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HARDWOOD RECORD 



'iii|iiiiiy iidninil rcci-iitly from a tluco monllis' 



l|> III .Mii-iliii. .Mr. BulU'i- «|)enl most of Ills 



iiif wlilli' luvii.v KlinnlDj; fur his Kniiio. 



M.Mii- \ Hall 1)1" till' Hull LunilHT L'ompiiny 



iitly iriiiii a ii>\v weeks' tilp to Biit- 



i Mr. Il.ill ri'pnrts busliii'ss In tlint 



ilioii .1- very (air. 



Till' liiMisli liaiiUli' fiii'liiry and moliUhu mill of 



hi' iJei.ri;"' \\". rallcii Conipnny, Ilri'wor. Maine. 



.15 liivn iU"*lri'yi'il by lire. The loss Is estl- 



uili'il at .s'i;.iiiiii. 



Kilitar II. .\lleii. wlin has lnon salesman for 



Mil' .Xmerleaii Woodworkin!; Maehlne Company 



nt Xiirwlih. i.'onn.. for the past tweuty-one 



years, will tonllniie to represent this llrm In 



the Ka-r. iiiaklim his lienilipiarlers at Norwhh. 



alllioii),-li il 1(1 NiirwU'h plant nf the lompany 



Ins been alven lip anil about all the maehlnery 

 lisp.iseil fit. 

 The I'o.ik Lumber Torapany. Laeonla, N. II., 

 lently held Us annual meeting. The officials 



■ leited are: K. I>. Cook, president: Alfred N. 

 Iissenden. vice president: I.. V. Thiirhcr, trens- 



irer. and I-'. I', riiinimi'r. assistant treasurer. 



New York. 

 The iiirst liii]iiirtaiit event in the li>::il lumber 

 rrcle-i diirhif the I'urlnliiht was the failure of 

 W. i;. I ptearove & llro.. prominent Urooklyn 

 baidwiiiid lii,u.<e. whirl! went into the hands 

 "t reii-lvers .in fielnber 2S. .T. T. Ulngoe, C. A. 

 iieekir anil William K. Uplegrovc being ap- 

 pointed temporary receivers under a joint bond 



■ I S.Mi.iimi, The application was made Ijy the 

 \iuericau I'igiir I!ox Company and the Freder- 

 icks and Smith companies, creditors to the ex- 

 lent of ¥■'"."""■ 'J'lie caiiilai of \V. IC. Iptc- 

 '^-rove & Bio. is S.'iOti.OlHi. and it is understood 

 that the outstanding obligations arc ¥400,000. 

 The action was taken as a logical means of 

 meeting the financial situation, conserving tlie 

 interests of customers, creditors and stock- 

 holders, and the receivers will continue the 

 hiisiness. I in November 14, in the (.'ircuit Coui't 

 of the I'nited States. I'cderal building. Brook- 

 lyn, arguments will be heard as to why receiver- 

 ship should not be continued during the pend- 

 ency of the suit of the creditors against the 

 linn. W. K. Tptegrove & Bro. have been promi- 

 nent in the hardwood trade of the metropolitan 

 district and in manufacturing in the South for 

 many year.s. its plant located between .lava 

 and Kent streets. Brooklyn. being one 

 of the largest In the district. While formerly 

 heavily interested in the mahogan.v and veneer 

 trade, this branch of the business was sold two 

 years ago to .Icrome 1'. Uptegrove, a brother. 

 and Mr. Berkwitli, who under the liriu name of 

 rptegrove & Beckwitli have since operated at 

 the foot of Tenth street. Manhattan, and who 

 are in nowise affected by the failure of W. K. 

 rjitegrove & Bro. 



The Kcclcston Lumber Company, 44 Broad- 

 way. Manhattan, wholesaler, has made an assign- 

 ment to .\. K. Michel. The company Is a New 

 .lersey corporation organized in March, 1890. 

 with a capital of .$10,000. which was later In- 

 creased til .f.'iO.OOO. .1. B. Eccleston is presl- 

 ilent and s. c. Kccleston treasuret 



O. ('•. Barr, representing J. W. Beecher, 

 Biecher &' Co.. fjlen Vnion Lumber Company 

 and the Tennessee Lumber Company of I'otts- 

 vllle. ra.. was a recent visitor In town, spending 

 seves'al da.vs In looking over the market, with 

 an idea of further developing their trade In 

 ihls vicinity. 



The trustee in bankruptcy for Taylor & Car- 

 penter, retailers of Sheepsboad Bay, N. Y., will 

 on November ll.sell the assets, including real 

 estate, buildings, nlacblucry, tools, stock, etc., 

 uf the firm. 



Thomas W. Fry, secretary of the Charles F. 

 Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, St. 

 Louis, was a visitor in town the lirst of the 

 month, to meet Mrs. Fry and son on their 

 arrival from Knrope on the Cedric, after a four 

 luontbs' u-in abroad. While here Mr. Fry also 

 renewed .u i|uaintances with the trade of his 

 «-oinpany in ilit; local m.'irket. 



The local offices of the Lackawanna Lumber 

 Company. Scrantun, I'a., and the Newman Lum- 

 ber Ciiinpany of llattleslnirg. .Miss., located nt 

 1 .Madl.sou avenue, were discontinued November 

 1. F. K. Travis of Yonkers will continue to 

 represent Hie companies in the local market. 



The I'^ustern Lumber Company of Tonawanda. 

 X. Y.. illsconlinued Us local sales office. 1 Madi- 

 son avenue, iiii November 1. 



The power room of the milling plant of F. 

 Kckenroth & Son. large retailers at the foot Dt 

 Kast Fifth street, Manliattan, was damaged by 

 lire on October 2!). entailing a loss of $4,000. 

 The plant has only been running half time since 

 the lire, but the damage will soon be repaired 

 and work resumed as usual. 



Col. 11. B. Curllu of the Tardee & Curtin 

 Lumber Company. Clarksburg and Sutton, W, 

 Va.. was a recent visitor, acccmip.'inicd by Mrs. 

 Curtin. 



Henry Cape, the popular wholesaler, has again 

 resumed activities in the wholesale hardwood 

 and spruce trade at 1 .Madison avenue, and Is 

 excellently situated in the matter of supplies, 

 with good mill connections. He was recently 

 ailmitted to membership in the New York Lumber 

 Trade Association. 



The large plumbers' woodwork and trim fac- 

 tory of Shwab Bros., .S9-10S Washington avenue, 

 Brooklyn, was totally destroyed by Are October 

 •J2. (>ntnlllng a' loss of !?) 00,000. 



The II. N. MacNIchol ('"ompany has been incor- 

 porated in this city to conduct a general cooper- 

 age busiuess, with ,i capital of $o,000. The 

 iucorporators are IL H. MacNIchol of Bath 

 Beach, N. Y., C. I. Hall and I!. W. K. MacNIchol 

 of East Orange. N. .1. 



Sylvester Boss, of the luinbcr lirm of Ross 

 & Snyder, Third avenue and Union street, 

 lirooklyn. died suddenly in his summer home, 

 Southampton. L. L, on October 2.1, in the sev- 

 enty-first yoar of his age. Mr. Boss was a 

 veteran in the local trade and started in busi- 

 ness with his father in IS.'iO. The partner- 

 ship was an eiiual one between Jlr. Ross and 

 -Vlex. C. Snyder, although Mr. Ross never took 

 an active part in the business, which will be 

 ronlinued b.v Mr. Snyder in the future, as in 

 the past, under the old firm name. Mr. Ross' 

 two sous, fJuIian Ross and Sylvester Ross. .Ir.. 

 are prominent in the relail lumber trade of 

 Brooklyn, both maintaining yards in that 

 borougli. 



Wistar. rnderhill & Co.. wholesale house of 

 I'hlladeljihia. has arranged for permanent local 

 representation and Edward ,1. Behrens will look 

 after their interests in the local market, making 

 Ills headquarters at the St. I'aul liotel. Sixl;ieth' 

 street and Columbus avenue. Manhattan. 



Charles K. I'age of C. E. Page & Co., 1170 

 Broadway, has just returned from a business 

 trip south. 



S. F. Minter. wholesale hardwoods, 1 Broad- 

 way, is just back from a week's visit among 

 the southern hardwood mills. 



II. I). Billmcyer of the Billmeyer Lumber 

 Compan.v. Cumberland. Md., large producers of 

 heavy oak timber and bill stutf, spent a few 

 days here on his way to New England on a 

 business trip. He reports trade good In his 

 line and looks for a specially active trade 

 among the shipbuilders, etc., during the next 

 year iiy reason of the large demand for coast- 

 wise vessels to replace sixty-odd which were 

 destroyed on the coast last year. 



I. W. Warner of the Coppock- Warner Lumber 

 Company. I'hiladelphia. is renewing acquaint- 

 ances In the trade Ihls week. He reports trade 

 as very fair. 



C. \V. Manning, GG Broad street, yvas a visitor 

 among the southern veneer and i)auel mills in 

 the interest of that branch of his business. 



Philadelphia. 

 C. n. Turner, president of the Newbern Lum- 

 ber Company, Newbern, N. C., and Thomas W. 

 Fry. secretary of the Charles F. Luehrmann 

 Hardwood Lumber Company. St. Louis, were 

 among the recent visitors to the Lumbermeu's 



Exchange. .Toseph IL l.inelian of the Llnehan Lum 

 her Company recenlly visited tho local trade. 



Shelp & Vandegrlft. Inc.. have been very 

 busy for SI, me lime, both nt factory and mills: 

 however, they slate that trading Is e.ising up 

 somewhat at this time. This concern has been 

 rushed wllh orders for veneered and Imliatioii 

 cigar box lunibir : from .January 1 to Nnvember 

 1. ]!)07. they manufactured and shipped over 

 l.j,Ou(i.uiii) feet of this stock. They now have 

 their mills In such shape that they can guar 

 antee to ship their prodiicl promptly in most 

 any quantity. 



The I'hiladelphia Veneer and Lumber Com 

 pany Is busy. Iliough admilling a want of snap 

 In trading, nolwlihslauding Francis (inodhue. 

 .Ir.. of this concern recenlly returned from a 

 trip through the New England states with a 

 bunch of good orders. He reports October the 

 best month they have ever had. E. M. Heuofer. 

 the general manager of this company's mill 

 at Knoxvllle, Tenn., succeeds In keeping the 

 plant .ictive right along. At a recent meet 

 ing of the Log Buyers' .Vssociatlon at that place. 

 .Mr. Heiiofer was elected president, a selection 

 which is regarded a good one. 



.1. Gibson .Mcllvaln & Co. arc not affected 

 by the New York financial troubles. They re 

 port their business keeping up fairly well for 

 the time of year and good inquiries coming In. 



The Boico Lumber Company, Inc., admits that 

 buyers are very conservative in their dealings 

 at this time, but C. E. Lloyd. ,Ir., of this coin 

 cern states that he is getting a good share 

 of the trading, consequently has no fault to 

 find. His only trouble Is the difficulty In oh 

 talning a sufficient supply of cars. 



The machinery of the W. M. nitter Lumber 

 Company hums on at the mills, and the pessi- 

 mists' cry of bad times disturbs them not. R. L. 

 Gilliam, the eastern sales manager, reports that 

 although there Is not much life in trading jiisi 

 at Ibis time, they are picking up some busi 

 ness. and the October sales have exceeded those 

 of September by fifty per cent. 



.1. 1!. Williams has recently removed from 

 noil to ni;ii Land Title building, where he has 

 large and commodious quarters. He reports 

 business holding steady. 



Tile Ilindle Lumber Company is about to 

 move into a new yard at Twenty-sixlb street 

 .111(1 (Jray's Ferry road, where it will hav 

 every facility to render new quarters thoroughly 

 up to date. Two railroad sidings run through 

 the center of their yard, and large protection 

 sheds for the better seasoning of their select 

 hardwoods are being erected, and they will have 

 a thorough drainage of the yard by sewer con 

 nections. This concern is iirogressing rapidly, 

 and Mr. Hindle. the popular young president, 

 reports business so far this year very satis 

 factory. 



Impressed with the necessity of getting accu- 

 rate Information on the timber conditions of 

 the country as a means of forestalling further 

 denuding of the American forests, the Board 

 of Trade at its meeting on October 21 drafted 

 a memorial to ('ongress asking that the 191o 

 census include the amount of standing timber 

 In the country. 



,Iohn Warner's lumber and coal .yard, 4124-20 

 (Icriuantown avenue, was visited by tire on 

 October 21, causing a loss estimated at aboin 

 $8,000. 



The .1. G. Brill Company, extensive car build 

 CIS, recently received an order for eight.v car> 

 for the Metropolitan Street Railway Company 

 of New York. The estimated cost Is .$500,000. 



.Vnnounceinent was recently made of the mar 

 riage of Walter RIdgway. a well-to-do lumber 

 man of Ithaca, N. Y'., and Miss Prue Stevenson, 

 a well known surgical nurse, which took placi- 

 at Mauch Chunk. Pa.. October G, 1000. Th.- 

 couple had not Intended announcing their wed- 

 ding for two years yet. when Mr. Ridgway 

 expected to take his bride to the South, luit 

 as he was taken suddenly ill a few weeks ago. 

 his wife was naturally called to his bedside. 

 .Mr. Ridgway met Miss Stevenson about four 



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