HARDWOOD RECORD 



47 



=-< NEW YORK y- 



Tlie European Lumber Company, manufacturer of northern hardwoods, 

 has moved its local oflice to Grand Central Terminal, where so many of 

 the local wholesalers are now domiciled. Mr. Van Wert, manager at tins 

 end, returned recently from a long motor tour through New England. 



George A. Yaest, who assists Sam E. Barr in the wholesale hardwood 

 flooring business, has just Joined the ranks of the benedicts. The bride 

 was Miss IClma Florence Schroder, of Brooklyn. After the honeymoon 

 at Bermuda and Trinidad, the couple will make their home at Ruther- 

 ford, N. J. 



George D, Burgess, of Russe & Burgess, Memphis, was recently in New 

 York, returning from Europe by way of Quebec. Mr. Burgess was incon- 

 venienced somewhat because of conditions abroad, but showed no signs 

 of wear. 



J. B. Hill, representative inspector for the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States, is now at the service of the looil 

 trade. His address is 2520 .Seventh avenue, this city. 



=-< BUFFALO y- 



The outing committee of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange was hard at work 

 during the early days of this month, arranging for the chestnuttlng party 

 held at North Boston, this county, on October 8. F. M. Sullivan was 

 chosen as chef of the affair and the programme called for a beefsteak 

 dinner to be eaten out-of-doors and beneath the trees. 



William M. Greer, tor fourteen years a member of the Kelsey Hardwood 

 Lumber Company, North Tonawanda, died at his home In that city on 

 September 27, after an illness of several months. He was flfty-one years 

 old and left a wife and two sons, Roy and Frank. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company has been making some im- 

 provements to its office building and raising Its foundations. Trade is 

 about the same as a mouth ago. 



The National Lumber Company states that beech, birch and maple floor 

 Ing trade holds up better than that in regular hardwood, and the mills 

 are also holding up quotations. 



Jackson & Tindle are now rebuilding their burned sawmill at Pellstou. 

 Mich. This will be a double-band mill, like the former one, and thi- 

 capacity will bo about the same as before. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company is closing down its mill operations 

 at Memphis for the present. 



Miller, Sturm & Miller are getting in some stocks of hardwoods to round 

 out assortments, the incoming lumber being chiefly oak and birch. Trade 

 is reported as quiet. 



< PITTSBURGH >■ 



Frank E. Smith, of the Breitwelser Lumber Company, is in New Eng- 

 land this week looking up hardwood orders among the manufacturers. 



The C. P. Caughey Lumber Company, Oliver building, says that trade 

 in mine materials is beginning to look up a little. This has been an 

 itnportant factor in the mixed hardwood business the past year. 



The plant of the Bradford Furniture Company, at Bradford, Pa., was 

 burned September 29 with loss of $25,000. The plant was well equipped 

 and the origin of the Are is unknowii. Another recent fire in the Pitts- 

 burgh district — the wood-working plant of Joseph Simpson, at Parnassus, 

 Pa., September 2."!. This plant manufactured carriage and wagon parts. 



The Babcock Coal & Coke Company, of which Fred R. Babcock of this 

 city Is the head, has finally secured title to the works of the Seweil 

 Lumber Company in West Virginia for $230,000. The sale was made 

 with the permission of the court upon petition of the receivers of the 

 Seweil company, who were Samuel Bailey, Jr., and Harry W. Loon. 



The Clay McKelvy Lumber Company, capital $50,000, has received a 

 Pennsylvania charter. The incorporators are : W. A. Clay, J. M. Mc- 

 Kelvy and J. D. Brickley, of Pittsburgh. 



The West Penn Lumber Company reports a fair trade in hardwoods, 

 but says that new business is very hard to get. Prices are showing 

 weak spots in some places and stocks are said to be accutnulating at 

 the mills. 



.< BOSTON >-= 



The lumber trade of Boston has suffered a severe loss in the death 

 of Elmer O. Lake, senior member of the E. O. Lake Lumber Company. 

 For some thirl y years he had been associated with the Northern Lumber 

 Company, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., and about fifteen years ago became 

 vice-president and Boston manager of that company. During the last 

 year he withdrew from the Northern Lumber Company and organized, 

 with his son and several others, the E. O. Lake Lumber Company. 



The New Haven Lumber Company, of New Haven, Conn., having been 

 petitioned In bankruptcy with reported liabilities of $214,742 and assets 

 of $183,546, Judge Thomas of the United States court has appointed 

 Jacob Caplin as temporary receiver. 



=-< BALTIMORE >- 



That the war has not stopped the movement of Circassian walnut was 

 shown last week, when the Johnston Line steamer Swanmore got into Bal- 

 timore from Liverpool with a total of 113 logs of that wood, .\pparently, 

 the logs were shipped from some Caspian sea port through the Mediter- 

 ranean to Liverpool and there reloaded upon the liner. 



Harris Manufacturing Company 

 Johnson City, Tennessee 



Harris' 



Hardwood Flooring 



and Lumber 



MEMPHIS 



VVbultrttiUe Manuructurera aDd Exporters 



RED GUM 



SAP GUM 



COTTONWOOD 

 CYPRESS 

 ASH 



PLAIN OAK 

 All Grades and Thicknesses ^^^^l^^^"^^ 



We m&ke a speclaltj of mixed cars 

 •f Sap and Ked Gum. One-half U 

 Two inches thick. 



SOFT ELM 



SYCAMORE 



DUGAN LUMBER CO. 



a""nd"s'hrpp"e;r Harciwood Lumber 



MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



REPORTS INCLDDKD 

 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP. DETAIL B8TIMATE8 ft WRITTEN REPORT 



GARDNER & HOWE 



ENGINEERS 



Clarence W. Griffith °'j.^t?XudlS*/"' Memphis. Tenn. 



TSCHUDY LUMBER CO. 



M.^NUFACTCRERS OF 



St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 



SPECIAL BILLS LONG STOCK 

 OAK, ASH and CYPRESS 



1 8 to 30 feet Sawed to Order 



VA^DfiN BOOM=STIMSON LUMBElt COMPANY 



Manufaciurers Soutiiern Hardwoods 



Quartered Oak a Specialty 

 Memphis Teni 



Tennessee 



