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HARDWOOD RECORD 



cording to Sales Manager I. F. Balsley. is get- 

 ting a nice line of fall trade booked up. Its 

 mills are all busy and it Is able to get first class 

 prices for nearly all stock. The company re- 

 cently built a mill of 20.000 feet daily capacity 

 to take the place of its West Virginia plant 

 which was burned last summer. 



The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany feels fairly well satisfied with the hard- 

 wood outlook. Its officials say that much more 

 business could easily he done, but that the 

 tendency continues toward a little larger buying 

 by manufacturers and old-time customers, which 

 looks encouraging. President Johnston, however, 

 does not anticipate any boom this year, but is 

 looking for a steady and slowly increasing vol- 

 ume of business. 



J. W. llulse, who for the past two years has 

 been office manager for the McDonald Lumber 

 Company, has loft that position to enter the 

 lumber business on his own hook at Meridian, 

 Miss. He was formerly connected with the 

 Mississippi Lumber Company and has a thor- 

 ough knowledge of the lumber situation in the 

 South. 



BOSTON 



Lumber dealers in Boston, especially those 

 maintaining yards, are much disturbed over the 

 action of the mayor and the fire commissioner. 

 Since the two large lumber yard flros in this 

 city during the past three months, the fire com- 

 missioner has been trying to bring about changes 

 in lumber yards. He has suggested to the 

 mayor that a high brick wall be built between 

 yards and adjoining property, the wall to be as 

 high as the piles of lumber. This in itself would 

 put yard owners to a heavy expense. The 

 maj'or is not satisfied with this arrangement, 

 and suggests new building laws and some legis- 

 lation which will provide for the licensing of lum- 

 ber dealers. The mayor believes all lumber 

 yards should be forced to relocate in places 

 which are not considered by the fire department 

 as being dangerous. The lumber dealers will 

 undoubtedly make a strong protest against any 

 radical change. 



D. Lucey, salesman tor Harry C. Phil- 

 brick, Boston, returned early in the month from 

 a successful hunting trip in the Maine woods. 



The Palmer & Hunter Lumber Company, Bos- 

 ton, has been making improvements at its 

 yard. The company has also enlarged Its of- 

 fice and shed. 



Edward S. Loomis, a New Xork lumber mer- 

 chant, was married on October 1 to Miss Ann 

 Klizabeth Klemm of Dedham, Mass. Mr. Loomis 

 is connected with the New York ofiice of the 

 Blanchard Lumber Company of Boston. 



The Providence Box & Lumber Company of 

 Providence. R. I., is planning to erect a plant 

 80x200 feet at Cranston, R. I. 



The Hancock Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized at Auburn, Me., for the purpose of con- 

 ducting a lumber and manufacturing business. 

 It is capitalized at .$50,000. Robert B. Straton 

 of Rumford. Mo., is president and David R. 

 Hastings of .\uburn. Me., is treasurer of the 

 company. 



BALTIMORE 



A meeting of the ways and means commit- 

 tee of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange, which 

 was created at the last annual meeting, to de 

 vise means for bringing about more harmonious 

 relations between the local wholesalers and 

 retailers, was held October 14. There has 

 been considerable difflculty between these 

 branches of the trade here, the retailers charg- 

 ing that some of the wholesalers were selling 

 to consumers, and the wholesalers in the ex- 

 change contending that the retail members 

 were not always as careful In recognizing the 

 rules of ihe exchange as they should be, in the 



matter of giving preference to wholesale mem- 

 bers in the purchase of stock. The ways and 

 means committee, which was to pass on all 

 controversies as to classification, has drafted 

 an amendment to the by-laws covering the 

 method of procedure to be followed in determ- 

 ining the status of a dealer or buyer. This 

 amendment has been signed by all the mem- 

 bers of the exchange and differences are now 

 being taken up (or adjustment. 



The relative merits of wooden barrels over 

 Iron containers were discussed by Wm. II. Febsen- 

 I'eld, president of the Red C Oil Company, of 

 Baltimore, at a hearing before Special Ex- 

 aminer Smith, acting for the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission at Washington, on (he lOtb 

 Inst. Mr. Fehsenfeld's company had filed com- 

 plaint against some fifty railroad and steam- 

 ship lines, asking that an order passed by 

 these transportation companies, requiring that 

 oil be shipped after a certain date only in iron 

 barrels, be nullified. Mr. Fehsenfeld contended 

 that iron barrels were inferior to wooden bar- 

 rels, which seldom leak, are easily repaired and 

 cost far less than the Iron containers. I^eak- 

 ages, Mr. Fehsenfeld maintained, were gen- 

 erally due to rough handling on the part of 

 the railroads or steamship lines, and the ship- 

 per should not be held responsible for them. 

 The danger from fire by shipping oil in wooden 

 barrels, Ihe witness stated, Is practically nil, 

 and certainly no greater than when oil Is sent 

 in iron barrels. In addition, iron corrodes and 

 spoils the contents. Mr. Fehsenfeld's plea made 

 a strong impression. A decision will not be 

 given for some weeks. Other oil companies 

 are interested in the outcome of the petition, 

 but he was the main witness. 



Clarence Wood of the R. E. Wood Company, 

 this city, met with an accident on the Murphy 

 branch of the Southern railway on October 7. 

 Mr. Wood was going from Murphy to Ashevillc, 

 N. C, when the train went down an embank- 

 ment about 40 feet. Some twenty persons were 

 hurt, two perhaps fatally. Mr. Wood suffered 

 contusions on the left side of the bead, an 

 abrasion about the left eye and left wrist. 



Lewis Dill of Lewis Dill & Co., wholesale 

 lumbermen of this city, is back from Europe, 

 after a stay of about a month. He went pri- 

 marily to take the waters at Vichy, France, in 

 order to throw off all effects of a recent at- 

 tack of illness. The trip did all it was ex- 

 pected to accomplish and Mr. Dill returned in 

 excellent physical condition and spirits. 



Norman Kennedy of the widely known firm 

 of James Kennedy & Co., Ltd.. of Glasgow, with 

 branches in Liverpool and London and an of- 

 fice in Cincinnati, arrived in New York re- 

 cently. He will make a tour of the states and 

 visited In Baltimore this week. 



David T. Carter of David T. Carter & Co. 

 is on a trip to Philadelphia, New York and 

 other eastern markets. 



CLEVELAND 



(iuc of tile inleresting nnnouncements of the 

 week has been the starting iuto business for 

 himself of K. L. French, who for the past five 

 years has been sales manager for W. A. Cool & 

 Son, dealers in a large way in southern and 

 other hardwoods. Prior to going with W. A. 

 Cool & Son Mr. French was for seven years 

 associated with the Robert H. Jenks Lumber 

 Company of this city. It is bis purpose to open 

 iitlices in one of the large downrowu oiTiee build 

 ings and engage in the sale of hardwoods and 

 a general brokerage business. 



One of the results of the recent outing and 

 clambake held at the Valley Inn, up the Cuya- 

 hoga valley has been the formation of a pleasure 

 club which is to promote entertainments for the 

 benefit of the lumbermen of this city. It is to 

 be known as the Saw Log Club and a commit- 

 te(> has been chosen to arrange for the formal 

 organization of the club and for its next meet- 



ing. The new club starts with a charter mem- 

 iMMShlp of twenty-seven retailers and whole- 

 salers. It is the intention to hold entertain- 

 ments of various sorts during the coming winter. 



George E. Breeze of the Advance Lumber 

 Company returned last week from a trip to the 

 company's mills In Georgia and Louisiana. He 

 reports that they are exceedingly busy and a 

 liirge amount of hardwood Is being turned out 

 lor the northern market. 



It. D. Clark has been engaged to cover the 

 Slate of Illinois for the Robert H. Jenks Lumber 

 Company of this city. The firm reports a good> 

 demand for hardwoods from most sections in 

 I 111- Middle West. 



Kecent visitors to the local markets were 

 John W. Taylor of the Domestic Lumber Com- | 

 pany of Columbus, F. T. Blair of Chattanooga, 

 Tenn., and Charles V. McCoy of E. V. Babcock 

 & Co. of Pittsburg. 



C. A. Kraus. who Is connected with the Lake 

 Shore Saw Mill & Lumber Company, is back ' 

 from a business trip through Michigan and 

 Ontario. 



F. T. Peltch says Ihat the most noticeable 

 feature of the hardwood market here Is the- 

 strong demand for oak for use in general manu- 

 facturing. There is also a steady demand for 

 lliis stock from many of the furniture manu- 

 facturing concerns. , 



John W. Wagner of the Central Lumber Com- j 

 pany and Miss Jessie 1". Matteson were married 

 during the past week at the home of the bride's 

 parents. Mr. Wagner has been in the lumber- 

 business in Cleveland for a number of years. 



COLUMBUS 



Quite a number of new corporations of itt- 

 terest to lumbermen have been chartered by 

 the secretary of state of Ohio during the past 

 fortnight. Among these are the William Croii 

 Company of Celina. Mercer county, Ohio, withi 

 an authorized capital of $35,000, to manufac- 

 ture and sell carriages and other kinds of" 

 vehicles. The incorporators were John A. 

 Cron, Flora Cron Scheie, Ada W. Cron and Her- 

 man W. Cron. 



The Modern Fixture Company of Alliance 

 was incorporated with a capital of $15,000 to 

 manufacture and sell all kinds of fixtures for 

 offices, stores, homes and factories. E. D. and 

 Mable G. Hester, H. C. and M. R. Newman and 

 .V. C. Carson are the Incorporators. 



At Pemberville. Wood county, Ohio, sparks- \] 

 from a passing locomotive recently burned the 

 plant of the Buckeye Stave Company, an old 

 concern. The plant will be rebuilt. 



Managers of local vehicle factories are 

 united in the statement that conditions In their 

 line have never been better. They are now 

 engaged in taking the inventories and closing 

 up for the fiscal year. One of the best Indlca- 

 I ions In their business is the large number of 

 orders coming in from the South. 



The A. C. Davis Lumber Company has movedi 

 its offices from the tenth fioor of the Columbia 

 Savings & Trust building to the plant of the 

 South Side Lumber Company on South High 

 street. Mr. Davis reports a quiet trade in- 

 hardwoods, with better indications for the fu- 

 ture. I 



The Tod Lumber Company of Gallon was re- 1 

 cently incorporated with an authorized capital 

 of $15,000 by II. W. Tod and others. It will 

 deal in all kinds of lumber. 



J. W. Jloyhew of the W. M. Uitter Lumber 

 Coiiipaiiy returned recently from a business- 

 trip to rbiladelphia. He reports conditions in 

 that territory much Improved. 



W. M. Ritter, head of the concern bearing 

 his name, arrived in Columbus October 18 after- 

 a three months' trip abroad. While In Eng- 

 land be inspected the branches of the com- 

 pany located in London and Liverpool. He re- 

 liorts a considerable Improvement in the foreigib 

 business. 



