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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Alcoek. of .loliu L. Alcock & Co., is CPi-talu to accompany Mr. Price. 



.\iiiong vl.siting lumbermen here during the past ten days were n. N. 

 Crowill. mannger of the Bee Tree Lumber Company, of Bee Tree, N. C. ; 

 II. S. Bond, of Beecher & Barr. Philadelphia, and Clyde Shoffner of 

 Uutton & Shoffner, Shclbyvllle. Tenn. All three were winding up their 

 biislnesi!) trips prior to the holidays. 



The steamer Vedamare of the .Tohnston Line, which arrived here this 

 week from Liverpool, brought thirty-one mahogany logs destined tor Two 

 Itivers. Wis., and li)0 more intended for various other points. The logs 

 were consigned to the Adams Express Company and came from South 

 Africa, like other shipments received here during the past year. 



IC I N C I N N A T l| 



iHardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers! 



I Johns, Mowbray, Nelson Company | 



iOAK, ASH, POPLAR & CHESTNUT 



M GCM AND COTTONWOOD 



C. CRANE & CO. 



MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD LUMBER 



1739 EASTERN AVENUE 



DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. 



Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



GENER.VI. OFFICE — CLAY CITY. KY. 



RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. 



OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT 



SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS 



E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. 



HIGH GRADE WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 



GOERKE BUILDING 



SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. 



]HARDWOODS, WHITE PINE and HEMLOCK 



Sales Office — Sonth Side Station — C. H. & D. R. R. 



JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. 



OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



FIRST NATIONAL BANE BUILDING 



The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. 



WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



103-4-5 CAREW BUILDING 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 



Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE 



Kl LN-DRI ED OAK 



and other Hardwoods are among our 

 111 a II y "specialties" which are so 

 satisfactory to others. Why not you? 



MIGHT PAY YOU TO GET IN TOUCH 

 WITH US. IT HAS OTHERS 



I THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO. I 

 I CONASAUGA LUMBER CO. ! 



I MANUFACTURERS HARDWOOD AND PINE i 



^ FOURTH NATIONAL BAN^K BUILDING M 



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Iticlinrd P. Bacr, of Kkliard P. Baor & Co., was in New York and 

 other northern markets tills week taking about the last survey of the 

 year over these fields and looking up customers. 



Norman James, of the N. W. .)ames Lumber Compan.v. returned the 

 latter part of last week from a trip of several months to Europe. He 

 went solely for recreation and si),'lit-seeiii(;, and had a very pleasant 

 journi'y. 



=-< COLUMBUS y 



The Ironton Lumber Company of Ironton, O., started operations recently 

 after beins In idleness for some time. 



The Electrical Cigar Box Company has taken over the plant of the 

 Ironton Plow Company at Third and yine streets, Ironton, C, which 

 will be operated in the future as a cigar box concern. It is planned to 

 make about four thousand boxes per day. 



The 11. D. Brasher Lumber Company of Columbus, O., has closed a deal 

 for the leasing of the three-story brick building at Fourth and Gay 

 streets which will be remodeled into storerooms and factory space. The 

 building is 62'/4 feet on Fourth street and 93% feet on Gay street. 



At a recent meeting of the Columbus Manufacturers' and Jobbers' 

 Association it was decided to start an advertising campaign boosting 

 Columbus as a commercial center. The advertising will be done on a 

 broader scale than ever before attempted. Beginning January 1. 50,000 

 circulars will be sent out to prospective customers in ail parts of central' 

 Ohio. 



The joint legislative committee named to investigate and report on the 

 plan to be followed in operating canal systems of the state has made a 

 report in which it takes a middle course. The report recommends the 

 enlistment of the federal government in an effort to determine the 

 feasibiiit.v of converting the canals into a cross state waterway system 

 between the Ohio river and the Great Lakes. The committee deems it 

 unwise for the state to try to use the canals for transportation purposes 

 at the present time. 



The Gallon Lumber Company of Gallon, Ohio, has been awarded the 

 contract for the erection of a freight depot at Wadsworth, O. 



In order to open an outlet for the protection of its mills in West 

 yirginia. the Wade-Fisher Lumber Company of Canton, O., has been 

 incorporated with a capital of $25,000 by A. Buckwalter, Frank Wade, 

 C. C. Fisher. Sarah Buckwalter and Rowenna Wade. 



Arrangements have been completed for a "Madc-In-Columbus" exposition 

 to be held under the auspices of the Columbus Manufacturers' and Jobbers' 

 Association some time in June. 1914. It Is planned to exhibit all 

 Columbus-made goods in the downtown business section of the city. 



In affirming the Common Pleas Court of Lawrence County in awarding 

 a .iudgment for damages to the W. G. Ward Lumber Company against 

 the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Judge Thomas A. Jones, in the Lawrence 

 County Court of Appeals, ruled upon the liability of carriers. In his 

 opinion he declares that a consignment beyond the initial carrier's line 

 must be regarded as a through contract. The connecting carrier, he says. 

 is the agent of the original receiving carrier, and the receiving carrier is 

 liable for defaults of the connecting carrier. Railroads may, however, 

 exempt themselves from this special liability by contract. 



W. M. Ritter of Columbus, O., the well known hardwood lumberman, is 

 coming into much prominence as a horseman. His chestnut saddle mare, 

 "Marie Louise," recently created a sensation at the Madison Square 

 Garden show in New York, winning a red ribbon in two of the biggest 

 and closest shows. Mr. Ritter now has one of the most select stables 

 of saddle horses in the entire country. The mare. Marie Louise, attracted, 

 so much attention that M. Feline, the noted French judge, who rode this 

 mare in the ring, declared her to be above some of the most famous 

 thoroughbreds in the East. She came from the celebrated Point Au View 

 stock farm at Maysville, Ky. 



The Farmers Lumber Company of Canfleld, O.. has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $50,000 to deal in all kinds of lumber. The 

 incorporators are J. F. Harris, W. J. Harris, G. W. Harris, H. L. Weikart 

 and C. A. Welsh. 



The nominating committee of the Columbus Builders and Traders' 

 Exchange has placed before the exchange the following ticket which will 

 be voted upon at the annual election in January : President. L. R. 

 Moor, B. M. Freeman ; first vice president. Stephen Stepanion. H. L. 

 Watson ; second vice president, W. H. Beckett, F. T. Whitacre ; directors, 

 five to be elected, William Piez, G. W. Mooney. H. E. Kunzman. Albert 

 Joyce. E. R. Clarridge. J. C. Davidson, E. Elford, L. G. Kallmerton, 

 David Lehman aud O. K. Kieble. 



The Marquette-Kerr Lumljer Company of Y'oungstown. O., has been 

 incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000 to deal in lumber of all 

 kinds. The incorporators are William E. Kerr. H. L. Marquette. Carrie 

 Kerr, Grace D. Williams and Elizabeth Marquette. 



The Foss Woodworking Company of Cleveland. O., has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $10,000 to buy and sell and deal in all kinds of lumber. 

 The incorporators are R. O. Crampton, W. W. Johnston, C. A. Davidson, 

 E. E. Nicols and H. J. Woodworth. 



The Sandusky Lumber & Box Company has filed papers with the 

 secretary of state reducing its capital stock from $100,000 to $1,000. 



C. W. Jaques of Ashtabula, O., representing the Pioneer Pole & Shalt 

 Company, has closed a deal with the officials of the Bacher Iron & Steel 

 Company whereby the latter concern takes over the plant on East Miller 



