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allege that he is Insolvent. Mr. Langstroth was 

 furmerly in business in Philadelphia and later 

 was identified with large wholesale interests of 

 (his city from whom he withdrew to engage in 

 ])usiness on his own nccotnit in April, 1908. 

 Schedule of assets and liabilities has not becu 

 made. 



The local members of Hoo-Hoo under the 

 leadership of James A. Laeey, Tribune building, 

 City, the newly appointed vicegerent snarl; for 

 the E'astern District of New Yorl5, will hold a 

 concatenation on April 8. About fifteen candi- 

 dates have already been secured and Mr. Lacy 

 is talking hold of the proposition with enthu- 

 siasm and vigor. 



The Liuehan Lumber Company, which recently 

 opened an office at 1 Madison avenue, Man- 

 hattan, as eastern representative of Vansant, 

 Kitchen & Co., large hardwood house of Ash- 

 land, Ky., is now in good shape for business, 

 which is coming along nicely. In addition to 

 this connection the Linnhan Lumber Company 

 will also continue specializing in tlie hardwood 

 lumber and flooring business both through the 

 local company as well as the Linehan Lumber 

 Company of Pittsburg. 



Among the prominent hardwood visitors dur- 

 ing the fortnigrht were Claude Maley, Maley & 

 Wertz. Evansville, Ind. ; J. W. Mayhew, W. M. 

 Kitter Lumber Company, Columbus, O. : and P. 

 L. Andrews of the C. E. Andrews Lumber Com- 

 pany, New Bethlehem, Pa. 



C. W. Manning, wholesale hardwoods and 

 veneers, 66 Broad street, Manhattan, is on a 

 business trip to North Carolina and other south- 

 ern states. 



D. D. Hartlove, representative of Price & 

 Heald, Baltimore, Md., was a visitor in town 

 during the fortnight. This Arm handles domes- 

 tic and export hardwood and poplar lumber. 



The first annual meeting of the Manufac- 

 turers' Lumber Company headquarters, 27 Will- 

 iam street, organized about a year ago to dis- 

 tribute in this section tlie lumber jjroducts of 

 the Hugh McLean Lumber Company, Buffalo; 

 W. C. Edwards & Co., Ottawa ; the Robinson- 

 Edwards Lumber Company, Burlington, Vt. : the 

 Haines Lumber Company, North Tonawanda, 

 N. Y. ; Bathurst Lumber Company, Bathurst, 

 N. B., and the Cascapedia Manufacturing & 

 Trading Company, Bonaventure and New Rich- 

 mond, Que., was held at headquarters on March 

 14, at which time the officers of last year were 

 re-elected as follows : President, Hon. W. C. 

 Edwards : first vice-president, Hugh Mcl^ean ; 

 second vice-president, Gordon C. Edwards ; sec- 

 retary, Maurice B. Preisch ; assistant secretary, 

 Christopher B. Cox ; treasurer and general 

 manager. Van W. Tyler. The company had a 

 very successful year, handling a total of 46.000,- 

 000 feet. The only change comprehended for 

 next year is the withdrawal of stocks of the 

 Robinson-Edwards Lumber Company and W. C. 

 Edwards & Co. from the company so far as the 

 Metropolitan District is concerned, but in sur- 

 rounding territory the prcxlucts wili continue to 

 be distributed by the Manufacturers' Lumber 

 Company. 



Among the prominent visitors during the fort- 

 night were A. B. Hammond. Hammond Lumber 

 Company, San Francisco, Cal. ; E. R. Babcock 

 of Pittsburg. Pa., president of the National 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, who was 

 here going over matters with Secretary Perry ; 

 G. F. Eldied, Louisiana Red Cypress Company 

 of New Orleans, La. ; John N. Scateherd. 

 Scatcherd & Sons, Buffalo, N. Y. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Jerome H. Sheip recently returned from an 

 extensive trip to Florida and Alabama, where 

 he combined business with pleasure. On his 

 return trip he spent considerable time at his 

 cigar box lumber plant at Choctah Point, Mobile, 

 Ala. Ho reports the plant active, employing 



one hundred hands, and turning out 60,000 feet 

 of veneered and imitation box lumber a day. 

 He says trading in that branch is brisk, but in 

 the general lumber business there is undeniably 

 a lack of snap. 



Robert B. Wheeler of R. B. Wheeler & Co. 

 reports business not up to expectations so far 

 this year. There is a lack of buoyancy in 

 (rading, but he is iiopeful of a betterment as 

 spring advances. 



H. B. France of the Monarch Lumber Com- 

 pany and the Haddock-France Lumber Com- 

 pany reports business fairly good right along, 

 witii a decided advance of late. Every indica- 

 tion points to a remunerative year. 



Frederick S. Underbill of Wistar, Underbill 

 & Co. says emphatically that the signs are 

 favorable for a good season, and reports a 

 stiffening of prices. R. W. Wistar is visiting 

 the mills in which the firm is interested and 

 will extend his trip to the Icadiug southern 

 lumber districts. 



Daniel B. Curll says everything is moving 

 along smoothly, there being notliing to inter- 

 rupt a healthy trading. He speaks optimistic- 

 ally of the outlook. He recently removed to 

 larger quarters at 1234 Real Estate Trast build- 

 ing, where he will have better facilities for 

 handling increased business. 



The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company is com- 

 placent over conditions. Reports emanating 

 from its eastern office confirm a quickening in 

 trading, with every prospect of continuation 

 throughout the year. The recent spurt in busi- 

 ness is an agreeable reminder of the old pros- 

 perous times. 



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

 ber Company, reports a steady advance in 

 trading during the last fortnight, and is antici- 

 pating a good year's business. Orders are 

 coming in. but unfortunately there is difficulty 

 in getting sulflcient dry stock to supply the 

 deiuaud. 



Eli E. Hallowell of Eli B. Hallowell & Co. 

 says they have been moving a fair volume of 

 stuff right along, and look for a substantial 

 future business. 



George M. Fleck, father of Paul W. Fleck of 

 Fleck & Dunwoody, died at Bala, Pa., on March 

 15, aged eiglity-one years. Mr. Fleck was born 

 in Wurtemburg, Germany, and was employed in 

 the Germany treasury department. He came to 

 America when very young and engaged in a 

 lucrative business in Philadelphia, from which 

 he had been long retired. 



J. Frank Torbet. a well-known lumberman, 

 died on March 15 at Jersey Shore, Pa. 



Clement W. Hunsicker died on March 12 at 

 Denver, Colo. He was formerly a Philadel- 

 phian and for a number of years was associated 

 with his father. Henry A. Hunsicker, in the 

 lumljer business here. 



It was recently announced that the Baldwin 

 Locomotive Works had secured an order from 

 the Illinois Central Railroad for forty locomo- 

 tives. It is said the transaction will amount 

 to about $800,000. 



The Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company 

 has recently undergone a corporate change. A 

 deal was arranged through the banking liouse 

 of J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York and Edward 

 B. Smith & Co. of this city. The new corpora- 

 tion's capital is placed at .'tin,.'j00,000, and stock 

 will be is.sued as fallows : $2,000,000 preferred 

 A. 7 per cent, winch has been sold at 97 ; 

 .$2,.'jOO,000 preferred B, 7 per cent stock, which 

 goes to the old interests in the property, and 

 .1!5,000,000 common sfrck, on which it is planned 

 to pay 4 per cent dividends from the start. 

 Besides business, good will and valuable pat- 

 ents, the Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Com- 

 pany and the controlled Railway Equipment Cor- 

 poration have plants valued at more than 

 .$2,000,000. Henry S. Hale, who has been the 

 active head of the company, will be chairman 

 of the new board. 



BUFFALO 



Weather ct>uditiona in the Adirondacks have 

 been quite unsatisfactory for some time, render- 

 ing the liandling of lumber a very difficult 

 process. The piles have been covered with sev- 

 eral feet of ice and snow, so that spring will 

 have to arrive before the lumber can be moved. 

 -Mfred .Swanson of the firm of J. M. Briggs & 

 Co. went to that section a few days ago, intend- 

 ing to ship some cherry lumber, but found it in 

 an immovable condition and was obliged to defer 

 his efforts until later in the season. 



J. D. MeCallum, treasurer of the Hugh Mc- 

 Lean Lumber Company, is making a trip of 

 inspection of the company's "mills at Memphis, 

 Chattanooga and Birmingham. Hugh McLean 

 is spending a few days in New York. 



Hugh A. Stewart, who recently returned from 

 a trip to New York and eastern points, reports 

 the lumber situation in Buffalo as satisfactory 

 as in the East and tliat trade with I. N. Stewart 

 & Brother is improving. 



A. W. Krelnheder of the Standard Hardwood 

 Lumber Company has returned from his visit 

 of two weeks to the mills and yards of the com- 

 pany in Alabama and Tennessee, where business 

 is going on as actively as usual. 



J. B. Wall of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumlier 

 Company is back from his trip to Mt. Clemens, 

 Mich., much improved in Iiealth and ready to 

 sell a large amount of birch and other lumber. 



F. W. Vetter states that the buying of hard- 

 wood lumber is more or less spasmodic at pres- 

 ent, but that sales are about as good as can be 

 expected until there is more spring weather and 

 general business. 



O. E. Y^cager made some good individual 

 scores at the national bowling tournament, 

 which closed on Saturday, after a very success- 

 ful run. His yard is doing a fair amount of 

 business in oak and other lumber. 



The big door mill of G. Ellas & Brother has 

 Just installed a 200-horse power gas engine in 

 order to increase its power in a general way 

 and meet the larger demands for finished work. 



James N. Scatcherd, the junior member of 

 Scatcherd & Son, is recovering from a serious 

 attack of typhoid fever. Since the death of 

 Manager Hopkins he has given close attention 

 to business and is needed again at the office. 



The yard of A. Miller is well stocked with all 

 sorts of good lumiier and the report is that 

 where anything is short the demand is light, so 

 that the yard ought to be prety well balanced. 



Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling state that trade 

 is fairly satisfactory in hardwoods, particularly 

 in maple and plain oak, in which there is an 

 increasing demand and a continued scarcity of 

 lumber. 



The annual election of the Buffalo Lumber 

 Exchange, held on March 11. resulted in the re- 

 election of the officers of the previous year, as 

 follows : M. M. Wall, president ; Knowlton 

 Mixer, vice-president : John S. Tyler, secretary 

 and treasurer. Secretary Tyler's report of the 

 transactions of last year shows the receipt of 

 74.712.000 feet of hardwood lumber by rail, an 

 increase of 10.1 cars over 1900. The lumber re- 

 ceived by lake was mixed white pine, hardwood 

 and hemlock, and amounted to 67,883,000 feet, 

 an increase of 21,920.000 feet over 1909. Hard- 

 wood shipments by rail were 62,736.000 feet, an 

 increase of 1.031 cars, leaving in Buffalo yards, 

 at the end of the year 57.559.000 feet, an in- 

 crease of 3.391,500 feet over the previous year. 

 The increasing business done by Buffalo hard- 

 wood dealers at mills and yards elsewhere is not 

 figured into the Buffalo transactions. 



PITTSBURG 



The Aberdeen Lumber Company recently took 

 an order for 2,000,000 feet of railroad material 

 in which oak will figure very largely. President 



