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HARDWOOD RECORD 



=-< BALTIMORE y 





N. V. 



lis ill lialtlniore this week 



W. K. Itfxford. 11 tlMiU'i-i 

 and calleti on smiii' of tin; linrdwouil men luTr. 



G. L. Wood, lioiuTiU ninnaKor of the K. E. Wood Lumber Company, lias 

 gone to Tennessee to look after the operation of the eompany's mill there, 

 and Clarence K. Wood, the assistant general nianacer. Is off 

 matters eonne.'ti'd with til 



I'ontaua, N. 

 aetlvlties the 



take up 



trip to 

 ipany's 



MEMPHIS 



Tschudy Lumber Co. 



MANri'ACTrKEKS OT 



St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 



SPECIALS 



For immediate sliipmciit 

 Bandsawn. Dry. 60- 14 and 16 foot long. 



150.000 ft. 1" 1 and 2d Clear Plain White, Oak. 



25,000 ft. 2" 1 and 2 Clear Hickory. 



50,000 ft. 2" No. 1 Common Hickory 



100,000 ft. 1 " Yel. Cottonwood Box Boards & Panel. 



ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO GENERAL OFFICE 



605 Republic Bldg. KANSAS CITY, MO. 



DUGAN LUMBER CO. 



Hardwood Lumber 



TENNESSEE 



Manufacturers 

 and Shippers 



MEMPHIS 



^ Fitzgibbons & Krebs Patent Ele- 

 vated Traveling Derrick propels itself 

 on 28-ft. gauge track. 



^ No guy wires. 



^ Write to O. M. Krebs, Mallory 

 Branch, Memphis, Tenn., or to P. F. 

 Fitzgibbons, Chattanooga, Tenn., for 

 pamphlet fully illustrating and explain- 

 ing the derrick. 



Also ask for list of users. 



The elreuit court of this eity was asked lu an application tiled March 2 

 for an order dissolvinn the Walbrook Lumber and .Manufacturing Company, 

 which was formed Uecember 15, 1910, but continued in business only a little 

 more than a year. It owned the property at Clifton avenue and the West 

 em Maryland railroad, which has been sold to a casket company, and there 

 are no other assets or liabilities. 



The llrm of L. A. Poehlmann & Sons, on Frederick avenue, has purchased 

 the stock and good will of the .loseph T. Stelnacker Lumber Company, a 

 competitor, just a few doors away, and has moved the stock to Its own yard. 

 Mr. Stelnacker has for some time felt a disposition to be relieved of business 

 responsibilities, at least for a time. The death of his wife and son was a 

 serious blow to him, and having a competency, he feels that for the present 

 at any rate, he desires relief from the pressure of work. 



The quarterly meeting of the lialtimore Lumber Exchange was held last 

 Monday evening at the Merchants' Club, on Cerman street, as usual, but 

 only routine business was transacted, the proceedings consisting in the main 

 of the reading of the reports and their adoption without a dissenting voice. 

 After the business session a line luncheon was served. The monthly meet- 

 ing of the managing committee of the Exchange took place In the afternoon. 



lilchard P. Baer of Uicbard P. Baer & Co., Maryland Casualty building, 

 lint gone on a trip south which will take him as far as Asheville, N. C. 



=■< COLUMBUS >-= 



The Warren LuiiiIht ('uiiipaiiy of Warren, n., has lieen incorporated with 

 a capital of .fT.'J.iiuo, to do a general lunitjer business, by Charles B. Love- 

 less, David Helnian. L. L. .lones, H. V. Budish and C. E. Haskell. 



Fire of unknown origin destroyed the main portion of the planing mill 

 of Leonhard & Market at Napoleon, O., causing a loss of .?1.'>,000, of which 

 half is covered by insurance. 



The Brooklyn Lumber Company of Cleveland has been incorporated with 

 a capital of $25,000 to do a general lumber business, by D. W. Teachout, 

 .[, F. Daliere, E. C. Haag, J. A. Tousdey and L. J. Randall. 



The Combination Portable Mantel Company of Delphos, O., has been in- 

 corporated with a capital of $50,000 to do a lumber business, in addition 

 to making and selling portable mantels. The incorporators are Frank B. 

 Smith, Joseph Martin, Edward E. Trusdale, J. K. .\llemaier and G. C. Mc- 

 Coy. 



The Cincinnati Fireproof Door Company of Cincinnati has been Incor- 

 porated with a capital of $15,000, to make fireproof doors. The incorpora- 

 tors are C. J. Mees, H. A. Schmiedke, O. F. Steupmfel, F. C. Sidler and 

 I\ H. Frecking. 



The Tennessee Timber Company recently organized at Cincinnati, O.. 

 will open cflices in the Second National Bank building early in March. Hall 

 llagemeyer, vice-president of the Harriman Hardwood Company, is genera! 

 manager of the new concern. 



The Celina Hardwood Manufacturing Company of Celina, O., has pur- 

 chased a timber tract near Rockford, O., upon which will be erected a saw- 

 mill. 



The Independent Lumber and Door Company of Cleveland has been in- 

 corporated with a capital of $25,000, to do a general lumber business. The 

 incorporators are Anne L. Taylor, Mrs. Fred E. Thompson, Harry L. Tay- 

 lor, Wilbert E. Gates and Edward A. Thompson. 



Harry E. Fisher, manager of the C. A. Mauk Lumber Company of Toledo, 

 ().. died recently, following an operation. He was prominent in Masonic 

 circles. 



Arrangements have already been started for the annual convention of the 

 National Association of Builders' Exchanges, which will be held in Colum- 

 bus in January, 1015. -Vll of the commercial bodies of the Buckeye capital 

 are co-operating in the arrangements. 



The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Columbus is arranging to erect 

 a three-story ofDce building on a site recently acquired on the southeast 

 corner of Grant avenue and East Broad street. 



According to the statement of the city building inspector there were 

 issued 108 permits during the month of February, 1914, with a valuation of 

 more than $215,000. The falling off from the records of the corresponding 

 month in 191^^ was caused by the severe winter weather, which has stopped 

 many building operations. 



R. W. Horton, sales manager for the central division of the W. M. Ritter 

 Lumber Company, says trade is as active as could be expected for the time 

 of the year and the volume of business is equal to the corresponding month 

 last year. Buying is being done both by factories and yardmen. The 

 latter, liowever, are probably the better customers at this time. Imple- 

 ment and vehicle factories are buying hardwood stocks. Dry stocks are 

 not very plentiful. 



J. W. Mayhew of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, who has been at 

 Battle Creek, Mich., because of ill health, has recovered suflSciently to be 

 at his desk. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports a good demand for 

 hardwoods, with prices ruling unchanged. 



John R. Gobey of the concern bearing his name reports a good demand for 

 all grades and varieties of hardwoods. 



-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The Orleans Cabinet Company, Orleans, has issued $7,500 common and 

 $10,000 preferred stock. 



David Hughes, H. C. Hughes and L. W. Hughes have organized the 



