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HARDWOOD RECORD 



ing a week or two in New York in the interest 

 of association affairs. He has also visited Bos- 

 ton and Philadelphia and other eastern points, 

 being east on a general tour of inspection. 



T. S. Miller, manager of the hardwood de- 

 partment of the Stevens-Eaton Company, 1 Madi- 

 son avenue, has just returned from an exten- 

 sive business trip among the hardwood mills in 

 Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and 

 Georgia. He reports conditions as very strong, 

 with stocks in the better grades of all hard- 

 woods scarce. 



The Smith-Lasher Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated at Hoboken, N. J., with a capital 

 of $100,000. The leading principal is L. P. 

 Lasher, who has been associated with New 

 York and Hoboken trade for a number of 

 years. P. P. Sinclair of West New York and 

 A. R. Sterling of Weehawken are the other in- 

 corporators. 



M. J. E. Hoban of the Hoban & Curtis Lum- 

 ber Company, 1 Madison avenue, has just re- 

 turned from a trip to the southern cypress 

 lields. He found conditions at manufacturing 

 points to be strong and believes that the cypress 

 market fur some time to come will be exceed- 

 ingly bullish. 



H. D. Boweii of Magovern & Bowen, 29 Broad- 

 way, has the sympathy ot the trade in the loss 

 of his mother, who died a1 Pasadena, Cal., the 

 latter part of November. The interment was 

 at Auburn, N. Y., last week. 



1!. W. Higbie. 45 Broadway, is on a visit to 

 his large hardwood operation in the Adiron- 

 dacks, where he will spend sunn' time devoting 

 his attention to mill affairs. Everything is 

 reported as running very satisfactorily and he 

 will have a very choice stock of hardwood 

 lumber to offer in the near future. 



Gardiner I. Jones of the Junes Hardwood 

 Company, Boston, has been here mi a visit in 

 connection with the work of his committee in 

 preparation for the National Hardwood an- 

 nual at Atlantic City in May next. 



Charles M. Kimplaud, the widely known tim- 

 ber and piling operator of IS Broadway, this 

 city, died recently at his residence at 300 

 President street, Brooklyn. 



Sam. E. Barr, Flatiron building, is just, back 

 from a business trip among the West Virginia 

 hardwood and spruce mills and reports condi- 

 tions there as exceedingly strong. Stocks of 

 good lumber are scarce, prices firm and every 

 indication of a dull market for some months to 

 come. 



Carl Fischer-Hansen has been appointed re- 

 ceiver in bankruptcy for the assets of Druks & 

 Heifling, manufacturers of store "fixtures at 350 

 Bowery, with a bond of $1,000. 



M. M. Wall of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber 

 Company has been spending a few days here on 

 business. He reports current activities among, 

 the hardwood trade of Buffalo as very satis- 

 factory. 



Philadelphia. 



The Lumbermen's Exchange held its regular 

 monthly meeting on December 6, President 

 George F. Craig in the chair. The meeting was 

 preceded by a light luncheon in Griffith Hall, 

 which was attended by about titty members. 

 A reaffirmation of the preamble and resolutions 

 adopted on February 1, 1906, relating to the 

 necessity for a material increase of American 

 shipping in foreign trade, was made at this 

 meeting, copies of which were sent to the rep- 

 resentatives of this district in congress. Notices 

 were sent out by the Exchange to all the local 

 trade organizations requesting them to send a 

 delegate . to meet W. C. MacBride of The 

 Haney-White Company, who is chairman of the 

 committee on legislation of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange, at a joint meeting to be held at the 

 Exchange rooms on DecemBer 20 at 1 :30 p. m. 

 This meeting has been called in accordance with 

 the resolution passed by the Exchange, the ob- 

 ject of which is to the effect that the trade or- 



ganizations of Philadelphia join this Exchange 

 in an effort to obtain the repeal of the Mer- 

 cantile Tax Law, and with this object in view 

 to appoint one delegate each to meet with the 

 chairman of the committee on legislation of 

 this Exchange for the purpose of drafting an 

 act for presentation at the next session of the 

 state legislature. 



Emil Guenther. the successful hardwood lum- 

 ber dealer, who for years has conducted a re- 

 tail yard, has now embarked in the general 

 wholesale lumber business, with office at 302 

 Pennsylvania building. 



The following visitors recently paid their re- 

 spects to the local trade : R. H. Paul, East 

 ('oast Lumber Company, Watertown, Fla. ; E. 

 H. Galloway, Galloway-Pease Company, Johnson 

 City, Tenn. : Harold Weston, Weston & Zaring 

 Company, Jacksonville. Fla., and John T. Dixon, 

 John T. Dixon Lumber Company, Elizabethon, 

 Tenn. 



Horace G. Hazard & Co. report that last 

 month's business was one of the best of the 

 year. They consider the outlook good for fu- 

 ture trading, as they have already booked 

 some good sized orders for next spring's de- 

 livery. 



The Fenwick Lumber Company of Wilkes 

 Barre, Pa., took over the entire business of the 

 Tennant-Richards Lumber Company of this place 

 on December 1 and will hereafter occupy the 

 offices 502-1 Bennett building, formerly used by 

 the Tennant-Richards concern. All obligations 

 of the absorbed company have been assumed by 

 I lie Fenwick company and all bills due to the 

 Pennant-Richards Lumber Company will be re- 

 ferred to them. The Fenwick Lumber Company 

 claims to own, in addition to the present hold- 

 ings of the absorbed company, 19,000 acres of 

 fine timber land in West Virginia, which is 

 equipped with a modern, up-to-date baud mill. 

 This timber is composed of chestnut, poplar, 

 oak. hemlock, spruce and yellow pine. 



Samuel H. Shearer & Son report the bardw I 



department of their business moving along in 

 excellent shape and the outlook for future 

 trading very good. Yards have a fair stock on 

 band and are buying only for special orders re- 

 ceived. 



S'liilc Cn.s report business prosperous. They 

 are laying plans to meet increasing demands. 

 John J. Soble, of this firm, spent the last two 



nibs at their mill district in Honaker. Va . . 



where they are interested in the Okeeta Planing 

 Mills Company and the Long Pole Lumber Com- 

 pany. Mr. Soble reports everything working 

 along smoothly. II. r. Minard, formerly with 

 the Missouri Land & Lumber Company of 

 Grandin, Mo., an experienced and well known 

 lumberman, has just been appointed superiu 

 tendent of the Okeeta Planing Mills Company. 

 This firm has been fortunate in making arrange- 

 ments with the Case-Fowler Lumber Company, 

 Birmingham, Ala., to handle its entire output. 

 consisting of plain and quartered oak. 



Schofield Bros., have just made an advan- 

 rageous connection. II. \Y. and J. H. Schofield, 

 of this firm, while on a recent southern trip, 

 contracted for the whole output of a hardwood 

 mill, which will run between 5,000,000 and 

 7. ,000 feet of lumber. The firm has sus- 

 tained a sad loss in the death of one of its best 

 salesmen, Wm. F. Abbott, a resident of York, 

 Pa., who covered the territory of Baltimore, 

 Washington and the Cumberland valley. He 

 left ins home with his wife for a few days' 

 Christmas shopping in this city, stopping witli 

 relatives in West Philadelphia. He was taken 

 ill on the morning following his arrival at 1 

 o'clock and died at 2 p. m. of the same day, 

 December s. A stroke of apoplexy brought on 

 by tin a I lack of acute indigestion caused his 

 death. 1 1 is loss is much deplored and his many 

 friends tender their sincere condolence to his 

 widow. 



William II. Fritz of William II. Fritz & Co. 

 is traveling through the east and reports coming 



therefrom show profitable results. E. B. Hay- 

 man of this firm is confined to his home from 

 the effects of a fail from his horse while at- 

 tending a fox hunt. It is feared he will not 

 be able to resume business for several weeks. 



The Philadelphia Hardwood Lumber Company 

 is pleased with the universal prosperity in 

 hardwood circles. H. N. Pattison of this firm, 

 trading under above corporate name, has just 

 returned from a trip through the state, of. 

 which he reports excellent results. Wm. E. and 

 II. N. Pattisou, who compose the firm, assert 

 that their business for 1906 has been just 

 double that of 1905. 



Chas. F. Felin & Co., extensive dealers in 

 lumber and millwork, report all departments 

 moving along in grand style. Millwork is in 

 constant demand, and judging from the large 

 orders already placed for next spring, the year 

 of 190T will be marked with great activity in 

 building operations. 



Baltimore. 



VV. O. Price, the hardw I exporter, with of- 

 fices in the Continental Trust building, Balti- 

 more and Calvert streets, returned this week 

 from an extended tour through southwestern 

 Virginia and adjacent lumbering sections. He 

 conferred with a large number of mill men and 

 closed contracts for stocks. 



For the first time in the history of the Balti- 

 more Lumber Exchange the boxmakers are rep- 

 resented on the managing committee, this 

 branch of the lumber business having hereto- 

 fore remained rather in I lie background. The 

 box trade, however, lias gained greatly in im- 

 portance during 1 lie current year, and large 

 quantities of poplar are now being cut up into 

 shooks. 



Much interest is being takeu here in the 

 meet ing of the National Hardwood Exporters' 

 Association, which is to be held about January 

 2.'1 next iu Norfolk. A large representation 

 from Baltimore is expected at the meeting, and 

 various matters of importance will come up for 

 consideration. Among them is the question of 

 clean through bills of lading. The relations of 

 the exporters toward the steamship . and rail- 

 road lines are mure or less unsatisfactory and 

 give rise to much complaint. Notwithstanding 

 .lodge Munis' decision last spring the transpor- 

 tation companies are disposed to take advan- 

 tage of all kinds of pqints to evade liability Cor 

 damage, ami the shippers are often called upon 

 to make good losses for damage to lumber sus 

 tained through no fault of theirs. These pay- 

 ments frequently absorb the entire profit on 

 transactions and should rightly be borne by 

 (he companies in the care of which the damage 

 was sustained. The car shortage will also form 

 a topic fur consideration and suggestions will 

 be received as to how the obstacle of utterly 

 inadequate transportation facilities might be 

 overcome. 



Pittsburg. 



The Henderson Lumber Company is doing a 

 tine business in stock for coal mines and coke 

 ovens. James Henderson reports a bigger trade 

 in these specialties than ever before and sees 

 uo reason to look lor a let up before next fall 

 at least 



President George W. Nicola of the Nicola 

 Lumber Company is one of the most enthusiastic 

 believers in the great hardwood business for 

 Pittsburg in 1907. He says that his company is 

 now turning down business that is strictly < >. K. 

 but which is rejected because the company is 

 overtaxed now to keep up with its orders and 

 get cars enough to keep ils customers from going 

 crazy 



J. E. Mellvain & Co. are branching out. They 

 heard that oak was selling at over $100 per 

 thousand out in Oregon and forthwith they pro- 

 ceeded to land an order for six cars of just 

 such oak as makes an old lumberman grin and 

 at a price away above that mentioned. This Is 

 a new departure for a Pittsburg firm, but it is 



