HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Tully Company. Mi'inpliis, anti \V. B. Morgan. 

 seciTtary of the same concern. 



• W. W. Knlslit, the well-known hardwooil 

 operator of the Lons-Knight Lumber Company, 

 Indianapolis, Ind., spent a few days last week 

 Willi his friends in (he Chicago trade. 



C. A. (loodman of the Sawyer-Goodman Com- 

 pany of Marinelle, Wis., was a recent Chicago 

 visitor. 



r. S. Kpperson of the Lumbermen's Under- 

 writing Alliance of Kansas City, Mo., passed 

 Ihrough Chicago u few days ago en route for 

 an extended eastern (rip. At the present time 

 Mr. Kpperson is camping in New York. 



'rhy)nias ^IcCullough. nuinager of tlie Na- 

 tional Association of liox Manufacturers, with 

 headfiuarters in Chicago, spent a short time in 

 Milwaukee recently. 



The Acme Cabinet Works- has been incorpo- 

 lateil at Springtiold by I!. 11. Mather. W. U. 

 Uutson and W. A. Sheehan. The new concern 

 will do a general woodworking business and has 

 ■A capital stock of .flO.OOO. 



It Is reported at Chicago that the Brighton 

 • ar Company has gone into voluntary bank- 

 ruptcy and that a receiver has already been 

 appointed to close up its affairs. 



The Wilco.K Manufacturing Company, having 

 headqu.'irters at Aurora. 111., has been succeeded 

 by the liichards-Wilcox Manufacturlpg Com- 

 pany. 



.T. E. Wilson, located at Utica, 111., has sold 

 out. his business to the TJtIca Lumber Com- 

 pany of the same place. 



Fred .leffris of D. K. Jeffris & Co. reports that 

 his concern is about ready to begin operations 

 at its new mill near Jloreville, La. The mill 

 has been in process of erection for some time 

 and will manufacture lumber. 



L. H. Wheeler of the Wheeler-Timlin Com- 

 pany, with offices in the First National Bank 

 building and headquarters at Wausau, Wis., has 

 been out of town for several days, visiting the 

 operations of the concern. 



II. C. Miller of the Hardwood Mills Lumber 

 Company, Monadnock building, Chicago, spent 

 Sunday in Milwaukee with his family. 



W. N. Webb, secretary an<l treasurer of the 

 Forest Products Company, Marquette building. 

 Chicago, has been out of the city for several 

 days on a business trip in connection with the 

 affairs of that company. 



C. F. Holle. of Ileath-Whitbeck Company. 

 22nd street. Chicago, has recently made several 

 &hort out of town business trips. 



H. B. Leavitt of the Leavitt Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chicago and the Leavitt Land & Lum- 

 ber Company of Dermott, Ark., has returned 

 from an extended trip to the Pacific coast and 

 reports that he finds business here in a fairl.y 

 satisfactory condition, considering the general 

 state of affairs. Jlr. Leavitt will shortly make 

 a trip to Dermotl. 



A. 11. Woerheifh', president of the Forest 

 I'roducts Company, Chicago, has returned from 

 an extended business trip through the various 

 lumber producing sections of the country. 



!•;. .7. Gallouley, sales manager of the Foster- 

 '-atlmer Company of Mcllen, Wis., recently 

 spent a few days in Chicago with Mr. Latimer 

 of that concern. Tliey report very good floor- 

 ing trade. 



L. W. Crowe of the Mears-SIayton Lumber 

 Company, Belmont avenue. Chicago, spent a 

 couple of days in northern Wisconsin last week 

 on a duck shooting trip. Jlr. Crowe reports 

 that duck shooting is in a very prosperous con- 

 dition, he and his companion having bagged 

 seventy-two birds in two days. 



W. (). King of the W. O. King Lumlxr Com- 

 pany. Loomis and 22nd streets, Chicago, was 

 out of the city for a few days recently on 

 business. » 



M. G. Harding, local manager for Markley & 

 Miller, handlers of veneers and fancy woods, 

 wllh headquarters in the Fisher building. Chi- 

 cago, recently made a trip of about a week 



among the buying trade. Mr. Harding reports 

 that lie is landing a satisfactory amount of 

 Ijuslness. though buyers are beginning to hold 

 off on account of taking inventory. 



F. It. Cladd of the Wisconsin Lumber Com- 

 pany, liaving offices in thi- Harvester building, 

 was out of the city for about a week the be- 

 ginning of tills month. 



F. \y. Black of the Fred W. Black Lumber 

 Company says that his business Is progressing 

 in good shape. He reports a good line of or- 

 ders at good prices. .Mr. Black's brother has 

 gone south to the mills of the concern in Ten- 

 nessee, where he expects to be perniani'ntly lo- 

 cated. 



C. I.. Wallace, who is located at ll'i ])oar- 

 born street, Chicago, has completed arrange- 

 ments with the Bluff City Lumber Company of 

 Blull' City. Ark., whereby he will handle the 

 Chicrago business of that concern. 



George T. Houston of the George T. Houston 

 Lumber Company has left for an extendeil trip 

 to tlie southern mill points of his concern. 



fJeorgc F. Kerns of the Kerns-Utley Lumber 

 Company. l^'Ishcr building, recently made a brief 

 trip to Memphis. 



E. A. Lang, sales manager of the I'acpcke- 

 Lekht Lumber Company of this city, is out of 

 town on a business trip through Indiana. 



Theodore Fathauer, president of the Theo- 

 dore Fathauer Lumber Company, was in .Mem- 

 phis recently on business. 



ACW YORK 



C. E. Little, formerly of Seattle. Wash., has 

 opened an office at 18 Broadway, where he will 

 conduct a wholesale hardwood and Pacific coast 

 lumber business. 



.lohn Harker, of this city, late of 'the Wiley- 

 Harker Lumber Company, and A. B. Morgan, 

 former secretary of that company, have organ- 

 ized the wholesale house of Harker & Morgan, 

 with headquarters at Richmond, Va., to conduct 

 a general wholesale business. Mr. Morgan will 

 make his headquarters at Hichmond and Mr. 

 Harker will remain in New York. Both gentle- 

 men are widely and favorably known in the 

 trade and their many friends wish them every 

 success. 



Orson E. Yeager, the prominent Buffalo hard- 

 wood lumberman, was a recent visitor in town 

 and expressed himself as well satisfied with busi- 

 ness. He and A. W. Kreinheder of the Standard 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, Buffalo, were lead- 

 ing participants in the recent successful relia- 

 bility automobile tour held by the Automobile 

 Club of Buffalo, of which Mr. Yeager is president 

 and Mr. Kreinheder referee. 



Schedules in bankruptcy of Presburg & Co.. 

 piano manufacturers, 54t West 43d street, who 

 failed recently, show liabilities of .$30,07!) and 

 assets about $22,500. 



The members of the Lumbermen's Club of New 

 jork enjoyed some very comfortable and home- 

 like facilities on election night in the direct 

 wire returns at the club rooms. Broadway and 

 20th street, where a number of the members eu- 

 .ioyed that popular pastime under most attrac- 

 tive circumstances. At a recent meeting of the 

 governing board the following new members were 

 elected : 



It. A. Fowler, Fowler & Silberhorn, Brooklyn : 

 IC. E. Goodlander, Goodlander-Kobertson Lumber 

 Company, Memphis ; I!. H. Vansant, Vansant- 

 Kitchen & Co., Ashland, Ky. : Gordon C. Edwards, 

 W. C. Edwards & Co.. Ottawa : Charles L. Adams, 

 Mount Vernon; George D. Burgess and William 

 H. Husse. Kusse & Burgess, Inc., Memphis; 

 Thomas Gresham, KIchniond ; Hichard V. White, 

 Albany ; Col. Francis E. Waters, Surry Lumber 

 Company, Baltimore ; Preston S. Warn, Seebert ; 

 .Tames I). Lacey, Chicago ; William B. Townsend, 

 Little River Lumber Company. Townseud, Tenn. ; 

 li. H. Ellinglon. Ellington & Guy, Richmond, Va. 



The Broadway Paiquci Flooring Company has 



_bcen Incorporated In Brooklyn with a capital of 

 .<3.000, by David and .Vnnlc Soekolof of 1008 

 Broadway, Brooklyn, and Isaac Cohen, 220 

 Broadway, New York. The company will manu- 

 facture parquet flooring. 



II. H. Holland of Briggs & Holland, large tlm- 

 liir land operators of I'ortlanil, Ore., sailed from 

 here this week with his bride on an European 

 honr'ymoon tour. 



The R. T. .(ones Lumber Company, Flatlron 

 building. New York, has Just secured the eastern 

 selling agency for the well-known hardwood ma- 

 ple flooring products of the .1. W. Wells Lumber 

 Company. Menominee. Mich., whose "Diamond 

 Hard" brand is receiving a popular place In the 

 hardwood trade. 



BUFFALO 



The Buffalo Lumber Kxchangc expects to meet 

 every Saturday liercafter, but has found no busi- 

 ness of account to transact so far. One of the 

 features of the meeting of the exchange this 

 month was a general dl.scusslon of trade. Prac- 

 tically every member spoke well of it and, with 

 a supply at hand that dealers want, there 

 should be no difficulty In the trade. 



I'r<sident W. L. Sykes and W. C. Sykes of 

 the Emporium Lumber Company attended thc- 

 lifth annual meeting of the Empire State Forest 

 I'roducts Association at Watertown on Novem- 

 ber 17, at which most of the timber owners of 

 the Adirondacks were present. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 realizing that birch is a scarce wood, has laid 

 in a stock from Michigan, with some maple. 

 The members of tile company are Interested in 

 large Canadian tracts of cedar. 



F. W. Vetter says business has shown Im- 

 provement during the present month, with a 

 call mostly for oak and maple. Chestnut Is In 

 demand, especially in the better grades, which 

 are firm in price. 



Business is showing Improvement with the 

 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company, the table 

 factory and dry-kiln ruining full force. The 

 yard has been getting in good stocks of oak 

 recently. 



With its new improvements in shed and boiler 

 house equipment, G. Ellas & Bro. are in good 

 shape to handle the large business that comes 

 their way. The box business has been easing 

 off, but lumber is selling well. 



O. E. Yeager reports a fair sale for cypress, 

 both in Louisiana and .Mississippi stocks. White 

 ash Is selling better and wide poplar and oak 

 are In good demand, panel poplar being scarce. 



The Pascola Lumber Company has been hold- 

 ing its large stocks of gum for good prices, ap- 

 preciating the fact that gum is a wood that Is 

 more than holding its own and is growing Into 

 larger demand. 



R. D. McLean sailed from Europe on November 

 in. The mills of the McLean interest are run- 

 ning strong, but the southern mills find It hard 

 to get oak logs and small mills are likely to 

 be out of business soon. 



Scatcherd & Son are among the largest 

 users of mahogany In the country, and through 

 their Batavia hardwood door mill are always at 

 work on some very large New York building 

 contract. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The West Bian<h Novelty Company, Milton, 

 I*a., is a wide-awake, alert concern In eastern 

 Pennsylvania. This company, which has been In 

 business for eighteen years, manufactures odd 

 furniture and screens in bamboo and oak, also 

 fancy shirtwaist and utlllly boxes of various 

 kinds. The officers are G. C. Chapln. president ; 

 F. S. Chapln. treasurer; II. U. Frlck, secretary. 

 Mr. Chapln. treasurer, says buslnes.s on the whole 

 has been good, but as there seems to be an In- 

 clination to buy a cheaper ware. It naturally re- 



