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pared with 2.01.J permits and a valuation of $3,927,860 in the correspond- 

 ing period last year. 



The Youngstown Barrel and Cooperage Company of Toimgstown, O.. 

 has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000 to make barrels, etc. The 

 incorporators are Oscar H. Altsehulcr, Ben M. Levitt. Edward Altschuler. 

 Joseph Levitt and F. Levitt. 



The band mill of the Xorwalk Hardwood Company was destroyed by 

 fire recently entailing a loss of $5..500 of which a portion was covered 

 by insurance. It is announced the mill will be rebuilt at some other 

 place. 



H. E. Smith has purchased the sawmill interests of E. Cr.vder in the 

 firm of McKenzie & Cryder at Ashley, Ohio. 



Lumbermen of Columbus are interested in the membership campaign of 

 the Columbus Chamber of Commerce which is seeking to secure a mem- 

 bership roll of 2.000. A number of lumber dealers and jobbers have been 

 on the soliciting teams. 



Steps will probably be taken soon to disband the Ohio Lumbermen's 

 Credit Association which has had headquarters in Columbus and which i.s 

 composed of lumber dealers in the larger cities of the state. The organi- 

 zation was brought about to secure the passage of a better mechanics" 

 lien law. which has been accomplished. Unless some other movement of 

 that sort comes up. the association will be discontinued soon. 



After almcst two months' operation of the new mechanics lien law in 

 Ohio, general satisfaction over the law is expressed. About the only 

 complaint comes from the contractor. Some owners whose time is lim- 

 ited are placed at an inconvenience in watching the progress of buildings 

 but in such cases their banks or building and loan associations have taken 

 matters off their hands. 



John T. Dunnick. receiver for the Jobson Lumber Company of Columbus. 

 O.. reported to the court that the liabilities were $46,459.93 and that he 

 had on hand more than .$10,000 in cash collected. He sets aside $5,000 

 to satisfy a possible judgment in a personal injury suit and recommended 

 the payment of a 10 per cent dividend which was ordered by the court. 



W. 51. Ritter. head of the large hardwood manufacturing corporation 

 bearing his name, has returned from his annual trip to England and the 

 Continent. While there he visited the branches of the company located 

 at Liverpool and London. He sa.vs there is quite an improvement in con- 

 ditions in the foreign lumber market. 



^A*. B. .Sissons, sales manager of the Sowers-Leach Lumber Company, 

 has returned from a business trip through the lumber sections of the 

 South. 



=-< TOLEDO >= 



John M. Skinner, president of the Skinner Bending Company and of 

 the Toledo Wheelbarrow Company, died Thursda.v, Oct. 2. at the family 

 residence on Broadway, from a complication of diseases. Mr. Skinner %vas 

 aged sixty-eight years and leaves a wife, a son and two daughters, llr. 

 Skinner has been in failing health for the past two years and with his 

 wife made a trip to Alaska hoping for improvement. Last March he 

 went to Panama with his wife, after which the family camped in the 

 -\dironiJacks. Two weeks ago Mr. Skinner's condition became so serious 

 that it was decided to bring him home, since which time he has rapidly 

 failed in health. ilr. Skinner has been identified with the bending 

 business for many years beginning his career at Erie. Pa., with the B'ink 

 Bending Company. He came to Toledo in 1SS4 and formed a partnership 

 with the Brigliam Lamson Bending Company, which later became the 

 Lamson-Skinner Bending Company, and finally after the death of Mr. 

 Lamson. the Skinner Bending Compan.v. Until recently Mr. Skinner was 

 also president of the Buckeye Furniture Company. It is probable that 

 his position as president of the Skinner Bending Company will be passed 

 on to his son. Claire V. Skinner, when the directors' meeting is held. 



The Trout Lake Lumber Company is the name of a newly incorporated 

 concern of Toledo, capitalized at .^10.000. The concern will develop 

 lumber interests in Michigan. 



The Toledo Bending Company reports business a trifle slow. While 

 this is naturally an off season, business is declared to be a little below 

 normal. A good mau.v inquiries have been coming in recently, however, 

 which presages better business a little later. 



W. S. Booth of the Booth Column Company has just returned from a 

 motor trip to Detroit, where he went to investigate conditions. Mr. Booth 

 came back with his pockets full of orders and declares that Detroit is in 

 the midst of a building boom, thousands of residences now being under 

 construction in that city. This is also true of Toledo, where building 

 business has been far above normal for the past two years. Mr. Booth 

 states that his factory is running full time and full capacity with 

 orders still coming in from all sections of the country. A little lul! 

 for a week or two has made it possible to get orders pretty well 

 cleaned up. 



The Toledo Carriage Woodworking Company reports business fair with 

 the factory running full time and capacity. 



The Keasy Pulley Company reports business good with a splendid line 

 of orders coming in from all over the country. The factory is running 

 at capacity. 



A SlnO.OOO tire believed to have I»en of incendiary origin begun at New 

 Straitsville. O., in the furniture establishment of C. Essex. The entire 

 town was threatened aad the state flr^^ marshal's department is looking 

 up the affair. 



O.C. GALLOWAY 



Manufacturer of 



Wagon, Plow and Chair Stock 



From 



Oak and Hickory 



r^isVLsnrzirJ^.\ Clarendon, Ark. 



Grant T. Stephenson 



Constructing Engineer 



Wood Distillation Plants for 

 Utilization of Wood Waste 



WELLS, MICHIGAN 



^ Fitzgibbons & Krebs Patent Ele- 

 vated Traveling Derrick propels itself 

 on 28-ft. gauge track. 



^I No guy wires. 



^ Write to O. M. Krebs, Mallory 

 B:-qnch, Memphis, Tenn., or to P. F. 

 Fitzgibbons, Chattanooga, Tenn., for 

 pamphlet fully illustrating and explain- 

 ing the de"<-ick. 



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