HARDWOOD RECORD 



43 



The MIlliT Storo Fixture Comimiiy, of St. I.ouls, .\lo., liiis liwii sui- 

 ceedert by tho Mlllor Store Equlpim^iit Compniiy. tlie Intter lieliis im lu- 

 corporntotl euncTii wltli !!l"..(li)ii criiiltal. tlii- '.morpuriitnis l.i Inv M1II"U 

 an<l I. W. MIlltT. 



-< CHICAGO >- 



A lire of unknown orlgiu threiitencil the furniture factory of llollaiz 

 Itros., 2.M.". West Crnnd avenue, nirly on April 4. The cInmnKe n 

 suiting amounted to $o,000. 



The April Issue of the J.uml>ermen"s News, published liy the I.unihei'- 

 meu's dull of Chicago, Is unnsunlly Interegllng. containing; a full report 

 of the reeent annual meeilnc of the cinli. The only Items to which 

 Hardwoop Uecohp would lalic exception come under the head of tip 

 ■■treasurer's report, ■' delivered on the occasion of that meeting, and in 

 connection with the notice of the '■disbursements" in refere.ice to tin 

 pool and card rooms. We could probably make a little better guess thiui 

 the ti'.;ures shown resardlug the (liubniacHU-nts in connection with tho^• 

 two pastimes. 



W. W. nings of the GarctsonOreason Lumber Company, St. Louis, Mo., 

 was in the city on business for the week, Mr, Dings states that trade 

 thrjughout the country is spotty, being very good in some places and 

 dull in others. 



C. B. Allen, manager of the veneer department of the .\nderson-Tully 

 Company. Memphis, Tenn,, Is making one of his regular trips to the 

 CWcago market. 



E. E. Taen/er of the E. E. Taenzer Lumber Company, Menipliis, Tenn., 

 spent several days with the local trade this week, 



M. L. I'ease, of the CaliowayPease Company, Poplar Bluff, Mo., has 

 been spending the last few days in Chicago on one of his periodic visits. 



W. B. Burke, vice-president and general manager of tl-S Lamb-Fisli 

 Lumber t^ompany, Charleston, Miss., spent several days of last week and 

 the beginning of this week with the Chicago trade, leaving for Charles 

 ton Tuesday night, 



M. .1. Fo.t, manager of the Von Platen Lumber Company, of Iron 

 Mountain, Mich., spent several days last week with the Chicago trade. 



T. W. Fry, of the Charles F, Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 of St. Louis. Mo., was in Chicago recently on a short business visit. 



Lewis Doster, of Cincinnati, representative of .Tosliua Oldham & Sons, 

 of Xew York, spent a few days in Chicago about a week ago. 



D. S. Watrous, manager of the Lansing Compan.v, Parkin, .\rk., spent 

 several days in Chicago on a business visit recently. 



D. M. Wakefield, secretary and treasurer of the Faust I'.iothers Luni 

 her Company, Paducah, Ky., was in Chicago for several days a week ago. 



J, M. Wells, of the .\merican Hardwood Lumber Company, St. Louis, 

 has been spending the last few days with the Chicago trade. 



Claude M, Sears, of the Edward L. Davis liUmber Company, Louisvillr. 

 Ky., was a prominent visitor in Chicago recently. 



R. S. Kellogg, secretary of the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Mami 

 faeturers" Association, with headquarters in Wausau, Wis., spent a few 

 days in Chicago recently in the interests of his association work. 



T, F. Manvilic, president of the II, W. Johns-Manville Company, New 

 Vi>rk, N. y., announces with much pleasure the appointment of Fred i;. 

 Smith as assistant to the president. For many ,vears Mr. Smith has been 

 secretary of the international committee of the Young -Men's Christian 

 .Association. 



■< NEW YORK y- 



.V prominent lumber visitor in the New York market during the lorl 

 night was H. A. Batcheior, .Jr., manager of the Tennessee ()uk tloorini: 

 (.'ompany, Nashville. Tenn, Mr. Batchelor was on a bnslDes.s trip tourin--' 

 the .southern and eastern markets and, considering the poor conditions 

 generally, reported a good amount of business in oak flooring with the 

 best trade going In the south, lie made the local office of the company 

 his headquarters while in the city. 



The Williams Line, lumber forwarders, announce that there will bi- no 

 change in it.s tarllTs, the rates prevailing last j-ear having been rein 

 stated by the railroads, effective March 25, 



(ieorge D. Burgess ■ of Uusse-.*: Burgess, hardwood manufacturers ul 

 Memphis, was a visitor in New Y'ork during the fortnight. Mr. Burgess 

 was enroute to Washington for a conference with the attorney of the 

 Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau, of which he Is chairman. The asso- 

 ciation has been actively opposing the petition of the liftytwo eastern 

 roads for a •> per cent Increase in rates, and has also kept abreast of 

 other proposed rate changes affecting '.ts membership. 



F. E. Parker, head of the Merslion, Eddy, Parker Company, Saginaw, 

 was a reeent visitor to the Metropolitan district. 



The Walker Brothers' Lumber Company, Arlington, N. J., has bein 

 petitioned Into bankruptcy. I. Newton Rudgers has been named as 



=•< BUFFALO y- 



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 tees appointed by President A, W. Krelnheder of the Lumber Exchange, 

 in connection with the forthcondng annual convention of the National 



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