HARDWOOD RECORD 



rstastrophe. Tbe rompany makes a specialty of 

 the flne 6nlshlns of wood, and It Is one of the 

 !eadlnir Industries of Parl>ersl)urg. F. B. Davld- 

 M>n is presldent- 



J. W. Weiis of Menominee. Mich., a well known 

 lnmt>erman and politician of that district, was 

 ixn over Dec. 30 and picked up on the street 

 unconscious. His Injuries are severe and It Is 

 feared that complications may result. 



Tbe Havana Post announces that thongb It 

 1< belnc done quietly. Cuba Is losing a great 

 wealth of valuable timber land, and no Meas- 

 ures whatever are being taken to prevent the 

 Impoverishing of the island. 



The Eldon Handle Company, manufacturers 

 of axt. railroad and mining tool bandies, etc., 

 at Meta. Mo., is moving its machinery to Darda- 

 nelle, Ark. 



The Beach Lumber Company has filed articles 

 of incorporation at St. Louis, with a capital 

 stock of JIOO.OOO. It will maintain an office 

 at Parma. Mo. 



E. B. Norman & Co. of Louisville. Ky., have 

 incorporated with a capital stock of $33,000. 

 It will engage in the lumber business. 



W. C. Sterling & Son of Monroe. Mich., will 

 enlarge their large cedar yards there in the 

 spring to take care of an immense quantity of 

 poles, ties and posts. 



The Eagle Handle & Heading Company will 

 erect a large building at Kecrod. Ark., and in- 

 stall machinery to mantifacttire ash bandies and 

 slack barrel heading. 



Tbe Buck Handle Factory at Bluffton, Ind., 

 has resumed operations after a Christmas shut- 

 down. There is plenty of timber in the yards 

 and tbe factory expects a continuous run during 

 the winter. 



A campaign of forestry development in Illinois 

 will be inan^rated by the State Horticultural 

 Society. An eiperimenlal tract of timber will 

 be secured and results carefully watched. 



Foster & Ayre of Grand Rapids are building 

 a sawmill at tbe new town of Tula, Gogebic 



if.unty, Mlcblgan. It will have a capacity of 

 31..000 feet of lumber dally. 



The Mllibrooke Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized to build a hardwood sawmill at Bonlta, 

 Miss., with a dally capacity of 40,000 feet. J. 

 A. Spaulding Is manager. 



The Baton Rouge Lumber Company Is a new 

 corporation at Baton Rouge. La., capitalized at 

 JlO.OiX). L. B. Dennis is president. 



The South Fork Land and Timber Company 

 of Romney. W. Va.. has been incorporated, with 

 an authorized capital of $40,000. to develop a 

 virgin tract of timber in the South Branch Val- 

 ley, in West Virginia. 



The Rubber Grip Tool Handle Company, Inc.. 

 of Paaucah. Ky.. of which L. A. Lagomarsino 

 Is president and treasut^r and A. M. Foreman 

 secretary and manager, is building a new fac- 

 tory and expects to have machinery installed 

 and be in operation within the next thirty days. 



Carriage makers and manufacturers of farm 

 implements, as well as other industries concerned 

 in the nse of hickory will follow with interest a 

 series of tests of this valuable wood about to 

 begin at the Forest Service timber-testing labor- 

 atory at Purdue University. Lafayette, Ind. 



Northern hickory has always been preferred. 

 Prejudices once established are not readily re- 

 moved and because of this fact the Forest Ser- 

 vice is preparing to prove conclusively the rela- 

 tive merits not only of hickory of the same 

 species obtained in different sections of the coun- 

 try, but also different species of hickory grown 

 in the same section. 



.\ shipment of southern hickory has just been 

 received at the laboratory. This material was 

 collected by a representative of the Forest Ser- 

 vice and accurate data regarding species, growth 

 and locality were taken for each tree from 

 which tbe material was obtained. The strength, 

 stiffness and other data obtained by these tests 

 will make possible a direct comparison of tbe 

 merits of the wood as regards its species and 

 locality of growth. 



Hardwood NeWs, 



(By KABHWOOD SECO£D Special Correspondents.^ 



Chicago. 



The editor is in receipt of a very kindly New 

 Year greeting from Mr. and Mrs. S. Spittle of 

 Evesham Villa. Kennard Road. New Southgate. 

 X.. London, England. Mr. Spittle will be re- 

 membered as an interesting visitor from the 

 other side of "the pond" last autumn, when he 

 made a tour of the principal lumber markets 

 of the country. 



James Kennedy & Co., Ltd., formerly of 5 

 Whittington. avenue, London, E. C. announce 

 that on Dec. 28 they removed their offices from 

 above number and are now located at Union 

 Wharf. L'l; and 24 Hertford Road, Downbam 

 Road. Kingsland Road, N. E., where all com- 

 munications should now be addressed. 



Ben <?. Keator, who has been in the employ of 

 Jas. D. I^cey & Co., the big timber people, is 

 DO longer with them. 



Jas. D. Lacey, accompanied by his associates. 

 Wood Beale and Victor Thrane, has made the 

 usual begira to New Orleans for winter head- 

 quarters. The company has had a very pros- 

 perous year in timber transactions and antici- 

 pates fully as active a one In I'.mjS. Mr. 

 Lacey has fully recovered from his recent sur- 

 gical operation. 



J. A. Porter of J. A. Porter & Co., a large 

 lumber wholesaler of Mlddletown, Ohio, favored 

 tbe Recoru with a call on Jan. C. -Mr. Porter 

 spent several days calling upon the Chicago 

 trade. 



The many Chicago friends of F. S. L'nderblll 

 of Philadelphia will regret to learn of the re- 

 cent death of bis mother, which occurred after 

 'inly two short weeks of illness. Mrs. Fnder- 

 hill was vigorous and In full possession of her 



faculties when stricken by tbe malignant and in- 

 curable disease which caused her death. 



James C, West, sales manager of the well- 

 known manufacturers and wholesalers of West 

 Virginia hardwoods. R. M. Smith & Co. of 

 larkersburg. was a pleasant caller at the 

 Recobd office December 31. 



Fred A. Wilson, who has been Pittsburg rep- 

 resentative of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Com- 

 pany of Columbus. Ohio, for the past seven 

 years, became tbe company's assistant sales man- 

 ager on January 1. Mr. Wilson is to be con- 

 gratulated upon this change, which is in tbe 

 nature of a decided promotion. 



E. A. Sterzlk. president of the Montgomery 

 Hardwood Lumber Company of Crawfordsvllle, 

 Ind., called December 27. 



Harry I". Coe of the Coe Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Palnesvllle. Ohio, was about among the 

 Chicago trade last week. 



Eujren'* Sprague and Harry Sheldon, represent- 

 ing tbe Edward Hines Lumber Company of Chi- 

 cago In the Ohio field, were callers at tbe 

 Record office December 27. 



Frank P. Rnmbarger of Philadelphia, an- 

 nounces that owing to complications In tbe af- 

 fairs of the Rumt>arger Lumber Company, which 

 will cause some time to elapse before they can 

 be straightened up. he has decided to enter the 

 lumber business on his own account. Mr. Rum- 

 barger's ability in his chosen line is well known, 

 and his many friends will Join the Habdwood 

 RircoRb In wishing him ever}' success. 



E. H. Eldrldge of Indianapolis favored the 

 H.iRDWcxiD Recobd with a little visit on Decem- 

 Wr .Tl. 



John P. Hvnes of Anna, 111., representing 



Eaglesfleld & Shepard. hardwood lumber dealers 

 of Indianapolis. paM ': .u a call Jan. 9. 



W. F. Gustlne. _ A. F. Anderson, 



the prominent Cadi . ..c. ■. .-man. was a visi- 

 tor to the Chk-ago market December 27. 



The Crescent Machine Comi-mv ..f r<^tonla. 

 Ohio, announces that the se- ■. of its 



1!'07 catalog is now ready for i :: Their 



reason for getting out a second edition so late 

 In the year is that they want to make the next 

 one much larger, and are now making drawings 

 and patterns of several new machines which 

 will be included In the 1908 book. The com- 

 pany is very optimistic regarding the outlook 

 for business, and states that on comparing the 

 business of the week ending January 1 they 

 found that they did double the amount as during 

 the same period last year. This is a flattering 

 tribute to the worth of Crescent machines, and 

 doubtless somewhat prophetic of "good times" 

 to come. 



Henry .Schneider of the Dudley Lnmber Com- 

 pany. Grand Rapids. Mich., was in Chicago on 

 business the early part of the week. 



Ira B. Bennett of the Hume-Bennett Lnmber 

 Company, with operations in Sanger, Cat. was a 

 caller at the Record office January 6. Mr. Ben- 

 nett was en route to Muskegon, Mich., to attend 

 the annual meeting of his company. He will 

 come back to Chicago for a few days before re- 

 tnring to the west. 



The Haedwood Record is being lavishly re- 

 membered with handsome souvenirs this season. 

 Since the last issue the following remembrances 

 have been received : From the O. M. Bmner 

 Company of Philadelphia, a unique blotter, 

 mounted in an aluminum frame : from John W. 

 Coles of Philadelphia, a foot rule : from the Blll- 

 meyer Lumber Company of Cumberland. Md., a 

 fine box of cigars ; from the E. H. Eldrldge Lum- 

 ber Company of Indianapolis and the Gayoso 

 Lumber Company of Memphis, handsome pocket 

 notebooks ; a varied array of calendars comes 

 from the J. W. Darling Lumber Company, Cin- 

 cinnati : Rlghter-Parry Lnmber Company. Phila- 

 delphia : North Shore Lumber Company, Thomp- 

 son. Mich. : John M. Woods & Co.. East Cam- 

 bridge. Mass. : S. M. Bradley. Morehead. Ky. : 

 John Dulweber & Co.. Cincinnati ; R, E. Wood 

 Lumber Company. Baltimore ; Great Lakes Ve- 

 neer Company, Munising. Mich. ; L. W. Radlna 

 & Co., Cincinnati ; Taylor-Brown Timber Com- 

 pany, Huntington, W. Va. ; the Franklin Com- 

 pany. Chicago: the Regan Printing House. Chi- 

 cago : Kneeland-Blgelow Company. Bay City, 

 Mich. : Anderson-Tully Company, Memphis : 

 Robert Black & Co., Bay City. Mich. : True & 

 True, Chicago ; Bruckman Lumber Company, 

 Allegheny, Pa. 



Boston. 



William E. Litchfield, a prominent hardwood 

 lumberman of this city, speaks m an encourag- 

 ing tone relative to tbe future. He states that 

 his business for December was very good and 

 that he does not find any large offerings from 

 mills. 



The steamer Cheltton arrived last week at 

 the wharf of the George D. Emery Company. 

 Chelsea. Mass.. with a cargo of mahogany logs 

 from Nicaragua and British Honduras, compris- 

 ing 3.223 pieces. The largest measures about 

 24 feet In length and 42 Inches in diameter. 



It is reported that the carpenters' union of 

 Greater Boston is planning to establish a gen- 

 eral woodworking plant where building finish 

 win be produced. 



A large wharf Is being built here by Law- 

 rence & Wiggin. handlers of TobQsco mahogany. 

 This wharf Is being built on the Mystic river, 

 t>eslde the wharf of the Boston & Maine rail- 

 road. Mr. Lawrence said that the wharf is to 

 be used as a general storage warehouse and 

 will not be used by any particular line of 

 steamers. 



H. M. Bickford of the H. M. Bickford Com- 



