HARDWOOD RECORD 



this. Tbe idea In going the first al'tei-noon is to ni'eommodate as large 

 a crowd as possible, and if the Falls trip is delayed until late in the 

 week the probability is that many of the visitors will already have 

 gone to their homes. 



T. D. Collins, one of tbe wealthiest and most influential lumbermen 

 in Western Pennsylvania, died at his home in Nebraska, Pa., on April 

 16, at tbe age of eighty-three years. He owned most of the timber in 

 Forest oounty, besides large tracts elsewhere in the country; was in 

 tercsted in the sawmill business and in banking. His wfcalth was esti 

 mated at $20,000,000. 



A. J. Chestnut has recently returned from a trip to Norfolk, Va„ 

 which Is the residence of his wife's family. He was away about two 

 weeks and reports a pleasant trip. 



The Mcl-ean Mahogany & Cedar Company, which was recently or- 

 ganized by U. D. Mcljean and others, with capital of .?40,000, has taken 



an office at 



Mil 



O. E. Yeager states that the hardwood trade does not yet show 

 much spring improvement. The Yeager Lumber Company is getting in 

 stocks of half a dozen different hardwoods. 



Miller, Sturm & Miller find trade about as it has been during the 

 past two months, though the first week of the month was quite good. 

 Plain oak and other woods are in about equal demand. 



Tbe Standard Hardwood Lumber Company reports a fair demand at 

 present, though business is not up to the usual level for this season. 

 The dry kiln is being kept quite bus.v. 



Havenport & Ridley have lately been getting In supplies of beech, 

 and this wood as well as white ash is moving fairly well, though no 

 very active trade has started up yet. 



T. Sullivan & Co. have lately been receiving stocks of maple and 

 brown ash and trade is quite fair for the present month. Some lumber 

 win be brought down the lake this year. 



Hugh McLean has been spending about three weeks in the South on 

 business, and called at the mills in Chattanooga and Birmingham. The 

 lumber trade at the yard is fair. 



A. A. Mason states that the majority of hardwoods are moving quite 

 slowly this month and that prices are not very strong. The chief woods 

 moving are maple and sap birch. 



G. Elias & Bro. recently had a page advertisement of their mill in 

 one of the local Sunday newspapers and as a result a good many in- 

 quiries from new sources were received. 



The National Lumber Company finds the flooring demand fair this 

 month and is looking for Improvement with the better spring weather. 



■< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



Ell B. Hallowell of Hallowell & Souder, says there is no reason to com- 

 plain of trading. Inquiries are coming in lively, resulting in good orders, 

 and collections are improving. The only trouble is that those who 

 compelled them to hold back shipments now want the goods at once. 



.T. Elmer Troth of the J. S. Kent Company reports a more buoyant 

 tone since the arrival of seasonable weather, but there is ample room 

 for improvement. However, more orders have been booked of late than 

 for some time back. 



W. S. W. Kirby of the Kirby & Hawkins Company says business Is 

 not up to expectations. The company is waiting for the railroads to 

 begin buying. 



W. H. Wyatt of the Jackson-Wyatt Lumber Company reports a slight 

 gain in business, but deplores a lack of zest in trading. 



John W. Coles has removed his office from the eleventh floor to S04 

 Real Estate Trust building. 



J. Gibson Mcllvain, Jr.. of J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co., attributes the 

 disturbance in trading to the constant agitation in national affairs. For 

 this time of the year business is on tbe retrograde. Settled fine weather, 

 he thinks, will bring about some improvement. 



F. A. Dudley of the Sterling Lumber Company reports business un- 

 marked by any substantial change one way or the other. He does not 

 look for a tangible advance until the various momentous questions which 

 are agitating Congress are disposed of. 



A creditors" petition was filed against the W. R. Taylor Lumber Com- 

 pany on April 13. Creditors and claims are the East Coast Lumber 

 Company, $TS6.40 ; Ansley Lumber & Tie Company and Lydia H. Mitchell. 

 $169. 



W. H. Kuddlck of the Rainy Lake Lumber Company, Virginia, Minn., 

 was a recent visitor to the Lumbermen's Exchange rooms. 



Charles K. Parry of Charles K. Parry & Co., sole agents Carolina 

 Spruce Company, Pensacola, N. C, says February and March trading 

 doubled that of same months of last year, but things are somewhat quiet 

 at this time. Mr. Parry is on a visit to the mill, looking up the stock 

 situation. 



Frank P. Hilliard, a lumberman of White Pine, Pa., recently met with 

 a frightful death. While turning a log on the carriage he slipped on a 

 piece of ice which threw him upon a circular saw. His head was severed 

 from his body. 



Samuel H. Shearer & Son recently opened a storage yard at Rocky 

 Mount, N. C. 



Edward Underbill, nephew of Frederick S. Underbill of Wlstar, Under- 

 bill & Nixon, has been appointed manager of the firm's yard at Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. The young man, who has been carefully trained in the 

 lumber business, is ably fitted to fill the responsible position. 



Hooton Hardwood Co. 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



SOUTHERN HARDWOOD LUMBER, 

 LOGS AND TIMBER 



We are very anxious to move the 

 following- items of lumber: 



2 cars — 1x5 clear face Red Oak — Rough 



trim. 

 Scars — 8 4 Is & 2s Yellow Cypress — 



Long — Wide. 

 2 cars — 8 4 Select Yellow Cypress — 



Long — Wide. 

 Scars — 6 4 Is & 2s Yellow Cypress — 



Long — Wide. 

 2 cars — 5 4 Select Yellow Cypress — 



Long — Wide. 

 1 car — 5 4 Is & 2s Yellow Cypress — 



Long — Wide. 



Choice Stock — Dry — Must Move 

 Terre Haute, Indiana 



■"THESE fine logs waiting 

 •*■ to be cut for you. Send 

 us your specifications — our 

 price no higher, while our 

 quality is better than most 

 cutters'. 



ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO 



Merrill Veneer Company 



Merrill, Wisconsin 



