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lumher department of the Central West Coal c& Lumber Company. He 

 takes the place made vacant by the resignation of J. M. Andrew, who 

 organized the Andrew Lnmber Company, with offices in the James 

 Building. 



E. M. Stark, vice president and treasurer of the .\nierican Column and 

 Lumber Company, has returned from a trip to New York and other eastern 

 points and reports a- much better feeling in hardwood circles. The Ameri- 

 can Column and Lumber Company reports a larger number of inquiries 

 from all sources, many of which appear to be live ones. As a result 

 there is a better feeling shown in all localities. 



F. B. Pryor, sales manager of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, 

 reports a pretty fair run of orders with a disposition on the part of both 

 factories and dealers to buy more liberally. But orders are still restricted 

 to immediate needs. Prices are still irregular and there is a rather wide 

 spread. 



The Rinderknecht Lumber Company, of Dayton, has started the erection 

 of a lirick warehouse and office building 120 by 64 feet. This building 

 is carrying out tlie program started several years ago to. enclose and 

 cover the entire yard. 



Columbus has been selected by the Henry McCleary Timber Co.. of 

 McCleary, Wash., as a distributing center for the Middle States. The 

 head of the company was formerly a resident of Cambridge and went to 

 the west coast about 20 years ago. J. F. Miles has been placed In charge 

 of the Columbus office which Is located on West Goodale St., where the 

 wai-ehiiuse is also located. The warehouse is 200 by 300 feet. 



Fire destroyed the yard of Dubois & McCoy at Bellalre, O., recently. 

 The yard, which is a large one, was located near the center of the city 

 and for a time the blaze threatened residences and business blocks. 



W. L. Reid, :.' representative of the .\lston Lumber Company, of Tusca- 

 loosa. Ala., was a recent business visitor in Columbus. 



Papers have been filed with the secretary of state Increasing the 

 authorized capital of the Harmount & Woolfe Tie Company, of ChilU- 

 cothe, from $75,000 to .$150,000. 



The Columbus office of the Sanford-Bodge Lumber Company, which was 

 located in the Gasco Building, has been discontinued as has the main 

 office at New Orleans and another branch at Buffalo. G. W. Foster, who 

 was manager of the Columbus branch for the past two years, has 

 organized the G. W. Foster Lumber Company, which will do a general 

 commission business. The offices of the new concern are also In the 

 Gasco Building. 



CINCINNATI 



D. H. Moul, president of the D. H. Moul Lumber Company, is spending 

 a month's vacation with Fred Mowbray, president of the Mowbray & 

 Robinson Lumber Company, at Hot Springs. .\rk. Mr. Mowbray is taking 

 the hot baths in an effort to improve his health. 



W. H. Lockwood, president of the W. H. Lockwood Service Company, 

 and general manager of the Central Lumber Traffic Association, has been 

 appointed Cincinnati representative of the Baker, Irons and Dockstader. 

 Inc., New York City, ocean freight brokers. Mr. Lockwood, who has an 

 office in the Greenwood building, will handle ocean bookings, marine 

 insurance and foreign collections. 



John Wright of Buenos Aires. Argentine, and John J. Mangan of New 

 York City, were introduced at the April monthly dinner of the Chamber 

 of Commerce by S. P. Egan, president of the Fay and Egan Company, 

 manufacturers of wood working machinery. Mr. Wright is engaged in the 

 furniture and lumber manufacturing in Argentine and employs about 

 6,000 men and women. His mission to Cincinnati was for the purpose of 

 purchasing additional equipment for his various enterprises. 



.\ request has been received by the Industrial Expansion Department 

 of the Chamber of Commerce for a factory having 20.000 to 30.000 square 

 feet of floor space and equipped with wood working machinery. The 

 plant is desired by an Eastern furniture company which desires to locate 

 In Cincinnati. 



Fire which broke out In the lumber yard of the Samule H. Taft Lumber 

 and Distributing Company, damaged It to the extent of $13,000. The 

 flames also consumed a carload of lumber of the Pease Lumber Company. 

 The loss would have been greater but locomotives were used to pull several 

 other cars of lumber out of the fire zone. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The petition of the O. D. Ilaskett Lumber Company, A. B. Keeport & 

 Company, and the Polar Ice & Fuel Company to have a receiver appointed 

 In the place of William R. Hirst for the Van Briggle Motor Device Com- 

 pany was refused by Judge A. B. .\nderson of Indianapolis, adhering to 

 the rule that a creditor who has accepted the appointment of a receiver 

 for an Insolvent in a state court can not come into the federal court and 

 have anotlier appointed. 



In an endeavor to interest the public with the vital need of putting 

 the state's idle land to work growing trees, a bulletin has been issued by 

 the state department of conservation, stating that there are 1,000,000 



