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HARDWOOD RECORD 



ccntly opiMied now oflicos in the Columbus Sav- 

 ings & Trust building, reports a fair demand for 

 hardwoods. George B. Jopson. sales manager of 

 tlie company, recently returned from a soutliern 

 trip. 



The A. C. Davis Lumber Company has moved 

 its offices to lOoO South High street from the 

 tenth floor of the Columbus Savings & Trust 

 building. Tlic present offices of the company are 

 with the South Side Lumber Company. Mr. 

 Davis reports a good demand for most hard- 

 woods. 



CINCINNATI 



George C. Khcman, .7r., is the latest addition 

 to the Bennett & Witte bau.se. As is well known, 

 George Eheman is the business partner of W. A. 

 Bennett, and has charge of the Jlemphis busi- 

 ness of the concern. The young man arrived a 

 fortnight ago, and was very cordially welcomed. 



Recovering from his recent narrow escape 

 from death by being thrown from his buggy. 

 "Billy" Galle of \T. K. Galle & Co. has con- 

 cluded that he needed some assistance in tak- 

 ing care of hi.s own welfare, and has arranged 

 tor a life partner. The young lady who has 

 promised to look after his welfare is Miss Louise 

 Rodman of Haddon Hall, Avondale, a daughter 

 of his business partner. The date of the splicing 

 is not definitely settled, as "Billy" is still nurs- 

 ing that splintered arm. and of course he will 

 need both of them. 



The bowlers of the Lumbermen's Club of Cin- 

 cinnati met the team of the Queen City Furni- 

 ture Club in a contest on the evening of Novem- 

 ber 2, at Heidelberg, in the Highlands of Ken- 

 tucky. Both teams have classy bowlers, and 

 the scores, while not officially recorded by the 

 bowling leagues, were equal to the best so far 

 bowled by any of the stars this season. The 

 occasion was the monthly dinner and meeting 

 of the Furniture Club. At the business session 

 committees were named to arrange tickets for 

 the annual election which takes place in 

 December. 



Late letters from Fred Conn of the Bayou 

 Land & Lumber Company, who has been seri- 

 ously ill at Yazoo, Miss., contain the cheering 

 information that he is so far recovered as to 

 be able to eat well and talk about going to 

 work again. George Hand, miAiager of the 

 Cincinnati office, who has been at Yazoo looking 

 after the company's mill interests during Mr. 

 Conn's illness, will return to the Cincinnati of- 

 fice this week. 



The new Tensas River Lumber Company is 

 actively at work installing their No. 1 mill plant 

 on their lioldings in Concordia Parish, La. Man- 

 ager Sam Conn writes that he has a force at 

 work preparing the mill site, and will push 

 things along at top speed until he can got the 

 mill to cutting lumber. 



C. E. Champlin, second basi-man of the lum- 

 bermen's ball team, is happy over the arrival 

 of a new ball player at his house. Manager 

 Hinckley has already signed him as "young 

 blood" for the future of the ball team. The 

 youngster has been labeled "C. E. Champlin. 

 Jr." 



Floyd Day of the Swann Day Lumber Com- 

 pany, Clay City, Ky.. spent several days in the 

 city last week. He was accompanied Ijy his 

 wife, who was here to consult an eminent 

 oculist. 



W. C. Winchester of Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 well-known lumberman, was a guest of the Sin- 

 ton for a few days last week. He was en route 

 tf from Hoi Springs, A'a. 



C. S. Stearns, prosldont of the Stearns Lum- 

 ber Comijany of Stearns, Ky., was a recent vis- 

 itor hero. His company has just completed five 

 miles of new railroad at its plant, where be- 

 sides its mill interests It operates a number of 

 coal mines. 



E. D. Galloway of tlie Galloway-reasi' Com- 



pany, who formerly had headquarters in this 

 city, was liero for several days last week at- 

 tending to business affairs. His interests are now 

 located at .Johnson City, Tenn., and Detroit, 

 Mich, 



The stocks of log.s at the local mills are very 

 low, being scarcely equal to the cutting capacity 

 of the mills. These plant.s are located on rail- 

 roads, and depend entirely on that source of 

 supply. The big mill plant of C. Crane & Co. is 

 still getting its supply of logs by river, and is 

 fairly well supplied. It is expected, however, 

 with the eomplotion of the new Chesapeake & 

 Dhio railroad yards, at Brent and Silver Grove. 

 Ky., the past week, that the plan for bringing 

 I he logs to C. Crane & Co.'s mill.s from West 

 Virginia entirely by rail will probably hogin 

 about the tir.st of the year. 



TOLEDO 



Tlu're has boon no letup in the ilomand for 

 hardwoods for building purposes in this 

 si'ction and present indications jjoint In a 

 stiflf trade all winter. A large number of 

 contracts are being lot for new buildings 

 for immediate erection. The first ton months 

 of the year in Toledo have shown a slight loss 

 in the valuation of new Iniildings but a marked 

 gain in Ihe number of structures erected. This 

 is duo to the absence of commercial and in 

 dustrial structures and the larger number of 

 iosidenc(*s. Total permits issued were 1,18.*? as 

 against l.ltlT last year, with a valiuttion of $2,- 

 S7L77S as compared with .f2,n22.0L') during 

 the sami' period of X'MV.h The month of October 

 lield up well and Novi'nibiT is shn\\iug aotivi- 

 operations. 



E. G. McFillen. a manufacturer of hardwood 

 fioors. in a recent interview with a H.^rdwood 

 Ui'X'ouL) representative said ; "Business has been 

 good with us this year. There has been an 

 unusually strong demand foi- oak floors, most 

 of them plain five-sixteenth and three-eighth 

 inclt veneer. There has been quite a demand for 

 pattern floors, about ono-third of the fioors laid 

 lieing of this variety. We iiave been getting 

 Iho same prices this year as last and have had 

 but little difficulty in securing materials with 

 the exception of plain sawed oak whicli has 

 shown some scarcity and correspon<lingly higlier 

 prices." 



.Taspoi- F\'ans, sawmill operator ami prnduoor 

 of hardwood lumber at Hlcksville, O., this week 

 filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy in the 

 district court at Toledo. Liabilities are fixed 

 al ii!l(i.2:rJ..Sl wMth assets amounting to .$0,- 

 419.1.-). 



The manager of the Toledo Bending Coniiiany, 

 when seen by The Rkoord representative, was in 

 an optimistic frame of mind and responded 

 genially to questions as to market conditions. 

 ".■\s makers of carriage and wag^m wood stocks 

 and bows and felloes for automobiles we are 

 enjoying a good line of trade. Wo are having 

 a good demand for our products and have ex- 

 perienced no difficulty in securing stocks in suf- 

 ficient quantities for our needs, hickory and ash 

 being the material most used by our concern." 



A large plant will be erected on a twenty- 

 I wo acre site near the Skinnor Boiuiing C(uii- 

 l)any for file manufacture of a paleul hexagon 

 paving block, which when laid will look like 

 tile. The concern will be operated by Harry 

 .Tennison and A. G. Wright, wiio will ini*or- 

 porate a company. Three large structures will 

 be erected. The wood to be used will be burr 

 oak and other bai-d woods as well as some 

 soft wood. 



The Interior llardwocjd Company states that 

 while business is fairly satisfactory the trade Is 

 somewhat dull at present. 



The Barley & Spencer Lumber Company of 

 Marion, Ind., has bought sixty acres of hardwood 

 timber near Mt. Aetna, Huntington county, the 

 consideration being .$20,000. 



The baseball team of E. C. Atkins & Co. has 

 closed its season, winning sixty-two out of 

 sixty-nine games and also the City league cham- 

 I-ionship. 



.V contract for the hardwood counters and 

 grille work in the new city hall building has 

 been awarded at .^14,152 to the A. H. Andrews 

 (Company of Chicago by the board of public 

 works. 



During the Ion months ended October ?,1 the 

 ' ity issued 4..*''7.S building pei-mits. aggregating 

 .'^7.ll!^l.o71), as comiiared witli 3,502 permits 

 ii mounting to $6',331,013 during the correspond- 

 ing period of last year. Permits issued during 

 October amounted to $1,021.28,'5, as compared 

 with $415,040 in October, 1900. 



Van Talge and Jesse Lackey of the Talge Ma- 

 hogany Company will arrive at New Orleans in 

 a few days with two of the largest cargoes of 

 mahogany logs the company has ever purchased 

 along the west coast of Africa. The young men 

 have been in Africa for the last ten months 

 and are bringing back about 2,000,000 feet of 

 logs. 



Gifford Pinchot. former chief of the Govern- 

 ment Forestry Bureau, and Henry Wallace of 

 r>es Moines, Iowa, president of the National Con- 

 servation Association, were guests of honor at a 

 dinner given by a company of distinguished In- 

 diana men at the Claypool Hotel, the evening of 

 October 29. Tile dinner was the occasion of the 

 organization of an Indiana branch of the Na- 

 tional Conservation Association. William Hoi- 

 ton Dye of Indianapolis was elected president : 

 Col. Charles L. Carlisle, South Bend, vice-presi- 

 dent : James L. Gipe, Indianapolis, secretary, 

 and William tl.' Irwin. Columlnis. treasurer. 



BVANSVILLB 



INDIANAPOLIS 



W. A\'. Kniglit. prosidi nt and treasurer of the 

 Long-Knigiil I, umber Company, is in .Memphis. 

 Tonu., on business. 



The next meeting of the EvansviUe Lumber- 

 men's Club will bo held at the New Vendome 

 hotel on Tuesday night, November S. The club, 

 while only recently organized, numbers among 

 its membership about twenty of the representa- 

 (ivo lumber concerns of this section. The follow- 

 ing are the officers elected ; President, O. W. 

 McCowen of Thompson, Thayer & McCoweu ; 

 first vice-president. Frank J. Ilaney of John A. 

 Kietz & Sons : second vice-president, Fred W. 

 liiotz of the Clemens Reitz Sons Company ; sec- 

 retary and treasurer, George O. Worland of 

 Thompson, Thayer & McCowen. The directors 

 are C. P. White of the C. P. White Lumber Com- 

 pany, Charles A. Wolflin of the Wolfiin-I.uhring 

 Lumber Company and Daniel Wertz of Maley & 

 Wertz. The club will be conducted along the 

 lines that lumbermen's clubs in other cities are 

 conducted, social intercourse among the mem- 

 bers l)eing made a strong feature. It is expected 

 that the organization will accomplish much good 

 for its members. It will go in for more pub- 

 licity for this market, as it is evident that 

 EvansviUe is not getting the credit as a lumber 

 center which she deserves. A booklet will be 

 issued about the first of the year, giving in 

 condensed form a description of the lumber in- 

 terosls of Evan.sville and territory, capital In- 

 vested, volume of business done, kinds of woods 

 manufactured and dealt in and their specialties, 

 with maps and time tables showing connections 

 with surrounding towns in tliis territory. 



.Miss Louise Vonliehreu, daughter of B. F. 

 \oul!oliron of this city, was recently marrlet] 

 to lior.soy n. Smith, a young business man of 

 Portland. Ore. The bride's father is connected 

 with the weli-know'n firm of the VonBehren 

 Manufacturing Company. 



