THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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lias gone to Cleveland on important busi- 

 ness connected with the association. 

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 A recent departure for Europe was that 

 of W. U. Ritter. of tlie W. II. Uitter Lunv 

 bor Company, Columbus, O., who 'is also 

 president of the Hardwood Manufaetiu-- 

 ers' Asscciatiou of the United State.s. Ac- 

 companied by his wife. Mr. Ritter "will 

 visit all the big cities of the Continent 

 and Great Britain. 



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The well-known hardwood dealer, Henry 

 Cape, of 1 Madison avenue, has just re- 

 turned to the city from Sound Beach, 

 Conn., where he has been recuperatiii;; 

 after his severe attack of typhoid fever. 

 His friends will be glad to be assur(>il 

 that he is all right once more. 



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Three new dry kilns, with a capacity of 

 40,000 feet per ten days, have been re- 

 cently installed by H. M, Susswein & Co., 

 the big retail hardwood concern of One 

 Hundred and Fifth street and the East 



River. 



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Charles W. Manning, the popular haril- 

 woo<l dealer, 06 Broad street, is expected 

 back this week from' a visit he is making 

 to tlie hardwood mills in tlie South ai>d 

 West. 



IN MEMPHIS CIRCLES. 



It is reported that several investments 

 in lumlier prnpen.v in North ilemphis 

 woodworking estalilishments this fall will 



be made. 



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The Jlemphis Lumbermen's Club a\ ill 

 have an entertainment of son\e kind in 

 October, it is said. The organization has 

 a .good membership among the lumbermen 

 and their woodworking fellows. 



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The Pritchard Lumber Company of In- 

 dianapolis will occupy the yards formerly 

 used by C. C. Meugel, Jr., Company of 



Louisville. 



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It is rumored that the Three Stales 

 I.unilier Company will establish a branch 

 here about .January L 



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The building of the T'uion Belt Line 

 through the northern district is causing 

 several lumber enterprises to locate yards 



there. 



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Houston Bros, of Chicago, wli) are hav- 

 ing completed one of the finest lumber 

 plants in the South at Vieksburg, Miss., 

 and who for some time have had an office 

 here iu the Porter building, it is said, will 

 likely establish a yard in Jlemphis at an 



early day. 



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On the application of H. A. Culver, 

 manager, and one or two other stockhold- 

 ers of the Culver Lumber Company, a 

 Missouri corporation, receivers have been 

 appointed in Arkansas and Kansas City, 

 Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. The assets 



are estimated at $650,000 and the liabili- 

 ties at a quarter of a million dollars. H. 

 A. Culver, who w'as general manager up 

 to the time that the banks took charg;'. 

 August 1. stated that the assets were far 

 above the liabilities, but that demands 

 were only made on the hrni when the firm 

 was not moving Anything, and banks to 

 whom was due something like .$1.50,000 

 took control of the business under author- 

 ity of a contract given by the president 

 of the company, but not anthorizwl by the 

 board of directors. The concern is a 

 prominent one to Missouri, Arkansas and 

 Tennessee people. 



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Peter Lesh, of Weis & Lesh, Muncie. 

 Ind., was here last week awarding con- 

 tracts for the plant of their firm, which 

 will move its head establishment here. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



The Plummer-Benedict Lumber Com- 

 liauy has removed Its office from the Se- 

 curity building to 3130 Hall street,, this 

 being the location of the new yard being 

 installed by this company. This new yard 

 has 100,000 square feet, is elegantly lo- 

 cated with reference to river and rail facili- 

 ties, and will be a great benefit to the 



company. 



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E. H. Hill, of the Hallett Lumber Com- 

 pany, is making a short trip in the north- 

 ern country in the interests of his busi- 

 ness. He needs this trip .inyhow, as he 

 has been at his Arkansas mill for some 



weeks. 



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The F. H. Smith Lumber Company re- 

 jiorts a heavy business in both receipts 

 and shipments and states that there has 

 seldom been as active a business at this 

 season of the year. 



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The Woerheide Lumber Exchange is the 

 name of a hardwood lumber commission 

 company recently started iu this city by 

 A. H. Woerheide. 



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W. A. Bousack, of the Bonsack Lumber 

 Company, states that business has im- 

 l)roved even during the past week and that 

 he notices a better price situation in the 

 northern country. He is sanquine when 

 questioned as to trade prospects, and ex- 

 pects a very heavy fall trade. 



NASHVILLE NEWS. 

 Nashville will be well repirstuted at the 

 annual Hoo-Hoo meetiug at Jlihvaukee at 

 nine minutes past nine, the ninth lust. 



M. F. Greene, of the Davidson-Benedict 

 Company, is preparing to make a trip to 

 California in a few weeks to inspect the 

 redwood forests. MV. Greene states that 

 his firm is having a good trade and that 

 the Nashville lumbermen are keeping to 

 the list price right along. Their mills in 

 the eastern section of the state are making 

 good time and stocks with his and other 



Nashville firms are promptly taken up, 

 showing business better than the corre- 

 sponding time last year both as to volume 



and price. 



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J. M. Ransom, of John R. Ransom & 



Co.. has returned from a trip for his firm 



to Milwaukee. 



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Harry Saxton was through here recently 

 from his Knoxville plant to the middle 

 West. He has recently completed a new 



mill with a cut of G0.(HtO feet per day. 



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V. W. I'.arth, Jr.. of V. W. Barlh & 

 Co., Hamburg, was here a few days since 

 visiting those members who do business in 



the export field. 



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E. L. Kendall vt Co. have established 

 large cedar works at Huutsville. .\la.. ,uul 

 will do an export business from that point. 



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J. A. Miller, representing 0. E. Yeager 

 of Buffalo, N. Y., was here this week visit- 

 ing the lumbermen who had oak offerings. 



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Jdliu W. Love, of lyove, Boyd & Co., 

 \vill return within the next few days from 

 Novia Scotia, where he has been summer- 

 ing. 



WISCONSIN WAIFS. 

 Mr. Steinman. of the Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company of Milwaukee, is of the kind 

 that en.ioy the good things of this world. 

 He has a fine summer home at Milwau- 

 kee Lake, where he spends several months 

 each year, going back and forth to busi- 

 ness each day, it being only 45 minutes' 

 run by train. He finds recreation iu look- 

 ing after a fine lawn and garden, and also 

 h;is giX)d Ijoating and fishing almost at 



his door. 



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ilr. Tegge, of the Tegge Lumber Com- 

 pany of Milwaukee, says that .\ugust was 

 the biggest month's business he has evrr 

 had. As this is supposed to be one of 

 the dull months of the year, this is cer- 

 tainly a fine showing. 



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Page & Landeck Lumber Company of 

 Jlilwaukee report lots of business. They 

 have, by the way, about two hundred mill- 

 ion feet of fine timberland in the norlli- 

 eru iiart of this state, of which about 15 

 per cent is basswood. 



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Mr. W. S. Johnson, of the South Arm 

 Lumber Company, whose main office is 

 at Milwaukee, is happy in anticipation of 

 how he, with others there, will give the 

 visiting Hoo-Hoos the "time of their lives." 



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Mr. Geoi'ge F. Johnson, of the Quin- 

 nesec I>og & Lumber Company of Mil- 

 waukee, reports business very good and 

 says the only drawback is in getting stock. 

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Mr. Pardee, of the Fenwood Lumber 

 Compan.v, Wausau, is looking forward with 

 pleasure to taking a little vacation this 



