Juno 2r., 1915. 



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=-< MISCELLANEOUS >-= 



The Bradsliaw I.aiul A: Timber Company has hecu incorporated at 

 Carrsville, Va., with a maximum capital stocli of $50,000. 



It is reported t'rom Malvern, -Vrk., that the Moline Hardwood Lumber 

 Company because of e.xcesslve increases in freight rates will dismantle 

 its mill at Malvern and move it to the compiin.v's lands in Ouachita 

 ■county. 



From Ludington. Mich., conies the reiiort that II. I'.. Siiiitli. formerly 

 ■owner of the Ludington Woodenware Factory, has gone lo Wilmington, 

 Vt., where he will establish a similar factory. 



The Thomas Driver & Sons Manufacturing Company has been reor- 

 ganized at Racine, Wis.. .Tohn Driver retiring. The new officers arc : 

 S. M. Driver, president; P. II. Greer, rtce-president. and Miss Clara 

 Driver, secretary and treasurer. 



E. G. Vail has been elected president and treasurer of the Ourney 

 Refrigerator Company at Fond du Lac, Wis. 



At Dublin, Ga., the Georgia Veneer & Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated. 



The Eddy B. Brown Lumber Company has been incorporated at 

 Jlemphis, Tenn. 



An increase in capitalization has been made by the Kldou Handle 

 Company, Dardanelle, Ark., its capital now being $50,000. 



William Leroi, president of the Leroi Furniture Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, St. Louis, Mo., died recently. 



The Salem Woodworking Company has been incorporated at Salem. 

 Mass., being capitalized at $15,000. 



The Murphy Furniture Manufacturing Company. .Murphy. N. ('., in- 

 solvent, is now liquidating. 



The Fletcher & Whitson Lumber Company recently began wholesaling 

 hardwoods at Nashville, Tenn. 



The mill of the Superior Veneer & Cooperage Company located at 

 ^lunising. Mich., was recently burned. 



At Hickory, N. C. the Crouch Cabinet Company has been incorporated. 



The Mound City Chioir Company, St. liOuis. Mo., is a voluntary bank- 

 rupt : liabilities .$TS,45G.12 anil assets $:',2,S4:i.7.-l. 



=-< CHICAGO >• 



George D. Buriiess of Itnsse & Burgess, Inc.. Memphis, Tenn.. and R. 

 M. Carrier of Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Comiiany, Sardis, Miss., 

 were among the prominent visitors in Chicago this week. 



Hardwood Record acknowledges receipt of a bulletin from the Univer- 

 .sity of Washington, College of Forestry, and also a bulletin from the 

 University club* annual published by the students and graduates of this 

 department. 



The third report of the actual sales of lumber, covering the mouth of 

 May, compiled and issued by Secretary W. II. Weller of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' .\ssociation, Cincinnati. O., has just been sent out. Each 

 issue of this important work shows that it is assuming greater and greater 

 importance in the minds of manufacturers, as each issue contains more 

 Information than tlie iireceding one. 



No. 2 of Volume 1 of "Wood Construction," published by the Ohio 

 Association of Retail Lumlier Dealers, contains a complete resume of 

 the new amendment of tlie mechanics' lien law of Ohio, under which 

 retail yards operate. A copy of this paper can undoubtedly be secured by 

 T\-rlting the secretary, W. .\. Phelps, Fourth Street Arcade. Dayton, O. 



M. L. Pease and E. D. Galloway of the Galloway-Pease Company, Poplar 

 Bluff, Mo., and Saginaw. Mich., spent several days in Chicago last week 

 on business. 



C. A. Bigelow of the Kneeland-Bigelow Company and the Kneeland. 

 Lunden i Bigelow Company. Bay City, Mich., attended the meeting of 

 the National Lumber Manufacturers' Inter-insurance Exchange at Chicago 

 last week. 



J. H. Wood, general manager of the Lansing Company, Parkin, Ark., 

 passed through Chicago from the South last week on his way to Michi- 

 gan. Mr. Wood attended the recent meeting of the National Flardwood 

 Lumber Association and left at the end of the convention for a business 

 trip to northern points. 



L. W. Ford of the Goodiander-Robertsou Lumber Company, Memphis, 

 Tenn., spent several days of this week in Chicago. Mr. Ford also 

 attended the National hardwood meeting and left the beginning of last 

 week for a few days' trii) touching several northern points. He returned 

 expecting to attend the automobile races here, but was disappointed on 

 account of the postponement. He says he will probably return here next 

 Saturday. 



Charles H. Mackintosh, advertising manager of the Clyde Iron Works. 

 Duluth, Minn., has been in Cihcago during the entire week in attendance 

 .at the meeting of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the world. 



H. W. Baker of the Baker-Matthews Manufacturing Company, Sikeston, 

 Mo., spent the past week in Chicago. 



.1. H. Faust of J. H. Faust & Co., Paducab. Ky.. was in the city on 

 ■business the beginning of this week. 



W. A. Holt of tile Holt Lumber Company, Oconto, Wis., spent a couple 

 of days the early part of the week in Chicago on his way home from a 

 trip east. 



Otis A. Felger of the Felger Lumber & Timber Company, Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., left Chicago for Memphis at the close of the convention two weeks 

 ago, and returned after conferring with his Memphis associates in the 

 Memphis Band Mill Company. 



The capital of the Baker Lumber Company. Chicago, has been decreased 

 from $100,000 to $10,000. 



The Sterling Company, this city, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. 



--<, BUFFALO y 



At the time c.f tlie National Hardwood Lumber Association meeting at 

 Chicago an important conference in regard to the transit privilege for 

 Buffalo came up at Washington and was attended by O. E. "i' eager, M. M. 

 Wall and A. W. Kreinhcder. Through the efforts of these lumbermen a 

 matter in question was satisfactorily adjusted witli the railroads, so 

 that the latter are now ready to publish the tariffs under the new transit 

 rules applicable to Buffalo, which are of much benefit to this market. 



The committee appointed by the Buffalo Lumber Exchange to consider 

 lime and place for a summer outing is headed by Charles W. Perrin, who 

 states that the affair will probably be held during July, though nothing 

 definite has been decided as yet. The committee will soon hold a meet- 

 ing to act in the matter. Later in the season another trip to the country 

 will be niadi,' for chestnuts, an innovation in the outing line that was 

 introduced with great success last year. It seems likely that the lumber- 

 men 'will again hold two outings, a plan quite generally favored. 



R. F. Kreinheder, president of the Standard Hardwood Luml)er Com- 

 pany, lias returned from a ten days' fishing trip in the Adirondacks. Ho 

 stated that white ash is moving well at the company's yard. 



Miller, Sturm & Miller report a fair amount of activity in the hard- 

 wood trade at present. The yard has a good stock of lumber coming In 

 bv rail, much of it maple. 



Davenport & Ridley find that white ash is moving nowadays about as 

 fast as it is received. There is also a fair demand for maple with prices 

 holding about steady. 



Mrs. Lucinda C. Chestnut, mother of A. J. Chestnut, of the Buffalo 

 hardwood trade, died at her home here on June 17, aged sixty-nine years. 

 Her husband and three children survive her. 



The Yeager Lumber Company states that trade is fair this month, with 

 white ash in chief demand. The yard Is also loading out stocks of plain 

 oak, poplar and cypress. 



F. M. Sullivan and family attended the commencement exercises at 

 Cornell university to be present at the graduation of Fleming Sullivan, 

 who is to enter the employ of T. Sullivan & Co. 



James A. White of the National Lumber Company is now making his 

 headquarters at Detroit and is looking after the lumber shipments of 

 the W. H. White Company, though retaining his home in Buffalo. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company finds the hardwood trade about 

 the same this month as last. Plain and quartered oak are moving fairly 

 well and white ash is also being called for frequently. 



Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling note a pretty fair demand for the better 

 grades of hardwoods, of which a large stock is now being carried. Thick 

 oak and maple arc among the woods wanted. 



Taylor & Crate have had a number of hardwood cargoes in by lake this 

 season, principally birch and basswood. There has been a fairly good 

 demand for genera! lumber this month. 



G. Elias & Bro. report some improvement in the lumber trade during 

 the past two or three weeks. Building lumber is being called for locally 

 to a large extent. 



■< PHILADELPHIA > 



R. B. Rayner of Rayner and Parker, is about due to return home from 

 a combined" business and pleasure trip to Canada. While in Canada he 

 spent several days fishing at Trois Pistoles. 



The Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation has placed T. C. Clark in 

 charge of its wharf and ships at this port. 



The Pennsvlvania Lumberman's Association will hold its midsummer 

 meeting at the Hotel Kittatiny. Delaware Water Gap. The executive 

 session will be held Wednesday afternoon. July 14. That evening and 

 the following day will be devoted to pleasure, a championship quoit match 

 between William C. Peirce and George W. Brown being one of the fea- 

 tures. 



J. M. Coin of the Sterling Lumber Company, Thomas B. Butter of 

 Mingus and Rutter, and Harry A. Kay, all of Philadelphia, have been 

 elected president, vice-president and treasurer, respectively, of the Lum- 

 bermen's Club of Lancaster, Pa. 



Horace G. Hazard, who is widely known in the local trade, has entered 

 the wholesale business for himself, having taken over the local offices in 

 the Crozer building, of the Hilton-Dodge Lumber Company, of which he 

 has been manager for some time. Mr. Hazard will still continue to rep- 

 resent the Hilton-Dodge company, but will handle many other lines so 

 that his customers will be cared for in a satisfactory way. 



The baseball team representing Edward F. Henson & Co., and com- 

 posed of employes of the firm, has been making a fine record so far this 

 season and through Mr. Henson has secured grounds at D street and 



