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charge of the hardwood end of the business. J. A. 

 Finlay, formerly of this house, will go to New 

 York City. 



The Eeighard Lumb*^r Company, 703 Real Es- 

 tate Trust building, will remove to Asheville, N. C. 



The friends of J. W. Turnbull of the J. W. 

 Turnbull Lumljer Company, Crozer building, will 

 be glad to hear lie is able to leave the hospital, 

 where he has been confined for some time with 

 tjphoid fever. He will go to Atlantic City. N. J., 

 where the salt breezes will assist in his con- 

 valescence. 



The Baldwin Locomotive Works, during the 

 last few weeks booked orders aggregating over 

 $3,000,000. In a recent conversation Samuel M. 

 Vauclain. vice-president and general manager 

 the company, stated that conditions were show- 

 ing satisfactory progress. 



The lUingworth Resinate Timber Company, 

 Philadelphia, was incorporated Mar. 27 with a 

 capital stock of §600,000. 



The William Guilat Casket Company, Galeton, 

 Pa., was incorporated Apr. 1 with a capital stock 

 of $25,000. 



E. J. Lake, president of the Lumber Trade Golf 

 Association, called a meeting of the ofiBcers and 

 executive committee of that association at the 

 Waldorf-Astoria, New York, Mar. 29, where all 

 arrangements were made for its spring tourna- 

 ment which will be held June 12 and 13 at the 

 Hartford Country Club, Hartford, Conn. 



BOSTON 



Henry H. Dyke, who for several years has 

 been manager of the Stone & Foster Lumber 

 Company. Worcester, Mass., and who resigned 

 a few weeks ago has been succeeded by Henry 

 C. Oberist. 



The Riddle-Robbins Lumber Company, Boston, 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $25,000. The directors are William H. Riddle, 

 president and treasurer, Cora F. Fuller and 

 Warren C. B. Robbins. Mr. Robbins has been 

 in the wholesale lumber biLsiness in Boston 

 for several years. 



The Watertown Lumber Company, Watertown, 

 Conn., has increased its capital stock from $10,- 

 000 to $20,000. 



The Pineland Lumber Company, Auburn. Me., 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $10,000. The organizers are John L. West, 

 Charles L. Turgeon and Albert E. Turgeon. 



Frederick H. Stone of Putnam. Conn., who 

 has been associated with the Wheaton Building 

 & Lumber Company, has purchased a control- 

 ling interest in the B. J. Harrison Son Company's 

 business at Winsted, Conn. The company manu- 

 factures folding chairs. Mr. Stone has been 

 elected treasurer of the company. 



The New Hampshire Lumbermen's Association 

 held its annual meeting in Manchester, N. H.. 

 Mar. 21. and elected officers for the ensuing 

 year. 



The United States Mahogany Corporation, 

 Portland, Me., has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $1,000,000, by T. L. Croteau. 

 Albert E. Jones. Albert A. Richards, B. M. Max- 

 well, Clarence G. Trott, C. L. Doane and L. A. 

 Palmer. 



tion ten years, and gave employment to several 

 hundred men. 



David T. Carter, a hardwood dealer and ex- 

 porter, who spent a week recently in Pickens, 

 Weston, and other places in West A'irginia, re- 

 ports stocks small, bad weather having inter- 

 fered with operations of the mills. 



At the monthly meeting of the managing com- 

 mittee of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange held 

 Monday afternoon. Apr. 1, only routine business 

 was transacted, there being nothing of special 

 moment to come up. 



BALTIMORE 



The land, sawmill and some other property of 

 the Norva Land & Lumber Company, which went 

 into the hands of receivers several months ago, 

 were sold Mar. 30 at Norfolk. Va.. at public auc- 

 tion. The purchaser was David Baird of Camden. 

 N. J., who was president of the company and 

 who is a well-known lumberman. Some lumber 

 and other assets will be disposed of by public 

 sale in the near future. 



Fire on the night of Mar. 20 destroyed the 

 sawmill of the Tygart's River Lumber Company 

 at Mill Creek, near Elkins, W. Va., entailing a 

 loss of fully $100,000. The mill, which had a 

 daily capacity of 85,000 feet, had been In opera- 



COLUMBUS 



The Dodson Saw Mill & Lumber Company of 

 Columbus was incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $50,000 to deal in standing timber and lumber. 

 The incorporators are E. Dodson. L. C. Dodson, 

 C. W. Seaman, A. M. Seaman and Wm. Butler. 



The Union Wholesale Lumber Company of 

 Youngstown was incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $50,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators 

 are W. H. Palmer, J. E. Nutt, A. G. Sharp, R. H. 

 Jacobs and G. J. Franks. 



The planing mill at the corner of Vine and 

 Armstrong streets, Columbus, that has been oper- 

 ated for the past twenty-five years by S. K. 

 Brown has been sold to E. A. Prentice, formerly 

 treasurer and general manager of the East Side 

 Lumber Company. Mr. Prentice will resign his 

 position with the latter company, and will devote 

 his entire attention to the mill work business. 

 The purchase price was $15,000. 



A hearing will be held here Apr. 15 by the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission for the pur- 

 pose of taking votes in the dispute as to the 

 lumber rates from West Virginia points to 

 Central Traffic Association points. 



The members of the Columbus Builders' & 

 Traders' Exchange held a membership luncheon 

 Mar. 26. and plans for moving into the new ex- 

 change building on Third street were discussed. 

 E. A. Roberts, secretary of the Ohio State Asso- 

 ciation of Builders' Exchanges made an address. 



The Nigh Lumber Company of Ironton. O.. has 

 resumed operations at its mill after a shutdown 

 of some little time. The company received a 

 large shipment of logs which came out of West 

 Virginia on the recent high-water. 



J. K. Sowers of the Sowers-Leach Lumber Com- 

 pany says hardwood prices are ruling firm and 

 the volume of business is good. He s.iys there 

 will be an active demand for lumber in the future. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber 

 Company says the volume of trade is bad for this 

 season, but that prices are ruling firm. There 

 have been advances in the lower grades of hard- 

 woods, such as oak, poplar and chestnut. The 

 factory trade is buying better. Dry stocks in 

 the hands of manufacturers and jobbers are light. 



M. A. Hayward of the M. A. Hayward & Son 

 Company says that hardwood flooring is in good 

 demand. Advances have been made recentl.v. and 

 stocks are said to be very light. He looks for a 

 good trade in the near future. 



CINCINNATI 



the Bureau of Grades. However, he says that the 

 consuming factories appear to be getting busy, 

 and are looking for connections for lumber 

 deliveries. 



Manufacturers of hardwood, who have offices 

 in Cincinnati, have been busy with long dis- 

 tance communications with their mills on 

 account of the high waters, especially In the 

 Cumberland and Kentucky river districts. The 

 water has gone higher than for many years. 

 A number of booms have broken loose, and the 

 high water is still causing shut-downs. The 

 inability to sawmill is still being continued. 



If wood block paving still has as many oppo- 

 nents as it had under the last administration, 

 the present regime is due to come in for its 

 share of the old controversy. City Engineer 

 Waite announced recently that he favored wood 

 block for paving, and that he would recommend 

 its adoption wherever practical. He also 

 announced that he had practically completed a 

 revision of the old wood block specifications. 



Probably the most important feature of the 

 revised specifications is that they will permit 

 the use of creosote oils such as are used in the 

 preservation of wood blocks abroad. Probably 

 a lighter oil than has been used here will be 

 required, though the specifications will permit of 

 alternative oils. The requirements will be that 

 the oil be a distillate creosote oil, free from 

 carbon. A number of minor changes are also 

 being made in the specifications. 



B. F. Kipp. receiver for the Standard Mill- 

 work Company, has again advertised for sale 

 the plant as a going concern, either In whole 

 or parcels. However, a committee of creditors 

 headed by A. B. Ideson subsequently met, and 

 decided to buy the concern in. The appraised 

 valuation exclusive of materials is $251,426.78. 



The Executive Board of the Hardwood Man- 

 ufacturers' Association of the United States has 

 been called to meet at the Sinton Hotel in this 

 city at 10 :30 A. M.. April 9. President De- 

 Laney has started an innovation this year by 

 advising all members of the association in 

 advance regarding this meeting, and inviting 

 every opportunity for members to place before 

 the board matters to be considered by the asso- 

 ciation during the year. Any member of the 

 association in the city at that time is invited 

 to attend this meeting. 



Lewis Doster. secretary of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United States, 

 recently spent a day out of the city on a rush 

 trip. He reports very bad weather in the con- 

 suming markets, which is delaying the work of 



TOLEDO 



The Buckeye Furniture Company of Toledo has 

 been remodeled and is now one of the finest retail 

 factory furniture houses in the country. This 

 concern has for years done an extensive whole- 

 sale business and is known throughout the coun- 

 try. About a year ago it opened a retail depart- 

 ment here, and the business has grown to such 

 an extent that new quarters were necessary. It 

 is the intention in the future to sell direct from 

 the factory to the home. 



Fire of unknown origin damaged the Canton 

 House Furnishing Company of Canton, O., to the 

 extent of $35,000 recently. The loss on the build- 

 ing was $10,000. 



"The situation just now is a little peculiar." 

 said Frank Spangler of the Frank Spangler Com- 

 pany, although acknowledging that prospects have 

 been better than for years past. "Just now there 

 is very little doing, although there is plenty of 

 figuring and inquiries are thick. Spring stocks 

 are just commencing to come in and very little 

 is being done save preliminary work attendant 

 upon the spring season." 



The Booth Column Company, which was for- 

 merly incorporated under the laws of Arizona for 

 S^oO.OOO capital has re-incorporated under the 

 laws of Ohio with an authorized capital stock of 

 $35,000. The concei-n which does business in 

 Toledo, organized under the laws of Arizona 

 originally because of the old double liability law 

 which prevailed in Ohio. The abolition of this 

 feature in Ohio is responsible for the reorganiza- 

 tion while the new taxation law is a feature 

 which brought about a reduction of the capital 

 stock. The concern is doing a prosperous busi- 

 ness and there has been no change in its manage- 

 ment or conduct of affairs aside from securing a 

 charter in this state. 



MEMPHIS 



Reorganization of the E. Sondheimer Company 

 has been made, following the dismissal of the 

 receivers. Max Sondheimer continues as presi- 



