YLOR & HORACE C. 



and for a loug period in the fall of 1913 an average of 1,000,000 

 bushels a day were elevated out of the holds of the great lake carriers 

 and loaded into cars and canal boats. Other items of this wonderful 

 commerce are iron ore, lumber, pig iron, coal, copper, cotton, wool, 

 zinc, cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, fish, poultry, sugar, salt, cement 

 and flour. This trafiSc will be further expedited and increased by the 

 early completion of the $130,000,000 barge canal which the state is 

 building, from Lake Erie at Buffalo to the Hudson River (tide- 

 water) at Albany, with terminals here costing $2,500,000. 



While Buffalo has gained in many ways, her most wonderful 

 progress has been industrial. In the decade beginning with 1900 

 the number of plants in this city increased from 1478 to 1753 and 

 the value of their products from $105,627,000 in 1900 to $218,804,000 

 in 1910. In the next three years the number of plants increased to 

 2,074 and the total production reached a value of $325,445,000, with 

 an annual payroll of $54,364,0001 This shows that approximately 

 one-half of Buffalo's industrial gain in the past thirteen years was 

 accomplished in the last three; due to the activity of the Chamber 

 of Commerce in bringing to the attention of manufacturers the 

 economy and facility with which raw materials can be assembled 

 here, the conveniences for shipping and easy access to markets, and 

 the supply of all classes of labor. 



Buffalo is entered daily by twenty boats and 250 passenger trains. 

 The city is located nearly midway between Chicago and Boston. 

 DEALERS IN LUMBER 



No small part of the city's prosperity is due to the enterprise of 

 lumber firms. They carry on a great business, not only within the 



city but with all parts of the country, from Maine to the Pacific 

 coast. Their voice is heard in all lumbermen's conventions and 

 associations, and they are justly recognized as among the leaders 

 in the lumber industry of the United States. 

 Taylor & Crate 



This firm began the hardwood business in Buffalo in 1866, the 

 partners then being Frederick W. Taylor and James Crate. From 

 that small beginning the present large business has grown. The firm 

 was incorporated in 1900, and the present officers are Horace W. 

 Taylor, president; Shirley G. Taylor, vice-president; Nelson S. 

 Taylor, secretary; Horace C. Mills, treasurer. In the early years 

 the kinds of lumber handled were largely black walnut, cherry and 

 ash. As these became difficult to secure in good quality and large 

 quantity, the demand for them declined, and oak, poplar and maple 

 became the staples. When the fashion of using quartered oak became 

 almost a fad, that and poplar became the prominent features of the 

 business. For many years Taylor & Crate have maintained large 

 yards on the east side of the city, and for a number of years past, 

 an additional yard in the northwest end of the city. They make 

 a specialty of carrying a large assortment of all the twenty-five 

 different kinds of native hardwood lumber, and also mahogany, 

 which is imported. The company has excellent facilities for handling 

 a large business and owns supplies of timber in the South that will 

 last many years. 



T. Sullivan & Co. 



This firm specializes in elm and ash, and probably handles more 

 of "the latter wood than any other firm between Chicago and New 



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