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llai'knell & Co., Worcester. Mass. Tlie business 

 will be eoiillnued by Mr. llackwell. 



The linn or l"urber. Stoekford & Co.. Roston, 

 lias been dissolved. Mr. Stoekford will con- 

 tinue the business. 



New Toik. 



There Is much Interest locally In the npproach- 

 Inu hardwood inspection conference to be held 

 at the Hotel Astor. this city. .January 2!), be- 

 tween delegations from the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, the New York Lumber Trade 

 .Vssoi'iallon and various other organizations in- 

 teres ed in the several eastern cities and sec- 

 tions. At the regular meeting of the New York 

 Lumber Trade Association, held on ,Iannary S, 

 its committee on inspection was given full power 

 10 enter into the conference. The following is a 

 roster of the delegates to date : National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association, represented by O. O. 

 Agler, Earl I'almer, Gardner L Jones, Theodore 

 Kathauer, F. H. Diggins and F. F. Fish; New- 

 York Lumber Trade Association, by P. Moore, 

 Waldron \Villiams, William F. Clarke, Charles 

 li. (jrant. It. W. Higbie. Charles F. Fischer. Wal- 

 ter Adams, Henry Cape and James S. Davis ; 

 Kastern IJetail Lumber Dealers' Association, by 

 Fresident It. S. White : Lumber Dealers' Associa- 

 tion of Connecticut, by William H. Judd and E. 

 H. Karnum : Building Material Men's Association 

 of Westchester County, by A. F. Hitchcock, W. 

 N. Slater and Kclsey Smith ; Buffalo Hardwood 

 Exchange, by L N. Stewart, Orson E. Yeager 

 and John N. Scatcherd ; Lumber Trade Club of 

 Boston, by Messrs. John N. Woods and Horace 

 C. Morse : Lumbermen's Exchange of Phila- 

 delphia, by Messrs. W. H. Lear, Benjamin Stoker, 

 B. C. Currle, Jr., Hugh McHvain, C. E. Lloyd, 

 Jr., and J. I'. Dunwoody. 



The regular quarterly meeting of the New 

 York Lumber Trade Association and the Board 

 of Trustees was held January S. Routine mat- 

 ters were transacted and two new members 

 elected — Lafond & Thomas, the new wholesale 

 house at 12 Broadway, to resident membership, 

 and Flint, Erving & Stoner of Pittsburg to non- 

 resident membership. Kesolutions of regret were 

 passed concerning the death of J. H. Eckstein, 

 of Cooney, Eckstein & Co. Following the meet- 

 ing It was announced that the annual banquet 

 i.t the association had been postponed from Jan- 

 uary 30 to February 2t; and will be held on the 

 latter date at the Waldorf-Astoria. A large 

 number of subscriptions arc already in and a big 

 turnout is expected. 



The trustees of the National Wholesale Lum- 

 ber Dealers' Asso<lation held a meeting at the 

 headquarters on January !), at which time it 

 was decided to hold the next annual meeting at 

 Washington, D. C, on March 4 and o. 'I'he 

 Executive Committee and Ex-President Lewis 

 Dill of Baltimore were made a special commit- 

 tee on arrangements. 



S. E. Parr, hardwood wholesaler of the Fiat- 

 Iron Building and vice-president of the National 

 HardwoofI Lumber Association, spent three or 

 four days this week In Chicago on association 

 affairs. 



.Much regret Is expressed In the local trade 

 concerning the receivership proceedings In the 

 matter of K. M. Smith & Co., prominent hard- 

 wood manufacturers of Parkersburg, W. Va., the 

 principals in which are well known In the local 

 hardwood trade. Current advices seem to look 

 favorable to the trouble being but temporary. 



Among the distinguished visitors during the 

 fortnight were W. M. Ultter, head of the W. .^L 

 Hitter Lumber Company, Columbus, and his as- 

 sistant gales manager, F. A. Wilson. Both gen- 

 tlemen were visiting among the local trade. Ten 

 of the Kltter Lumber <,'ompany's hardwood mills 

 are temporarily closed down In line with the 

 general curtailment of production. 



a. <}. Barr of Beecher & Barr and the Ten- 

 nessee Lumber & Manufacturing Company, of 

 Pottsvllle, Pa., Is spending a week or so in the 

 city In the interest of business. 



The Mangialette Trim & Woodworking Com- 

 pany has just started in business on Walworth 

 street, Brooklyn, with a capital of $G,000. The 

 Incorporators arc D. Mangialette, Adolph Kone- 

 nin and Leopold Bourgard. 



An Involuntary petition in bankruptcy has 

 been filed against Wm. Isaac's Sons, sash, door 

 and blind manufacturers, 'J.^HO Atlantic avenue, 

 Brooklyn, liy several creditors. 



The business of T. G. Patterson, large box and 

 trim manufacturer of Fifty-fourth street and 

 Eleventh avenue, has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $30.0fW. The incorporators arc T. •!. 

 Patterson, C. H. McElroy and II. Loh, who will 

 continue the business along the lines as formerly 

 conducted. 



'rtie annual meeting of the Lumber Under- 

 writers, the well-known fire insuring organiza- 

 lion. GO Broadway, New York, was held January 

 with every underwriter present. Reports cov- 

 ering the business during 1907 showed a sub- 

 stantial increase in resources as well as insur- 

 ance in force and revealed the fact that this 

 organization in its work for reduced insurance 

 rates in tlie lumber trade is not only ably demon- 

 strating the practicability of such, but is being 

 liberally supported as well by the trade at large. 

 John N. Scatcherd of Scatcherd & Son, Buf- 

 falo, was a prominent hardwood visitor during 

 the fortnight. 



The new Lumbermen's Noonday Lunch Club, 

 headquarters breakfast room. Fifth Avenue hotel, 

 opened January 6. since which time it has been 

 well and liberally patronized by both the local 

 trade and visiting lumbermen. Every lumber- 

 man who is in the vicinity of the hotel during 

 the lunch hour is cordially invited to dine there. 

 C. W. Manning, hardwood wholesaler of 60 

 Broad streets, is on a business trip through 

 New York and We.^t Virginia. 



Schedules in bankruptcy of John Vogel. manu- 

 facturer of store and bar fixtures, G26 West 

 Thirtieth street, Manhattan, show liabilities 

 $28,792 and nominal assets $18,029. 



George P. Rogers of the R. J. Rogers Lumber 

 Company, Geneva, N. Y., was in town for a 

 few days preparatory to sailing for a brief 

 pleasure trip to Cuba. 



The Emporium Lumber Company, extensive 

 hardwood manufacturers, Keating Summit, I'a., 

 announce an important change in their New 

 York oUice, 1 Madison avenue, brought; about by 

 the resignation of C. O. Shepherd, who has so 

 ably represented them in the past five years. 

 Tintil his successor Is appointed J. W. .\rmstrong 

 of the Galcton oflice will be in charge locally. 



L. L. Barth of the Edward Hincs Lumber 

 Company, Chicago, was in town In the Interest 

 of National Wholesale Lumber Association affairs 

 during the fortnight, after which he sailed for 

 Cuba, accompanied by Mrs. Barth, for a brief 

 pleasure trip. 



I'ollowlng this announcement C. O. Shepherd 

 advises his entry Into the wholesale hardwood 

 trade on his own account, in connection with 

 which he Is perfecting plans, announcement of 

 which will be made in due course. Mr. Shepherd 

 has been associated in the local hardwood trade 

 for many years and Is one of the popular as well 

 as able hardwood representatives In the Metro- 

 politan district, and bis further advice In this 

 connection will be awaited with interest. 



Charles G. Ilorton, who has been operating In 

 the Metropolitan market for many years under 

 various firm styles, was arrested on January 8 

 and locked up in Ludlow street jail In default of 

 $2,000 bail In an action brought against him by 

 tiie Lamphiar Buck Lumber Company to recover 

 $2,C;i7 which the company alleges was obtained 

 by false rcprcsenlallons. According to the com 

 plaint. Horlon represented that he was connected 

 with the Consumers' Lumber Company, li;i West 

 Twenty-thlr<l street, Manhattan, which acted as 

 middlemen between producers of lumber and con- 

 sumers. He has operated during the past few 

 .years as J. W. Martin & Co., the Manhattan 

 Lumber Company, the Consolidated Lumber & 

 Storage Company and otherwiBe. 



President W. L. Sykes and Superintendent Wil- 

 liam Caltlsch of the Emporium Lumber Company, 

 Keating Summit, I"a., spent several days In town 

 in Hie Interest of business. 



President E. .M. Wiley of the Wiley, Ilarker & 

 Camp Company, Flatlnm Building, Is seriously 

 III at his home in Manliattan with typhoid fever. 

 He Is progressing as well as could be expected. 



The Federal Lumber Company, wholesaler, an- 

 nounces the removal of its head olllces from 1 

 Madison avenue, Manhattan, to the Broad Ex- 

 change Building, Boston, Mass. 



John D. Hicks, founder of the firm of J. D. 

 Hicks & Co., Roslyn, N. Y'., and a prominent 

 citizen of that place, died recently at his resi- 

 dence there. 



IS. H. Downman, the prominent cypress manu- 

 facturer of New Orleans, was In town this week 

 for a brief business visit. H. J. Amos of Nellls, 

 Amos & Swift, hardwood manufacturers of Utica, 

 N. Y., was also here. 



E. A. Smith, formerly of E. A. Smith & Co., 

 Providence, R. I., has associated himself as sales- 

 man with the hardwood department of the 

 Stevens-Eaton Company, 1 Madison avenue, and 

 will represent it in the Pennsylvania and South 

 Jersey trade. 



George C. Lavery of Collins, Lavery & Co., 39 

 Cortlandt street, .Manhattan, and yards at Jersey 

 City, sailed for a pleasure trip to the Bermuda 

 Islands on January 2,"), accompanied by Mrs. 

 Lavery and son. 



The Lumber Mills Company lias been incorpo- 

 rated in this city with a capital of $30,000 by 

 L. J. Mullen, 14 Schaeffer street : F. J. Daniels, 

 95 Lewis avenue, Brooklyn, and I). II. Sanford. 

 53 East SO street, Manhattan. 



.S. F. Mlnter, prominent hardwood wholesaler 

 of 1 Broadway, this city, has organized the 

 Mlnter Lumber Company with a capital of $5,000. 

 The directors are J. N. Mlnter, II. A. Reddick of 

 New York and F. W. Flood of Lexington, Ky. 

 The company will market the output of a mill at 

 Portsmouth, Va.. in which Mr. Mlnter is In- 

 terested. 



The Standard Mill & Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated in Brooklyn with a capital of 

 $5,000 by William Mulligan, E. B. Nolan and 

 P. E. Nolan to conduct a general lumber and 

 mlllwork business. 



D. P. Gardner, the oldest Odd Fellow in the 

 state and for the past sixty-one years a success- 

 ful sash, door and blind manufacturer of Brook- 

 lyn, died at his home, Hiiii Wasliington avenue, 

 that city, January 17. He was boin in Brooklyn, 

 April 10, 1815, 



Philadelphia. 



The committee appniiUcd at a recent meeting 

 of the Lumbermen's Exchange to represent that 

 body at the hardw«)d Inspection conference, to 

 be held In New York on January 29, has sent 

 out a list of questions for Information, request- 

 ing answers as to the opinion of the hardwood 

 men of this city on specific woods so that the 

 committee can handle the matter Intelligently. 

 The local hardwood men have gone Into this mat- 

 ter to learn what grievance their neighbor has 

 to put forth. The committee, composed of some 

 of tlie ino-it intelligent and well-posted hardwood 

 men of this city, will enter the conference in- 

 dependently and will see that the Interests of the 

 local men are well taken care of. 



The sixteenth annual meeting of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Lumbermen's Association, Inc., of Scran- 

 ton, Pa., will be held at the Lumbermen's Ex- 

 change, this city, on January 29. 



The Pennsylvania Lunibcrnien's Mutual Fire 

 Insuraui-e Company will hold Its annual meet- 

 ing on January 2.S, to wlildi the members of the 

 Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Association have been 

 Invited, whether policyholders or not. 



The Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association held Its annual meeting and banquet 

 at the fnlon League on January 9. A sparkling 

 jollity and general goo<l feeling characterized the 

 a.isembly. The only guests on this occasion were 

 J. M. Hastings of Pittsburg and E. F. Perry of 



