HARDWOOD RECORD 



23 



iug Hawk, W. Va., recently for a breathing- 

 spell. 



William I. Barry, Greenfield, .Miss., was in 

 town recently. He has a mill at Isola, Miss., 

 manufacturing a choice line of oak lumber. 



John J. Rumbarger has returned with his 

 family from Atlantic City, and has buckled 

 down with such energy that it is difficult to see 

 him, unless you have an order for some of his 

 line. 



Charles L. Meckley is handling a line of 

 hardwoods at 1125 Real Estate Trust, in addi- 

 tion to white pine. 



Clem E. Lloyd, Jr., of the Cherry River 

 Boom & Lumber Company, is sanguine regard- 

 ing the hardwood outlook, and states that the 

 call for all the company's line is holding up 

 beyond expectation. As he covers a good deal 

 of territory, this opinion is worthy of careful 

 consideration. 



B. Dickinson, of the Dickinson Building & 

 Supply Company, Fairmont, W. Va., was a 

 recent visitor to this market and placed some 

 good orders. 



Franklin H. Smith and John Rumbarger took 

 out a large crabbing party at Atlantic City, last 

 week, and the results of the catch are now 

 being tabulated for affidavit attachment. 



Eli B. Halliwell is at Moosehead Lake, 

 Maine, fishing, and is expected to return about 

 the 20th inst. 



George F. Craig & Co., of this city, are erect- 

 ing a mill on their lands in West Virginia, 

 where they will cut hemlock and some hard- 

 woods. 



Owen M. Brunei-, of the Owen M. Brunei- 

 Company, returned last week from his trip to 

 the convention at Ottawa and down the St. 

 Lawrence. He reports a most delightful time 

 and looks as though he had enjoyed his outing 

 to the fullest extent. 



Ralph Souder of E. B. Halliwell & Co. states 

 that they have had one of the best seasons in 

 the history of the firm. Business is keeping up 

 way beyond the usual mark. 



The National Lumber Exporters' Association 

 held a meeting at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel 

 here August 23. W. II. Russe. president, and 

 Secretary Lang were among those present. No 

 information as to any action in the meeting 

 has been obtainable. 



The large lumber yard of Charles Benton, 1403 

 South Front street, was gutted by fire on the 



1st inst. The loss, amounting t" $150, was 



fully covered by insurance. The adjoining yard 

 of James J. Hussey was damaged to the extent 

 of $5,000. 



C. J. Flack of the Redwood Manufacturing 

 Company, Black Diamond, Cal., lias been in 

 town endeavoring to interest the trade in red- 

 wood, but progress in tins line is very slow, 

 as dealers here cannot see the advantages of 

 putting in a stock to supply a non-existent de- 

 mand. 



The hardwood house of Soble Brothers, 

 Philadelphia, has secured the services of J. 

 R. Lesher as salesman in the Baltimore and 

 southern markets, .\i 1 Lesher has repre- 

 sented the W. M. i:in. 1 Lumber Company in 

 these markets for th.- past two years. He 

 entered Into the new arrangement with Sobic 

 Brothers Sept. 1. The alliance will doubtless 

 prove of mutual advantage. 



Baltimore. 

 At the meeting of the directors of the Na- 

 tional Lumber Exporters' Association held at 

 Philadelphia week before last the reports of the 

 treasurer and other officers were of an encour- 

 aging character and showed that the associa- 

 tion is constantly gaining in influence and is 

 able to confer signal benefits upon the trade. 

 Among the various matters connected with 

 trade abuses and their abatement which came 

 before the meeting, the discussion of clean 

 through bills of lading is regarded as of almost 

 paramount importance here on account of the 



action taken bj .loin. 1., Alcoi 1 a Co 

 brought a -.■■ ently against the agents of the 

 Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio railroads 

 and two steamship lines, alleging violation ol 

 the Barter act. It is reported thai the casi 

 will come up during the fall term of the I nlted 



States court in Baltimore, and thai ii 1 



sarj the entire membership of the association 

 « in be sui.ii.! 1 1 : . oncerning iniqui- 



ties suffered. 



R. E. Wno, 1. president of the R. 1: t\ 1 



Lumber C pany, returned last week from a 



two wi lion spent in the beautiful 



phire country of North Carolina, where the com- 

 pany owns an extensive trad of timber land. 

 which will shortly he brought within the sphere 

 of development. .Mr. Wood was greatly benefited 

 by the trip, which, he says, was I he firs! real 

 vacation he had had in ten years, lie was 10 

 companied by his sister and several of her 

 friends and by Mr. Hershey, a well-known at- 

 torney, and wile. The party spent some ten 

 days in a cabin erected on the timber trad bj 

 the company lor the caretaker, and found meat 

 delight in mountaineering and in visiting 1 1 1 

 many beautiful spots in the vicinity, which is 

 one of the ""..si attractive sections of the coun 

 try. 'the company's new mill in Tennessei 

 now in good running order and has nearh al 

 tained its maximum capacity, which is about 



35, feel per day. Other plants will !«■ hu.li 



as circumstances render their erection prac- 

 cicable. 



McLinn & Wilburn, dealers in Kentucky moun- 

 tain coal, oil and timber lands, who operate in 

 Breathitt and other counties near the eastern 

 border of the state, have brought suit against 

 the Continental Realty Company of Baltimore, 

 claiming $500,000 damages for alleged breach 

 of contract. The realty company controls 



timber lands to the value of $300. in .-astern 



Kentucky, and entered into an arrangemi nl 

 with the firm to take certain timber in Breath- 

 itt, Knott. Perry and Letcher counties. I.. 

 be removed within a certain time. The timber 

 was not taken away within the specified time, 

 it is alleged, and the realty company then re- 

 fused to take any of it. Owing to the larg 

 amount involved the suit is likely to be hotly 

 contested. 



The Rivers Furniture Company of Haiti re 



has been dissolved. The company was incor- 

 porated July 7. 1S97. with a capital stock 

 of $25,000, of which only $14,000 was issued, 

 all of ii being held by Arthur D. Rivi 1 1 

 dent of the company. It is reported that the 

 assets have been sold, the debts paid ami the 

 surplus turned over to the president. The com- 

 pany conducted a factory in East Baltimore. 



\V. O. Price. Continental Trust Building, is 

 away on a two weeks' trip to the hardwood 

 regions of Virginia and other sections, looking 

 after business connections. 



Pittsburg. 

 A novel call for lumber is 10,000 apple tree 

 butts wanted by the Smith & Dana Apple Lum- 

 ber company of Warren, O., before October 1. 

 The farmers of northeastern Ohiq are cutting 

 down their old orchards by the dozen and 



planting new ones, so that the pun has 



hints for handles, etc., has become quite a 

 business in thai section. 



I !ie RuSkaUff Lumber Company has had a 



big [nquirj lately foi I 



for ladders and similar fixtures. Pi 

 are firm, -Mr. KuskaulT says, and I he C pany 



has little difficulty in getting plenty of i.ass- 



n I from Michigan and Wisconsin, most of 



which is mark. .led in or near Pittsburg 



Rodkey, Hermann *v Co., who sue led Lan 



. .-- ' ■' proi tors .it the 



,,rise Planing Mill in Allegheny, are doing 

 a nice business in estimating Interior finish 



work and furnishing doors, sash. Minds, dOOl 

 frames and hardwood supplies for Icons,- luiihl 

 ing. 



Tin- II C. Can-oil Lumber Companj has been 

 chartered with a caj I I Clatrton, 

 Pa. 11 C. Carroll is president, Tl mpanj 



will carry a good Ii ' Icarclw I SU] 



for the mill towns near Pittsburg. 



The firm of M Slmi one "i the 

 ■ •st in western Pennsylvania, has been dis- 

 solved, Charles w. Simon retiring. The busi- 

 ness win he- conducted under 11 id name and 



it is likely that th mpany will build 



planing mill am 1 tie- sit 1- 



burned mill at Anderson and Lao 

 Allegl 



w. D. Johnston, president of the American 

 Lumber & Manufacturing > ..king 



after th impany's affairs al II Florlla mill 



P l-'la . w 1 . . ..f yellow 



pine is being in 



The supply of hemlock in Pit. 1 min 



ishlng at a rate that is sure to drho a 

 mills out of the country in a few 

 Two years ago there -. -rity saw 



mills iu the center of the state Now 



are less than on., half dozen in the same ,|i^ 

 iri.-l. the others having "cut out'' and got,.- 1.. 

 West Virginia outh. 



The Keystone Lumber Company delighted 

 patrons the other day by em a very 



handsome embossed calendar, dating from Sep 

 tember. The- idea of new fall calendars i 

 tluii is sure to take here, as the ordinary firm 

 is almost ashamed of its badly 



smoked reminders that have withstood tin 1 



and grime of open windows nil summer. 



J. M. Woollen, bardw I manager ol 



American Lumber & Manufacturing Company, 

 is in Colorado, his old stamping ground, where 

 he is combining business and pleasure in a two 

 weeks' trip. Ilis department has I a Ul 



ally busy of late and reports a decided spur! 

 in chestnut and quarter sawed oak. Most of 

 the former comes from Ohio dealers, the lui 

 being cut in Tennessee, lie- company recently 

 secured an order for 200,000 feel of hemlock 



and is figuring a still larger bill of bardw Is 



at present. 



Henry Aiders, president of the Thiers Lum- 

 ber Company, has 1, ought for $25, tie of 



the finest residences facing Easl Park in 

 gheny, which he will occupy as a home 



The plant of the Grandin Lumber Company 

 at Eagle Rock. Pa., was bnrned 

 loss was about $45,000, including the mill, mill- 

 ing machinery and a large quantity of lumber. 



cheese h..x manufacturers in 'I ill 



lion of Ohio are having great difficult] in gel 

 ting stock for their boxes and heading. Years 

 ago this industry was one of the most 

 ous in northeastern Ohio and hundred 

 of fine timber were bought every year 

 sawed up for this purpose. One by one tie box- 

 makers have become discouraged end quil 

 ness, leaving the dozens of cheese factories to 

 buy their supplies elsewhere. The few firms still 

 in the business buy pads of their boxes already 

 made in Michigan, as they can get them cheaper 

 than they can cut them. Elm for hoops i- 



hard to get and boxm en find it 1 s 



sary to haul logs ten (o fifteen miles. The hub 

 machines, which a few years ago were scattered 

 ovei these .unties, have also departed for 



g 1 after ravishing till the elm timber 



could buy. Second growth hickory and ash 

 still being .at in comparatively small quantl 



for the sp. clone, 



the. lake-. This constitutes the- bulk of the- hard- 

 w 1 business in northern Ohio with the excep- 

 tion of a very few siiinll tracts where there is 

 enough oak left standing (o cut ship timbers 

 and railroad stuff. 



It develops that a nine-year-old boy threw 

 the stone through th It w which killed 



Alexander P. Campbell, a. prominent lumber 

 dealer of Clalrton, w. Va., at UcKeesporl 

 July HI. when he was a passenger on the Balti- 



t - ,v Ohio train. Nearly two months have 



been consumed in detective work tend an official 



