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of its wholesale lumber busmoss to the West 

 Penn Lumber Company. R. H. Erving and E. H. 

 Stoner, who have been associated with the Flint, 

 Erving & Stcner Company since its organization, 

 will devote their time and efforts to the inter- 

 ests of the West Penn Lumber Company. 



The other notice is from the West Penn Lum- 

 ber Company, which states that it desires to 

 announce its succession to the wholesale lumber 

 business of the Flint, Erving & Stoner Company. 

 The company will handle a full line of white and 

 yellow pine, hemlock and hardwoods, and will 

 have a cash capital of $25,000, of which $5,000 

 was paid in in cash at the start of business, 

 and the balance is subject to call as needed. 



The West Penn Lumber Company is an entirely 

 separate and distinct corporation, having no con- 

 nection whatever with the Flint, Erving & 

 Stoner Company. 



Wagon Stock Shortage 



A notice recently sent out by Secretary Mc- 

 Cullough of the National Implement and Vehicle 

 Association outlines an interesting condition 

 existing among implement and vehicle manufac- 

 turers. The pertinent part of the letter follows: 



"The most serious condition presented at our 

 recent meeting as to the problems confronting the 

 manufacturers was to their supply of wood mate- 

 rials. The farm wagon is the most important 

 of farm equipment lines, which has not changed 

 In material requirements during this age of iron 

 and steel, and consequently every change affect- 

 ing the cutting and manufacture of hardwoods 

 is of serious importance to the wagon manufac- 

 turer. Owing to the severity of the past winter 

 and the floods which followed in the spring, a 

 very large portion of the timber country has been 

 under water for several months, and much of 

 It will not be in condition to log for some time 

 to come. The stocks of material at the mills this 

 winter were small, and as the wagon manufac- 

 turer must replace this dry stock as he uses it 

 with green, to season, the predicament he flnds 

 himself in at this time is readily understood. 

 The farm wagon trade for several years has been 

 less than normal, yet the wearing out process as 

 to the wagons in use has been going on. and 

 with good crops this present year it is not at all 

 Improbable that difficulty will be experienced In 

 securing prompt shipments, for the stocks in the 

 hands of the retailers, generally speaking, 

 throughout the country are smaller than for 

 many years. It is not unlikely that many manu- 

 facturers will be forced, at no distant date, to 

 advance their prices ; in fact, there is little 

 <luestion but that this fall will see the limit of 

 wagons at present prices and next year much 

 higher ones." 



The two most striking conclusions to be drawn 

 from this letter are that undoubtedly manufac- 

 turers of vehicles and implements are in a recep- 

 tive mood for an advance in prices on the lumber 

 which they consume. They undoubtedly have 

 come to realize that the decided shortage of 

 stocks would warrant an increase in cost. 



There is also evidence of an improvement in 

 the market for vehicles and farm implements. 

 and with a prospect of good crops there is every 

 reason to believe this condition will not only 

 continue but be enhanced as the season goes on. 



Machine Company Gives Picnic 



The Defiance Machine Works of Deriouce, O., 

 tendered its employes and their families and 

 friends, their annual picnic on July 4, at Island 

 Park on the Maumee river. Ideal weather con- 

 ditions brought out a thousand people, who 

 enjoyed the firm's hospitality to the utmost. A 

 regular program prepared by the program com- 

 mittee was carried out, consisting of a cere- 

 monial opening of the spacious auditorium and 

 various interesting contests for men, women and 

 children. 



C. H. Kettenring. treasurer and general man- 

 ager of the firm, made an address of welcome 

 and Charles Seymour delivered an address on the 

 "Brotherhood of Man." The Sixth Regiment 



baud furnished music during the day, which 

 added to the completeness of the occasion. 



It is the intention of the firm to make these 

 annual picnics a regular function in order to 

 bring the employes and their families in closer 

 touch with each other, to the end that a close 

 spirit of harmony might prevail. 



Steam Machinery 



The above is the name of a new monthly maga- 

 zine which will shortly commence publication 

 under the auspices of the Clyde Iron Works of 

 Duluth, Minn. It will be a magazine pertaining 

 to machinery methods for lumbermen, contract- 

 ors, railroad builders and excavators. Charles 

 H. Mcintosh of the company will be editor of the 

 magazine, and all articles and contributions 

 should be addressed to him. 



Oak Flooring Booklet 



W. L. Claffey, secretary of the Oak Flooring 

 Bureau. Detroit, Mich., recently issued the sec- 

 ond edition of the association's booklet, "Oak 

 Flooring." This goes exhaustively into the 

 oak flooring question, taking up grading rules 

 and the possible application of the different 

 grades of oak flooring. It also gives methods of 

 estimating the amount of flooring necessary in 

 given areas, and gives directions for handling, 

 laying, scraping, flnishing and caring for oak 

 flooring. 



This book can be had by addressing the bureau 

 at the Hammond building. Detroit. Mich. 



Combined Skidder and Loader 



The question of the relative advantages of 

 using a combined skidder and loader or of 

 operating the two separately has been the sub- 

 ject of a great deal of discussion among logging 

 superintendents. On the whole the question 

 seems to be one of conditions. 



Under some conditions the two operations must 

 of necessity be carried on separately even at an 

 increased cost. As an instance of this can be 

 cited the occasions when lo.gs must be decked 

 alongside of the track for a considerable period 

 and be loaded as the mill requires them. Under 

 ether conditions, however, with the capacity of 

 (he wood crews and the mill well balanced, there 

 seems to be a great advantage in using the com- 

 bined skidder and loader. Under these condi- 

 tions, by keeping the ground clear of logs, faster 

 skidding can be accomplished. 



A large manufacturer of a four-line combined 

 skidder and loader offers the following record 

 of runs and cost of skidding and loading long 

 leaf pine for 1912 up to May 1 : 



For five consecutive days for two different 

 periods of the year the combination skidder and 

 loader handled successfully 200.85" leet. 219.563. 

 234.425. 243.307. 226.383, making a total or 

 1.124.535 handled during the latter part of 

 February. The average cost of skidding and 

 loading includes locomotives cost, superintend- 

 ents and actual work applied on the operations 

 themselves. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Indiana Tie Company at Evansville, Ind., 

 has been dissolved. 



E. M. Barnes has entered the manufacturing 

 furniture industry at Owensboro, Ky. 



Walsh Brothers, manufacturers of boxes, have 

 recently commenced business at Boston, Mass. 



The Rice Veneer & Lumber Company of Grand 

 [Japids. Mich., will erect a warehouse and oBice. 



The Oneida Handle Company of Rhinelander, 

 Wis., has been incorporated with a $20,000 cap- 

 ital stock. 



Amos C. Ruff has been appointed receiver for 

 the A. R. Milner Seating Company of New 

 Philadelphia. Pa. 



A newly incorporated concern at Cleveland. 0.. 

 is the Cleveland Hardwood Floor Company with 

 a capital stock of $10,000. 



The Holt Lumber Company of Oconto, Wis., 



on June 27 suffered a small loss by fire, which, 

 fortunately, was fully covered by insurance. 



The Cartier & Hengstler Company has re- 

 cently commenced business at Camden, Ark., 

 where it is engaged in the manufacture of boxes 

 and veneers. 



Elbert M. Wiley, president of the Wiley- 

 Harker Lumber Company, New York, has filed 

 a petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities of $132,- 

 452 and no assets. 



The Broadbent Brothers' Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Baltimore, Md., manufacturer of wood 

 mantels, has been incorporated with an author- 

 ized capital of $25,000. 



The United States Sash & Door Company has 

 been formed by Edward Dickin.son. Roy Bell and 

 U. J. Herrman. to do a general millwork and 

 building material business at Chicago, III. 



The creditors of the bankrupt Alf. Bennett 

 Lumber Company of St. Louis, Mo., will meet 

 in that city July 12. The usual business of 

 proving claims, et cetera, will be transacted. 



The Grand Rapids Wood Carving Company of 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., has been succeeded by the 

 Davies-Putnam Company, which concern has been 

 incorporated with an authorized capital stock of 

 $40,000. 



The sawmill of the Wiscon.=in & Arkansas 

 Lumber Company at Warren, Ark., recently de- 

 stroyed by fire, will be replaced by a new^ struc- 

 ture, which will have a daily capacity of 100,000 

 feet of lumber. 



The Michigan Manufacturing & Luti'.ber Com- 

 pany at Flint and Millersburg, Mich., has gone 

 out of business. At Flint, Mich., this concern 

 has been succeeded by the Michigan Truck & 

 Lumber Company. 



Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Company, importer of 

 hardwoods, Cincinnati, O., on June 18 leased 

 space on the tenth floor of the Carew building. 

 This concern has been located in the Provident 

 bank building for some years. 



It Is announced that W. H. G. Kegg. secretary 

 of the Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 

 pany of Mansfield. O.. will have charge of the 

 advertising of the Lumber Mutual Fire Insur- 

 ance Company at Boston, beginning July 1, 1913. 



Among recent incorporations in the farm im- 

 plement industry is the Swarm Manufacturing 

 Company, with an authorized capital of $100,000, 

 located at East Moline. 111., and at New Castlel 

 Ind., is the Rose City Manufacturing Company 

 with a capital of $50,000. 



The creditors of the bankrupt Righter Lumber 

 Company of T'hil.tdelphia met in the ofllce of the 

 referee on June 8 to consider a petition for leave 

 to settle the action to sell the assets and con- 

 firm the trustee's first account, and various other 

 matters. No further details have been secured. 



Hugo Forchheimer of New Orleans advises 

 that Ludwig Haymann. former New Orleans rep- 

 resentative, severed his connection with the busi- 

 ness on July 1. and that his place will be taken 

 by Hans Forchheimer. a member of the firm, 

 formerly in the home office at Frankfort, 

 Germany. 



A new incorporation at Fort Plain, N. Y., is 

 the Century Cabinet Company, organized by 

 Charles R. Fleischman,. Martin W. Hubbard, Jr., 

 and Waldemar F. Timme, all of 1182 Broadway, 

 New York. The company will manufacture fur- 

 niture, cabinets, etc., and has a capital stock 

 of $100,000. 



The Ohio Lumber Retailers' Credit Association 

 held its postponed meeting at Columbus, O., on 

 June 25. Numerous delegates were present and 

 some interesting addresses were delivered. The 

 chief topic of discussion was the proposed Me- 

 chanic's Lien clause of middle Ohio's constitu- 

 tion which is to be voted upon Sept. 3. 



The East Tennessee Lumber & Development 

 Company of Morristown. Tenn.. organized with a 

 $300,000 capital stock, has purchased more than 



