November 25, 1920 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Jliinscy building, bas been succeeded by the Brown-Bledsoe Lumber Com- 

 pany. The change in name did not involve any change in personnel or in 

 the method of doing business, being occasioned solely by the withdrawal 

 of H. L. Bowman, one of the founders of the firm, more than a year ago. 



COLUMBUS 



Glen E. Thompson, formerly connected with the Brasher Lumber Com- 

 pany of Columbus, has opened a commission and wholesale business in 

 North Tonawanda. N. Y. Mr. Thompson is well known in lumber circles. 



C. N. Scott of Lima, Ohio, who ha.s been representing the Gulf port Lum- 

 ber Company in Northwestern Ohio, has taken a position on the sales force 

 of the Sanford-Bodge Lumber Company of Columbus. 



Frank Nichols, general manager of the mills of the Brasher Lumber 

 Company of Columbus, which are located in the South, was a business 

 visitor at the home office recently. 



S. S. King of Dayton, head of the Dayton Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company and president of the National Association of Sash, Door and 

 Millwork Manufacturers, was a recent visitor in Chicago to attend the 

 annual meeting of the board of directors of that organization. 



Innis Creighton, manager of the Liverpool branch of the W. M. Ritter 

 Lumber Company of Columbus, has arrived in Columbus after a very 

 stormy trip on a liner from England. While on board he was thrown 

 against a rail and his collar bone was fractured. He was compelled to 

 remain in New Tork for a week before coming to Columbus. Mr. Creighton 

 reports a slow export demand, although conditions are good for business 

 later on. 



The Adams-Winn-Prechtel Company of Norwalk, Ohio, is the name of a 

 new wholesale lumber company recently chartered with an authorized 

 capital of $25,000. The concern will job all kinds of lumber, including 

 hardwoods, cypress and yellow pine. D. R. Winn, formerly with the Winn 

 Cypress Company of Dayton, is president ; R. R. Adams, formerly sales 

 manager for the Central West Coal & Lumber Company, Columbus, is vice- 

 president, and Charles Prechtel, formerly a retailer of Norwalk, is secre- 

 tary-treasurer. Mr. Winn retains his interest with the Winn Cypress 

 Company and does not participate actively in the management. Mr. 

 Prechtel retains his retail business in Norwalk for the time being. 



E. M. Stark, secretary of the American Column & Lumber Company of 

 Columbus, reports a much better feeling in hardwood circles. This is 

 evidenced by a larger number of inquiries that have been received, many 



of which develop into orders. Inquiries from railroads are better than 

 formerly and there is a disposition to place orders. Prices are holding up 

 fairly well at former levels. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a rather 

 quiet trade both with manufacturing concerns and retailers. Buying is 

 limited to present needs only. Dealers are not inclined to take a chance 

 on the future by stocking up to any extent. Retail stocks are quite low 

 in all sections. 



CINCINNATI 



L. P. Lewin, vice-president of the Lewin Lumber Company, has been 

 elected secretary of the Business Men's Club of Cincinnati. 



According to Harry Wiborg of 2612 Union Central building indications 

 point that there will be no real improvement in the market until at least 

 April. Mr. Wiborg said that in his trips throughout the country showed 

 him that there can be no immediate Improvement in the hardwood situation 

 in the near future. He expressed the opinion, however, that after the 

 first of April the trade would greatly improve. 



J. E. Dulweber, formerly of the Dulweber Lumber Company, has been 

 placed in charge of the gum department of the Thompson Hardwood Com- 

 pany in this city. 



"We are getting more inquiries of late," said J. B. Jones of the Southern 

 Lumber & Boom Company. Mr. Jones added that his firm is handling a 

 fair trade, but that the company is not doing a capacity business. He is 

 optimistic of the future and looks for better business by spring. 



Rumor has it in Cincinnati that the Pullman shops of Ludlow, Ky., that 

 were dstroyed by fire two years ago are to be rebuilt on the old site. The 

 shops were one of the largest sets owned by the Pullman Company, and the 

 woodworking shops were the most complete in Kentucky. The possi- 

 bility of the Pullman plant being built in Ludlow, which is just across 

 the Ohio river from Cincinnati, has attracted the attention of the local 

 hardwood Irade. 



Light on conditions In the lumber business is furnished by a manufac- 

 turer in Alabama, who writes to Samuel H. Talt, a Cincinnati lumber 

 wholesaler, in answer to a letter of recent date calling attention to the 

 differences in prices Jan 1, 1920, and those of Jan. 1, 1917. 



Bearing on the cost of production in the two periods the manufacturer 

 writes that in 1917 his concern had on its payroll 225 men each day the 

 mUls were in operation, and cut that year 14,000,000 feet of lumber. 

 Common labor then cost about $1.10 to $1.50 a day. "Now," he writes. 



