HARDWOOD RECORD 



47 



New York State Insurance Department within 

 the past three months, the lumber underwriters 

 have just received their certificate of authori- 

 zation to do business under the New Yorli State 

 Insurance Department, together witii a compli- 

 mentary report as to their condition. 



A regular meeting of the New York Lumber 

 Trade Association and its board of trustees was 

 held at headquarters, IS Broadway, on January 

 11. Only routine business was transacted. An 

 appropriate resolution was passed on the death 

 of Isaac r. Van Der Beek, former vice-president 

 and for many years a trustee, and same was en- 

 grossed and sent to the family. 



R. A. Brown, headquarters 1 Madison avenue, 

 is representing the Tennesee Oak Flooring Com- 

 pany of Nashville. Tenn., manufacturers of the 

 Tofco brand of oak flooring in the local market. 

 He is also handling the maple flooring products 

 of the Strable Manufacturing Company of Sag- 

 inaw, Mich. Mr. Brown has had a wide expe- 

 rience in the trade and was previousl.y identified 

 with Graves, Manbert, George & Co. of Buffalo, 

 and the W. M. Eltter Lumber Company of Co- 

 lumbus, O. 



The Stevens-Eaton Company, headquarters 1 

 Madison avenue, have through Manager T. S. 

 Miller of the hardwood department, just closed 

 a deal with one of the highest class band mills 

 in West Virginia for its entire cut tor the next 

 four months, giving the Stevens-Eaton Company 

 between five and six 'million feet of oak, ash, 

 chestnut and poplar cut from virgin timber. 

 This is a very choice lot of lumber and will 

 be accumulated as rapidly as possible on the 

 Oilman (W. Va.) wholesale yard of the com- 

 pany, and assorted according to the requirements 

 of its customers. The Oilman distributing yard 

 is also being enlarged by the company to give 

 still greater facilities at that point. 



W. W. Knight of the Long-Knight Lumber 

 Company. Indianapolis, Ind., and W. L. Sykes of 

 the Emporium Lumber Company, Buffalo, N. Y., 

 were prominent visitors here this week. 



On Tuesday evening, January 24, as the 

 Record goes to press, the Lumbermen's Club of 

 New Y'ork, through its house committee. C. O. 

 Shepherd and C. W. Brownson, will tender a 

 formal smoker and vaudeville to the members of 

 the club and their guests. This event is in 

 line with the "good of the club," and will be by 

 invitation. It is understood that an interesting 

 program is being arranged. The club is in 

 excellent shape financially, and is being liber- 

 ally patronized by the local and out-of-town 

 members at the daily luncheons. New members 

 have been elected as follows : E. B. Walker of 

 Nyack, N. Y. ; Isaac W. Warner and C. J. Cop- 

 pock. Coppock-Warner Lumber Company, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. ; Wood Beal, James D. Lacey & Co., 

 Chicago. 111. ; W. L. Rice. T. B. Rice & Son Com- 

 pany, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Chapin L. Barr, Whit- 

 ing Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Pa. ; 

 E. E. Watrous, 1 Madison avenue, and F. A. 

 Palen, 1 Madison avenue. New Y'ork. 



Jacob Bayer, prominent hardwood lumber- 

 man and head of the Jacob Bayer Lumber Com- 

 pany, 602-600 West 57th street, is back to busi- 

 ness again after a five months' siege of typhoid 

 fever. It will be some time before Mr. Bayer 

 thoroughly recovers his strength, but his many 

 friends are glad to welcome him on the job again. 



Charles Atberton, for seventeen years with 

 R. G. Kay, the prominent wholesaler of Philadel- 

 phia. Pa., and until recently manager of the 

 latter's local office, has engaged in business on 

 his own account with office at 108 Franklin 

 street, and will handle a full line of spruce, hem- 

 lock and hardwoods. Mr. Atherton will also open 

 a sales office at Philadelphia soon. He has 

 already formed excellent mill connections to 

 assure him of a full line of supplies. 



The local office of Robert O. Kay has been 

 removed from 71 Franklin street to 108 Worth 

 street. Manhattan, and John L. Evans has been 

 appointed sales manager of this office to succeed 

 Charles Atherton. 



Van W. Tyler of the Manufacturers' Lumber 

 Company. 27 William street, and bis assistant, 

 E. M. Terry, returned last week after partici- 

 pating in the regular annual educational tour of 

 the Hugh McLean Lumber Company's selling 

 staff on their visits to the Birmingham, Chatta- 

 nooga and Memphis McLean operations. They 

 went over stocks, grading and manufacturing at 

 these plants as a matter of information for 1911 

 sales. The Manufacturers' Lumber Company 

 represents the Hugh McLean Lumber Company 

 in this market. 



PHILADELPHIA 



J. C. Tennant. secretary of the Fenwick Lum- 

 ber Company, reports a fair volume of business 

 moving, considering the season and general con- 

 ditions. Stocks are badly broken and there is 

 very little dry stock. Prices are firm. The com- 

 pany's mills are running full capacity. Its plant 

 is operating on a day and night schedule, with 

 stock moving out as rapidly as it is in fit condi- 

 tion. The Edgewood (N. Y.) plant, has been 

 slightly handicapped by the heavy snow and 

 severe cold, but is busily engaged handling some 

 very fine I»irch and spruce. 



Ben. C. Currie of Currie & Campbell, says 

 the firm is much pleased over the year's first 

 l)usiness. They have recently added new mill 

 connections and are in a position to meet all 

 comers. 



Thomas B. Hoffman of the hardwood depart- 

 ment of the J. S. Kent Company, is positive as 

 to improved trading. Things are moving along 

 in good shape and the outlook is favorable. 



H. O. Hazard & Co., testify to fair business 

 for this time of the year, with good prospects for 

 future trading. Their New York branch is doing 

 good business. 



The Baldwin Locomotive Works, has recently 

 received an additional large order for engines 

 for the Harriman System. This brings the total 

 orders received from these lines since last 

 summer up to 315. The latest order calls for 

 40 locomotives, and, in conjunction with previous 

 Harriman contracts and those received froi?i 

 other railroads, assures work until next summer 

 for the nearly 20,000 men now employed by the 

 Baldwin concern. The value of the Harriman 

 contracts will exceed $5,000,000. 



Heber L. Smith of Reading, purchased 4,000 

 acres of timberland in York county recently, 

 which is being converted into telegraph poles, 

 railway ties and building lumber. What cannot 

 be used for poles or ties will be turned into 

 lumber for cars. Most of the finished material is 

 taken by the Reading Railway Company. 



Fire recently destroyed the broom factory of 

 A. C. Kramer & Son, Gap, Pa. 



On January 15. the portable sawmill of Her- 

 man Dayett. Elkton, Md., was set on fire and 

 totally destroyed. 



The Newark Casket Manufacturing Company, 

 Newark, was incorporated on January 6. under 

 New Jersey laws, with a capital stock of 

 S25,000. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood trade at present is watching the 

 furniture exposition at Grand Rapids, some lum- 

 bermen being in attendance. This is the time 

 of conventions in the lumber trade and not much 

 is expected in the way of sales until these gather- 

 ings are over. In the meantime lumbermen 

 will be cultivating the goodwill of the trade 

 through the opportunity of the meetings this 

 month, as well as absorbing new ideas in the 

 way of furniture designs that will be introduced 

 shortly. 



The demand in hardwoods, while not very 

 strong at present, is normal. Oak continues in 

 the lead, with firm prices. Maple, birch and 

 chestnut, in the higher grades, are also strong. 



The outlook is for a good amount of building 

 when the weather becomes more favorable, and a 

 number of large operations in this line involving 

 an unusual expenditure is promised. 



James II. Walsh states that additional track- 

 age facilities will shortly be put into the yard 

 of his company, enabling it to move its stock 

 of various hardwoods much more conveniently 

 than at present. 



President Sykes of the Emporium Lumber Com- 

 pany, is on a protracted trip South, and will 

 be gone perhaps a month, during which time he 

 will look after his timber interests in North 

 Carolina. 



C. M. Pomeroy, who has represented the Pitts- 

 burg lumber firm of E. V. Babcock & Co. in this 

 market, has been called to the home office, where 

 he has received promotion. 



F. M. Sullivan has a number of cars of 

 Pacific coast fir en route to replenish his yard 

 stock, and also a fair assortment of Oregon 

 spruce. He is at present making a trip to New 

 England on business. 



O. E. I'eager, who has been re-elected first 

 vice-president ofj the Chamber of Commerce 

 by a large majority, will do what he can to 

 insure comfortable quarters for the lumbermen 

 in the building, which will be a great conve- 

 nience. 



Trade in cherry usually begins to show a 

 little more activity about this time of the year, 

 and I. N. Stewart & Brother have been getting 

 in a larger number of inquiries, some of which 

 have resulted in fair orders. 



Oak. elm. basswood and maple are among 

 the best sellers at the yard of F. W. Vetter. 

 Mr. Vetter has been on an eastern trip recently, 

 looking up trade in that direction. 



G. Ellas & Brother are carrying their usual 

 large assortment of lumber in both hardwoods 

 and pine and heavy timbers. They state that 

 trade is fair for the season, with business enough 

 to keep all departments at work. 



Hugh McLean recently spent about ten days 

 at the mills of his company in the South, where 

 operations are running on a large scale. Oak 

 and poplar are being sold principally, and both 

 are reported strong. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company con- 

 tinues to add to its stock of maple, oak and 

 other hardwoods, finding it increasingly difficult 

 to get a good supply of maple in Pennsylvania, 

 where the wood is getting scarce. 



PITTSBURG 



J. N. Woollett, president of the Aberdeen Lum- 

 ber Company, recently made a trip through the 

 Southwest on a buying expedition, returning with 

 some nice business. 



The Allegheny Lumber Company made an 

 excellent showing for 1910, having much the 

 liest .year in its history. J. L. Henry, who has 

 been in the lumber commission business in the 

 Pittsburg district for a long time, has recently 

 been added to its selling force. 



A. D. Knapp of the Nicola Lumber Company, 

 went through West Virginia recently on a buying 

 trip and found hardwood stocks at the mills 

 badly broken. The company believes that with 

 the boosting movement on in Pittsburg, better 

 times will be seen here this year in the lumber 

 business. 



The Furnace Run Sawmill & Lumber Company 

 has increased its force this month by the addi- 

 tion of R. S. Ruth, an experienced salesman in 

 the Pittsburg district. He will travel also in 

 eastern Pennsylvania for the company. 



The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has completed 

 plans for its mammoth freight and passenger 

 terminal extending from Smithfield street to 

 the Tenth street bridge. This project has been 

 held up for several years l>.v a litigation over 

 the valuable properties in the way and by oppo- 

 sition from the city councils. These obstacles 

 arc practically removed, and It is likely that 

 actual work will be started this summer. 



