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realized that it could not hope to obtain redress 

 exi >•[>[ by going before the Interstate Commis- 

 sion. The petition sets forth the case in full 

 and makes it plain that the railroads, in refusing 

 to provide equipment, are in fact guilty of a 

 discrimination against the lumber trade, since 

 other Hies of business are receiving more liberal 

 treatment. The matter is likely to come up for 

 further discussion al the midsummer meeting of 

 ihe National Wholesale Lumber Dealers" Associa- 

 tion to be held at Ottawa next month, to which 

 representatives of all the other lumber organiza- 

 tions have been invited. Some formal action is 

 likely to be taken at this meeting, and the pro 

 reduce will be in effect the conclusion of all the 

 lumber organizations in the country. 



A decision of much importance to a number 

 of lumber corporations as well as individuals en- 

 gaged in lumbering operations was handed down 

 in the circuit court at Fairmont, W. Va., on July 

 JO, the case being that of the state of West Vir- 

 ginia against Henry G. King and others in chan- 

 cery. This case brought into controversy some 

 500,000 acres of land rich in timber, coal and 

 other resources, and situated in the southern 

 part of the state. Some of this land was granted 

 to Robert Morris, the financier of the Revolu- 

 tionary war. It was afterward sold by the state 

 for taxes, but King claimed the right to redeem 

 the land and brought too other defendants into 

 the suit with him. Judge John W. Mason, in 

 handing down his decision, released some T.tHiu 

 acres claimed by Egbert Miller and the Spruce 

 Coal & Lumber Company, holding that neither 

 King nor the state had any claim to the tract 

 The decision is in the nature of a precedent, 

 which will doubtless be promptly availed of by 

 other holders, who will likewise ask to be re- 

 leased. 



The Retail Lumber Dealers' Association organ- 

 ized here with Edward P. Gill as president has 

 secured permanent quarters in the building at 

 the southeast corner of Eastern avenue and 

 T'nion Dock, where William M. Burgan, the tem- 

 porary secretary, will be on hand to help along 

 the cause. The intention is to provide a lunch 

 room and other attractions, which will serve to 

 bring the members of the trade together fre- 

 quently and make the association headquarters 

 a center of interest. Of the twenty-two firms in 

 the city not less than sixteen have so far joined 

 and several others are expected to come in soon, 

 so that the association will include practically 

 every lumber firm in Baltimore. 



The will of Jacob Hughes, president of the 

 Hughes Furniture Manufacturing Company, who 

 died June 24, has been filed f«r probate in the 

 orphans' Court. It makes provision for the con- 

 tinuance of the business so successfully managed 

 by the deceased. The capital invested in the 

 factory is to remain there for a certain time. 



Carter. Hughes & Co.. Eastern avenue and 

 T'nion Dock, have recently taken up the ma- 

 hogany business again and some fine lots have 

 of late changed hands through their instrument- 

 ality. The firm also reports a brisk demand for 

 maple flooring, which is extensively used in the 

 many large buildings going up in the burnt dis- 

 trict. 



E. F. Perry, secretary of the National Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' Association, was in this 

 city and Washington last Monday and Tuesday, 

 and conferred with a number of lumbermen with 

 respect to matters of interest to the trade. 



A. G. I'pdegrave of S. T. Dpdegrave, Williams- 

 port, Pa., hardwood manufacturer, stopped here 

 last week on the way to the firm's plant near 

 Hot Springs, N. C. 



Pittsburg. 



W. D. Johnston, president of the American 

 Lumber & Manufacturing Company, is back from 

 a visit to the company's yellow pine mills at 

 1'axton. Fla., where 100,000 feet of lumber is 

 cut daily. 



R. II. Erviug of Flint. Ervlng & Stoner has 

 returned from a short stay at his summer home 



al Beaumaris, Can. J. 1:. Flint of the - 



company has in- famllj summering at his cool 

 retreat al Lake Simcoe, sixty-six miles 



I "lonto. 



A. M. Turner and w. II. Mason, of the A. M 

 Turner Lumber Company, recently made quite 

 an extended tour of the southern siaies. They 

 report thai the mills are "full up" with orders 

 and that i! is hard to get deliveries. This firm 

 secured an unusually large order lor yellow pine 

 recently. 



W. E. McMillan of the McMillan Lumber 



Company is at last able to get out for an ' 



a day with the aid of two canes. lie was a 

 victim of the Pennsylvania railroad wreck at 

 Harrisburg. 



J. E. Mcllvain & Co. have 1 11 I king s 



large orders this month for white oak. which 

 they will deliver from their mills at Pine Grove, 

 W. Va.. on the West Virginia branch of the 

 It. & O. railroad. 



D. L. Gillespie & Co. shipped the first steamer 

 of ties from Brunswick to Cuba on July 17. 

 This is to apply on their order of 17,000,000 

 cypress ties, all of which are destined for rail- 

 road use in Cuba. Each steamer will carry 

 about 3D, 000 ties and it is expected thai it 

 will take eight months to fill the order. 



The West Virginia Lumber Company has over 

 .",,1100.111111 feet of poplar, oak and yellow pine 

 in stock at its mill at Johnson City, Tenn., dry- 

 ing for shipment. 



J. J. Penney of J. E. Mcllvain & Co. is 

 at Chautauqua for a few days with his family. 



A. and F. L. McMillan of the McMillan Lum- 

 ber Company are at the company's plant at Wil- 

 son, W. Va., getting out some big orders of oak 

 and hemlock. 



F. A. Wilson, superintendent of salesmen for 

 the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Colum- 

 bus, O.. made a very successful trip among the 

 Pittsburg hardwood firms ten days ago. His 

 sales show the best demand for plain oak. which 

 is going at good prices. Poplar was also a 

 steady seller with him. 



W. E. Terhune of W. E. Terhune & Co. is in 

 the northwest buying stock. 



M. A. Ilayward. of the Burt & Brabb Lumber 

 Company, Columbus, 0., picked up some nice 

 orders in this city last week. His company's 

 plant is at Ford, Ky., where it is manufacturing 

 poplar extensively. 



J. H. Henderson of the II. C. Huston Lum- 

 ber Company and the Yough-Manor Lumber 

 Company took a two days' trip up the Baltimore 

 Ac Ohio a few days ago and brought back some 

 nice orders for hardwood from the mill towns. 



The Nicola Brothers Company and G. 1'.. Merrill 



S Co. of Dents Run, Pa., have bought 9, 



acres of hardwood and yellow pine lands on the 

 Pearl river in Mississippi for about $200,000. 

 The Nicola Brothers Company will at once pui 

 in a large mill and develop the property. G. I'.. 

 Merrill & Co. ,vill have active charge of the 

 work. The p-irehasers secured a right of way 

 to the Illinois Central railroad at Canton, Mi— . 

 which gives tin iii the advantage of river or rail 

 Shipment. Tin Nicola Brothers Company is 

 also having an expert examination made rf 

 an 18,000 acre timber tract in Mississippi which 

 ,t contemplates buying, which will cosl in the 

 ,:, ,'phl orhood of $500, - 



J. N. Woollen, hardw l manager tor hi 



American Lumber & Manufacturing Company, 



has just closed 1 contract tor 2,000, I" 



firsts end seconds white oak. poplar and che 

 nni to In- nit ;it Hartsville. Tenn.. and shipped 

 within ninety days. His company i- 

 big trade in oak dimension stuff lor mines, 

 shafts, trestles, et' 



The Vough-Manor Lumber Company, through 

 its sal.-- manager, .1. H. Henderson, secured one 



„. besl orders I ked in over two years when 



,1 not the annual order Of Hie Oliver A Sc. 

 Steel l.ompany early in July. The order calls 



P er 1. •'" ' "' lumber and will ag- 



grega , $50,000. Tic lumber will be 



ie,l 1,, [h,. company's plants and mines at 



Oliver, Fayette county. Pa. In addition to the 



-lit lumber, there will he wanted 300,000 



libers, all hardw I, tot 



in 'I'' coal minis, a large quantity of pit rails 



and in ..11, 1 25, pit lie-, \l, 



the lumber win be oak and hardwood and It 

 will in supplied from tin- company's mills at 

 I, M'l.. and Emma and Ohlopyle, Pa. 



Tin Ogllvle Lumber Company has applied for 

 a Pennsylvania charier. The incorporators are 

 Robert A. and Samuel Ogllvle and William Mor 

 rison of Pittsburg. 



Flint. Living & Stoner are shipping 625 cars 

 of lumber a month ai present Their best call 

 Is fir yellow [inc. o. which they hid fair to 



0,000, ■■■ Ihis year. The company re 



polls a good demand for hardwoods and a brisk 

 trade in poplar. 



The Ruskauff Lumber Company Is doing a nice 

 business this month in poplar. Both saps and 



ion stock arc in good demand with them 



and me supplied from the West Virginia mills. 

 of wlrch tin v have the output. 



lie Pennsylvania Lumber Company, whose 

 Pittsburg manager is F. K. I'.rnilshaw, is handling 

 a large amount of oak and hardwoods from its 

 plant at Sheffield, Pa. lis trade with building 

 contractors has been very satisfactory this month 

 and it reports prices firm, with a tendency 

 to advance in oak and maple. 



At least two car loads of Pittsburg lumber- 

 men and their families are expecting to take in 

 the excursion to the annual convention of Hoo 

 ii" 10 he held at Portland, in September. 



Buffalo. 



Reports from the South arc not very favor 

 able to the production of n large sn.ek of oak. 

 M. M. Wall, who is lately back from a trip to 

 the Gulf Stales, found that the old rainy ion 

 ditions still prevail to a great extent. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company lias 

 found a site for its new oak mill in Memphis, 

 but has not decided on the size of it yet. The 

 company finds business quiet, hut looks for a 

 heavy fall trade, as the furniture and other 



factories using hardw Is are preparing for a 



strong run. 



Ihe yard of the Empire Lumber Company on 

 Seneca street is selling out preparatory to cloa 

 ing. hut the plan to keep up a general assort 

 inent while reducing the amount is adhered to. 

 and incoming shipments are frequent. F. W. 

 Yetter is still in Buffalo. 



Taylor & Crate arc adding to their stock of 

 hardwoods at their Niagara river yard, when 

 thej are very favorably situated for handling 

 everything by lake, so thai ii is not necessary 

 to bring up much from the South that can be 

 supplied from thin direction. 



Scatcherd & Son are keeping the Seneca streel 



yard well storked siloe moving t he Office lit" 



town. They do not report any conclusions of the 

 negotiations for mote oak territory in the 



South, ii gh the quesl will continue till it 



is obtained. 



A. Miller is going into eherrj consider 

 and has lately brought quantities of it from 

 Pennsylvania, besides a supplj "l poplar and 

 oak f 1 West Virginia. 



Pacifli coasl lumber is coming into favor. 

 and G. Elias & Bro. have lately added to their 

 siock "f timber bj getting some long length- 

 oi Washington fir. Low prices in the trade are 

 plained of. 



11 1; N eager finds that his plan of carrying 

 an all-around hardwood assortment has 

 S o «eii perfected that he i- easy on shipment! 

 from the South, and will only need to fill in 

 here and there occasionally as the demand ne 

 , es-ilales. 



lie- question of room still takes up the cal 

 culatlon oi the Standard Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, the yard always being filled 10 the 

 overflow stage, chiefly with oak. other southern 

 hardwoods always being carried for assortment. 

 More yard is planned for - 



