HARDWOOD RECORD 



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the Rapid Transit Company, on the lines Indi- 

 cated by the Retail Merchants' Association), un- 

 less such hill is so amended as in retain to the 

 cities, boroughs or townships all the rights thai 

 now belong to them, so :is to safeguard the 

 Interests of the people in relation to their per- 

 manenl welfare. Resolved thai a copy of this 

 resolution be mailed to the Hon. Edwin s. 

 Stuart, governor of the state of Pennsylvania, 

 and to each member of the senate nnd bouse of 

 represental h es. 



A special meeting was also called on the same 

 day by the Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber Deal- 

 ers' Association, President Roberl G. Kay in the 

 chair, when above resolutions of the Lumber- 

 men's Exchange were unanimously endorsed. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Lumber- 

 men's Exchange was held on April 1, Presidenl 

 George 1'. Craig in the chair. The principal 

 feature before the body was the Domination of 

 directors, who with the officers will be elected 

 on April 11, when the annual meeting ami ban- 

 quet will he i). -hi ;ii the Union League. The 

 following names were placed as candidates for 

 •a term of three years : K ilia in E. Bennett of 

 Munger iV Bennett, William C. MacBride of 

 Haney-Whlte Company, Joseph P. Dun woody of 

 Jos. 1'. lniiia.ut.iy & Co., Herbert E. Weitzel of 

 V. Elmer Weitzel & Bro., Edmund Pennell and 

 Samuel 11. Shearer of Samuel II. Shearer & Son, 

 of whom I hi-ii' arc |o he elected, Frank M. Gil- 

 [ingham, al presenl ;i director, has resigned, and 

 Daniel Adams has been nominated to serve his 

 un expired time. John W. Coles was elected ;i 

 member of the exchange. Nothing furl her or 

 special importance came before the meeting. 



The many friends of Almon P. wini. treas- 

 urer of ihf Charles Este Company, who went to 

 * 'alifornia a shorl time ago for his health, are 

 glad i" hear 1 h:t 1 he is mil eh benefited by his 

 .sojourn in dial sunny clime. 



C. Boice, presidenl of the Boice Lumber Com- 

 pany, inc. has been spending ;i few days in 

 Philadelphia at the company's office, L430 Land 

 Title Bnilding. 



P. l'. Southgate, surveyor general of the Na- 

 tional 1 lanlw I 1, 1111 1 her Association, < 'hicago, 



has been in Philadelphia a lew weeks. 



Earl Palmer, of the Ferguson & Palmer Com- 

 pany, Paducah, Ky. ; <>. 0. Agler of Upham & 

 Igler, Chicago; George D. Burgess pf Russe & 

 Burgess, Memphis, Tenn., ami Frank I". Fish, 

 secretary or the National Hardwood Lumber As- 

 sociation, Chicago, were recent visitors to the 

 local trade. Thej were entertained by John .1. 

 Rumbarger of the Rumbarger Lumber Company. 



An ;iui »bile nip along the Wissahicken drive, 



including slops at the famous road houses, were 

 amon^ the interesting features <>i the visit. 



Samuel II. Shearer & Son reporl their hard- 

 wood business moving along in good shape and 

 the outlook for spring trading good. William 

 1'. Shearer, the junior member of the firm, re 

 centlj returned from a southern trip, where be 

 made contracts to handle (he outpul of several 

 mills in North Carolina, which will run from 



:;. ,000 to 5,000,000 feet of hardwood, n« 1 



now traveling through the Cumberland valley in 

 his linns Interests. The concern has opened 

 offices in Charleston, W. Va., and Ashevllle, N. C. 



C. E. Lloyd, Jr.. vice presidenl of the Boice 

 Lumber company, inc.. is ;it the bead of the 

 syndicate which recently purchased c, 7 ' _. acres 

 -if -round in Fern Rock, on 1 he Reading rail 

 road, south of Oak Lane, for $200,000, which 

 lot will he Improved tor handsome residences. 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual I-' ire 

 Insurance Company reports everything movie 

 along in desired style. 'The volume of business 

 written so far this year makes an excellent 

 showing with that of any previous year, and 

 there is emphatic evidence of still further in- 

 crease of business. 



Charles I'. Maule is fortunate in baving a 

 large stock of good hardwoods on hand a1 ihis 

 time, lie speaks in glowing terms of the out- 

 look for 1:1117. and reports business so far ahead 



of last year. Mr. Maule is treasurer of the 

 Lumbermen's Exchange and is on.- ..1 the mosl 

 popular imn in the trade 



Dennis Simmons Biggs, a prominent lumbei 

 man of Williamston, \. C died suddenly on 

 March 2] of hiccoughs while in Washington, 

 1> c lie w;is presidenl of ;I bank in Williams 

 ton ami of the Dennis Simmons Lumber Com- 

 pany. He w as 35 \ ears old 



II B. Mitchell, age -M years, a salesman tor 

 William Whitmer & Sons, [nc, while suffering 

 from ill health committed sni(ide on March - 1 

 by Inhaling sas. 



H is announced ihai Eben c. Webster of Ban 

 gor, Me,, wealthy Lumberman and son of Col. 

 Eben Webster, a wealthy timber land and mill 

 owner, was lost at sea on March 23, while on 

 his way from New Orleans to New York on the 

 steamship Comns. 



The planing mill of the Bloom sburg Lumber & 

 Manufacturing Company of Bloomsburg, Pa., was 

 recently purchased by G. W. Rhodes of Herndon, 

 Pa., al receiver's sale for $75,000. 



creditors filed a petition on March 28 to have 

 tin* Builders' Supply Company of Lansdale, Pa., 

 adjudged an involuntary bankrupt. The cred- 

 itors and tiie amounts claimed are: Lewis 

 Thompson & Co., !s.':7.~> ; John I' Zane, $107.84, 

 and A c. Godshall & Co . $56.32. 



The Five Mile Beach Lumber Company, Holly 

 Teach. \. .1.. is in Litigation. William T. Car 

 rison, a stockholder, has applied for a rule he 

 fore Vice chancellor Learning in Camden, N. .1.. 

 10 show cause why an injunction should not 

 issue io restrain the officers of the Five Mile 

 Beach Lumber Company from winding up ihe 

 affairs of the company. Garrison asserts thai 

 Harry It. I tiles ami William C. Coles jointly 

 own ninety seven shares of the stock, Garrison 

 li fry -six shares, ami in all 1.".:: shares were is- 

 Sued. Garrison further claims that Coles ami 

 C. B Coles' Sons Lumber Company had keen 

 making contracts and sales to each other, ami 

 recently Warren Miller, an agent tor the Coleses, 

 began seiiine sinck of the company at Holly 

 Beach. Garrison maintains the company has 



1 n doing a prosperous business and demands 



an accounting of the company's affairs, and 

 until then the company he restrained from sell- 

 ing stuck ;it wholesale. 



'1 in- iiimlie Lumber Company, hardwood deal- 

 er, is in Hie front rank of the busy concerns 

 Through the good judgment ami toresighl of the 

 president, W. Alfred llimlle, the company has 



;i g I 3tOCk of select hardwoods on hand, ami 



arrangements have been made ahead to keep the 

 yard supplied for months to come. W. Alfred 

 Ilindle of this concern has been confined to his 

 home for some time through illness, hut his 

 friend- are glad to hear thai he is now on the 

 mend. 



.1 Randall Williams of J. Randall Williams & 



Co. has been housebound for some time with ;i 



severe cold. .1. Randall Williams. Jr., has beerj 



spending several weeks in Asheville, X. C, and 

 vicinity, Looking up new connections. The firm 

 reports business moving along in proper shape. 



The .1 G. Brill Company has just made an 

 extensive deal, which accentuates >iiii further 

 their unrivaled capacity for the business of car 

 building. «ni April i the Brill company acquired 

 the entire stock of the Wason Manufacturing 

 Company of Springfield, Mass. Tin- Wason com 

 pany is capitalized al $300,000 and the price 

 paid is $1,200,000. The company was then re 

 organized with .lames Rawle, Edward Brill and 

 Samuel M Curwen as directors representing the 

 .1 . G. Brill Company, and Henry Pearsdn and 

 iieiir\ s. Hyde of ihe old board. Henry Pearson 

 was circled president and general manager. 

 This is the hrst plant in the recently formed 



I trill company, capitalized at $10, ,000, thai 



manufacturers steam railroad cars. Tin- trans 

 fer of the Wason company to Brill marks the 

 retirement from husiness of George C. FIsk, who 

 has been an officer of the company for fifty 

 years and its president for thirty-sis years. The 



capacity of the Wason company is placed at 150 

 steam railway and 125 electric cars annually. 



The brass foundry connected with the J. (J. 

 Brill Company's works was completely destroyed 

 by fire on March i. The loss is placed at $10,- 

 i to $20,000. 



Baltimore. 

 At a spechii meeting of the Baltimore mem 

 hers of the National Lumber Exporters' Asso- 

 ciation held here March 28 the new car service 

 charges put into effect by the Pennsylvania and 

 Baltimore & <>hio railroads al this port and the 

 i barges made at New Orleans Cor the use of car-* 

 came up for consideration and were made the 

 subject of action. The change went into effect 

 about the hrst of the year and the subject came 

 up for discussion at the annual meeting of the 

 National association in Norfolk, hist week's gath- 

 ering being a successive step in t he agitation. 

 According to the new rules enforced al New < >i 

 leans tin' first ten days are free and after that 

 time the railroads charge $3 per ear a day, 

 twenty days having heen allowed previous to 

 that ti With regard to the Baltimore charge 



it was decided io communicate with officials of 



the two roads in question and with the agents of 

 the steamship lines here, which has since been 

 done, with the result that a conference was ar 

 ranged for this week with c. s. Wight, manager 

 of frelghl traffic of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail 

 load; Robert Ramsay of the Johnston and Don 

 aid lines of steamers, and .1. C. Gorman of the 

 Atlantic Transport Line. The committee repre- 

 senting ihf association consists of John L. Al- 

 eock. presidenl ; Richard W. Price, II. I,. Bow 

 man and E. M. Terry. Relative to the New Or- 

 leans charge resolutions were adopted in which 

 ihe association protested against the measure 

 ami passed ii io the Interstate Commerce Com 

 mission for action. Copies of the resolutions 

 .nc io he forwarded to the officials of the respeel 

 ive railroads, together with a letter explana- 

 tory of ihe position taken by the association. 



The proposition to appoint a chief Inspector, 

 to whom ail the other Inspectors shall he sub 



ordinate nnd who shall have charge under Ihe 



supervision of the inspection commits f the 



inspection of lumber here, which came up a I 

 the quarterly meeting of ihe Baltimore Lumber 

 Exchange and was twice postponed, was hist 

 week put through in the form of a resolution 

 to amend ihe by-laws in accordance with the 

 proposed plan. 



Notice was also given of a purpose to offer 

 this resolution as an amendment to the by-laws: 



•■Thai tin' entire expenses for inspection and 



handling of lumber he equally divided between 

 buyer and seller on all hardwoods." Another 



resolution offered reads : "All charges tor in 

 sped ion and handling of all kinds of lumber 

 except hardwoods shall he equally divided he 

 i w eei i buyer and seller." At the present time 

 the buyer pays one-third and the seller the other 

 two-thirds. The new arrangement ;is to a chief 

 Inspector will go into effect as soon as that 

 official is appointed. 



The Sheater heirs of Pottsvllle, Pa., have .sold 



their ."..' acre trad of pine, hemlock and hard- 

 wood timber lying near tin- iioision river, south 

 east of Bristol, Va., to ihe Black Mountain Lum 

 her Company of Cumberland, Md., tor $25,000. 

 Tin- purchasers intend to establish mills nnd turn 

 ihe timber Into lumber. it is estimated thai 



Ihe hind will J leld 20,000,000 I'eei 



The Grafton Woodworking Company has heen 

 , bartered al < rrafton, W. \';i , with a capital 

 .lock of $100,000 io take over ihe R. W. Ken 

 nedy Company. 0. G. Augir & Co. and S. A. 

 Shackleford & Son, lumber and planing mill men 

 at Grafton. All the plants are to be merged. 



Tlv 1 headquarters of the Eastern Lumber Com 

 p:in\ of Athens, Pa., have heen moved to II lit - 



tonsvllle, w. Va., and placed in charge of Charles 

 Lynford, a member of the firm, who will reside al 

 Elklns, lk' was until recently employed in the 

 Department of forestry at Washington. 



