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HARDWOOD RECORD 



7,000 acres of timber land estimated to cut 120.- 

 000,000 feet of lumber. The company will in- 

 stall two band sawmills, each with a daily 

 capacity of 50,000 feet, and will also mine iron 

 and construct six miles of railway. 



At a meeting of the Plymouth Veneer Com- 

 pany, Plymouth, Wis., June 21, it was decided 



the business be put into liquidation. With assets 

 amounting to $69,000 and liabilities aggregating 

 $36,000, the concern is not insolvent, but the 

 business has not proved sufficientl.v profitable 

 to warrant Its continuation. All the real and 

 personal property will be sold, the debts paid 

 and the balance turned over to the stockholders. 



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Hardwood "News ^otes 



CHICAQO 



The Chicago Lumbermen's Association, 

 through its entertainment committee, is making 

 active progress in the plans for the annual picnic 

 at Ravinia Park, which will be held on Tues- 

 day, July 16. The Northwestern Railroad has 

 arranged to run special trains to the park on 

 that day and detailed arrangements have been 

 made for the long list of entertainment features 

 of various descriptions. The ladies and children 

 ■will be offered just as enjoyable a time as the 

 men. 



W. E. Johns, of Johns, Mowbray & Nelson 

 Company, Cincinnati, O., has been in the city for 

 several days on business, or perhaps to get away 

 from the shadow of the Red Sox's park. 



F. I. Nichols, of Nichols & Cox Lumber Com- 

 pany, Grand Rapids, Mich., was a caller in the 

 city several days ago, making Chicago one of 

 his stopping places on a business trip of some 

 duration. 



J. H. P. Smith, of Cincinnati, president of the 

 Hardwood Company, was a recent visitor in the 

 local trade. 



E. A. Lang, sales manager of the Paepcke- 

 Leicht Lumber Company. Chicago, started on 

 July 4 for a ten days' trip to the siiutliern mill 

 points of the company. He will go to New Or- 

 leans, and from there to other points in Louisi- 

 ana and Mississippi. 



L. H. Wheeler, of the 'Wheeler-Timlin Lumber 

 Company. Wausau, Wis., was In Chicago, and 

 took his family to Wausau last Sunday. 



F. R. Gadd. vice-president of the Wisconsin 

 Lumber Company, Chicago, is back in his ofHce 

 after an extended trip to the southern mill points 

 of that concern. The company's mill has suf- 

 fered considerably through high water conditions, 

 but such damage is being rapidly repaired, and 

 the mills are working overtime for loss of time. 



C. A. Bigelow, of Kneeland-Bigelow Company, 

 Bay City, Mich., spent a day in Chicago last 

 week stopping off on a trip to Burlington, 111., 

 where he intends joining his wife. 



F. B. McMuIlen. of McMulIen-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company of Chicago, is spending a couple 

 of weeks in the Canadian woods recovering from 

 his strenuosities in business in Chicago. 



R. E. Thompson, of the Thompson Hardwood 

 Lumber Company of Cincinnati, O., is one of 

 Chicago's frequent visitors, and was here last 

 week. 



F. C. Ewlng, of Ewlng & Gilliland, Nashville, 

 Tenn., recently spent several days with the local 

 trade. 



W. D. Reeves, of the W. D. Reeves Lumber 

 Company. Helena. Ark., said, in a visit to the 

 Chicago, trade last week, that he never before has 

 seen such a scarcity of logs as exists in the 

 Arkansas territory. Mr. Reeves said there are 

 practically no logs along the railroad to be taken 

 up, and in consequence the mills are forced to 

 run on short time. 



H.ir.rjwooD Recokd is in receipt of an an- 

 nouncement from the Three States Lumber Com- 

 pany at Memphis. Tenn., stating that M. B. 

 Cooper has been appointed sales manager of 

 that concern, succeeding W. H. Greble, who has 

 resigned. 



The mid-summer meeting of the Northern Hem- 

 lock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 



will take place at Houghton, Mich., on July 17 

 and 18, inclusive. Arrangements have been made 

 for an enjoyable time for those in attendance, as 

 well as for the transaction of considerable im- 

 portant business. 



The Board of Trade reports during the week 

 of June 30 show that the total receipts of lum- 

 ber in Chicago for the week were 62,385,000 

 feet, being 6,500,000 feet less than for the 

 previous week. Shipments of lumber from Chi- 

 cago were 25,790,000 feet, an increase of 1,500,- 

 000 over the previous week. 



A. W. Williamson, of the Williamson-Kuny 

 Mill & Lumber Company of Mound City and 

 Chicago. 111., with his family and friends, is 

 making an extended tour of the West, taking in 

 Kansas, Colorado. New Mexico. Utah, Oregon, 

 Washington, California and other states. They 

 will visit Yellowstone Park, the Grand Canyon, 

 the Yosemite Valley and other interesting sights. 



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R. S. Blair, president and general manager of 

 the Old Oregon Lumber Company. Seattle. Wash., 

 and Secretary L. G. Chapman, accompanied by 

 Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Chapman, spent several 

 I'.iys in town on business and pleasure during 

 the fortnight. Mr. Blair reported conditions as 

 very satisfactory, considering the general situ- 

 ation at coast points. 



R. B' Gillette and R. I. Mount of the Gillette- 

 Mount Company, wholesaler, 50 Church Street, 

 have returued from a trip to British provinces 

 where they made arrangements for the cuts of 

 ihe several mills. 



On June 17, at Grace M. E. Church, this city. 

 Miss Lilian K. Stone was united in marriage 

 to Ralph A. Brown, local sales representative of 

 the Streble Manufacturing Company, large manu- 

 facturer of hardwood flooring, Saginaw. Mich. 

 After a honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. Brown will 

 reside at 51 Hamilton place. Manhattan. 



W. H. Wetmore, head of the local sales office 

 of R. P. Baer & Co.. liardwocds, Baltimore, Md., 

 has removed his office from 1123 Broadway to 

 118 East Twenty-eighth street. 



W. E. Cox of the Nichols & Cox Lumber 

 Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., was here for 

 a few days during the fortnight preparatory to 

 sailing on the Campania for a trip of several 

 months. 



T. M. Young, for many years associated with 

 (Jouverneur E. Smith & Co., this city, has 

 joined the selling staff of W. A. Eaton. 1 Madi- 

 son avenue. 



The Harry G. Adams Lumber Company has 

 succeeded to the commission business of Harry 

 G. Adams at 150 Nassau street, Manhattan. 



Jesse Cummings and E. C. Moberly, of the 

 Cummings-Moberly Cypress Company, Taft, La., 

 and the Ramos Lumber Co.. Ramos. La., were 

 visitors In town during the fortnight. 



H. D. Billmeyer, Billmcyer Lumljer Company, 

 hardwood timber specialist, Cumberland, Md.. 

 was in town with Mrs. Billmeyer for several 

 days during the fortnight. 



William L. Willich, trading as the C. & W. 

 Lumber Company, wholesale lumber dealer with 

 offices at IS Broadway, has assigned to L. H. 

 Strauss. He became a partner in the C. & W. 



Lumber Company in 1906. The partnership was 

 dissolved in 1908, Mr. Willich continuing under 

 the same style. Following the assignment a 

 petition in bankruptcy was tiled against Mr. 

 Willich. The attorneys for the petitioning 

 creditors estimate the liabilities at $19,000, and 

 assets $8,000, 



Elbert M. Wiley, who is president of the 

 Wiley-Harker Lumber Company, has filed an 

 individual petition in bankruptcy with liabilities 

 of $132,452, and no assets. The Wiley-Harker 

 Lumber Company was recently petitioned into 

 bankruptcy. 



Thomas Kell's Sons Company, saw and plan- 

 ing mill operator of Brooklyn, has made an 

 assignment to L. H. Strauss of New York. It 

 is reported that the assignment is due to certain 

 connections which the corporation had through 

 accommodation endorsement w'ith Gouverneur E. 

 Smith & Co., the New Y'ork wholesale house 

 which failed recently. Thomas Kell's Sons Com- 

 pany Is an old operator In the Brookl.vn district 

 and was incorporated several years ago with 

 W. K. Holmes, Jr., wholesale lumber, 1 Madi- 

 son avenue, as president and treasurer, and 

 C. D. Kells, as secretary. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The board of directors of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange of Philadelphia, at a meeting held on 

 June 20, adopted the following resolutions : 



Whereas, An all-wise Providence has removed 

 from our midst by death our friend and fellow 

 member, Robert B. Wheeler, the members of the 

 Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadelphia, desire 

 to record their appreciation of his worth and 

 their regret for the loss they have sustained in 

 his death. His integrity w.is of the highest 

 stamp and his genial nature won for him many 

 friends. No one ever approached him for advice 

 or help that he did not respond cheerfully. His 

 companionship and wise counsel will be missed, 

 but his example will be an inspiration to a high- 

 er and nobler living. 



Resolved. That the memliers of the exchange 

 extend to his family their sincere condolence in 

 their great loss, also that these resolutions be 

 spread upon the minutes of the exchange and a 

 cop.v sent to the family of the deceased. 



Similar action was taken by the Philadelphia 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association. 



Thomas B. Hoffman of the J. S. Kent Com- 

 pany, always an optimist, is not inclined to 

 quarrel with conditions. He recently made a 

 trip through Virginia, North Carolina and Ten- 

 nessee, and found stocks very low. On his re- 

 turn he spent some time at his company's mill, 

 near Johnson City, Va., where work is being 

 Iiushed to the limit, but with very little accu- 

 mulation of stuff. Mr. Hoffman says the com- 

 pany is cutting mainly oak of an excellent qual- 

 ity, at least seventy-five per cent of which will 

 tun white oak, J. E. Troth, of this house, has 

 moved hig family for the summer to Salem, 

 N, J., where he spends the week ends. 



George G. Barr of Beecher & Barr regards the 

 eastern situation as peculiar, undoubtedly the 

 result of the unsatisfactory spring season and 

 the disturbing political agitatk>n. A fair volume 

 of trading is being handled, however, right along, 

 but the stock at mills is still very low. 



The Summit Lumber Company recently en- 

 gaged Edwin C. Strong, who has had consider- 

 able experience with the Fenwick Lumber Com- 

 pany as salesman, to look after the Philadelphia 

 district. 



J. W. Bowers of the S. P. Bowers Company 

 reports fairly responsive trading and more liberal 

 buying by the railroads. Shipments from the 

 Jacksonville district are more satisfactory. 



Charles G. Blake, manager of E. V. Babcock 

 & Co.. reports the volume of trade behind that 

 cf Last year, but prices holding firm. 



Chancellor Curtis, Wilmington, Del., has ap- 

 pointed William Pennewlll of Dover, and Thoma.=; 

 A. Veasey of Delmar, receivers for the insolvent 

 Delmar Lumber and Manufacturing Company. 

 The company owns valuable machinery and prop- 

 erty near Delmar, Del., and near Havrcde- 

 Grace, Md. 



