HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Pepin has been a contractor and builder in Eastliampton for several 

 years. 



The Berlin Mills, which were destroyed by fire a few weeks ago at 

 Berlin, N. H., will be rebuilt. The company plans to erect five mill 

 buildings, all of reinforced construction. 



=-< BALTIMORE >-= 



Martin C. Hughes of the Cummer Lumber Company, which has sales 

 offices in Kew York and large mills at Jacksonville and Sumner, Fla.. 

 canvassed the trade in Baltimore last week. He stated that he had met 

 with very satisfactory results in the course of his travels during the past 

 few weeks, the demand having held up very well. 



O'Keefe Brothers, manufacturers of parlor frames and couches, who 

 have been operating a factory at 1008 South Fremont avenue for a number 

 of years, have moved to their new plant on Frederick road and Gwynn's 

 Falls. The firm has added the manufacture of dowels to its products. 

 having discovered that a good demand exists here for them. The supply 

 has heretofore come from Michigan and other distant points, but the 

 factories there have been unable to meet the local requirements, long 

 waits in the filling of orders having been the e.\perience of buyers. The 

 firm says it already has enougs orders to keep the dowel machinery 

 running for some time. 



J. Ross Hopkins, a former Baltimorean, but now located in the Hood 

 river district in Oregon in the lumber business, is here on a visit to 

 relatives. Mr. Hopkins was formerly connected with Thomas Hughes 

 and left Baltimore about a year ago for the Far West. He expresses 

 himself as highly pleased with his experience in the new home. 



Stephen S. Mann of Mann & Parker, Inc., Continental building, has 

 been on a southern trip for the last three weeks, having visited mills in 

 Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. He 

 reports that be has taken up large quantities of lumber, some of which is 

 being shipped direct from the point of origin, and that his trip generally 

 has been very successful. 



The factory of the Xansemond Truck Package Company at Suffolk, Va.. 

 was completely destroyed by fire early on the morning of June 30. The 

 blaze was discovered in the drying room and spread rapidly through the 

 large plant which was filled with dry veneering. The loss is estimated 

 at not less than $300,000. 



George P. Franklin, representing Richard P. Baer & Co. of Baltimore at 

 Hinton, W. Va., was in Baltimore this week to confer with members of 

 the firm relative to various business matters. Mr. Franklin was quite 

 enthusiastic about trade conditions in his territory and reported much 

 activity in the way of mill construction and the movement in hardwoods. 



Ralph E. Sumner of the Sumner Lumber Company, New York City, 

 visited hardwood men in Baltimore last week. He stated that he had in 

 the past three months covered practically every state east of the Missis- 

 sippi river and some of the states west thereof, visiting ever.v section and 

 getting closely in touch with the mill men and the trade generally. He 

 expressed the opinion that the lumljer trade was on the eve of a reces- 

 sion in prices, and reported that the mills of the Memphis section had 

 begun to cut down the production in an effort to curtail the offerings and 

 in this way prevent any decline in the quotations. Notwithstanding this 

 action, he felt that values might ease off in the near future, though he 

 was not able to state that a recession had actually taken place up to 

 this time. 



=■< COLUMBUS >• 



At TJrbana, O., Barton O'Neil. aged seventy-eight years, died at his 

 home recently from heart failure. He was engaged in the lumber busi- 

 ness during the greater part of his life. He is survived by his widow and 

 five children. 



The sawmill and planing mill of the Crook, Son iSb Co. at Hicksville, 0.. 

 was recently destroyed by fire causing a loss of more than ,$5,000. .\ 

 large handle factory belonging to the company, which stood only a short 

 distance away, was saved. 



The American Box Company of Cleveland, O., is negotiating with the 

 village of Geneva, O.. relative to locating a plant at that place. It is 

 stated that the business of the company requires larger facilities. 



Building operations in Columbus and in the smaller cities and towns 

 in Ohio are quite active. Many of the buildings in process of construc- 

 tion and in projection are of the dwelling or apartment type. On the 

 other hand, quite a number of larger buildings are being constructed. 



R. W. Horton, sales manager for the central division of the W, M. Ritter 

 Lumber Company, says trade in all lines i of hardwoods is holding up 

 extremely well and that the month of June was one of the best in the 

 history of the company. AH hardwoods are in good demand and all 

 grades are moving uniformly. Mill stocks are not very large. Yard 

 stocks are only fair and steady buying is anticipated from this time on. 



W. M. Ritter. head of the concern bearing his name, has returned 

 recently from an inspection trip of many of the company's mills in the 

 Sonth. He is arranging for his annual trip to England and the conti- 

 nent later in the summer. 



John R. Gobey of John R. Gobey & Co. says trade in hardwoods is 

 holding up well under the circumstances and practically no weakness hai5 

 developed as yet. He looks for a steady demand for the remainder of 

 the building season at least. 



C. G. McLaughlin of the Imperial Lumber Company says trade is hold- 

 ing up well and is as good as could be expected under the circumstances. 



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