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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The W. H. Furniss Company has been incor- 

 porated in this city to conduct a general for- 

 eign and domestic hardwood and veneer business 

 with a capital of $12,500 by W. H. Furniss, late 

 with W. E. Uptegrove & Bro., and Nathan Vida- 

 Ter and S. J. Frank, all of this city. 



A. P. Boyd, a former lumber inspector of the 

 W. X. Cooper Lumber Company, Asheville, N. C, 

 who for the past two years has been associated 

 with Mr. Cooper's Brooklyn interests, died sud- 

 denly in a Brooklyn hospital last week. 



P. J. Bresnahan, the well-known licensed in- 

 spector of this market, has been appointed the 

 official paid inspector of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association for the metropolitan district. 

 F. L. Gilbert of the Red Cliff Lumber Com- 

 pany, Duluth, Minn., arrived at this port re- 

 cently from an extended Mediterranean tour. 



J. B. Wall of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber 

 Company made a flying trip to this city last 

 week on business. 



The Brooklyn office of the A- C. Dutton Lum- 

 ber Company, Springfield, Mass.. which is under 

 the management oi George II. Hiller, has been 

 moved from 437 Bainbridge street to Tenth ave- 

 nue and Seventy-fifth street 



John B. Ransom, principal in the firm of John 

 B. Ransom & 'Co. and the Nashville Hardwood 

 i ling Company of Nashville, Tenn., has been 

 visiting the trade for several days during the 

 fortnight and reports business in both his in- 

 dustries excellent. 



There was an important i 'tin:; of represen- 

 tatives from a large number of the exporting 



houses In this city at the Produce Exchanr I 



May S. The purpose of the meeting was to 

 appoint a special committee to look into the 

 general condition of the export trade with a 

 view to compiling a set of inspection ruli 

 govern export lumber shipments. A committee 

 was appointed to report back at another meeting 

 to be held in the near future. The importance 

 of this procedure is of course obvious to tli"s, 

 engaged in supplying the export trade with 

 lumber and the outcome will be watched with 

 interest. Among those represented at the meet 

 ing were the following well-known export firms : 

 G. Amsinck & Co., American Trading Company, 

 Asheles & Douglass. V. V. A. Brett, Cadenas ,v 

 Coe, Corner Brothers ,^ Co., Crossman & sir] 

 cken, W. H. Crossman & Co., E. F. Han-ell & 

 Co.. Gillespie Brothers & Co., William B. Grace 

 & Co., Hagemeyer & Brunn, II. S. Henry & Son, 

 Kunhardt & Co., Thomson & Co., A. S. Las, .1 1.- - 

 & Co., George F. Lough & Co.. Middleton & Co., 

 Thomas Norton & Co.. Strong, Trowbridge & Co., 

 Whitman Brothers. L. W. & 1'. Armstrong A. 

 Behrens, A. D. Hitch & Co. and Wessels, Kuleti 

 kampff & Co.. 



Henry Kassing, one of the founders of the 

 Germany Colony. I. mm Island City, and foi 

 the past fifty years a prominent figure in the 

 foreign hardwood trad.' of this city, died at 

 his residence in Long Island City on Maj 9 



R. C. Scatcherd of the Batavia-New York 

 Woodworking Company, manufacturers of hard- 

 wood trim, Batavia, N. Y., was here last week 

 figuring on some large orders In this vicinity. 



A. B. Hoffman of the Hoffman Bros. Com 

 pany, Fort Wayne, Ind., spent a few days in 

 this city last week on business. 



W. B. McEwen of the McEwen Lumber Com- 

 pany, Asheville, N. C Feral days among 



the trade during the fortnight. He states that, 

 while there is no cans.- tor complaint in the 

 and for oak and 8 n, birch, etc., some of 

 the other hardwoods have been moving a little 

 slow "i late. 



A. Nicola. Xh.l.i l.i" Company, Pitts 

 burg, in town last week. 



Tip i hi hardwood lumbermen 



i. i -i ing "t tlie N.-ii lonal 



Wholesale Lun t ion on the 



5th inst., at which time matters of imp.. 



were discussed, primary among which was the 



tion of tn Ion: w. w. Lor] ood 



Loci apanj Sprlngfii Id, 



; C. H. Bond, E. W. Rathbun & Co., 



Oswego. N. Y. : R. B. Wheeler, R. B. Wheeler & 

 Co., Philadelphia. Pa. ; N. H. Walcott, L. H. 

 Gage Lumber Company. Providence, R. I. ; F. W. 

 Lawrence, Lawrence & Wiggin, Boston. Mass. ; 

 J. B. Wall. Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. : A. I.. Stone, Nicola, Stone & 

 Myers Company, Cleveland, 0., and W. W. 

 Knight, Long- Knight Lumber Company, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. 



Among other hardwood lumbermen who were 

 visitors in the local market during the fort- 

 night were O. N. Brunei-. O. N. Brunei- Com- 

 panv, Philadelphia, Pa. : E. S. Foster, R. B. 

 Currier, Springfield, Mass. ; J. W. Difenderfer, 

 Frambes-Difenderfer Lumber Company. Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. ; J. Q. Barker, Kanawha Hardwood 

 Company, Andrews. X C. ; G. Elias, G. Elias & 

 Bro., Buffalo. 



The Terwilliger Manufacturing Company, who 

 for years past have conducted a large hard- 

 wood and parquet flooring establishment in this 

 city, have incorporated under the same style 

 with a capital of $50,000. The directors tor 

 the hist vear are L. Terwilliger and Ida L. Ter- 

 williger of Ridgewood, X- J„ and Fred Ter- 

 williger of New York. 



Philadelphia. 

 There is no doubt but what the cold weather 

 of this month is responsible for the slacking up 

 f trade which has been somewhat off dm in;; 

 ,1,,. pasi two weeks. Irrespective of the slight 

 let up. the hardwood dealers are yerj active In 

 thell .Herts to secure lumber for the future. 



, i.niin E. Lloyd, Jr., sales manager of the 

 Cherry Kiver Boom & Lumber Company, at- 

 tended tla- Buffal mention. Mr. Kirby, who 



,ii, i- the office work during the a' 

 ir Lloyd, says he found business in the 



central west during I 'in trip much more 



brisk than this eastern section. Poplar i- ferj 

 stiff, he added, aiol particularly so in the lower 

 grades. The salesmen have been taken off the 

 ind will remain about town for a week or 

 ten dais, so that the mills can get abreast of 

 i he orders. 



sales Manager Blake, tor A. Thompson's force, 



spruce business has been very good all 



season and while no1 over the usual number of 

 bills were offered by contractors this 



spring, the aggregate has been unprecede I 



iv is still plenty of business for the future 



and prices will rule firm. 



Eugene B. Nettleton, of Bice & Lockwood 

 Lumber Company, took up his duties again on 

 ii.e firsl of the month, after an enforced vaca- 

 tion of three week on account of ill health, 

 lie reports from a circular received from the 

 home office of the company that business during 

 last month was the largest in its hist. ry. sur- 

 passing the banner month of November. 1904. 

 Mr. Xettleton has been on a trip through tin 

 coal regions and found the dealers fairly well 

 stocked up. Cypress is in good demand in that 

 territory, 



Samuel II. Shearer, "i Samuel II. Shearer & 

 Sen. says they are finding plenty of buyers tor 



their hardwood stock, only in this vicinity. 



but all through tie Mate The firm has had a 

 heavj demand for chestnut this spring, owing to 

 the scarcity of oak. 



Harry I. Soble, of Sohle Bros., reports a strong 

 .1. maud and an inquiry abroad, especially for 

 plain oak. Trade throughout the spring has 

 I., en entirely satisfactory, both locally and from 

 the outside. John Soble lias been in the south 

 at their mill connection, looking over the stock 

 and hustling orders through. There is a nice 

 assortment at the mill and, as a better supplj 

 ..I cars is being given by the railroad, the orders 



:,i ming along with more promptness. 



I .hound Pennell says that trade has been brisk 

 this season, although not as much now as last 

 month. He looks for a fair demand during the 

 summer. 



John J. Little says business is good and the 

 outlook is encouraging, despite the slight lull 

 experienced during the past fortnight. 



John T. Riley, of Chas. S. Riley & Co.. says 

 the company has cut into some nice hardwood 

 at their operation at Kinston, N. C. The mill 

 will be closed down about June 1 for a period 

 of five weeks to install new boilers of a larger 

 capacity, and to make some other repair in and 

 about the plant. Harry Riley is at the mill this 

 week superintending the preliminaries. 



Smith S. Frambes. of the Frambes-Difenderfer 

 Lumber Company, is confined to his home by 

 sickness. With the unusual amount of business 

 this spring and the office work increasing cor- 

 respondingly. Mr. Difenderfer is a very busy 

 man. though making no complaint of this state 

 of affairs. 



Frank B. Miller, of Miller & Miller, says the 

 firm is enjoying a good, steady demand from 

 I., retail yards, and is having trouble in sup- 

 plying the call in some lines of stock, principalis 

 plain oak. However, they are more fortunate 

 than a great many other dealers in possessing 

 stock that is wanted. 



An increase of business is usually accompanied 

 by the securing of larger office quarters. Several 

 concerns have experienced that necessity this 

 pring and increased their accommodation. The 

 last company to feel the need is Eli B. Hallowell 

 ,V Company, who will shortly move to a lower 

 floor in the Harrison building, having secured a 

 suite of four rooms. Mr. Hallowell, with his 

 wile, has been making a short trip south. 



The demand for hardwoods and the scarcity 

 of stock are making it hard to care for business 

 properly, says William II. Fritz, of William H. 

 Fritz e. Co. He states that as far as the com- 

 pany is concerned there has been no let up in 

 Hi, call for hardwoods, and that lumber at cheap 

 prli es is not to be had. 



J'.. D. Galloway of the Galloway-Tease Com- 

 pany. Johnson City, Tenn., was in town last 

 week renewing old acquaintances and feeling the 



, let. Other visitors were W. S. Kerr of the 



j. s Bird C tny, New Orleans; Robert Pat- 

 terson, Patterson Lumber Company. Sutherland. 

 \ i , and (ikey .1. Mann of the Rumbarger 

 Lumber Company's Pittsburg office. 



I in delay on shipments has bothered Edwin 

 p. Slocomh .v c... a great deal this season, hut 

 better deliveries are now being made. Mr. Slo- 

 comb says there is a fair demand for all the 

 hardwoods and b believes the summer trade is 

 to be a heavy one. 

 Charles K. Parry, of the Parry Righter Lum- 

 ber Company, was very successful in making sev- 

 eral very good connections for hardwoods that 

 the company were badly in need of. 



The amount of lumber that passes through the 

 big yard of R. A. & .1. .1. Williams, up in the 

 northwestern section of the city, in the course 

 of a month is enormous. The firm has done a 

 heavy spring business and it requires much hust- 

 ling to keep the stock up to the size desired. 



The Salfkiatehie Lumber Company has been 

 chartered under the laws of South Carolina, with 

 a capital of $100,000. The main office of the 

 company win be at 1020 Pennsylvania building. 

 .Messrs. John H. and Robert W. Schofleld, of 

 Schofield Bros., are president and treasurer, re- 



S] lively; Ralph 1'. Bush of Boyersford, Pa., 



is vice president, and Conrad B. High of Read- 

 ing. Pa., is the secretary. The company has ac- 

 quired a tract of about 8,300 acres in Barnwell. 

 Hampton, Colleton and Bamburg counties, and 

 it is well timbered with cypress, poplar, ash. 

 oak, gum and pine. The nearest town of any 

 size is Ulmers, S. C. about half way between 

 Savannah and Columbia, on the Seaboard Air 

 Line. A railroad of standard gauge, fifteen 

 miles In length. I being constructed. The com- 

 pany Will not have tO depend entirely upon the 



