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HARDWOOD RECORD 



information, it the occasion requires, will be 

 reportr'ii by the committee in open meeting of 

 the club. 



In addition to thus outlining the scope of its 

 work, Mr. McCIure, as chairman, stated that 

 the committee would welcome any suggestion 

 made from the membership, to the end that the 

 service might be made more beneficial. 



The comniitteo on law and insurance reported 

 a bill which had been introduced into the Ten- 

 nessee legislature, providing that in case of neg- 

 ligence, contributory negligence or assumption of 

 risk, the judge bo denied the privilege of modi- 

 fying in any way the verdict of the trial .lury 

 after the latter has been charged as to the law. 

 This caused a considerable discussion, but in 

 the end the members of the club refused by 

 practically unanimous vote to give its indorse- 

 ment thereto. 



John A[. Pritehard, of the river and rail com- 

 mittee, stated that no action would be taken 

 in the Ohio River crossings raise in rates until 

 the tariffs had been filed by the railroads in 

 question. Mr. Pritcbard stated that his com- 

 mittee was ready to go to Chicago to appear 

 before tie Interstate Commerce Commission in 

 connection with the Pacific coast terminal ad- 

 vance of ten cents per hundred pounds. 



At this juncture, President James E. Stark 

 took occasion to call to the attention of the 

 members of the club the recent decision of the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission refusing to 

 allow the railroads to advance rates, and re- 

 ferred to the bearing which this matter had 

 upon the rate problems now confronting the 

 club. He believed that the decision of the 

 commission, in the general cases covered by 

 the recent opinion, foreshadowed the result of 

 the Pacific coast rate case. In other words, he 

 believed that there is no doubt but that the 

 Lumbermen's Club of Memphis will win in its 

 contention before the commission at Chicago. 



Honorary membership was conferred upon O. 

 Dircks of the Askin &. Dircks Lumber Company, 

 Union City, Tenn. W. A. Waddington, general 

 manager of the C, N. Waddington Lumber Com- 

 pany, was elected to active membership. Jamos 

 E. Bell, of the James E. Bell Lumber Company, 

 Louisville, Ky., applied for membership. This 

 company has a mill and branch ofBce at Lambert. 

 Miss. 



President Stark then read a letter from the 

 bureau of publicity and development of the 

 Business Men's Club in regard to the representa- 

 tion of the Lumbermen's Club thereon. Mr. 

 Stark was the club's representative until last 

 September, but since that time the club has had 

 no representative. No action was taken on the 

 matter at this meeting, but It is probable that 

 it will come up for early discussion. 



New Orleans Lumljer Club in February 

 Meeting 



The regular monthly gathering of the Lum- 

 bermen's Club of New Orleans was held at 

 Iteno's restaurant on Tuesday, February 14. The 

 club's efforts to secure representation on the 

 public belt commission came in for considerable 

 discussion. Two committees appointed with the 

 object In view reported. The committee ap- 

 pointed to confer with the Board of Trade re- 

 ported that Mr. Schreiher's resignation from 

 the belt commission put things in very bad 

 shape, and until there is a vacancy in the Board 

 of Trade, no action could be taken toward filling 

 it. It was moved that a committee be appointed 

 to determine whether the ordinance creating the 

 belt commission could not be so changed as to 

 include members of the lumbermen's club in its 

 body. 



Applications for three new members were pre- 

 sented by Secretary Palmer, all being favorably 

 acted upon. 



E. W. Koblnson mentioned the propos'ed In- 

 crease of lumber rates by southern roads and 

 spoke briefly of the proposed reciprocity with 

 Canada, taking up more particularly the pos- 

 sible affect on the low-grade market. He moved 



that the secretary be requested to write the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission, asking that 

 the club be allowed to join the protest against 

 the proposed rate advance, and to appear before 

 that body. 



President Watson reminded thj meml)erB of 

 the comiug election of officers and suggested 

 putting two tickets in the field. For this pur- 

 pose, two nominating committees were appointed, 

 one hy the chair and the other from the floor. 



Resolutions were read by the secretary, ex- 

 pressing regret and condolence at the death 

 of Mrs. Margaret Sutherland, wife of S. J. 

 Sutherland, a lumlierman of New Orleans, and 

 of L. E. Moore, father of L. E. Moore. Jr.. a 

 member of the club. 



There being no further business, the meotiu,j 

 adjourned. 



Philip A. Eyan Lumber Company Enters 

 MempMs Field 



The already strong Memphis hardwood trade 

 \Aas further augmented recently by the incorpo- 

 ration of the Philip A. Ryan Lumber Com- 

 pany, which concern, capitalized under the laws 

 of Tennessee at $50,000, will be headed by 

 Philip A. Ryan as president, treasurer and prin- 

 cipal stockholder. 



PHILIP A. RYAN, PRESIDENT PHILIP A. 

 RYAN LUMBER COMPANY, MEM- 

 PHIS, TENN. 



The new company has contracted with the 

 Gibson-Whitaker Company to saw all the logs 

 of that concern for a two-year period, which 

 gives to it the use of an up-to-date band mill 

 of the highest standard. The mill has been 

 sawing logs and turning out a high grade of 

 lumber for several weeks, and already has on 

 sticks a considerable amount of stock. There 

 will be carried on hand a full line of southern 

 liardwoods, with quartered white oak as a spe- 

 cialty. 



Philip A. Ryan has been an active member 

 of the lumber fraternity for a good many years 

 and has acquired an intimate practical knowl- 

 edge of every phase of the business. He started 

 originally with Kelly, Mans & Co. of Chicago, 

 v.-ith whom he accepted a position twenty years 

 ago. He worUed as yard foreman and inspector 

 for this concern for over seven years, handling 

 principally wagon and agricultural stock. His 

 nest connection was with the Deering Harvester 

 Company of Chicago, with whom he worked for 

 the next three and one-half years, having com- 

 plete charge of the yard of this concern and 

 also doing a great deal of its buying. Inspecting 

 and contracting for large lots of hardwood and 

 yellow pine. Following this he was employed 



for a year with the McCormick Harvester Com- 

 pany .and then organized the Ryan-McParland 

 Lumber Company, Mr. Ryan being president and 

 general manager. While this company was origi- 

 nally upon a very small basis. It soon made It- 

 self felt In the trade. The principals acquired 

 the Murdock mill, at Memphis, some four years 

 ago, which was operated for over a year, when 

 the firm was dissolved, Mr. Ryan taking the 

 plant and running it for another year under the 

 name of Philip A. Ryan. At the end of this 

 time he formed a corporation with J. V. Stimson 

 of Huntingburg, Ind.. known as the Ryan-Stim- 

 son Lumber Company, Mr. Ryan being again 

 liresldent and general manager. This concern 

 has existed for about two years, and is about clos- 

 ing out, Mr. Ryan and Mr. Stimson both having 

 ether interests. At the end of ninety days the 

 old stock of the Ryan-Stlmson Lumber Com- 

 pany win have been sold out and at that time 

 it Is calculated the Philip A. Ryan Lumber 

 Company will have accumulated a large stock 

 of its own ready for the market. 



Mr. Ryan owns, in addition to his interest in 

 the new company, a half interest In the Mark 

 H. Brown Lumber Company of Mounds, Ark., 

 v.-hich concern handles considerable stocks of 

 gum, ash, oak, poplar, elm and hickory. This 

 plant has been running for several months. Mr. 

 Ryan is a member of the Lumbermen's Club of 

 Memphis and of the Memphis Businessmen's 

 Club, and is generally highly thought of In the 

 trade. 



Increased Capital Lumber Insurance Com- 

 pany of New York 



The Lumber Insurance Company of New York, 

 organized in 1904 with a capital of $200,000. 

 will be enlarged to a company of $500,000 cap- 

 ital during the current year. 



At a recent meeting of the directors, the plau 

 was put under way, and it will have final 

 ratification at a stockholders' meeting to lie 

 held on March 16. 



The Lumber Insurance Company of New York 

 will absorb two smaller companies, and with 

 greatly increased reserve and surplus will come 

 into the standing of a million dollar company. 



The lumber specializing fire insurance busi- 

 ness which saw Its beginning in a small way 

 within very recent years, has attained a great 

 growth, and has extended into every section 

 of the United States and Canada. The enlarge- 

 ment of the Lumber Insurance Company will 

 fuable It to keep pace with the growth of the 

 business and stand in the fore-front of special- 

 izing insurance companies. 



The company Is generally admitted under the 

 insurance laws of most of the states, as well 

 as in the provinces of Canada, meeting the heavy 

 deposit requirements of various states and the 

 Dominion of Canada, where a $100,000 deposit 

 of Canadian bonds is required. 



The enlarged company will extend its busi- 

 ness in an intelligent manner, putting its large 

 facilities at the disposal of lumbermen wherever 

 proper physical and moral conditions are main- 

 tained. 



New Secretary St. Louis Lumbermen's 

 Exchange 



At a meeting of the board of directors of the 

 Lumbermen's Exchange of St. Louis, held Sat- 

 urday, March 4, George McBIair of Washington, 

 D. C, was elected secretary and tralBc manager 

 cf the exchange as successor to A. H. • Bush, 

 who, greatly to the regret of the exchange, 

 found it necessary six weeks ago to relinquish 

 the duties of the office, owing to his failing 

 health. Mr. Bush is now being cared for by 

 relatives In Memphis, and hope of his recovery 

 has been abandoned. 



At a previous meeting of the exchange, it. was 

 determined to select as secretary some one 

 capable of handling traffic matters for the mem- 

 bers, and this has been accomplished by the 

 selection of Mr. McBIair, who has had several 



