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CHICAGO 



At a meeting of tbc Board of Directors of tbe 

 I.umbermen's Association of Clticago. on Feb. 14. 

 resolutions of condolence over the death of 

 Charles Watson Hinckley, who died on Feb. 5. 

 were adopted and ordered spread upon the 

 records of the association. 



C. R. Lamb, chairman of the board of Lamli 

 Fish Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss., and 

 Manager W. B. Burlje of the same institution 

 spent several days in Chicago last week con- 

 sulting over business alfairs. 



A conference of quite a number of the oak 

 flooring manufacturers was held in Chicago last 

 week, analyzing trade conditions and making 

 plans for an advertising campaign in favor of 

 Ibis material. 



Quite a number of the maple flooring manu- 

 facturers were Chicago visitors a few days ago. 

 .sizing up the situation surrounding this branch 

 uf the lumber industry. 



During last week a meeting of the larger 

 pi'oportion of the rotary cut veneer producers 

 i.f the country was held at the .iuditorium 

 hotel. The consensus of opinion among pro- 

 ducers of this material indicates a fair volume 

 of trade, but with a price situation that leaves 

 very unsatisfactory margins in the production 

 of rotary stock, 



Archie C. Klumpf. president of the Cuyahoga 

 I^umber Company and of the Lumbermen's Club 

 of Cleveland, dropped into Record sanctum on 

 Feb. 20. Mr. Klumpf was here in consultation 

 with his Duluth inspector, and while in Chicago 

 clo.sed trades for 3.000,000 feet of Lake Superior 

 white pine, to be forwarded at the opening of 

 navigation. 



W. H. Hopkins, treasurer and manager of the 

 New River Lumber Company, with headquarters 

 al Cincinnati, was a Chicago visitor last week 

 and effected some important sales. Mr. Hopkins 

 says that the stock of the big mills of th» 

 company at Norma, Tenn., were never as low 

 since they started sawing as at the present time. 



L. JL Schafer, president of the Konzen, Stumpf 

 & Schafer Lumber Company, left Chicago on 

 Monday of this week for Tennessee and Ala- 

 bama, where he will take up oak and wagon 

 stock. .T. P. Konzen of that concern left at the 

 same time for southern Ohio and West Virginia, 

 where he will purchase hickory and i)oplar. Mr. 

 Stumpf reports that the wagon stock business, 

 in which this progressing concern specializes, is 

 unusually active at present and in fact thei-e is 

 a market for ever.v foot of good wagon stock 

 it can get hold of. 



The Lumbermen's Association of Chicago will 

 hold a luncheon and business meeting at the 

 Great Northern hotel at 12 :30 on Feb. 28. The 

 meeting will be held in the cafe on the parlor 

 floor, and a number of pertinent questions will 

 be brought up for discussion. 



The chairmen of the various divisions of the 

 Chicago Lumbermen's Association met in the 

 association headquarters in the Rector build- 

 ing on Jan. 20. The chairmen have .just been 

 appointed for the year, and the idea of the meet- 

 ing was to get them together to talk over the 

 situation so as to insure co'-operation during 

 their terms of oflice. 



Last reports from Secretary E. H. Klann of 

 the recently organized Chicago Lumbermen's 

 Club state that the total memljership is now 

 385, of which 271 are resident members and the 

 remainder non-resident members. The time limit 

 after which applicants for membership will have 

 to pay ,$50 additional for initiation has been 

 advanced to Mar, 1. 



E. E. Skeele of the Estabrook-Skeele Lumber 

 Company was in Wisconsin last week taking up 

 hardwood stocks. 



H. C. Miller of the Hardwood Mills Lumber 

 Company has been in northern Wisconsin most of 

 I he week on a buying trip, 



C. E. Davis of the Mengel Box Company. 

 Louisville, Ky., favored the Chicago trade with 

 a visit during the week. 



NEW YORK 



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The annual dinner of the representatives and ' 

 heads of the Stevens-Eaton Company and its 

 allied interests was held at the Hotel Manhat- 

 tan on Feb. 8. T'went.v-four principals and 

 representatives from New York. Philadelphia. 

 Unffalo and the West were present. 



The Atlantic & Gulf Lumber Company is the 

 name of a new wholesale house Just opened at 2!) 

 Broadway with F. R. Clark in charge. 



Robert W. Higbie, prominent hardwood manu- 

 facturer of 45 Broadway, recently made his an- 

 nual visit to the Yale Forest School, New Haven, 

 where he lectured on the subject of forestry 

 from the practical standpoint. Mr. Higbie has 

 for years given annual lectures at the school 

 and his visit is always looked forward to with 

 pleasure and profit by the students. On Feb. 24 

 Mr. and Mrs. Higbie left for New Orleans, from 

 where they will go to Louisville to attend the 

 convention of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association. 



Sam E. Barr. for .years prominent in the 

 wholesale hardwood trade of this city, has leased 

 two additional offices at 1 Madison avenue 

 which will be in charge of George A. Yaest, who 

 for the past year has been assisting Mr. Barr 

 in his business. Mr. Y'aest was previously with 

 the Barr & Mills Company of Zanesville and 

 Marietta. O., and is a competent lumberman. 

 Mr. Y'aest will have chai'ge of the office and 

 business, Mr. Barr devoting his attention to the 

 outside. For several years Mr. Barr has been 

 specializing in transit shipments of hardwood 

 lumber, and has completed plans for an active 

 li»12 campaign. 



BUFFALO 



The large plant of the Regal Furniture Com- 

 pany at .Jamestown has been bought by Charles 

 ^V. Ilerrick. formerly secretary-treasurer of the 

 JIaddox Table Company. Darwin Bliss, H. V. 

 Ilerrick and Frank Patterson will be as.sociatel 

 with Mr. Ilerrick. 



A new lumber .yard is to be opened here ahoul 

 May 1 by Hamilton H. Salnion & Co. of New 

 York, of which Frank T. Sullivan is resident 

 manager. The yard will carry an assortment of 

 Iini'dwood stocks, including a fair amount of 

 Like lumber. A specialty will be made of maple 

 and basswood. The lumber now at the Tona- 

 wanda yard will be shipped as fast as possible, 

 rhe Buffalo yard being in a more favorable loca- 

 tion. 



F. W. Vetter's yard has been receiving a 

 large stock of Pennsylvania and other hard- 

 vioods lately. Maple is expected to be very 

 good property this spring and stocks here will 

 not be large. 



As a member of the Good Roads Committee 

 of the Cliamber of Commerce and the owner of 

 a Pierce touring car, Anthony Miller will de- 

 vote considerable attention to promoting better 

 highways around Buffalo this year. 



G. Elias & Bro. are looking for good business 



in the building line in Buffalo this spring, 

 though the demand for lumber and doors this 

 month is said to be only fair. 



PHILADELPHIA 



William C. MacBride. president of the Lum- 

 bermen's Exchange, ha.s appointed a committee 

 to represent the exchange at the chestnut blight 

 convention to be held in Ilarrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 

 20 and 22 ; a second committee, to meet with 

 the Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Association, the 

 Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation and the Philadelphia Retail Lumber Deal- 

 ers' Association, to discuss plans to have the 

 lumber industry represented in the great his- 

 torical pageant, to be held in Philadelphia, Oct., 

 1912; and a third committee to represent the 

 Lumbermen's Exchange at the convention of 

 the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Associa- 

 tion, to be held at the Seelbach Hotel, Louis- 

 ville, Ky., Mar. 6 and 7. 



Robert W. Schofleld of Schofleld Bros, reports 

 inquiries free and orders satisfactory, with good 

 prices. The mill of the Saltkeatchie Lumber 

 Company, Schofleld, S. C, owned by the Scho- 

 fleld Bros., is in full operation. 



The W. R. Taylor Lumber Company has en- 

 gaged W. W. Taylor, formerly with the Wilson 

 Cypress Company, Palatka, Fla., as salesman, 

 .to look after northern New Jersey territory, and 

 Samuel Nickols, formerly with Samuel H. 

 Shearer & Son, to take charge of eastern Penn- 

 sylvania territory. 



E. M. Bechtel, sales manager of William Whit- 

 ner & Sons, Inc., testifies to a positive accelera- 

 tion in business. It is much easier to sell goods 

 than to ship them he says, owing to continued 

 severe weather. However, the outlook is favor- 

 able, 



Chapin L. Barr, secretary and treasurer of 

 the 'Whiting Lumber Company, reports a brisk 

 trading in low grades of lumber, with stiff 

 prices. 



Henry S. Field, proprietor of Justice P. 

 Taylor & Co., has given up his office in the 

 Keal Estate Trust building, and is now at 

 Twenty-flrst street and Sedgeley avenue, where 

 he has established a wholesale distributing yard. 



Charles G. Blake, manager, E. V. Babcock & 

 Co., reports a growing demand for hemlock and 

 spruce, with stronger prices in low grades. 



The George M. Spiegel Company, I'hiliidelphia. 

 was incorporated under Pennsylvania laws, Feb. 

 16 with a capital stock of .$75,000. 



The Keath-Shields Planing Mill Company, 

 I.ititz, Pa., was incorporated Feb. 10 with a 

 capital stock of $10,000. 



Justin Fitz Randolph Peters, son of Justin 

 Peters, the popular manager of the Pennsylvania 

 Lumbermen's JIutual Fire Insurance (^ompany, 

 and Miss Elizabeth Mitchell of this city were 

 married on Feb. 14. Immediately after the wed- 

 ding the happy couple started for Palm Beach, 

 Fla.. where the,y will spend their honeymoon. 



PITTSJURQH 



The E. H. Shreiner Lumber Company has 

 moved its headquarters from the ninth floor of 

 the Farmers Bank building to the ninth floor of 

 the House building. 



The JIcDonald Lumber Company has one mill 

 in Centre county, Pennsylvania, cutting stock and 

 will start another Mar. 1. It reports a very 

 good inquiry for hardwoods, considerable of 

 which comes from the railroads. 



The W. P. Craig Lumber Company has been 

 fortunate in getting some nice railroad orders 

 lately. Its business is in good condition and its 

 chief complaint is slow shipments. 



Thomas L. Rice has resigned as manager of 

 the Western Reserve Lumber Company of War- 

 ren, 0„ and will enter the wholesale lumber 

 business at Niles, O. 



The Aberdeen Lumber Company has more 



