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HARDWOOD RECORD 



NoTrmbrr 2&, 1013. 



THE WILLIAMSON 



VENEER 



CO. 



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BALTIMORK 

 MARYLAND 



American Walntit, 

 MaKogany.Qtd. OaK, 

 (Q. Cabinet Veneers of All Kinds 



size S4xT2 



Made in St. Louis 



Photograph of American Walnut Rotary Cut Panel 

 produced in our Veneer Plant. We also manufac- 

 ture built-up stock of every description used in fur- 

 niture and fixtures in any thickness, consisting of 

 nicely figured Quartered Gum and Oak, Mahogany, 

 Plain Oak, Yellow Pine, Red Gum, Birch. Ash, Elm, 

 Sycamore, Soft Maple, Plain Gum and Cottonwood. 



For particulars, please write 



St. Louis Basket & Box Company 



1^1 \l'.f 1~IIM) IS IH'* 



143 Arsenal Street 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



^'<'l-<l to Ibe Inns Hal o( rliilr fnclorlra at ciardnrr. Man., U (h« 

 f<>rtnr<l nrin of KIcb Chair Compaujr rrcvnllj lDruri>orat«l for 

 "I' Id that clly. 



-•< BALTIMORE >■ 



Th.> II. E. W.«.<l I,iii.il..r ■ 

 "lit In tlic Irnili' to n-"" 



ulli of Ilrl>lol. Trim 



>ry. Thi' rftinpnny iinu 



'HI Tilt ■nri'iiriiKrd t)jr the Improre- 



"D of thi* mill nl Knrlifirt. (Iftrro 



1 p'ont linil Ix'rn uliut down ulnci* litit 



I t|iri'iiM-ii r<'Kr<'t llmt It did not atari 



:. aa the drtiiand for oil kltuU uf hnnlwooda U roiiilnic in <]ol1e 

 rrrply, and Ihi- Mi'alhcr doca not ndmll of rnpld drying of alocka. U. L, 

 Wood, the Renrrnl ninnnjcer of the company, baa Juat returned from • 

 I rip to tbe mill at Kuntana, where he made arranKemeota (o locrcaac the 

 uutpuL lie reporta ererytblni; workInK In fine order. 



Mnnn ft I'arker, Inc., report tlint their bualneaa In Octolier ran ahead 

 of any prevtoua mimth and Ihnt they expect Noveinl>er to make a atlll 

 furiliir Rnln. .Mr. Snyder, of the firm. U on n trip down Koulh taking 

 up Btixkn to meet the augmented rojiilremenla. 



.^niuuel r. Ityliind, Jr.. of the Itylnnd & Ilrooka Lumber Company, whirta 

 started a hardwood di'pnrlinent Inat Ueci'mber, e»pre»aea blmaelf more 

 than Kntlxfled with the ri'.uliK nttalniHl hy thia department, nnd l> eape- 

 i.illy crntined with the di'velopmenta of the Inm few weeka. He alatea 

 Diiit the di'uiand fur hnrdwoodH la on the Increaac and that prioea are 

 reapondlng. 



The Itolcc Snloa Company of Illchmond, Va., hna lieen chartered with a 

 cnplijil Block of $::uu,000. C. Kolce Is president and K. W. Morebead 

 Becr4'tnry-tren Mirer. 



Jomex O. Cnmphell, president of Wm. Wbltmer A Sons. I'hlladelphla, 

 has been 111 for some weeks, nnd bus been obllKid to take a rncatlon. 

 lie Is taklnK a rest down at Ashevlllc. Robert Wbltmer, bis Immediate 

 successor, who was obliged to retire on account of 111 health, la alowly 

 Improving, It Is reported at the otllcc of the company here. 



I'repnrallons are under way here for tbe annual meeting of the Bal- 

 timore Lumber Kxchnnge, which will take place on the evening of Decem- 

 ber 6. Georsc K. Waters of George E. Waters k Co., chairman of tbe 

 committee on arninteinents, has been to New York to secure some at- 

 tractions for tbe entertainment following the banquet, and something 

 out of the ordinary In this line Is looked for. The regular ticket to be 

 voted for will be out in a few days, the nominating committee being at 

 work on It. 



Gustave A. Farber, representative In London of Russe ft Burgess. Inc., 

 of Memphis. Is mourning tbe loss of a brother, Henry J. Farber, who died 

 November 11 nt bis home here. Uc bad been In 111 health for several 

 years. 



Much regret la expressed here over the demise of Jamea A. Wilkinson, 

 at rulnskl, Va. Mr. Wilkinson was one of the leading members of the 

 National Lumber ICxportcrs' Association In his day, nnd took a prominent 

 part In the work of that organization, being one of tbe committee which 

 went to England to discuss trade conditions with the brokers and buyen 

 here. He w.ts also Identlllcd with the American Wagon Oak I'lank Ex- 

 porters' Association, which be helped to found, and aided actively In 

 advancing the Interests of the American shippers. 



Thomas E. Coalc of tbe Thos. K. Coale Lumber Company, rblladelphia, 

 and V. L. Stone of the Chickasaw Lumber Company, Ilcmopolls, Ala., 

 were among the recent visitors In Baltimore. Both reported an Im- 

 provement In business. 



Thomas Hughes, formerly engaged In the wholesale and export bard- 

 wood business, has connected himself with Oliver Reeder ft Bon, ablp 

 builders on the Key IIlKhway. 



=-< CINCINNATI >-= 



The Hyde Park Lumber Company recently announced plans for some 

 extensive Improvements to Its already large plant In the hilltop suburb. 

 It Is estimated that an outlay of nearly $10,000 will be necessary to meet 

 the expense of the additions. The warehouse will be enlarged flfty by 

 eighty feet, the olTlce building thirty by flxty feet. 



The recent incorporation of tbe Standard Wagon and Auto Company, 

 at Cleveland, by A. B. Beckman, .\. R. Dow, S. M. Dow, F. W. Langln, 

 I. l". Gordon and V. H. Beckman was of Interest to the Cincinnati lum- 

 bermen, especially those directly concerned with supplying local carriage 

 concerns and wheel, spokes, shafts and rlms factories with lamber. The 

 new company incorporated for $10,000. 



The decreasing demand for carriage woodwork, owing to the ever- 

 increasing popularity of the automobile and Its consequent drop in price, 

 was given as the reason for the suit for dissolution recently filed by tbe 

 Conant Carriage Woodwork Company of Cincinnati. The company was 

 capitalized at $20,000. 



.1. V. fetlmson & Co., Owensboro, Ky., have filed complaint with the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission, regarding rates on lumber from their 

 city to eastern market.?. They allege that Owensboro being forty-two 

 miles nearer to New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia lumber centers than 

 Evansvllle. Ind., It constitutes a gross discrimination when rates are 

 higher to those points from Owensboro than the Indiaan city. 



The Muncic Wheel Company, at Muncle, Ind., recently filed with the 

 Indiana secretary of state certificate showing redemption of $80,700 of 

 the preferred stock. 



The RIchwood plant of the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company, 

 Clarksburs, W. V.i . remntly Inerensed tbe wages of all employes of the 



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