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HARDWOOD RECORD 



capital stock of ?20,00U. The incorporatois 

 are Klmci- S. Anderson. 411 Fifteenth street: 

 Herbert A. Anderson. 1617 Sevenl.v-first street, 

 and Ilcnri F. Isaacsen. .^Gl First street. Brook- 

 l.vn. 



The Connelly Hardwood I. umber Company of 

 Kansas City. Mo., announces that it has moved 

 to new quarters at Eighteenth street and Indiana 

 avenue in that city, and that the new place can 

 be reached by taking the Jackson or Indiana 



avenue cars, which go direct to its 

 yards. 



The Hircli Itiver Lumber Corui 

 River, \V. Va.. has l>een iuccuporM 

 capital slock of .fi;.")."!!!!. Thi' ci 

 operate sawmills and do a seueral 

 lumber business. The incorporator 

 .^. Howes. .lames B. LichtenlicM-KiM- 

 Ku.ssell. William .1. Seltzer of IMiilii 

 H. V. Smith of Chester, Tenn, 



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 leii Willi a 

 mpany will 

 limber and 

 s are John 

 Henry A. 

 ieljihia. and 



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CHIC AGO 



The work of remodeling the quarters for the 

 ■Chicago Lumbermen's Club, on the top floor of 

 the Great Northern building, is progressing rap- 

 idly. Already the partitions have been knocked 

 out and the space made over to accommodate the 

 club, and it is hoped that by the end of March 

 the quarters will be ready for occupancy. The 

 billiard tables, upholstered furniture and similar 

 furnishings have been ordered, and the Great 

 Northern liotel people are co-operating in every 

 way to tinish up tiie work as expeditiousl.v and 

 as tastefully as possible. There are now ap- 

 proximately 800 resident members and well over 

 100 non-resident members in the club. 



The latest failure among the ranks of Chicago 

 lumbermen is that of the G. C, Pratt Lumber & 

 Tie Company. First National Bank building. The 

 -company tiled an involvmtary petition in bank- 

 ruptcy and the Central Trust Company of Illi- 

 nois has been appointed receiver. The liabilities 

 are placed at $15,000 and the assets are $4,000. 



Among recent visitors to Chicago from Cadil- 

 lac. Mich., were J. C. Knox, secretary of the 

 Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion : Bruce Odell of the Cummer-Diggins Com- 

 pany and F. A. Diggins. Mr. Diggins attended 

 the recent meeting of the Chicago Lumi>ermen's 

 A.ssociation. and discussed with the officers of 

 that organization plans for the entertainment 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 at its convention in Chicago next June. 



J. F. McSweyn of the Memphis Saw Mill 

 ■Company. Memphis. Tenn.. slopped off twice at 

 Chicago last week going to and returning from 

 Orand Rapids. Mr. McSweyn was accompanied 

 hy his wife and said that he had a fairly success- 

 ful business trip. 



J. R. Andrews, hardwood wliolesaler of Es- 

 <anaba. Mich., spent several days of the past 

 week in Chicago hunting a market for his stock. 



J. S. Lylf and T. ]■:. Barlelme. with F. M. 

 Bartelme. hardwood wholesaler of Minneapolis, 

 Minn., were in town on business last week. 



Albert Trumpf of the Thomas & Proetz Lum- 

 ber Company, St, Louis, Mo., spent last week 

 in Chicago on his way back from a trip in the 

 North. Mr. Trumpf reported having done an 

 excellent business. 



George Mason and C. H. Donaldson of the 

 .Mason & Donald.son Lumber Company, Khlne- 

 lander. Wis., were in the city on business during 

 the latter part of last week. 



F. n. Timlin, In charge of the Wausau oflice 

 of the Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Company of 

 Wansau and Chicago, was In the city recently 

 conferring with hl« partner. 



A. U. Ruth of the G. W. Jones Lumber Com- 

 pany, left town the latter part of this week for 

 a two weeks' trip to Illinois consuming points. 



It. S. Huddleston of the Iluddleston-Marsh 

 Lumber Company, handler of mahogany and 

 fancy lumber and veneers, Just returned from 

 a ten days' business trip to New Orleans. Mr. 

 Huddleston reports an excellent volume of busi- 

 ness during the last month. 



T. .\. Moore, familiarly and widely known as 

 Tom Moore, who has been intimately connected 

 with the pine and hardwood trade of St. Louis 

 and Chicago for years, has just been appointed 

 representative of the Louisiana Red Cypress 

 ('omi)any of New Orleans. Mr. Moore will for 

 the time being make his headquarters at his 

 home. IST.-i ICast Fifty-fourth street. His genial 

 personality and general ability assure the suc- 

 cess of his new venture. 



Under date of I.'eb. 2,S. it is announced that 

 Louis I', llurter. formerly of the Wheelock Lum- 

 ber & Mauufacturing Company, has incorporated 

 under the style of Louis P. Hurler Lumber Com- 

 pany. The concern will do a wholesale and com- 

 mission business in hardwoods, yellow pine, 

 cypress and western woods. 



J. C. West of the Midland Lumber Company, 

 I'arkersburg, W. Va.. was a recent Chicago vis- 

 itor. Mr. Wi'st enjoys a very good trade in this 

 market. 



Edward F. Loud of the II. M. Loiid's Sons 

 Company. Au Sable, Mich., spent a day in Chi- 

 cago last week. 



J. S. Stearns of the Stearns Salt & Lumber 

 Company. Lndington. Mich., and of several other 

 Imporlanl lumber enterprises, was a guest at the 

 Annex for a day or two last week, en route from 

 a visit to his yellow pine operations at Haadad. 

 Fla.. to his home in Lndington. 



NEW YORK 



The annual meeting of the Manufacturers' Liim 

 her Company was held at headquarters, 17 Bat- 

 tery place, on Feb. 20, at which the following 

 officers were elected for the ensuing year : Presi- 

 dent, Hon. W. C. Edwards, Ottawa, Can. ; first 

 vice-president. Hugh McLean, Buffalo, N, Y,, sec- 

 ond vice-president, Gordon C. Edwards, Ottawa. 

 Can. ; secretary, Maurice E. Preisch. Buffalo, N. 

 Y. : assistant secretary. Christopher B. Cox of 

 New Y'ork ; treasurer and general manager. Van 

 W. Tyler of New York. 



The Sea Coast Lumber Company. 1 Madison 

 avenue, has cut out its timber holdings in the 

 South and is liquidating its business. W. S. Hof- 

 stra will continue the other departments formerly 

 conducted by the company. 



Mr. Thomson, a well-known lumberman of Le- 

 mont, Pa., was instantly killed in an auiomoblle 

 accident in this city on Feb. 26. The automobile 

 collided with a surface car at Eighth avenue and 

 Twenty-fourth street. 



R. S. Voorhies, formerly head of the Wlnds<u- 

 Lumber Company, 1 Madison avenue, dty^ has 

 opened an oflice at 18 Broadway to conduct a gen 

 eral wholesale lumber business. 



Schedules In bankruptcy of Henry Guttman. 

 large furniture mannfaelurer of 127 West Twenty- 

 fourth street, city, show liabilities of $12.-«.77(!. 

 and nominal assets of $1!)2,H2:!. 



E. M. Allen, for many years prominent in the 

 export hardwood trade of this city, who was mar- 

 ried on Jan. 10 lo Miss M. L. Walker, a charming 

 young lady of South Norwalk. dli'il I'd.. •_' 1 al Si. 

 Vincent's Hospital. 



BUFFALO 



Indications that building will be ln'avy in this 

 city this spring arc afforded by the February 

 showing of permits, the total costs aggregating 

 $1.22S.(I00. as compared with $245,000 in Feb- 

 luary. 1!)I1. 



Anthony .Miller finds trade fairly good this 

 month, but states that shipments are coming in 

 slowly on account of the railroad congestion. 

 His yard is receiving supplies of basswood. oak 

 and elm. 



1. .\. Stewart & Bro. have recently been shlp- 

 Ijing a good quantity of poplar direct from West 

 \irgiuia. where H. A. Stewart spent a number 

 of weeks recently. Some oak was also shipped. 



Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling state that plain 

 and quartered oak have been in pretty good de- 

 mand :it their yards lately, with prices firm. 

 Quartered oak is said to be showing more 

 strength. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 

 has had a large amount of lumber held up in the 

 South during the past month, awaiting the abil- 

 ity of the railroads to secure cars for the ship- 

 ments. 



(). E. Yeager has been giving much attention 

 lo Chamlwr of Commerce interests of late, but 

 has also been looking after the sale of a fair 

 amount of hardwoods, especially oak, poplar 

 and maple. 



PHILADELPHIA 



('iiii'ie & ("amplull report oxpauded trading. 

 .Tames H. Campbell is on a trip to the West Vir- 

 ginia lumber mills, on the track of some desirable 

 contracts. 



Thomas B. Itiitlrr. Jr.. of Min^us & linttor says 

 business has been excellent since the first of the 

 year, with better prices. The outlook is favorable 

 for 191 L». 



Tho Tliomas E. Ooale Lumber Company reports 

 local and Pittsburgh offices husy. and is sanguine 

 as to continued licood trading. 



It is announced that the Hilliard Lumber Com- 

 pany, of which Lord Butler Hilliard of Wilkes- 

 Harre, Pa., is president, has purchased a tract of 

 timber land of 110 acres, of D. W. Brown of 

 Oxbow Pond, I-emon township. Wyoming county. • 

 and another tract of fifty acres on the J. H. 

 I-yman oslatr. noar Lymanville. The timber will 

 lie brought to market as soon as possible. 



.Tames Strong & Co. have returned to their old 

 ofticp. 70.*> Ileal Estate Tinist building, where 

 accommodations are better for a broadened activ- 

 ity. They testify to more satisfactory prices^ 



The Reighard Lumber Company was incorpor- 

 ated Feb. 21 with a capitalization of .$10,000. 

 The company has opened an office in the Real 

 Estate Trust building. 



The Norwich Lumber Company, flarrisburg, Pn., 

 increased its capital stock to $2,000,000 on Feb. 

 27. 



The Baldwin Locomotive Works hooked con- 

 tracts for forty locomotives on Mar. 1. One calls 

 for thirty-six locomotives for the Wabash railroad 

 and the other for four to be built for the Mis- 

 souri. Oklahoma and Gulf road. The Wabash en- 

 i;lnes will be of the large type at an average cost 

 of ,S20.000 each, calling for an estimated expendi- 

 lurr «.r .f;72().ono. and bringing the two orders up 

 to about .$800,000. 



PITTSaVROH 



I 111- Murlanflieks Hughes Company has discon- 

 tinued il»i operalion at Morlan. W. Va., on the M. 

 & K. Hallroad. lis business Is fairly satisfactory 

 and shows a big gain over Inst year. 



The Ki-ndall Lumber Company Is shipping a 

 Iari;e innnunt of hardwood from Its Maryland and 

 Pennsylvania plants. Its trade with the railroads 

 the past six niontli'; has shown a large Increase. 



