HARDWOOD RECORD 



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bankruptcy prooeedlnss should continue. Fol- 

 lonloK tills the compauy made nu offer In sub- 

 stitution of the previous one of :in cents in 

 cash payable In thirty days, and the creditors 

 demanded that the same be put In writing and 

 they will consider It later. It Is understood, 

 however, that quite a number of the creditors 

 are opposed to this latter offer of settlement, as 

 lliey believe more can be paid. Thus the matter 

 stands until further aitlon by the creditors. 



There will be a nieetlnc of the creditors of 

 the Koss Lumber Company of Manhattan and 

 Jamestown. N. Y., at the olhce of the receiver 

 io bankruptcy, on Dec. ."p. at which time trustee 

 will be appointed, claims proved, etc. The lia- 

 bilities of the company are ?13S,4u9, and good 

 assets $Stl.,'t-0. 



A petition in bankruptcy was tiled Nov. 29 

 against the Consolidated Ajax Sawmill Com- 

 pany by three creditors with claims totaling 

 $650. The company was only incorporated in 

 .\ugust of this year and had a capital of .?3.S00. 



Schedules in bankruptcy of the New York I'irc 

 I'roof Column Company. 277 Uroadway and Ho- 

 boken. N. J., whose embarrassment was previously 

 reported, show liabilities of ?3G,i:;3 and assets 

 of $1S,151. 



Schedules in bankruptcy of the American Man- 

 tel Company, Manhattan, whose failure was 

 noted recently in these columns, show liabilities 



S'JP.S:!!! and assets of ?0.730. 



r. S. -Miller, manager of the hardwood depart- 

 ment of the Stevens-Katon Company, has just re- 

 turned from a trip througli Virginia and Ten- 

 nessee, in the interest of business. He found 

 considerable suspension of operation among 

 the mills, but prices were lirm. An important 

 announcement in this connection has just been 

 made by the Stevens-liaton Company to the 

 effect that it has closed a deal with the Whiting 

 Manufacturing Company of Abingdon, Va., for 

 Its entire cut of hardwoods for the ensuing 

 year. This is one of the most important deals 

 in the eastern hardwood trade for many months. 

 The Whiting mills are operating some of the 

 best timber in the South and their plant is 

 strictly up. to date, thereby assuring the Stevens- 

 Katon Company of a good supply of standard 

 hardwoods in addition to their other sources. 



Charles J. Geiser. retailer, Grand street and 

 Stewart avenue. Brooklyn, who received an ex- 

 tension some monlhs ago. has been involuntarily 

 petitioned into bankrui)tcy by three creditors 

 with claims aggregating $13,000. At a meeting 

 of the creditors held at 110 Nassau street, Man- 

 hattan, Nov. 2j, a proposition in settlement of 

 40 cents on the dollar was made by the personal 

 attorney, payable three, six, nine and twelve 

 months, and a committee of creditors was ap- 

 pointed to look over the affairs of Mr. Geiser 

 and report back as to what would be a fair set- 

 tlement. Clarence Storm was appointed receiv- 

 er. The creditors are largely local wholesale 

 bouses. 



The latest addition In the wholesale hardwood 

 trade is the firm of L'ptegrove & I'olhemus, head- 

 fjuarters at 1 Madison avenue, composed of G. 

 .M. UplcgroTC, son of W. IC. Uptegrove, Brooklyn 

 l:ardwood retailer, and J. A. Poihemus. Both 

 ■ ntlemen were formerly associated with W. E. 



ptegrove & Bro. 



W. I'. Harris, rcpresenlatlve of the Harris 

 Manufactnrlng r'ompany, hardwoods. .Johnson 

 City. Tcnn.. was a recent visitor In the interest 

 of business. His company Is manufacturing a 

 special line of trunk and box products, which is 

 of interest to that class of the trade. 



The Hartman Bros. Manufacturing Company 

 of Mount Vernon, N. Y., whose plant was de- 

 stroyed by (ire some months ago, have decided 

 to retire from business. Their trim manufactur- 

 ing department has been taken over by Capp & 

 Nordholm, former employes of the lirm. 



J. D. Stegeman, box manufacturer of 125 Bax- 

 ter street, Manhattan, Is now In the bands of 

 his creditors. 



W. L. Sykes, president of the Emporium Lum- 



ber ' ICcatInf; Summit, I'a., bos been 



vlsltini; "iiii .Manager C. O. Shepherd at the 

 latter's headquarters, 1 Madison avenue, lie 

 was accompanied by Secretary W. T. Turner. 

 Business was reported as very fair an<l the <nit- 

 look good for an increased activity after the 

 llrst of the year. 



Among other prominent visitors during the 

 fortnight were C. I. Hoyt, I'ekin, Ind. : W. E. 

 I,itchlleld. W. K. I.ltchlleld & Bro.. Boston. 

 .Mass., and Norlh Vernon. Ind.; II. I>. Blllmeyer. 

 Blllmeyer Lumber Company, Cumberland, .Md. ; 

 W. K. Butler, W. U. Butler & Co., Boston, Mass., 

 and B. It. Burns, Tug River Lumber Company. 

 Bristol. Tenn. 



B. II. Elllngt(m of Ellington ,& Ouy, Klchmond, 

 Va., arrived Saturday on the Baltic after a 

 month's pleasure trip abroad. 



The Robert W. Higbie Lumber Company, hard- 

 wood manufacturer, 45 Broadway, has Just 

 added a skidding plant to Its operations at New- 

 Bridge, N. Y.. with a view to eliminating the use 

 of horses in the handling of niountniu limber. 

 The skldders were built under special jdan and 

 order by the Russel Wheel & i'oundry Company 

 of Detroit. Mich 



O. J. >Iann and 11. S. Craven, formerly asso- 

 ciated with tlic local sales office of the Rum- 

 barger Lumber Company, have joined forces in 

 the wholesale hardwood business, with headquar- 

 ters at 1 Madison avenue, under the style of 

 the Mann & Craven Lumber Company. Both 

 gentlemen have a circle of friends in the local 

 trade, and the company starts out under favor- 

 able auspices. 



W. W. Dempsey, hardwood manufacturer of 

 Johnstown, I'a., was a recent visitor at his 

 local sales office, IS Broadway, where he went 

 over matters at this end of the line. Mr. 

 Dempsey, while believing that present conditions 

 warrant conservative action, nevertheless regards 

 the disturbance as temporary. 



R. L. Gilliam, manager of the eastern sales 

 office of the W. M. Kilter Lumber Company, 

 headquarters Land Title Building, Philadelphia, 

 was in town last week going over matters here 

 with E. E. Eaton, 158 West Eighty-first street, 

 Manhattan, who so ably looks after the Metro- 

 politan district for the company. Both gentle- 

 men take an optimistic view of the situation. 



Carl Rcnsing, representing X. Reusing, lumber 

 importer of Antwerp. Belgium, sailed November 

 30 from this port for home on the French liner 

 La Savoie after having spent two months in New- 

 Orleans and other points, dosing contracts for 

 lumber for export. Mr. Reusing makes a specialty 

 of pitch pine. North Carolina pine and hard- 

 woods. 



George K. Balfour, Jr., of the Balfour & Koch 

 Company, foot of East Thirtieth street, Manhat- 

 tan, and Miss Madaline Eogarty of New York 

 were married on November 27 at the home of 

 the b-lde, 302 West Eighty-sixth street, Man- 

 hattan, and after an extended honeymoon South 

 will reside at Ninety-seventh street and River 

 Side Drive. The wedding was attended by quite 

 a number in the local lumber trade. 



The Ontario Lumber Company, manufacturers 

 and exporters of hardwoods, with mill at New 

 Kingston. N. Y., has opened local sales office 

 at 14 West Twenty third street, Manhattan, In 

 charge of J. I. Ramer. 



The Kantor Lumber Comiiany has been Incor- 

 porated In New York to manufacture interior 

 woodwork and trim, with plant at 44!) West 

 Forty first street, Manhattan. The capital Is 

 $10,000. 



J. B. Ransom, the distinguished Nashville 

 lumberman, president of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association of the United States, and 

 head of the extensive hardwood interests of 

 J. B. Ransom & Co., was a visitor this week 

 in the Interest of business. .Mr, Ransom reports 

 that the plant of the Naslivlllc Hardwood Floor- 

 ing Company, one of I he concerns In which he 

 Is Intereslod, and which does a large trade In the 

 East In oak flooring, has reeently been greatly 



Improved and the company < 



goo<I volume of huslnchs 



Philadelphia. 



The l'ennt>ylvnnla Lumbermen's Mutual l-'Ire 

 Insurance Comfiany reports business fftr Novem- 

 ber as having sliicked up somewhat, but the 

 total amount of liuKlncHs written iioiwlthstand- 

 Ing was ahead of the same month fif lust year. 

 Justin Peters, manager of this ctinipnny. Is mak- 

 ing an extensive tour of the Soulli. and will 

 also visit a number of cities In the West on his 

 return trip. 



John J. Rumbarger Is selling lumber on bla 

 own account, and npprec-latca fully the manner 

 In w-hlch his friends have come to his assist- 

 ance. He reports business so far very satisfac- 

 tory. 



The W, M, RItter Lumber Company and It. L. 

 Gilliam, assistant sales manager, have every 

 confidence in an early Improvement In trading. 

 Mr. Gilliam reports the mills active and business 

 generally moving along smoothly. 



The Bolce Lumber Comjiany, Inc., arc not 

 troubled over the tlnancial situation, C. E. 

 Lloyd, Jr., of this concern reports some fair 

 orders coming In, and though not rushed, he 

 says, they have no Inclination to force the 

 market, as everything is gradually and surely 

 coming around all right. 



Soble Brothers reiiort tlieir men taking things 

 easy : they are not w-orrying at all. but are con- 

 tent to pick up a desirable order here and there. 

 II. I. Soble Is at the mills in Uonaker, Va., look- 

 ing after the Arm's Interests. 



William M. McCormlck Is making a tour of 

 the South, visiting the various mills in which 

 he Is interested. At the office they report stock 

 sold way ahead, 



Wislar, Underbill Jt Co. are optimistic as to 

 the outlook for business. Their men arc not 

 getting the business of a year ago, they admit, 

 but they are gathering some good orders, and a 

 better feeling prevails concerning the prospects 

 for 1908. This concern has enlarged Us office 

 capacity, now occupying 812, 813 and 814 Heal 

 Estate Trust building. 



II. II. Maus & Co., Inc., report business of 

 late a little quiet. II. II. Maus has Just returned 

 fiom a trip through the slate, where be made 

 some good sales and where he found people 

 generally feeling more cheerful as to next year's 

 business. 



Jerome U. Shclp of Shelp i Vandegrlft, Inc. 

 and his son, Stanley Shelp. a student at Harvard 

 University, were visitors to the Pennsylvania- 

 Harvard football game. Jerome II. Shelp Is no»- 

 on a hunting trip In the wilds of North Caro- 

 lina. 



Joseph R. Rogers, the recently appointed Vice- 

 gerent Snark of Pennsylvania, eastern district, 

 has called a concatenation for Friday, December 

 13. The date of Friday, the U'.lh, which would 

 be superstltlously considered a deadly combina- 

 tion. Is a lucky one for the i^ustern Huo-IIoos, 

 as It will be recalled that the first concatenation 

 held In Philadelphia, which was the beginning 

 of the movement to create an interest In the 

 order In the East, was called by ex-Vicegerent 

 Snark John J. Rumbarger on Friday, the 13th, 

 four years ago this full, when twenty-nine mem- 

 bers were Initiated, 



H. E. Olson, formerly with the Rumbarger 

 Lumber Company. Is now with the Crosby * 

 Beckley Company, wholesale hardwood lumber. 

 New Haven. Conn. He recently 8|>ent some time 

 at the company's mills acquainting himself as 

 to the stock conditions. With the exception of 

 New York and Boston. .Mr. Olson will look after 

 the eastern territory, with headquarters at the 

 Lumbermen Exchange rooms, this cliy. 



George Warner, Drexcl building, has returned 

 from a tour of the South, where he has varloui 

 sawmill Interests. 



S. .M. Warner of Seymour Y. Warner & Co. 

 is visiting various southern mill points In whlcb 

 he Is interested. 



O. M. Preston of the Keystone Box Manufac- 



