HARDWOOD RECORD 



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ileatally. lie is teliiug some wonderful fish stories at the Lumbermen's 

 Club. 



P. E. Gilbert, sales manager of the Wisconsin Lumber Company, Chi- 

 i;ago, is home from a three weeks' vacation at Spring Lake, Mich. 



W. E. Johns of the Johns-XIowbray-Nelson Company, (^incinnati. O.. 

 was in town last week on bis way home from a sales trip in Wisconsin 

 and Michigan. He reports a very fair volume of business. 



=-< NEW YORK >-= 



The lumber trade of this city is watching with interest the progress 

 of the proposed new building code, certain provisions of which are 

 inimical to the interests of the lumber trade. A hearing was held before 

 the building committee of the board of aldermen, at which the lumber 

 trade was heard in protest. The fight will be carried before the whole 

 board unless, the restrictions are modified by the committee. 



Current reports concerning building operations in New York show a 

 decrease of $31,000,000 in estimated cost of projected buildings. The 

 decrease is almost wholly confined to business buildings. It is freely 

 said that New Tork is overbuilt in certain classes of buildings and a 

 cessation until present day vacancies are removed would be good for 

 the owners and business generally. 



H. B. Wordon, representing redwood manufacturers of California, 

 was in New York last week in the interest of business. 



R. A. Brown, local manager of the Strable Manufacturing Company, 

 is back in harness after a summer vacation spent in the mountains. 



E. L. Hunter of the Tilghman Cypress Company, Lukens, Fla., spent 

 several days in town last week going over business with his associates 

 in the Hoban-Hunter-Feitner Company, cypress specialist of Brooklyn. 



=-< BUFFALO > 



The Perry Centennial, lasting a whole week. Interrupted the lumber 

 business to a large extent, but it proved a very interesting affair and 

 was made up of many different features, with parades, sports and fire- 

 works included. The parade of automobiles to the number of several 

 thousand was one of the largest ever held here. It was under the auspices 

 of the Automobile Club of Buffalo, of which M. M. Wall is president. 

 I. N. Stewart was chairman of the entertainment committee in charge of 

 the parade, and among other members were O. E. Yeager, C. W. Betts and 

 J. B. Wall. 



The banquet to visiting oSicials and others by the New York State 

 Perry Centennial Commission was attended by several hundred persons 

 and was served at the Iroquois Hotel. J. N. Scatcherd was toastmaster. 



The well-preserved old wooden flagship Niagara, with its solid oak and 

 fir timbers, was the center of attraction and lay at a convenient spot for 

 visitors* inspection all the week. 



The old engine DeWitt Clinton, the first locomotive operated In New 

 York state, which burned pitch pine, instead of coal, was also an inter- 

 esting sight, as were the primitive coaches, which were in such marked 

 contrast to the modern wooden passenger cars of today. 



O. E. Y'eager has returned from an automobile trip to New York, 

 Philadelphia and .Allautlc City. 



J. Newton Scatcherd exhibited during the Perry Centennial week a 

 cane made in 1S46 from a plank taken from the hull of the Lawrence, 

 formerly Perry's flagship. 



Charles Perrin of Blakoslee, Perrin & Darling has returned from a two 

 weeks' vacation, which he spent at the old farm on the borders of Conesus 

 lake, in Livingston county. 



J. D. McCallum of the Hugh McLean Lumber Company has gone to 

 Ills former home in Canada on a vacation trip. He made the trip by way 

 of the St. Lawrence and Thousand Islands. 



James A. White of the W. 11. White Company has been spending some 

 time in Michigan, looking after the interests of his company. The two 

 boats of the company will bring in cargoes here this fall. 



James M. Briggs & Co. have disposed of a large stock of hardwoods 

 and hemlock sawed out at their mill at Protection, N. Y. Alfred Swan- 

 son has been there recently looking after shipments. 



F. M. Sullivan and F. T. Sullivan entertained their brother, W. H. 

 Sullivan, here last month and the three took an automobile trip with 

 their families through Canada. 



W. K. Jackson has returned from a business trip to Jackson Brough, 

 Ont., where Jackson & Tindle have a large colonization enterprise and 

 have set up a sawmill. The tract is filling up rapidly. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company will bring in supplies of 

 lumber from the Cumberland river district this fall. The trade in hard- 

 woods, especially in oak and ash, is reported to be Improving at the yard. 



-< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



E. M. Becbtel, sales manager of William Whitmer & Sons, Inc., re- 

 ports a decided advance In trading during the last fortnight. He thinks 

 the outlook very encouraging. 



Thomas B. Hoffman of the J. S. Kent Company, says a considerable 

 advance in trading may be looked for with the opening of the fall 

 season, but greatly improved business conditions cannot be reckoned 

 upon until the final settlement of the tariff and other disturbing com- 



mercial questions. Prices in some lines show a decided drop but buyers 

 are still holding off In hopes of a further decline. 



E. P. Haubert, assistant treasurer of the Whiting Lumber Company, 

 admits a slight improvement in trading during the last fortnight. In- 

 quiries are more liberal, resulting in some desirable sales. 



Maurice J. Dukes of the E. .\. and J. J. Williams Company says things 

 have been more lively during the last fortnight and indications point to 

 a more copious trading in the fall. 



S. P. Bowers of the S. P. Bowers Company speaks complacently of 

 conditions. Kailroads are buying freely and prospects for fall and win 

 ter business are promising. 



The Johnstown Cooyerage Company, Johnstown. Pa., with a capital 

 stock of S5.000. and the Standard Automobile and Machinery Company. 

 Johnstown. Pa., with a capital stock of ?50,000, obtained charters under 

 Penns.vlvania state laws. .Vug. 23. 



Samuel H. Shearer of Samuel H. Shearer & Son, has just returned from 

 a two weeks' vacation trip to Chcbeague, Me. He says he had a fine 

 time and is now in good shape to tackle business. 



George P. DeWitt of the Maris & DeWitt Lumber Cohpany is back 

 from a three weeks' stock hunting trip through western Maryland and 

 West Virginia. He reports no overaccumulation of stocks, and prices 

 high. Arthur Mcllvain Maris, son of J. M. Maris of the above concern, 

 who was returning from a summer camping party, was a passenger on 

 the train which was wrecked about six miles above New Haven, Conn., 

 on Sept. 2. He escaped with his life, but was so bruised and shaken as 

 to necessitate going to a hospital. J. M. Maris is in Colorado. 



J. Randall Williams, Jr. of J. Randall Williams & Co. says business 

 improves slowly. It is too early to pronounce upon the fall and winter 

 trading, but cooler weather will start something doing, he thinks. 



Frank H. Hawkins of the Kirby & Hawkins Company, who has just 

 returned from a vacation trip In the Pennsylvania mountain district, 

 reports business fairly well sustained for this time of year. W. S. Kirby 

 is rusticating on a farm up state. He says for two weeks he will try 

 leading the simple life. 



Howard B. France of the Monarch Lumber Company and the Haddock- 

 France Lumber Company says there Is a slight tendency towards im- 

 proved conditions. Prices are erratic and in some lines way off, but 

 stock conditions will no doubt prevent further drop. The mill at Ster- 

 ling, N. C. is curtailing its output. 



The Philadelphia Lumbermen's Golf Club has decided on Sept. 16 for 

 next game, which will be pKiyed at the Huntingdon Valley Golf Club 

 grounds. As this is the annual meeting, the election of officers for the 

 ensuing year will take place. A big crowd is expected to be jiresent. 



=-< PITTSBURGH y. 



H. E. Ast of the Mutual Lumber Company is getting some fine busi- 

 ness in oak. chiefly car stuff. He spent a week recently In the Buffalo 

 district. 



The plant of the Telllco River Lumber Company at Tellico Plains. 

 Tenn.. which Is owned by the Babcock Interests of this cit.v. was burned 

 Aug. 31. The fire destroyed the big double-band saw mill and also one 

 of the two planing mills of the company. This was probably the largest 

 lumber plant in Tennessee and will be replaced at once by another plant 

 with a considerably larger output. The company owns about 100.000 

 acres of timber and C. L. Babcock, vice-president and general manager, 

 announces that the new operation will be going in full by Jan. 1. 



The Pennsylvania Department of Forestry is showing for th^ first 

 time at the Pittsburgh Exposition n splendid resume of its work. There 

 are dozens of big photographs showing typical lumber operations, waste- 

 ful and otherwise, and also the fire warden system watch tower, denuded 

 timber tracts, damage done by floods, growth of white pine trees year 

 by year, different types of oak peculiar to Pennsylvania and also the 

 different cuts of logs across the grain for veneering purposes. The 

 commission has an array of statistics to show that Pennsylvania in ten 

 years more at its present rate of timber cutting will not be able to 

 supply Its own wood consuming factories. 



The Foster Lumber Company has a dozen or more good country mills 

 cutting hardwood in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. It reports 

 a splendid trade In oak with the railroads and is getting good prices 

 throughout the list. 



George J. Hull of Waterford, Pa., has bought one of the finest tracts 

 of virgin hardwood timber in western Pennsylvania, being located only 

 five miles from Waterford. A mill will be put in at once to cat off the 

 oak and chestnut on the land. 



The Joseph W. Cottrell Lumber Company has been incorporated by 

 Joseph W. Cottrell, veteran wholesale lumberman of this city, J. Herbert 

 Rush. Uniontown. Pa., and R. L. Smith of Pittsburgh, Pa., with a capital 

 of ¥15,000. The company will have headquarters in the Ferguson build- 

 ing in this city. 



The Henderson Lumber Company reports a splendid business In mixed 

 hardwoods. Its trade with the mining concerns has been better the 

 past summer than for years. About the only complaint it has to make 

 about the situation Is the slow deliveries during July and August. 



The Hamilton Lumber Company, one of the leading hardwood concerns 

 in the city, has been piling up some big orders the past three weeks. 

 Mr. Hamilton says business is coming with less expense and less effort 

 than for a long time. 



