HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Thf Rroitwioser & Wilson Lumber Company is 

 ig:i-o\vins;. This week it is fittinij; up two more fine 

 rooms iu the Oliver building: for offices, and it 

 lias added W. C. Brown to its sales force. 



Chicago parties have bought the Miller Table 

 Factory at West Farmington. O.. and operations 

 will bo resumed shortly. This is one of the best 

 hardwood plants in northeastern Ohio. 



The Wayne Lumber Company is a new concern 

 at New Castle, Pa., formed by W. .7. .McKim. .T. F 

 Haines and W. T. Harris. 



BOSTON 



The Lumber Trade Club of Koston at its an- 

 nual meeting lield late in February elected the 

 following otlicers : President, Fdward D. Sawyer 

 of the E. D. Sawyer Lumber Company : first vice- 

 president, John B. Bugbee of the Holt & Bugbee 

 Company : second vice-president. D. A. Liicey of 

 the Pope & Cottle Company : secretary and treas- 

 urer. .7. Edward Downes of the Dnwnes Lumber 

 ■Company ; executive committee. Oeorge W. Curtis, 

 ■chairman. Wm. Curtis" Sons Company : W. J. 

 Barry of the Bnttrick Lumber Company : H. S. 

 i^hepard of the Blacker & Shepard Company. 



The sympathy of the trade is extended to Harry 

 C Pbilbrick of Boston owing to the loss of his 

 wife on Feb. 16. 



Wm.. H. Wood, president of the Wm. H. Wood 

 Lumber Company, Cambridge, died in Florida 

 Mar. ] at the age of sixty-five yenrs. He is sur- 

 Tived by a widow, two sons and a daughter. 



The Lumber Products Company, Portland. Me., 

 has been organized with a capital stock of $10,000. 

 The organizers are E. Carroll P.urrill and Herbert 

 N. Gardner 



BALTIMORE 



The Baltimore Lumber Exchange held its quar- 

 terly meeting at the Merchants' Club Mar. 4. but 

 found no large amount of business to transact. 

 One of the matters to come up was a resolution 

 offered by Edward P. Gill, in favor of the estal>- 

 lishment of a first class technical schuo! in con- 

 nection with the Johns Hopkins University, which 

 shall rank with the Sheffield school, the Massa- 

 <'husetts Institute of Technology and <ither simi- 

 lar places. The resolution will l>e sent to the 

 legislature when the bill now before that body 

 Is in shape for such action. After the business 

 session a fine luncheon was served. 



The sawmill business heretofoce conducted at 

 Battery Park. Va.. by Robert McLean of this 

 city, as an individual, will hereafter be opt^rated 

 by a company, which has been incorporated un- 

 der the laws of Virginia, under the name of tlie 

 Battery Park Lumber Corporation. E. F. Burke, 

 of Baltimore, lias been elected president and 

 treasurer, with Robert McLean as secretary and 

 J. O. Devries of Battery Park as general man- 

 ager and vice-president. The capital stock is 

 fixed at $80,000. The plant, a circular sawmill 

 of a capacity of about 20.000 feet a day. is lo- 

 cated nine miles from Newport News, Va., on 

 the James River, and the logs are brought down 

 the river on barges, the lumber being taken to 

 the docks at Newport News and Norfolk for ex- 

 port by similar means. Practically the entire 

 output of the plant is shipped abroad. It con- 

 sists almost wholly of oak. with a small quan- 

 tity of yellow pine. 



Another incorporation of interest to Baltimore 

 IS that of the Maryland Basket & Veneer Com- 

 pany, which has been formed to take over the 

 business heretofore conducted by a company of 

 the same name, operating a factory at the Balti- 

 more city jail, and of which W. T. Kuhns of this 

 city, is president. The new company, which has 

 a capital stock of $20,000. has been organized by 

 the election of John T. Sykes as president, Will- 

 iam Fritz as vice-president. David N. Sills, as 

 secretary and treasurer, and George Miller as 

 superintendent. It will move tlie machinery In 



the jail shop to SOU Enst KmIIs ;ivenue. also in- 

 stalling additional a|)pliauces there. Operations 

 will go on much as before, the property being 

 taken over April 1, up to which time the new 

 company will .sell the product of the old one on 

 commission. Mr. Kuhns will be actively iden- 

 tified with the company until July, after which 

 lie will continue in the capacity of a director. 



COLUMBUS 



The Buckeye Veneer Company of Itayion. ().. 

 lias lieen incorporated with a capital of $20,000 to 

 manufacture hardwoods and veneei's. The incor- 

 porators are C. H. Franli, S. 1*. Chandler, John II. 

 Nuller, Gaylord T. Heinz and H. W. Franlis. 



Papers have tteen filed reduciuj; the capital 

 stock of the Shubuta Lumber Company of Youngs- 

 town, O.. from $100,000 to $10,000. L. Utter is 

 president and S. C. Simonton secretary of the 

 company. 



The Pioneer Lumber Company of Cleveland. O.. 

 has been incorporated with a capital of $20,000 to 

 deal in all kinds of lumber. Tlu* incorporators 

 are Jay Tomsley. L. J. Randall. D. T. Jackson. 

 D. F. Hatch and S. E. Homer. 



The Marietta Freight Package & Lumber Com- 

 pany, Marietta, O.. has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $27,000 to manufacture boxes and cases 

 for packing. The incorporators are K. D. Marsch. 

 C. W. Shamm. Frank Ford, Fred Becker, Jr., and 

 H. H. Shamm. 



The Cumberland Valley Lumljer Company of 

 Cincinnati. O.. lias been incorporated with a capi- 

 tal of $50,000 to di'al in lumber. The incor- 

 porators are ,Tohn Byrnes. A. II. Card. Norwood .T. 

 Utter, E. A. Starling and D. A. Rehbach. 



The Williams Lumber Company of Portsmouth, 

 O.. made an assignment to Secretary Cecil O. Mil- 

 ler of that place recently. The assets of the com- 

 pany are given as $3,000 personal property, and 

 $10,000 realty. The liabilities are estimated at 

 $0,000. 



The Park Street Lumber Company of Columbus, 

 C, filed papers with the secretary of state re- 

 cently, changing its corporate name to the Hedges 

 & Clark Company, and decreasing its capital stock 

 from $30,000 to $2.5,000. E. W. Hedges and L. K. 

 Clark had been connected witli the compan.v for 

 a number of years, and recently purchased inter- 

 ests of other stockholders and are now the sole 

 managers. E. W. Hedges is president, and L. K. 

 Clark is secretary and treasurer. The business is 

 located at 441 North Park street. 



R. W. Horton of the \V. M. Ritter Lumber Com- 

 pany said : "Business during the month of Feb- 

 ruary was up to that of the corresponding month 

 last year, although the bad weather conditions 

 undoubtedly affected the volume of trade. Fac- 

 tory buying held up well, while yard buying was 

 quiet, due to the inclement weather. Prices have 

 been stiff in all lines of hardwoods and in the 

 lower grades advances have been made. The out- 

 look is good." 



M. A. Hayward of M. A. Hayward & Son says 

 trade conditions look good. Stocks are scarce and 

 prices are strong all along the line of hardwoods. 

 The flooring situation is promising. 



The Coshocton Lumber Compan.v has begun ex- 

 cavating for the new planing mill which it plans 

 to erect near its present plant on Cambridge road. 

 The building is to be three stories high. A com- 

 plete line of builders' supplies will be carried in 

 thi^ basement. The machinery of the plant will 

 be installed on the ground floor, while the second 

 floor will contain a carpenter's shop. 



CINCINNATI 



The regular meeting of the Lumbermen's Club 

 of Cincinnati was held Mar. .5 at the Business 

 Men's Club. The usual dinner was en,ioyed. 

 President Sam Richey opened the meeting with 

 the reading of the minutes of the February meet- 

 ing, wliicli were approved. Correspondence was 



read relatin.g to an arbitration case submitted 

 under the Square Deal. The case was The John 

 Dulweber Company vs. The Weston I^umlier Com- 

 pany of Weston. W. Va. The verdict was for 

 The John Dulweber Compan.v. The Weston Com- 

 pany has asked for a reopening of the case, and 

 as this is not in the intent and scope of the 

 Square Deal proposition, it will require the con- 

 sent of the opposing parties. 



The special order of business was the appoint- 

 ment of nominating committees to name tickets 

 Ii>r the annual election in May, the committees 

 to reporr at the April meeting. President Richey 

 named as the regular committee: C. S. Walker, 

 chairman ; John Byrns and Dwight Hinckley. 

 The independent committee named from the 

 floor, consists of Ralph McCracken, chairman ; 

 J. C. Rash and H. J. Pflester. 



Routine business was then rapidly disposed of 

 and President Richey introduced Charles M. 

 Dupuis. cashier of the Western German bank, who' 

 gave an exhaustive talk on "Currency Reform," 

 explaining its advantages to business conditions. 



A letter from the manager of The Tensas River 

 Lumber Company says that the business of the 

 company is improving. It is at present receiv- 

 ing bids on a proposition for the mechanical han- 

 dling of logs direct from the river to the mill 

 floor. The company is also building a number of 

 barges to run lumber down to New Orleans from 

 the mill plant. At the local otBce it is stated 

 that business is excellent and the outlook could 

 not be better. 



All streams in the Ohio valley are reported 

 breaking up at headquarters, and it is expected 

 that within a few weeks these streams will be 

 practically clear of ice. So far the losses from 

 runaway logs have been light, and lumbermen are 

 taking every precaution to avoid log losses. 



TOLEDO 



The Buckeye Parlor Furniture Company of 

 Toledo has been reorganized and new capital 

 added. The four-story plant of the concern is 

 being remodeled, the work to be completed in 

 about thirty days. The name of the concern 

 will be changed to the Bucke.ve Furniture Com- 

 pany. The active members of the reorganized 

 company are A. <i. Torgler. P. R. Stewart and 

 A. C. Wannamaker. 



A large number of orders were secured by W. 

 S. Booth, president of the Booth Column Com- 

 pany, who has .iust returned from a business 

 trip to New York and other eastern cities. 

 "Business is coming in from all directions," said 

 President Booth. "There is a live demand for 

 the better grades of both interior and exterior 

 columns. While the competition is strong, we 

 are securing good prices for all we turn out. We 

 have a large stock of materials on hand and 

 have .lust contracted for a supply of poplar suf- 

 flcient to last us a year." 



A. M. Cheesborough. the well-known lumber- 

 man and timber dealer of Toledo, last week 

 closed negotiations which resulted in transfer- 

 ring to John M. Leddy of New Y'ork nearly 400 

 feet of valuable dock frontage at Ironville, a 

 suburb of Toledo. 



"Business is looking up so far as the hard- 

 wood trade is concerned." said Wm. T. Hubbard. 

 "There is some nice business in sight for early 

 spring trade. Local yards are well stocked and 

 able to take care of the business." 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Friends are congratulating Mr. and Mrs. W. E". 

 Van Talge over the arrival of a son at their 

 home on Feb. 15. Mr. Talge is a mahogany 

 buyer for the Talge Mahogany Company of this 

 city. 



G. M. Johnson, F. M. Taslo, J. W. Histand. C. 

 J. Hoyt and W. J. Johnson have organized the 

 Pekin Hardwood Company at Pekin to manufac- 



