October 10, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The capital stock of the Aiu'iiraii I.umli.T & Investment Company, El 

 Paso, Tex., has been increased lo .$100,000. 



The Alabama CotHn & Caskel Company, ISiriniiifiham, .\la., has been 

 succeeded by the Birmingham <^'asket Company. 



Teeijarden Brothers at Bennett, Wis., and the Paulson Lumber Com- 

 pany, Kvansville, Wis., suft'ered a loss hy fire recently. 



The Whiting Lumber Company announces that the Philadelphia. Pa.. 

 address has been changed to 1644 Land Title Building. 



An increase in capital stock has been made by the Perfection School 

 Desk Manufacturing Company, Spokane, Wash., it now being $200,000. 



Franklin B. Ward, John T. Trumplet and Lucas .T. Gregor have In- 

 corporated the Interior Lumber Company at Detroit, Mich., with a capita! 

 of .l!2.'i,000. 



At Somerset, Ky., the Brothers Lumber Company has been incorporated 

 by E. Humble, Sam E. Humble and L. Hershtl Humbel. with a capital 

 stock of $5,000. 



A charter has been granted the Seaboard Corporation. It is capitalized 

 at $15,000. the incorporators being W. W. (^oney and L. M. Williams. 

 C. K. Wright of Virginia. 



The Adler Manufacturing Company, the Adler Lumber Company and 

 the Beckwith Organ Company. Louisville, Ky., have consolidated as the 

 Adler Manufacturing Company. 



Two other corporations with capitals of .$50,000, recently incorporated, 

 are the Gaylord Lumber & Fuel Company, Gaylord, Mich., and the 

 Lawson Lumber & Coal Company. Rnyal Oak. Mich. 



H. A. Singer, vice-president of the .Vrkia Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company, located as the eastern representative at ."iSS Westminster road, 

 Brooklyn. N. Y., advises that he has moved to that address from 235 

 Hawthorne street, also Brooklyn. 



The F. IT. Carpenter Lumlier Company of Minneapolis. Minn., has 

 filed articles of incorporation, its capital being $.'500,000. The company 

 was formed to take over the lunilter yards of the Goodr!dge-(^aIl Lumber 

 Company in North and South Dakota, by Fred II. Carpenter, president ; 

 E. J, Carpenter, vice-president ; .John Wittmayer of Scotland. S. D., sec- 

 retary, and Irving R. Goodridge. treasurer. 



On Friday. September 17, at Grayville. 111., occurred the death of Sylves- 

 ter Henry Blood, one of the early pioneers of Illinois. He was born in 

 Kushford. N. Y.. on May 9, 1829, but later moved west, and has been 

 engaged in the lumber business at Grayville as .7. M. Blood & Bros, since 

 18S5, although during the past few years, due to ill health, he has not 

 taken active part in the affairs of that concern. 



< CHICAGO >■ 



The Arkla Lumber & Manufacturing Company with headquarters at 

 St. Louis. Mo., has established an office at 1830 Insurance Exchange 

 building. Chicago. 



The Duntley Pneumatic Sweeper Company has filed an involuntary peti- 

 tion in bankruptcy. 



On October G. the Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association and its 

 efficient secretar.v, William L. Claffey. moved from 822 Hammond building. 

 Detroit, Mich., to 1358 Conway building, Chicago. 



The Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Company is just completing an im- 

 portant reorganization under which its capital stock, which about 

 eighteen months ago was raised from $30,000 to $75,000, will be still 

 further increased to $250,000. At the same time the name will be 

 changed to the Huddleston-lfarsh Mahogany Company. As noted in pre- 

 vious Issues, the Huddleston-Marsh company has opened an oflice at 

 33 W. Forty-second street. New York. N. Y., where R. S. Huddleston 

 is located, and where he is attending to the wholesaling and manufac- 

 turing end of the business. The officers and management of the com- 

 pany remain as before. 



The trade extension department of the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association is certainly showing 'a live front, it getting out a lot of 

 mighty good literature that is going in the right direction. The latest is 

 a series of pamphlets with cartoon illustrations that should convey the 

 purpose and results of the department's efforts clearly and distinctly. 



The association's standard grades of poplar, oak. Cottonwood, gum 

 and other hardwoods as adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation of the United States, being the official grading rules effective 

 October 1, 1915, have just been issued. Secretary Weller announces that 

 copies are for sale at ten cents apiece, and that leather covered copies 

 for pocket use can be had for forty cents. 



M. J. Fox of the Von Platen Lumber Company, Iron Mountain, Mich., 

 burst in on Chicago on Thursday of this week "to do business." Mr. 

 Fox says that it is necessary for a man stuck away in the tall sticks to 

 get down to see the bright lights occasionally in order to avoid the 

 .tendency to become too rural in his inclinations. 



W. B. Burke, vice-president and general manager of the Lamb-Fish 

 Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss., spent several days in Chicago a week 

 ago. Mr. Burke was accompanied by Mrs. Burke, their visit being for 

 the purpose of getting their son started in the Morgan Park Military 

 •Vcademy. 



D. S. Watrous. secretary and manager of the Little Rock Lumber & 

 Manufacturing Company. Little Rock. Ark., was in the city last week. 

 Mr. Watrous said that his plant was closed down for a considerable 

 period last month while some alteration^ and changes were being made. 



.1. D. Staples of the Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company. 



Gladstone, Mich., is spending considerable time in Chicago these days, 

 having come back to the city this week after having left just a short 

 time before I. A. Bushong of the same company w'as also in the city 

 for a brief period the latter part of this week. 



P. .1. Kuny of the Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company. Mound 

 City, III., was in Chicago this week and relates beginning a liig cut of 

 a.sh logs, which will aggregate about 3.000,000 feet. Mr. Kuny is keen 

 on the war situation, and as may be inferred from his name, is naturally 

 inclined toward the Teutonic side. It is suggested that one of the 

 most common uses for ash is in the manufacture of high-grade oars. It 

 is also a matter of general knowledge that the King's navy, with head- 

 quarters at I/ondon. has, because of so rapidly increasing its proportions, 

 gotten behind in the supply of oars for its small boats. Mr. Kuny says 

 that these ash logs will go through in a hurry. 



Ralph May of May Brothers, Memphis, Tenn., spent a few hours with 

 the Chicago trade on Wednesday of last week. 



A. C. Wells, vice-president and general manager of the ,T. W. Wells 

 Lumber Company. Menominee. Mich., spent Friday of last week in 

 Chicago. 



E. E. rieineman, treasurer and sales mana.ger of the Heinemau Lumber 

 Company, Merrill, Wis., was in Chicago for several days last week in 

 conference with the Chicago representative of the Heinemau Lumber Com- 

 pany, John J. Anderson of the John J, Anderson Lumber Company, Lum- 

 ber Exchange building. 



=■< NEW YORK >■= 



Blaik & Yates, Inc., recently organized in New York, are establishing 

 a hardwood yard at Paterson, N. J.i from which they will distribute 

 domestic and foreign hardwoods. Among the imported woods is ma- 

 hogany from the Philippines, the first cargo of which is due to arrive 

 at I'aterson, October 25. The yard is well located in respect to ship- 

 ping facilities to all points and is close enough to New York to make 

 wagon deliveries, when needed, conveniently. H. R. Black is president 

 of the corporation. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against the James McBride Com- 

 pany, manufacturer of parquet flooring. New York City, Liabilities are 

 $35,000; assets $20,000. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against the Paterson Lum- 

 ber Comiian.v. office 55 John street, this city. It is a Tennessee cor- 

 poration and has a mill in that state. The liabilities are said to l)e 

 between $50,000 and $00,000 with assets $20,000 to $25,000. 



Charles .Mllno, who has been in the local wholesale hardwood trade 

 for many years, is back in his old headquarters, 18 Broadway, after 

 several months of retirement due to poor health. Mr. Milne suffered a 

 breakdown early this year and was advised by his physician to give up 

 business and take a complete rest. This he did, and it is good news to 

 his many friends that he is now recovered sufficiently to again enter 

 business. He will have the same office assistants and the strings will be 

 taken up just where they were laid down. 



Peter II. Moore has been ill with typhoid for the past several weeks 

 at Lake Placid, N. Y. Mr. Moore was on vacation when taken ill. He 

 is rapidly getting better and is now able to walk about a little each day. 



A wholesale hardwood dealer operating in this market for the past 

 five years just returned from a trip to the manufacturing sections of 

 North Carolina and West Virginia and reports a general resumption of 

 activity there in the industries using large quantities of hardwood lumber, 

 and a consequent stiffening of values in the lumber market. He sa.vs 

 the larger mills are not overstocked and the supply of available bard- 

 woods at remote places is considerably less than is generally believed. 

 In New York, he says, so much lumber finds its way to market that a 

 true perspective of the situation can hardly be obtained, and it was for 

 the purpose of learning at first hand just what the supply is that he 

 made the mill trip. His opinion is that prices are pointing to higher 

 levels, and in some cases even now mills are demanding advances above 

 the prices accepted a month ago. A good demand from the larger manu- 

 facturing sections will find hardwoods not easily obtained and prices high 

 and strong. 



Fire on Septemljer 29 caused considerable damage to the hardwoods 

 piled in the yard of Charles F. Fischer & Co.. Inc., 1916 Park avenue. 

 The loss Is estimated at $15,000, fully insured. There was a quantity of 

 green hardwood squares in the yard, which caused a heavy pall of smoke, 

 and some diflJculty was experienced by the fire fighters on this account. 



=-< BUFFALO > 



The entertainment committee of the Lumber Exchange recently visited 

 the chestnut grove near North Boston, this county, getting ready for the 

 outing which is to be held there some time this month, and which is 

 expected to be a record-breaking affair. 



Vice-President E. B. Lott, of the A. J. Chestnut Lumber Company, who 

 covers New York City regularly, is home for a short time. He said this 

 month that he thought thick maple was about the most active wood in his 

 trade at present, as it is wanted for exporting. 



H. T. Kerr reports that he is bringing down hardwood lumber from 

 Cheboygan as fast as his steamboat, the Edward Buckley, can handle it. 

 He is able to sell a great part of the cargo, sometimes all of It, before it 

 gets heri'. 



