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■xvill work the Ohio. Pennsylvania and Western New York trade from 

 this office. Manager Richter reports an excellent demand for hardwood. 



The West Penn Lumber Company, according to E. H. Stcuer, is get- 

 ting a line lot of railroad inquiries, and if all the business comes forward 

 that is offered this month will be a very satisfactory period in its history. 



J. C. Forgie is .starting a new mill in Washington county. Penn- 

 sylvania. Mr. Forgie has been doing a fine business in white oak. ship- 

 ping chiefly to the eastern morkrt nnd the nnvy yards. 



-< BOSTON >.= 



The Skillings, Wliitneys & Barnes Lumber Company, Boston, has recently 

 moved to new quarters in the Postoffice Square building:. 



n. C. Cummings, for several years New England representative of the 

 Louisiana Red Cypress Company of New Orleans, is now connected with 

 the R. B. Currier Company. Springfield, Mass. 



The Knott-Sampson Lumber Company. Boston, has been petitioned into 

 involuntary bankruptcy by three creditors whose claims amount to $3,513. 



Frederic A. Kemp, Inc.. Springfleld. Mass.. has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of .$ijO,000. The incorporators are Frederic A. Kemp. 

 Waller S. French and Sarah E. Bliss. 



The Leonard Lumber Company, Boston and Passadumkeag. Me., has 

 been incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000. The organizers are 

 Homer L. Baker and Elmer- O. Lake. 



The Fletcher Lumber Company, Springfiekl. Mass., has purchased about 

 seven acres of land in that city, on which there are two buildings, one a 

 three-story and the other a one-slory shed with offices. This company 

 purchased the Chas, H. Annoble Lumber Company on Feb. 1. The tract of 

 land purchased has been occupied by the E. A. Blodgctt Lumber Company, 

 and it is reported that the business of the latter company has been taken 

 over also. W. A. Fletcher, the active head of the new company, was first 

 connected with the Bakrr Lumber Company of Worcester, later with the 

 -old Springfleld Lumber Company, and still later as a partner of C. P. 

 Chase & Co.. Inc. He is also the head of the Thompsonville Lumber 

 Company. George W. Stone, president of the company, is of the Stone 

 Lumber Company, and F. A. Brainard, vice-president, is connected with 

 the Street Lumber Company of South Hadley Falls, Mass. 



=-< BALTIMORE >= 



.Joseph Thomas & Son. manufacturers of milhvork and other woodwork- 

 ing material, on South Sharp street, are about to make a number of im- 

 provements at the factory, including a new boiler and dry house. The 

 firm's business has increased in a gratifying manner, and an enlargement 

 also is under consideration. 



Robert McLean, an exporter of hardwoods, whose affairs were placed 

 in the hands of a receiver some months ago. is endeavoring to establish 

 ■connection with some of the foreign firms as representative in this 

 country. He proposes to take care of the buying, the shipment and other 

 •details, and feels that his experience of twenty years or more in the 

 trade gives him especial facilities tor making his services valuable to 

 foreign buyers of hardwoods. 



Fire, which is believed to have broken out in a pile of lumber in a 

 ■shed of the George Esselman Company, manufacturer of picture frames 

 and moldings, on Sharp street, between West and Ostend streets, on the 

 morning of Apr. 27, burned out this plant and also that of the Chesa- 

 peake Manufacturing Company, maker of furniture. The building oc- 

 cupied by the two concerns took up the bettor part of a block, and the 

 loss is estimated by them at not less than $100,000 each. It is supposed 

 that a spark from the dry-kiln fell among the dry lumber in the shed. 

 The loss is believed to be covered by insurance. 



The plant, machinery, stock of lumber and other assets of the Charles 

 ■J. F. Steincr Mantel Company, Monument and Eleventh streets, Baltimore 

 county, just on the eastern city limits, which went into the hands of re- 

 ceivers about two months ago. are to be sold at public auction on May 

 22 by the receivers, Howard W. .lackson, Lee I. Hecht and George H. 

 Kuhst. The property will be offered both as an entirety and in detail, 

 the sale being made so as to produce the largest amount. 



Augustus J. Cadwallader, a member of the well-known Philadelphia 

 lumber firm of George F. Craig & Co., is to be married to Mrs. Loula 

 Shafer Sands of Baltimore, who is the daughter of Mrs. .7. P. Shafer of 

 Terra Alta, W. Va. The marriage is to take place early in June at the 

 home of the bride's mother. 



=-< COLUMBUS >-= 



The report of the city building inspector for the month of April shows 

 a large increase in the number of permits issued and only a small increase 

 In the valuation of the buildings projected. For the month there were 

 1,046 permits issued as compared with 413 permits in April 1912. The 

 valuation of the buildings pi'ojected in April 1913 is $774,000 as compared 

 •with $745,000 in April 1912. Since the first of the year the valuation 

 ■of buildings projected is $1,515,000 as compared with $1,514,000 for the 

 ■corresponding period in 1912. 



John R. Davis of the Davis-Eakin Lumber Company of Weston, W. Va., 

 was a visitor among the Columbus wholesalers recently. 



F. B. Pryor of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a good 

 ■demand tor hardwoods from manufacturing establishments and from the 

 retail trade. Prices are holding up firmly and there is no indication of 



weakness in any quarter. Mr. Pr.vor believes there will be a continuation 

 of the good trade during the summer. Shipments arc coming out more 

 promptly and the future outlook is bright. 



L. B. Schneider, sales manager for John R. Gobey & Co.. reports a good 

 demand for hardwoods with prices ruling firm. Mr. Schneider looks for a 

 still better trade in the near future. 



F. Everson Powell of the Powell Lumber Company says hardwoods are 

 selling well and prices show no .signs of weakness. He believes that 

 unless the tariff affects the market to a large degree there will be a good 

 demand for hardwoods during the summer. 



A. C. Davis of the A. C. Davis Lumber Company reports a good demand 

 for all hardwoods with prices ruling strong. 



Manager Maul of the Appalachia Lumber Company reports a good 

 demand for hardwoods, although the recent floods interfered with ship- 

 ments to a certain extent, lie says prices are holding up well under the 

 circumstances. ^ 



^-< INDIANAPOLIS >: 



The hub factory of C. P. Ariens. near Connersville, was recently burned 

 with a loss of $13,000. 



A final report as receiver for the Wabash Cabinet Company has been 

 tiled in the Fnited States court by the Central Trust Company, which 

 has paid $2,535.83 into the court. 



George W. White. H. B. White and L. D. Ault have organized the 

 Indiana Wood Products Company, which will conduct a general wood- 

 working business at Spencer. The company is incorporated 'with an 

 authorized capitalization of $20,000. 



Notice has been filed with the Indiana secretary of state that the 

 Dynes Lumber Company has changed its name to the Indianapolis Lumber 

 Company. 



With an authorized capitalization of $30,000. the South Bend Dowel 

 Works have been organized and incorporated at South Bend to conduct 

 a woodworking business. Those interested in the company are J. E. 

 Kuntz. T. E. Kuntz and R. M. Kuntz. 



For the four months ending Apr. 30 building permits issued by the 

 city amounted to $3,070,403. During the corresponding period of 1912 

 permits issued reached $2,110,005. 



About 350 employes of local planing mills are on strike, demanding 

 recognition of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners 

 and demanding a miuimum wage of thirty-five cents an hour. Practically 

 all of the local planing mills and several furniture factories are affected. 

 The strikers are demanding a closed shop, and an effort is being made to 

 settle the trouble by arbitration. About 125 hardwood floor layers are 

 also on strike, demanding recognition of their union and a minimum wage 

 of thirty-five cents an hour and fifty hours a week. 



=■< MEMPHIS y- 



Dispite the flood conditions in the Mississippi valley, bank clearings in 

 Memphis during April involved a total of nearly a million dollars more 

 than the corresponding month last year. It may also be noted that the 

 figures are the largest ever recorded for that particular month. Owing 

 1" the small sales of cotton and owing to the interruption to lumber 

 manufacture and distribution, the showing has occasioned no little sur- 

 prise. It is taken as indicating a very wholesome condition in business 

 and financial circles here. 



J. W. Dickson, president of the Valley Log Loading Company, attended 

 the meeting of the executive board of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, held at the Seelbach hotel, Louisville, Ky., May 0. Mr. Dick- 

 son is one of the directors of that organization. 



W. B. Morgan, secretary-treasurer of the Andersou-Tully Company, has 

 gone to Chicago to attend the hearing in Ihe Pridham box case, which 

 involves the same rates on .goods shipped in wooden boxes as apply on 

 those shipped in fiber containers. Mr. Morgan was recently elected chair- 

 man of the National Classification Committee on lumber and wooden box 

 interests. 



W. R. Barksdale reports that his mill at Cyclone, Miss., is operating on 

 full time and that the outlook is very good. The other mill owned by him 

 is not in operation at the present time, but will be started as soon as 

 the corn and cotton crops in that territory have been started, Mr. Barks- 

 dale has almost completely recovered from the very severe attack of 

 rheumatism from which he suffered a short time ago. 



F. E. Gary of the Baker Lumber Company, Turrell, Ark., is authority 

 for the statement that the plant of the firm has already started operations. 

 He says that it has not been possible to do any logging work, but that 

 this will be undertaken as soon as the water recedes somewhat further. 



The ofiices of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau will be removed 

 from the Kallaher building to the Exchange building. This step will be 

 taken in order tliat the offices may be more conveniently located from 

 the standpoint of the lumbermen who are on the advisor.v board and also 

 in order that the offices of the bureau may be closer to the offices of the 

 various railroads entering this city. Tlie bureau is finding a great deal 

 of work to do and the board of managers has been quite active. George D. 

 Burgess of Russe & Burgess. Inc.. is president, and J. H. Townshend is 

 general manager. 



The Valley Log Loading Company prepared about 1,300 cars for deliv- 

 ery to Memphis and other points on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley line 

 during April. It is still loading logs ever.v day on the upper end of that 



