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pany, Boston, hns been In Now York recently. 



II. K. Hunter of the I'lilmer Hunter I.nnilu'r 

 Company returned recently from a trip to I'liil- 

 udelpliln. 



Arthur U. Logan, for several years salesman 

 for the Wiley, llarker & Camp Company, at the 

 lioston office and previously with the Hlanchard 

 Lumber Company, took up tils duties Jan. 1 as 

 manager of the New lOngland business of the 

 John L. Uoper Lumber Company. Norfolk, Va. 

 This company has had a Hoslon office for over 

 a year. 



r. Ij. Oakes of Newport News, Me.. Is on a 

 trip to Cuba. On his return he will visit sev 

 eral of the eastern cities. The object of his 

 trip is to secure lumber in Cuba from which to 

 make cigar boxes. 



M. E. Converse & Son, toy manufacturers. 

 Wiuchendon, Mass., are Increasing the size of 

 their sawmill. 



On Jan. 1 II. C. Thompson of Drattleboro. 

 Vt., became the owner of the E. N. fierce I,um 

 ber & Conl Company, Plainville, U. I. K. L. 

 Seymour, manager of this business for several 

 years, will retire. 



New York. 



The large wholesale contingent situated in 

 the Metropolitan Life building. 1 Madison 

 avenue; the Flatiron building, at Twenty-third 

 street, and in surrounding buildings have or- 

 ganized a "Noonday Lunch Club." something 

 for which there has been a large demand in 

 the trade for a long time. The originators of 

 the movement have arranged with the Fifth 

 Avenue hotel to reserve their large breakfast 

 room between the hours of 12 and 3 every day 

 for luncheon service, and the new plan begins 

 on January 6. A very gratifying feature of the 

 arrangement and one which is of special inter- 

 est to all lumbermen visiting New York is the 

 fact that the enjoyment of these facilities is 

 in no way limited to a membership, but every 

 lumberman in town or out who is in the 

 vicinity of Broadway and Fifth avenue at 

 noontime every day or any day is cordially 

 invited to lunch in the Lumbermen's Club. 

 There is no tax attached to this special service 

 and luncheon is served a la cai'te, as usual. 



Frank R. Whiting of the Whiting Manufac- 

 turing Company. Abingdon, Va., and Judson, 

 N. C. was in town during the fortnight in the 

 interest of business. This company has re- 

 cently sold the cut of its Abingdon plant to 

 the Stevens-Eaton company of New York, and 

 of the Judson plant to the Lewis Thompson 

 company of Philadelphia. Both F. R. and W. 

 S. Whiting will devote their attention the 

 coming year primarily to the manufacturing 

 end. 



Clias. E. Page & Co., wholesalers. 1170 

 Broadway, report an improvement in business 

 during the past month. The firm has still 

 further improved its mill arrangements and 

 looks for a very fair season next year. 



Among the visitors last week were F. E. 

 Duffleld, Tennessee Lumber Manufacturing 

 Company, Pottsville, Pa.; Hugh McLean, Hugh 

 McLean Lumber Company, Buffalo. N. Y'.; J. 

 M. Hastings, J. M. Hastings Lumber Company. 

 Philadelphia. Pa.; R. H. Downman, New 

 Orleans. La.; R. H. Jenks. R. H. Jenks Lum- 

 ber Company, Cleveland. O. ; H. D. Billmeyer, 

 Billmeyer Lumber Company, Cumberland. Md. 

 Mr. Billmeyer's company remembered a large 

 number of their friends and customers with 

 very choice boxes of cigars during the holiday 

 season. 



The A. H. Andrews company, prominent dry 

 kiln manufacturers of Chicago, lias arranged, 

 in line with increasing eastern business, for ii 

 permanent representative here in the person of 

 A. A. Angell, formerly in charge of their con- 

 struction department at Chicago. 



The Stevens-Eaton company, ^'holesalers at 

 1 Madison avenue, are remembering their 

 friends in tlie trade at this season with a very 

 handy pocket memorandum book. George A. 

 Swayze. a wiiolesaler of IS Broadway, is also 



Issuing his usual handsome Russia leather 



memorandum book. 



Tlic Lumber Underwriters, the well-known 

 insurance organization, is sending out to policy 

 holders in the trade a handsome Christmas 

 box of lead pencils. 



I. J. Mlley has taken up his headquarters 

 at the Bartholdi hotel. Manhattan, as repre- 

 sentative of the Baltimore Sash & Door Com- 

 pany, large manufacturers and wholesalers 

 with extensi\"c warehouse at Baltimore, and 

 will operate from these Quarters, covering 

 the trade in nearby territory in the interest of 

 his company. 



The Bay Side Lumber Company, with plant 

 and yard at Bay Side. L. I., recently suffered 

 a fire loss of $2,500. covered by insurance. 



W. H. Russe of Russe & Burgess, the promi- 

 nent Mempiiis hardwood house, who has been 

 sojourning ai^road for some time in the inter- 

 est of business and pleasure, has been located 

 by some of his local 'friends in sunny Italy, 

 where he spent the holidays in the famous 

 city of Rome. Mr. Russe is expected home 

 shortly. 



As per the invitation recently sent out by 

 tile National Hardwood Lumber Association to 

 the New Y'ork Lumber Trade Association and 

 all the eastern associations which recently 

 conferred in this city in the matter of hard- 

 wood inspection rules, there will be a joint 

 conference between prominent delegates from 

 all these bodies at the Hotel Astor, Man- 

 hattan, on January 29, to give consideration 

 to the inspection rules for hardwood lumbei" 

 and to discuss any differences of opinion which 

 may exist between the various organizations 

 on this matter. The National association rep- 

 resentatives will include O. O. Agler of Chi- 

 cago, E-irl Palmer of Paducah. Ky. ; F. F. Fish 

 and Theodore Fathauer of Chicago, Gardiner 

 I. Jones of Boston, F. A. Diggins of Cadillac 

 and several others. 



The commercial interests of the state of 

 New Jersey, under the leadership of the New 

 Jersey Lumbermen's Protective Association, 

 lieadquarters at Newark, have after several 

 months of preliminary negotiations completed 

 the org.anization of a receivers' and shippers' 

 bureau for the purpose of coping with trans- 

 portation problems and discriminations from 

 which the commercial interests of that state, 

 and lumbermen in particular, have been suf- 

 fering for a number of years. James M. 

 Reilly. the popular secretary of the New Jer- 

 sey Lumbermen's Protective Association, has 

 Ijeen elected secretary of the bureau, with 

 headquarters at 743 Broad street. Newark. 



The annual banquet of the Building Material 

 Men's Association of Westchester county. New 

 York, will hold its annual banquet at the 

 Hotel Astor. January 10. A large attendance 

 is anticipated at tlie dinner, whicii is to be 

 followed by a general vaudeville entertain- 

 ment. 



William H. Crossman of W. H. Grossman it- 

 Brother, large lumber and general commodity 

 export liouse of 67 Broad street, Manhattan, 

 died at his residence in Larchmont, N. Y'.. 

 December 25. 



F. L. Curtis of the Hoban & Curtis dumber 

 Comijan,\', 1 Madison avenue, was married at 

 Plainfield. N. J., on January 4 to Miss Mar- 

 jorie Fleming of that city. After a honey- 

 moon trip Mr. and Mrs. Curtis will reside at 

 One Hundred and Sixteenth street and River* 

 side drive. In connection with the business of 

 the Hoban & Curtis Lumber Company it is of 

 interest to note that they are just in receipt 

 of the first schooner load of cypress which 

 came out through the new Atchafalaya ship 

 canal. It was the schooner T. G. Smith, loaded 

 at Morgan City, La., with half a million feet, 

 and came tlirough the channel drawing six- 

 teen feet of water. 



The Merchants' Box & Lumber Company of 

 Jersey City lately went into the hands of C. 

 L. Meckley of Philadelpliia as receiver. 



E. V. Babcock &: Co., the prominent Pitts- 

 burg wholesale house, has opened a New 



Y'ork sales offlce at 43 Wall street, under the 

 management of H. J. Gott. The establish- 

 ment of this local brancli by this prominent 

 house is a welcome addition to the wholesale 

 trade of the metropolitan district. 



Schedules in bankruptcy of the Eccleston 

 Lumber Company, wholesalers, 44 Broadway, 

 whose embarrassment was recently noted, 

 show liabilities of $81,802 and nominal assets 

 of $50,934. 



The Blue Ridge Lumber Compan,v has been 

 incorporated at Jersey City, N. J., with a 

 capital of $100,000 by W. H. Lyter of Liver- 

 pool. Pa.: C. H. Nively of Millerburg, Pa., and 

 J. L. L<indon of Baltimore, Md. 



There will be an important meeting of the 

 trustees of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association at the headquarters on 

 January 9. at which time a full attendance is 

 expected. The chairmen of the different com- 

 mittees will submit reports covering their 

 work since the last annual meeting and the 

 work of the organization will be considered. 

 The place for holding the annual meeting will 

 also be decided upon. 



Application has been made for the dissolu- 

 tion of the corporation of the McCalden Bros. 

 Company, retailers and conducters of harbor 

 transportation, by James McCalden. a stock- 

 holder. The liabilities are $70,458 and assets 

 of $117,500. The court has issued an order 

 to all interested to show cause why the cor- 

 poration should not be dissolved. 



Philadelphia. 



The Lumbermen's ICxchange held its regular 

 monthly meeting January 2. President William 

 L. Rice in the chair. There was a full attend- 

 ance and considerable interest was manifested 

 in the meeting to be held in New York January 

 29 concerning the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association's 1007 inspection rules. A pre- 

 viously appointed committee. composed of 

 Wilson H. Lear, chairman ; C. E. Lloyd, Jr. ; 

 Benjamin C. Currie. Jr. ; Joseph P. Dunwoody 

 and Hugh Jlcllvain. who were to consider the 

 matter thoroughly, made its report to the 

 exchange, and the following resolution was 

 adopted : That the report of the committee be 

 received and its recommendations be concurred 

 in and followed out, and the committee be con- 

 tinued and authorized to represent this exchange 

 at the proposed meeting in New York, wlien the 

 matter of inspection of hardwoods is to be dis- 

 cussed. 



The following firms were elected members of 

 the exchange : Crosby & Beckley Company. New 

 Haven, Conn. : E. V. Babcock & Co. and Half- 

 penny & Hamilton. Among the recent visitors 

 to the exchange were E. H. Parsons of Parsons 

 Lumber Company. Watha. N. C. ; J. T. Goron, 

 vice-president J. L. Phillips & Co.. Thomasville, 

 i;a. : E. V. Babcock of E. V. Babcock & Co., 

 Pittsburg, and I. J. Mlley of the Baltimore Sash 

 and Door Company. Baltimore, Md. 



Herbert F. Robinson, the indefatigable worker 

 and chairman of the committee on entertainment 

 of the exchange, arranged one of the most enjoy- 

 able social functions for December 31 ever held 

 at the exchange. It was well attended and voted 

 a complete success. Short speeches and spicy 

 talks were contributed by many, and Lawrence 

 Sharkey, the well known monologist and story- 

 teller, kept the bo.vs in roars of laughter with 

 his inimitable witticisms. Ned Coane was, as 

 usual, indispensable, and the reception of his 

 famous song. "Jersey Sam," almost rent the 

 walls. Eli B. Hollowell, the popular lumberman 

 and city councilman, was heralded by this merry 

 crowd as our next mayor, but Mr. Hoilowell. in 

 his usual modest and unassuming manner, reluc- 

 tantly stated that the crown had been offered to 

 him thrice and he had refused it. George A. 

 Ilowes was master of ceremonies and a better 

 could not have been chosen. He read the fol- 

 lowing New Y'ear's resolutions by prominent 

 lumbermen : 



Resolved. That I will use every effort to over- 



