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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May S.'i, lUlS. 



=-< hIEW YORK >= 



The Miiy mcctlus of the North Carolliin I'lnc Amoclullou will be lu-ld 

 Id Now York. Miiy 27 nnil 2Ji, In coiiucctlou with llii- f<irmiil o|K'iilnK 

 of the nssorliitlons hioutlful cxhllilt of North I'lirollim pine lit the (iraud 

 Centml Termluiil. The exhibit which hiis heen InstulleU nt treat expense 

 Id the Country Life exposition, In iin elijht room house of the semlhunKii- 

 low type, the lumber throughout |KlilnKle8 only excepted), behiK North 

 Carnllnn pine. 



The meeting In New York will bring perhaps tho largest number of 

 manufniturors of lumber ever assembled In New Y'ork, and the local trade 

 has Iwen Invited to attend the opening festivities. The reception com- 

 mittee Is headed by Geo. W. Jones of the Camp Manufacturing Company, 

 New York. 



J. E. Sleraon, president of the Slcmon CompaDy, manufacturer of 

 hardwood flooring, Toronto, was a recent visitor In New Y'ork and called 

 on some of the local hardwood men In the Interest of business. Mr. 

 Slemon Is also head of several other enterprises over the border. 



=■< BUFFALO >- 



Seymour U. Knox, who with his cousin, F. W. Woolwortb of New 

 York, built up the five and ten-cent store business of this country, died 

 at his home here on May IC, aged 54 years. As a capitalist he was 

 Interested In a number of banks and other enterprises and was a stock- 

 bolder In three large lumber companies, the Great Southern Lumber 

 Company, the United States Lumber Company and the Batburst Lumber 

 Company. Uls fortuuc Is estimated at about ?20,000,000. He left a 

 wife, one son and two daughters. 



A merger of two organizations of manufacturers of this state occurred 

 on May 18, when the Associated Manufacturers & Merchants of New 

 York state was formed, with headquarters In this cit.v. It comprises 

 630 manufacturers and merchants ; emplo.vs more than 200,000 people, 

 and represents an investment of more than a billion dollars. The object 

 Is to bring about closer relations between employer and employe and 

 to aid in the enactment of fair and reasonable laws. 



Fleming Sullivan, who graduates ne.\t month at Cornell University, 

 is to become a lumberman, and will assume charge of the hemlock and 

 yellow pine department of his father's firm, T. Sullivan & Co. 



Hugh McLean, with a number of other Buffalo business men, left here 

 a couple of weeks ago on a fishing trip to the Pytonga Club, which is 

 located not far from Quebec. 



Herbert S. Janes, formerly a member of the local hardwood trade, 

 has taken an odice at GG Broadway. New York, and expects soon to 

 remove his family there from Greenfield, Mass. He has been In the 

 Umber tract business for some time. 



Taylor & Crate received the first hardwood cargo brought in here 

 this season, consisting of 000,000 feet of birch and basswood on the 

 steamer 1. W. Stephenson. 



Frank T. Sullivan continues business on his own account at the yard 

 of H. H. Salmon & Co., on Buffalo Creek, and is doing quite a good tiade, 

 having had one cargo of hardwoods in this season. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company reports trade as fair In 

 plain oak, chestnut and maple. A. W. Kreinheder is giving a good dca' 

 of time to the affairs of the Buffalo Package Company, waosc affairs are 

 being settled up. 



Davenport & Ridley are selling a fair amount of beech at present. 

 Stocks of maple have lately been coming in from Pennsylvania and this 

 wood is also selling quite well. 



O. E. Y'eager has returned from a few days on business In New York. 

 The Yeager Lumber Company says that trade is holding steady, with oak. 

 cypress and white ash in fair demand. 



Vice-president E. B. Lott of the A. J. Chestnut Lumber Company 

 returned to Buffalo from his New York sales district last week. He 

 reports that the lumber trade is as quiet as ever there, the building 

 Interests appearing to be watching the war news more than anything else. 



G. Elias & Ero. report the hardwood trade as quiet, but state that 

 there Is quite a fair amount of building going on here. The yard expects 

 to receive two lake cargoes of building lumber next month. 



=•< PHILADELPHIA >- 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Association will hold its midsummer 

 meeting at the Hotel Kitatinny, Delaware Water Gap, July 14 and LI. 

 It is hoped this will be the best attended meeting in the history of the 

 organization. At the last meeting of the board of directors the follow- 

 ing firms were elected to membership : Smedley & Mehl. Ardmore ; Thomas 

 Haines & Co., Malvern; Frank C. Gilllngham & Sons Co., Philadelphia. 



The Woodland Lumber Company, Commercial Trust building, has 

 engaged H. C. JIagruder, who has recently been engaged in the whole- 

 sale brokerage business, as a salesman. 



G. W. Schaffner has been added to the selling force of Hallowell «• 

 Souder. He was formerly employed by Samuel H. Shearer & Son. 



The Tacony Lumber Company has been Incorporated to take over tu6 

 business of W. I. Underwood & Co. The new company Is capitalized ai 

 $20,000 ana has the following ofDcers : W. I. Underwood, president . 



\V. !■;. IVnultig, vice prenldeut and aecretnry ; John I. Coulbourn. treanurer. 



linrry J. WnuKS Iwih bieu added to the iioleii force of .\rtliur K. Ijinc. 



The United .Siuds Spruce LumlKT Company of Marlon, Va., ban ap- 

 pointed I. F. Bal^l•■y b'col manuger. Mr. Bainley ha« opened an office Id 

 the Comniercliil Triit.1 building and will look offer .New York and New 

 England in addition to tho local territory. 



Joseph I". Iiuinv.iody, u widely known local luinbcriimn, has opened bd 

 iiniic III the Lliuiilii building hk reprcKeiitnllve of the Wiilterboro Lumber 

 Company of Wallerboro, S. C. Mr. Dunwoody has had retail yard expe- 

 rience, served as ii hardwood Inspector, spent ten years In the iiiaiiu- 

 fiirliirlnK end, iiiiil the hist three years as Kuh'sinuu. His lust connecllua 

 was with till' I'jiitoii Luiiilirr Coiii|iaiiy. this city. 



Klrby and Hawkins. Harrison building, have started a hardwood dc- 

 liartnient with II. I'. Thompson, formerly a local Inspector for the 

 Niitiunai HardwiHHl Lumber .\s«oclatlon, In charge. Previous to this 

 time the firm sold railroad ties only. 



The lladentine Lumber Company, Inc., CnmdcD, recently closed o deal 

 for ;!,0i)0,00l) feet of choice West VlrglDia hardwood to be cut to order. 

 .V ciiiisldi'i'iilili' pnrtliiii of the lumber Is maple, the rest being basswood, 

 birch, poplar and ash. 



The Gill Lumber Company. Land Title building, has obtalui'd exclusive 

 selling rights for the output of the Freeinnn-Smith Lumber Company, 

 Millvllle, Ark., In New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and New York. 



The Francis Kruiner Company has removed from Sixteenth and Spring 

 Garden streets fo larger quarters at Third and Cumberland ^itreets. 



P. C. Hnrgravc has been employed as salesman by the Gill Lumber 

 Company and will cover the Ilarrlsburg district. 



John Birklnbino, for twenty-three years president of the I'ennsylvania 

 Forestry Association, died at his home in this city on May 14. He was 

 seventy-one years old. 



A. J. Cadwallader & Co., Morris building, have appointed John J. 

 Fleming as their New York representative. lie will also sell In New Jersey 

 and New England. 



The Empire Lumlier Company has made A. Van Horn Its eastern rep- 

 resentative. Mr. Van Horn on May 13 opened his headquarters at 1925 

 North Park avenue, this city. 



The Connecting Kaihvays Company, wiiich purchased the three and 

 one-half acre yard of the Charles Este Lumber Company, 20th street 

 and Gleuvood avenue, has made settlement for the same. The price 

 was ^l.'iO.non, the plot bei-og assessed at ?1 10,000. 



=-< PITTSBURGH >-= 



The Aberdeen ' Lumber Company has been exceptionally fortunate In 

 getting its full share of hardwood orders for export trade to the nations 

 of Europe which are at war. It is shipping over 500,000 feet of gum, 

 Cottonwood and chestnut this month for that purpose. 



W. P. Craig, who lately liquidated the W. P. Craig Lumber Company 

 and is now selling lumber on commission, started right off by l>ooklng 

 an order for 50 cars of hardwood this week. The lumber will go to 

 a glass company and this is one of the nice orders that has been taken 

 here for a long time. 



The Kendall Lumber Company Is shipping hea«ly on Its automobile 

 contracts. Its other hardwood business is looking well especially that 

 with the railroads, and the company's sales to date are pretty satisfactory 

 considering general conditions. 



The E. H. Shreiner Lumber Company announces that hardwood buyers 

 everj'where are making their purchases with extreme care. It Is very 

 hard to interest them beyond the next sixty days. 



The Acorn Lumber Company has been getting Its usual good share of 

 hardwood orders and has been fortunate in lining up some very nice 

 eastern trade. The last week or two business has not shown much 

 improvement. 



The Duqucsne Lumber Company is doing a good business from its 

 eastern oflicc although lately buying in the Pittsburgh district has been 

 quite as satisfactory. There is considerable inquiry out this month for 

 stocks for the manufacturing concerns in tri-state territory. 



The B. W. Cross Lumber Company has moved its ofllce from the 

 ninth floor of the Oliver building to ^41 Oliver building where it is 

 very nicely located. Mr. Cross is making special strides at present on 

 the yard trade in this vicinity. Industrial operations throughout the 

 Pittsburgh district continue to show much improvement in the way of 

 larger pay rolls and more big contracts awarded by corporations and 

 railroads for large projects. These are gradually being reflected in 

 larger purchases of lumber and during the next sixty days it is confldcntly 

 expected that business will take quite a considerable turn for the better 

 for these reasons. 



The plant of the Standard Steel Car Company of Pittsburgh which Is 

 located at New Castle, Pa., was damaged to extent of .f.'JO.OOO by fire May 

 14. The power plant and motor truck department suffered most. The 

 company is one of the largest buyers of hardwood in this vicinity and 

 employed 400 men at this point. 



-< BOSTON >.= 



.V large amount of stock on the hardwood yard of Holt & Bugbee Com 

 pany on Medford street in the Charlestown district is being moved to 

 a new location nearby as the wharf section of Its original yard has been 



