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HARDWOOD RECORD 



mdiTs on its books now than cvm- btfoir. .1. N. 

 Woollett anticipatL'S a good year in gum and 

 Cottonwood, owing to tlie big trade from the box 

 people. 



The plant of the Beaver Falls Planing Mill 

 Company at Beaver Falls, Pa., was burned lately 

 with a loss of $7.5,000. It will be rebuilt at 

 once. 



The Thomas E. Coale Lumber Company is mak- 

 ing nice headway at its new offices in the Oliver 

 building where Ben Cross is in charge. B. W. 

 knows a thing or two about hardwoods and 

 general lumber wholesaling and it's a cold day 

 when he is not "on the Job." 



The Camp Manufacturing Company with 

 George Camp at the helm in its Pittsburgh oflire 

 in the Frick building is handling some splendid 

 inquiries. Its mills are very busy and its reports 

 indicate a strong tone to the market. 



BOSTON 



The Merrick Lumber Company of Holyoke, 

 Mass.. has established a wood-working plant 

 at its branch in Easthampton, Mass. 



The Nemo Mahogany Company with head- 

 quarters in Hartford, Conn., is preparing to 

 discontinue business. The company had options 

 on mahogany lands in Mexico, but these have 

 expired. It was organized about four years 

 ago. Among those connected with the company 

 are Arthur I. Jacobs, Corey F. Wood and I.ouis 

 E. Stoner. 



The A. S. Nichols Company. Boston, has been 

 organized for the purpose of manufaeturing and 

 selling lumber and veneer dryers. The capital 

 stock is .<400.000 divided into tour thousand 

 shares of $100 each. The incorporators are 

 Philip K. Ammidon. Kenneth H. D. Maynard 

 and A. Ingham Bicknell. 



George R. Miller, formerly well known in the 

 lumber trade in Boston, died suddenly in this 

 city, Feb. 4. 



Clarence II. Carpenter, who has been the sur- 

 veyor of lumber of Providence, R. I., since 1895, 

 has decided not to allow his name to be used 

 again for this office. He has recommended that 

 the office be given Frank B. Chedell, his oldest 

 deputy surveyor. 



C. L. Goodwin of C. L. Goodwin & Co.. 

 wood turners, Worcester, Mass., died at his 

 home In that city Feb. 9 at the age of sixty-six 

 years. He is survived by a widow and three 

 sons. 



BALTIMORE 



(•(ii!iily, n.ar the city, and a factory for the 

 preserving of lumber after the processes on 

 which the company holds patents is to be erected 

 on the tract. 



The situation with respect to sailings from 

 Norfolk to Europe and the forwarding of export 

 lumber has materially improved. Additional 

 steamers have been put on by the companii's. 

 and it is thought that by the middle ot next 

 month the big accumulations at Norfolk will 

 have been gotten out of the way. How serious 

 the congestion was for a time appears from the 

 fact that not less than 782 ears ot export 

 lumber had been concentrated at Norfolk, with 

 cut any prospect of these stocks being forwarded 

 within a reasonable period. The most tro\i'.>'>- 

 some factor tliat now looms up is the high 

 freight rates to .\Etwerp, Rotterdam and other 

 points on the continent. This advance is so 

 much greater than the rates for New Orleans 

 and other Gulf ports as to create the impression 

 that it was decided upon by the steamship lines 

 as a means of diverting the lumber movement 

 to the Gulf, where it can be handled in connec- 

 tion with other freights, and, therefore, more 

 advantageously. 



A broad plan for the conservation of Mary- 

 land forests is embodied in three bills now 

 before the state legislature and on which a 

 hearing before the finance committee was held 

 Feb. 20. One of the measures introduced pro- 

 vides for the purchase of land for a forest 

 rursery and an annual appropriation of $10,0i)0 

 for the maintenance and extension of the work 

 under the State Board of Forestry. A special 

 appropriation of $6,000 Is provided by the bill 

 for the publication of reports and maps showing 

 the forest areas of the several counties. By the 

 terms of another bill $25,000 Is appropriated 

 for the purchase of land between Relay and 

 HollofieUI, a distance of ten miles, on both slde^ 

 ot the Patapsco river, to add to the present 

 forest reserve. The object of this purchase Is 

 to protect the watershed, and to prevent con 

 tiimlnatlon of the water supply. The third bill 

 provides for an appropriation of $6,000 a year 

 for two years to enable the State Board ot 

 Forestry to take measures for the control of 

 the chestnut blight. This measure Is similar 

 to the Pennsylvania statute on the subject and 

 would Insure co-operation between the two 

 slates. 



William II. McElroy, representing the Illlng- 

 worth Ueslnate Timber Corporation, has ptir- 

 chased five acres of land In Anne Arundel 



COLUMBUS 



The Nolze Lumlii'r Company of Cliillicolhe, (I.. 

 has been incorporated with a capital ot $:15.000 

 to manufacture and deal in lumber and interior 

 finish. The incorporators are Herman C. Nolze, 

 W. F. Gunther. Harry J. Nolze, Marjory Nolze 

 and L. B. Gunther. 



The American Wrecking & Salvage Company 

 of Cleveland. O.. has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $15,000 to deal in lumber and wreck- 

 ing materials. The Incorporators are M. L. 

 Bernsteen, A. E. Bernsteen, L. H. Weiber. M. B. 

 Schorfeld and A. .T. Halle. 



The Central Avenue Lumber & Supply Com- 

 pany of Columbus, O.. has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $10,000 to manufacture and 

 deal in lumber and building materials. The in- 

 corporators are John Cashatt, George E. Fuller- 

 ton, W. A. Bilikim and Rose A. Myers. 



The Bruns-Bowersox Land & Lumber Company 

 of Stryker, O., has been incorporated with u 

 capital of $100,000 to buy and sell lumber and 

 timber of all kinds. The Incorporators are 

 Henry F. Bruns, Charles Bowersox, F. M. 

 Bruns. C. R. Bowersox and R. B. Bruns. 



J. Van R. Gardner, formerly central Ohio 

 representative for the W. M. Ritter Lumber 

 Company, has resigned his position to enter the 

 lumber business on th-e commission plan, with 

 offices at 401 Columbus Savings Bank build- 

 ing. He is succeeded in the Bitter company 

 by H. M- Leukhart. 



The damage done to the McKenzie Lumber 

 Company's plant at Delaware, O., by the recent 

 fire has l>een repaired and new machinery is be- 

 ing Installed. 



R. W. Ilorton of Ihe W. M. Riller Lumber 

 Company said, "Tlie month of January this year 

 was considerably ahead ot January, 1911, and 

 February so far also shows a fair increase. The 

 prospects for the future are good. The improve- 

 ment in the lower grades ot hardwood is excep- 

 tionally good and quotations are strong. We 

 look for a good .season this spring." 



Exemption of timber land from taxation In 

 order to encourage forestry and a production tax 

 on mineral lands are among the constitutional 

 amendments that will be suggested by the tax 

 commission In Its annual report to Governor 

 Harmon of Ohio. 



TOLEDO 



of coal in the Toledo railway yards have so 

 impeded shipments that it is almost impossible 

 to get consignments through at the present 

 time. Numerous cars of lumber arc now de- 

 tained here which should have passed through 

 weeks ago. It is thought that with the coming 

 of milder weather the condition will gradually 

 adjust itself, and within a few weeks the yards 

 will be cleared. 



Manager Roberts of the Big Four Hardwood 

 Company reports an increased trade in hard- 

 woods of all kinds recently, the demand for the 

 most part coming from factories. Oak is stead- 

 ily advancing, and prices all along the line are 

 firm. 



Lawrence F. Conway, F. P. Shelly, John 

 Peach and C. S. Shelly of Toledo, have secured 

 orticles of incorporation for the Louisiana 

 Cooperage & Land Company, which will have a 

 capital stock of $50,000. The company has 

 acquired a tract of 3,000 acres of land about 

 100 miles west ot New Orleans. A portion of 

 the land is heavily timbered, and a stave and 

 hoop mill will he erected on the ground for the 

 purpose of handling the timber. The entire 

 tract will then be utilized in the growing of 

 sugar cane. 



Frederick Koss, one of the old-time lumber- 

 men of this section, died at his home in Fos- 

 toria last week of a complication of diseases. 

 He leaves a wife and three children. 



Annoimcement is made that Olin Bard and 

 Don Wiland have purchased the property owned 

 bv the S. S. Cox Show Case Company, at 

 Bryan. O., where they will start a factory in 

 the near future. 



Fire of unkno^vn origin on Feb. 18 totally 

 dfstroyed the furniture plant of the Lindow, 

 I.eibus & Gerchow Company of this city. Be- 

 sides many antique pieces which had been sent 

 in to be reflnished. $12,000 worth of furniture 

 for the Putnam County Court House. $8,000 

 worth of finished furniture for the Cleveland 

 Public Library and a carload of rare San 

 Domingo mahogany were destroyed. The loss 

 is estimated at $50,000. The company expects 

 to rebuild and plans will be drawn as soon as 

 the insurance is adjusted. 



There has been a break In lli" c.l.l weather 

 which has prevailed for many weeks In this 

 section, and the change has given tt new Im- 

 petus to the hardwood business. Shipping con- 

 ditions however are In a deplorable shape. Cars 



INDIANAPOLIS 



While the pro.spects for spring Irade are ex- 

 ceedingly favorable, the hardwood trade at pres- 

 ent is inactive. This is owing to the severe 

 weather and to the fact that industries using 

 hardwoods for manufacturing purposes have not 

 generally begun their spring runs. 



Much is to be expected from the trades for 

 hardwoods for interior finish and the veneer 

 plants and interior hardwood concerns are ex- 

 pecting a much better trade in this line than 

 last year. Hardwood prices are holding their 

 own,.and a slight increase is expected within the 

 next six weeks. 



No large contracts for hardwoods have been 

 placed recently. The different grades of oak arc 

 said to be in greatest demand. 



The Bicknell Lumber Company of Bicknell has 

 increased Its capitalization from $15,000 to 

 $25,000. 



The McLaren Lumber Company of Shelbyville 

 and the Montlcello Lumber Company of Monti- 

 cello have each increased their capitalization 

 $10,000. 



A hearing will be held by the Indiana State 

 Railroad Commission in this city March 5 to 

 consider the adoption ot a scale for freight rates 

 on logs, Ihe previous scale having expired by lim- 

 itation some time ago. 



Judge Clarence Weir of the superior court has 

 authorized the sale ot the property of the New 

 Hygienic Refrigerator Company, by the Security 

 Trust Company, receiver, to Henry Caylor, 

 Irustee. 



The Indiana state board of forestry has is- 

 sued a bulletin urging farmers to clear their 

 wood lots ot timber of uncommercial or low 



