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HARDWOOD RECORD 



OUR LINE 



WEST VIRGINIA 



HARDWOODS 



Embraces all the 

 commercial specialties 

 in this region. 



W' e solicit the oppor- 

 tunity of proving this 

 claim and offer the fol- 

 lowing list which 



IVE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE \OW : 



1 car 1" firsts and seconds chestnut 



3 cars 1" common and better chestnut 



1 car 5 4" common and better chestnut 



1 car 5 4" common and better red oak 



10 cars chestnut telephone poles 



3 cars I'/^-inch slack barrel staves, 40 and 42 inches long 



1 car 4 4" oak table tops. 40 and 42 inches long 



Alton Lumber Company 



Buckhannon West Virginia 



MATHEWS STANDARD 



Gravity Lumber Conveyer 



Maile all aleel, bull bearing rollt-rs. iwt-lve Tuul sit- cl luii;*; fMMlly 

 coupled together and assembled to form line of any required length, 

 over which lumber, flooring, dimension stuff, etc., will travel on a 

 four Per cent grade. Adjustable jacks supplied t» support conveyer 

 line and secure proper grade. Light, strong and easily portable. 

 Been In successful use for past ten years. 



Prices quoted on receipt of Information as to lengths and widths 

 of materials, and total distance to be conveyed- Send rough sketch 

 showing requirement. Ask for catalog. 



^lain Offlcp iird Factory 



ELLWOOD CITY, PENN. 



Branch FactorirR: 

 TOKdVTO. ONT.ARIO 

 LONDO.N. ENGLA.M) 



The Novelty Wood Turning Company has hen IncorporatetJ at Knox- 

 villo, Tonii., with an authorized capital stock of $5,000. 



The Tidal Lumber Company has been incorporated at Mahoning, Pa.^ 

 by G. U. Jones. The company has a capital stock of $28,000. 



.Tolin M. Byrne, president of the .T. M. Byrne Lumber Company, Kansas 

 City, Mo., died on November 20 at his home at .'!673 .Tanssen place, X^ansas 

 City. 



.tames tiillies, Preston, Ont., is reported to be planning the manufac- 

 ture ot sash, window frames, etc., and to be in the market for machinery 

 of that type. 



The Paducah Lumber Company has been incorporated at Paducah, Ky., 

 with a Si2.'i.000 capital. The articles of incorporation were filed by A. W. 

 I.ucas. of Paducah. 



-Vt Wilmington, L^el., the Gustav Fi-anklin Company has been organized 

 to manufacture household, gaidcn and table furniture, 11. E. Latter being 

 one of the interested parties. 



W. H. lilchardson has goni: into business at Itaciue, Wis., to manufac- 

 ture veliicles and implements. The style of bis concern is the Racine Car- 

 riage Company, with a capital of $25,000. 



The Wing & Figel Box Company has lieen organized at Bangor, Me., 

 with a capital of $50,000. Its purpose is to own and lease timberlands, 

 and Osgood S. Townsend is president of the company. 



(ioehi'tng Manufacturing Company, Akron, O., manufacturer of sash, 

 doors, blinds, etc., at .\kron, O., has changed its name to the Brown- 

 Craves-Vincent Company, and increased its capital to $200,000. 



It is estimated that fires in Pennsylvania forests have caused damage to 

 the extent o( al>out $4."i0,000. This summary was made by the Department 

 of Forestry. Tlie summary shows that 241,4.*^fi acres were burned. 



.< CHICAGO >- 



K. M. Vestal of the Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Knox- 

 ville, Tenu., passed through Chicago, November 30, on Ills way back to 

 Kuoxville from Omaha. Mr. Vestal was successful In placing some good 

 orders at Omalm, and lias written Hardwood Kecord from other points at 

 which he has stopped after leaving Chicago, reporting equally as satisfac- 

 tory results from his efforts. 



1']. D. Galloway of the Galloway-Pease Company, Saginaw, Mich., and 

 Poplar BlulT, Mo., was In town about a week ago in conference with M. L. 

 Pease. 



W. W. Dings of the Garetson-Greason T.umbcr Company, St. I>ouis, Mo., 

 spent a few days around Chicago recently, 



C. B. .Mien, manager of the veneer deiiartment of the .\nderson-Tully 

 Company, Memphis, Tenn., has been spending the last week with the Chi- 

 cago trade. 



The H. P. Nelson Company, Chicago, III., manufacturer ot pianos, has 

 filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. 



.7. IT. Himmelberger, president of the Himmelberger-Harrlson Lumber 

 Company, Cape Girardeau, Mo., stopped off in Chicago last week. 



\. H. v.it.iMist & Co. have comiiienced liu.'.iness at 11)10 North Campbell 

 avenue, Chicago, to manufacture furniture. 



The Pllsen Screen Company and the Englewood Desk Company, both of 

 I'liicago. have filed Involuntary petitions in bankruptcy. 



-■<, NEW YORK >= 



-Vuuouncement has lioen made of tlie engagement of Herbert Sumner 

 and Miss Ethelynd Louise Nostrand. Mr. Sumner Is one of the younger 

 Set of wholesale lumbermen of the city. The bride elect Is well known 

 socially in Brooklyn. 



It. M. Lockwood ot the Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company, accom- 

 panied by Mrs. Lockwood, spent several days in town last week. He 

 says everything Is fine at the plant and the new heavy machines are doing' 

 all that is expected of them. 



C. W. Manning, local wholesale dealer in hardwoods, reports a better 

 tone to things generally though the present demand Is not brisk. He Is 

 just back from an extended business trip and encountered more encourag- 

 ing signs than have been evident of late. Prices are still very uncertain 

 and far from satisfactory. Gum lumber seems to be in better demand and 

 prices for this stock are gradually improving. 



E. S. Foster is continuing in the wholesale hardwood business at 81 

 East One Hundred Twenty-flfth street the Woodbury-Foster Lumber Com- 

 pany having discontinued. 



-■<, BUFFALO >-= 



.■Shirley G. Taylor of Taylor & Crale. accompanied by his wife, has 

 gone South and though his trip is mainly a iiusiness one, they will stop 

 for some time in New Orleans before returning. The company has not 

 sold any of its cotton crop yet, but hopes to get a fair price tor It. Its 

 Mississippi sawmills are shut down at present. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company has been busy lately, having 

 taken on a special order for nearly 1,500,000 feet of stock, which has to be 

 shipped within the next few weeks. 



