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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 2',. l'.»21 



■which caused n total loss of .fS.OOO.OOO. It Is likely that the plant will be 

 rebuilt in the near future. 



The Cherry Illvcr Lumber Ooinpaiiy of Tltusvllle, I'a., has discontinued 

 doing business in West Virginia. It was -well known as a hardwood con- 

 cern. 



The Kendall Lumber Conipany reports industrial and mining trade 

 extreiriely poor and says there is no railroad inquiry at present. Sales 

 Manager Andrew W. Kendall announces tliat the mill of the company at 

 Crellin, Md., is turning out "."j.ono feet a day. 



BOSTON 



Allien II. Slearns, long associated with the A. T. Stearns Lumber Com- 

 pany of Hoston, died suddenly a few days ago at the home of his son, 

 Albert Thomas Slearns, in i'awluiket. K. I. lie was born in Waltham, 

 Mass., on Aug. 15, 1844, was educated in the public schools of Dorchester, 

 Mass,, and early in his life founded with his father the A. T. Stearns 

 liUmber Company business, with which he was prominently connected the 

 remainder of his life, lie was a thirty-second degree Mason, "Son dl the 

 Revolution," and a member of various historical societies. Burial was in 

 Dorchester. 



BALTIMORE 



■p. r.leilsoc, of the Uruwu-IJleilsdc' I.uiiilier (_'(Hii|jaiiy. Munsey wholesale 

 hardwood dealers in the Munsey nuilding here, on his return recently from 

 a trip down to North Carolina, with a dip into adjacent states, said that 

 the furniture manufacturers at High Point and other places in North 

 Carolina were buying hardwoods with greater freedom, and that there 

 was every prospect that the demand from this source would continue, as 

 the factories had plenty of orders for furniture in hand. 



M. S. Baer and Frank Helm, of the wholesale hardwood firm of Richard 

 P. Baer & Company, Maryland Casualty building tower, this city, went 

 to Philadelphia to attend the sessions of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association by automobile, and then continued on to New York, to have a 

 look around among the trade. 



M. L. Ilimmel & Son, office furniture manufacturers, now located on 

 Frederick and Gay streets, who purchased a factory building on Calverton 

 road some months ago, have bought an adjacent lot 60 feet on Frederick 

 road and extending 600 feet on Warwick avenue. The main plant will 

 be remodeled at a cost of $150,000, the improvements to include a dry 

 kiln with a capacity of 50 cars of lumber, garage, varnish and paint vault 

 and other structures. 



COLUMBUS 



Governor Davis has signed the three bills providing for reforestation and 

 p'rotcction of present state forests which were passed by the last session of 

 the Ohio General .\ssembly, fathered by Representative Silver of Preble 

 county. The three bills for the first time in the history of the Buckeye 

 state provides for a definite forestry program. In all $70,000 is appro- 

 priated for the first year's work. The bills will become effective in August 

 and steps will be taken to name Edmund Segrist as state forester. 



The .\pple Creek Screen Door Company of Apple Creek, Ohio, has been 

 chartered, with a capital of $20,000, to manufacture screen doors and mill 

 work. Among the incorporators are W. A. Knable. J. .\. Zaugg, William 

 Cramer, Mrs. A. D. Eyman and Henry Young. 



In carrying out the reforestation program as outlined in the three Silver 

 bills, a committee representing the Ohio Legislature inspected a tract of 

 20,000 acres in Scioto county, which was approved, and steps will be taken 

 at once to acquire the property. The plans are under the charge of the 

 Fish and Game Bureau. The property is covered w'ith second growth 

 timber, which has grown to such an extent that it will be self-supporting 

 within 20 years. 



The Mid-West Lumber Company of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has been char- 

 tered with a capital of $200,000 to deal in all kinds of lumber. Among 

 the incorporators are George Heinicke and L. W. Rinear. 



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

 a fair business, although orders are far from being normal. "The volume of 

 business is about the same as it has been, if the small business can be 

 styled under the name of volume," he said. "Inquiries are still coming 

 in fairly well. Retailers are the best customers at this time, although 

 some buying is being done by coal mining concerns. Prices are fairly 

 steady at previous levels." 



E. M. Stark, vice-president and treas\irer of the American Column & 

 Lumber Company, reports conditiotis in the hardwood trade as rather 

 quiet. Inquiries are rather numerous, some of which are live ones. The 

 best feature, according to Mr. Stark, is the fact that manufacturing con- 

 cerns have used up their reserves of harilwooils, and consequently if they 

 continue operations will have to come into the market. 



CINCINNATI 



and doalors in more adviintagcous conipotition with points in tho timber 

 sections soulli of tlie Ohio river. The now tariff covers rates and regu- 

 lations of transit privileges on forest products and will permit the ship- 

 ment of lumber from southern territory to Cincinnati to be unloaded here 

 for manufacture and reshipped to points north, east and west of the city 

 on the basis of the through rate from the point of origin to iinal <lGsti- 

 nation, plus transit charge of 2Vj cents per 100 pounds. The Southern 

 Railway now has in effect at Cincinnati rules of a simihir nature, but 

 restricted as to points of origin and destinations so that they are not 

 nearly so beuetlcial as these new rules will be. This arrangement which 

 the lumber interests have been after the Southern Railway to estal>lish for 

 the past two years is one which will be of great benelit to the lumbermen 

 in Cincinnati and territory. 



A baseball game bi'tween the carriage manufactun-rs and the jiccessory 

 men was the feature of the annual outing of the Cincinnati Carriage 

 Makers' Club at Laughory Island on June IS. The carriage manufacturers 

 defeated their opponents by a score of G to 0. Among those present at the 

 picnic were : Philip E. Ebrenz of St, Louis, former president of the Car- 

 riage Makers' National Association ; E. E. Hughes of Lynchburg, Va., and 

 Harry Jay of Detroit. James E. Baker was chairman of the entertainment 

 commitlee. 



Emilie Hess, general nuinager of the Sayers & Scoville Carriage &. Motor 

 Car Company, attended the annual meeting of the National Chamber of 

 Commerce in New York City last week. 



Cincinnati lumbermen who were admitted to the membership of the 

 Chamber of Commerce at a recent meeting of the board of directors are: 

 R. M. Smith, president of the R. M. Smith Lumber Company; Theodore 

 Pavis. district manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association ; 

 Charles S. Ferris, president of the Ferris Lumber Company, and Henry M. 

 Wood, superintendent of the Cincinnati Trailmobile Company. 



The Emerald Lumber Company, which was organized here several weeks 

 ago. was incorporated at Columbus, O., recently for .?25,000. The incor- 

 porators are: P. II. Conneighton. E. T. Conneightnn. J. E. Daugherty and 

 Julette H. McCarthy. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Southern Railway has Issued a new tariff, which will become 

 effecth'e July 20, and which will place Cincinnati lumber manufacturers 



The employes of the Martin-Parry Body Corporation, Indianapolis, held 

 their big annual picnic Saturday, June 11, at the North Side Turner Park, 

 adjoining Fairview, and more than six hundred persons attended. The 

 picnic in Indianapolis was held at the same time as a similar celebration 

 by the employes of the other plant of this company at York, Pa. The 

 Indianapolis plant, formerly the Parry Manufacturing Company, was 

 closed all day to give every one in the organization an opportunity to spend 

 the entire day at the picnic grounds. Special cars carried the employes 

 from Capitol avenue and Maryland street at 9 :30 o'clock to the picnic 

 grounds. \ basket dinner was provided by the employes, and the entire 

 day spent in games and amusements, the principal feature of which were 

 ft horseshoe contest and a baseball game between a team from the factory 

 departments and one from the office. 



EVANSVILLE 



D. B. MacLaren, engaged in the lumber business at Indianapolis, for- 

 merly engaged in business in Evansville, was a recent business visitor in 

 Evansville. lie said that while trade for several months past had been 

 rather slow, that things are looking up once more. 



Gus A. Bauman of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company has returned 

 from a business trip on the road and reported that he found trade some 

 better than it was a month ago. 



Paul W. Luhring of the Luhring Lumber Company and Charles W. 

 Wolflin of the Woltlin West Side Lumber Company are talking of arrang-> 

 ing a big Hoo-IIoo concatenation for Evansville along late in the summer. 

 It has been several years since a concatenation was held in this city, 

 and an event of this kind would bring Hoo-Hoos here from many towns in 

 southern Indiana, southern Illinois and western and northern Kentucky. 



.V new planing mill will shortly he started in operation at Delphi. Ind. 

 The organization of the new company is as follows : J. W. -XchesiTn, presi- 

 dent ; Earl Thompson, secretary and treasurer, and Caesar Margowski and 

 Kenner Stewart directors. 



.Announcement was made by William II. McCurdy, president of the Her- 

 cules Buggy Company, a few days ago that within a short time the com- 

 pany will begin the manufacture of a high grade automobile to be called 

 the McCurdy. The new industry will give employment to a large number 

 of men in time. The price of the new car has not yet been fixed. 



The .\rvac Manufacturing Company at Anderson, Ind.. operating a large 

 factory for automobile accessories at that place, has started to increase its 

 output. The company had recently curtailed the output. A number of 

 more men have been added to the pay roll. 



Bert Tisserand, who for many years was connected with the J. C. Greer 

 Lumlier C<impany of this city, but who is now engaged in the oil business 

 at Wichita Falls. Tex., is here for a short time visiting relatives. 



The wedding of Miss Helen Halleck Busse, only daughter of Dr. Edward 



