HARDWOOD RECORD 



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tcndfd business and pk-asure trip tu Eiiiuik-. Ii-aviui; tbat port May lU. 

 He expects to bo gone a couple of months. 



Tom Christian and Dan W'ertz of Maley & Wirtz, Kvansville, Ind., 

 spent several days in Clilcago a week ago. 



.lames 1'. McSweyn of the Memphis Band Mill Compan.v, Memphis, 

 'leiin., madi' one of his periodic visits to the Chicago market a week ago, 

 going fniui here to Grand liapids, Mich. 



,1. V. stlmson of Huntingburg, Ind., ha.s been spending- several da.vs in 

 ■Chicago. Hi- dlvid<-d his time between personal business and the affairs 

 •of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. 



UARDWOdi) Ukc-iihd announces receipt of the official report of the pro- 

 ceedings at the recent convention of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association which convened Its twenty-second annual meeting 

 at Buffalo, March 4-5. The proceedings are gotten up in the usual 

 Attractive style. 



Another publication of the same character Is the report of the pro 

 <-cedings of the tenth annual meeting of thi> .\merlcan Wood Preservers' 

 A.ssoclatlon, which was held at New orh-ans. .Tanuary,' 20-21-22. 



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Secretary John E. Rhodes and Manager Geo. S. Wood of the Forest 

 I'roducts Exposition have been In New York for several days in connection 

 with the big show in this city. The Forest Products Special, consisting 

 of twenty-six cars carrying the exhibits, arrived in good order Saturday 

 morning. May IB. Mr. Glover, who assists Manager Wood, had a flne 

 chance to view the country between the two big cities during the four 

 days' trip, even if he did not enjoy the frequent changes of caboose, which 

 of course came only at night. Everything points to a banner crowd and 

 the local trade will be out strong to view the wonders of the woods. 



An organization was formed in this city last week, the purpose of 

 ■which is to Increase the sale of furniture in this market. It has been 

 pointed out that furniture buyers were not fully aware of the many and 

 varied lines of furniture that could be obtained here and it was decided 

 to organize to extend the local furniture market. Martin Nathan of th.- 

 H. Herrmann Furniture Company, was elected chairman of the meeting 

 which was proposed by the Merchants' Association of New York. It is 

 ■expected tbat 150 manufacturers of furniture in New York and vicinity 

 win become members of the new organization. 



.lames -VIcBrlde, the hardwood flooring man of the Bronx, is on a busi- 

 ness trip to Tennessee, Ohio and Arkansas. 



Wm. E. Clanc.v, publisher of the Red Book, was a recent visitor to 

 New York. The local office of the I,unil>.-rmrirs I'r.^dit .Association is now 

 at St} .Maiden Lane. 



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The sub-committee appointed by C. Walter Betts to look after the 

 Niagara Falls trip of the National Hardwood Lumber Association is com- 

 posed as follows : W. P. Bctts, chairman : A. W. Kreinheder, John A. 

 Murphy, W. A. I'errln and Elmer J. Sturm. The banquet committee is 

 made up of 1. N. Stewart, chairman ; O. E. Yeager, M. M. Wall, J. A. 

 Murphy and E. C. Neal. The Niagara Falls trip Is expected to be tb ■ 

 feature of the convention that will longest remain in the visitors' memory 

 and all the lumbermen are hoping for good weather. The trip has a double 

 interest from the publicity now being given the Hotel Clifton, where the- 

 lumbermen will dine, and whore the members of the A. B. C. conference 

 have been lately conferring over the trouljles of Mexico. 



J. B. Wall is able to get around again after his recent accident neai- 

 Cincinnati, where a log rolled down upon his leg, causing him a good deal 

 of sutt'ering and inconvenience for some days. It was fortunate that the 

 (nil force of the blow did not strike him, or the accident would have termi- 

 nated much more seriously. As it is, Mr. Wall has not despised the assist 

 ance of a cane for the past two or three weeks. 



Taylor & Crate's office in the Prudential building was entered by burglars 

 one night recently and robbed of S500. No clue was left and the police are 

 at a loss to find the burglars. 



F. M. Sullivan has returned from a trip to Atlantic City and Nevr 

 England. He found the hardwood trade in the East slightly improved. 



li:i\ II' . 11 ,' 1:1.11. V have lately been getting in stocks of oak and beech. 

 of » 1 ; 1; , , II, ts have been fairly large during the past few weeks. 



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'III. M 1.1 ;.; iiii.iwood Lumber Company reports the demand for most 

 wooii^ ,1- iiuM. I ihiin usual at this season. Quartered oak is reported to 



.Mill. I. siiHiii ,v Miller have their Incoming stocks of hardwoods well 

 cleaiii-cl up lor tlii- present. While a number of woods are in demand, noth- 

 ing is moving at all actively. 



The National Lumber Company has added southern hemlock to Its other 

 stocks, something which has not been handled extensively in this market. 

 It is said to give good satisfaction. 



G. Ellas & Bro. state that there is quite a good Improvement in the 

 building line In Buffalo, but the general demand for hardwoods has not 

 shown any particular improvement. 



The Yeager Lumber Company states that the hardwood market has been 

 rather quiet during the past two weeks, partly on account of the weather, 

 though buyers are less willing to take hold than is usually the case. 



Hugh McLean reports a good demand for hardwoods from the building 

 trade, but the manufacturing and furniture lines are quiet, so that the 



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