HARD WOOD RECORD 



this week. Mr. Mac-klntosh mi.vs that his concern Is moctinj; wifli^if 

 excellent den.iind for it.s viirled line of i>rodiict, selling to loggers through- 

 out the country. 



R. S. KelIoi;.g. secretar.v of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association. Wausau. Wis., passed through I'liicago on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday of this week, on his way to and from the meetlna of the 

 Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association at Detroit. 



Floyd nay of the Day Lumlwr & Coal Company, Clay I'ily. Ky., was in 

 Chicago on Oct. IC. stopping en route to New York. 



A. B. (Jarrctt. the well-known lumherman of Fort Madison. Iowa, spent 

 several days of last week In Chicago on personal business. 



R. S. Taylor and Shirley Taylor. .7r. of Taylor & Crate. Buffalo, favored 

 H.tRDwooD Record with a call on Oct. 13. 



Hardwood Record acknowledges receipt of a handsome paper cutter 

 gotten out by Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadillac. Mich., and of a beautiful 

 bronze letter clip of excellent quality from the Mitchell Brothers Com- 

 pany, Cadillac, both of which are designed as advertisements of the 

 famous hardwood doorlng manufactured by these concerns. 



E. Bartholomew of John B. Ranson & Co.. Nashville. Tenn., was in the 

 ilty on business several days of this week. 



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Ilavenport & Ridley state that they arc getting In a good stock of 

 maple and basswood from Tcnnsylvanla this month and expect to have a 

 good stock this winter. 



The destruction of the mill of Hamilton H. Salmon & Co. here will not 

 long curtail the activities of that Urm In this market. Manager F. T. 

 Sullivan states that the mill will be rebuilt. Qc is unable lo account for 

 the Are, which occurred after the mill was closed down for the day. The 

 loss amounted to about .?10,000. 



Another mill Qre was that which damaged the plant of the Madigan 

 Lumber Company. Dunkirk, on Oct. 10, to the extent of $5,000. A large 

 part of the machinery was damaged and some of the stock was destro.ved. 

 The blaze was discovered in ih.^ inilin- room, from wlur» It '■nr^ad to the 

 mill. 



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The Rice & Lockwo.ul I.imib.r Ciuiijany of Spriugiield. Mass., with 

 branch office in this city, lias made a connection with Mitchell Brothers 

 Company of Cadillac. Mich., whereby it will hereafter handle its output 

 of maple, birch and l)eech flooring in the state of New York east of 

 Syracuse. 



Claiming that the practice of making free lighterage of lumber in New 

 York harbor was causing a loss of alx)ut 50 cents per thousand feet, the 

 Central Railroad of New Jersey has made a new regulation, effective 

 Oct. 1. discontinuing this service. ^ 



Lewis C. Slade. a former president of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association, was a visitor in the metropolitan district during 

 the fortnight. 



The Executive Committee of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association met at headquarters on Oct. 18 and discussed the work of 

 the organization in its many departments. The Pridham case and the 

 western North Carolina freight rate case were given special attention. 

 The entire committee was present. 



The Massee & Felton Lumber Compan.v. hardwood manufacturer and 

 wholesaler of Macon. Ga., has opened an office in this city. O. W. Bright- 

 man will represent the company in the general eastern territory and has 

 taken desk room with C. S. Powell, 1270 Broadway, to which address all 

 correspondence in connection with sales in this section should be sent. 

 The company has a large trade in the eastern buying country and it is 

 for the purpose of better serving its customers that the local office has 

 been established. 



E. H. Vansant, head of the hardwood manufacturing operations of 

 Vansant, Kitchen & Co., Ashland, Ky., was in New York during the fort- 

 night in the interest of business. 



L. L. Barth. who is identified with the Edward Hines Lumljer Com- 

 pany of Chicago, was among lumbermen visitors in New York recently. 

 He was accompanied by Mrs. Bartlf, 



John Kaul. prominent lumberman of Birmingham, Ala., spent a few 

 days in this city last week with Mrs. Kaul. He had just returned from 

 a three months' stay abroad. 



Arthur E. Day. for several years in charge of the New York office of 

 the Lumbermen's Credit Association, died early on the morning of Oct. 20 

 at Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Day was taken down with grip on Oct. 11 but 

 improved rapidly under treatment. About a week later he made an effort 

 to resume his business duties and suffered a relapse which led to heart 

 failure. Mr. Day was a man of long experience in the credit field and 

 was particularly successful in his management of the local Red Book 

 office. He was thirty-six years old and married. 



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A. J. Chestnut recently made a trip to his hardwood interests in New- 

 Hampshire. He has a new timber tract in view there, but as yet has not 

 completed the purchase. 



H. L. Vetter of the National Lumber Company left early this month for 

 a two weeks' vacation which he expected to spend In hunting and fishing 

 at Sodus Bay, N. Y. 



M. M. Wall has been making a short business trip to Indiana, and J. B. 

 Wall has been visiting the mills In the South in which the Buffalo Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company is interested. 



Anthony Miller states that the hardwood trade is dull. On this account 

 his yard is not receiving much lumber. 



B. E. Darling has been in the South lately on a business trip. Blakes- 

 lee, Perrin & Darling say that while trade Is not very active, the mixed-car 

 busine.ss is quite satisfactorv. 



H. T. Kerr is cutting logs In the Pennsylvania woods at St. Mary's, 

 where he has a large force of men at work. He expects to have a con- 

 siderably Increased stock of hardwoods this winter. 



Hugh Stewart of Charleston. W. Va.. who has been looking after the 

 business of I. N. Stewart & Bro. there for the past four years, was a 

 recent visitor to the firm's Buffalo office. 



Daniel B. Curll of the D. B. Curll Lumber Company says business is not 

 up to expectation, but by constant hustling the company manages to get 

 a fair share of orders. Weather conditions in Tennessee have been favor- 

 able, which has enabled it to keep its portable mills humming, but stocks 

 so far are not accumulating. 



John W. Coles says business is about as good as could be expected, con- 

 sidering the many obstacles in the way of progress at this time : he con- 

 tinues unperturbed, however, as to a not remote betterment. 



E. ^L Bechtel, sales manager ot William Whitmer & Sons. Inc.. reports 

 a modicum of trading right along. Buyers are still conservative and 

 sales are spotty. Tlie difiiculty in getting money hampers business at this 

 time. 



It Is announced that the Arcade building. Fifteenth and Market streets, 

 will change its name to the Commercial Trust building. Among the 

 tenants of this building are Kirby & Hawkins Company, J. Randall 

 Williams & Co., Rayner & Parker. Woodland Lumber Company, R. T. Jones 

 Lumber Company, S. A. Clark and John Halfpenny. 



J. W. Difenderfer of the J. W. D-fenderfer Lumber Company, who has 

 just returned from an extended stay at the mill in Tennessee, reports 

 business only medium. He thinks no decided advance is to be expected 

 until a harmonious .tdjustment of the currency agitation takes place 



W. A. Jackson of the Jackson-Wyatt Lumber Company says although 

 business in the large cities has been slow the company is getting very 

 fair results in the suburban territory. Yards are not buying freely and In 

 most instances they are using up their stock, which will soon compel 

 them to replenish. 



J. Elmer Troth ot the J. S. Kent Company reports business fair but of 

 a spasmodic character. Although there is nothing in sight to create 

 uneasiness, any decided improvement in trading is dubious before next 

 spring. 



Eli B. Hallowel! of Hallowell & Souder says business has shown some 

 improvement of late ; orders are coming in and inquiries are multiplying 

 where cars are in transit and <^uick delivery is essential. Prices are 

 somewhat off. 



Charles G. Blake, manager of the Babcock Lumber Company, states that 

 orders are small anvl hard to get, consequently more costly. Under these 

 conditions business is only fair. 



T. F. Dalrymple of the Thomas E. Coale Lumber Company says business 

 has been very fair so far this year, but a slight falling off in sales of late 

 is noticeable. Thomas E. Coaic is absent on an extended tour of the 

 Middle West. 



John J. Rumbarger is out of the John J. Rumbarger Lumber Company 

 and now associated with William Whitmer & Sons, Inc. 



George M. Chambers, sales manager of the Kendall Lumber Company. 

 Pittsburgh, and formerly manager of the Philadelphia office, was pain- 

 fully injured in the recent wreck of a Pennsylvania railroad train en route 

 to Philadelphia. 



A. J. Cadwallader has succeeded to the businsss of George F. Craig & 

 Co.. of which firm he was a member. He will carry on the business under 

 the style of A. J. Cadwallader & Co. Norman A. Perry, for some years 

 with Robert C. Llppincolt. is now associated with the firm. The business 

 of George Craig & Son continues as heretofore. 



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The Ilamiltou I.iuiibi r Company leprnt^ iu luinlwood business in very 

 good siiape. I*'actory trade is fair and i»rlccs are good. 



Secretary G. .^I. Chamln-rs of the Kendall Lumber Company has Just 

 returned from Donora, S. C. The Ki'ndall company lately took over the 

 big Donora plant formerly operated by the Flint. Irving & Stomr Company, 

 and also the Thornwood. W. Va.. plant of that company. Mr. Chambers 

 reports business first class and a good Iniiulry coming In from all sources. 



The Pittsburgh Wood Preserving Company Is making a rapid hcadwaj 

 on its new plant at Reed Clt.v. Mich., which will be started late In the 

 winter. Its other two plants at Orrvllle. O.. and ConnellsvUle. Pa., are 

 running now with a capacity of about 500,000 ties a year each. 



That Pittsburgh Is still probably the largest consumer of lumber in thi- 

 country Is shown by the fact that the value of the manufactured product 

 according to the last census Is $578,815,000. this being more than twice 

 the value of the manufactured products of Cleveland, Detroit or Buffalo. 

 and oviT fifty per cent more than the total of St. I.K>uls. according lo the 

 report Just Issued by the Pittsburgh Industrial Development Commlsnlon. 



