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rate of $2 per car. The road bas now brought 

 suit, chnrglDK that the commission exceeded Its 

 uiiihorlty In making the order. 



For thi- purpose of working up a heavily tim- 

 bered tract which they recently purchased, 

 Charles and Ell Stottlemyer of I'ortvllle have 

 gone to Dublin, Miss. They took a complete 

 sawmill outflt with them, which they will put 

 into operntlun at once on the new tract. 



Thf l•^^llerton-^o^vell Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany of South Uend Is establishing a branch 

 yard in Kransrllle and will make that city one 

 1 Its principal distributing points. 



Cincumati. 



The Summit Lumber and Mining Company of 

 .Vkron, Ohio, has been Incorporated with a capi- 

 tal of ?75.000 by C. H. Wheeler, C. W. Gabriel, 

 .\. W. viasser and H. E. Gabriel. 



In the schedule tiled at Lexington, Ky., by the 

 receiver In bankruptcy for the Boyce Jt Grogan 

 Lumber Company it was shown that many con- 

 cerns and Individuals all over the country were 

 caught In the failure, among the largest losers 

 outside of Kentucky being Schultz Bros. & Cowen, 

 Chicago. $15,000; PhoenU Lumber Company, 

 Little Kock, Ark., $6,871.45 : Sequatchie Iron, 

 Coal and Lumber Company, Spring City, Tenn., 

 $10.020.40 ; Smith, Myers & Schneir Company, 

 Cincinnati. $4,000 ; Chippewa Falls Furniture 

 Company. Chippewa Falls. Wis.. $L'.S05.T5 : lium- 

 barger Lumber Company. Philadelphia, $5,519.89 ; 

 Deloach Manufacturing Company, Shreveport, 

 La., $4,990.40 : C. Boyce, Abingdon, Va., $29,- 

 446..-5G. 



Myron Banning, brother of Leland G. Ban- 

 ning, one of the best known local lumbermen, 

 passed away peacefully a few days ago at his 

 residence in Avondale after a short illness. The 

 news of his death came as a surprise to his 

 numerou.? friends and business associates. Mr. 

 Banning had been conducting a prosperous lum- 

 ber business In Cincinnati for a number of years, 

 with headduarters In the Allen building. He 

 was a Hno-Hoo, a member of the Lumbermen's 

 Club and also a member of the Chamber of 

 Commerce. In all three associations he has been 

 active and popular. Ills funeral took place from 

 his home and was attended b.v a number of 

 local lumber dealers. 



Owing to the constant Increase of business the 

 E. E. Beck Lumber Company, at Liberty and 

 McLean avenue, has found It necessary to ex- 

 pand and has leased the adjoining lot. They 

 have increased their capital from $10,000 to 

 $50,000. The new property will be used as an 

 addition to their lumber yards," so that they 

 will carry a larger and more c«)mpleie stock and 

 be able to take can* of tlicir or.lers promptly. 



The K. & P. Lumber Company has secured a 

 lease on four acres of land directly opposite 

 its present plant and will establish a new saw- 

 mill on the ground. The lease holds for fifteen 

 years and It is said that there Is a clause which 

 calls for the purchase of the property at the 

 expired time. The tract is located near the 

 Big Four crossing In F^lmwood and Is also within 

 a short distance of the Norfolk & Western 

 road, thus giving the lumber company ample 

 shipping facilities. .M. Kosse, president of the 

 K. & P. Lumber Company, states that the prop- 

 erty will be greatly Improved at once, and it Is 

 the intention of the company to extend its busi- 

 ness in general. The addition of the new saw- 

 mill will about double the concern's capacity, 

 which will, of course, result In Its business 

 belDB greatly extended. 



The Lumbermen's Club held Its first monthly 

 meeting for some time at the Business Men's 

 Club last week. The meeting was conlined to 

 the discussion of the ruling of the railroads, 

 which went into effect August 1, stating that 

 the minimum weight of lumber In a car shall 

 be 34,000 instead of 30,000 pounds. It was 

 contended that some cars will not hold 34,000 

 pounds of certain kinds of lumber. Among the 

 speakers were .Sam Klchey, George LIttleford, 

 Ben Dulweher and Col. A. D. AIcLeod. The 



regular monthly meetings will be held, as usual, 

 the first Monday of each month, the next one 

 being scheduled for November 4. 



The .Morrison & Snodgrass Company, whose 

 plant was partly destroyed by lire some time 

 ago, win be dissolved. The firm Is composed 

 of Andrew Morrison, the founder of the com- 

 pany, and his two sons, George and Arthur. 

 The elder Mr. Morrison will retire from the 

 business and devote his time to his real estate 

 in Mt. Auburn, while George and Arthur .Morri- 

 son will, within the next few weeks, incorporate 

 the company under a new name and will also 

 have started the erection of their sawmill, which 

 is to be constructed In Avondale. The Morri- 

 son & Snodgrass Company was one of the oldest 

 concerns in the Queen City. 



An intervening petition in the Cypress Lum- 

 ber Company's Involuntary bankruptcy case has 

 been filed in the District Court by two addi- 

 tional creditors of the defendant. The inter- 

 veners deny that the Boyce & Grogan Lumber 

 Company, one of the original petitioners, has a 

 provable claim against the defendant. The 

 intervening petition adopts ail the other alle- 

 gations in the original. In addition thereto it 

 Is asserted the Cypress Lumber Company gave 

 a preferential claim for $6,000 to the Cos- 

 mopolitan Savings Bank of this city. 



Judge Thompson of the District Court refused 

 to appoint a receiver in the Involuntary bank- 

 ruptcy case brought against the Enterprise Lum- 

 ber Company a few days ago, in order to take 

 It out of the hands of the receiver appointed 

 some months »go by the Hamilton County Com- 

 mon Pleas Court. ■ W. H. Stewart was ap- 

 pointed receiver by the latter, and Judge Thomp- 

 son stated that he would not make any change 

 in this regard until after the defendant com- 

 pany had been adjudged a l)ankrupt. It was 

 charged that W. H. Stewart had not been at- 

 tending to the business properly, but this was 

 disproved, as it was shown that during his 

 term the company haB made a profit of $10,000. 

 James W. Meyers, president of the company, has 

 been missing since last July, and no word has 

 been received of his whereabouts. 



Chattanooga. 



The Union Lumber Company has completed 

 the installation of sash and door eciulpment 

 at the plant of Ridgedale. The equipment was 

 added to supply local demands only. Ed Fer- 

 ger, president of the concern, says wholesale 

 demands are now a little dull because of over- 

 production and the stiffness in the money mar- 

 ket. 



The Case-Fowler Lumber Company, which has 

 been reorganized here since W. .M. Fowler sold 

 his interests in the Fowler-Personette Lumber 

 Company of Birmingham and returned to this 

 city. Is establishing office and yards at East 

 End on the site formerly occupied by the com- 

 pany. The company will deal in hardwoods, in- 

 cluding oak, poplar, chestnut, gum, etc. It Is 

 accumulating considerable stock, although Mr. 

 Fowler says there seems to be no great demand 

 for lumber just now. 



The Chattanooga Wheelbarrow and Truck 

 Manufacturing Company, which was recently re- 

 organized witii $50,000 capital stock and which 

 look over the plant of the Chattanooga Wheel- 

 Ijarrow and Manufacturing Company at East 

 Lake, has elected the following officers : Presi- 

 dent, W. M. Fowler of the Case-Fowler Lumber 

 Company ; vice-president, Z. W. Wheland, presi- 

 dent of the Wheland .Machine Works ; general 

 manager, A. D. Catlin, president of the Chatta- 

 nooga Machinery Company ; secretary. P. S. 

 I'ilzgiblions, manager McLean Lumber Company, 

 and treasurer, C. II. Huston of the Chattanooga 

 .Machinery Company. 



11. B. Gates of the H. B. Smith Machine 

 Company of .Vtlanta, Ga., was a recent visitor 

 here. 



Harry Fowler, the young son of W. M. Fowler, 

 has recently been appointed vicegerent snark of 

 the Order "( lIooHoo for the Eastern district. 



Capt. .\. J. Gahagiui .,i uie l,..i.ml3 & Hart 

 Manufacturing Company was a member of the 

 committee which received President Roosevelt 

 while In the city October 22 on bis return trip 

 from Louisiana. 



Market conditions here are considered of such 

 a serious character that the matter will be taken 

 up at a meeting of representatives from all over 

 east Tennessee to be held In Knoxvllle Novem- 

 ber 14, when the scale of prices on logs, etc.. will 

 be dis.ussed at length. Capt. A. J. Gahagan 

 of the local association Is now sending out let- 

 ters urging the lumbermen to attend this meet- 

 ing, when it is hoped that something of definite 

 value may be accomplished. 



Fred K. Conn, vice-president of the Bayou 

 Land and Lumber Company of Cincinnati, who 

 passed through here recently en route to Cin- 

 cinnati from the South, says the mills through- 

 out tile Soutii are looking rather "blue" over 

 the situation and that iliey arc not buying to 

 any degree. 



St, Louis, 

 The receipts of lumber by rail for the first 

 twenty-one days of October this year were 8.222 

 cars, as compared with 7,439 cars during the 

 same period last year. Receipts by river were 

 i;73.00O feet. There were received 419,000 feet 

 during the same period last year. Shipments 

 by rail during tlie first twenty-one days were 

 0.5G1 cars, against 5,879 cars during the same 

 period last year. There were 85,000 feet shipped 

 by river, against 147,000 feet during the first 

 twenty-one days of October last year. This 

 shows an increase in rail receipts of 783 cars 

 during the first twenty-one days of October this 

 year. A decrease of 146,000 feet In river re- 

 ceipts in comparison with last year Is shown; 

 an increase of 082 cars In shipments by rail Id 

 comi)arison with the first twenty-one days of 

 October last year, hut a falling off this year of 

 62,000 feet in shipments by river. 



L. M. Borgess, secretary of the Steele & Hlb- 

 bard Lumber Company, wiio is in the northern 

 territory on a selling trip. Is sending in some 

 good-sized orders for hardwoods and is getting 

 satisfactory prices on his orders. 



W. R. Chlvvis reports a good demand for wal- 

 nut, his specialty. Four cars for the Euro- 

 pean trade were shipped from his yard recently. 

 G. H. Barnes, president of the (!. H. Barnes 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, has been shipping 

 considerable stock for railroad account recently. 

 A good trade for all items on the hardwood 

 list is reported by E. H. Luehrmann, vice-presi- 

 dent of the Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. The car shortage has Inter- 

 fered very little with their business, although 

 at limes, like others, they have had some 

 trouble in getting cars. 



George !■:. llibliard, vice-president of the Steele 

 & llll>l>ard Lumber Company, returned early in 

 the month from a selling trip. He hooked some 

 good-sized orders. 



Theodore Phimroer. president of the Piummer 

 Lumber Company, says they have enough orders 

 on their books to keep them busy for the rest 

 of the month. Theodore .M. Piummer, secre. 

 tary of the company, is still in tlie South wind- 

 ing up his business preparatory to going to 

 .southern Texas soon after the first of the year 

 and engaging in the ranch business. 



Mr. Powe. vice-president of the Piummer 

 Lumber Ciunpany, was called to Ashcvllle, N. 

 ('.. this week liy the death of his sister. 



The Valley Hardwood Company filed articles 

 of Incorporation on October 21, with a capital 

 stock of $150,00(1, fully paid. The object of 

 the corporation Is to deal In lumber and prod- 

 ucts thereof. The first meeting will be held 

 October 20. 



Nashville. 

 .\iishvllle has been topsy-turvy the pn.'^i ■■ 'V 

 days over the visit of President Roosevelt. Two 

 Nashville lumbermen, John H l.'nos.n.i m.i.i r.ihn 



