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lowing gentlemen were present : Isaac Wright, 

 T. B. Clark. J. W. Thompson. J. M. Pritchard, 

 \V. N. Wright, John Long, F. B. Robertson and 

 John Scatcherd. 



One of the principal features of the evening 

 was the presentation by Mr. Scatcherd to Mr. 

 Wright of a handsome loving cup on behalf of 

 the Scatcherd family, as a token of their ap- 

 preciation of the splendid services rendered by 

 him. In his presentation talk Mr. Scatcherd paid 

 a glowing tribute, to the ability and loyalty of 

 ^Ir. Wright, who had rounded out a period of 

 fifty years without being connected with any 

 other interests than the Scatcherds. One of the 

 most humorous touches in this speech was when 

 Mr. Scatcherd told of the even temper and 

 patience of Mr. Wright. He said that his father 

 sent a boy down to Mr. Wright one day with in- 

 structions to teach him how to measure lumber. 

 The boy could not get it through his head how 

 to measure a five quarter board and Mr. Wright, 

 after trying to make him understand, exclaimed : 

 "O. hell !" and threw the rule into the river. 

 The boy was John Scatcherd. 



Mr. Wright made a very appropriate speech of 

 acceptance and the affair passed into history as 

 one of the most delightful of its kind ever given 

 in this city. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Colonial I'loor Company recentl.v began 

 the manufacture of hardwood floors at Sharps- 

 burg, Pa. 



The Southport Lumber & Timber Company. 

 Southport, N. C. has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $100,000. 



The Richardson Furniture Company, Boston. 

 Mass., has been incorporated with an authorized 

 capital stock of .$100,000. 



The Southern Mississippi I^umber Manufactur- 

 ing Company, Jackson, Miss., has been incorpo- 

 rated with an authorized capital stock of $.30,000. 



The National Lumber Company. South Bend, 

 Ind.. has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $60,000 and will deal in lumber. The incorpo- 

 rators are J. C. Paxton, J. W. Paxtou and H. 

 I'axton. 



The Short & Walls Lumber Company, Middle- 

 town. N. Y., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $.50,000. The incorporators are J. K. 

 Walls of Middletown : I. D. Short of Milford and 

 K. Sliort of Georgetown. 



It Is announced that the W. E. Heyser Lum- 

 ber Company of Cincinnati. C, has closed its 

 purchasing office at Memphis. Weaver Haas, 

 who has been in charge of this office, will move 

 to Cincinnati, and be in the home office. 



The Salamanca Panel Company, Salamanca. 

 N. Y., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $50,000 and will manufacture veneered panels. 

 The incorporators are Earl R. Morrison and 

 Thos. McCabe of Warren, Pa., and others. 



The Belt Line Lumber Company. Fort Smith. 

 Ark., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $20,000. The officers of the new concern are 

 W. L. Scasan. president ; G. C. Packard, vice- 

 president : J. L. Swafford, secretary-treasurer. 



The Crossett Lumber Company Is preparing 

 plans for the establishment of a large new hard- 

 wood sawmill at Little Rock, Ark. The company 

 is also building a new 'road to Montlcello. The 

 new mill will be one of the largest of this type 

 in the South. 



The (Jlobe-Bosse-World Furniture Company, 

 Evansville, Ind.. is erecting a large dry-kiln, 

 •iOxlOO feet, which will have a daily capacity of 

 24,000 feet. The new dry-kiln was necessary in 

 order to take care of the increasing business of 

 the company. 



Fire recently destroyed the lumber yard and 

 factory of the Henry Quellmalz Lumber Company. 

 Si. Louis, Mo., entailing a loss estimated at 



.«no,ooo. 



The droat Lumber Company of Philadelphia. 



Pa., has been succeeded by the Groat Furniture 

 Company, which is incorporated with an author- 

 ized capital stock of $20,000. 



The Scholten Brothers Cedar Company. Lometa. 

 Tex., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $125,000. The incorporators are H. D. Mispel- 

 bloom Boyer, Jr.. and D. D. Fairchlld. Jr., of 

 San Antonio, and A. Scholten, E. Scholten and 

 S. W. Fisher of Austin. 



The plant of the Cincinnati Panel Company. 

 Cincinnati, O., was recently destroyed by fire, 

 entailing a loss estimated at $30,000. Of this 

 $10,000 is on the contents of the dry room. 

 $5,000 on the building, and $15,000 on stock in 

 the main building. The loss is fully covered by 

 insuranc. 



The ,Segar-Brindle Manufacturing Company. 

 Friendship. Pa., has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $20,000 to manufacture mangle 

 rollers, last blocks, etc.. and deal in lumher. 

 The incorporators arc Horace G. Prindle and 

 Charles H. Segar of Genesee and Frank R. 

 Utter of Friendship. 



E. V. Babcock & Co.. large wholesalers of Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., have just made arrangements to 

 represent the Lumber Manufacturers' Agency of 

 Centralia, Wash., large distributor of Pacific 

 coast lumber and shingles. E. V. Babcock will 

 be the sole representative of this agency ^-ast 

 of Cincinnati and Toledo. 



The Garetson-Greason Lumber Company of St. 

 Louis, Mo., announces that its new hardwood 

 mill at Blocker, Tex., is about ready for opera- 

 tion. This plant will have a capacity of 50,000 

 feet of lumber a day. The Garetson-Greason 

 company has recently made some extensive pur- 

 chases of hardwood stumpage in eastern Texas. 



The Grand Rapids Home Furnishing Company, 

 Manhattan. N"ew York City, N. \., has been incor- 

 porated with a capital stock of $250,000 for the 

 purpose of manufacturing furniture and house- 

 hold goods, etc. The incorporators are Tobias 

 Blumenthal and Louis Blumcnthal of 50 Morn- 

 ingside Park, and Wolf H. Lobel, 138 Second 

 avenue. New York City. 



The Williamson Veneer Company, Baltimore. 

 Md.. recently moved its dimension cutting and 



.iulning department to Jamestown. N. Y. The 

 furniture factory of the M. E. Towne Furniture 

 Company was purchased, and fitted up for the 

 purpose required. This work was formerly all 

 done at Baltimore, but extension in business 

 made increased facilities imperative. 



Wm. Haas & Sons, manufacturers of handles 

 at Cairo, 111., and Sherman, Tex., will combine 

 the two plants now in operation in these cities, 

 and establish the consolidated plant at Houston, 

 Tex. The present output of the plant will be 

 about 5,000 handles daily. However, the output 

 is expected to take on rapid growth, and Wm. Haas 

 & Sons contemplate the erection of another 

 plant later on. 



The Southern Pine Lumber Company of Tex- 

 arkana, Tex., will shortly open up its new hard- 

 wood mill at Houston. The new mill is equipped 

 with a band saw and other machinery necessary 

 for the manufacture of lumber, and furniture 

 and wagon stock. It is proposed to utilize a 

 great deal of the waste in this way. This com- 

 pany owns a large amount of hardwood inter- 

 mingled with the pine stumpage, and it is esti- 

 mated that the hardwood mill has at least a fif- 

 teen years' run of timber. 



The I. Stephenson Company of Wells, Mich., 

 made its first water shipment of the season on 

 Apr. 25. two boats leaving Wells, where this 

 company's enormous operations are located, on 

 that date. R. E. MacLean, manager of the 

 Stephenson interests reports that during Janu- 

 ary, F'ebruarj' and March the company cut in 

 the neighborhood of 25,000,000 feet of lumber, 

 both mills running double time, but that the 

 stock is moving especially well, and he believes 

 conditions are getting back to where they should 

 be. The company recently added to its flooring 

 factory, and is now running that branch over- 

 time, but is still shipping beyond capacity In Its 

 "Ideal" brand of hardwood flooring. Mr. Mac- 

 I ean opines that the hemlock cut this summer 

 will not be large. The company has a good sup- 

 ply of logs on hand, and will be able to continue 

 its unusually active operations. The new dry- 

 kilns were completed several months ago, now 

 giving the plant a kiln capacity of 1,000.000 

 feet. 



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if Hardwood 'News Notes 'ill! 



CHIC AGO 



E. M. Holland, sales manager of the Stearns 

 Salt & Lumber Company. Ludlngton, Mich., wan 

 in the city a few days this week. 



It is announced that May Brothers of Memphis, 

 Tonn., will establish an office in Chicago. T. H. 

 Montgomery will be in charge. He has already 

 taken up his residence here. He will cover 

 northern Illinois and Michigan. 



Wm. Ralston, associated with Wm. Horner, 

 manufacturer of maple flooring. Reed City, Mich., 

 was in Chicago a few days ago. Mr. Ralston 

 states that while there is still an excess of supply 

 over demand in the flooring business, there is a 

 noticeable improvement in quantity and magni- 

 tude of orders. 



Nathan Bradley, sales manager for the J. W. 

 Wells Lumber Company, Menominee, Mich., was 

 in Chicago a few days last week. Mr. Bradley 

 reports that the fine new sawmill at Menominee 

 is working steadily, and that general business 

 conditions with his concern are decidedly 

 brighter. 



Frank F. Flanner of the newly organized 

 Flanner & Ely Lumber Company with offices in 

 the New York Life building, Chicago, reports 

 that already the company's business is showing 



vi-ry pleasing proportions. This concern is 

 operating on a wholesale basis entirely, and is 

 composed of live young men who have the ability 

 and experience necessary to make a go of the new 

 proposition. Mr. Flanner was formerly asso- 

 ciated with the Flanner-Steger Land & Lumber 

 Company, and Lawrence B. Ely with Osgood & 

 Ely. The new company will handle redwood, 

 cedar shingles, southern pine, cypress, hardwood, 

 hemlock and white pine, and has some excellent 

 mill connections. 



J. D. Bolton, well-known in local lumber cir- 

 cles, who has been operating out of the city for 

 ihe past year, has returned to Chicago, opened 

 up an office in the People's Gas building, and 

 will do a wholesale hardwood and pine business 

 in his own name. Mr. Bolton for twelve months 

 has been manager of the wholesale department 

 of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company of 

 Louisville, and resigned from that position to 

 take up his new work. 



The Veneer Manufacturers Company, a com- 

 paratively new veneer .iobbing house of Chicago, 

 announces that on July 1 it will Increase its 

 capital stock from $10,000 to $20,000. This con- 

 cern is composed of young, aggressive men, who 

 are firmly established on a definite working 

 basis in the veneer trade, and have built up a 

 decidedly attractive business. They handle all 

 kinds of fancy veneers and sell wherever that- 

 class of soods is consumed. 



