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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25, 1918 



Fri'ilorick P. Stieff, a widely kuown piano mauufacturer of Baltimoi-f, 

 .linl ;it Ills residence here on June 3. Tbe value of his estate is not known 

 as division was made prior to Mr. Stieff's deatli to members of the family. 



Another recent death of interest to the hardwood trade is that on 

 May 29 of P. Hanson Hiss, one of the oldest and best-known furniture 

 manufacturers of Baltimore. Mr. Hiss was eighty-seven years of age. 



Now that the exports are reduced to very small proportions, some of 

 the concerns that formerly engaged extensively in the foreign business 

 have turned their attention in other directions. Among those taking this 

 course is the Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Company, of Cincinnati, which is 

 helping the government to locate walnut for gunstocks, airplane pro- 

 pellers and other purposes. A surprisingly large quantity of walnut of 

 good quality is still found in Maryland. The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Com- 

 pany maintains an assortment yard here with Mr. Schleyer in charge of 

 the local office. 



The hardwood department of the Ryland & Brooks Lumber Company, 

 American building, is doing a good business in hardwoods of all kinds, 

 though with the demand largely confined to territory that does not de- 

 pend entirely on railroad transportation. 



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The Wilmington Saw Mill Company, Wilmington, Ohio, has been incor- 

 porated with a capital of .$30,000 by T. A. McCaskln, Philip Caldwell, 

 I). K. Henderson, H. A. Spring and Jay P. Taggart. 



Clark & Thompson, Cincinnati, have closed out their business and have 

 sold their yard and plant to the Lunkenheimer Company, which will use 

 the space to extend its factory. 



The Fayette Lumber & Supply Company, Fayette, O., has been incor- 

 porated with a capital of $20,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators 

 are Edward B. Mitchell, Charles G. Bringham, Edwin L. Clay, William 

 H. Hamilton and Norman L. Hanson. 



William W. Welsh, president of the carriage and wagon company bear- 

 ing his name, died at his home in Cleveland Heights recently at the age 

 'if seventy-two years. The Welsh plant was located on Bast Sixty-iifth 

 street for years. 



The Fuller-Dodge Lumber Company, Ashtabula, O., has changed its 

 organization and is now known as the Dodge Brothers Lumber Company. 



L. F. Andrews has been named receiver for the Hay & Flaherty Lumber 

 Company, Columbus. The offices of the . Jobbing concern were in the 

 Columbus Savings & Trust building. 



At a special meeting of the stockholders of the West Virginia Timber 

 Company, Cleveland, A. G. Webb was selected president to succeed George 

 E. Breece. Mr. Breece left for Portland, Ore., to aid in directing the 



spruce production division of the Signal Corps. U. S. A. 



Alfred Eicker, a son of John Eicker of Bicker Brothers, lumber dealers 

 of Delphos, O., has enlisted in the service and is now stationed at Camp 

 Zachary Taylor, Louisville. He was superintendent of the factory at the 

 time of his resignation. 



A new concern has been opened at Eeynoldsburg, O., known as the 

 Eeynoldsburg Lumber Company. 



N. B. Gentry has taken a position with the Teachout Sash and Door 

 Company, Columbus, and will look after the redwood end of the business. 



William Snider, president of the Snider-Flautt Lumber Company, Zanes- 

 ville, Somerset and New Lexington died recently. He had extensive saw- 

 mill interests in eastern Ohio also. 



R. W. llorton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a good 

 demand for harwoods, more especially from the factory trade. He says 

 concerns making implements and vehicles are good customers. Some buy- 

 ing is being done by box and furniture factories also. Prices are firm 

 all along the line. Shipping is slightly improved as the railroad conges- 

 tion is not so bad as formerly. Embargui-s are still holding up shipments 



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Prospects lor Improvement in the building situation in this district, 

 and consequent increase in the demand for hardwoods for building pur- 

 poses, have been dimmed in the last week as a result of activities of bank- 

 ing interests to conserve the financial resources of the community. This 

 is just the opposite view taken by ,the treasury department at Wash- 

 ington, which earlier in the month advised banks and loan companies to 

 distribute loans for building purposes. Investigation by material and 

 building interests brings to light the fact that there is little or no money 

 available for housing construction In which hardwoods interests are most 

 interested. So far this move does not seriously affect the hardwood situa- 

 tion here, -as there is a growing shortage of practically all materials, owing 

 to thi' inroads made upon supplies by government requirements. The trade 

 hiri- is now hoping there will be an Increase in the number of cars at 

 producing centers to permit shipments of hardwoods iuto commercial chan- 

 nels as well as Into government hands. 



One of the most satisfactory developments of the period is the settle- 

 ment of the strike of union building trades. All crafts signed the agree- 

 ment decided upon by the Building Trades Council and the Building Trades 

 Employers' Association, except the laborers, who still held. out for higher 

 wall's than those offered by the employers. Action by Federal Mediator 

 Fnnlkner, ordering the men to accept the offer and go back to work, averted 

 wli.il sivmed to hp another general strike, as contractors, weary of being 



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