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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 25, 1917 



H. Corwin, Jr., president and treasurer of tbe Branning Manufacturing 

 Company. Edenton, N. C, has resigned. 



An involuntary petition in bankruptcy bas been filed by the Model Incu- 

 bator Company, Buffalo, N. Y. 



The capital of ibe Brown-Hawkins Lumber Company, Detroit, Mich., has 

 been increased to $60,000. 



The Fullcrton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Company, with headquarters at 

 South Bend, Ind., has succeeded the Central Lumber C-ompany at Rochester, 

 Ind. 



The Riggs-Terrell Lumber Company at New Orleans, La., has recently 

 reorganized. 



Capitalized at .liSO.OOO, the Kanawha Building & Construction Company 

 has been incorporated at Cliarleston, W. Va. 



The Helena Veneer Company has sold out its holdings at Helena, Ark., 

 to the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company. 



The WTiite Oak Veneer & Lumber Company, Kingsport, Tenn., has sus- 

 tained a loss by fire reported at $50,000. partially insured. 



^-< CHICAGO >- 



The Continental Box Company has filed an involuntary petitiou in 

 bankruptcy. 



The Streator Car Company and the Maurice Tauber Company have both 

 been incorporated at Chicago, as had also the Universal Window Frame 

 Company. 



The August edition of the "Red Book" published by the Lumbermen's 

 Credit Association, Transportation building, City, of which William L. 

 Clancy is at the head, is oft the press and has been delivered to Its sub- 

 scribers. 



F. B. Lane, manager of the Grand Rapids office of the C. C. Mengel & 

 Bro. Company, Louisville, Ky.. passed through Chicago a week ago on his 

 way home from the latter point. He says he can sell all the mahogany that 

 this company can pet out. 



W. II. Dick, Tallahatchie Lumber Company, Phlllpp, Miss., paused for 

 a day in Chicago on his way North to bring back his family who luive 

 been spending some time at a Wisconsin resort. Mr. Dick says he is so 

 busy these days that he wouldn't have time to stay long enough even to 

 catch a few fish. He deplored the evidence of cold feet which some of 

 the big hardwood companies have been showing in their prices and said 

 he is having no trouble in getting full list for his lumber. 



James E. Stark of James E. Stark & Co., Memphis, shippeil hi." automo- 

 bile back from Memphis about a week ago. Mr. Stark's family has been 

 spending part of the summer season at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chi- 

 cago, and Mr. Stark has been dividing his time between his family and his 

 business at Memphis. 



John Fountain, representative of the Turtle I.,jike Lumber <'ompany In 

 this territory, recently returned from an e.\tendeil trip East where he 

 found conditions very good. 



F. L. Zaug, vice-president and manager of the Wisconsin Cabinet and 

 Panel Company, New London, Wis., was In Chicago last week accompanied 

 by Mrs. Zaug. lie states that his company Is kept busy haiMlling regular 

 business in addition to the tremendous output of cabinets for the Edison 

 phonograph, Mr. Zaug made the Inti-resting st;»tenient that the Eillson 

 company expects to have released shortly iin.uoo carats of diamon<ls 

 which have been held up In London since the beginning of thi' war. These 

 are used In the sound transmitter of the Edison machine. 



J. P. Vestal of the Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Knoxvllle. 

 Tenn., had a busy two-days' trip to Chicago last week endeavoring to 

 locate two or three logging cars which were ordered some time ago for 

 delivery to the company's big new mill at Fonde, Ky. He says that busi: 

 ness is booming In his country. 



J. W. Donaldson of the Vail Cooperage Company, Fort Wayne, Ind.. 

 was In town the latter part of last week for a brief visit. He says that 

 the company's big band mill in .\rkansas is operating on regular shift and 

 is turning out a substantial amount of hardwood lumber every day. The 

 company uses only butt logs In gum for the sawmill, the remainder of the 

 trees going Into Its extensive cooperage factories. 



It. B. Goodman of the Goodman Lumber Company, Goodman, Wis., 

 passed through Chicago last week on his way home from a trip East, 

 being a speaker at the National Safety Council, New York. 



.\mong prominent northern visitors are Charles Gill of the Glll-.Vndrews 

 Lumber Company, Wausau, ^\^s., and Charles J. Kinzel, president of the 

 Kinzel Lumber Company, Merrill, Wis. 



W. H. Russe of tbe .Memphis firm Russe & Burgess, Inc., passed through 

 Chicago last week on his way to the East. 



=-< BUFFALO >= 



The A. J. Chestnut Lumber Company i.^ adding quite largely to its 

 holdings of hardwood timber, having lately bought several million feet of 

 it In the CatskiU region. The company's new mill at Caneadca, in the 

 Gene-scc valley, is now running, and is equipped with a warm pond for 

 winter operation. New York state hardwoods, such as ash and ma|ile. 

 are good sellers these days, and hemlock Is now high-priced enough 

 Ui take rank along with them. 



Hardwood men arc Interested In observing the strong campaign which 

 their associate, .\. J. Ellas, is putting up for the nomination as mayor 

 of the city at the fall election. .Mr. KK's >■ ■ ti'i'il his petition to run in 



the primaries and it contains about 8,000 names, lie has also opened a 

 campaign headquarters in the former Third National Bank building, at 

 Main and Swan streets, and has done some speech-making. He promlseR 

 to he a reform mayor, if elected, and says there should he lower prices 

 for light, power and other necessities. The present mayor and a Republican 

 candidate are also in the field for a nomination. 



Local building figures are not making a favorable comparison with the 

 record of last year and September totals will not be large, from the 

 present outlook. 



One of the best known lumbermen of this section. John S. Noyes, died 

 at his home here, September 7. at the age of eighty-six years. He was 

 for years the dean of thfe industry and his home was a welcome spot 

 for members of the hardwood trade, who made It a point to pay their 

 respects to him regularly during his declining days. I'p to last January 

 the lumbermen had for several years gathered at ilajor Noyes's to celebrate 

 ■the coming of the new year. He had a long career in the lumber trade 

 here, having been early Interested in the shipping of stock down the 

 Great Lakes, afterwards becoming head of tbe firm of Noyes & Sawyer. He 

 was president of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange In IHOI and 1902 and for 

 fifty years had been a member of the Buffalo Club. He is survived by his 

 wife and daughter, Mrs. Henry W. Sprague. 



=-< PITTSBURGH y 



The Shreve Chair t.'ompany of Union City. Pa.. b;is lioii;:lit tliirly three 

 acres of hardwood timber kn<iwn as the Hart tract, near Sherman, N. Y., 

 and will cut it off at once to make stock for its chair factory. 



Pittsburgh bank deposits clliiibed away over the previous record, accord- 

 ing to the call of September 11, which showed alwut $37t>.000,000 on 

 deposit. This shows an increase of $21,000,000 over the call of June 20, 

 1917. 



E. V. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber Company won out yesterday in 

 the non-partisan primaries as a candidate for mayor, having a clean lead 

 of over 5,000 votes over the nearest competitor. 



The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company announces that Its hardest work 

 at present Is to keep from taking orders. This applies especially to oak, 

 a.s its demand for structural oak and car material is very heavy. 



Tbe Indian Creek Valley Lumber Company Is a new wholesale concern 

 at Uniontowu, Pa., organized by Howard 1. Fisher, A. V. Doorlcy and 

 J. J. Daugherty of that city. 



H. E. .\st, manager of the Mutual Lumber Company, has within the 

 past month taken three big orders for railroad^ hardwood stocks to be 

 delivered on government contracts in Cauada. He reports that he could 

 have sold much more of those stocks If he had had the lumber available. 



The J. C. Cottrell Lumber Company Is doing a very nice business In 

 hardwoods, especially In mining stocks. Its chief trouble is In getting 

 enough oak timber to supply the demand and In getting cars quickly enough 

 for delivery. 



The Jennlson-Wrlght Compafiy Is a new concern at 501 Keystone build- 

 ing, Pittsburgh, with S. C. Conway as manager. The company will do a 

 general business In handling all kinds of creosoted timbers and ties, espe- 

 cially In creosoted blocks for warehouse apd other floors. The company 

 has two big factories, at Toledo, O., and Granite City, III. 



The Tlonesta Lumber Company, with headquarters In the First National 

 Bank bulbllng, .announces a good gain In business evi-ry month. August 

 was much the West month in shipments in tbe company's history. Its 

 trade In hardwoods Is very good and shows that demand Is firm and 

 prices high. 



The Johnston-Davies Lumber Company will shortly start another new 

 hardwood operation In Hutler county. Pa. Its chief denmnd at present 

 is for oak for structural material and for medium-grade hardwoods for 

 mining uses. 



The Aberdeen Lumber Company looks for a fairly brisk demand this fall 

 for gum and Cottonwood, especially f( r use by Implement and vehicle 

 manufacturers. The tremendous prosperity now existing among farmers 

 makes it sure that the Implement nmnufacturers are going to have a big 

 trade the coming winter and spring, and they are already looking tor 

 stocks to cover their needs. 



E. H. Stoner of the West Penn Lumber Company reports business very 

 fair in all lines, with a tendency toward advancing prices. The big demand 

 for mining stocks Is a feature of the situation at priMiil. 



=•< BOSTON >.= 



Confidence In the future eoimnercial conilltlons of New l-'nglaml Is shown 

 in the organization of a number of new lumber firms, tbe most Important 

 being : Norwich Woodworking Company, Norwich, C<inn.. for Si500,000 ; 

 the Frontier Lumber Company, Derby Line, Vt., for .?.->0.000 : the Bay 

 State Construction Company, Portland. Me., for $2(1.000; the M. B. 

 Wadleigh Company, Bangor, Me., for $10,000; and the I'nited Lum- 

 ber & Supply Company at Derby, Conn. Large ad<lltions to plants 

 arc also bcin..' made by the Lawrence Lumber Company. Lawrence. JIass., 

 and the Wasbbnin & Heywood Chair Company, Ervlny. Mass. 



Charles S. Wintworth of Boston, recently appolnteil major In the na- 

 tional army, has been attached to the ammunition I rain and is now 

 stationed at 'amp Devens, .\yer, Mass. The building lonstruetlon of the 

 cantonment .-it tins point Is practically completed altliMvigb several weeks 

 more of ni;i<l Imlldlng and minor fitting remain to he done. 



Several l'I" ftl endiargocs are now hampering the shipment of hard- 



