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HARDWOOD RECORD 



attending Mrs. Benners tor some time ordered 

 a sea voyage immediately. A party gotten up 

 almost on the impulse of the moment sailed from 

 New York last week. 



Eugene E. Xettleton has resigned his position 

 with the Rice & Lockwood Lumber Company to 

 engage in the wholesale business on bis own 

 account, retaining the office a1 908 ' rozer Build- 

 ing, heretofore occupied by the Rice & Lockwood 

 Company, who withdraw from a direct repre- 

 sentation in this city. Mr. Nettleton will spe- 

 cialize Tacilic coast products, tbe growing popu- 

 larity of wbich be fully believes in, and will 

 continue to handle white pine, cypress and yel- 

 low pine flooring. Mr. Nettletgn reports a good 

 volume of business through Pennsylvania and 

 New Jersey. 



Baltimore. 

 The R. E. Wood Lumber Company, through 

 the Montvale Lumber Company, its real estate 

 holding company, recently purcha icres 



of fine timber lands in Swain county. North 

 Carolina, where a mill will be i ortly. 



The tract is estimated to contain 100,000,000 

 feet of merchantable timber. The consideration 

 was in the neighborhood i Railroad 



facilities of the locality will shortly be im- 

 proved by the proposi i Rabun 

 Gap branch of the Southern railroad from Mary- 

 ville, Tenn., to Busnell, N. C, a distance of 

 about forty-ix miles. A conni b the 

 Talulah Falls railroad at Franklin, N. C, Is also 

 projected. In addition the Southern railroad 

 officers have incorporated the Johnson City 

 Southern Hallway Company to build a line from 

 Marion, N. C, ■'■> along the north 

 fork of the Catawba river and down the valley 

 of tbe Toe river to the Tennessee boundary, a- 

 nty-one miles, to connect with 

 a mad to Johnson City, I enn. 



the will of the late Jacob Bughes, a furni- 

 ture manufacturer of this city, was Sled to 

 bate in the Orphans' court here 



■ ■ of the Baltimore 

 Lumber Exchange, at its monthly meeting last 

 Mono 



Rowland as vice president and elected William 

 M. Burgan in his stead. .lames L. Carmine, 

 formerly in the lumber business on his own ac- 

 count and as manager of the William M. Will- 

 son | mted a licensed in- 

 spector. Mr. Rowland se oi other 

 extensive interests. Though be retains bis con- 

 nections with the American Lumber Company, 

 tbe Rowlai Company and other corpo- 

 ral ions, he is also closely Identified with the 

 International Trust Company, and bis duties as 

 an officer of that concern as well as other work 

 do not leave him time to paj pri per attention 

 to the affairs of the Lumber Exchange. Mr. 

 Burgan is a very active 1 and manu- 

 facturer of cypress. 



W. II. Murphy, bookkeeper for the Kanawha 

 Hardwood Lumber I while walking 



along the track of the Kanawha & Michigan 

 railroad, near Charleston, W. Va., on the Fourth 

 of July, was struck by a train and instantly 



It now looks as if tin- projected dock Imp 

 ment which directly Interests a number of lum- 

 ber firms I ■ they will have 



also for tbe 



u that one of 

 entirely for the use of the lumber trade, will 

 advai i consumma tier than had 



been supposed. A nui aits to enjoin the 



Dock Commission from going ahead with the 

 work hail i . which in the ordinary 



course of events would not have been disposed 



ir some lime to come. -V er, the 



property owners are evincing a disposition to 

 meet the city at least part way, and the suits 

 may be withdrawn. If stub is the case, con- 

 demnation gs will be avoided and the 



■ to be paid for property will be settled by 

 arbitration. 



Pittsburg. 



The vacation season is here and Tittsburg 

 lumber dealers arc lining up their office forces 

 to draw cuts for a two weeks' outing. Many 

 of the leading lumbermen have already taken to 

 their summer homes and come in by train daily. 

 E. V, Bi the Babcock Lumber Com- 



pany has moved his family to Ashtola, Pa., to 

 his summer home. 



A. w. Cook has jus) finished cutting a large 

 tract of timber at Burkville. l'a. 



A. F. Schwerd, whose plant is at 145 McClure 

 avenue, Allegheny, is doing a big business in 

 columns and bain 



The i lea, River Lumber Company is arrang- 

 ing to get the output of a large mill about one 

 hundred miles from Pittsburg which ems large 

 quantitli tice, hemlock and 



Morris ,\ Jones ol loungstown have Incor- 

 d the Valley Lumber Company with a 

 handle all lines of hurd- 

 . lumber. 

 The M. B. Farrin Lumber Company is having 

 a inn- trade in 11 I entury oak B 



which it ships from its yards in In 

 nati. 



The .1 M. Hastings Lumber Company is mak- 

 ing a big cut oi 'i i.ill si ml at its mill 

 at Jacksonburg, w. \a. It reports a good busl- 

 witb keen competition, especially for bill 

 stuff. A large part of its trade is in the out- 

 ■ wns. 



A. M. i . mi Company re- 



ports a log demand for bill stuff and says that 

 on oak are inclined to slip a little for 

 certain lines. 



The A. G. Bn ' ompany on the South 



ra.le in tbe city in 



flooring. The company has several important 



nd controls the output of a number 



ills. 



Joseph w. Cottrell, who was I years 



vice president of the McClure i I mpany 



of Allegheny. I 'a . is now in the lumber busi- 



i building, Pitts- 

 burg, where he will handle a general line of 

 hardv. 



J. 11. II. nd irson of the II i B imber 



lion in the 

 wilds of Nebraska. 



.1. N. Woollett of the American Lumber & 

 •lng Compi i i no in 



ocks. 

 The Paine Lumber Company, Limited, Is get- 

 ting b tsburg this 

 mer with elock" door. 

 Architects are 



•juit • the hardwood ballis- 



w bicb the linn ships 

 from i's : ■ osh. 



The Curll & Lytle Lumber Company, which 



latel] i' timber at Baine, W. 



Va., is preparli ise the output of its 



.lure, ii is also running its mill at III 



comb, W. Va.. to full capacity cutting poplar. 



Sherrick Luml nj of Connells- 



.., E, \\. McNeil 1,900 



i i Tucker, W. Va., for 



i,e tract at 



company is composed of John D., 



I;. I'., 11. I... Samuel D. ami Charles sherrick, 



Joseph Anderson and ' Gilbert. 



many friends Ol W, C. McMillan of the 

 McMillan ompany will regret to learn 



m his ln- 

 eived in 1 1 h anla wreck at 



Harrisburg. At present he is being cared for 

 at bis home in Pittsburg. H is said that from 

 n six feet two Inches high and 

 [hlng UU5 pounds be is reduced to a mere 

 skeleton and his nervous system is almost 

 wrecked. Many pieces of ] are imbed- 



ded in bis body. Several operations have been 

 performed to remove tbe glass that could be 

 located by tbe X-rays, 



The planing mill of M. Simon's Sons, Alle- 

 gheny, was gutted by tire in June. A large quan- 

 tity of dry hardwood lumber was burned. The 



iicd at $2Q, 



Owing to lie extensive improvements being 

 made on the three rivers at Pittsburg this sum- 

 mer there is a' big demand for maple and beech 

 piling. \< Inn- it ,1 limber is accepted by 



the government inspectors. The sticks most 

 wanted are IS anil M feet long and In and 12 

 1 1 a re. 

 Tbe biggest consumer of lumber around Pitts- 

 burg this summer outside of the railroads and 

 nles is He new filtration plant. Doz- 

 ens ot I'l and limber are landed 

 v. 1 1. i. Gillespie & Co., who 

 all the lumber for the $5,01)0,000 

 job. 



i .,.■ i [», Caughey Lumber Company is doing 



in government orders, especially 



In be, and oak, which it cuts in 



and W ■ ounties, Pennsylvania. 



Its mill at i ii. Pa., Is running full. The 



_ demand for sw Itch ties, 



a. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 



J. K. Dronej ol Glean, N. Y. has bought 



i milici land in West Virginia on 



[lady fork ol i be ' heal river, for $150,000. 



aed by Jennings 



1 Dhompson & McCabe 



and lie complete boldings of Cbaffey, McWllliams 



,v Warneld on the Coal & Iron Railroad. The 



..mix ha, been Incorporated 



to bai 



The \\ inhume Lumber Company of Clearfield, 

 Pa., has been incorporated with a capital of 

 $15,000. 'I he d ire N I.. Hoover, Du- 



ll C, r.' .'. ers and A. .1. l legal of 

 I'unv P: Samuel Boyce, Winburne, 



Pa.; J. B. Flint, vYilklnsburg, l'a., and Fred 

 kwell of Pittsburg. 



Buffalo. 



«'. :i one B bo is looking for 



timbei o well laid 



i buj plenty of lumber al favorable 



i i plain and 



i re now cl' 'i i ogether than 

 tei b cks. 



A. Miller is r Iving southern lumber i.y rail 



and Michigan hardwood by lake, thus keeping up 

 a no ment, 



Taylor & Crate are not only actively turning 

 mi; oak lumber In Mississippi, but report good 



buslm i mill iii (ha M.n ga, where the 



a feature, 

 Angus McLean . ..in c anada to look 



after i he new lumber win uri 

 McLean 1 ago, he being 



1 1 ilj member of i he firm ell ac qualnted 



with the of 1 hlngs i i 



I. N. Stewart is still somewhat interested in 



the Hoo-Hoo nui to the Portland lair, but has 



lately. Business In 



other hardwood specialties of the 



firm is fairly goc d 



M. M. Wall is South, looking after the inter- 

 ests of the Buffalo Hardfl 1 Lumber Company. 



i. is coming this way, 



'i. ii Mississippi, 



Scatcberd ,*c Son received a visit lately from, 

 i old and valued customer 

 be London firm of w. 

 B. & G. Partridge, who is eastward bound from 

 nia. 

 The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company 

 list in the marriage 

 of Eclwin J. Kreinheder, secretary of the com- 

 pany. June 29, to HI i ara Retnsch of I'-uflfalo. 

 A line home in i ho Parkslde district will wel- 

 come easti i " 1 1 ii' i pleted, 



i big mill of G. Ellas ,x Bro, is turning out 

 a large amount ol house finish in these days of 

 active building of frame dwellings. Both white 

 pine and hemlock are coming in for tbe firm by 

 lake. 



The burning of the Empire Lumber Company's- 



