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HARDWOOD RECORD 



tui'Ing Company lias Just retuincd from a Kun 

 nlnjr trip in Maryland, wlii-rc be basgcd some 

 good game. 



B. B. Burns of tlie Tug lUvcr Lumlii-r Com- 

 pany, Bristol. Tenn. : C. O. Stltzlngfr. Now 

 Castle. Pa. ; Mr. Ilouser of Brook. Vn. ; .1. A. C. 

 Allen, ganeral manager of the Tygart Kiver I^um- 

 ber Company, Mill Creek. W. Va.. and ,U>hu nint 

 of Flint, Krving & Stoner, I'iltsburg, I'a., were 

 recent visitors In l'hiladel)ihin. 



Jobn Smith o( It. M. Sniilli & Co.. I'arkers- 

 burg, W. Va.. and their Philadelphia representa- 

 tive, Benjamin C. Currie, .Tr., recently made a 

 tour of the Metropolitan district. 



On November i;7 eredllors filed a petition to 

 have the Humbarfjer Lumber Company of tills 

 city adjudged an involunlary bankrupt. The 

 names of creditors and aniouuts claimed are .T. 

 Gibson Mellvaln & Co., .f:;.lil(;.(i4 ; Fenwick Lum- 

 ber Company. .'S-l.TriO.aii. ami Soble Brothers, $7.- 

 924.57. This action was necessary, as the re- 

 ceiver of the Knmbarger company experienced 

 great diffleulty in controlling the out-of-town In- 

 terests of the <ompany, which were being at- 

 tached. 



On November 29 John L. Coxe was named 

 receiver for the Keystone Wagon Works of Read- 

 ing, Pa., a. concern capitalized at .$400,000. The 

 receiver's bond was lixed at .$100,000. The 

 debts are said to aggregate $100,000. 



The Harlan & Uollingsworth Corporation of 

 Wilmington. Del., contemplates the construction 

 of modern car shops on a large scale. 



Edward IL Buckman of E. II. Buckman & Co.. 

 planing mill, lumber and coal, Doylestown. Pa., 

 died recently, aged 4y years. 



The Sanitary Burial Casket Company. Read- 

 ing, Pa., obtained a charter under Pennsylvania 

 state laws on November 22. Capitalization, $3,- 

 OOo. 



The Triumph Lawn Mower Company, New 

 York, was chartered under Delaware state laws 

 November 18. Capitalization, .$230,000. 



The Centre Lumber Company, Bellefonte, ob- 

 tained a charier under Pennsylvania state laws 

 on November 21. Capitalization, .$20,000. 



The Adirondack Mineral and Lumber Manufac- 

 turing Company of .New York city, to acquire by 

 purchase or otherwise standing lumber, etc., was 

 incorporated under Delaware state laws on No- 

 vember 30. Capitalization. .$:!UO,000. 



Thomas Drein & Son, Philadelphia, to manu- 

 facture, sell and deal in vesels and lifeboats, 

 their furnishings and appliances, obtained a char- 

 ter on November 30. Capitalized at $20,000. 

 The incorporators are Ciiaries G. Cadwalader and 

 John W. Gray of I'hiladelphia and Harry W. 

 Davis of Wilmington, Del. 



The Newport Lumber Company, to engage in 

 the production of railroad ties, telegraph poles 

 and lumber, was incorporated under, Delaware 

 slate laws on December 3. Capitalization, $10,- 

 000. Incorporators are of Newport, Pa. 



A number of Wilmington, Del., capitalists ob- 

 tained a charter under Delaware state laws on 

 December 3 for the Dragon Motor Company. 

 Capitalized at $1,000,000. 01)ject of company, 

 to manufacture automobiles and motor vehicles. 



Baltimore. 



Not In years has an annual meeting of the 

 Baltimore Lumber Exchange brought out such a 

 large attendance as the last, which was held at 

 the Merchants' Club on the evening of December 

 2. The reports of the various officers and com- 

 mittees showed the affairs of the association to 

 be in especially prosperous shape, that of the 

 treasurer being particularly gratifying. His re- 

 port showed that all debts had been paid, all 

 outstanding accounts collected, and that there 

 was a balance on hand of $3,452.10, a condition 

 seldom recorded in the history of such an or- 

 ganization. After the annual address of Presi- 

 dent William M. Burgan, which reviewed the 

 work of the past two years, tlie question of ap- 

 pointing a salaried secretary was taken up for 

 discussion. It was decided to carry final action 

 in this matter over to the next quarterly meet- 



ing, owing to the extra expense involved. Sec- 

 retary M. A. Stephens reslRncd, and hia suc- 

 cessor will be elected later l)y the managing 

 commit (ce. Hidgeway Merryman. chairman of 

 the inspection committee, submitted a report 

 from J. G. Creamer, chief Inspector, who took 

 up this work in June last. During this time 

 he has been able to show a marked Improvement 

 In Inspection matters, and has been able to 

 londuct the department expenses In such an 

 economical manner as to leave a margin of $275 

 to the credit of the bureau. The eli>cti(in of 

 officers resulted as follows : 



President— Edward P. Gill. 



\'ice president — John L. Aicock. 



Treasui-er —Luther H. Gwaltney. 



Managing committee — Richard W. Price. Lewis 

 Dill, Theodore Mottu, Ridgeway Merryman. 

 George II. Poehlmann, Daniel MacLea, George E. 

 Waters. Maurice W. Wiley, John L. Aicock, 

 Rufus K. Goodenow, George Schumacher, William 

 M. Burgan. 



After the business meeting the company ad- 

 journed to the dining hall, where a delightful 

 banquet was served. 



M. S. Baer of R. P. Baer & Co. returned last 

 week from a trip of several weeks up the 

 Clinch Valley, and through eastern Tennessee 

 and western North Carolina. He reports that in ■ 

 tlie territory visited he found only one mill at 

 work, the others having shut down owing to un- 

 favorable weather. Stocks everywhere were 

 rather light, and he gained the impression that 

 if there was a quickening of the demand prices 

 would go up. His concern's mill at Mobile is 

 now cutting on logs they had in pond, and when 

 these have been disposed of the plant will sus- 

 pend operations for the present. Mr. Baer re- 

 gards the situation in the main as strong, and 

 considers the outlook very promising. 



Information about short stocks was also 

 brought here by E. C. Boice, president, and C. 

 E. Lloyd, vice president of the Boice Lumber 

 Company of Abingdon, Va. Both stated that 

 few mills had stocks in any quantity on hand, 

 and while they admitted that business was very 

 quiet, they also pointed out that with a material 

 increase in tlie demand the consumer would be- 

 gin to be pinched for supplies. 



Edward Ilcaly of John L. Aicock & Co., who 

 has been covering some new territory in West 

 Virginia for his firm during the past few 

 months, has returned to the home otBce here and 

 will probably not go out again this winter. 



The R. E. Wood Lumber Company is sanguine 

 over tlie outlook for business, and anticipates an 

 early resumption of good trading. They are pre- 

 paring to increase their mill capacities and re- 

 port business holding up fairly well. 



.Tames II. Cranwell looks upon this country as 

 prosperous in every way. He has no fear that 

 the wild speculators in New York will do an.v 

 permanent harm to business, but feels satisfied 

 that the hardwood situation is in fairly good 

 shape, with outlook promising. 



Tlie Emerson Company, dry kiln builders, re- 

 port business a little quiet. Mr. Wofford of 

 this concern has great confidence in the coun- 

 try and is not at all uneasy concerning the re- 

 cent financial flurry. He looks for good early 

 spring trading. 



John Aicock & Co. report the export business 

 moving along in good style. As to the recent 

 panicky condition, Mr. Aicock regards the situ- 

 ation much improved and the outlook for 190S as 

 good. 



Pittsburg. 



The McDonald Planing Mill Company of 

 Wheeling, W. Va., has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $25,000. Its members are George M. 

 and James T. McDonald, Herman L. Arberry, 

 Henry A. Hoete and Frank C. Cox, all of Wheel- 

 ing. A mill will be erected. 



The C. P. Caughey Lumber Company is stead- 

 ily gaining ground in the hardwood market and 

 it keeps Manager S. A. Seaman on the jump to 

 keep its Washington county operations busy 



enough to supply the demand for oak. It has 

 taken some excellent business from big concerns 

 the past six weeks and Is doing a good deal of 

 furnishing for the government. 



Harry Wilson of the old J. I. M. Wilson Com- 

 pany is located in tlie Bessemer building, where 

 he is making a spe<-lalty of ties and polos. He 

 finds that tlie trolley companies are buying fewer 

 poles than two months ago. but that the tele- 

 phone companies are taking some good lots at 

 good prices. 



The Stover Lumber Company has recently es- 

 tablished a branch office In the Ferguson build- 

 ing, where it is handling a large part of Its 

 business. Mr. Stover spends the larger portion 

 of his time In Plltsburg, having arranged to 

 leave his Elkins, W. Va.. operations in excellent 

 hands. 



Work on the big La Belie box factory at 

 Wheeling. W. Va.. has been started. With the 

 box and ciiair factories that are getting planted 

 in the Pittsburg district this winter hardwood 

 men should be greatl.v encouraged, for they will 

 be ver.v large consumers of hardwood lumber of 

 various sorts. 



The eastern Ohio mills are getting in a big 

 run this fall and winter on elm and ash limber 

 and arc fast cleaning up the few remaining 

 large tracts. The weather has been ideal the 

 past month except for the absence of snow, and 

 the country mills have kept their forces work- 

 ing full time. Agents are now scouring every 

 county on the Western Reserve in Ohio for elm 

 timber for spokes and are paying iiotter prices 

 for "scrub" lots than choice timber brought ten 

 years ago. 



The Newell Brothers Lumber Company reports 

 that it shipped thirty cars of lumber from its 

 West Virginia plant last month and that it 

 is getting orders fully as fast as it makes ship- 

 ments. This concern lias one of the best tracts 

 of hemlock hardwood in West Virginia and is 

 picking up a very desirable lot of trade. 



A. P. Irish, vice president of the Fuller & Uice 

 Lumber and ilanufacturing Company of Grand 

 Rapids. Midi., dropped off in town this week 

 to see his old friends. He did not have a par- 

 ticularly rosy view of things to show, but be- 

 lieves that conditions are going to be ver.v much 

 better after January 1. 



The A. M. Turner Lumber Company is one of 

 the concerns that is keeping hard at it these 

 days. Both President A. M. Turner and Secre- 

 tary O. H. Rectanus are disposed to take a very 

 hopeful view of the situation and believe that 

 after the abnormal financial conditions have been 

 righted a little, which they think will be soon, 

 lumber business will pick up very rapidly. 



The J. C. Moorhead Lumber Company is keep- 

 ing things busy at its offices in the Farmers' 

 Bank building and has its salesmen driving up 

 prospects all over the middle and eastern states. 

 The operations of this concern at Shyrock. W. 

 Va.. are moving along well and it is turning out 

 the sort of lumber that sells and sells well even 

 in hard times. 



A movement is on foot to locate a big bent 

 wood works in Steubenville. O. The Board of 

 Trade of that city has the matter under advise- 

 ment and is likely to aid materially in getting 

 a site. etc. The factory proposes to employ fifty 

 men at the start. 



The Mead & Speer Company keeps things mov- 

 ing at about the usual pace at its offices in the 

 Park building and is enlarging its force prepa- 

 ratory to extending its business next year. Mr. 

 Mead is most optimistic as to the situation and 

 thinks that if the banks would loo.sen up as they 

 well miglit do the lumber Inisiness would come 

 up into the wind with a rush. 



The Acorn Lumber Company is one of the 

 newer concerns that is attending strictly to busi- 

 ness and getting plenty of it, too. President 

 Domhoff knows the trade in this district and 

 he is picking his customers and then giving them 

 the kind of stock that they are willing to pay 

 good prices for. His sales for the past two 

 months would surprise many of his older com- 



