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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Incorporated at I-OKansport with $40,000 capi- 

 tal, and r. II. Stevens. ,T. 1). Kerguson and M. 

 I'\ migli have been elected dliectors. In addi- 

 tion to carrying a full line ot lumber for build- 

 ing and ninnufacturliiK purposes, the company 

 will opei'ale a large planing mill. 



Kred May, of Kvansvllle. accompanied by bis 

 wife, has gone to Cuba (o spend several weeks. 

 They e.ipect to tour the Island thoroughly dur- 

 ing their stay. 



The .*<tani!ard Hry Kiln Conipany of this city 

 is erecting a large steam kllu for the Anchor 

 Saw Mill CiMupany at Klllsvllle, Miss. The lat- 

 ter company's old kiln was burned last No- 

 vember. 



The sixth casket company In ^^'ayne county 

 has been organized, the latest one being the 

 American ("asket Company, which will locate 

 at Cambridge City. Tlic capital stock of .tilO,- 

 (100 is held principally by .T. K. Smith. A. M. 

 Hoyd. II. IS. Miller and .1. S. Miller, who have 

 been eleiled directors. 



William I'atton of Ibis city has bought a con- 

 trolling interest in the Old Hickory Chair Com- 

 jiany at Martinsville from Will. Max and Eu- 

 gene Shireman. who will retain a small hold- 

 ing. 



The .T. M. Nash and May Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of A'incennes is now known as the Vin- 

 cennes Sash and Door Company, the change be- 

 ing recorded with the secretary of state a few 

 days ago. 



Judge Vinson Carter of the local superior 

 court has given a decision in which he declares 

 the act creating the Indiana Railroad Commis 

 slon was constitutional. Two railroads ordered 

 to interchange traffic at Richmond brought suit, 

 declaring that the commission had no legal ex- 

 istence. As lumbermen have profited greatly by 

 the acts of the commission they were greatly In- 

 terested in the decision. 



Several lumbermen were interested In the 

 meeting of the Indiana l)ranch of the National 

 Ilivers and narbors Congress, held here Janu- 

 ary 21-22. John J. Valdenaire, a lumber dealer 

 on Roosevelt avenue, was a member of the In- 

 dianapolis delegation appointed by Mayor 

 Charles A. Bookwalter. 



Jesse Bond has caused the arrest of his part- 

 ner, George Smith, at Carmel. charging him with 

 failure to account for $.'iOO of the lirni's money. 

 The men have been associated in the lumber 

 business for some time. 



Bristol, Va.-Tenn. 



The Nelson Lumber Ciimpany of Johnson City 

 has Just completed a live mile log flume on the 

 Virginia & Southwestern and Kast Tennessee 

 & Western North Carolina, near Koan Moun- 

 tain. 



A. W. Holt of Chicago, vice president of the 

 American Lumber Comjjany of Wisconsin, is 

 spending some time in tliis section looking over 

 his company's holdings and at the branch offices, 

 Johnson City. 



J. A. Wilkinson will he ready to start his 

 band mill and lumber plant on the Southern 

 railway yards, within the next ten days. Mr. 

 Wilkinson closed (U)wn about the first of the 

 year for the purjiose of Installing additional 

 power, which Included two 150-horsepower boil- 

 ers. He will l)uild a new circular mill near Ab- 

 ingdon. He lost a small mill at Duljlin. Va.. 

 by fire, during the past few days. 



J. W. Stiles of the Kingsport Lumber Com- 

 pany was In the city last week and reports that 

 most of his company's mills in West Virginia are 

 in operation. The yards in that state are nearly 

 all well filled with lumber. 



"The export market is In comparatively fair 

 shape." said Fred W. Hughes of Price & Heald. 

 Baltimore, who returned to the city last week. 

 "We are shipping out considerable stock and 

 are receiving incpiiries in fair quantities." 



The local lumbermen report collections much 

 better and a pronounced improvement in the 

 credit situation. There has been little or no 

 cancellation of orders on account of the declin- 



ing market, though a few of the concerns com- 

 plain on this account. 



"Business is gradually growing belter," said 

 J. II. Bryan of the Bryan Lumber Company. 

 "The chief trouble with the lumber market Is 

 the fact that there is so much stock on the yards 

 and ready to be marketed. This is true in the 

 Kast and many parts of the North, but I think 

 the situation is adju.-^ting itself again." Mr. 

 Bryan has just relumed from a visit to New- 

 York and the Kast. His company's mills in 

 South Carolina will close down a few days for 

 repairs. 



The Tug River Lumber Company has its op- 

 erations in Wise County, including a band mill 

 at Big Cherry, in operation again, and takes a 

 very optimistic view of the outlook for spring 

 and summer business. 



A large amount of logs fur export and do- 

 mestic markets were shipped from Plney I'lats, 

 on the Soulhern. near Bristol, by lumbermen 

 in that section, during the past week, and prob- 

 ably many more cars will move from that point 

 wiiliin tile next few days. 



Cincinnati. 



I'nited States Judgt> Tbomiison refused to ap- 

 point a receiver for the Wiborg ,& Ilanna Com- 

 pany. The motion for a receiver was made by 

 Attorney Cobb for the plaintiffs. The plea was 

 re-:isted by Attorney David Levy for the lumb?r 

 concern. The court held that no appointment of 

 this sort could be made by bim unless the firm 

 had been proven insolvent and this has not 

 been done. Attorney Levy contended that he 

 would show that the company is solvent. His 

 report of the financial condition of the concern 

 is being made and will be presented to the court 

 within a week or so. The Wiborg & Hanna Com- 

 pany is still conducting business and it is the 

 general opinion here that its indebtedness will 

 soon be cleared up without loss to creditors. 



William A. Bennett has served his last day as 

 president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Com- 

 merce and last week gave a delightful dinner to 

 the board of directors of that organization. There 

 wer-e present a number of noted guests and the 

 affair was voted a most successful one. 



Thomas 1'. Egan. president of the J. A. Kay & 

 Kgan Company, manufacturers of woodworking 

 machinery and i-eputed the largest concern of Its 

 kind in the West, has been elected president of 

 the Cincinnati Cluimber of Commerce, succeeding 

 William A. Bennett. Mr. Eagan is a man of 

 energy and discernment and should prove a good 

 successor to Mr. Bennett. 



C. A. Scott & Co. and the Robertson Steel & 

 Iron Company asked last week for the removal 

 of Ernest V. Moore as assignee of the George 

 C. Beck Box & Lumber Company and also filed 

 exceptions to his account as assignee. They 

 charge that Assignee Moore collected assets and 

 converted them into money to the amount of 

 about $.'>-i;i..'»8 and from this amount credited 

 Iiimself with $4.'>7.01 for assignee and attorney 

 fees, the general creditors having received noth- 

 ing. They asik that he be compelled to return 

 this money to the court fiu- distribution among 

 the creditors. 



A. A. Andridge of the L'nited States Timber 

 Company has resigned as head of that company 

 and will organize a new concern to be known as 

 the National Lumber Company, with offices in the 

 Mercantile Building. He still retains some inter- 

 est in the I'nited States Timber Company, but 

 will devote most of his time to the new concern. 



In the pool championship contest between W. 

 E. Delaney and Q. McCracken the latter has 

 demonstrated his superiority and now Mr. 

 Delaney is seeking a return match. This will 

 be soon, as Delaney's blood is boiling since he 

 dropped the championship. However, the same 

 friendly feeling exists — that is, when they don't 

 speak of pool. 



Secretary Thoman of the Cincinnati Lumber- 

 men's Club has received a letter from Gifford 

 Pinchot. chief of the Forestry Department, in 

 which he expressed regret in not being able to 



keep his engagement with the local club for Jan- 

 uary 25. Mr. PIncliot has broken three engage- 

 ments with the club, hut they are still trying 

 to get him for some future date. The meeting 

 set for January 2.'> will not be held until Feb- 

 ruary :s. 



The Cliiiinnali Kiirninue Exchange held Its 

 regular monthly meeting at Ablbrand's cafe last 

 week. President William J. Scxlro called the 

 meeting to order and after routine business was 

 disposed of Secretary lOrncst Sc-iineidcr read his 

 annual report, presenting a resume of the work 

 accomplished during the year, togetller with a 

 financial statement. This proved that the ex 

 change has more members and Incidentally more 

 Influence than ever before in its history. The 

 treasurer's repQrt was good, showing a neat lit- 

 tle balance In the bank. I'resldent Sextro Is 

 succeeded by J. F. Dletz. 



Chester F. Korn of the Farrln-Korn Iaiml>er 

 Company has returned from a business trip 

 thi-ougb Indiana. 



The electric mill which the Farrin-Korn Lum- 

 ber Company is building Is Hearing completion 

 and by the early jiart of next month they expect 

 to be lodged in tlie new structure. 



Thomas J. MotTett. president of tiie Maley. 

 Thompson & MotTett Company, who has bad a 

 severe attack of (juinsy, has returned to business 

 and is again making things hum. 



William A. liennett of Bennett & Wltte has 

 been appointed receiver for the Hotel Havlin, 

 which made an assignment last week. 



K. W. Robbius of the Maley. Thompson & Mof- 

 fctt Company, has gone off on a fishing and 

 bunting trip to Florida. He and a party of 

 about ten left last week armed with enough 

 ammunition and food to last them several 

 montlis. They took several large tents and have 

 a Pullman car fitted up for a temporary home, 

 which was afforded them through the generosity 

 of tile Pullman (.'ompany. The party will re- 

 main away for a couj)le of months, it is said, 

 unless some of the married men get homesick — 

 and most of them are married. 



The members of the Chamber of Commerce 

 tendered Thomas P. Egan, the newly elected 

 president, a delightful dinner at the Busines? 

 Men's Club last week. General Michael Ryan, 

 who was toastmaster for the occasion, presented 

 William A. Bennett with a beautiful hand-carved 

 cuckoo clock. Mr. Egan gave a dinner in honor 

 of the Blue party at the Queen City Club Jan 

 uary 13. The event was most delightful, the 

 speeches and stories of how votes were secured 

 for the Blue ticket being very interesting. 



The Cincinnati Carriage Gocds Company, J. F. 

 Jewett, president, has increased its capital from 

 .$4I).OIIO to $60,000 to provide for an extension 

 of business. 



William E. Delaney and Uaiijh McCracken of 

 the Kentucky Lumber Company left last week 

 to attend the annual meeting of the stockholders 

 of the company at Louisville. 



The flood in the mill creek has benefited the 

 Maley, Thompson & Moffett Company to a great 

 extent.' Through the swelling of the little stream 

 the company has been able to remove a great 

 many of its logs and tow them to within a short 

 distance of its mill. The company has a yoke 

 of oxen still in the bottoms drawing the logs 

 to the top of the hill and to the mill. 



Ai-ticies for the incorporation of the Morrison- 

 LeRo.v leaning Mill Compan.v were filed In the 

 county clerk's office of Covington last week, which 

 call for a capital of $100,000. The company will 

 operate a planing mill in Covington. 



J. M. Offutt of the Troy River Lumber Com- 

 pany of Bristol. Tenn.. was here last week look- 

 ing after a carload of lumber which was shippeil 

 to the Wiborg & Hanna Company some time ago. 

 He left, however, satisfied, as he was assured 

 that a check would follow him soon. 



II. B. Ideson, general manager of the Standard 

 Millwork Company, has gone on a tour through 

 the East, where he expects to pick up some trade 

 for his concern. They are doing a good business 

 now and it will only be a matter of time when 



