HARDWOOD RECORD 



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.< MISCELLANEOUS >• 



The Xnrton riardwoou Coinpn>iy :u Xorwalk. 0.. lias sustaineil a loss 

 by fire. 



The National Handle Company at Almyra, Ark., has been suecooded by 

 Earl Rhodes. 



The BtrryHavtwell Handle Company has recently commenced bisiness 

 at Little Rock. Ark. 



The Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Company. Ritchey, Miss., has increased 

 its capital to .?75.000. 



The Vnion City Body Company, T'nion City. Ind., has increased its 

 capital stock to S75.000. 



The Ileyser Lumber Company has started business at Keyt:.er. W. \i\., 

 and is capitalized at $5,000. 



The Houma Cypress Company has succeeded the St. Louis Cypress 

 <^ompany, Ltd.. at Houma. La. 



The JIcFarlan Carriage Company, Connersville, Ind., has filed an 

 involuntary petition in bankruptcy. 



The Sussex Lumber Company has been incorporated at Sussex. Va., 

 with an authorized capital of $50,000. 



The Xew Cabinet Company has been incorporated r.t Indianapolis. Ind.. 

 with an authorized capital of $150,000. 



The Chapin Wagon Company of Owego, X. Y.. has been incorporated 

 with an authorized capital stock of $25,000. 



The Lost River Lumber Company is the style of a new corporation 

 at Romney, \V. Va. The company will operate with a $150,000 capital. 



W. G. Cochran of Marion. 111., has incorporated and will operate under 

 the style of \V. G. Cochran Lumber Company. This company is capitalized 

 at $10,000. 



At Jackson. Miss., the .Tackson Hardwood Lumber Company has recently 

 1ieen incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, by E. D. Brewer. Chas. 

 Flaskett rnd oThers. 



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Acknowledgment is made of the receipt of several specimens of oak 

 ■flooring now being produced at the new flooring plant of the Saline 

 River Hardwood Company, Pine Bluff, Ark. This company is manufac- 

 turing upwards of 50.000 feet of plain and quartered white oak daily. 

 and its product is handled through a Kraetzer Preparator. A consider- 

 able portion of the luml)er is subsequently kiln-dried and put into oak 

 flooring. The product, as represented b.v the specimens sent this oflice. is 

 jis fine an oak flooring product as has ever been produced. Manager H. W. 

 •Coles of this concern has adopted the brand of "Forked-Leaf White Oak" 

 for his product, which will go to the trade under this name. 



Miss Trances E. Ilayden. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Hayden. 

 Chicago, was married on Wednesday, Oct. 8, to Carl Gardner Leigh of 

 Chicago. Mr. Hayden is of the Hayden & Westcott Lumber Company, 

 Railway Exchange. Chicago, and prominent in lumber affairs of the city. 

 The marriage took place at the Hayden residence, 1706 E. 56th street, the 

 Rev. Frank S. Hayden of Jacksonville, Fla., uncle of the bride, officiating. 

 Mr. Leigh is associated with his father in the I^eigh Banr.na Case Com- 

 pany. Masonic Temple. Chicago. This concern has a monopoly in the 

 manufacture of the patented case for safe shipment of bananas. It has 

 extensive veneering and box and case factories at various points and has 

 a practical monopoly of this trade. 



A large buyer advises the Record that he is in the market for a con- 

 siderable quantity of three-inch sap gum and three-inch soft maple. Would 

 prefer Kraetzer-cured product. Anyone interested in this requisition can 

 have the address on application to this publication. 



N. A. Gladding of E. C. Atkins & Co.. Inc.. Indianapolis, Ind., was in 

 the city on Oct. 1 and made an appreciated visit to the offices of 

 H.iEDWooD Record. 



J. C. Knox, secretary of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, Cadillac, Mich., was one of the prominent visitors to this city 

 last week. 



W. W. Dings, secretary of the Garetson-Greason Lumber Company, St. 

 T.ouis, called at Hardwood Record offices on Oct. 3. 



R. S. Kellogg, secretary of the Xorthern Hemlock & Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association, Wausau, Wis., paid Hardwood Record an appre 

 elated visit on Oct. 4. 



E. Bartholomew of John B. Ransom & Co.. Nashville. Tenn.. spent sev- 

 eral days of last week on one of his periodical business trips to Chicago 

 nnd surrounding markets. 



Chas. C. Boyd, president of Chas. C. Boyd & Co.. Cincinnati, was with 

 the local trade for several days last week on business. 



M. L. Pease of the Galloway-Pease Company, Poplar Bluff. Mo., made 

 a business trip of several days' duration to Chicago last week. 



.T. H. -Faust of J. H. Faust & Co.. Paducah, Ky., spent a few days re- 

 cently with the local trade. 



Local meuibcrs of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo are offering 

 congratulations to B. H. Lewis. Vicegerent for this District, who was 

 elected to a place on the Supreme Nino at the recent convention in St. 

 Louis. Mr. Lewis has just returned from a trip to Seattle in the inter- 

 est of business, visiting the headiiuarters and operations of the K. II. 

 Lewis Lumlier Company, of whiib he is president. 



M. M. Erb, of Connersville. Ind., representing the Case-Fowler Lum- 

 ber Company, sailed from Xcw York on the steamship Imperator on Sept. 

 20. The trip abroad is chiefly in the interest of business and Mr. Erij 

 will visit all the principal markets in England and on the continent. 

 J. H. MacKelduff. who represents the company in the eastern territory, 

 spent a few days with Mr. Erb before the latter sailed. 



G. J. McDonald has again taken up the management of the local office 

 of the Louisiana Red Cypress Company of Xew Orleans. La. Mr. McDon- 

 ald was their representative here for three years up to last spring and 

 before coming to Xew York was fiu- ten years connected with the prin- 

 cipals of the Louisiana Red Cypress Company in several capacities. 



Announcement was made from the office of the state engineer that a 

 barge terminal would be erected in Xewtown Creek section of the Metro- 

 politan district. The project was favored b.v the commei-cial and trade 

 organizations of the Eastern District of Brooklyn and also of the Borough 

 of Queens. 



S. A. Hurlburt. who represents F. W. Whiteman. the Philadelphia whole- 

 saler of northern hardwoods, was a recent visitor in the Metropolitan 

 district. lie had just come from Canada where he made several trips 

 in the interest of business. 



Sam E. Barr. popular hardwood wholesaler, is in the West on a business 

 trip. 



Schundler & Co.. wholesalers of Pacific coast lumber and shingles, 

 has been petitioned into bankruptcy by attorneys representing three cred- 

 itors. Liabilities are said to total $2.3'2.000, with estimated assets of 

 $40,000. The business was started in 1909 with Hans U. and Fritz E. 

 Schundler as principals. 



The appeal from the decision in the case of the government against 

 the Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Association is set for argu- 

 ment before the Supreme Court at Washington on Oct. 14. Atwater & 

 Cruikshank, Xew York attorneys, will appear for the association and 

 E. Carroll Todd will be heai*d for the government. 



Schedules in bankruptcy of the Stanton Lumber Company of 52 Stanton 

 street, show liabilities $0,382 and assets $3,923. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against the Chichester Bros. 

 Chair Company, manufacturers of chairs, at Poughkeepsie. It was al- 

 leged that the company admitted in writing inability to pay its debts, 

 and a constable has levied on its proiierty. Liabilities are $4,000 and 

 assets $1,000. 



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The southern mills of the Standard Hardwood Lumber Company are 

 working actively on oak and chestnut and shipments from the Cumberland 

 river section will be made within the next few weeks. 



Davenport & Ridley report a fair amount of business in hardv^'oods. The 

 yard has been getting in stocks of maple and oak lately, much of it 

 being shipped out immediately. 



Elmer J. Sturm of Miller, Sturm & Militr. has been making an eastern 

 trip of a week on business. The office reiiorts a fair demand for hard- 

 woods, chiefly plain oak, 



Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling say their stock is moving steadily and 

 evenly this fall. The prospect of good mixed-car business this fall is being 

 counted on. and thus far such trade has been good. 



James A. White has full.v recovered from his recent attack of ptomaine 

 poisoning and is now able to look after the White interests both in this 

 market and in Michigan. 



R. D. McLean left late last month for a month's vacation in Cuba 

 and the West Indies. The McLean yard at St. Bernard, near Cincin- 

 nati, is being stocked with a good assortment of hardwoods this fall. 



C. M. Carrier, who spent the summer in Buffalo, has gone back to 

 Florida, where he has considerable undeveloped lumber interests which 

 he expects tc open up this winter. 



Jackson & Tindle are cutting out a good deal of hardwood lumber, as 

 well as hemlock, at their Michigan operations, and report that it is being 

 shipped out as fast as in condition. Prices remain satisfactory. 



Taylor & Crate are still objecting to the handling of Michigan hard- 

 woods by lake, on account of the price being higher there than here. 

 It Is not expected that lumber will be placed in the Black Rock yard 

 until spring. 



Anthony Miller reports some improvement in the hardwood demand. Init 

 it is not yet so brisk as it might be. A fair amount of oak and other 

 woods is being sold. 



September 27 was a great day at the Automobile clubhouse. President 

 M. M. Wall. A. W. Kreinheder and O. E. Yeager were officials of the 

 sports at the annual gymkhana on the above date and a large number of 

 contestants were entered in the different events. 



F. M. Sullivan. I. X. Stewart. C. W. Betts and Alfred Swanson were 

 out hunting pheasants in Central Xew York late last month and tramped 

 over a large part of Ontario County in the search of game. They brought 

 back a number of pheasants and report a very pleasant exc\irsion. 



