HARDWOOD RECORD 



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NeWs Miscellany 



Monthly Philadelphia Lumbermen's 

 Exchange 



Tlio i-egiilai- monthly niwting of the I.umboi'- 

 meu's Kxohaniio, procodod Ijy the usual luucheou, 

 was held on March 9 with President Franklin 

 A. Smitli, Jr., in the chair. Frederick S. Under- 

 hill, chairman of the Railroad & Transjiortation 

 Committee, read a report on the work done hy 

 his committee on demurrage claims. The com- 

 mittee had gathered considerable valuable in- 

 formation liy which llie lumberman was in- 

 structed in detail as to tlie manner data should 

 he filed and presented to the railroads in each 

 complaint, in order to obtain immediate jid,iust- 

 ment of said claims, and it was shown that it is 

 up to the consignee to prove the condition of the 

 elements aflfectiug the unloading of cars ; the 

 unnecessary bundling of ears, and the non- 

 arrival of cars at railroad yards in the face of 

 the notification ?;ent (<» consignee of such ar- 

 rival. 



A resolution was jjassed that a copy (if this 

 report be sent to all the members of the 4'X- 

 change. 



Charles M. Chestnut, on behalf of the com- 

 mittee appointed hy the exchange to attend the 

 yellow pine conference held at the convention of 

 the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation, reported the result of this conference 

 and stated that the matter will now be taken 

 up by the southern yellow pine associations for 

 Una! adjustment. 



A communication was received from F, II. 

 Babcock of Pittsburg, Pa., requesting the Lum- 

 bermen's Exchange of Philadelphia to .ioin with 

 other trade associations in the "Pittsburg plan" 

 to restore the government of the cit.v to the 

 people : to prevent graft and corruption, and to 

 secure honest, ofEcient and economical adminis- 

 tration of the city's business. The communica- 

 tion was referred to the Legislative Committee. 

 The following resolutions were then adopted: 

 Whereas, We have learned of the death, on 

 March 4, of Captain E. Porter Mason : and 



Whereas, Captain Mason was intimately and 

 familiarly known to the membership of the Ex- 

 change ; and 



Whereas, He was always courteous, affable, 

 considerate and .lust in his official relations with 

 the lumber trade : therefore be it 



Resolved, That we record our regret and sor- 

 row at the passing of so excellent a man, and 

 that a minute be made in our records as a tes- 

 'timonial thereto and a copy be sent to his 

 family. 



An all wise Providence has removed from our 

 midst Mr. A. AV. Von Utassy. whose membership 

 in the Exchange dates back to its early history. 

 Being anxious that his death shall not pass un- 

 noticed bv the Exchange: 



Resolved, That in the death of Mr. A. W. Von 

 Utassy, the Exchange has lost a valuable mem- 

 ber, who was for a long time on the active roll, 

 but who lately had been transferred to the hon- 

 orary roll. 



Resolved, That we deplore this loss and desire 

 to extend to his family our most sincere sym- 

 pathy. 



Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be 

 sent to his family. 



New Orleans Clu'b Elects New Officers 



The New Orleans Lumbermen's Club held its 

 regular meeting and annual election at Reno's 

 restaurant on March 14. Campaign Managers 

 Tully and O'Lcary both ju-oved themselves to be 

 had guesscrs as regards the results of the elec- 

 tion. Both claimed that they had everything 

 their own way and that there would be no doubt 

 that their ticket would be the one elected. In 

 spite of these prophecies, both tickets were 

 scratched by the adherents of both the Insur- 

 gents and the Regulars, and a number of those 

 on each ticket were elected by practically a 

 unanimous vote. 



The new list of officers for the club for 1011 

 is as follows : 



President — W. E. Iloshall. 



First vice-president — Ludwig Haymann. 



Second vice-president — W. P. Barr. 



Secretary — L. Palmer. 



Treasurer — W. .M. Lynch. 



The interest created by the campaign man- 

 agers and candidates in the election is a splen- 

 did augury for the success of the club's activities 

 iluring its second year of existence. The elec- 

 tion was carried through with the greatest feel- 

 ing of good fellowship, and in spite of the ener- 

 getic campaign which had been carried on by the 

 two campaign managers, there was no evidence 

 cif bad feeling at the meeting. 



At the cJose of the election. President Watson, 

 in a brief speech, thanked the members of the 

 club for the co-operation they had given hint 

 diu-ing the last year, and appointed W. C. Rob- 

 inson and F. B. O'Leary as a committee to 

 escort the new president. ^Ir. Hoshall, to the 



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On taking the chair, Mr. Iloshall made a 

 slicirt talk, thanking the members of the club 

 I'ur the honor they had conferred upon him and 

 ri'c|uesting that (hey give him the same amount 

 of co-operation w'hich had been accorded to the 



W. E. IIOSIIAI.L. I'KKSiriEXT NEW ORLE.\i\S 

 LUMl'.ERMEN'S CLUB 



retiring president. At the close of this speech all 

 of the new ofBcers were requested to make short 

 talks, and all of them insisted that during thg 

 coming year there most be a greater activity of 

 the membership of the club than had heretofore 

 been evidenced. 



Monthly Meeting Chicago Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association 



The regular monthly meeting of the Chicago 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association was held 

 Tuesday, JIarch 14. at 12 :30 p. m., in the Tower 

 room of the Union League Club, there being a 

 fair number in attendance. 



After the usual enjoyable luncheon, President 

 Thornton called the meeting to order. Secretary 

 S. C. Bennett then called the roll and read the 

 minutes of the previous meeting, which were 

 approved as presented. 



At the request of the president the variou.i 

 standing committees then gave their reports. 

 The lU'esideut stated that George J. Pope, chair- 

 man of the Trade Relations Committee, had re- 

 signed, and suggested that F, J. Pike call a spe- 

 cial meeting of the members of the committee 

 before April for the purpose of electing a new 

 chairman. At n previous meeting Mr. Pope 

 stated that he expected to be out of the city 



the greater part of the ensuing year and did 

 not believe he could be of any assistance on the 

 committee and therefore insisted that his resig- 

 nation be accepted. 



The chair announced that the most important 

 subject which would be brought up before the 

 meeting was that of the proposed amalgamation 

 of the three local associations into an organiza- 

 tion to be known as the Lumbermen's Association 

 of Chicago. He proceeded to outline the new 

 features In connection with the proposed union, 

 and discussed the copy of the tentative agree- 

 ment which previously had been mailed to all 

 members of the association. 



E. II. Dalbey, chairman of the Railroad Com- 

 mittee, at the suggestion of President Thornton, 

 di'scoursed on matters pertaining to the contem- 

 plated switching arrangements and other matters- 

 of transportation. He stated that the railroads 

 had been unable to reach a satisfactory agree- 

 ment among themselves, as those which have no- 

 terminals here are unwilling to pay charges to 

 tho.se which have. The freight lines have asked 

 for a further extension of time until some time 

 in April, when it is believed a satisfactory set- 

 tlement W'ill be reached by all concerned. The 

 recent decision rendered b.v the Court of Appeals 

 of St. Louis, Mo., in the case of the Lord & 

 Bushnell Company, Chicago, against the T. & 

 N. O. railroad, was also cited by Mr. Dalbey. The 

 decision recited that where misrouting occurs 

 delivery is made other than specified in the bill 

 of lading and held that transportation lines are 

 accordingly liable. The point was thus estab- 

 lished that the shipper has the absolute right 

 to route his car until it reaches its destination 

 as specified in the bill of lading. The speaker 

 pointed out several other cases, including that 

 of the Oregon Lumber Company vs. the Oregon 

 Railroad & Navigation Company in regard to 

 the matter of lumber claims. 



\ report was given by George D. Griffith of 

 the findings of the board of directors in refer- 

 ence to the inspection department, which pro- 

 vides that this department be done away with 

 on April 1 : the main reason being that this de- 

 partment has been steadily running behind in 

 the matter of expenses. 



The question of the proposed consolidation wa» 

 brought up for discussion and action. Several 

 members were called upon by President Thorn- 

 ton to express their views on the matter, among 

 them being J. M. Scbultz, D. J. Jeffris, Francis 

 .T. Pike, F. B. McMullen and E, E, Skeele, all of 

 whom spoke favorably of the project. A letter 

 was read from G. H. Deeves, which proved to 

 be equally favorable. Finally the matter of 

 amalgamation was put in the form of a motion 

 by II. D. Welch and was seconded by F. J. 

 Hathway. being carried by a unanimous vote. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Those present were : 



.T. D. Attley. J. M. Attley & Co. 



S. C. Bennett, Hardwood Mills Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



Ren Collins, .Tr.. Collins Lumber Company. 



-V. .T. Cross, C. L. Cross. 



E. ir. Dalbey, E. H. Dalbey Lumber Company. 

 H. B. Darlington, .-American Lumberman. 



P. S. Fletcher, D. S. Pate Lumber Company. 



F. R. Gadd, Wisconsin Lumber Company. 

 A. D. Gillis, Gillis & Co. 



George D. Griffith. George D. Griffith & Co. 



.T. F. Halpin. C. H. Worcester Company. 



F. .1. Hathway. Hathway Lumber Company. 



Fred .1. .Teffries. Chicago Car Lumber Companv 



F. B. McMullen, Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



T. D. Phillips, McShane Lumber Company. 



F. .1. Pike. Pike-Dial Lumber Company. 



JIark S. Porter, Frank Porter Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



L. P. liyan. Great Southern Lumber Company, 



Car\ Save. The McLeod Lumber Company. 



.1. U. Scbultz, Schultz Bros. 



C. E. Sine, Potlach Lumber Company. 



A. .T. Sine, Pacific Lumber Agency. " 



Edward E. Skeele, E'stabrooke-Skeeic Lumber 

 Company. 



F. B. "Stone. 



E. A. Thornton, E. A. Thornton Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



•T. C. Ulrlch, Chicago Car Lumber Company. 



II D. Welch, E. .4. Thornton Lumber Company. 



,fohn S. Wyne, H.iRiiwooD Record. 



