plant of the VT. A. Choate Manufac- 

 turing Company, Brattleboro, Vt., was recently 

 sold a^ auction to W. A. Brown. School desks 

 have been manufactured and this will be con- 

 tinued with a larger capital than was formerly 

 in the business. 



A large factory is to be erected in Hartford. 

 Conn., for the L. F. Detlenborn Wood Working 

 Company. 



BALTIMORE 



Walter J. Sharp of the widely known firm of 

 Churchill & Sim. London and Liverpool, was in 

 Kaltimore, Jan. 15. Mr. Sharp, who is the 

 son of the managing director of the firm, and 

 ha?, charge of the Liverpool branch, is on an 

 extended trip in this countr.v, which will take 

 him as far as New Orleans. He will get in 

 touch with the connections of his firm and 

 expects to return to Baltimore on his way home 

 some time in February. He stated that the 

 outlook in Great Britain was much improved, 

 and that an excellent business was expected. 

 Touching on the subject of shipping on con- 

 signment, Mr. Sharp expressed the opinion that 

 the remedy was with the shippers, though the 

 practice of making remittances nearly to the 

 full amount of the bill of lading was being dis- 

 c(<uragcd more and more by the brokers. 



W. E. McKee, head of the sales department of 

 James Webster & Bro., of Liverpool, England. 

 was another recent visitor. He was on his way 

 homo from a trip through hardwood producing 

 sections in the United States. 



Stephen S. Mann of Mann & Parker, has re 

 turned from a buying trip to North Carolina 

 and other sections, and took up considerable 

 stock, t<) be delivered within the next few 

 months. He states that he found the millmen 

 disposed to mark up their quotations and that 

 the assortments of lumber did not exceed very 

 modest proportions. Ills partner, Frank Parker, 

 made a short selling trip to northern Pennsyl- 

 varia and took a few orders, but It was still 

 too early in the year to start a spirited move- 

 mrnt. 



J. V. Buckler of the K. K. Hartwell Com- 

 pany, has gone to West Virginia, where he will 

 p"il in much of his time looking after hard- 

 v.ood stocks, in which his company expects to 

 do an Increasing business. 



Charles P. Coady and Uobcrt E. Donaldson 

 iiave been appointed receivers of the chair 

 manufacturing plant of George Chipman & Son, 

 under which name George II. and Henry C. 

 Chipman, .sons of the founder of the firm, 

 have been doing business. The factory was 

 offered at auction on Jan. 10. 



John Ralne, senior member ot the hardwood 

 s.iwmill firm of John Ralnc & Co., Ilalnelle, 

 W. Va., was in Baltimore recently. He con- 

 firmed reports about everything being snowed 

 or frozen up In the hardwood districts, and also 

 slated that stocks at producing points were 

 small. 



CLEVELAND 



The oxtrcme cold weatber of the piist few 

 weeks has been prohibitive ot much buying, but 

 Inquiries have been very numerous and the trade 

 in general reports that more figuring has been 

 done the first twenty days of this month than 

 for the corresponding period of the last three or 



four years. Collections are somewhat easiiT. 

 and just as soon as the weather permits a good 

 volume of trade is looked for. 



There is a fair demand for most grades of 

 hardwoods and jirices continue firm. A par- 

 . ticularly good demand is noted for the lower 

 grades, especially Xo. 3 and No. 4 poplar. In- 

 quiries and orders tor ash are fair. This stock, 

 together with maple, are good sellers in connec- 

 tion with the automobile industry, which looks 

 for a good year, and from all indications a good 

 deal of hardwood will bo consumed by the auto 

 manufacturers. 



M'. H. Nigh of the Nigh Lumber Company, 

 fronton, O.. was in town recently, stopping off 

 here on his way to Cincinnati from Detroit. 

 He advises that stocks are moving freely at good 

 prices. 



J. L. Sands of the F. T. Peitch Lumber Com- 

 pany is visiting the mills of Virginia and West 

 Virginia. 



E. G. Fisher of the Fisher & Wilson Company 

 left Cleveland ou Jan. 14 on his annual pilgrim- 

 age to foreign climes. This time his destination 

 is Honolulu, with stop-offs en route at the 

 Grand Canyon, Colo., and Los Angeles and San 

 Francisco, Cal. 



COLUMBUS 



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'J'lie W. M. Hitter Lumber Company of Colum- 

 bus, O., has made a number of changes in the 

 sales force of the western territory. G. II. Os- 

 trander, who was formerly connected with the 

 Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, 

 will cover the Illinois, Iowa and Chicago terri- 

 tory. C. H. Weedon, who has been with the 

 Uitter company for seven years, covering Vir- 

 ginia and West Virginia, will make Detroit bis 

 headquarters in the future. J. C. Wolf takes the 

 place of Mr. Weedon in the Vinginias. John 

 Crcighton. a brother of the Ritter company's Eu- 

 ropean manager, will cover Canada, with head- 

 quarters in Toronto. 



The hardwood lumbermen ot Columbus are 

 arranging to attend the annual convention of 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the 

 Inited States, which will hold its annual meet- 

 ing in Cincinnati next week. Governor Harmon 

 has been requested to address the meeting. 



The Footc & Davis Company of Cleveland. O.. 

 has been incorporated with a capital ot .flO.llOO 

 to engage in the manufacturing of weather strips 

 and screens. The incorporators are D. C. Footc, 

 S. T. Davis. William Boohm. Jr., Alan S. IIop- 

 kinson and David Klein. 



The Federal Lumber Company, of Cleveland, 

 O., has been incorporated to deal in lumber and 

 timber products. The incorporators are S. W. 

 Cabell, K. T. McGraw, A. C. Bliss, Iteed Camplc- 

 john and A. E. Lambert. 



Fire starling from a gas stove in the office 

 recently caused a loss of $0,000 to the yards and 

 building of the Cellar Lumber Company of 

 Wcsterville, O. The loss was only partially cov- 

 ered by insurance. 



The Economy Bottle Case Company of Cin- 

 cinnati, O., has been Incorporated with a capital 

 of .$42,.')00 to dfal in lumber, timbers and pack- 

 ing boxes ot all kinds. The Incorporators are 

 Julius D. Ratterman. H. C. Hldgcway, Oscar W. 

 Kuhn, Morgan Van JIntre and Mary A. Mann. 



The Knox Lumber & Coal Company of Mt. 

 Vernon, 0., had lis annual meeting recently and 

 elected the foUowlug ofiicers : I. Forblng, presi- 

 dent : L. W. Drake, vice-president ; Guy Forblng, 

 secretar.v-trcasurer. 



The Louisville Lumber Company ot Louisville, 

 o., has been Incorporated with a capital slock 

 of ^',00 by n. S. Cbelley and olher.s. 



The Ironton Lumber Company ot Ironton, O.. 

 has elected the fi)Ilowlng olllcers t<jr thfe ensuing 

 year: F. L. McCauley. president and general 

 manager : A. C. Lowery, vice president ; I. N. 

 Henry, secretary and treasurer. D. S. Morgan of 

 Columbus, conneeled with the Imperial Lumber 

 Company, Is one of the (llrrclnrs. 



The Ward Lumber Compauy of Ironton, O.. 

 has elected the following officers for the year : 

 G. W. Ward, president and general manager ; 

 F. C. Thomlinson, vice-president ; E. F. Myers, 

 secretary and treasurer. 



M. A. Hayward of the Arm of M. A. Hay- 

 ward & Son says trade shows a great improve- 

 ment since the first of the year. He believes 

 that the market will become more active as 

 spring advances. Dry stocks are short and 

 manufacturers are not disposed to cut prices to 

 move them. Hardwood flooring is one of the 

 strongest points in the market. Mr.^ Hayward 

 believes that prices on flooring will advance. 



R. W. Horton, sales manager for the central 

 division of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, 

 reports a nice increase in trade during the past 

 fortnight He says prices are firm and slight 

 advancements have been made in some grades. 

 The movement of the lower grades is good, 

 although the better demand is still for the upper 

 grades. Prices are on a high level and the 

 tendency is to advance rather than decrease quo- 

 tations. 



CINCINNATI 



The new landing at C. Craue vt Co.'s mills at 

 Brent, Ky., on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, 

 where the logs brought from West Virginia by 

 rail are dumped into the Ohio river, is now 

 complete and the Crane mills are assured of a 

 steady run of logs the year round. Clinton 

 Crane says that last year was the best in the 

 history of their mills and business is very good 

 now, while the outlook could not be better. 



C. "Mack" Clark, manager of the Swann-Day 

 Lumber Company of Clay City, Ky., has just 

 returned from a visit to the plant and says that 

 business is very good. Business an the Cincin- 

 nati office of the company is also booming. 



George Morgan, manager of the Cincinnati 

 ilepartment of Nicola, Stone & Myers, reports 

 business as very good. James Van Orsdel, for 

 many years with Leiand G. Banning, has been 

 added to their selling force, which includes W. G. 

 Stoutemeyer and Wallace Wolff. Manager Mor- 

 gan is enthusiastic over the outlook, and thinks 

 that the hardwood business will reach a boom 

 stage, as the furniture trade is showing strong 

 evidences of good buying. Improvements, includ- 

 ing additional switching facilities, are under way 

 in the local plant. 



Everything is ready tor the big convention of 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the 

 United States, with positive indications of an 

 attendance greater than ever before. The pro- 

 gram contains many interesting features. The 

 Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati will keep "open 

 house" in rooms on the convcniion floor of the 

 Sinton hotel, with a large entertainment com- 

 mittee in charge. 



The Cincinnati Commercial Association has 

 announced committees representing every class 

 ot business, to carry out Us purpose of organiza- 

 tion to boom the Queen City ot the West. Presi- 

 dent George Dieterle named the following com- 

 mittee on lumber and kindred lines: T. B. Stone, 

 chairman : .V. M. I.ewin. George W. Doran, E. E. 

 Heck and Harry .\. Freiberg. 



L. W. Radlna and I". S. Phillips, receivers of 

 I he Mill Creek Wagon Comi)any, made a favor- 

 able report to the Court of Common Pleas re- 

 cently, showing that the volume ot business 

 transacted since they took charge was .$477,- 

 :!7n.71. Business on hand was reported as good 

 and profitable and it is cxpecled that by the end 

 of the year the plant can be sold as a going 

 concern at a figure that will be most satisfactory 

 to the creditors. 



The convention ot llin Niilloiml .\ssoclatlon of 

 Mnnlcl & Tib' Manutaclurers will be held at the 

 Slnlon hotel In this clly on Feb. in, 14 and 1!). 



Articles of Incorporation of the Dillon Lum- 

 ber Company were filed In Covington. K.V., last 

 week. Tb.' cnpllal is .f^O.OOO. divldeil Into two 



