May 10, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



57 



BALTIMORE 



A new IiimlH>r business is to lie oslalilislicd :U IIiiKerstown. Md.. iiy tlic 

 IlagtTstown I.iunber Company, recently incorpurated witii a capital stocl; 

 of $100,000. Tlie incorporators and olUcers are E. Aldine Lal<iu. president; 

 .1. Brooivs Laliin, \ice-presiilent. and Georjje D. Martin, secretary and 

 treasurer. Tlie company lias aciiuire<i more than four acres of land in 

 tlic city for the yard and a planing mill. 



Another new lumber yard iu this section is that of I. I-'urman, wlu) is 

 doing business under the name of the National Lumber Company at 111.'! 

 Stiles street. The concern is handling hardwoods and various other kinds 

 ■of lumber. 



Harvey M. Dickson, secretary of the National Lumber Exporters" Asso- 

 ciation, has received a letter from Temple Dobell, of Alfred Doboll & Co.. 

 the Liverpool timber brokers, who lias been in this country for several 

 mouths in the interest of his firm, visiting producing and distribution 

 centers. Mr. Doliell wrote that he would be back in New York by May U 

 and sail for home on the twelfth. Mr. Dobell stopped in Baltimore during 

 bis travels in this country. 



Information has been received here that the Teaks of Otter Lumber 

 Company of Bedford, Va., has been incorporated with a capital stock ol 

 $100,000, with J. Mott Lindsay as president, and will install resaw and 

 planing mill machinery. 



Thomas A. , Charshee of the Thomas A. Charshee Lumber Company, 

 Stewart Building, started a tew days ago on a trip down South which will 

 extend as far as Florida. In the course of his travels he will visit several 

 saw mills with a view of becoming the distributing representative tor 

 their output in this section. He expects to be away about two weeks. 



COLUMBUS 



W. L. Pierce, one of the oldest of the travelers in the middle west. 

 has revived the Century Lumber Company, which he started 22 years aeo, 

 to handle on a commission basis. During the war he was associated with 

 F. P. Rogers and K. E. Smith under the name of the Buckeye Lumtwr 

 Company, with offices in the Gasco Bldg. Recently Mr. Pierce withdrew 

 from the concern and revived his former company. R. E. Smith, another 

 of the partners, died several months ago. E. R. Clarridge has now asso- 

 ciated himself with the Buckeye Lumber Company. 



The Advance Box Company, of Cleveland, has been incorporated with 

 a capital of $2.5,000 to manufacture boxes. 



The Curry Lumber Company of Wooster, Ohio, is planning to move its 

 plant to a new location at the western terminus of Henry Street. The 

 present location is on East North Street, where it has been located for 

 more than a half century. The husiness was started by the grandfather 

 of W. R. Curr.v, the present owner. 



E. M. Stark, vice-president and treasurer of the American Column and 

 Lumber Company, speaking of hardwood conditions, said : "There is a 

 decided improvement in the tone of the trade. Inquiries are more numer- 

 ous and orders are coming in better from all sources. While there is 

 still a rather wide range in quotations, yet the extreme low quotations are 

 not as frequent as formerly." 



F. B. Pryor, saiesmanager of the W. M. Hitter Lumber Company, reports 

 a belter demand for all varieties of hardwoods during the latter part of 

 April. Trade during the last week in the month was fully 25 percent 

 better than in the previous week. Interior trim is moving better and the 

 same is true of hardwood flooring. There is not as much spread in prices 

 as was the case 30 days ago. 



J. W. Mayhew of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Co., attended a meeting of 

 the board of directors of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion at Louisville last month. 



W. M. Ritter, head of the company bearing his name, has returned to 

 Columbus after a month's sojourn in Washington, D. C. 



The American Column & Lumber Company has employed II. M. Sedg- 

 wick, formerly a traveler for the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company of Cin- 

 cinnati. He will cover western Pennsylvania, southern Ohio and Indiana. 



M. W. Stark, president and E. E. Krause, secretary of the American 

 Column & Lumber Company, attended the meeting of the Appalachian 

 Congress at Cincinnati. 



Martin Gross of the Gross Lumber Company, of Bellevue, Ohio, is seri- 

 ously ill with rheumatism at his home. 



The capital of the Foss Woodworking Company, of Cleveland, has been 

 increased from $25,000 to $50,000. 



The Matthews Lumber & Manufacturing Company, at .500 South Cen- 

 tral avenue, has started the erection of a large lumber shed. 



WHEELING 



The formation of a new corporation known as the Southern Coal & 

 Timber Corporation was recently announced in Huntington, W. Va. Tht 

 company will be headed by J. C. Myers, who has been elected president of 

 the organization. The other officers are: L. N. Frantz, vice-president, 

 and S. II. Bowman, secretary and treasurer. The president of the company 

 is a leading business man of White Sulphur Spring,s, and will move to 

 Huntington to take active direction of the affairs of the corporation. He 

 has handled some ot the largest timber deals in southern West Virginia. 



The Valley Lumber Company of Morgantown, W. Va., has been capital- 



King Mill and Lumber Co. 



1>.\I)UCA1I, KKNTUCKY 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Ash, Elm, Oak, Gum 

 Maple, Cypress, Hickory 



Cypress Shingles 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CAR LOADS 



HARDWOODS and SHINGLES 



The Mid-West Hardwood Company 



CHICAGO, NO. 901, MAJESTIC BLDG. 



Announces 



that it has been appointed 



Exclusive Representative 



of 



The King Mill and Lumber Co. 



PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 



Makers of 



King Quality Southern Hardwoods 



LET rs H.W 10 YOUR INQUIRIES. MAIL OK 

 WIRE, AT CHICAGO OFFICE OR MILT. DIRECT 



ized at .1125,000. The incorporators are Karl lUxon. A. W. Ilawley. B. E. 

 Cress, I'. R. Watson and C. W. McCutcheon. 



E. H. Crockard, well known throughout the tri-state territory as a 

 timber estimator, has resigned from the Scott Lumber Company of Bridge- 

 port, O., after having served as estimator for this company for ten years. 

 Mr. Crockard resigned in order to take a long rest, never having recovered 

 from burns received in the disastrous explosion over a .vear ago at the 

 Scott Lumber Company plant. 



According to statements made by lumbermen ot this region there will 

 be a general resumption of logging operations in the camps of southern 

 West Virginia within the next few weeks. Many ot the mills have been 

 closed for some time because of accumulation of stock, but a recent reviva* 

 ot building in West Virginia has served to deplete tliese stocks and condi- 

 tions now seem favorable for larger production. 



Virtually all of the mills resuming are doing so on decreased wage scale 

 of as high as 2.5 percent in many cases. 



Frank B. Badger of Elizaljeth, W. Va., will move his planing mill from 

 Wirt county to Parkersburg. The land for the plant was purchased about 

 a year ago, but the plans were delayed. However, they have been com- 

 pleted. The mill will lie a large one. employing about 20 men. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Geneva Lumljer and Supply Company has filed papers with the 

 secretary of state showing a capitalization of .$40,000, of which .$10,000 

 is preferred stock. The company will deal in lumber and builders" sup- 

 plies. Liirectors of the concern are Henry Wehrenberg, Fred Wehrenberg 

 and Theo. Thimlar. 



According to an announcement made recently the wages of the men 

 employed in the planing mills and lumber yards in Anderson, Ind„ have 

 been reduced 10 per cent. A reduction from 75 cents to 65 cents an houi 

 was made in the wages of the foremen in the plants, and a reduction 

 from 65 to 55 cents was also made in other laborers' wages. 



The Columbus Handle & Tool Company at Columbus, Ind., has closed all 

 of its departments with the exception of the sawmill. Three-fourths of 

 the employes at the plant will be thrown out of employment. 



The Toyo Amusement Company of Indianapolis has been organized with 

 a capital stock of .$."i,000 for the purpose of manufacturing amusement 

 devices. The directors are Harry Otachi. M. .lackson and M. Looney. 



The Iloosier Manufacturing Company of Newcastle has increased Its 

 capital stock from $750,000 to $1,050,000. The company manufactures 

 kitchen cabinets. 



Papers have been filed with the secretary of state showing the organlza- 

 (i(m of the Universal Wheel Company, Muncie, with a capital stock of 

 5:1110.000. The company will manufacture wheels. The directors are 



