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ping o£ goods. Prices ai-e up and stocks down, 

 but the compan.r liopes soon to make a connec- 

 tion that will place it in a position to meet all 

 comers. 



From the Philadelphia oflBce of the W. M. 

 Kitter Lumber Compan.v comes the report that 

 the summer trading so far has exceeded that of 

 the same period of last year, and prospects are 

 strong for a good fall and winter business. 

 A. J. Williams, eastern representative, who has 

 been sizing up stock condition at the company's 

 mills, paid a visit to the main office at Co- 

 lumbus, O. 



J. H. Harding of Harding-Flnley Lumber Com- 

 pany, reports increasing export business, with 

 satisfactory prices. He says he finds foreign 

 trading more remunerative at this time than 

 home trading. 



I. W. Warner, formerly of the Coppock-Warner 

 Lumber Company, has recently been secured by 

 Mr. Hf rding to cover New York state, where, 

 as it is Mr. Warner's old camping ground, he is 

 cne of the best known and best liked salesmen 

 in the field. 



With "a bullet hole in his brain. John J. 

 Perry, a wealthy lumberman, and head of Hous- 

 ton, Perry & Co., Inc., Seaford. Del., was found 

 in an unconscious condition in his automobile 

 along an isolated road near the outskirts of 

 Seaford, Aug. 22. He never regained conscious- 

 ness. Mr. Perry was fifty years old and had 

 been engaged in the lumber business for the 

 past thirty years, having operated factories in 

 Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina. 



PITTSBURGH 



B. W. Cross, who h.indles the Pittsburgh af- 

 fairs of the Thomas E. Coale Lumber Company, 

 has returned from a two weeks' vacation in the 

 East and reports factory prospects especially 

 good in hardwood. 



J. N. Woollett, president of the Aberdeen Lum- 

 ber Company, is back from a trip to the South 

 and Southwest, where he secured some nice con- 

 tracts for gum and Cottonwood. He anticipates 

 a heavy trade in both these lines this fall. 



The Union Lumber Company of the north side 

 is making good headway for a new concern and 

 during the past month has had some excellent 

 trade with the railroads and big manufacturin.g 

 concerns in this district. President William 

 Hunter is optimistic about the future of the 

 lumber business in this city and believes that 

 fine hardwoods will have a ready sale this fall. 



The Duquesne Lumber Company is now cut- 

 ting 70.000 feet a day at its new plant at 

 Braemar. which is one of the finest equipped 

 operations in the South. President A. Rex. 

 I^lynn has made several trips to the plant this 

 summer and is well satisfied with the outlook. 

 Sales Manager G. C. Adams is spending this 

 week with the eastern trade. 



The Linehan Lumber Company reports a much 

 better midsummer trade than usual. All pros- 

 pects. Mr. Linehan reports, are favorable for a 

 good business this fall. 



President H. F. DomhofE of the Acorn Lumber 

 Company is making frequent trips to the North- 

 west in search of stock. The company's hard- 

 wood business is very flourishing and Mr. Dom- 

 hoff looks for a big trade in the next few months. 



E. V. Babcock of the Babcoek lumber interests, 

 who is Pittsburgh's biggest councilman, is run- 

 ning an interesting alfalfa raising race this 

 summer with two of his colleagues, Councilmen 

 J. P. Kerr and William Hoeveler. Each council- 

 man has a fine farm near Pittsburgh and in the 

 spring staked off a two-acre field for alfalfa on 

 which each is betting heavily. 



On Sept. 10 the Pittsburgh Chamber of Com- 

 merce will start on a special trade expedition in 

 the "Made in Pittsburgh" train. All the lum- 

 ber, steel, paint, etc., used in the cars were 

 secured in Pittsburgh and every business con- 

 cern that is represented on the train will have 

 samples of its product. 



BOSTON 



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The American Woodworking Company, Bethel. 

 Me., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $50,000. The incorporators are Frank L. 

 Wilson and Ralph L. Wilson of Berlin, N. H. 



Lumber dealers In this section of the coun- 

 try have been warned during the past few 

 weeks of a possible car shortage. Shippers In 

 the South and West have been writing dealers 

 pointing out the fact that the crop movement 

 would start in soon and at that time it would 

 be difficult to get cars for lumber shipments. 

 Some dealers have ordered in quite large lots 

 of lumber for customers and on their own ac- 

 count and state that these shipments are meet- 

 ing with delay already. The eastern traffic 

 managers dt the railroads are urging prompt 

 unloading which, if the request is complied with, 

 will help matters out somewhat. 



The W. A. Cairns Woodworking Company. 

 East Hartford, Conn., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of S25,000. The incor- 

 porators are William A. Cairns and Herman 

 A. Kapsceske of East Hartford and Henry J. 

 Cairns of Hartford, Conn. 



Several wood-working companies in East Bos- 

 ton met with a loss by fire last week. Among 

 those damaged were the plants of the Federal 

 Building Finishing Compan.v. A. Johnson. H. O. 

 Ackerly and William Joyce. The damage caused 

 by the fire is reported not to have exceeded 

 $20,000. 



The Ashburnham Manufacturing Company, 

 Ashburnham. Mass., has been purchased by W. 

 A. & H. M. Curtis of Westminster, who will 

 operate this chair plant under the name of the 

 Curtis Chair Company. The plant was for- 

 merly owned by the late Charles Griffin of 

 Keene, N. H. The new concern will manufac- 

 ture chairs and stools and will make a spe- 

 cialty of porch furniture. 



BALTIMORE 



Secretary J. MiD. Price of the National Lum- 

 ber Exporters' Association interrupted his annual 

 swing to visit members of the organization long 

 enouuli to return to his office and take up a 

 matter of importance affecting shippers to for- 

 eign parts. This was a question of freight rates 

 over the Louisville & Nashville Railroad to New 

 Orleans, which have been imder controversy 

 for some time past. The New Orleans exporters, 

 through the National Lumber Exporters' Asso- 

 ciation, had asked for some concessions, con- 

 tending that the shippers were being discrim- 

 inated against, but the railroad rejected all sug- 

 gestion of compromise. Consequently there was 

 talk of bringing the matter before the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission. Mr. Price did what he 

 could at this time, and then resumed his trip, 

 this time going South, where he planned to dis- 

 cuss with exporters questions of rate, dock rules, 

 the situation abroad and various other points 

 of special interest to those engaged in the for- 

 eign trade. 



Richard P. Baer of Richard P. Baer & Co., 

 returned last week from a ten daj's' automobile 

 trip to Boston, Marblehead and other localities 

 in New England and New York state. He was 

 accompanied by Mrs. Baer and combined busi- 

 ness with recreation, seeing a number of his 

 customers and picking up diverse orders. He 

 reports that business was eminently satisfactory 

 and that the requirements of buyers were on the 

 increase. 



H. L. Boroman, sales manager of the R. E. 

 Wood Lumber Company, spent several weeks in 

 Virginia after leaving the hospital at Baltimore, 

 where he was treated for an attack of malaria. 



A curly maple, one of the biggest trees in that 

 section of North Carolina, was purchased re- 

 cently for S20. The cost of having it cut. sawed 

 into sections and transported about thirty-five 



miles to a railroad amounted to not less than 

 $400. The tree yielded some 16.000 feet of 

 lumber which was brought to Baltimore to be 

 manufactured into veneer. 



COLUMBUS 



The Oak Wood Lumber Company of Marietta. 

 O.. has been incorporated with a capital of 

 SoO.OOO to hold timber lands and operate a saw- 

 mill. The incorporators are W. J. Schaufer, 

 C. H. Holden, W. J. Crom, J. C. West and Rob- 

 ert M. Noll. 



The Leet Lumber Company of Oakhill. O., has 

 been incorporated with a capital of ?10,000, to 

 deal in lumber and building materials. The in- 

 corporators are Philip Leet, George W. Small, 

 Albert Graf. Ernest H. Hammers and Arch H 

 Smith. 



F. B. Pryor of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Com- 

 pany, reports a good demand for all grades of 

 hardwoods, and the records of the company show 

 quite an improvement over the corresponding 

 period in 1911. The usual midseason slump is 

 absent this year and business is running along 

 steadily. There is an especially good demand 

 for the lower grades of certain woods. Mr. 

 Pryor says that car shortage is interfering with 

 shipments. Collections are improving. 



L. B. Schneider, manager of sales for John R. 

 Gobey & Co., reports a good demand for all hard- 

 woods with prices inclined to stiffen. Mr. 

 Schneider is of the opinion that prices are bound 

 to go higher from now on. 



The General Lumber Company reports a good 

 demand for all kinds of hardwoods from manu- 

 facturing establishments. Factories engaged in 

 making implements, vehicles and automobiles are 

 in the market for more stocks. 



W. L. Whitacre of the W. L. Whitacre Com- 

 pany says trade in hardwoods is holding up ex- 

 tremely well and prices are stiCf in every 

 direction. 



The Imperial Lumber Company reports a 

 strong market in hardwoods with prices show- 

 ing a tendency to advance. 



Demand for wide sizes of poplar has Improved 

 considerably in this territory and stocks in" that 

 line, which accumulated for some time, are now 

 being moved. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



F. M. Bachmann, hardwood manufacturer, and 

 Mrs. Bachmann have returned from the Massa- 

 chusetts Coast, where they spent the summer. 



W. W. Knight of the Long-Knight Lumber 

 Company, has returned from Minocqua, Wis., 

 where he spent several weeks. 



Scott P. Matthews recently returned from 

 an extensive trip through Michigan. 



C. S. Corse, formerly engaged in the hardwood 

 business in this city, died in Chicago Aug. 28. 

 He was fifty-seven years old. 



The Turn Turtle Wagon Company has filed 

 notice of dissolution with the Indiana secretary 

 of state, preparatory to winding up its affairs. 



J. V. Stimson, hardwood lumberman of Hunt- 

 ingburg, is a director and heavy stockholder in 

 the reorganized Mais Motor Truck Company of 

 this city which has been incorporated with an 

 authorized capitalization of $1,000,000. 



Showers Brothers of Bloomington have let 

 contracts for an addition to their factory, to 

 cost $210,000. The company's sawmill was de- 

 stroyed by fire on Aug. 30, with a loss of 

 $15,000 on which there was only $6,000 insur- 

 ance. 



Building permits issued in the city during 

 August amounted to $788,670 as compared with 

 $642,488 in August. 1911. For the first eight 

 months of this year the aggregate permits were 

 about $1,000,000 higher than for the correspond- 

 ing period of last year. 



The Indianapolis Trade Association, Sept. 17 



