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HARDWOOD RECORD 



to its mill, where it will be largely cut into quar- 

 tered stock, which is a specialty of this company. 

 C. & W. Kramer Company of Richmond. Ind., 

 has had an excellent business for its hardwood 

 mill all the year and is running on full time. 



This company has recently acquired a large tim- 

 ber tract in Arkansas, and is at present engaged 

 in rebuilding the mill on the property and will 

 supplement its Indiana output by manufacturing 

 oak and other hardwoods in the South. 



HardWood NeWs. 



(By HARDWOOD EECOED Special Correspondents.) 



Chicago. 



Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Man- 

 ufacturers' Association of the United Si 

 was a Chicago visitor last week and paid the 

 Record the compliment of a call. 



E. C. Mershon, head of the big resaw ma- 

 chinery manufacturing house of W. B. Mershon 

 ,x Co., Saginaw, Mich., was a welcome caller at 

 the Record office on Tuesday of last week. 



Wagstaff of Oshkosh was in Chicago on Thurs- 

 day last and said "hello" to the Hardwood Rec- 

 ord over the telephone. 



A welcome caller at this office last week was 

 A X. Love of the Darnell-Love Lumber Com 

 of Memphis, which operate hardwood mills at 

 Leland, Miss, Mr. Love was accompanied by 

 J, L. Lane, 941 Stock Exchange, this city, the 

 local hardwood wholesaler. 



The John M. Smith Lumber Company of Nash- 

 ville, successors to the Southern Hardwood Com- 

 pany of Nashville and John M. Smith of Dick- 

 son, Tenn., has put out a handsome busl 

 card, the back of which is embellished with the 

 picture of the big ash log illustrated In the 

 Hardwood Record a few weeks ago. This log 

 was thirty-five Inches In diameter and thirty-two 

 feet long, and It yielded some three inch clear 

 plank twenty six Inches wide. 



L. B. Lesh of the Lesh & Matthews Lumber 

 ■ my of this city has recently returned from 

 hern buying trip. 



J. \V. Embree of the Rlttenhouse & Embree 

 pany, the well known hardwood flooring and 

 lumber men of Chicago, Is at the company's mills 

 In Warren, Ark. 



The sincere condolences of the trade are being 

 extended to George W. Stoneman of the Stone- 

 man-Zearlng Lumber Company of this city and 

 of De Vail Bluff. Ark., over the death of his 

 wife, which occurred July 30. Mrs. Stoneman 

 was only thirty-six years of age and died after 

 a very short Illness. She was married to Mr. 

 man in lMi.'t and leaves three children. 

 Mrs. Stoneman was well known and highly es- 

 teemed, being a member of the West End Worn 

 an's Club and of the Second Baptist Church of 

 this city. 



W. S, Johnson of the Johnson & Knox Lumber 

 Company has just returned from a trip to the 

 northern peninsula of Michigan. 



Mr. Harrison, president <.r the Jefferson Saw 

 mill Company, Ltd . of New Orleans, has been 

 visiting mam of his friends In the hardwood 

 trade here for the last few days. He bemoans 

 the serious yellow fever situation prevailing In 

 his home city. 



0. Agler Of Uphatn & Agler Is at Detroit 

 on a business trip 



L. II. I.sh of the Lesh & Matthews Lumber 

 Company has returned from a business trip to 

 Memphis. 



A. K. Vlnnedge of the A. R. Vinncdge Lumber 

 Company has been spending a few days at his old 

 home In Cokomo, Ind. 



A H. Daugharty, manager "f \v. E. Kelley & 

 i back from a Pacific coast trip 

 next week. 



A. J Met ausland, manager of the hardwood 

 ment of W. E. Kellej & Co., Is al Nash 

 vllle this week. 



RIcketts, Rock* • i the title of a 



new Chicago commission lumbei aousi with 



offices at 614 Marquette building. The lirm Is 



Blcki f Of 1 'ninth. 



and 11. E. Rockwood, who has ! tared 



with I idler & Co. of Chicago 



years as buyer The concern will handle a full 

 line id building woods, hardwood and cedar 

 products. 



W. E. Barrel t of w. E. Barrett & Co., in the 

 Exchange, the well known factors in 

 Pacific coast woods, is just back from one of 

 his regular every-sixty-day trips to the coast. 



The Hardwood Record received a call 

 on Tuesday from Sam Burkholder of the 

 S. Bnrkholder Lumber Company, Crawfords- 

 ville, Ind. Mr. Burkholder is one of the 

 best known hardwood operators In Indi- 

 ana and comes close to being the pioneer in 

 that line of trade in the Hoosier state, having 

 been continuously engaged in the lumber busi- 

 ness at Crawfordsville for more than a third of 

 a century. Mr Burkholder is out on a combined 

 pleasure and business trip, and before returning 

 borne will attend the meeting of the National 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association at Ot- 

 tawa. 



Boston. 



Robert F. Whitmer of William Whltmer S 

 Sons, [nc, made a short business visit to Boston 

 tttly, having made the run in his automobile 

 from the concern's headquarters In Philadelphia. 

 Mr. Whltmer Is now making a tour of the w bite 

 mountains in his automobile. I L Coale. gen 

 eral manager of William Whitmer & Sons at 

 Philadelphia, spent the week in the New Eng- 

 land market In company with Llndsley H. Shep 

 aid. New England manager for the concern. 



ii. ii WIggin of Lawrence .\ Wiggin, the 



wholesale hardwood dealers, is established for 

 the summer al Annisquam. Mr. Wiggin runs- 

 down to Boston at intervals and makes a two 



or tin- lavs' siav. thus taking his vacation In 



Installments. Prank w. Lawrence is enjoying 

 frequent rambles through the country in his 

 speedy automobile. 



Harry C. Phllbrlck and Daniel Lucy, who are 

 traveling among the mills of the Northeast, are 

 not expected to return until August 20. 



William i: Litchfield, president of the Massa- 

 tts Whoie-aie Lumber Association, leaves 

 today for the western hardwood section. Mr. 

 Litchfield will visit his mill at Vernon, Ind.. be- 

 fore returning to Boston. 



Evereii .1 Lake of the Hartford Lumber Com- 

 pany. Hartford, Conn., is spending a month In 

 New Hampshire, where the cares of business are 

 ien The vacation now enjoyed by Mr. 

 Lake, who is a Connecticut senator, has also 

 enabled him to abandon temporarily the strcn 

 nous life of the statesman. 



Charles S. Wentworth of C 8 Wentworth & 

 Boston wholesalers, who has just returned 

 from an extended trip among the mills of the 

 maritime provinces of Canada, has, in company 

 vviih Mrs. Wentworth. established vacation head 

 quarter* at Falmouth, Mass. 



Gardner I. Jones of the Jones Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company, who has been enjoying the sum- 

 mer sea breezes at the Atlantic House, Nan- 

 tasket is planning to leave for Portland. Ore., 

 August 31. Mr. Jones will be present at the 

 i convention of Hoo-lb< 



Louis J ami I.eo A. Korper, the former in the 

 office ol i L. Boss and the latter with Hlll- 

 house k Taylor, Wllllmantic, Conn., have pur- 

 chased an Interest in Hie Capitol City Lumber 

 any of Hartford. Conn and will engage 

 in the new business on or about September 1. 



lion. J. M. w. Hall of Wellman, Hall & Co.. 



the Boston wholesalers, has been appointed to 

 represent Massachusetts lumber interests at the 

 National Reciprocity Conference to be held in 

 the Illinois Theater, Chicago, August 16 and 17. 

 Eugene N. Foss of the Sturtevant Blower Com- 

 pany is chairman of the reciprocity committee. 



The Connecticut Valley Lumber Company of 

 Hartford, Conn., is plaintiff in a suit for dam- 

 ages amounting to $300,000, against the Grand 

 Trunk Railway Company. The lumber company 

 claims that locomotives of the railroad company 

 caused the fire which, in May and June of 1903. 

 burned over 30,000 acres of timber land. Two 

 hundred thousand dollars more in claims will be 

 decided as a result of this suit, the case being 

 now in the hands of three referees, appointed 

 by mutual agreement of the interested parties, 

 decision of the referees to be final. The case Is 

 of extraordinary importance to the owners of 

 timber lands throughout this section of the coun- 

 try, where fires caused by locomotives are not 

 uncommon. 



Tarker & Stearns of Johnson, Vt., have leased 

 the mill of the Northern Lumber Company at 

 St. Johnsbury, Vt., and will operate same, turn- 

 ing out hardwood flooring almost exclusively. 



Warner Butler of W. R. Butler & Co., Boston, 

 is spending his vacation at Mount Vernon, N. II. 



The C. W. Leatherbee Lumber Company has 

 opened downtown offices at 70 Kelley street. 

 Boston, as the result of the fire which destroyed 

 the company's Albany street yard. The latter 

 will he discontinued and the stock concentrated 

 at the Atkinson street yard, where the company 

 operates one of the most completely equipped 

 woodworking plants in the East. 



lie- Blanchard Lumber Company, Boston 

 wholesalers, have opened a branch office at 11 

 Broadway, New York City. The New York office 

 will be in charge of Edward S. Loomis, a well- 

 known and experienced lumberman. 



New York. 



l:\eiviliiiig points to a large attendance at 

 the midsummer meeting of the National Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' Association at Ottawa, 

 August It;, IT and Is. Secretary Perry and Pres- 

 ident Dill have just returned from a visit to 

 Ottawa, consummating plans and generally com- 

 pleting arrangements. Special deliberation will 

 be conducted in the business session relative to 

 the suit, now pending before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, instituted by the association 

 on the 500 pounds freight allowance on flat car 

 equipment; which it is hoped will secure the 

 support and Intervention of the other associa- 

 tions represented. 



The free lighterage limits of New York harbor 

 have just been extended as follows : On the 

 New Jersey shore from Edgewater to Fort Lee 

 and on the South Brooklyn shore from Sixty- 

 sixth to Sixty-ninth streets. This enlargement 

 of the free limits is of much benefit and interest 

 to shippers to this market. 



John C. Orr & Co., Brooklyn retail lumber and 

 trim manufacturers, have Incorporated under 

 New York laws as the John C. Orr Company, 

 capital $300,000. The change does not affect the 

 conduct of the business in any way. John C. 

 Orr is president : Richard S. White, vice presi- 

 dent and general manager ; J. R. Steers, treas- 

 urer, and II. S. Orr. secretary. 



Henry Cape, 1 Madison avenue, Is spending 

 August at Lake Sunapee, N. II. 



Sam E. Barr of the Barr & Mills Company, 

 Flatiron building, is back again from a trip to 

 hardwood mill points. He expresses himself as 

 well satisfied with bardwood and spruce condi- 

 tions. 



F. W. Blake and F. W. McCulIough, exporters 

 of Norfolk, Ya., were here during the fortnight 

 on business. 



II. Koppell. secretary of the Stirling-West 

 Company, hardwood exporters of Baltimore, was 

 lei- July 23 on a brief business trip. 



Ii. L. Walkley of the Crosby & Beckley Coin- 

 pan: New Haven, Conn.. Is absent from his 



