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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 2S, 191S. 



Wyoming avenue, on which Kiinios art- lu'lnu |ila>'iil cviTy Sniurilnv iifliT- 

 nooD. 



=•< PITTSBURGH y- 



I>. A. rrlrillllii, »lhi \u\s I'l'i'ii riTtlii.L!! ill Ihi' Mi<.vrlxlMli' I'laiilliK Mill 

 nt Mi-ycrHiliili'. I'li.. hi'vituI .Vfiirs. In KtiirtlnK ii new |iIiiiiIiik ioIII >inil 

 tvoodntirklnK I'liinl nt thnt point iiml will <!:> conHldi'riilili' work In hard 

 wooil nmnufnc-turlnK. 



Tbt' Jt'iinni'tt*' I'nlon Plunln^ Mill i'oinpun.v Ihih Uiimi orKtinl/ed iil 

 Ji'iinm-lto, II InrKe pliiss town i'ii»t of rillsliurKli. with ii uipltiil of <;:iii.O(lo 

 by II. K. MitrkiT. It. K. Ki st iinil <'. II. llnlllni.'Kwnrth. Tin- oonipnn.v will 

 do u Kcncrnl pliinlnir nilll liiisln><.'<K iiuil carry a Rood Htock of hardwood. 



The plant of the W. 1,. ItuHsell Ilo.x & Luniher C'oiiipan.v at .MeKees 

 Rocks. I'a., was hurned Juni' IT with u loss of $100.Uii(l. Insuruiice was 

 carried. 



The .\berde4>n Ltiiiiher v'oiiipan.v has tteeii inakliiK ^ood shipments lately 

 on It.s forelcn orders for Kiim and e«>tlonwood and also ash and maple. 

 These are nil polnK to the Kiiropean nations for war purposes. 



The I>uquesne I.nmlier t'oinpany reports hardwood hiislni'ss In the lOast 

 as slightly hetter. rompellllon, however. Is veiy sharp and priiis an- 

 being cut hard. 



The C. E. Breltvvleser Lumber Company has been taklUK over .souii' 

 good hardwood orders lately, especially In the' eastern market, where 

 Frank E. Smith. Its hardwood man, has made frequent trips of late. 



The Foster Lumber (oiiipnny Is shlpjilni; steadily on its railroad con- 

 tract orders which take up most oC Its output. One of its produits this 

 summer Is white oiik. and It has some elslit or ten country mills cntting 

 for It steadily. 



The Mutual Lumber Company has been very fortunate this year in 

 getting big orders for automobile concerns and its business to date, 

 according to Manager H. E. .\st. Is very satisfactory. He says the general 

 trend of business is upward and he expects totals of sales to Increase from 

 now on. 



The E. n. Shrelncr Luniher Company which put In a hardwood depart- 

 ment last year, has been getting a very good total of hardwood orders 

 through its representative, .1. C. LInehan. Mr. Shrelncr himself has been 

 working the Canadian trade hard Ihi.s summer with good results. 



.V iiumlier of well-known hardwood men from here attended the Na- 

 tional hardwood convention .nt Chicago recently, .\mong them was Presi- 

 dent E. V. Kahcock of the association. Oscar II. Babcock. E. II. Stoner 

 of the West rVnn Lumber Company. K. II. Shrelner of the E. H. Shreiner 

 Lnmber Company. .?. Ii. Montgomery of the American Lumber & Manu- 

 facturing Company. .1. Ii. Itogerc and A. S. Ounn of the .Mlcgheny 

 Lumber Company. 



:-< BOSTON y- 



The tenth annual tournament of the l,iiml)er Trade Coif .\sso(iation 

 was held on the Woodland links, near Boston, on .lune S and S. .\ record 

 attendance of fifty-five lumbermen golfers from New York, Philadelphia 

 and Boston resulted in a successful ami interesting meet. Maurice G. 

 Burton of Philadelphia won the championship of the association and a 

 selected team from the Sawdust club of that city defeated a similar team 

 from the Sliver club of Boston. The offlcers elected for the ensuing year 

 were E. W, Fry of Philadelphia, president; Ilarry Humphre.vs of Camden, 

 N. .L, vice-president ; W. II. Smedlcy and H. A. Reeves respectl'-ely treas- 

 urer and secretary. The tournament next year will Ije held in Philadel- 

 phia. 



The Lumber Trade Club of Boston held Its regular meeting on June 10, 

 the principal business being in connection with the difficulties experienced 

 In Hen laws for material In this state. 



The Salem Woodworking Company of Salem, Mass., has been Incorpo- 

 rated with a capital of ?l.">.onn: II. T. Crocker, president; also the Essex 

 Lumber Company of Lynn. Mass., with a capitalization of $35,000; Wm. 

 Thompson, president : and the .Stratford Lumber Company at Stratford, 

 Conn.; capital $10,000 ;F, H. Weller of that city and Edw. A. Morse of 

 Bridgeport being the principals associated. 



A fire loss of $20,000 occurred at Bangor, Me., on ,Iune 18 through the 

 destruction of manufactured lumber and the plant of the Penobscot Lum- 

 ber & Box Company. 



=-< BALTIMORE >- 



J. Ferguson of the Liverpool firm of C. Withers & Co. was In Baltimore 

 some days ago and saw a number of the exporters here. He had been 

 In the United States for about a month or more, and was on his way 

 back to New York, where he took a steamer last Friday for home. Mr. 

 Ferguson left the Impression that P^ngland is in need of stocks, especially 

 heavy planks, three, tour and five inches thick, for which the foreign buyers 

 are willing to pay fair prices. The purchasers abroad, however, seem to 

 be satisfied with a lower grade than they would accept during normal 

 times when they insisted on the best. Now they will take No. 2 common, 

 for instance, when before they would only accept No. 1 common board. 

 Of course, they are obliged to pay as much for the No. 2 as they did 

 before for the No. 1 but their present attitude is Instructive in that it 

 shows that a No. 2 serves the purposes for which it is intended very well, 

 and that the contention previously set up that the lumber furnished would 

 not meet the foreign requirements served no other purpose than to effect 

 a reduction of the price. 



J. Harvey, formerly on mr uf ihi' ICiiNlern Railway Supply Company 

 with olllce In the .Vinerlcan luilidlnK. I" out with an announcement tbat 

 he has organized the Harvey Company. Inc., which Is "well eqiil|iped to 

 -upply all iicciIk and demands of the railroads, i oiitractors and builden 

 of this country In every respect." and Invlles thi'ui to call on him. The 

 new corporation Is locniiil at ll.'l South sln-i-t, with Btoragi' yards at 

 Curtis Bay. near the city. Mr. Harvey Is president of the company. The 

 old concern went Into lmiikrii|>lcy, and HCeniH to hnv<' efficled n settle- 

 ment with rreditors. Thi- company not only handles building mnterlal of 

 ail kinds, but also liimher, hardwoods ixdng an Important feature of the 

 luislness. 



.M. S. llaer of tile ilrm of Iticbard P. ItaiT * Co.. the lower of the 

 Maryland buiiding. Is steppliig high these ihiys. Hie caiisi- thereof being 

 the arrival on the ti>nth of a son and heir, the second with which .Mr. and 

 .Mrs. Baer have been blessed. The y<iungster Ik ri-ported to be sturdy and 

 vigorous, in whlcli respects he lakes after his parents, and gives every 

 promise of growing up to useful manhood. Mr, Baor has been Khowered 

 with congralulatlous by his numerous friends. 



.Vmong the visiting lumbermen here recently last week was Chester F. 

 Korn of the Korn Conkllng Company. Cincinnati, who conferred with 

 Secretary ,T. McD. Price, of the National Hardwood Lumber Exporters* 

 .Association, and also saw siuiie of ilo' members of the trade here. He 

 went from Baltimore to Norfolk to look after some of his comiiany'a 

 exporters. 



A. Harvey McCay. who repri'seiits the firm of William Whltmor & Sons 

 of Philadelphia in Ballliiiore, and has oRlces In the Equitable building, 

 states that consldernl)le activity In West Virginia spruce has prevailed 

 of late, and thnt his firm has made a numl>er of big shipments to other 

 countries. Mr. McCuy states that the Inquiry for spruce Is brisk, and 

 that the <lemand has assumed such proportions that some of the Pacific 

 coast producers are chartering steamers and sending entire cargoes through 

 the Panama canal to the East. Much of the spruce Is Intended for the 

 British government, whose requirements are being greatly stimulated by 

 the war. 



=-< COLUMBUS y 



Papers have been filed with the secretary of state decreasing the 

 authorized capital of the New Columbus Buggy Company from $000,000 

 to $50,000. This step was taken since the selling of the business by 

 auction in May when a considerable amount of money was realized. The 

 vehicle business was sold In bulk to .\, Webber of Louisville, Ky. The 

 buildings located on Dublin avenue will be rented as power buildings 

 with the exception of the machine shoi) which will be operated by the 

 concern. 



The Shover & Allen Lumber Company of Hayton has been completely 

 reorganized since the death of Charles .\lien and the name has been 

 changed to the F. W. Shover Lumber Company. Headquarters have been 

 moved from Dayton to Columbus with offices in the Brunson building. 



The H. V. Hooker Company of Columbus has been incorporated with 

 a capital of $10,000 to do mill work by II. V. Hooker, A. R. Hooker, C. 

 Siebert. B. C. Mnlone and S. J. Malone. 



R. W. Horton of the W. JI. Ifltter Lumber Company reports a fair 

 demand for hardwood stocks In central Ohio territory. Prices are being 

 generally well maintained. Most of the buying Is being done by relallei^ 

 although some factories are in the market In a limited degree. Shipments 

 are coming out promptl.v. 



.L A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports a slight Improve- 

 ment in the hardwood trade since the first of .Tunc. 



.\ccordlng to a recent report of the Columbus building inspector, build- 

 ing operations in Columbus are still holding up well despite the business 

 uncertainty.' Many new permits liave iieen Issued for good sized 

 structures. 



=-< TOLEDO y 



The Booth Column Company reports a little better line of orders coming 

 from all sections. Prices are not very firm nor is the volume of trade 

 what might be hoped for. 



The Toledo Bending Company Is getting its share of the trade, but ac- 

 cording to reports from Hie concern this is nothing much to brag about. 

 Trade is rather light even for this season of the year. 



W. S. Booth states that his new "bumper" Is selling splendidly and the 

 concern Is turning them out In larger qnautitios from week to week. 



— ■< INDIANAPOLIS > 



H. T. Kenbam of K. C. .\ikins *: I'o.. Inc.. attended the convention of 

 the .Associated Advertising Clubs of the World at Chicago. 



The wholesale trade division of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce 

 win make a trade extension trip to cities and towns between here and 

 nanville, 111., .Tune 29 and .'10, traveling in automobiles. 



Dry kiln plants of five rooms each are being Installed by the National 

 Dry Kiln Company for E. C. Atkins & Co., this city, and Showers Bros., 

 Hloomington. 



C. E. Foster, W. E. Farnan and .7. H. Lang have organized and Incorpo- 

 rated the Darlington Lumber & Coal Company at Darlington to conduct a 

 general lumber and coal business. The company has $10,000 capital. 



.T. G. Heylmann, eighty-one years old and founder of the Heylmann 

 Carriage Company, died at his home In -NoblesvlUe, June 22. 



