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HARDWOOD RECORD 



and material for miscellaneous packages. 



A word about the personnel of t he Little 

 River Lumber Company. Jt is a corpora- 

 tion of which W. M M.i ormick, the well 

 known Philadelphia lumberman, is presi- 

 u. nt : A. W. Lee of 

 Clearfield, Pa., vice 

 p r .• s i .1 e n t; John W. 

 Wrigley of Clearfield, 

 Pa., secretary and i reas 

 nrer, and \V. B. i 

 send, forme) ly of ' Hear- 

 field, Pa., general man- 

 ager. 



\l r. \l. i lormick is such 

 ;\ well known figure in 

 the history of lumber 

 affairs as scarcely to 

 need ;ui int rodud ion al 

 the bands of the Sard- 



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in lumber operations is 

 decidedly catholic and 

 embraces hemlock, white 

 I i M. . North i arolina 

 pine and a great \ ariety 

 of hardwoods. He is 

 among the largesl han- 

 dlers of Pennsylvania 

 hemlock, buying the 

 ..Hi]. hi i.f several big nulls each year, which 

 he sells throughout the East. He is presi- 

 dent • ■! the Peart, Neilds & McCormick 

 i '.mi |. .■! ii' . extensive manufacturers ..t \..it li 

 Carolina pine and box shooks. This 



pany has large holdings of loblolly pine in 

 Virginia and operates a sawmill and box 

 M k plant. Mr. MeCormiek is also inter- 

 ested in other timber properties. He per- 

 haps has the greatest pride in the Little 



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River Lumber Company, as it is his latest 

 venture in lumbering and has developed 

 many interesting features "t production that 

 are new in his lumber experience. His 

 offices .'if' located at 218 Girard Building, 



Philadelphia, and from here he directs the 

 various large enterprises of which he is at 

 the head. 



Both Messrs. Lee ami Wrigley, respect- 

 ively vice president and secretary-treas- 

 urer iif the Lit 1 1,' 1,'ix er 

 Lumber Company, have 

 been activelj engaged 

 in lumber enterprises in 

 Clearfield county, Pa., 

 for many years. 



W. P.. Townsetid. the 

 general manager »f the 

 Little River Lumber 



(' pany, is entitled to 



the greater share of the 

 credit for the inaugura- 



t organization ami 



,1 e v e 1 p m e n t of the 

 operating affairs of the 

 eompany to a point 

 where it stands almost 

 wit limit a peer in hard- 



\\ I enterprises of the 



country. Mr. Tnwnsend 

 is :i native of Lamas 

 ter county, Pennsylva- 

 nia, and wen! t.> I'lear- 

 lield in. ire than twenty 

 years ago, where he was 



a very successful I beT manufacturer in 



connection with the Clearfield Lumber Com- 

 In this enterprise he was associated 

 with Messrs. Lee and Wrigley. In connec 

 tinn witli the affairs of the Little River 



BASSWOOD. 



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