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lIiiKli McLpan has gone south for n short business trip, durlnc wlikh 1ip 

 planned to visit a number of mills and take In tlic hardwood manufiu' 

 turers" meeting at Memphis. 



O. E. Yeager has been ic-elected a direetor of the Republican Club of 

 Ibis city. The yard is getting in quite n good stock of oal<, maple, popliii- 

 and ash. 



Blakeslee. Perrin & Darling report business picking up this month, ami 

 good business is expected this year. Last year's business turned out a 

 iii.ite satisfactory volume. 



I limes .\. White of the National Lumber Company has been spending 



lie time in Michigan lately, looking after lumber Interests. The demand 



1 flooring is said by the company to be improving. 



The Cutting Kurnlture Company, an old concern manufaclurlng bed- 

 room furniture and spncialUes. with factory on Clinton street, is witli- 

 drawing from business and selling out at retail. 



Miller, Sturm & Miller state that trade has shown considerable Improve- 

 ment since January 1. The yard Is now receiving stocks of maple, chestnut 

 and other woods. 



Homer T. Kerr differs from most of the members of the hemlock trade 

 by calling it very good. He says he can sell it all readily as fast as he 

 can get it. He is actively engaged in lulrochKiiiK soft maple into the trade. 



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Tne .Mutual Lumber ("omp.Tiiy repoits iM.'ll.nt iiifiuirios for hardwood 

 nnd some very nice business going around. Some of these from railroads 

 and big manufacturing concerns have already been placed. 



1. F. Balsley is now in charge of the business of the Balsley & McCracken 

 Company, as D. M. McCracken, who Is a well-known machinery man, has 

 withdrawn from the lumber end of the business. Mr. Balsley recently 

 booked some very nice business from the East. 



The marriage is announced of A. .\delraan, president of the Adelman 

 Lumber (^ompany. and Miss Lilian Adelman of Xew .Jersey. The happy 

 event took place January 4 and the couple Is now living on Squirrel Hill. 

 The Adelman company has added to its force of salesmen H. B. Graunis 

 and Charles H. Stein, both experienced lumbermen who will work Ohio. 



J. N. Woollett. president of the -Vberdeen Lumber Company, is bringing 

 up a big barge of cypress this week which will be unloaded at Mississippi 

 river points for general distribution. He recently spent three weeks among 

 the southern and southwestern mills. 



The Mountain Orchard Lumber Company of Pittsburgh has li.?en organ- 

 ized by W. G. Hughes. W. A. Clay. William G. Humphrey, J. K. McICelvey 

 and Thomas Glass of this city, and has applied for a Pennsylvania charter. 



-Vmong encouraging announcements in this district are new plants to 

 built as follows : 



The Allegheny Steel Company will spend $17."i.0OO for a new plant at 

 Brackenrldge. Pa. 



The West Penn Steel Company will spend about ?17o.000 for a new 

 plant at the same point. 



The American Stamping & Enameling Company of Bellaire, O., is arrang- 

 ing to build a $250,000 plant at Masslllon, O. 



The American Sheet & Tin Plate Company is taking bids on a plant 

 40x184 feet at New Kensington, Pa. 



The Structural Tube & steel Works is arranging to builci a S75.0II0 

 plant at Greenville. Pa. 



The firm of C. E. Breitwieser & Co. is extending its mill connections and 

 adding to its salesmen. A. G. Breitwieser of this concern rei)orts fine 

 business in sight and believes this year will be much better than 1013. 



The Kendall Lumber Company announces through its sales manager. 

 G. M. Chambers that business Is starting off in first-class form. It had a 

 splendid lot of sales last week and these were well distributed among 

 manufacturing and industrial concerns, indicating a general good buying 

 spirit. 



The Western Lumber Company, according to President W. W. Wilson. 

 Jr., is very optimistic in regard to business this spring. Inquiries are 

 already appearing which make it evident that the bulk of buying will be 

 considerably increased within the next few weeks. 



E. V. Babcock of E. V. B.ibcock & Co. is one of the leading men in the 

 campaign to secure a $.3,000,000 endowment for the University of Pitts- 

 burgh. He has already contributed $21,000. 



The Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce is making strenuous efforts lo 

 secure for this city one of the new regional banks of issue. ,\ big delega 

 tlon presented Pittsburt,'h's elnim<.- nt W:i«binirton last week. 



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Mre broke out from some unknown cause in the lumlier yard of llelf- 

 rlch & Sons. Columbia avenue and Bayard street, on January Hi. Tb.' 

 loss, which is fully covered by Insurance, was confined to relatively small 

 figures. 



The stockholders of the West Side Lumber Company of Hagerstown. 

 Md., at a meeting held January 115, elected the following directors : Solo- 

 mon George, C. A. Gardner. T. F. Phreaner. Isaac V. Moore, Richard Hartb' 

 and .John Stockslatrer. The directors met later and elected these officers : 

 President, Richard Ilnrtle : vice-president, I. V. Moore: secretary. P. S. 

 Lane, Jr. : treasurer, Solomon George, who is also general manager ; 

 a.sslstant manager, C. A. Gardner. 



.Vccordlng to Information received here from Lynchburg. Va., the Lefl- 

 wlch Timber Company, which owns thousands of acres of tlmberland and 

 timber rights In Nelson county. Virginia, is arranging to begin milling 



Harris Manufacturing Company 

 Johnson City, Tennessee 



"Harris'' Hardwood Flooring 



and Lumber 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MANUFACTIRERS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



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g is one of the characteristics of our Ouartered 



@ Oak. There are others, such as texture, 



quality of grades, widths and lengths. Air 



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SHIPMENTS DIRECT FROM OUR SAW MILLS 

 INSURING THE FULL RUN OF THE LOG 



THE M. B. FARRINLUMBERCO. 

 Johns, Mowbray, Nelson Company 



OAK, ASH, POPLAR & CHESTNUT 



GUM AND COTTONWOOD 



DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. 



Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



GENERAL OFFICE — CI-.4Y CITT. KT. 



RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. 



OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT 



SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS 



E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. 



HIGH GRADE WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 



GOERKE BUILDING 



I SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. 



HARDWOODS, WHITE PINE and HEMLOCK 



Sales Office — South Side Station — C. H. A D. R. R. 



JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. 



OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



FIRST NATIONAL, BANK BUILDING 



The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. 



_ WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



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