HARDWOOD RECORD 



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cations are that prices will be verj strongly held 

 in the future. 



Charles Miller of Miller Brothers, 208 Wil 

 lougbby building, is a1 the southern mills .11 

 the company looking over shipments. Milton 

 Miller of Ihe Chicago office is in charge of the 

 home business of the company which has shown 

 splendid results during the past yeai 



C. I'.. Curtis, secretarj of the Morton Drj 

 Kiln Company, 218 la Sail.' Btreet, spent a 

 por 1 "f last week at Grand Rapids superin- 

 tending th" installation of some kilns. The 

 Morton Dry Kiln Company lias already quite a 

 number of its appliances in operation at the fur- 

 niture citj and reports from th"-- employing 

 them say that they are giving complete sat 

 1 tact ion. 



The Orr & Lockett Hardware Company, 22d and 

 Jefferson streets, manufacturers of built up ma- 

 ple blocks for buti bets and large ice diesis. 



Ian.- had a very suci e -1 ul year. ' h t their 



recent large jobs was the constructi >f a 



large cooler Beventy-seven feet long and thir- 

 teen feel wiilo for tin 1 new Boston store. 



Wendnagie >v Co., lank ami vat makers of 

 Twenty-second and Jefferson sti is, are com- 

 pleting the erection of a new addition to their 

 plant. The building is four stories high and 

 has a measurement of 60x114 feet. It is 

 equipped with electrical installation, elevators 

 anil all modern mill improvements. Although the 

 company has only been in business at its pres- 

 ent location for six years its trade has in- 

 creased to such an extent that the new quar- 

 ters are necessary. 



II. It. Leavitt of the Leavitt Lumber Com- 

 pany, Twenty-second and r.allin streets, has 

 recently returned from a visit to his company's 

 "Hollywood, Ark., plant. -Mr. Leavitt, acconi- 

 panied by his brother Jerome G. Leavitt, con 

 templati shortly after the first of the year 

 making an extensive trip to look over several 

 hardwood timber propositions with a vievs to 

 making additional purchases. 



YV. .1. Wagstaff, mil- Oshkosh friend, was a 

 Chicago visitor last week and called at the 

 klriii.'n office. 



Dr. L. W. Edwards ..1' Antigo and F. A. Fuller 

 .,i Oshkosh, Wis., both i>t" the Edwards Lumber 

 Company, were in Chicago on the 19th and paid 



a \ l-il to tile Itl COED office. I 111- C pally has 



offices both at Oshkosh and Antigo and mills at 

 Kempster, Neva and Washburn Siding. While 

 both hardwoods and hemlock are manufactured 

 the company's specialty is red birch 



The Lumber World .if Chicago, published by 

 the late C. D. Strode, has made iis reappeal 

 anee under the editorial management of L. E. 



fuller. Mr. Fuller has I n the local man for 



the American Lumberman for many years, is 

 popular with the Chicago trade, and will have 

 ihe besl wishes of many friends for the suc- 

 ei ss of his new undertaking, it is announced 

 thai the paper will be general in character and 

 devoted in the interests of manufacturers, whole 

 salers, retailers and salesmen. 



F. I'. Southgate, bead of Hie inspection bu- 

 reau "f the National Hardw I Lumber Associa 



Hon at New STork City, has been making his 

 headquarters at Me- general "Hue- of the assn 

 elation in Chicago during the last two weeks 

 assisting in .leaning up a surplus of inspection 

 mailers in this city ami vieinily. 



W. A. Davis, the well known hardwood whole 

 saler of the Marquette building, accompanied by 

 his wil'e. left fur Oklahoma City on Saturday 

 1, 1 spend the Christmas holidays with relatives. 

 A well known hardwood wholesaler who ships 

 considerable quantities of lumber from Ket 

 lucky points during the current ear shortage 

 has surprised both his customers and . ipel 



itors by ihe promptness with which be has sue 

 ceeded in delivering lumber t" ihe Chicago trade. 

 When asked how he is able i" -'■' air cars 

 with the present dearth of equipment, he sim 

 ply exhibits the expense accounts of his buyers, 



which show that they have 1 n able thus far 



to secure cars from local freight conductors in 



; Ki ntuckj bj paj ing from $2 



I,, $2.50 each Tie' tipping craze is Still spi 

 ing 



The 11 \u.w 1:1 cokd had ile' pleasure of a 



,all ,01 Dec. 19 from .1. Gibson Mcllvain, Jr.. of 

 .1. Gibson Mcllvain ,v 1 ■ < . Philadelphia, win. 



was accompanii .1 bj "i ' in associates, B. C. 



Heritage. The gentlemen were on their wa\ 



I, 11 a two months' Pacific coasl trip where 



thej have 1 n looking over the big timber ..i 



thai region Mr Mcllvain says that notwith 

 standing the disastrous lire from which their 



icern suffered a year ago in Philadelphia, 



thej lane si cc.ir.i mi grouping a large quan 



tity of lumber at their yards there during Ihe 

 ,, ,, aad have enjoyed one ol ihe he-t seasons 

 in their history. 



E. L. Edwards, the well known wholesale 

 lumberman of Dayton, O., was a Chicago vis 

 itor "U I lee. 19. 



W. A, Gilchrist of tin- Three Siales Lumber 

 Company. Memphis, was in the city last week. 



Harry Gi 1 ui h, tat 1 of ihe retail 



elation of Kansas city. Mi... was a visiter al 

 Ha. offices ..1 the Hardwood Recobd during the 



past week. 



The eh.se of Hie year has brought to the 

 II.ua. w... .1. Ul'.c'iKli rememl. ranees from various 

 members of Ihe trade in Hie shape of calendars. 

 mi ,.t them of attractive design and well 

 printed. Among the firms to which the Recobd 

 in.lei.ied for this courtesj are the following: 

 E. W. Leech, the well known dealer in hard- 

 woods "f Lit nth street and Warren avenue, 



Detroit, Mich.; shut & Kiehn, importers of lum- 

 ber and logs with headquarters at Hamburg and 

 Dusseldorf, Germany, ami American offices al 

 Now Orleans, La., Mobile. Ala., and Savannah. 

 Ga. ; Samuel II. shearer .v Co., Crozer building, 

 Philadelphia; Hoshall & McDonald Bros, of 

 Eola, La.; the Hatten Lumber Company of New 

 I.,, ad. 01. Wis. : Richey, Halsted .* Quick, who 

 ,i,.,,i extensivelj in southern lumber, Cincinnati; 

 William Buchanan of St. Louis, Mo., the Moffetl 

 Powman Lumber Company, Madison, Iml., and 

 ihe standard Hardwood Lumber Company, well 

 known in the Hade of Buffalo' A handsome desk 

 clock was ais., received from the Florala Saw 

 a, ill Company of Paxton, l-l.i . I'm- which the 

 Record is grateful. 



Boston. 



I rank W. Holmes, a very popular lumber 

 salesman in this part of ihe country, died very 



, .mil ai Rutland; Vt., Dec. II. Mr. Holmes 



i,,,. ihe past thirteen years has been salesman 

 f 0r ihe firm of Furber, Stockford & Company. 



Charles S. Wentworth of Charles S. Went 

 worth & Company, has been spending a few 

 days in New Hampshire in Hi.- Interests of 

 business. 



William E. Litchfield siales thai husincss is 

 normal. The difficult! of guaranteeing trans 

 ,„, riaiinn has kept many from taking orders 

 f 01 . future delivery. The fact that the rail 



, Is are unable to supplj ears has kept 



certain shippers from doing I. ashless in this 

 . 1 1 inn. 



The following officers were elected for the 



ensuing mar al the recent meeting of ihe Mas 



acliusetls Wholesale Lumber Association; II 



|; Clark, president : II. W. Bll hard, vice 



president; W. C. B. Robblns, secretary and 



nrer. Executive committee; Chairman, T. 



11 Shepard C. C Batchelder, Waldo 11. Bige- 



low, Wendell M. Weston, William Bacon, B. .1. 



11, a. 1. II. P.. Liske. Morris A Hall. Horace 



I.. Hearse. Wendell I'. Brown, Francis E. 1 1 



1 he lidated Lumber Company, Boston, 



1 been incorporated win. a capital stock of 

 $10,000. The promoters are Miner K. Thomas 

 and Edward M. Robinson. 



The American Liim ' Company, Quincy, 



Mass., has been Incorporated with a capital 



tocl of $8, - The incorporators are .1. 



Franklin Faxon and A D. Newcomb. 



M. w.iii.i iiari. who started in the whole 

 all lumber business under his own name in 



Boston ah. nil two years ago, has been obliged 

 to take larger quarters in ihe Mason Building 

 ami will remove about January 1 



.lames A. Hurd has removed from Kin.y street 

 hl Room ::ns. Exchange Building, and Walter 

 Moore, win. has had an ..nice in Room 340 of 

 same I. nil. ling, has taken part of Ihe office 

 with Mr. Hold. 



The Sebago Lake Lumber Company has I n 



organized ai Portland, Me. with a capital of 

 $10,000. The incorporators are Henry Rich 

 ;,i„l John II. Rich of Slamlish. 



K. s. Piatt of New Britain, Conn., has pur 



I, , , .! Ihe business of Ihe Meriden Lumber 



ii,.nn an. 1 of ihe Lyon >' Billiard Companj 



\i, 11.111 ... alreadj interested in several lum- 

 ber concerns in Connecticut. 



The mill of Shaw & Kiuibv. Medford, Mass.. 

 has been damaged by fin to ihe extent of 

 $2,500. Much of the kiln dried lumber was 

 badly damaged. 



The Blair Veneer Company of North Troy, 

 Vt., has been installing new machinery. 



Andrew T. Allen, recently foreman for 11.. • 

 George W. Hale Lumber Company, Cambridge, 

 and Lawn lie.' Chamberlain of Boston, an- 

 nounce thai they have reopened the William 

 Pettigrew mill al Wesl Newton, Mass.. where 

 they will manufacture and deal in all kinds of 

 finish materials and do a general woodworking 



business under the linn nan I Chamberlain 



& Allen. 



New York. 



The New York members of Hoo-Hoo are gel 



ting together with Hie rubers of the other 



hading eastern cities for the purpos ' pre 



paring plans for the entertainment of the order 

 ai Atlantic city next September. The eastern 

 trade will he generally pretty busy in the host 

 line by reason of the eastern hardwood men 

 making similar preparations for the entertain 



meut of the National Hardw 1 Lumber Ass.. 



elation at Atlantic city next May. 'Ihe bit 

 Id s committees are already actively at work 

 and are planning a big lime, and the Hoo-Hoo 

 members will be a .lose second, although, of 



use. they will have three or four months 



more in which to round out their work. At 

 lantic City is such a popular resort that both 

 conventions bid fair to he record breakers in 

 attendance. 



The volume of new building planned during 

 the month of November in Greater New York 

 shows ihe following decreases as against last 

 year: Manhattan, 4s per cent; Brooklyn. 10 

 ,„., cent : Bronx borough, 26 per cent. But 

 nevertheless the total volume of new building 

 planned was : ill $12,000,000 for Ihe greater 



City, and while it is : isiderable decrease as 



against November, 1905, it is sufficiently large 



to indie. :ontinuance of building activity. 



as L905 was a record breaker all around and 



therefore hardly a criterion. 



The \ew York Lumber Trade Association, 

 through its Committee on Railroads and Trans- 

 portation, is following along Ihe line of other 

 organizations in delving into the transportation 



pr in-, confronting the local trade in the 



receipt of I ber. 



•I'be Hasbrouck ci loring Company has been 



incorpon 1 in this city with a capital of 



$25,000. The incorporators are: W. G. Mer 

 i-iti. New i'ork; C. H. Briscoe and I C. 

 Horschej of d klyn. 



p. epat atlons are al I complete for tl o 



,,„.,, ba nquel Of He' New I'ork Lumber L' ■ 



Association, which occurs at the Waldorf-As 

 t0 ria mi Tuesday, January 22, and ihe number 

 of tickets alreadj sold is in the neighborhood 



which will make it by fur the bl| 



gathering of thai character in the history .o 



the "local trade. The grand hail i m has been 



secured and an exceedingly fine entertainmenl 



will follow Ihe dinner Boxes will I -ciipied 



by Hie ladies. 

 ' Secretary Frank I ■ if the National 



Hardwood Lumber Association has been spend- 



