Scptembrt 10. 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



53 



CINCINNATI 



W. C. Smith, for many years Ohio representath'e of the Henry Brabson 

 Lumber Company, Birmingham, Ala., resigned his position with that con- 

 cern September 1 to accept a position with the Fagin Lumber Company 

 of this city. Mr. Smith will look after that company's business in Ohio 

 and Michigan. 



A delegation of Cincinnati lumbermen called upon the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission at Washington, D. C, recently in an effort to obtain 

 modification of the priority order known as Service Order No. 23 in favor 

 of lumber. The party included Theodore Davis, Cincinnati manager of 

 the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association; J. J. Linehan, sales manager 

 of the Mowbray & Robinson Lumber Company, and Frank Eenshaw, man- 

 ager of the Traffic Department of the Chamber of Commerce and a member 

 of the River and Rail Committee of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club. In 

 their argument before the commission the lumbermen brought out the fact 

 that there are a number of southern railroads which are not coal carriers 

 to any great extent, which could transport quantities of lumber if it were 

 possible to get allocation of cars through the modification of Service Order 

 No. 23. Mr. Linehan told the commission that there is not a shortage of 

 lumber at Cincinnati or in this territory, but that there is a large amount 

 of lumber which is ready to be transported on lines which have compara- 

 tively little coal traffic. The commission took the case under advisement. 



Thomas F. Hughes, 79 years old, son of Rutson E. Hughes, pioneer 

 lumber and sawmill man, who turned out the first weatherboarding ever 

 used in this city, died at his home in Norwood August 31. During the 

 Civil War, Mr. Hughes, himself, was engaged in the sawmill business and 

 turned out hundreds of wagons for the Union Army. His factory, which 

 was located in the West End, was kept running day and night in order 

 to fill the contracts which he had with the government. Mr. Hughes is 

 survived by a daughter and a son, his wife having died twenty years ago. 



Perry V. Shoe, vice-president of the Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Company, 

 manufacturers of walnut lumber, has returned with his family from a 

 month's vacation in the mountains in the western part of North Carolina. 



Dwight Hinckley, of the Dwight Hinckley Lumber Company, Is a member 

 of a party consisting of representatives of the American Wholesale Lumber 

 Association, which has departed on a membership drive in Canada and 

 on the Pacific Coast. 



Roy Thompson, president of the Thompson Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 and Earl Hart, general manager of the Leland G. Banning Lumber Com- 

 pany, are enjoying a two weeks' fishing trip in the northern part of Canada 

 with a party of Chicago and Detroit lumbermen. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Emil Guenther, president of the Guenther Lumber Company, Inc., of 

 Philadelphia, sailed for Europe on the "Rotterdam" on August 26 and 

 expects to remain on the European continent for several weeks. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Foster-Rahe Furniture Company has been organized at Ft. Wayne, 

 Ind., with a capital stock of $185,000 for the purpose of manufacturing 

 furniture. The incorporators are D. N. Foster, Frank J. Rahe, Pearl R. 

 Rahe. John A. Masbaum and H. W. Rahe. 



The City Lumber Company at South Bend, Ind., has increased its cap- 

 ital stock from $60,000 to $100,000. 



The Tell City Desk Company at Tell City, Ind., has increased its capital 

 stock from $50,000 to $200,000. 



For the purpose of dealing in lumber and building materials, the A. B. 

 Van Natta Lumber Company has been organized in Indianapolis with a 

 capital stock of $50,000. The organizers of the company are A. E. Van 

 Natta, Henry W. 'Van Natta and L. C. 'Van Natta. 



BALTIMORE 



A recent visitor here was E. Stringer Boggess, of Clarksburg, 

 W. Va., the well known hardwood exporter and former Snark of the 

 Universe, Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo. He had been on the Eastern 

 Shore of Maryland visiting his son-in-law and was on the way home, making 

 both journeys by automobile. In discussing business conditions he said 

 that exports were anything but satisfactory. 



EVANSVILLE 



Harry U. Moore, who formerly was in charge of the lumber department 

 and production tor the Ames Body Corporation at Owensboro, Ky., has 

 become associated with the G. E. Bauman Hardwood Company of Evans- 

 ville. Mr. Moore now is in the south visiting with the mill connections 

 of the local company and when he returns he will be in active touch with 

 the big buyers of the country. He is well known to the trade over the 

 country and has been actively engaged in the lumber business for several 

 years. 



The first fall meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club will be held 

 on Tuesday night, September 12, at the New Vendome Hotel, and J. C. 

 Greer, president, and William S. Partington, secretary and treasurer, are 

 of the opinion that there will be a good attendance. Meetings of the club 

 will be held monthly after September up to June next when the annual 



