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cans. There is much good timber on the island, 

 and reports say there is room for more modern 

 mills. Few cross-cut saws are used, but hand- 

 saws are sold at all the coast towns. 

 , Most of the wood used in making reels for 

 cotton in England and the United States is cut in 

 Maine, although the drain on the forests there 

 is so heavy that the resources of that state 

 must soon be exhausted. Birch is the material 

 best adapted to this purpose, and over 2,000,000 

 feet are shipped to Scotland every year to the 

 great thread manufacturers there ; a like quan- 

 tity goes to England. 



The Red River Hardwood Lumber Company 

 was organized at Alexandria, La., recently with 

 a capital stock of $50,000. The stockholders are 

 all from Pollock. John Pennington, president of 

 the Little River Lumber Company at George- 

 town, was elected president and A. H. Frank 

 was elected secretary and treasurer. Among the 

 other prominent citizens of Pollock who are 

 stockholders are W, H. Bradford and J. B. Wil- 

 mot. The sawmill will be erected at once either 

 in the lower part of the city or a few miles 

 below on the Red River Valley railroad. 



Fire recently destroyed the large sawmill and 

 lumber yards owned by John A. Reitz & Co. at 

 Evansville, Ind. The loss is $50,000, with 

 $25,000 insurance. 



The Pittsburg Ilardwood Door Company has 

 been incorporated with $50,000 capital stock, to 

 be located at Pittsburg. 



A cargo of 2,100,000 feet of Siberian oak was 

 recently brought to Portland, Ore., by the British 

 steamship Vermont. This oak weighs seven 

 pounds to the foot, making the weight of the 



i-argn 7, :•.."." tons The w I was consigned to 



Banfield & Kunz of Portland, who will saw it 

 for local distribution. 



An English paper reports that in consequence 

 of the growing scarcity and appreciation in value 

 of American whitewood or poplar, the trade is 

 casting about to find a satisfactory substitute 

 therefor. Several varieties of pines have been 

 experimented with, with but indifferent success. 

 A prominent London concern . is importing an 

 Australian whitewood which is said to be similar 

 in character to the American variety and which 

 is expected will make a satisfactory substitute 

 for it. 



The Mercantile Lumber Company, Inc., has 

 been formed in New York City, with a capital 

 stock of $10,000, by the following principals: 

 Charles Sobel, William Weiss, B. W. Weiss and 

 Isaac Levy, the latter being manager. The com- 

 pany will engage in buying and selling, at whole- 

 sale and retail, all kinds of lumber, and offices 

 have been established at 1 Madison avenue. 



John J. Carter of Titusville, Pa., has just 

 concluded the sale of his West Hickory farm, 

 comprising 3,000 acres, to O. W. Stone and 

 James Wetmore of Warren and Thomas McCable 

 of Kinzua. The tract includes 2,500 acres of 

 good timber. The purchase price approaches 

 $100,000. 



The Kentenia Corporation of Big Stone Gap, 

 Va., has been granted a charter under the laws 

 of that state. Its purpose is to develop mineral 

 and timber properties in Kentucky, Tennessee 

 and Virginia, and it is capitalized at $10,000,- 

 000. Charles H. Davis of South Yarmouth, 

 Mass., is president. 



HardWood NeWs. 



(By HARDWOOD RECORD Special Correspondents.) 

 Chicago. 



E. E. Taenzer of E. E. Taenzer & Co., Mem- 

 phis, was a Chicago visitor on Saturday en 

 route home from New York. Mr. Taenzer had 

 a very fortunate escape in not being a passen- 

 ger on the ill-fated Pennsylvania lS-hour train 

 which left New York Friday afternoon. He 

 was unable to secure accommodations on this 

 train, so came to Chicago on the Twentieth 

 Century Limited. 



L. II. Briggs, president of the Morse & Briggs 

 Lumber Company of Los Angeles, Cal., was a 

 Chicago visitor on Saturday, en route home 

 from a trip to Michigan points. 



Arthur Hill of Saginaw was in the city 

 February 2.3 on his way to California. 



M. M. Wall of the Buffalo Ilardwood Lumber 

 Company, Buffalo, N. Y'., was a Chicago visitor 

 on Feb. 13. 



The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company of 

 this city has recently added a ' yard to its 

 branch office at Nashville. It is well stocked 

 with a wide variety of hardwood lumber and 

 logs, enabling the company to take care of the 

 wants of its trade in the South with dispatch. 

 S. W. Benbow, who for years has been in 

 charge of the Nashville office, continues in that 

 capacity. 



The Anguera Lumber Company has added a 

 hardwood department to its business and will 

 handle miscellaneous hardwoods and wagon ma- 

 terial in addition to its usual line. It has 

 engaged the services of Frank W. Hall, for- 

 merly secretary of the John O'Brien Land & 

 Lumber Company of this city, who will have 

 entire charge of the hardwood department. Cor- 

 respondence and inquiries should be addressed 

 to the company's new offices at 601 and 603 

 Fisher building, and will receive Mr. Hall's 

 prompt attention. 



C. L. Willey, the veneer man, is spending 

 some time in Memphis assisting in getting 

 his new and up-to-date band mill in that city 

 into operation. He expects to have the plant 

 started within the next month, and already 

 has about 5,000,000 feet of logs on hand for 



immediate sawing. Mr. Willey's son Charles 

 will have charge of the Memphis business. 



Among recent Chicago visitors who paid the 

 Recoup a call was E. W. Pratt, Jr., of the 

 Pratt-Worthington Company, Crofton, Ky. 



J. A. Lewis of the Chicago-Mississippi Land 

 & Lumber Company has returned from a visit 

 to the company's operations at Greenville, Miss. 



Max Sondheimer, the well known Memphis 

 lumberman, spent a few days in this city last 

 week and was welcomed by a host of old friends. 



Fire which threatened the complete destruc- 

 tion of the lumber yards of the Pullman Car 

 Company was discovered the morning of the 

 18th. It started in a shed used for storing 

 mahogany lumber for car trim. The flames soon 

 spread to neighboring buildings and lumber 

 piles and the blaze was extensive when the first 

 fire companies arrived. Bad roads delayed the 

 engines and the smoke from the burning lumber 

 overcame eight firemen while at work. After 

 three hours' fighting a sudden shifting of the 

 wind saved the rest of the stock ; a loss of 

 $150,000 was entailed, however. The yards 

 cover two square blocks. 



W. C. Calhoun of the Frost Veneer Seating 

 Company, Sheboygan, Wis., was in Chicago last 

 week. 



The Edward Hines Lumber Company has 

 leased for ninety-nine years a tract in the 

 lumber district along the south branch of the 

 Chicago river on which it will erect a first class 

 permanent dock. The land is valued at about 

 $100,000. 



G. G. Roberts of the lumber house of D. G. 

 Courtney, large poplar and oak manufacturers 

 of Charleston, W. Va., was a visitor to the 

 Chicago market within the fortnight. 



W. A. Gilchrist, vice president and manager 

 of the Three States Lumber Company of Mem- 

 phis, large cottonwood producers, was a Chicago 

 visitor last Tuesday. Mr. Gilchrist was on his 

 way to Cleveland to attend the convention of 

 the National Box Manufacturers' Association. 



A meeting of the directors of the Vehicle 

 Woodstock Company was held at the Great 



Northern hotel on Feb. 21. Only routine busi- 

 ness was transacted. 



Charles H. Barnaby of Greencastle, Ind., pres- 

 ident of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 Association, was a Chicago visitor on Wednes- 

 day last. 



Geo. L. Smith, formerly inspector general for 

 tlir National Ilardwood Lumber Association, has 

 reengaged with that organization and is now 

 in charge of reinspection at Philadelphia and 

 vicinity. 



Boston. 



The Boston Lumber Trade Club held its anuual 

 meeting at the Exchange Club February 13. E. 

 D. Walker was elected president. 



The George D. Emery Company, the largest 

 importers and dealers in mahogany in this sec- 

 tion of the country, have just purchased a large 

 Cadillac touring car which they will use in con- 

 uection with their business. 



Charles S. Wentworth of C. S. Wentworth & 

 Co. will leave shortly on a southern trip and 

 intends to be present at the National Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' Convention at Washington, 

 March 6 and 7. 



E. G. Phinney of Jacksonville, Fla., has left 

 for home after spending about a week in this 

 city. 



The O. D. Britt Company's woodworking plant 

 in Swampscott, Mass., has been destroyed by 

 lire, causing a loss of about $25,000. This plant 

 was fully equipped with modern woodworking 

 machinery and was completed only about six 

 months ago. 



Morris Hall of the Hall Lumber Company left 

 early this week for a trip to the Pacific c< ast 

 Mr. Hall will combine pleasure with business. 



Charles C. Batchelder, treasurer of the Boston 

 Lumber Company, has returned from a trip to 

 Jamaica. Upon hearing of the earthquake in 

 that island Mr. Batchelder make quick plans to 

 ■j' 1 there as soon as possible and left by the first 

 steamer. He has in the neighborhood of 400 

 pictures taken there, which are very interesting. 



John Ordway, who for many years has been 

 associated with the Boston office of the Atlantic 

 Lumber Company, is again calling npou his many 

 friends in this city after an absence of over five 

 months from business. Mr. Ordway has been 

 confined to his home by sickness. 



The Greenwich Sash & Door Company of 

 Greenwich, Conn., has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $10,000. The incorporators are Henry 

 1'enn. Lawrence Gallagher and D. W. Miles. 



II. B. Fiske of the George McQuesten Com- 

 pany. Boston, has been confined to his home for 

 a few days by sickness. 



The steamship Chelston has arrived from Be- 

 lize and Livingston, British Honduras. The 

 cargo consisted of 3,415 logs of mahogany, which 

 is one of the largest cargoes ever received in this 

 port, 



Beckwith Brothers & Co., manufacturers of 

 piano legs, Westfield. Mass.. have taken larger 

 quarters and decided to continue business in that 

 place. Several months ago it was announced 

 thai they were planning to move then busines 

 to New York. 



'i "ge E. Briggs Is now treasurer of the Lex- 



Ington Lumber Company. For several years Mr. 

 Briggs was connected with Lee, Higginson & 

 Co. 



New York. 



The Cherry River Room & Lumber Company 

 of Scranton, Pa., has opened a local sales office 

 .ii Is Broadway, for the purpose of catering 

 more closely to the large buying trade ot" the 

 Metropolitan district. Sales Manager F. A. 

 Kirby of the company was a recent visitor, at 

 which time he arranged the new offices, which 

 will bo looked after by A. S. Buckman, who will 

 look after New York City proper, and E. C. 

 Collins, who sells for the company in the Brook- 

 lyn and Long Island trade. The company has 

 made application for membership in the New 

 Yoik Lumber Trade Association. 



The American Lumber Company, extensive 



