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HARDWOOD RECORD 



pany, cypress specialists, l Madison avenue, has 

 just returned from a lengthy trip among the 

 mills in Florida. Louisiana and Mississippi and 

 brings with him stories of great activity in 

 cypress producing points. Dry stocks are scarce 

 and he looks for a very firm and active markel 

 during the year. 



W. B. Wilkinson, hardwood manufacturer of 

 Asheville, N. C, was a recent visitor in the 

 interest of business. 



J. S. Carvalho of Willson, Adams & Co . 149th 

 street and Harlem river, returned last week 

 from a six weeks' European trip. 



Chas. E. Pell, formerly of Danuat & Pell, tin 

 first treasurer of the New York Lumber Trade 

 Association,' from 1S86 to 1904, died at his 

 residence January 17 in the sixty-fourth year 

 of his age. 



.1. II. Dickinson, manager of the Lidgervi 1 



Manufacturing Company's logging department, 

 has left New York for the South and experts 

 to spend the next week or two in and about 

 New Orleans, where he has a host of friends 

 Everybody in lumber circles around New Orleans 



knows Mr. Dickinson and he exr ts In have a 



royal time during his stay there. II. \Y. Dexter, 

 the company's southern representative, and M. 

 H. Dickinson. Seattle manager, were in New- 

 York on business last week. 



The annual banquet of the New York Lum- 

 ber Trade Association, in commemoration of 

 its twentieth anniversary, was held at the 

 Waldorf-Astoria ou the evening of January 

 22, and was participated in by about four 

 hundred of the members and their guests, 

 among whom were many out-of-town lumber- 

 men. A pleasant feature of the occasion this 

 year was the presence of the ladies, who oc- 

 cupied boxes surrounding the grand ball room 

 and added much to the enjoyment of the even- 

 ing. Each lady was presented with a box of 

 Eepetti's as a souvenir. 



Philadelphia. 



The delegates of the various trade organiza- 

 tions, appointed to meet W. C. MacBride of the 

 Haney, White Company, with a view to having 

 the mercantile tax repealed, held another m 

 ing in the rooms of the Lumbermen's Exchange 

 on - January 15. Mr. MacBride in the ■ chair. 

 There' was a representative body of merchants 

 present, and the chairman was authorized to 

 appoint a committee to draft a bill on the sub 

 ject, to be presented to the legislature of litis 

 state for consideration. 



Among the recent visitors to the Exchange 

 rooms were : W. S. Clark of Essex Lumber 

 Company, Newark, N. .1.: W. C. Peirce of Peirce 

 & Williams, Bristol, Pa., and Fred J". Johnson 

 of liliss & Van Auken, New York, who is a 

 member of the Exchange. 



.1. IT. Lank, the affable, secretary of the Lum- 

 bermen^ Exchange, and wife were present only 

 a few days ago at the golden wedding of Hi" 

 parents of the latter. It was a joyful reunion, 

 and as the honored couple were only a little over 

 seventy years of age there was no thought that 

 this might In' tie- last meeting of the entire 

 family. "On the 10th of this month Mr. Lank 

 was notified of the sudden death of the father. 

 Mr. Lank and wile have the sympathy of their 

 many friends. 



It has been announced by J. II. Sheip. vice 

 gerent snark of the eastern district of Pennsyl- 

 vania, that a concatenation will be held on ' 

 February S. at which time a number of kittens 

 will be welcomed into the Hoo-Hoo circle. 



The Codling Lumber Company, although iu its 

 first year, is rapidly coming to the front. Frank 

 B. Codling, an experienced lumberman who was 

 for nineteen years with Chas. Este, commenced 

 business for himself about nine months ago, 

 handling hardwoods, and lias succeeded beyond 

 all expectation. > 



W. M. McCormick reports difficulty in accumu- 

 lating stock at the various mills, and orders are 

 taken only for actual stock on hand. Mills are 

 active, car service inactive, hence the complaint. 



R. M. Smith & Co. have opened a branch office 

 in Alderson, W. Va., where they have acquired 

 control of a number of small mills, which with 

 the extensive mills already owned by this firm 

 in Parkersburg. W. Va., will enable them to 

 cover a much larger field than heretofore. The 

 Philadelphia manager, B. C. Currie, Jr.. speaks 

 in glowing terms of trade conditions, car service 

 excepted, and reports orders far in excess of a 

 possible supply. 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire 

 Insurance Company will hold its annual meeting 

 on January 22. The conscientious management 

 of this concern, its cautious selection and strin- 

 gi nt inspection of risks, have borne the follow- 

 ing good fruits : Fire loss for year, $36,000, or 

 a loss ratio to premiums in force of about 

 twenty-four per cent. The statement of the 

 company shows net available assets of $247,- 

 106.72; premiums in force December 31, 1906, 

 amounting to $149,727, while the company now 

 has .fLOO.OOO of its assets invested in gilt-edge 

 securities. The company during the past year 

 has paid a thirty per cent dividend. 



Brawley & Smith, the well known hardwood 

 manufacturers, 926 Beal Estate Trust building, 

 win, have a mill in Huntdale, N. C, have flis 

 solved partnership, John B. Brawley retiring. 

 Elbert Smith, the active principal and manager, 

 continues the Imsinrss as the Brawley & Smith 

 Company. 



The J. W. L»ifenderfer Lumber Company has 

 just engaged II. L. Atkinson as salesman to 

 cover the northern New Jersey district. The 

 selection of Mr. Atkinson, who was formerly 

 with II. M. Bitford & Co. of New York, is 

 regarded as a wise one. 



The annual meeting of the Philadelphia 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association was held 

 on the evening of January 10 at the Union 

 League club house. One of the most important 

 features of the session was the report of F. s. 

 Underhill of Wistar, Underbill & Co., who was 

 appointed a delegate to the car shortage conveu- 

 li'.n recently held in Chicago. The meeting 

 adopted unanimously this report of Mr. Under- 

 hill, and declared itself in accord with his stand 

 for a good federal reciprocal demurrage law. 

 Almost the full strength ,.,f the association was 

 present at the meeting. Robert G. Kay was 

 n elected president; B. Franklin Betts re-elected 

 vice president, and F. S. Underhill. secretary 

 and treasurer. 



Baltimore. 



The first concatenation of the local branch of 

 Hoo-Hoo under the direction of Vicegerent 

 Snark Maurice W. Wiley of the Wiley. Darker & 

 Camp Company was held January 10 at the 

 Hotel Belvedere, when a commendable addition 

 was made to the membership of the order. The 

 initiation was followed by the customary dinner, 

 and about seventy-five members of the order 

 occupied seats at the tables. At a short busi- 

 ness session arrangements were made for a visit 

 of Baltimore Hoo-Hoo to the annual meeting of 



Hi der to lake place in Philadelphia, and 



Maurice W. Wiley, William D. Gill, John L. 

 Alcock and George E. Waters were named as the 

 committee to complete the details. 



On the complaint of Henry E. Cook, one of 

 the partners, receivers have been appointed to 

 'lose up the lumber business of Storck & Cook, 

 on North Front street, because irreconcilable dif- 

 ferences have arisen between the partners which 

 make it desirable that the undertaking should 

 be closed, though it has been profitable, the 

 assets largely exceeding the liabilities. The 

 court named Harry E. Karr and Carville D. 

 Benson, two lawyers, as receivers. Mr. Cook, in 

 his complaint, stated that he had served writ- 

 ten notice on Mr. Storck terminating the part- 

 nership in accordance with the agreement en- 

 tered into by them on December 26, 1901. The 

 receivership, consequently, Mr. Cook stated, had 

 become necessary. The firm, it is stated, had 

 no connection with the sash, door and blind 

 mill business conducted by Mr. Cook. 



The Bald Knob Furniture Company has been 

 incorporated at Richmond, Va., with a minimum 

 capital of $25,000, which may be increased to 

 $50,000, the incorporators and officers being 

 N. P. Angle, Rocky Mount. Va., president ; B. L. 

 Angle, Rocky Mount, and J. A. Martin, Calla- 

 way, vice presidents ; ,T. M. Farrow, J. M. Wil- 

 liams and H. W. Peak, of Rocky Mount. The 

 company will establish a plant at Rocky Monnt. 



Another recent incorporation at Richmond. 

 Va., was that of the Eagle Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, which will have a capital of not less 

 than $150,000 nor more than $300,000. and will 

 conduct a general timber and real estate busi- 

 ness. The officers and incorporators are: Col. 



I. H. Saunders of Washington. D. C, president; 

 W. II. Saunders, also of Washington, vice presi- 

 dent: C. G. Maphis of Charlottesville, and John 



II. Shaw of the same place. 



Walter Orr has retired from the firm of Orr, 

 Eppley & Co. of this city and the business is 

 now being continued by Everett S. Eppley. The 

 firm is engaged in the exportation of staves and 

 heading and has also taken up cypress and other 

 woods. 



The widely known hardwood concern, the Eis- 

 enhaeur & MacLea Company, ou West Falls ave- 

 nue, this city, recently received one of the larg- 

 est cargoes of cypress ever docked here. It 

 came from Gulfport, Miss., and \\as brought by 



tin four-masted Bel ler R. W. Hopkins. The 



cargo included about one million feet, all of it 

 excellent in quality. The Hopkins went aground 

 near Fort McIIeury on the trip, but was for- 

 tunate enough to work off unaided when the 

 wind took a turn, so that there was no salvage 

 to pay. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Price, wife of Winfield S. 

 Price, manager of the Price Hardwood Com- 

 pany, died suddenly on January :;, of apoplexy, 

 at her home, 2001 North Charles street. Her 

 demise was a great shock to her family and 

 many friends. 



Among recent visitors in Baltimore was J. P. 

 Stephenson-Jellie, representing tbe firm' of 

 Bryce, Junor & White of Bristol, England, with 

 branches at London and Glasgow. Mr. Stephen- 

 son-Jellie is on an extended trip through the 

 States and called on several linns while here. 



David T. Carter of Carter. Hughes & Co., who 

 spent tin' holidays here, has returned to Trout- 

 dale. Va.. where he is superintending the opera 

 tions of the mill owned by the Iron Mountain 

 Company, an allied concern. 



Pittsuurg. 



D. L. Helman of the Ilelman Lumber Com- 

 pany of Warren, Ohio, a large ship building 

 supply firm, has bought from Kinsman Bros. 

 Ion aires of line white oak timber in Trumbull 

 county, Ohio, on the Lake Shore. He will at 

 once move a large portable sawmill to the tract 

 and manufacture most of the trees into ship 

 timbers. 



J. L. Lytic of the Curll & Lytle Lumber 

 Company, J. G. Criste, secretary of the Interior 

 Lumber Company, and E. H. Stoner of the Flint. 

 Erving & Stoner Company will represent the 

 Pittsburg Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Associa- 

 tion at the convention in Cincinnati January 22 

 and 23. There they will confer with representa- 

 tives of the wholesale associations at Cleveland, 

 Toledo, Saginaw and Cincinnati in respect to 

 si \ rial important matters which affect the wel- 

 fare of the five associations which work to- 

 gether. 



The Standard Box & Lumber Company has 

 bought a big site at Millvale, just above Pitts 

 burg on the Allegheny river, for $21,000 and 

 will build a plant there at once. 



The box factory of the Russell-Kress Bos .V 

 Lumber Company at McKees Rocks was burned 

 tin days ago. The total losses will reach over 



$90,000. The box company's loss was $52,C 



most of which is covered by insurance. In 

 addition to a large stock of finished boxes and 

 the building, which was leased, the company lost 

 over 100,000 feet of lumber. In the same build- 



