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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The capital stock ot the Modern Parlor Furniture Company has been 

 increased to .flOO.OOO from $25,000. The compans' is located at G64 

 West Division street. 



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BUFFALO 



The National Association of Baby Vehicle Manufacturers held a meeting 

 nt the Lafayette Hotel here on October 18. No information was given out 

 as to the topics discussed, whicli presumably related to the present condi- 

 tions and future prospects of the trade. But "while no news of what was 

 Lining on was available to the reporters, one of the latter records that much 

 ^speculation was rife among "married bellboys and elderly parlor maids" as 

 To the outcome of the conference, and the suggestion was made : "Why not 

 ■ \ baby carriage with an electric motor under the body to save the nurse- 

 maid the work of pushing?" 



The lake trade in lumber has shown more activity during the past week 

 or two than for some time past, the receipts having been about 3.000,000 

 I ■■■t in that period. The H. T. Kerr Lumber Company had one cargo of 

 hardwoods and will soon have another. 



The Chamber of Commerce reports that Buffalo has about 1.700 motor 

 trucks which would be available in case of a railroad strike. Buffalo ship- 

 pers can reach as far east as Boston by this method, and as far west as 

 Chicago. About forty trucks here are in daily suburban service. 



The plant of the Kafeld Baby Carriage Manufacturing Company, Roches- 

 ter, was damaged severely on October 14 by fire. The loss is said to be 

 over .$40,000. 



M. M. Wall, treasurer of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, has 

 returned from a two weeks' trip in the New England tcritory. He states 

 that everybody is fairly busy using up their stocks and buying only what is 

 needed for immediate use. Though most concerns have a pretty fair stock 

 of lumber on hand, they are feeling hopeful as to the outlook. 



Charles R. Robinson, president of the Chamber of Commerce, spoke on the 

 business outlook at a recent meeting of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange. The 

 exchange meetings are well attended and the hardwood lumbermen are 

 showing a good interest in them. 



Local lumbermen have won a point in the order of Justice George W. 

 Cole ordering inspection of the minutes of the grand jury, which brought 

 in indictments against members of the retail trade here. The order of the 

 justice reads : 



"The district attorney within three days from the date of the order shall 

 furnish to the defendants for their inspection, and to the court, a tran- 

 script of so much of the evidence producetl before the grand jury, con- 

 sisting of oral testimony, and of documents, books and other writings, as 

 relate to the payments alleged in the indictment to have been made ou 

 August 20. 1919, to the Huntington & Finke Company, William Ilenrich's 

 Rons' Company, Ilurd Bros., Inc.. Mosier & Sons, Inc., (I. Klias & Bro.. 

 Inc., and A. G. Hauenstein Lumber Company. Inc., a copy of such oral 

 testimony to be provided and a summary statement of the said documents, 

 books and writings giving briefly the substance and character of each of 

 said documents. The documents themselves are to be produced in court 

 by the district attorney upon the motion to dismiss the indictment, the said 

 testimony and the documents to be certified by the district attorney as 

 being all of the evidence bearing upon tlie question of the said payments. 

 In all other respects the motion of the defendaats to inspect the minutes 

 of the grand jury is denied." 



John W. Ryan, attorney for the lumbermen, states that the decision 

 means that practically all the evidence before the grand jury may be exam- 

 ined. 



PITTSBURGH 



C. V. McCreight of the Ricks-McCreight Lumber Company was in 

 Chicago last week attending the standardization conference and the Na- 

 tional Convention of the retail lumbermen. 



The Salter-llamilton Lumber Company says that the general atmosphere 

 is clearing up. It does not expect a whole lot of business, however, before 

 spring, or at least until railroad buying produces a larger deman<l for oak. 



The Frampton-Fuster Lumber Compnny is doing a nice lot of barilwood 

 luisiness this fall and says that railroad inquiry is increasing steadily. 

 This concern is going to make a big plunge for a larger total of sales this 

 quarter which will make them a pretty satisfactory period. 



The Western Reserve Lund)er Company of Warren, O.. is rapidly advanc- 

 ing its business in the big industrial centers in the Mahoning Valley. Its 

 stocks are large and well selected and its management is putting on a very 

 aggressive campaign. 



The Standard Underground Cable Company — one of the Westinghousc 

 interests and a big Imyer of hardwood, let the contract this week for a 

 SoOO.OOO building at Sixteenth and Pike streets. This is the fourth really 

 big contract that has been released here in the past two weeks. 



The Pittsburgh Lumbermen's Club has been gathering data through its 

 secretai\v. Franklin Dickey, which shows that lumber prices in Pittsburgh 

 at least are far and away below prices of other building materials. The 

 club is doing everything possible to promote the building boom and is 

 publishing broadcast a splendid lot of information for prospective buyers. 



The Smithfield Lumber Company, which was lately organized at Spring- 

 field. Pa., by capitalists of Fayette county. Pa., will build a big mill in the 

 near future and will do considerable hardwood business. 

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