September 25, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



39 



quarterly meeting of the exchange was postponed for similar reasons. 



The well-known Baltimore firm of Price & Heald has arranged with 

 the G. W. Jones Lumber Company of Appleton, Wis., to handle the 

 company's output of Michigan birch in this section. The details of the 

 arrangement were attended to for the company by Roy H. Jones, the 

 secretary. 



Another visitor last we»k was John Standifer of the Anchor Lumber 

 Company, Cincinnati. 



George C. Brown & Co. will operate a plant tor the manufacture of 

 cedar, which has just been erected at Fredericksburg. Va. A. T. Quick, 

 of Lynchburg, Va., is the manager of the company. 



A large addition on K street, Washington, D. C, is planned by the 

 District of Columbia Paper JIanufacturing Company, Water and Potomac 

 streets, N. W. A seven-story, fireproof building. 200 by 150 feet, and with 

 30,000 square feet of floor space, is to be erected of reinforced concrete 

 with a garden and gymnasium on the roof for the employes. The com- 

 pany's draftsmen are preparing the plans. 



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The Sidney Wood Turning Company of Sidney. O.. has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $5,000, to do all kinds of woodworking. The incorp- 

 orators are A. C, Clem and Leon Chambers, and M. L. and H. H. 

 IlefTelman. 



The La Belle Box Factory at Martin's Ferry, O., was burned September 

 2 with a loss of $."iO,000. The warehouse was filled with boxes and had 

 a fine lot of machinery which was destroyed. It is reported that the 

 plant will be rebuilt in the near future. 



W. H. Hiser, formerly of Gassaway, W. Va.. is planning to operate a 

 wholesale and retail yard in Akron, O., and is winding up the affairs of 

 the Hiser Lumber Company of Gassaway. Mr. Hiser will handle both pine 

 and hardwoods. 



According to the statement of the Ohio Industrial Commission for the 

 year 1914, there was $7,053,130 paid out in payrolls In the lumber and 

 planing industry of the state of Ohio. This amount is arrived at by the 

 reports filed with the Board of Awards, showing the premiums paid for 

 workmen's compensation insurance. It does not include plants employ- 

 ing less than five employes. 



R. W. Horlon of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a fairly 

 good demand for hardwoods In central Ohio territory. Buying on the 

 part of the retail trade is the best feature, although some orders are 

 received from factories making furniture and vehicles. Automobile con- 

 cerns are also buying some stocks. Prices are rather steady at the levels 

 which have prevailed for some time. The records of September show 

 a larger volume of business than during August. 



J. W. Mayhew of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company has returned from 

 a vacation spent in the South. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports a better feeling 

 in hardwood circles with prospects for the future becoming brighter. 

 Shipments are coming out promptly. 



Manufacturers of millwork are having a nice run of business In 

 central Ohio territory. 



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The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Company of Cincinnati, last week filed com- 

 plaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the C. C. C. & 

 St. L. Railroad because of the imposition of a rate of 17 y^ cents a 

 hundred on lumber from Baltimore to Cincinnati. The complainant 

 asserts that 16 cents is a proper rate and asks reparation. 



At the fall meeting of the Cincinnati Furniture Exchange at the 

 Zoological gardens, the Buskirk-Rutledge Lumber Company was elected 

 to membership. 



James E. Tracey, fift.y-four years old, who was in charge of the 

 crating and lumber department of the Edwards Manufacturing Com- 

 pany since that concern was founded years ago, died last week at his 

 home in the Bristol Flats, after an illness extending over a period of 

 nearly five months. He was not married. Mr. Tracey came from Tracey, 

 near Dennison, O. His relatives at Tracey came to Cincinnati and took 

 charge of the body. Mr. Tracey was widely known in lumber circles 

 and a host will mourn his death. 



Judge Wade Gushing last week appointed Herry T. Klein receiver for 

 William F. Galle & Co., hardwood lumber dealers of Cincinnati. His 

 bond was fixed at $5,000. The action was taken following a suit by 

 Sarah L. Archer, executrix of the estate of Robert N. Archer. She states 

 that the Galle concern owes the Archer estate $11,743.40. Robert N. 

 Archer frequently advanced money to the Galle company during his life- 

 time, she says, and she asks for an accounting. The defendant answered 

 the suit, joining in the prayer for a receiver. Mr. Klein will continue 

 the business. Attorneys Mathews & Klein filed the suit. The petition 

 also alleged that some other creditors had been paid in preference to 

 the Archer estate. 



The day following the petition filed for the Archer Estate, other creditors 

 closed on Galle. Creditors charge that he made preferences to the 

 Stratemeyer Lumber Company and tlie Frieberg Lumber Company while 

 insolvent. The other creditors taking action against him are C. Crane 

 & Co., who hold an unpaid account of $2,394, the Buskirk-Rutledge Lum- 



J. K. WILLIAMS 



A. T. WILUAMS 



Williams Lumber Co. 



(MANUFACTURERS) 



WHOLESALE 

 HARDWOOD 



LUMBER 



Band Mill Planing Mill Dry Kiln 



Fayetteville, Tenn. 



We manufacture PLAIN and QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, ASH, CHESTNUT and 

 other HARDWOODS 



Our Specialty is Quartered White Oak 



We Manufacture Dimension 

 Stock — Hickory a Specialty 



■Bill 1 1 Kentucky Oak 



results in 



Satisfied Artisans 



meaning 



Money Saved 



ITS growing conditions ENFORCE an unvarying 

 uniformity of color and grain. Its texture has a 

 silky softness that delights and contents your workers. 



I I 



TS beautiful, clean boles make possible unusual 

 widths and lengths in which we specialize. 



The following values, 

 All Kentucky Stock Should Attract You 



4 cars S/4 Log Run Hard 

 Maple 



2 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common & 



Better Hard Maple 



3 cars C/4 Log Run Beech 

 15 cars 4/4 No. 3 Common Oak 

 15 cars 4/4 No. 2 Common 



Plain Red Oak 



3 cars 4/4 No. 2 Common 



Plain White Oak 



50 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Plain Red Oak 



2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Plain White Oak 

 5 cars 5/4 No. 3 Common 



Plain Red Oak 

 2 cars 5/4 Sound Wormy Oak 

 10 cars 4/4 Sound Wormy Oak 

 5 cars 4/4 Common & Better 



Chestnut 

 5 cars 4/4 Sound Wormy 



Chestnut 

 1 car 5/4 No. 3 Common & 



Better Poplar 



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MANUFACTURERS | 



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