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includes, besides the two men nam. c!. C. H. Stone and G. W. Beebe. 

 These four men hold the entire stock of the corporation, which is now 

 backed with considerably more capital than the partnership commanded. 



The officers of the company are ■ C. H. Stone, president ; G. E. Rey- 

 nolds, vice-president and general manager ; J. W. Reynolds, secretary and 

 treasurer. Mr. Stone and Mr. Beebe will not take an active part in the 

 business administration. 



llessrs. Reynolds bail from Tennessee and were connected, before their 

 North Carolina enterprise, with George C. Brown & Co., formerly of 

 Memphis but now at I'roctor. Ark. O. E. Reynolds holds the position of 

 secretary and treasurer for that company. .T. W. Reynolds had charge 

 of the Brown yard at Franklin for several years. 



Mr. Stone is now secretary and treasurer of the Southern Lumber 

 Company at Clayton, Ga.. and is also interested in Pacific coast lumber 

 and timber operations. Mr. Beebe is president of the same company. 



The new corporation will continue business at Franklin and in addi- 

 tion will start operations in South Carolina on some recently purchased 

 (rtcts of hardwoods. 



Nickel Plate's Shops Burned 



The Stony Island, 111., shops of the Xcw York. Chicago & St. I.ouis 

 Railroad, better known as the Nickel Plate, were burned on September 

 10, with a loss of .'?.jOO.OOO. In addition to two large buildings, ten 

 locomotives, various iiiachiner^'. equipment and material were desti-oyed. 



Notice of Creditors' Meeting 



The notice of the first meeting of the creditors of the bankrupt Maley, 

 Thompson & Moffett Company, Cincinnati, 0., has just been issued by 

 Charles T. Greve, referee in bankruptcy. The meeting will be held in 

 the district court of the United States for the southern district of Ohio, 

 western division. The notice states that on the eleventh day of Septem- 

 ber the Male.v. Thompson & Moffett Company was duly adjudicated bank- 

 rupt and that the first meeting of the creditors will be held at room 22 

 Carew building, southwest corner Fifth and Vine streets, Cincinnati, at 

 three o'clock in the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 26, at which time the 

 creditors may attend, prove their claims and appoint a trustee. 



All matters with reference to the continuance and disposition of the 

 business will be up for consideration at this meeting. Claims must be 

 proven in accordance with the general order in bankruptcy No. 21. 



Consolidation of Two Western Journals 



The West Coast Lumberman, publislied at Tacoma. Wash., announces 

 that negotiations recently concluded will result in the consolidation on 

 Oct. 1, 1913, of the West Coast Lumberman at Tacoma and the Pacific 

 Coast Lumber Trade Journal, Seattle, the two oldest and most influential 

 lumber trade journals in the West. The consolidated papers will be 

 issued under the n:une of West Coast Lumberman and will be published 

 twice a month at Tacoma and Seattle, respectivel.v, on the first and 

 fifteenth of each month. 



A large news service and a more perfected organization will result 

 from the combination of interests. It is anticipated that the new ar- 

 rangement will result in more closely covering the vast territory west 

 of the Rocky Mountains known as the Inland Empire, as well as the 

 west coast itself. The initial issue will appear Oct. 1. 



Hardwood Record unites with the many friends of these two publica- 

 tions in wishing them the best of success in their new move. 



Big Sale of Dry Kilns 



The Grand Rapids Veneer Works of Grand Rapids, Mich., is continuing 

 its active work in the matter of selling its excellent dry-kiln apparatus 

 to the sawmill and consuming trade. It has just submitted a list of 

 some of the most recent orders it has booked. 



The company states that the present season has returned business far 

 in excess of last year, and that it considers the outlook for business for 

 the fall and winter to be excellent. The list is as follows ; 



Central Furniture Company. Rockford, III. 



Berlin Furniture Company. Berlin. Out. 



Valley City Chair Company, Grand Rapids. Mich. 



Mechanic Furniture Company, Rockford, 111. 



Chair Makers Union, Tell City, Ind. 



Wellsville Upholstery Company. Wellsville. N. Y. 



Kund & Eiben Manufacturing Company. Pittsburg, Pa. 



Faribault Furniture Company, Faribault. Wis. 



Rockford Cabinet Company. Rockford, 111. 



Watsontown Table Companv. Watsontown, Pa. 



P. E. Kroehler Manufacturing Company. Kankakee, 111. 



Naperville Lounge Company, Naperville, 111. 



D. T. Owen Company. Cleveland. Ohio. 



Gram Richsteig Metal Frame Action Company, Chicago. 111. 



Otto riigel Company. Ltd.. Toronto, Out. 



Lyon & Healy Company, Chicago, 111. 



Geo. Palmer Lumber Company. La Grande, Ore. 



Hammond Lumber Company, Eureka, Cal. 



Booth Kelly Lumber Company. Eugene, Ore. 



Baker White Pine Lumber Company. Baker, Ore. 



John Fenderson & Co.. Sayabec. Que. 



Wheeler Lumber Company. Wheeler, Ore. 



Metz Manufacturing Company, Dubuque, la. 



Knott Manufacturing Company, Tell City, Ind. 



Banner Buggy Company, St. Louis, Mo. 



J. J. Lutz Manufacturing Company, Loudon, Tenn. 



Kade Show Case & Fixtures Company. Plymouth, Wis. 

 Opens Offices at Warsaw, Russia 



Robert Hanus has opened an oflice at Warsaw, Leszno 17, Russia, for 

 the purpose of bringing about the purchase and sale for his account and 

 against commission. Mr. Hanus has a thorough knowledge of foreign 



trade and goods and trade customs in general. He further has direct 

 relations with the respective markets and with the press, enabling him 

 to procure for all interested parties the purchase of all manufactured 

 articles or a.2riculture and other raw materials. 



EnglLsh, American and African shippers are enabled through Mr. Hanus' 

 office to safel.v sell their goods in Russia, and his organization makes it 

 possible to get forward or dispatch promptly any order or demand for 

 mediation. 



Jlr. Hanus says that he solicits the business of Interested parties in the 

 advancement of international trade between these various countries and 

 Russia. 



Acquires Hardwood Timber for Export Business 



The Turner-Curaminss Hardwood Company of Grigsby, Tex., has re- 

 cently acquired the hardwood timber holdings of John F. Renfro at 

 Manning, Tex., and will erect a mill at once for the manufacture of 

 hickory and ash dimension for export. 



This is considered one of the finest tracts of hardwood timber in the 

 South, and the proposition will no doubt prove profitable to the new 

 owners. 



Pertinent Information 



Announcement Forest Products Exposition 



The formal announcement of the coming Forest Products Exposition 

 has just been issued by George S. Woods, manager, from the temporary 

 headquarters in the Otis building. Chicago. Tlie announcement is at- 

 tractively and suitably printed on Japan veneer in brown ink. It reads 

 as follows : 



"Announcement is made that the first annual Forest Products Exposi- 

 tion will be held in the Coliseum. Chicago, April 23 to May 9, 1914, and 

 at the Grand Palace, New York, May 21 to 30, 1914. 



"The scope and purpose of the exposition is far-reaching and highly 

 educational, including all branches and details of the lumber, wood 

 product, woodworking, forestry and allied interests, demonstrating clearly 

 the advantages and permanency of the commodity." 



Conditions in Liverpool 



Reports from Liverpool show that arrivals from North American ports 

 during ,\ugust were 27,280 tons as against 2S,687 . tons in the corre- 

 sponding month last .year. 



The import of oak logs during the month constituted about 7,000 cubic 

 feet from this country. Stocks were light at the time the report was 

 compiled and prices were firm. 



Wagon planks in oak were inquired for moderatel.v, but small quanti- 

 ties passed into con.sumption. Heavy stocks prevailed with a quiet de- 

 mand and unchanged values. 



There was a small import and consumption of elm during the month 

 with light stocks and generally firm prices, but a moderate supply of ash 

 from Quebec and the United States was brought in as the consumption 

 was small. Stocks, however, continue light with steady prices. 



There was a continued steady demand for black walnut from the 

 T'nited States particularly for good quality logs of good full sizes. Logs 

 of other descriptions were called for but moderatel.v, while boards and 

 planks realized fair prices. 



In satin walnut there was a quiet demand and a lower price limit. 



There was a considerably greater import of finished logs than consump- 

 tion, but prices continue to be firm on account of prevalent light stocks. 

 In plank a small, moderate consumption marked the month. The stock 

 continues sufficient for the demand and steady prices prevail. 



Important in Connection with Weights 



State authorities of Minnesota recently made an atteuipt to embody 

 lumber under the operations of the weights and measurements law, which 

 would compel full thicknesses to be shipped on all orders. These efforts 

 were defeated on September 10 by the judgment of Judge Hanft of the 

 municipal court of St. Paul. The judgment was handed down in a suit 

 against the Cleveland Wrecking Company, which was based upon a ship- 

 ment of lumber sold for three inch, but which the Inspectors of the state 

 weights and measurements department reported to contain stock from 

 two to two and a half inches in thickness. 



It was brought out in the defense that old lumber will shrink to that 

 extent in the course of time, and that furthermore it is customary in 

 sawmills to cut lumber scant as to thickness. 



Further Suspension in Carolina Bate Case 



Lumber interests in the Carolinas have secured a further suspension of 

 the famous Carolina rate case Involving advances in rates on the South- 

 ern Railway from points on that road in Tennessee. Georgia, North and 

 South Carolina to points in Virginia, and to export and interior eastern 

 towns. The order grants further suspension until March 27. 



Further Hearings in Pridham Case in October 



On September 10 the Interstate Commerce Commission announced Octo- 

 I>er 9 as the date on which to resume hearings on the Pridham case 

 involving rates on east-bound shipments Ol goods packed in fiber and in 

 wooden containers. Hearings will take place at Washington. 



At the same time bearings will be resumed on the Chicago switching 



