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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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! Hardwood News Notes 



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The Silo & Implement I'actory lins been liieorporatod lit Buffnlo, N. Y. 



The BookerCocll Lumber Company. Louisville, Ky., Is reporl.d lo Im' 

 liquidating. 



At niirllnslon, In., the Iowa Chnlr Company has been Incorporated with 

 a capital slock of J25,000, 



The n. M. l/oud's Sons Company has Incorporated at Oscoda. Mich., 

 with a capital of $:tOO.OOO. 



The West Lumber Company has bought out the IMilllp A. Ryan Lumber 

 Company at Onnlaska. Tex. 



The Coulson Lumber Company, formerly of Switton, Miss., has moved 

 its general offices lo Memphis. Tenn. 



A new lucorporallon at St. Louis, Mo., with a capital of $0,000, Is the 

 Missouri Korests Products Company. 



The Xcedham Basket Company hae succeeded the IL B. Needham 

 Basket Company at I'elerboro, N. H. 



The Cameron Car Company has been Incorporated at Orange, Conn., 

 for the manufacture of railroad cars. 



An Involuntary petition In bankruptcy has been nied by the Braluerd 

 Sash & Uoor Company. Brnlncrd. Minn. 



At Montpeller. VI.. the Montpeller Turning Works has been incor- 

 porated with a capitalization of Ju.OOO. 



The sawmill of Mark Tymon. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich., was burned re- 

 cently, the loss being estimated at ?20,000. 



The West Point Furniture Company has been Incorporated at West 

 Point, Va., with a capital stock of $.'50,000. 



The Florala Saw Mill Company, Paxton, Fla., recently suCtered a loss 

 .by fire, which was fully covered by Insurance, 



It is reported that the Taylor Chair Company, Bedford, O., Is consid- 

 ering moving its business to Grand Rapids, Mich. 



The Business Equipment Corporation has incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $15,000 at Norfolk. Va., to manufacture onice furnlluro. 



A flre loss amounting to $250,000 is reported to have been sustained 

 at the flooring plant of the Wm. It. White Company, Boyne City, Mich. 



The Lake Shore Lumber Company has been Incorporated at Wash- 

 burn. Wis., with a capital stock of $250,000, by M. II. Sprague, H. O. 

 Wolfe and P. C. Kollnski. 



Tlie sawmill of Bush Bros., Brookhaven, Miss., was recently destroyed 

 by fire, and the Ashby Lumber Company, .lackson, Tenn., also suffered 

 a damage by Arc within the last fortnight. 



At Jasper. Ind.. the .Tasper Manufacturing Company, to manufacture 

 furniture, has lieen incorporated by Joseph John, A. M. Bohnert and L. 

 J. Eckstein. The caiutalization is $40,000, 



The business and plant of the Ramsey-Alton Furniture Company, Port- 

 land. Mich., has been sold at receiver's sale to William B, Heath of Ionia 

 for $75,000, and the company will soon reorganize. 



The Vocational Supply Company, to manufacture supplies for the do- 

 mestic science and manual training departments of schools and colleges, 

 has been organized by G. W. Giiflith & Sons of Muncie, Ind. 



Michigan lumber concerns which have recently gone out of business 

 are : J. H, McDonald Lumber Company and Michigan Land & Lumber 

 Company at Bay City, and the Central States Lumber Company at Detroit. 



Arthur A. Blrum. Margaret J. Nelson and Nellie O. Birum are the in- 

 corporators of the Birum-Nelson Company, Saco, Mont., with a capital 

 stock of $5,000. The company will manufacture lumber and implements. 



It is reported that C. B. Colboru has severed his connection with Dag- 

 ger & Goshorn Compajiy. Memphis. Tenn,, and has engaged in the manu- 

 facture and wholesale of hardwood lumber under his own name in Ihat 

 city. 



The following have recently organized the Farm Tools Manufactur- 

 ing Compan}-. Waterloo, Iowa, with a capital stock of $20,000 ; George E, 

 Lichty, president ; Frank J. Fowler, vice-president, and Benjamin J, 

 llowrey, secretary-treasurer. 



The Binghamton Lounge Company. Binghamton, N. X.. the Napcrvllle 

 Lounge Company, Naperville, 111., and the D. T. Owen Company, Cleve- 

 land. C, have been succeeded by the Kroehler Manufacturing Company 

 with headquarters at Cleveland. 



Other incorporations are : Chester Lumber Company, Norfolk. Va. 

 Incorporators : A. F. Cathey, Norfolk, Va., president ; Alphonso Newton, 

 vice-president, and Alexander Newton, secretary and treasurer, both of 

 Petersburg, Va. ; The Standard Box & Lumber Company, Inc.. L.vnch- 

 burg. Va.. with a maximum capital of $1.').000. and minimum of .?5,000. 

 M. Elchelbaum is president. W. K. Williams and Frank C. Dickerson. 

 secretary and treasurer, all of Lynchburg. The company will do a gen- 

 eral woodworking and manufacturing business. 



A. T. WlUianiK of the WllllHins Lumber <'oni|iniiy, FnyettcvlUc, TcDD.. 

 was In the city for a few days the latter part of the week, calling on 

 the local trade. 



The Guyeho Lmnber Conipnny with hiMUhpinrters at .Memphis, Tenn., 

 hns opened up a Chicago ofllce at -107 Flslnr building. 



The Columbia Parlor Frame Company has Increased Its capital stock 

 to $or>.000, the incorporator* being : Henry C. Hansen, Walter B. Hansen 

 and i:. C. Glhbs. 



ICdward M. Vestal, vice-president and secretary of the Vestal Lumber 

 *: Mnnufaoturlng Company, Knoxvllle, Tenn.. was In Chicago u few days 

 ago. Mr. Vestal had been on n two weeks' selling trip, and was en route 

 home. 



Charles Ransom of the Gayoso Lumber Company. Memphis, Tenn,, 

 slopped off In Chicago recently on his way north, 



11. n. Sale, sales manager of the Hoffman Brothera Company, Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., was among ihe prominent iuiiibermen visiting the city this 

 week. 



B. W. Lord, Chicago Veneer Company, Danville, Ky., and president of 

 the National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' .\Bsoclatlon, was In the 

 city Ihe early part of the week In attendance at the meeting of that 

 organization. 



D. K. Kline of the well-known Louisville Veneer Mills, Louisville, Ky., 

 spent a few days in the city this week, and attended the veneer manu- 

 facturers' meeting at the Congress hotel. 



G. O. Worland of the ICvansvllIc Veneer Company, Evansviiic, ind., 

 stopped off in Chicago for a short stay a few days ago, 



George Staples, Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company, Glod- 

 stone, Mich,, was among the welcome visitors locally wllhin the week, 



,-V. E. Gorham of the northern veneer manufacturing concern, Gorham 

 Brothers Conijiany, Mt. Pleasant. Mich,, was in the city this week in at- 

 tendance at the meeliug of the National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' 

 Association. 



C. B. Allen of Anderson-TuUy Company, Memphis, Tenn., visited the 

 local trade within the last few days. 



H. M. McCracken of the Kentucky Venoer Works. Louisville. Ky,. was 

 a welcome visitor to the city recently. 



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George D. Burgess of Russc & Burgess, Inc. Memphis, Tenn., manu- 

 facturers and wholesalers of hardwood lumber, was a recent visitor to 

 New York in the interest of business. Mr. Burgess reported a good In- 

 quiry from oversea markets, but dilllculty was being experienced in the 

 matter of transportation. Ash, he said, was in unusual demand and 

 there are other items showing some real activity. 



S. C. Major was another Memphlan In the Metropolitan district dur- 

 ing the last two weeks. 



Peter H. Moore of Moore Brothers has returned to the city after a 

 long slay in the Adirondacks. 



Henry M. McDewell. local repre.sentath'e for Davenport, Peters & Co., 

 hardwoods, is now operating from 780 Riverside Drive. 



=-< BUFFALO >•- 



The constitutional convention at Albany on September 2 passed the 

 measure for conservation by a vote of 121 to 11. This would provide 

 for a nine-headed unpaid commission. The state will have a chance to 

 vote on the question at the next election. Some objection has been 

 raised to the plan of a commission of nine members and a protest was 

 made to the convention by the New. York State Fish, Game and Forest 

 League, through a personal letter from its president. George A, Lawyer.. 



Lumbermen are rather pleased over the new demand for walnut, which 

 has takeu place lately after so long neglect of the wood. They will make 

 what use they can of it, which may not be very much on account of 

 the scarcity. A Buffalo hardwood dealer said the other day lhat he 

 thought the demand was a mere matter of fashion, and for this reason 

 it might be possible that it would not last a great while. Mahogany 

 dealers say that the demand is largely for low ends and remnants. The 

 furniture people will take what there Is of it. but are not bidding very 

 high for it. The trade is, however, buying rather more than It did early 

 in the season. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company is finding business more 

 active this month than last, selling principally birch and oak. The mill 

 in Alabama is getting in. a good stock of logs for next season. 



The .Vtlantic Lumber Company has been fairly busy lately moving a 

 number of different hardn-oods. among them chestnut, oak, ash and b.^ss- 

 wood. Manager H. L. Abbott looks for an early improvement in trade. 



The H. T. Kerr Lumber Company lately had a cargo of several hun- 

 dred thousand feet of maple on the steamer Edward Buckley. Mr. Kerr 

 has been spending some time looking after shipments from Pennsylvania. 



T. Sullivan & Co. lately received several hundred thousand feet of 

 hemlock on the steamer Gettysburg. The yard is now doing a general 

 retail business in building woods, as well as its usual wholesale bard- 

 wood trade. 



The Ycager Lumber Company finds an Improved demand for cypress 

 tank stock, with firmer prices ruling. There is a better call for a num- 

 ber of woods, including long ash and oak. 



