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HARDWOOD RECORD 



NoTerob«r 2B, 1010. 



llton count)- court of 

 . r. Iliiiw nml ottirTn. 



R. H. Jones Taken New Position 

 It. II I or till' c; \v .1,,111'K 



l>iimlM>r ' ti|» lilH iii>« niirk at 



'• Ml. u,,. r llic i"lin«. \V. I"l«li 



r mid «!< liiirilvvtHKlH, ht'inlnck, 



.- -- .. , „ : tMirk. Ml. J i.ii* cnuir lulu ki ii.i 



promlnrocv la rc<-i'nt jrnrn on nrrount of ll MlnMndy cIi'vit I 



of optlmtam wM.ti ^. Iiak cotton out rrttuUrly to Ills Inriji- dr. 

 frtrnOt nnd n . In the conaumlnE trinK'. lilH Iptlpra nr<' illii- 



tinrllvr nml i lup and liaTP cautrd n Kri'nt dpal of cotnmcnt. 



Tbp Cba*. \V. I'lsh l.uiubpr I'onipany baa InTi'lofori' dUpoacd of ItH 

 atock to one Jolibpr. but tbe comiwny'a policy hnii been cbnnKcd and 

 Mr. Jonr« baa undcrlnkon the la^k of marki'tlni; ItH alock to tbp con- 

 Kumlns trade. 



Tbia company, wlille a comparatlvidy udk concfrn, baa vast bard- 

 wood boldlOKff In Lansdnlr nnd otlior counlh'H In nortbenKtern WinconHln. 

 AmoniE these holdlnKS la a hlg tract of bardnoml timber purchased n year 

 ncu from tbe John 8. Van Noriick rstnte of Appleion. This timber Is 

 lo<-nt-d In l.nnitdalc county. It Is estimated the company has biirdwood 

 -"" ■ will give n run of alKiut ten years' cuttInK of 12,000,000 



I" feet annually. 



111.- (..iiipiiiiy has a splendid mill u|icratlon having two big band mills, 

 one at Elcho and the other at Ulrnniuwood. 



Patrick Moore 



I'atrlck Moore, bead of tbe tlriii ui .M...jre llius., dealers lu hurdwoods, died 

 at bis borne In New York City November 10. .Mr. Moore was III since August 

 this year. He wos sixty-four years old and leaves a widow, Ave daughters 

 and one son. 



Patrick Moore was one of tlie best known men In the hardwood lumber 

 business. Ills entire life, dating back to the days of bis schooling, was apeut 

 In and near the hardwood branch of New York's lumber district and In tbiit 

 time be gained a knowledge of hardwoods that govc him recognition as an 

 expert In any discussion dealing with grades and values. Ills name was 

 known to hardwood lumbermen everywhere, lie was always a student of 

 hardwood lumber and it was bis drafted rules for Inspecting lumber that 

 formed the basis for the Orst official inspection rules in the great New York 

 market, and he was the (Irst licensed Inspector In this market. Mr. Moore's 

 counsel In matters pertaining to Inspection was sought In other places, and 

 at the lime of bis diath he was a member of the Inspection rules committee 

 of the National Uardwood Lumber Association and chairman of the Inspec- 

 tion committee of the New York Lumber Trade Association, an organization 

 with which he was prominently identified since Its formation tblrty yeors 

 ago. 



Patrick Moore was bom in Ireland in 1851, coming to this country with 

 his parents two years later. Alter a short time spent In Connecticut the 

 family came to New York, his fother becoming associated with the lumber 

 business of A. & \\. Chapin & Bro. at Twenty-fourth street and Eleventh 

 avenue. It was with the same business that Patrick Moore began his lumber 

 career at the age of twelve, continuing until he reached maturity. For a 

 long time he did public trucking, storing and Inspecting and In 180:j entered 

 distinctively Into the retail lumber business, organizing with his brother. 

 Peter H. Moore, the firm of Moore Bros. The new venlurc "vns siicc.ssfnl 



tbe hardwooil 



l.y 



waa charactrrlatlc ol the roan and 



itlon. 



with Hulemn requiem maM at tin- 



III' rli and waa n 



hill pnrt In life i 



ever aought a rrvrraal o( lu 



na a trader lie held the aaini i 



Tlip funeral wna held NoveiiiU i 

 Church of the llnly Name. 



Dr. Schenck in Belgium 



Dr. C. A. Schenck, fiirimr bin. I ..f lli.- Illltiiiure Koreat School In North 

 Carolina, la now In Belgium In the sirvlce of tbe tierman army, lie la 

 engaged In dlatrlliiillnE the farm crops which the Ilelglana ralai- on their 

 own lands. Dr. Kcbenck In a letli-r writtin to (rienda In tbia country 

 emphaalted tbe fact "that German nillltarlam did not aeUe tbe whole 

 crop In Belgium for Its own use." Dr. Rchcnck waa wuunded laai 

 wlnlir In Poland, nnd his brother wna recently killed In battle agalnat 

 the French. 



Sheboygan Phonograph Factory 



A start has been iiiuili In tbe iiiniiufaclure of pbonographa at Bhebo.v 

 gan. Wis., by the Lake 8ldc Craft Kbups, of which K. A. Dennett la the 

 bend. Some of the patintu which heretofore made the manufacture of 

 phiinogrnpbs In this country a monopoly have expired, and It la believed 

 that n number of (Inns throughout the country will now enter tbe bunl- 

 ncss. Some of the rlmirist biinluuods find place In the phonograph fac- 

 tory. Tbe cases of blgb-class Instruments ore nearly olways of wood, 

 because metal la unsatisfactory for several reasons. The use of phono 

 grapbs Is rapidly Increasing, and nothing bas yet been invented to take 

 their place. 



Will Repair Handle Factory 



Announcement lins been made thruugb new.>^pupers that William llanK 

 & Son's handle factory at Houston, Tex., which was wrecked In tbe recent 

 storm that struck that city, wAi be repaired and that operations will be 

 resumed. In that connection it Is stated that K. B. Chilton bas pur 

 chased the plant. 



Ships for Carrying Lumber 



The report that a liirge firm of lunilier iiiipurters In Spain has planned 

 to put on the sea a /In^ of vessels to ply between Banelona, Spain, and 

 New Orleans Is heard with satisfaction. The Jose Taya's Sons Company 

 Is said to be back of the enterprise. Three vessela have been purchased 

 .ind three more are under consideration for this trade. Exporters of 

 lumber have been greatly haudlcapped because of scarcity of vessels to 

 carry cargoes from our ports to foreign countries. Tbe placing of from 

 three to six vessels in service will Krrntly relieve the sil nation. 



WiU Rebuild Box MUl 

 The box mill at Dendron, Va., owned by tbe Surry Lumber Company 

 of Baltimore, which was burned some time ago, will be rebuilt at once 

 nnd will again be in opernllon In a few months, ^leanwlille the company 

 will Increase the output of another mill in that region nml by that means 

 will be able to take care of orders while the burnt mill Is beins ri'-inrni 



Samuel D. Spellman 



Samuel Dean Spellman, president of the George D. Kimry Compiiny, im 

 porter and manufacturer of mahogany, died of pneumonia at his home, 020 

 West 113th street. Now York. Sunday, Novemb.^r 7 Tli" remnlni! w-r- 



BOY JONES. SALES MANAGER, CHAS. W 

 FISH LUMBER COMl'.ANY, ELCMO, WIS. 



THE LATE PATRICK -MOORE, NEW YORK. 



N. Y. 



HARRY 10. KLINE, 1£E Kl.LCTlCD PRESIDEN'l 



OF LOUISVILLE HAKOWOOD CLUB 



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