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HARDWOOD RECORD 



work in the twelve plants involved. The set- 

 tlement is in the nature of a compromise. 

 The woodworkers have an increase in pay of 

 two cents an hour, and by the three-year con- 

 tract which was entered into, they are to con- 

 tinue at the old wages of twenty-eight cents 

 an hour for a period of two years. At the 

 ining of tie- third year the cabinet makers 

 and machine hands are to receive an increase 

 of one cent an hour, and the finishers one 

 and a half cents an hour. The closed shop 

 ment will he maintained and the con- 

 tract will expire July 1. 1908. Both the em- 

 is ami the workmen involved are to be 

 congratulated over the settlement. 



At a specially called meeting of the Chicago 

 Hardwood Exchange, held Aug. 1, 1905, reso- 

 lutions of condolence to George YV. St< 

 man over the death of his wife were unani- 

 mously adopted, as follows: 



Resolved, That it is with extreme sorrow 

 we learn of the death of the "it' of our 

 esteemed brother lumberman and fellow mem- 

 ber, George W. Stoneman. 



Resolved, That the members of tins Ex 

 change tender to the bereaved husband and 

 children their condolence and warmest sym- 

 pathy in this hour of their great affliction. 



Resolved, That we semi :i copy of these 

 resolutions t.i Mr. Stoneman, In the hope that 

 it in.iv comfort him t" know that we, his 

 friends, appreciate his sorrow and sympathise 

 with him. 



W. L. Wallace, the expert timber mi 



igo, Is just hack fmni an eleven months' 

 cruise of timbi les In Mexico. 



Boston. 



The midsummer meet ol lumber dealers at 

 Ottawa, Canada, was attended bj a number 

 of New England lumbermen, prominent among 

 whom were Nelson Walcott ot the L it Gage 

 Lumbel I lompanj , Provldi a R l : Fred 9. 

 Morse of Springfield and Frank C Rlci presi- 

 dent nf the Ki" .\ I.ockwood Lumber Com 

 panj "i Springfield, Mass. The Lumber Trade 

 Club of Huston was represented by two of its 

 must prominent members— William O. Curtis 

 of the Wm. Curtis' Sims Company, and Gi 

 \v. Gale of thi Geo W Gale Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



Prank Schumaker died at Rockville, C 



last week, at thi age ol 64. Mr. Schumaker 

 was for many years manager of Marston's lani- 

 ards in Hartford, Conn., and afterv 

 had charge of the yards at Kist Hartford 

 Conn. For several years past he has been 

 prominent In th ment of the yard 



the Maiden City Lumber Company of Maple - 



w I, Mass. He leaves live suns, four of 



whom are identified with the lumber business 

 —Albert s. Schumaker of the W Lum- 



ber .<• Coal Company, Waterbury, Conn.; Leon- 

 ard Schumaker, traveling salesman for the A. 

 C. Dutton Lumber Company of Springfield, 

 Mass.; Flunk Schumaker, who travels tur the 

 Stone Lumber Company of Boston; ami 

 Charles S. Schumaker, now manager of the 

 Maiden < 111 y Lumbei I lompanj , the lat ter one 

 of the ablest ami best known retail lumber 

 dealers in the Bay State. 



The removal ol the Noveltj Wood Tur g 



Company from Fitchburg, Mass.. to Norway, 

 Me., was brought about by the purcha 

 the Fltchburg shop, which the Novelty Com- 

 pany had had undei lease foi the last thirty- 

 five years. This companj will be anothei con- 

 sumer "t Maine hardw is, principally birch. 



The New Hampshire Lumbern Dela- 



tion held a short session in Manchester, N. H., 

 mii Tuesday last ; took no action on business 

 matters, but, instead, voted t" have the first 

 annual outing on Sept. 5. the same to consist 

 nip through the White Mountains, includ- 

 .i stay at North Woodstock and Bethle- 

 hem, N; II 



II 1 1 Wlggin, the Boston v. hard- 



wood dealer, who is having a seasonable vol- 

 ume of business, states that judging from 

 the outlook it is a practical certainty that the 

 lumber business will be of a large and satis- 

 factory volume throughout this year and well 

 into 1906. 



Harry B. Clark of Sweet, Clark & Co.. of 

 Boston, is enjoying his vacation at East Jaf- 

 fivy, N. H.. in the shadow of Mount Monad- 

 nock. 



There is an attempt in some of our New 

 England cities to revive the roller skating 

 rinks once so popular. The most recent re- 

 vival is advertised in Taunton, Mass, where 

 old roller skating rink, formerly owned bj 

 Andrew F. Leatherbee, the Hoston retailer, 

 and later used as a lumber shed, after hav- 

 ing passed successively through the hands of 

 Taunton Lump" i t lompany of Taunton 

 Prouty & Miller of Newport, Vt., and 

 recently transferred to C. V. Saunders .v. Co 

 has just been bought by a strong syndicati 

 which will renovate the building and restore 

 it to its origin i i roller skating rink. 



Howling alleys are on the increase, and be- 

 tween the alleys and the attempted revival 

 of the rinks much additional clear hardwood 

 lumber will probabl; tired during the 



fall season. 



At Templeton, Mass., on the line of the 

 Fltchburg Division of the Hoston ,v Maim 

 Railroad, Geo. W. and Roberl Bourne and 

 Hadjey have established the Bourne- 

 H. i, 11. v Company, which will ink, over and 

 operate the lumber manufacturing business 

 now conducted by Bourne, Hadley & <'". The 



corporal will also manufacture furniture 



and is capitalized at MB, • 



The Orient Manufacturing Company of Cos 

 ton is Installing a plant at Plttsfleld, Me., 

 for the extraction of oil from cedar brush. 

 The plant will employ ten men 



New York. 



Quite a number ■•< the local wholesale in 



went i" Ottawa on the fifteenth i" attend 

 the midsummer meeting of the National Whole 

 Balers. 



in addition to the changes in He' tree lighter- 

 age limits of N.-vv Virk harbor, as noted In the 

 lust Issue, iin following charges for towage to 

 points outside the limits have been added to the 

 list of special towing charges to the other points 

 In nearby territory which are not within the 

 free territory : 



T,, or from Arlington, s I.. $10, 



'I' ■ from Law rence Point, $15. 



T,, ,.r from any point on the New Jersey shore, 

 south of Avenue C, Bayonne City, to and includ- 

 ing neck a I Bergen I'oint. ?7. 



To or from any point on the east shore of 

 Newark Baj beyond neck at Bergen Point to the 

 Central Railroad of New Jersey Maine Line 

 Bridge, mo 



Walter 1 1. Starr, receiver for Dannat >V Pell, 

 Broome 9treet, this city, will liquidate the i mi 

 tern and Ihe creditors will be paid in lull. A 

 dividend of twenty per cent is expected the lat 



ter part of lids month. 



Reports from the local office of the Emporium 

 Lumber Company. 1 Madison avenue, are to the 

 effect that In all probability the company will 

 install a modern hardwood flooring plant at one 

 of Its mills for the manufacture of beech, birch 

 and maple flooring. President W. S. Sykes Is 

 considering a trip to western flooring manufac- 

 tories to get ideas on the methods in use In that 

 branch of trade. 



Waldroii Williams of I. T. Williams & Sons, 

 prominent Eleventh avenue hardwood house, has 

 just returned from a European trip, having been 

 gone since May 



i 'bin K. Lloyd. Jr., of the Cherry ltlv-er Boom 

 & Lumber Company, Philadelphia, was a recent 

 New York visitor and expressed himself most 

 Optimistically as to current and prospective busi 



ness conditions. His company have a large 

 amount of business on hand. 



II. s. Dewey of Dixon <\- Dewey, Flatlron 

 Building, spent several days visiting the trade 

 last week with E. Nelson of l>etroit, president of 

 I lie Wan a maw Land & Lumber Company, Wil- 

 mington, N. C, lor which company he has been 

 made selling agent for the Metropolitan District 

 and the East. The Waeeamaw Company Is a 

 million dollar concern and one of the latest in 

 Ihe Atlantic Coast trade. Its mill has now been 

 running about two months. 



The Blanchard Lumber company, Bostou. 

 Mass , has opened a local office at 11 Broadway 

 in charge of E. S. LoomTs. 



It. II. Jenks of ihe It. II. Jenks Lumber Com- 

 pany. Cleveland. O., spent several days in town 

 during the fortnight. 



John B. Ransom, a distinguished Nashville 

 lumberman and head of the Nashville Hardwood 

 Flooring Company and J. R. Ransom & Co.. sailed 

 ior Burope week before last, for a brief rest. 



W. 1 >. Young of YV. D. Young & Co., flooring 

 manufacturers of Kay City. Mich., has been 

 touring the Easl on business and pleasure and 

 was in this city last week. 



B. II. Downman, prominent Louisiaua cypress 

 manufacturer, with headquarters at New Or- 

 leans, eame down from Loon Lake In the Adlron- 

 daeks last week for a day or two. preparatory 

 to starting for Ottawa to attend the meeting of 

 Hie National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation as a delegate from the Southern Cypress 

 Manufacturers' Association, of which he is presi- 

 dent. 



Charles f. Fischer. 1928 Park avenue, Manhat- 

 tan, left on the 19th in company with Nelson H. 

 Walcott of the I.. II. Cage Lumber Company. 

 Providence, for a three weeks' stay at Quona- 

 chontang, R. 1. 



W. I. i ptegrove .v. Bro., Brooklyn, are making 

 some improvements in their mill plant together 

 with rearranging their hardwood stocks, which 

 changes when completed will greatly facilitate 

 the conduct of their business. They t -epot i trade 

 is vcrv active for the past fortnight. 



Stephen Mills, who looks after the western in 

 i. rests of the Barr & Mills Company, with heart 

 quarters at Zanesville, ' '.. is here this week vis 

 iting Sam I'. Hair, who Is In charge of the easl 

 • rn business of the firm, with offices in the Flat- 

 iron Building. 



Among the other visitors was W. II. Martz of 

 the llo.vt ,V; Wood In Manufacturing Company. 

 Memphis, who is visiting the local office of the 

 companj at l Broadway. Mr. Martz came north 

 to escape the yellow fever quarantine at Memphis 

 and oni) just K'>t out of the city before the 

 guards wire placed, lie reports the cypress 

 trade as excellent along with hardwoods, and 

 looks for a continuously strong market for some 

 time to come. 



L. L. Ashley of the Uiee & Lockwood Lumber 

 Company, Springfield, Mass.. has taken up the 

 management of the local office at 210 West 

 Ninety-fourth street, Manhattan, in the absence 

 of Mr. Lockwood, who Is west, on a vacation trip. 



n is announced at tl Bices of Lucas E. 



M ,v Co., 11 Broadway, that the stave and 



hardwood department of their business at New 

 i >i leans. La., has been taken over by the Lucas 

 E. Moore Stave Company, a corporation with a 

 capital of $110,000. No other changes are con- 

 templated. 



Charles A. Chrlsman, well-known hardwood re- 

 tailer of Eleventh avenue and Twenty-second 

 street, has just purchased ten city lots on Fifty 

 sixth street, between Tenth and Eleventh ave 

 nues, and running through to Fifty-seventh 

 street, to which he will remove his business In 

 the early winter, maintaining the present site as 

 a branch house. 



Horace F. Taylor, Taylor & Crate, Buffalo. 

 -ailed for Europe mi the 12th with Mrs. Taylor 

 for a seven weeks' tour abroad. They will visit 

 London and other points of Interest. 



The saw. planing mill and dry kiln mill of 



