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also bo constructed, which, when completed, 

 will practically double the company's floor space. 



Fire recently destroyed the three-story ware- 

 house of the American Furniture Company of 

 Denver, Colo., together with furniture valued at 

 .$40,000. Every floor of the building was filled 

 with furniture and owing to the large quantities 

 of excelsior and other packing material, the fire 

 made rapid headway. However, the company 

 has secured another warehouse which is fully 

 equipped in every way ^nd will therefore need no 

 new machinery or equipment. 



The Fort Worth Wagon Company at Fort 

 Worth, Tex., has recently been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $150,000. all paid in. The 

 company will engage in the manufacture and 

 selling of farm wagons and expects to com- 

 mence operations withui ninety days, after which 

 time its plant will be completed and all neces- 



sary machinery installed. The capacity of the 

 plant is estimated to be about 5,000 wagons per 

 year. I. H. Burney is president of the new 

 concern ; Van Zandt Jarvis, vice-president, and 

 C. Hightower, secretary and treasurer. 



The Consolidated Fuel & Lumber Company, 

 with headquarters at Ishpeming, Mich., and mills 

 throughout Marquette county, is steadily increas- 

 ing its business in the sale of fine hardwood 

 flooring. Its mill at Negaunee is busy on sev- 

 eral large orders for delivery at a great dis- 

 tance from this place. The fame of the manu- 

 facture is spreading. The mill is one of the 

 latest and best types, and the flooring is made 

 from thoroughly dried lumber by men who are 

 skilled in the work. The making of hardwood 

 flooring promises soon to be one of the im- 

 portant features in the business of this pro- 

 gressive organization. 



Hardwood JVeWs. 



(B7 HABDWOOD BECOBD Special CorreSDondentsJ 



CHICAOO 



11. 11. Gibson, editor of Hardwood Record, is 

 at the Michael Reese hospital, where he under- 

 went a severe surgical operation on Monday. 

 April 3, for intestinal ulcer. At present he is 

 doing as well as can be expected, and it is sin- 

 cerely hoped he will be back at his desk within 

 a few weeks. 



.1. D. Lacey and Wood Beale of the big timber 

 house of J. D. Lacey & Co. left on April 6 for 

 a southern trip. 



D. .T. Arpin of the Arpin Hardwood Lumber 

 Company. Grand Rapids. Wis., was a Chicago 

 visitor during the last week. Mr. Arpin says 

 the logging sea.son in Wisconsin is over, and that 

 lumber stocks are very largely broken. 



Claude M. Sears of the Edward L. Davis Lum- 

 ber Company. Louisville. Ky., visited his Chicago 

 customers last week. Mr. Sears reports trade 

 very fair. 



W. II. Russe of Russe & Burgess. Inc.. Mem- 

 phis. Teun., was in town a few days last week 

 on his way liome from a trip to New York. Mr. 

 Russe says that trade conditions are not re- 

 markably flattering in the East. 



A. L. Foster, secretary of the J. W. Thompson 

 Lumber Company, Memphis. Tenn.. recently spent 

 a few days with his friends in the trade. 



.7. H. P. Smith of the Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany, Cincinnati, O.. was in town last week on 

 enc of his regular pilgrimages of sales and story- 

 telling. "J. II. v." has a large line of lumber 

 products to offer, but it bears no comparison to 

 bis collection of anecdotes. 



The editor of the Record acknowledges the re- 

 ceipt of a picture postal card from San Fran- 

 cisco from W, R. Barksdale. the well-known Mem 

 phis lumberman, who is making an extended tour 

 of the Pacific coast, accompanied by his family. 

 Mr. Barksdale advises that Japanese oak is quite 

 a factor on the Coast. He expects to return 

 lium(( next mouth. 



Among the last week's Chicago visitors was R. 

 M. Carrier, president of the Carrier Lumber & 

 Manufacturing Company, Sardis, Miss. Mr. Car- 

 rier has recently returned from a pleasure trip to 

 Cuba, on which lie was accompanied by his wife. 



Lewis Doster. secretary of the Hardwood Man- 

 ufacturers' Association of the United States was 

 a ('hicago visitor last week. 



R. L. Clark, the junior member of the Canadian 

 hardwood manufacturing house of Edward Clark 

 & Son, with headquarters at Toronto, was a 

 (-'hicago visitor on March 30. Mr. Clark's house 

 specializes in birdi, brown ash, basswood and 

 elm, and enjoys a large trade in the East. He 

 is now figuring on marketing a good deal of 

 hardwood stock in Chicago and vicinity. 



The Rkcord acknowledges a call on March 30 

 from \V. II. Hopkins, treasurer and sales mana- 



ger of the New River Ijumber Company. Cincin- 

 nati, O. Mr. Hopkins says that the trade of 

 his house is entirely satisfactory, and that he is 

 sold close up to green stock. While the New 

 |{iver Lumber Company has been manufacturing 

 100.000 feet of lumber daily since the first of 

 the year, it has shipped since .January 1 two 

 million feet more lumber than it has been able 

 to produce. 



The Record was favored with a call on March 

 ;;0 from E. R. Plunkett. representing the George 

 Webster Lumber Company of Swanton, Vt. Mr. 

 Plunkett is making a trip in this section of the 

 country buying additional quantities of thick 

 birch to take care of his company's eastern trade. 



Max Sondhoimer. head of the big hardwood 

 liouse of the E. Sondheimer Company. Memphis. 

 Tean.. was a Chicago visitor last week. Mr. 

 Sondheimer reports business only fair in the 

 Memphis district, but is optimistic over the 

 future. 



Wm. L. Hail of the Forest Service called on 

 the Record March 27. Mr. Hall is en route to 

 Washington, where he will take up the work of 

 analyzing available properties which can be pur- 

 chased by the government for the establishment 

 of the Appalachian Park reserve, authorized by 

 tile last session of Congress. Mr. Hall is one of 

 the best posted men connected with the Forest 

 Service on this subject, and will probably devote 

 several years to this work. 



W. D. Young, head of the big hardwood lum- 

 ber and maple fiooring house of W. D. Young & 

 Co., Bay City. Mich., was in Chicago on Marcli 

 27. en route home from au extended trip to the 

 Pacific coast. 



C. A. Phelps of the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell 

 Company. Grand Rapids. Mich., was a recent 

 Chicago visitor. Mr. Phelps was en route to the 

 mills at Ilackley, Wis. 



A. C. Quixley of the Quixley & Bulgrin Lumber 

 Company. Fisher building. Chicago, was recently 

 called to Beloit, Wis., by the death of his mother. 



F. D. Timlin of Wausau, Wis., a member of 

 the Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Company, was in 

 Chicago recently in conference with Lou Wheeler, 

 whose headquarters are in this city. 



W. E. Williams, president of the W. E. Wil- 

 liams Company, well-ltnown hardwood fiooring 

 manufacturer of Traverse City. Mich., recently 

 spent several days on business in Chicago. 



Alex Lendrum of the Penrod Walnut & Veneer 

 Company of Kansas City. Mo., was a welcome 

 caller at the Record olfice on April 3. Mr. Len- 

 drum was en route to Europe. 



S. C. Bennett and H. C. Miller, respectively 

 president and secretary of the Hardwood Mills 

 Lumber Company, Monadnock block, recently re- 

 turned from an extensive trip to northern mill 

 points. While away they secured some choice 

 lots of birch, which wood, they stated, was not 

 in plentiful supply. 



.1. T. I'hillips. manager of the Diamond Lumber 



Company of Green Bay, Wis., recently called on 

 the Chicago trade. 



.Tames E. Stark of James E. Stark & Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., spent several days in Chicago re- 

 cently in attendance at the meeting of the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission. 



Phil Attley, manager of the Ross Attley Lum- 

 ber Company of Heth, Ark., spent several days 

 in Chicago the first part of April in conference 

 with James Attley. 



II. C. Humphrey, vice-president of the G. W. 

 Jones Lumber Company of Appleton, Wis., at- 

 tended the meeting of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission, held In Chicago on March 30. From 

 here Mr. Humphrey left for Nettleton, Ark., one 

 of the southern mill points of his concern. Mr. 

 Humphrey spoke optimistically of business, stat- 

 ing that March had been very good and trade 

 in the lower grades of hardwoods had been 

 excellent. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Chicago 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association will be 

 held in the Tower Room of the Union League 

 Club on April 1.S at 12 :30 p. m. An important 

 feature of the meeting will be the furtherance 

 of plans in regard to amalgamation. 



S. B. Anderson of the Ander.son-Tully Com- 

 pany. Memphis, Tenn., spent a number of days 

 in Chicago last week. 



Burt Trumpf, representative of the Thomas 

 & Proetz Lumber Company, St. Louis. Mo., 

 was in town last week calling on the trade. 

 His talk indicated a prosperous condition in 

 his vicinity. 



G. Von Platen of the Von Platen Lumber 

 Company of Boyne City. Mich., recently spent 

 several days in the city combining business 

 with pleasure. 



Joseph Okeneski of the Arpin Hardwood 

 Lumber Company of Atlanta. Wis., made a 

 short visit to the city last week and managed 

 to transact considerable business. 



J. F. McSweyne of the Memphis Sawmill 

 Company of Memphis. Tenn., spent a few days 

 in town last week calling on his many friends 

 in the trade. 



W. W. Gamble, secretary of the Wausau 

 Lumber Company, Rib Falls. Wis., recently 

 visited the Chicago trade. He stated that 

 conditions were showing some improvement 

 generally. 



The offices of H. R. Foster, one of Chicago's 

 wholesalers, have been removed from the First 

 National Bank building to 1312 Peoples Gas 

 Light & Coke building. His rooms here are. 

 more commodious and attractive and afford 

 better facilities for handling business. 



The White Lumber Company, located at West 

 Twenty-second and South Laflin streets, Chicago, 

 states that its entire stock of lumber has been 

 removed to 1500-lGOO Webster avenue. Shortly 

 after May 1 the offices will also be moved. 



G. S. Edmonson, manager of the Blue Grass 

 Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky., passed 

 through Chicago recently on his way to Spokane. 

 Wash. 



Frank J. Hathway of the Hathway Lumber 

 Company, recently left for the South where he 

 will remain several weeks. 



Frank B. Houston of George B. Houston & 

 Co.. who has been abroad for several months, 

 returned to Chicago on April 9. The trip in- 

 cluded both business and pleasure. His com- 

 pany is now located at 757 Railway Exchange 

 building, having recently removed from the 

 Tribune structure. 



n. J, Collins of the J. S. Stearns Lumber 

 Company. Odanah, Wis., spent a few days in 

 Chicago recently. He reported prospects good 

 and business increasing. 



Charles E. Gill, northern representative of 

 Upham & Agler, whose mills are located at 

 Wausau, Wis., dropped into town during the 

 last two weeks on a visit to the main ofiices. 

 Charles White of the White Brothers Lumber 

 Company, is planning a trip to northern Michi- 



