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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July 20, lOlS. 



C. U KlttiT of the C. U RItter Lamber Conipauy, UuDtlOKton, W. Vn.. 

 was a visitor In Now York recently In the Interest of builncss. Tin- 

 West Vlrdnla plant Is golnu on full time with every prospect of con- 

 tlnulnR. 



Mcrrltt Lane has been named receiver for the Interstate Lumber 

 Company, which conducted a hardwood yord at Jersey City. 



Jas. P. Scrantoo, Detroit's veteran yard deiiliT. was In New York 

 recently. Uc waa In bis usual good spirits and visited some old ae- 

 i|ualntanccs in the trade. Mr. Scranton Is 71! years old. 



=-< BUFFALO >.= 



Buffalo's hardwood represeutullvi - ;n. liiurlni; pronilii'-ntly In a list 

 of cltUcus whose names are belnu voted on In one of the local papers, 

 which Is canvassing the situation for gocKl material fi)r councUmen under 

 the commission government plan to be carried Into effect after the full 

 election. Amonc those mentioned are A. J. and (i. ICUas, H. C. Mills, 

 Hugh McLean, J. N. Scatcherd, .Vnthony .Miller and M. W. and J. B. 

 Wall. There Is other good hardwood material available In this city, but 

 some of the men who would make good candidates arc understood not to 

 desire the oOlce. 



A. J. Chestnut is in Mt. Vernon, X. H., where be has gone with bis 

 family on an automobile trip. He Is shipping some birch out of 

 Vermont nt pre-seut, besides stock from Canada. 



W. L. Blokeslec has gone on a vocation trip to Xew Hampshire and 

 will be away about two weeks. The office of Blakeslcc, Perrin & Darling 

 reports an Increased UHpiiry for hardwoods. 



H. L. Plumley, purchasing agent for the Hugh McLean Lumber Com- 

 pany, is on a business trip to the hardwood mills in the South. The 

 company calls trade In hardwoods steady at present. 



The Yeager Lumber Company states that hardwood trade holds up 

 fairly well. Dry plain oak is not plentiful just now. Oak, ash and 

 cypress are among the woods most in demand. 



G. Ellas 4 Bro. have three lumber cargoes soon to arrive at the local 

 yard, this having been an active season so far In lumber receipts. Hard- 

 wood trade is holding up steady. 



Taylor & Crate are farming every year in a larger and larger area of 

 their cut-over oak land in Mississippi. They raised a big cotton crop 

 last year and had such a scare about its not bringing any price to start 

 with that they arc putting In a large amount of corn this year. Cotton 

 came out very well and corn Is always a good crop. Their oak mills 

 there are in active operation. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company is getting in plain oak from 

 the Cumberland region this month. Oak and ash are among the leadlng 

 woods with chestnut remaining quiet. 



ililler, Sturm & Miller report a little better trade this month than 

 last, with oak and maple leading. 



T. Sullivan & Co. report that brown ash remains in good sale. The 

 yard has been handling considerable fir lately. 



■< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



James M. Richardson and Joseph Hyde of Geisscl Jc Richardson, have 

 returned from the South where they contracted for a considerable amount 

 of lumber. 



Charles M. Betts & Co., Inc., announce that it. A. Shepherd is again 

 selling for them in northern Pennsylvania, southern New York, and 

 northern New Jersey. Mr. Shepherd was formerly with Betts & Co., but 

 departed for a time to enter the employ- of the .Mcrshon, Eddy, Parker 

 Company of Saginaw, Mich. 



Joseph P. Dunwoody, Lincoln building, recently received from his son 

 In Georgia, a complete moonshiner's outfit which had been captured by 

 Federal agents. Mr. Dunwoody has put the outfit in his collection of 

 curios. 



W. N. Lawton has a.-ssociated himself with the Philadelphia office of the 

 Smith Lumber Company of Boston. Mr. Lawton, who is widely known 

 here, was last connected with the firm of Currie & Campbell. 



F. S. Underbill of Wlstar, Uudcrhili & Nixon, was the orator for the 

 Union Athletic .Vssipeiation, Lansdowne. on the Fourth of July, and made 

 a patriotic address to an assemlilage of several thousand persons. 



George H. Hugiinlr and wife are being congratulated on the arrival of a 

 daughter who lias been named Mary. .Mr. Huganlr is a member of the 

 Huganir-Johnson Company. 



A. J. Cadwalladcr & Co. have added John J. Fleming and J. I. M. 

 Wilson to their sales force. Mr. Wilson will sell In Philadelphia and 

 Mr. Fleming in New Y'ork. 



Robert t'. Smith, formerly connected with G. W. Kugler & Sons, has 

 joined the .selling staff of the Smith Lumber Company, and will spend 

 most of his time in the coal regions of Pennsylvania. 



=^ PITTSBURGH y 



The Kendall Lumber Corporation, which is starting work on its 

 immense tract in Oregon, has appointed J. H. Henderson, formerly sec- 

 retary of the Kendall Lumber Company of this city, as western sales 

 manager. Mr. Henderson will have his headquarters in either Salt 

 liike City or Denver. 



The West Penn Lumber Company, which makes a specialty of bard- 



wood luwiwr for factorlea and nteel concerns, la not kicking nt all about 

 IniHlueKK. .\erordliig to E. II. Stoner, the company bus had a fair trade 

 nil suiunier at rnlber weak prices. 



The Universal Lumber Company uunouncea Uiut It U ruHhed witli 

 miinufarturinK Ir.ide and bus recently secured some very Roud hardwou<l 

 conlractM out of I'lttMburgh. 



The Henderson Lumb<-r Conipiiny, which makes n specialty of wlulug 

 stocks, iH doing quite a steady biiKlness all the time and finds the buy- 

 ing nentinient much bettor and prlrrs slightly Improved. President J. K. 

 Henderson ex|>ecta a pretty good fall trade. 



The Duquesue Lumber Company, acc'or<llng to sales manager G. C. 

 Adams, finds some increase in nianufaeturlng trade In hardwood stocks. 

 HuBlne.ss In the East Is said to be pretty quiet. 



The JohnHton-I>avlcs Lumber Company has shut down Its hardwood 

 operation In Butler county and Is going to take things easy until the 

 buying situation is much better than at present. 



The Foster Lumber Company, which has offices in the Bessemer build- 

 ing In this city, has reorganized as the Frampton-Foster Lumber Com- 

 pany with P. M. Frampton and W. K. Foster as partners. The Foster 

 company started In business about two years ago and has worked up a 

 fine trade in hardwood timbers for railroads and manufacturing conceruK 

 and also In hardwood construction lumber. 



The Parsons Pulp & Lumber Company of llorton, W. Va., will build 

 a bardwooti plant there soon with a capacity of 40,000 feet a day. 



The C. E. Breltwleser Lumber Compony Is making good headway In 

 going after the eastern trade in hardwoods. Sales manager I'rank E. 

 Smith has been working throughout the East lately with this end In view. 



The contract for the second South Hills tunnel was let last week to 

 Booth & Flinn, Ltd., of this city. It will cost about $1,500,000. A 

 large amount of hardwood will be needed in construction and Pittsburgh 

 buyers arc already going after this business keenly. 



Tlic Retail Lumber Dealers' -Association of Pennsylvania will hold a 

 mid-year outing at Cresson, Pa., August 20, 21 and 22. A large number 

 of retailers arc arranging to make the trip there in their autos and a 

 splendid time is anticipated. 



New plants in the Pittsburgh district continue to multiply In a most 

 encouraging way. The most Important announcement made last week Is 

 that the Ford Motor Company, which established an assembling plant 

 last year at Morewood avenue and Baum boulevard, will have plans 

 prepared at once tor a five-story addition to contain 268.000 square 

 feet of floor space and to employ 350 people, bringing the total number 

 of employes up to 900. The plant will then represent an Investment 

 of .<1.2.-)0,000. 



At Latrobe, Pa., the Latrobe Tool Company Is arranging to build mi 

 addition 100x4^ feet, which will more than double the capacity of that 

 plant. 



.\mong the steel companies who are planning new additions to their 

 plants are : The Brier Hill Steel Company, Youugstown, O., a new 

 furnace of seventy-live tons capacity at Brier Hill, a suburb of Youngs- 

 lown, to cost $250,000: at Canton, O., the United Steel Company will 

 build a 400-ton blast furnace to employ 1,000 workmen and to cost 

 .<2,000.000 : the Knox Pressed & Welded Steel Company, the Carnegie 

 Steel Company, the Sharon Steel Hoop Company and the Petroleum Iron 

 Works Company af Sharon, Pa. The Carnegie Steel Company alone will 

 spend over .$500,000 for its benzol plant there : the Youngstown Sheet 

 & Tube Company let contract to Heller Brothers of that city for a 

 $75,000 addition. Other improvements started or contemplated by this 

 company will bring up the total to .$1,500,000. The Shelby Steel Tube 

 Company, Ellwood City, Pa., a large addition to Include furnaces and 

 rolling mills, according to report ; the Columbia Sheet Steel Company, 

 which is backed by Pittsburgh capitalists, has signed contracts which 

 assure the erection of a $000,000 plant for the company at East Liver- 

 pool, Ohio. 



At Cresson, Pa., the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has decided to 

 largely extend its repair shops. New shops will be started as soon as the 

 addition to the original shop building is completed. The new plant 

 will be used for both repair work and also to frame rolling stock. 



•< BOSTON >•- 



.\ tire in the plant of tin- |i.l:ino .Mill Company at Portland, Me., on 

 .Inly 9, caused a loss of $100,000. Following an explosion, fire was 

 rommunlcated to a large part of the building, completely destroying the 

 same, together with the contents of lumber and machinery. The loss Is 

 re|K)rted to be practically covered by insurance. 



Local financial and commercial authorities comment on the unusually 

 large number of charters being granted at this time, exceeding anything 

 for some years. To show that lumber and allied trades are participating 

 In this activity may be noted the following organizations of lumber 

 companies ; L. O. & E. S. Davis Compony at Middietown, Conn., capital, 

 $50,000, and the Elm City Lumber Company at New Haven, Conn., capital 

 $50,000. .\lso Industrial enterprises at numerous points, among them 

 being reported : J. S. Lang Engineering Company at Boston, with a 

 capital of $100,000 : Woronoco Construction Company, Westlleld, Mass., 

 capital $25,000 ; the H. G. M. Construction Company at Framlngham, 

 Mass., capital, $15,000 ; the W. M. Flynn Company, Boston, capital, $25.- 

 000; the T. L. Follno Construction Company (Inc.), Watertown, Mass., 

 capitol, $10,000 ; the D. H. Glfford Corporotion at New Bedford, Mass.. 



