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HARDWOOD RECORD 



JAMES & ABBOT COMPANY 

 Lumber and Timber 



No. 165 Milk St., BOSTON, MASS. 



The Ferd. Brenner Lumber Co., Alexandria, Louisiana 



Manufacturers of High Grade Hardwoods "'Ly»fKJn 



I2S0O0 FEET 



Kentucky Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, RED AND SAP 

 GUM, CHESTNUT, HEMLOCK 



ROUGH AND DRESSED 



MTLT.S AT 



Bumiide, Ky, Williamtburg, Ky. 

 Sulligent, Ala. 



SALES OFFICE 



606 Security Trust Bldg. 

 LEXINGTON, KY. 



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p OHIO VENEER COMPANY 



I Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



3 2624-S4 COLERAIN AVENDB 



" DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. 



Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



GENERATE OFFICE — .JACKSON, KY. 



RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. 



OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT 



SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS 



\Tf^r\f^(^r<Z- CIRCASSIAN WALNUT AND ALL 

 vciiccio. OTHER FIGURED WOODS 



THE FREIBERG LUMBER COMPANY 



OFFICE AND MILL. CINCINNATI. OHIO 



JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. 



OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS ^ 



FIRST NATIONAI BANK Rril.niNO 1 



The company has a big boom at the month of Steer Creek near Creston, 

 W. Va. 



William Seaman, who has been in the hardwood lumber business In 

 Leetsdale, Pa., for many years, has sold out his yards there to Joseph 

 DuitcU of Farmington, W. Va.. who will take charge at once. Mr. Seaman, 

 although seventy-nine years of age. has been a very active figure in 

 Tri-State lumber business in recent years. 



The Allegheny Lumber Company reports business slow but steady, the 

 main difficulty being in low prices. Manufacturers are buying only in 

 small quantities, this company reports. 



The West Virginia Lumber Company is running its mill full in northern 

 Pennsylvania and is manufacturing a good number of coal barges for the 

 trade. One consignment of these will be distributed this week from 

 Pittsburgh harbors, 



.1. N. Woollett, president of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, made a trip 

 through the Middle West lately. He found manufacturers buying much 

 less bnrdwood than formerly and trying to get low prices. Mr. Woollett 

 says that shipments of gum and Cottonwood are fully forty per cent less 

 than at this time last year. 



The Breitwieser Lumber Company is getting considerable hardwood busi- 

 ness by steady and hard plugging. Manager A. G. Breitwieser of this 

 compau.v believes that business will recover volume rapidly from now on 

 and looks for good times after the first of the year. 



The Pittsburgh Lumbermen's Club, which is one of the most up-to-date 

 and aggressive organizations of lumbermen in the East, entertained the 

 members of the Pittsburgh Wholesale Lvimber Dealers' Association at a 

 banquet in the Fort Pitt hotel, Tuesday. November ."i. The chief en- 

 tertainer was Attorney J. A. Wakefield of this city, known to all Pitts- 

 burgh as a past master in oratory, wit and humor. The subject of his 

 ninety-minute talk was "Personal Experiences In the European War," 

 and was both most entertaining and instructive. Splendid music was 

 furnished and the tables were covered with all sorts of Hallowe'en decora- 

 tions and presents. President C. E. Breitwieser of the Lumbermen's Club 

 was at his best and Edward Eiler in the absence of President O. II. Bab- 

 cock of the wholesalers made a fitting response. 



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Geo. F. Welch, who has operated a large lumber business at Scituate, 

 Mass., has incorporated the firm of Geo. F. Welch Lumber Company 

 with capital authorized at $12.'>,000. Mr. Welch is president and the 

 treasurer is II. J. Wells, who has sold his Interest in the L. T. Robbins 

 Lumber Company of Plymouth. Mass., which has been incorporated as 

 the Atwood-Robblns Lumber Company with capital of $40,000. 



The Xewlon Lumber Company has been organized at Newton, Mass., 

 with authorized capital of $20,000, E. F. Trudo being president and 

 Horace M. Blckford. Jr.. treasurer. 



The Essex County Lumber Company has been organized under Massa- 

 chusetts laws, with the old time lumberman, Geo. H. Swazey, as president. 



The Indian Lake Lumber Company has been incorporated under Maine 

 laws at the town of Westbrook in that state. Karl 1). Scatcs is president 

 and treasurer. 



A notable event among the hardwood lumbermen of Boston was the 

 sevent.v-flfth birthday reception to Hon. John M. Woods, head of J. M. 

 Woods & Co. This occasion was fittingly celebrated at the Exchange 

 Club and was participated In by many prominent lumbermen, city and 

 state officials, military and fraternal delegates as well as many others 

 among his host of friends. 



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Fire which recently broke out in the lumber yard of Harry L. Coffman 

 & Co.. at Hagerstown, Md., destroyed a lot of lumber and some sheds, 

 the loss amounting to several thousand dollars, partly covered by In- 

 surance. 



Mann & Parker, Inc., wholesale hardwoods, have moved their offices 

 from the Continental building to the new yard established on President 

 street, near Allceanna street. The yard runs through to East Falls 

 avenue, and an office structure has been erected on the place. The firm 

 will keep on hand a comprehensive assortment of lumber, and will be in 

 a position to make shipment direct by rail and water. 



.T. M. D. Heald of Price & Heald. Knickerbocker building, who recently 

 underwent an operation, is reported to be making rapid progress toward 

 recovery, and there is every prospect that he will be fully restored to 

 health. 



James Flndlay, for many years a member of Steftey & FIndlay, Inc., 

 lumber dealers with headquarters at Williamsport, Md.. and a branch 

 office at Hagerstown. Md., died November 2 of heart trouble. He was 

 sevent.v-seven .years old, and after graduating from Princeton in IS.tS he 

 returned to his native county where he engaged in various business 

 enterprises. He leaves two daughters. 



A forest fire which broke out on October ."^l on South mountain. Wash- 

 ington county. Md.. spread over 1,000 acres of timber, mostly hardwoods. 

 A fire has also been raging on North mountain, near Clearsprlng. 



Fire broke out on the night of October 24 on the third floor of 940 

 Linden avenue, occupied by Rhein Brothers, makers of carriages and 

 wagons, causing a loss of not less than $20,000. It is thought the loss 

 will be covered by insurance. 



