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the AUanla office. While young, all these men 

 are thoroughly experienced in the machinery 

 business and have held responsible positions with 

 the Berlin Machine Worlis i:or a number of 

 years. 



August Brants of Antwerp, Belgium, factor in 

 American hard and soft woods, announces that 

 hereafter the business will be conducted under 

 the title of August Brants & Co., but that Mr. 

 IJrants "will continue the sole leading party and 

 I lie signature of the company." 



The board of the Indiana Hardwood Lumber- 

 men's Association .held a meeting at the Dcnl- 

 sou hotel, Indianapolis. November 23. While 

 some of the l)oard was absent, it was consid- 

 ered a "full" board, as the bill rendered Sam 

 Burlcholder fully confirms this fact. 



Mrs. Mitchell, wife of W. W. Mitchell, head 

 of the big Cadillac, Mich., house of Cobbs & 

 Mitchell, Inc., and the Mitchell Brothers' Com- 

 pany, was a Chicago guest Ibis week and a vis- 

 itor at the opera. 



Walter N. ICelley. the well-linown lumberman 

 of Traverse City, Mich., announces the marriage 

 of his daughter, .Tuiia A. Kelley. to Oliver Ben- 

 jamin Martiu of Savannah, Ga., which took 

 place on November 2(5. Jlr. Kelley was a Chi- 

 cago visitor this week. 



A. F. Anderson, the well-known Cadillac lum- 

 berman, spent a few days in Chicago last week. 

 Mr. Anderson has recently purchased a portion 

 of the David Ward timber, which will give him 

 a source of supply for his South Boardman mill 

 for some years. 



W. L. Martin of the Embury-Martin Lumber 

 Company. Cheboygan, Mich., spent a few days 

 in Chicago this week. 



Among Buffalo lumbermen who have visited 

 Chicago during the last few days were John 

 McLeod of the E. Laidlaw Lumber Company and 

 Bert Hurd of Hurd Brothers. Both were en 

 route north to look over lumber purchases. 



Frank .T. Cobbs, treasurer of Cnbbs & Mitchell, 

 Inc., Cadillac, Midi., was in Chicago this week. 



Edward Heath, president of the Heath-Whit- 

 beck Lumber Company, 22nd street, Chicago, has 

 returned from a trip of about a year's duration 

 through Switzerland and France. Mr. Heath 

 took this trip for the benefit of his health and 

 has returned in fine condition. He will im- 

 mediately take an active part in the business 

 of the Ileath-Whitbeck Company, looking after 

 the extensive jobbing interests in the South 

 as well as the increasing of the retail end of 

 the business. 



W. Grear, S. C. Martin and J. W. Dickinson 

 have organized the Anna Lumljer & Manufactur- 

 ing (,'ompany at Anna, 111. The company has a 

 capital of .$30,000 and is incorporated to manu- 

 facture and deal in lumber and building material. 

 ■ The Kemp & Burpee Company was organized 

 at Molinc with .$400,000 capital to manufacture 

 farm and agricultural machinery. The incorpora- 

 tors are W. Butterworth, S. Hosford and B. F. ' 

 Peck. 



The O. Grimwood Company of OwensvlUe, Ind., 

 announces it has purchased the band mill of 

 the Henry Maley Lumber Company of Evans- 

 ville, Ind. This is one ot the best mills in the 

 state, and will greatly increase the Grimwood 

 company's capacity for the manufacture of its 

 specialty, quartered oak. 



The Record is in receipt ot the announcement 

 that Wm. C. Henning has resigned as president 

 and treasurer of the Durable Wire Rope Com- 

 pany of Boston, Mass.. and has accepted the posi- 

 tion of secretary and treasurer of the A. Leschen 

 & Sons Rope Company of St. Louis, Mo. 



The Hali & Sisson Lumber Company announces 

 the opening of an office in the First National 

 Bank building, Harriman, Tenn.. from which Its 

 Tennessee operations will hereafter be handled. 

 The office will be in charge of Cbanles W. Car- 

 loll, who will continue in charge of the mills 

 at Annadel and Lancing. Tenn., which are located 

 a few miles north of Harriman. 



Mr. J. F. Mingea of I hi" Hall & Sisson Lumber 



Company. Is in the South at the present lime on 

 a business (rip. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



A new four story faclmy hiilldiiig, erected at a 

 cost ot .$35,000, for the Furnas Office & Bank 

 Fixture Company, has practically been completed 

 and will be occupied about .January I. 



Building permits issued during November num- 

 bered 3(>G and aggregated $480,792, as compared 

 with 2,'')2 permits amounting to $34.';,185 last 

 November. The gain for the first eleven months 

 this year was about .$800,000 over tlic corre- 

 sponding period of last year. 



The Standard Dry-Kiln Company has com- 

 pleted its new factory building at McCarty street 

 and the Belt Railroad tracks. It is a two story 

 brick structure, 115 by 200 feet, and cost $25,- 

 000. 



Warehouse arrangements have been made with 

 the Capitol Lumber Company by the Indianapolis 

 WlKilesale .Mercantile Company, organized recent- 

 ly by a number of retail lumber dealers for the 

 purpose of handling hardwood doors. 



E. L. Andor.son & Son, who recently bought at 

 receiver's sale the property and business of the 

 Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company at 

 Anderson, have organized and incorporated a 

 new company under the same name, with an au- 

 thorized capitalization ot .$30,000. Those in- 

 terested in it are E. L. and T. B. Anderson, A. 

 L. Colvin, C. E. Horn and William Gimbel. 



There is no great activity in the hardwood 

 business just now, as is usually the case at this 

 time of year. However, business is about nor- 

 mal and is expected to improve soon. Some little 

 trouble is being experienced from car shortage, 

 but this has not reached a serious stage. Prices 

 are steady, with no special demand for any par- 

 ticular grade of hardwood. Woodworking plants 

 are all having a heavy run and are expected to 

 boost the hardwood business with some substan- 

 tial orders, soon. 



NASHVILLE 



Nashville may secure another big spoke and 

 bending factory. A representative of a large 

 city has been in Nashville visiting various pros- 

 pective sites with Secretary Shannon of the 

 Board of Trade. It is stated that while the 

 plant is operating successfully where it is, yet 

 tile manufacturer wants to get closer to the 

 raw material and where labor conditions are 

 better. 



A special frum Knoxville announces the con- 

 summation of a big timber deal by which some 

 18,000 acres of timber lands in Blount county 

 have been sold to a Chicago syndicate headed 

 by Morton Butler. The consideration is given 

 at about a quarter of a million dollars. The 

 deal was put through by H. .N. Camp of Knox- 

 ville. 



Navigation on the lower Cumberland, which 

 has been suspended for some months, will be re- 

 sumed at once by the Cumberland River Steam- 

 boat Company. The steamer Richardson, Cap- 

 tain Ryman in charge, is making two trips a 

 week to I'aducah, and return. This will provide 

 a new outlet for lumber, both that coming down 

 the river as well as any being brought up the 

 river to Nashville. 



The Traffic Bureau, to be an adjunct of the 

 Board of Trade, which has been much discussed 

 for some time, bids fair to be one of the most 

 important factors in the shipping and industrial 

 life of the city. Following the example of Chi- 

 cago, Indianapolis, Louisville and other cities, 

 it has been decided to install a salaried rate ex- 

 pert in the near future. Charles S. Martin has 

 been honored with presidency of the Bureau, 

 Albert Rothschilds, vice-president, W. H. Clarke, 

 secretary, and William H. Lindsey, treasurer. 

 John D. Cummins is also a member of the Execu- 

 tive Committee. By-laws arc now in process of 

 preparation. The organization will start with a 



membership of about one hundred and repre- 

 sents the culmination of more than a year of 

 work and agitation. Hamilton Love, the well- 

 known lumberman, and a rate expert himself, Is 

 one of the directors of the bureau. 



A special from HuntsvlIIc, Ala., announces 

 I he destruction of the Bogenschott Lumber Com- 

 pany's mill at Bean Rock, Tennessee river, with 

 a loss of $15,000 to $20,000 and about $7,000 

 Insurance. 



Quite an event ot interest (o river shippers 

 was the recent opening ot locks 6 and 7 on the 

 upper Cumberland, just below Carthage. Elabo- 

 rate exercises were observed. Congressmen Hyrns 

 and Hull being speakers, ex-Governor McMlllin 

 and others. Quite a delegation from Nashville 

 went up on a special train. Following the exer- 

 cises, and a big feast spread by the good people 

 of Smith county, W. E. Myer of Carthage was 

 elected president ot the Cumberland River Asso- 

 ciation for the ensuing year. The completion ot 

 these two locks means much to navigation on the 

 upper Cumberland. 



A recent visitor to the city was Marry Stlm- 

 son of Vandan Room-Stlmson Lumber Company 

 ot Memphis. Mr. Stim.son is most enthusiastic 

 over the outlook. Another visitor was Morely 

 Watkins. branch manager of Corbett & Co., 

 Liverijool. He, too, was most optimistic in bis 

 views for the near future. 



Despite the fact that the holiday season Is at 

 hand and stock taking time for the manufac- 

 turers will be here in a few days, business Is 

 pronounced "pretty good" by the manufacturers. 

 There seems to be a general feeling that a liberal 

 placing ot orders by those who have been and 

 are playing a waiting game will begin soon after 

 the first of the opening year. Some orders have 

 been placed, as a matter of fact, with the under- 

 standing that demand for payment be made after 

 the new year. 



Prices arc reported as Arm, with talk of up- 

 ward trend. The report that the railroads are 

 placing large orders for new cars is being re- 

 icived and watched alike with pleasure. Plain 

 white oak is recognized as the leader at this 

 time, with chestnut a close second. Quartered 

 oak is not brisk as heretofore. Poplar is selling 

 well with practically none ot the upper grades 

 on the market. Beech and ash are In fair de- 

 mand. 



NEW YORK 



H. H. Salmon & Co., wholesale hardwoods, 

 SS Wall street, are developing a special mahog- 

 any department, which they are successfully 

 operating. In this connection they have just 

 received a very choice consignment of "Neuvo" 

 Mexican mahogany logs, running as long as 

 4t' feet, which are some of the longest that 

 have ever reached this market. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against 

 Herman Hirschberg, 00 Nassau street, Manhat- 

 tan, wholesale lumber dealer, by the following 

 creditors : J. A. Wilkinson, Southard & Sayles 

 Lumber Company of Tennessee, and the K. & P. 

 Lumber Company ot Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. 

 Hirschberg has been identified with the local 

 wholesale hardwood trade for a great many 

 years. The court on December 1 denied the 

 application for the appointment of a receiver 

 for Mr. Hirschberg, he claiming that he Is ab- 

 solutely solvent, denying that he committed any 

 acts of bankruptcy, and demanding a jury trial. 

 He stated that his assets are $88,882, and his 

 liabilities $46,823. 



M. H. KInsella of Ottawa, Can., for many 

 years the Canadian representative of the Skill- 

 ings, Whitneys & Barnes Lumber Company, has 

 taken up the management of the New York 

 office of that firm at 1 Madison avenue, to suc- 

 ceed the late J. D. McLaurin, former treasurer, 

 director and manager, who died last month. Mr. 

 Kinsella's appointment will assure to the many 

 customers of this company the same high-class 

 character of service they have always enjoyed. 



