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in it. This company carries a good line of 

 curly and birdseye stock on hand at all times. 



The Becobd had a call on March S from 

 J. W. Edgecomb of Seattle. Wash., who is 

 interested in timber properties on the Pacific 

 coast. 



The Record had a call on March 6 from 

 John Weidman, Jr., of Mount Pleasant, Mich., 

 who is on his way home from a trip to the 

 Weidman timber holdings in the northern 

 peninsula of Michigan. 



BUFFALO 



NEW YORK 



Robert B. Andrews, widely known in the 

 lumber trade through his connection with the 

 Kmerson Dry-Kiln Company of Baltimore, Md.. 

 and New York City, died at his residence in 

 I.ee, Mass.. on February 18. Mr. Andrews was 

 torn in New Britain, Conn., in 1841. He is 

 survived by a widow, two sisters, Mrs. W. E. 

 Fiske of Melrose and Mrs. A. A. Hill of Hart- 

 ford, and a brother, F. H. Andrews of Brook- 

 lyn. 



Hazard, Hillman & Harris is a new corpora- 

 tion just formed in this city with a capital stock 

 of $50,000, by Horace G. Hazard and J. H. Hill- 

 man of Philadelphia. Pa. ; G. B. Harris of WkI- 

 lingford. Pa., and G. F. Kaiser of Brooklyn. 

 N. Y. The new concern will take over the local 

 wholesale business of H. G. Hazard & Co., in- 

 cluding the Perth Amboy, N. J., wholesale yel- 

 low pine operation, and conduct the same under 

 the new style. The firm of H. G. Hazard 

 & Co. of Philadelphia will continue as formerly 

 and conduct its business entirely separate from 

 the new corporation although Messrs. Hazard and 

 Hillman will own the controlling interest in 

 the local corporation. Mr. Harris, who joins 

 them in the latter company, is a son of the for- 

 mer president of the Philadelphia & Reading 

 Railroad. 



The regular annual meeting and election of 

 officers of the Lumbermen's Club of New York 

 will be held on Saturday, March 18, at 8 :30 

 p. m., to be followed by a smoker. Ten new 

 members have been added to the club member- 

 ship the past fortnight and the quarters are 

 being liberally patronized by the resident and 

 con-resident members, and numerous out-of- 

 town guests. 



The George D. Emery Company, big mahog- 

 any importer and wholesaler, headquarters 17 

 West 42nd street, Manhattan, announces the 

 election of George F. Herriman as secretary and 

 treasurer of the compan.v. Mr. Herriman has 

 been one of the leading brokers in foreign hard- 

 woods in the metropolitan district, with head- 

 o.uarters at 288 East 7th street, and the Emery 

 company is to be congratulated upon securing 

 such valuable services. Mr. Herriman's new 

 duties will take up considerable time, so he has 

 decided to discontinue, for the time being at 

 least, his regular monthly mahogany and cedar 

 reports, but he will continue his regular brok- 

 erage business in foreign hardwoods as hereto- 

 fore. 



W. O. Cawley, headquarters 31 Decatur street, 

 Brooklyn, who has been identified with the local 

 trade for many years, is representing Thomas F. 

 Smouse, the prominent Cumberland, Md., hard- 

 wood manufacturer, and the Sterling Lumber 

 Company of Philadelphia, Pa., manufacturer of 

 hardwoods, pine, cypress and maple and oak 

 flooring. 



Rufus L. Sisson of the A. Sherman Lumber 

 Company, Potsdam, N. Y., spent several days in 

 town during the fortnight en route to the Na- 

 iional Wholesalers" convention at Washington, 

 D. C, on March 1 and 2. 



The following visitors were in town during 

 the fortnight : J. M. Hastings, J. M. Hastings 

 Lumber Company, Pittsburg, I'a. ; Frank F. 

 Fish, secretary of the National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association, Chicago. 111. ; John N. Scatch- 

 crd, Scatcherd & Son, Buffalo. N. Y. ; W. A. 

 Bennett, Bennett & Wittc, Cincinnati, O. 



James H. Walsh is no longer connected with 

 the lumber company bearing his name, but is 

 now located in Cincinnati. The officers of the 

 company declined to make any statement at 

 present regarding the change or as to whether 

 the present name of the company is to be re- 

 tained. Mr. Walsh has the reputation of b°- 

 ing a good lumber salesman and was formerly 

 in that capacity with two large hardwood yards 

 here. 



The Emporium Lumber Company Is pushins 

 its new mill at Cranberry Lake, in the Adi- 

 rondacks, to completion and has a bunch of 

 logs ready to supply it with as soon as the sav.- 

 ing season opens. The timber tract has lately 

 been increased by the purchase of 1.000 acres. 



The Buffalo Maple Flooring Company com- 

 plains that the price of lumber has gone ahead 

 of flooring, so that there is very little profit in 

 the flooring business at present, and the com- 

 pany is selling its maple direct from the saw. 



The annual meeting of the Buffalo Lumber 

 E.^change will be held on March 11. 



0. E. Yeager and M. M. Wall are among the 

 lumbermen actively interested in the Iiowling 

 at the national meeting at Broadway Arsenal, 

 the former with the Danahy team and the lat- 

 ter with the Buffalo Club team. 



1. N. Stewart is captain of a five-man team 

 of lumbermen at the national bowling tourna- 

 ment and states that his team, after only a 

 short period of practice, is rolling up some good 

 scores. 



R. D. McLean is planning a trip toward the 

 middle of the month to the McLean mills in the 

 Scuth. The yard is handling the usual amount 

 of oak and is expecting sales for 1911 to at 

 least keep up to last year's average. 



John W. Welch, who is with the Buffalo Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company, has been spending some 

 time in Michigan in the interests of the com- 

 pany and has bought a good stock of hardwoods 

 for the local yard for this season. 



R. F. Kreinheder, who, with his brother, A. 

 W. Kreinheder, is interested in the operation 

 of the Bison City Table Company, states that 

 the factory is fairly busy with orders at pres- 

 ent and a satisfactory year is looked for in 

 that line. 



J. N. Scatcherd is giving a good deal of time 

 to the work in the door mill of the Batavia & 

 New Y'ork Woodworking Company at Batavia. 

 He paid a visit to New York lately and still 

 finds competitors bidding very low for work. 



PHILADELPHIA 



W. H. Wyatt of Jackson- Wyatt Lumber Com- 

 pany, who has recently returned from a buying 

 trip in eastern Florida, reports business fair 

 but lacking in snap. However, he believes that 

 things will soon liven up. W. A. Jackson has 

 been visiting the lumber camps in West Virginia, 

 sizing up the stock situation at the mills with 

 which his company is connected. 



Charles K. Parry of Charles K. Parry & Co. 

 reports relaxed trading in January, but the vol- 

 ume of business in February far in advance of 

 (he same month of last year. He anticipates a 

 quickening for 1911. 



J. W. Difenderfer of J. W. Difonderter Lum- 

 ber Company reports smooth running for this 

 time of the .year. The outlook, however, depends 

 greatly on the effect produced by the recently 

 rendered decision by the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission, etc. 



The Codling Lumber Company recently suc- 

 ceeded the Codling-McEwen Lumber Company 

 and will continue business at the old stand. 

 Frank B. Codling reports a fair business right 

 along and looks for a steady advance as the 

 spring season opens. 



J. F. Holloway of Harry E. Clark, lumber 

 manufacturer, states that something is dolus 

 all the time, but, undeniably, a prevailing in- 



ertness in buying is noticeable at this time. 



Henry Whelpton of Owen M. Bruner Com- 

 pany is emphatic in his opinion that signs are 

 for an abundant trading later on, not^vithstand- 

 iug pessimistic predictions in some quarters, the 

 result of the decision of the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission. There has been a little 

 slowing up of late, naturally due to the in- 

 clement weather. 



Samuel B. "Vrooman of Samuel B. 'Vrooman 

 Company, Limited, left here for California on 

 February 24, where he will spend some time 

 visiting points of interest. 



A charter was issued February 23 to the 

 Lykens '\'alley Products Company of Phila- 

 delphia. The new company will establish in 

 Lykens Valley, in the upper part of Dauphin 

 county, a business of planting and cutting trees, 

 manufacturing wood and lumber products and 

 purchasing and selling timber lands. It is capi- 

 talized at .$5,000 and its incorporators, all of 

 whom are prominent citizens of Philadelphia, 

 are Dimner Beeber, I''inley Acker and George B. 

 Wells. Mr. Wells will be treasurer of the new 

 company. 



The Hammond Lumber Company of Camden. 

 N. J., was incorporated, February 27, with a 

 capital stock of $5,000. 



The Newark Automobile Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Newark, N. J., was incorporated March 

 1 with a capital stock of $500,000. 



PITTSBURQ 



The Ereitwieser-Wilson Company has been 

 making rapid and steady gains in its business 

 this winter. January and February both showed 

 a decided increase in sales over those months 

 of 1910. The company's hardwood department 

 is getting onto its feet in genuine healthy style 

 and will contribute much to the profits of the 

 concern. 



The Palmer & Semans Lumber Company is do- 

 ing a mighty good business at its newly estab- 

 lished eastern office, considering that it has only 

 been open one month. Sales Manager I. F. Bals- 

 Icy is well pleased with the experiment, for the 

 company has hitherto been handling its eastern 

 trade at somewhat of a disadvantage. 



The Newell Brothers Lumber Company is 

 pushing operations on its newly acquired tract 

 in West Virginia, where J. A. Newell has been 

 spending most of the winter. The company has 

 its connecting railroad in operation now and is 

 able to make rapid and regular deliveries from 

 its big plant. 



The Butler Planing Mill Company has been 

 incorporated at Butler, Pa., by Walter Lehman, 

 Robert S. Rohm and Geo. Dillich of that place, 

 and will do a general lumber business. 



One of the best sales of hardwood timber 

 made in western Pennsylvania for years was 

 closed last week when James S. and David Blair 

 of Indiana, Pa., and the McFarland Lumber 

 Company of Scottdale, Pa., secured a tract of 

 G.OOO acres, formerly owned by the Indian Creek 

 Lumber Company and located in Westmoreland 

 county. The tract is all virgin timber and the 

 branch of the Ligonier, Somerset & Northern 

 Railroad will make it easy shipping. It is 

 estimated that 10,000,000 feet of good lumber 

 can be cut from the timber and operations will 

 begin with the erection of a large mill this 

 summer. 



The W. P. Craig Lumber Company reports a 

 decided increase in its hardwood business. Ship- 

 ments have been slow in some lines but are 

 belter this month, and the tendency Is toward 

 a recovery in buying all along the line. 



The Conewango Furniture Company of War- 

 ren, Pa., will soon increase its capital stock from 

 .'i'.""iO,000 to $100,000. Its plant on the east side 

 of that city will be enlarged to double its 

 capacity. Charles Forsgren, a prominent furni- 

 ture manufacturer of Jamestown, N. Y., will 

 assume the management of the company. 



Hanson Brothers of Cambridge Springs, Pa., 



