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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 10. V.rS2 



Thi' raikorshurg HaniUo Works has tiled a charter at Parkersburg, W. 

 Va., for the purpose of operating a plant for the manufacture of hickory 

 haiiilles. Its capitalization is $25,000. 



The Wayne Wheel Company has filed an involuntary petition in bank- 

 ruptcy at Newark. New Yorl;. 



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CHICAGO 



Uowlnml S. Ulley. mauager of the soutlu'rn hanUlwood departinout of tlie 

 Stevnis-Jarvis Company, loft -MondMy f<ir the South to be gone two weeks 

 visitiiis mills in that section in which his company is interested. 



H. L. Sill of the II. F. Below Lumber Company has returned to Chicago 

 I'arly in the Hrst week of the year, having spent the holidays in Minneapolis, 

 Minn., his old home. 



F. E. Anilrews, maniiger of the northern hardwood department of the 

 Stevcns-Jarvis company, spent the hoMdnys at tbe company's headquarters 

 ;ind mills site at Eau Claire, Wis. 



K. K. lloyd of Manley & lloyd is in t 

 durini; which he will visit points in T 

 Kentucky. 



John Fountain, sah's manager of the 

 Wini'hester. Wis., stopped over in Chicagt 



lie South iiu a two weeks' tour, 

 ennessee, Alabama, Georgia and 



Turtle Lake Lumber Com|)any. 

 I on January 4. while enroule to 

 the company's mill, after h-iving spent tbe holidays with his family in 

 Detroit. 



L. H. Levisee of the Scott *^ lluwe Liiniher Company. Oshkosh. Wis., was 

 in ('hi»;ij:i> on January H and 4. 



BUFFALO 



Ueceipts of lumber by lake at UufTabj for V,vl\ were 14,535,419 feet, as 

 <ompared with 10,7S(;.:J72 feet in l')20. While larger than last year, the 

 receipts were only about one-tliird of those of the war year of lOlS, when 

 lumber demand was heiivy. Hul little hanlwood was brought in this year, 

 the hulk of tbe business l)eing in white pine and hemlock. Tbe outlook for 

 luinher trade by lake this season is uncertain, but it is not expected that 

 any big movement will develop. The lumber carriers' association is to hohl 

 a meeting at the II()tel Stutler, Detroit, January ITlb. to discuss the situa- 

 tion and btdd the iiunnni election of oltieers. 



BOSTON 



The New York. New Haven & Hartford Kailroad Company lias at last 

 ngret*d to the reduction in the transcontinental freight rates made hy 

 other roads. whi<h became effective December 24. Hut it has not yet been 

 announced when the reduced rates over the New Haven will become 

 efl'eetive. The new rates will nuike quite a iliflference in the cost of hard 

 woods and nf (ither lumber consiuiu'd in Hostiui. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



I-'ire <d" unkn<.»wn origin desli'oyed the mill and engine room of the Na- 

 tional Handle Company nt Frankfort, Ind.. recently. The loss to the struc- 

 tures and contents consumed in the blaze amounted to $30,000, which is 

 covered by insurance. The plant, which is a branch of the American Fork 

 and Hoe Company, had been shut down for several months. 



The will of Carl D. Fisher, president of the Standard Wheel Works, nt 

 Terre Haute, who died recently, has been filed in the probnte court, lie- 

 (pientbing to Mrs. Dasie Lucas Fisher, the widow, household goods and 

 automobiles and other properly. She also receives $50,000 in money or in 

 stock in the Standard Whecd Works, as she prefers. To the s<uis, Carl D. 

 Jr., and Kmil ,T.. and Lucas, is bequeathe<l jointly the sum of $50,000 to 

 be held in trust until the minor sons have reached the age of thirty. 



A sawmill and washing machine factory, owned by Harmon Van Matre 

 :it Westwood, Ind., was destroyed hy fire recently, causing a loss of $15,000. 

 Mr. Van Matre carried only a smnll amount of insurance. In addition to 

 the factory several large stacks of lumber jjnd a dry kiln, filled with lumber, 

 were burned. 



The Mid West Itox Company, at Anderson, Is operating on the same 

 schedule as for weeks hut it is stated that consklernble good business has 

 been hooked for January and that prospects are splendid. 



CINCINNATI 



The resignation (jf Newell 11. Margrave, president of the Cincinnati Lum- 

 bermen's Club, was regretfully accepted at a Joint meeting and dinner of 

 the club and Ohio .Association of Retail lyuniber Dealers' No. 1, at the Hotel 

 Metropole. Mr. Ilargrave, \vho has been general manager of the Kirk- 

 patrick I,\indM-r Company for the past four years, will not be actively 

 identified in the lumber business after .lanuary Iti. He has acquired an 

 interest in tlie Dolly Varden Chocolate C(Unpany and will become secretary 

 anil treasurer of that concern. Mr. Ilargrave will maintain his interest in 

 the Kirkpatrick l.nndier Company, which has offices in the I'rovident 

 I'.ank Building. 



.\t the suggestion of Dwlghl Hlnckli'y and \V. .\. Hopkins. Mr. Ilargrave 

 was elected an honorary memlior of the Lninbernuui's Club. .1. C. West, 

 first vice-president, will serve the unexpired term of Mr. llargrave's us 



