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HARDWOOD RECORD 



A. F. Wright, n. Clausen and the above officers 

 compose the board of directors. This company 

 has a large tract of land in the upper peninsula 

 and is buying more whenever a good oppor- 

 tunity presents Itself. It has saw, shingle and 

 lath mills and contemplates doing considerable 

 lumbering. 



C. E. Humble of Asheville, N. C, has recently 

 established in Graham county, N. C, one of the 

 largest band sawmills in that part of the state. 

 The mill is located at Yellow Creek and has a 

 capacity of 30,000 feet of hardwood per day. 

 Mr. Humble says his company will build a rail- 

 road from the mill to Fonta, N. C, to connect 

 with the Murphoy branch of the Southern Rail- 



way. The plant at Yellow Creek is now ready 

 for operation and has a timber tract of fully 

 100,000,000 feet to develop. 



The plant of Maxwell Brothers Company, box 

 manufacturer, on Loomis street at the north- 

 cast corner of West Twenty-first place, has been 

 sold at receiver's sale by order of the circuit 

 court, to Sidney A. Horner for $81,000. It is 

 on a site 270 by 122 feet on the corner and on 

 £25 by 127 feet on Twenty-first place. 138 feet 

 east of lioomis street and 75 by 108 on Loomis 

 street, 291 feet north of Twenty-first street. A 

 quitclaim deed to the Continental Trust & Sav- 

 ings Bank was filed. The sale Includes the 

 machinery, equipment and stock. 



Hardwood JVeWs. 



(By HABDWOOO BECOBD Spaclal CorressondentaJ 



CHICAOO 



Among the Chicago visitors last week were 

 J. M. Keys of Terre Haute, Ind., largely inter- 

 ested in tlic Kentucky Lumber Company of Cin- 

 cinnati, O., Burnside and Williamsburg, Ky. 



W. C. Calhoun of the Frost Veneer & Seating 

 Company, Sheboygan, Wis., was a Chicago vis- 

 itor last week. 



Among sundry veneer and panel people who 

 were visiting in Chicago last week was E. V. 

 Knight of the New Albany Veneering Company 

 of New Albany, Ind. 



J. J. Linehan of the Linehan Lumber Com- 

 pany, nttsburg Pa., spent several days In Chi- 

 cago last week on business connected with his 

 company. 



Gus J. Landeck was a welcome visitor in Chi- 

 cago a few days ago. 



The redoubtable J. II. r. Smith of the Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company, Cincinnati, jollied quite 

 a bunch of orders out of his Chicago trade last 

 week. 



D. E. Kline, well-known veneer man of the 

 Louisville Veneer Mills, Louisville,' Ky.. ac- 

 companied by his wife, spent several days in 

 Chicago last week. 



Burdis Anderson of the Great Lakes Veneer 

 Company, Munising, Mich., was among the con- 

 tingent of veneer men visiting Chicago during 

 the last few days. 



Among the coterie of veneer men in the city 

 lately was E. W. Benjamin of the Cadillac 

 Veneer Company, Cadillac, Mich. ; P. B. Raymond, 

 of Adams & llaymond. Indianapolis, Ind. ; L. P. 

 GroflEmau of the St. Louis Basket & Box Co., St. 

 Louis, and F. L. Zaug of the Wisconsin Chair 

 Company, Port Washington, Wis. 



H. C. Dayton of the Wisconsin Veneer Com- 

 pany, Rhinelander, Wis., spent several days, in 

 Chicago last week. 



W. B. Morgan, secretary of Anderson-Tully 

 Company, Memphis, Tenn., was a welcome Chi- 

 cago visitor last week. 



W. E. Delaney, manager of the Kentucky 

 Lumber Company, Cincinnati, O., was in town 

 last week and incidentally saw some of tlie ball 

 games. 



Frank Spangler, the well-known hardwood and 

 porch column manufacturer of Toledo, O., was 

 a caller at the RiiCoitD ollice on October 19. Mr. 

 Spangler has recently opened an ofllce at 574 

 Kandolpli building, Memphis, Tenn., with C. C. 

 White in charge. This branch will be largely a 

 buying office to lake care of purchases in south- 

 ern lumber wliich Frank Spangler Company 

 mgrkets in the Ohio trade. 



D. S. Hutchison of the Pearson-Hutchison 

 Lumber Company, Nashville, Tenn., spent a day 

 or two in Chicago last week on business and left 

 for a Wisconsin trip. Mr. Hutchison reports a 

 very good trade lu oak flooring. 



J. M. SchuUz of Scliultz, Holloway & Co.. 

 1107 Fisher building, Chicago, spent a large 

 portion of week before last at French Lick 

 Springs, Ind., where he makes his headquarters 

 when keeping in touch with the dozen hardwood 

 sawmills in tliat vicinity, which are under con- 

 tract to his Iiouse for the production of car oak 

 and poplar. 



W. B. Ileinemann of the Heinemann Lumber 

 Company of Wausau. Wis., started out early in 

 the month accompanied by his wife and a party 

 of friends in an automobile and motored to 

 French Lick Springs, Ind., where he and the 

 party spent a week, and then returned to Chi- 

 cago, where tbey spent several days in "doing" 

 the theaters and baseball before proceeding 

 home. Mr. Heinemann made the run from French 

 Lick Springs to Cliicago in less than eighteen 

 hours' running time, and says he had delightful 

 weather and roads on both the outward and 

 home-going trips. 



J. S. Houston of J. S. Houston & Co.. Mar- 

 quette building, has been away for several days 

 on a business trip. 



John liiel of the Keith Lumber Company, just 

 returned from a visit of several days to New 

 Y'ork. Mr. Iteil has been serving for some time 

 on the Grand .lury of this county. 



James Maloney, president of the Maloney 

 Belting Company of Chicago, is in New York 

 on a short busines strip. 



W. C. Schreiber of Herman H. Hettler Lumber 

 Company left last Sunday for a business trip 

 through Michigan points. Mr. Schreiber will be 

 away from the city about two weeks. 



C. D. Clark, president of the C. D. Clark Lum- 

 ber Company of Merrill, Wis., visited his lumber- 

 men friends in Chicago this month. 



F. H. Schultz of the Schultz & Holloway Com- 

 pany and of Schultz Brothers & Cowan has been 

 visiting southern points and returned to the 

 city a few days ago. 



H. Ballon of Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadillac, 

 Mich., was a recent visitor to the Record offices. 

 Mr. Ballou is in Chicago to see the /usi game 

 between Cliicago and Philadelphia. He was ac- 

 companied on the train from the Detroit meet- 

 ing of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 .-Association by several other lumbermen of note 

 in the northern territory, among whom were 

 Bruce Odell of the Cummer-Diggins Company, 

 Cadillac ; W. K. Kelly of the Brownlee-Kelly 

 Company, Detroit, and J. J. Comerford of the 

 Detroit Lumber Company, Detroit. 



J. S. Ilurd. who is in business for himself at 

 43 South Water street, has been out of the city 

 for several days on a busines.> trip. 



George C. Robinson, secretary of the Parrish 

 Lumber Company, Parrish, Wis., was in Chicago 

 on Thursday of last week. 



R. C. Schultz of the Goodman Lumber Com- 

 pany, Goodman, Wis., spent a few days in Chi- 

 cago on business recently. 



W. G. Staples of the Northwestern Cooperage 



,S: Lumber Company. Gladstone, Mich., spent 

 several days of last week with the Chicago trade. 



J. Delaney, the American Car & Foundry Com- 

 pany's lumber buyer, made a recent business trip 

 to the Chicago market. 



.\. C. Benson, formerly manager of the Michi- 

 gan Retail Lumber Dealers' Mutual Fire Insur- 

 ance Association, intends to open up an office 

 for himself in this city very shortly, where he 

 will conduct his own business under the style 

 of the Lumber Insurance Bureau. Mr. Bensea 

 will be the representative of such firms as the 

 Lumber Insurance Company, New York ; Toledo 

 Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Sandusky, 

 O.. and the Adirondack Fire Insurance Company 

 of New York. 



The Record asknowledges receipt of an invi- 

 tation to attend the launching of the schooner 

 William E. Litchfield from the shipyard of F. S. 

 liowlcer, Pbippsburg, Me., which occurred Tues- 

 day moniing, October l.S. and which was suc- 

 cessful in every way. The building of this new 

 vessel is a venture of William B. Litchfield's, 

 the well-known Boston lumberman. 



On October 12 at Fitchburg, Mass., occurred 

 the marriage of Miss Ruth Allen Woodward to 

 G. K. Simonds, both of that city. Mr. Simonds 

 is treasurer of the Simonds Manufacturing Com- 

 Iinny add is the second son of Daniel Simonds, 

 president of the great saw manufacturing com- 

 pany which bears the family name. The Rkcobd 

 extends its heartiest congratulations to the 

 young couple. 



.\s this issue of the Record goes to press the 

 Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association is hold- 

 ing its annual meeting at Cincinnati, O. The 

 Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati, famous for the 

 iciyal entertainment it always plans for the 

 many conventions which are held in that city, 

 has appointed the following committee to look 

 r.ftcr the good times on this occasion : George 

 W. Morgan, chairman ; W. J. Eckman, C. M. 

 Clark, B. F. Dulweber and W. H. Hopkins. The 

 licxt issue of the Record will contain a detailed 

 account of this meeting. 



NEW YORK 



The New I'ork Dimension Supply Company, 

 headquarters 1 Madison avenue, with factory and 

 yards at Evansville, Ind.. is in bankruptcy, with 

 liabilities of over .$80,000 and assets of $50,000. 

 The local office will be wound up. Arthur Bailey, 

 for several years manager of the New York 

 office, has engaged in the wholesale piano and 

 dimension stock business on his own account, 

 having taken over the old quarters of the com- 

 pany. 



Much satisfaction is expressed in local trade 

 circles over the nomination of John A. Dix, of 

 the well-known Lewis Thomson & Co. interests 

 of Albany, N. Y.. as candidate for governor on 

 the Democratic ticket. Mr. Dix is widely and 

 favorably known locally and it is needless to say 

 will come close to polling the full lumber trade 

 vote. 



S. E. Slaymaker and his associates in the 

 West Virginia Pulp, Paper & Lumber Company, 

 headquarters Fifth Avenue building, this city, 

 and operations at Cass, W. Va., have just or- 

 ganized the Green Brier, Cheat & Elk Railway 

 Company of Cass, W. Va., to build a new line 

 from Bemis to Webster Springs at an expendi- 

 ture of over half a million dollars. Mr. Slay- 

 maker is head of the lumber department of the 

 company, and is likewise president of the new 

 road. The new line will open up a vast amount 

 of timber and coal resources comprised in the 

 liig holdings of these interests in West Vir- 

 ginia. 



The Geojge D. Emory Cigar Box Company, a 

 subsidiary of the big George D. Emery mahogany 

 interests, headquarters 17 West Forty-second 

 street, Manhattan, suffered fire loss in its cedar 

 wood storage plant at Long Island City, last 

 week, enlalling a loss of $25,000, fully covered 

 by insurance. 



