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HARDWOOD RECORD 



J. K. Wall of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber 

 <.'ompany recently left for a two weeks' trip 

 through the South. He expects to buy a good 

 stock of hardwood lumber before returning. 



B. E. Darling of Blakeslee. Perrin & Darling 

 has recently been on a business trip to Ohio, look- 

 ing after the purchase of lumber. 



The National Lumber Company has been get- 

 ting in stocks of maple and oak. It reports that 

 business last month was very good, with a fair 

 prospect that the present month will be good 

 also. 



PHILADELPHIA 



The pronouncement of J. W. Turnbull of the 

 .1. W, Turnbull Lumber Company is that busi- 

 ness is swin;;ing around to ''xcellent shape. The 

 ear shortage only is giving trouble, even sec- 

 tions never before inconvenienced are feeling it. 

 This concern has recently contracted to handle 

 the output of the Bristol I'oor & Lumber Com- 

 pany, Bristol. Tenn. 



Charles ]•". Kreamer, manager of Kreamer & 

 tjo., has just returned from a trip through east- 

 ern I'ennsylvania where he bagged some desira- 

 ble orders. He says business is picking up ail 

 along the line, and the outlook is promising. He 

 is about to make a tour of the southern lumber 

 camps as far as Tennessee, and will visit all 

 the mills with which he is connected, to size up 

 stock conditions. The bouse has engaged W. J. 

 Ivreamer, formerly superintendent of the logging 

 department of the Dare Lumber Company, Eliza- 

 beth City, N. C, as salesman to cover part of 

 .\ew Jersey and New England territory. 



Kobert W. Tunis of the Tunis-Cockcy Lumber 

 Compan.v says business is rnuning along smooth- 

 ly. Some excellent hardwood has been secured, 

 tile shipping of which, however, is considerably 

 delayed at this time by the lack of cars. ,J. H. 

 T. Cockey has for several weeks been scouring 

 the hardwood centres for desirable stock. The 

 company has secured an up-to-date lumberman 

 who will devote his whole time in the South to 

 huylng hardwoods. 



Arthur W. Kent, secretary and treasurer of 

 the J. S. Kent Company, says his firm has no 

 trouble in selling lumber at this time ; the diffi- 

 culty lies in getting the stuff. It is sold up on 

 some lines. I'rices are firm and inclined to go 

 higher.. 



Henry A. liussell of Howes & liussell. reports 

 -iteady trading, with a favorable outlook. The 

 Birch River Lumber Company, Birch Kiver, \V. 

 Va., owned and controlled by this tirm. is about 

 ready to commence manufacturing. (Jpcrations 

 will be under the personal superintendence of 

 .Joseph r. Dunwoody, the wdl-knowu lumberman 

 of I'hiladelpbla. 



John L. Ituiubarger of the John L. Uumbarger 

 Lumber Company, reports excellent business. He 

 says his company is having the best trading it 

 has ever had. 



Daniel B. Curll is pleased over aiuiile fall 

 trading and satisfactory outlook. He recently 

 returned from a trip through the Cumberland 

 valley district and Baltimore, with a bonk full 

 of orders. He reports that things are looking 

 tip ail along the line. Mr. Curll recently ac- 

 quired a large block of excellent hickory, in 

 which he is specializing. 



Samuel B. Vrooman of Samuel B. Vrooman 

 tk, Co., Ltd., has returned from his summer trip 

 to Nova Scotia and the Thousand Islands, look- 

 ing the picture of health. 



Among the recent visitors to the trade, and 

 incidentally to the Lumbermen's Exchange rooms, 

 were : W. H. Stevenson of Stevenson-Sperring & 

 Co., Lockhaveii. I>a., and George F. Ale.vander. 

 treasurer and manager of the United Lumber 

 Company, Springfield, Mass. W. L. Jack, treas- 

 urer of the Weston Lumber Company, Weston, 

 W. Va., was the guest of George G. liarr of 

 Beecher & Barr, at the Lumbermen's ICxchange 

 monthly luncheon. 



The big lumber steamer, John A. Hooper, was 

 launched at Wilmington, Del., Sept. 21. Tbe 

 \-essel is for the California lumber trade. 



The business existing between Charles P. 

 Maule and the estate of Henry Maule, under the 

 firm name of "Charles P. Maule," has been dis- 

 solved by limitation on Sept. 22, the capital 

 contributed by said estate of Henry Maule hav- 

 ing been withdrawn. The business will be con- 

 tinued by Charles P. Maule individually. 



The Pacific Luml)er and Commercial Company 

 was recently incorporated under Delaware laws, 

 with a capital stock of .$.500,000. 



The ^ladelva Land & Lumber Company was 

 incorporated by Kobert J. Clendaniel, 1-^liendale, 

 Del. It is capitalized at .$50,000. 



The Hadentine Lumber Company was re- 

 cently incorporated under New .Jersey laws. 

 Harry It. Humphreys. Wilfred B. Wolcott, Clin- 

 ton I. Evans. Camden. N. J., are the incorpo- 

 rators. 



PITTSBURGH 



The Thomas E. Coale Lumber Company is get- 

 ling some good shipments out of Kentucky. It 

 took wisdom from its West Virginia delays and 

 placed some of its orders in Kentucky, where 

 the car shortage is not so bad at present. 



The Mutual Lumber Company, organized re- 

 cently by M. Riely and H. E. Ast, old veterans 

 of the American Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, is getting started in fine shape at its office 

 in the First National Bank sky-scraper. Mr. 

 .\st has been at the mills a good deal lately, and 

 is making excellent connections. 



The West Peun Lumber Company finds that 

 yard sales are getting larger. Poplar and oak 

 are splendid sellers, Mr. Erving says. He 

 iloesn't belieT* that polities is going to affect 

 the situation but a very little if any this fall. 



C. F. Keasey Lumber Company of West Win- 

 field, Pa., has bought a tract of white oak near 

 Mars, Pa., on the Baltimore & Ohio, and will 

 cut it off shortly for piling. 



'The McDonald Lumber Company is cut out 

 near Sheffield. Pa., on the Baltimore & Ohio, 

 and has a fine lot of birch and maple timber 

 almost dry enough for shipment, -\nother opera- 

 lion is contemplated by this company. 



George Camp, Pittsburgh manager of the 

 Camp Manufacturing Company, is happy over 

 the present situation and prospects for future 

 business. He is one of the lucky fellows who 

 did not overload himself with orders last spring 

 at low figures. 



The Kendall Lumber Company is arranging to 

 start cutting its big oak tract of 22,000 acres 

 of timber on the Cheat river in West Virginia. 

 This will be made ver.v accessible by the new 

 railroad which is now being built up tbe Cheat 

 river valley. 



The Xewell Brothers Lumber Company, which 

 was in business several years ago in the Empire 

 building in this city, discontinued its office here 

 a few months ago and is now bankrupt. Its 

 assets are about ¥72,000 and liabilities $200,000. 

 The company had an operation in West Vir- 

 ginia. 



Joseph J. Linehau reports business very satis- 

 factory from the hardwood trade. He believes 

 that prospects are excellent for fall and winter 

 business. Prices are on a more satisfactory 

 level and may go higher. 



The A. M. Kinney Lumber Company recently 

 bought another tract of oak and hardwood in 

 western I'ennsylvania which it expects to cut 

 off in the near future. 



BALTIMORE 



pany is Walter T. Startzman, vice-president and 

 treasurer, John Kyan, and secretary, F. A. Broad 

 bent. S. D. Riles will superintend the mill, 

 which, when in full running order, wUl have 

 seven Berlin No. S7 tongue and groove planers. 

 Only oak flooring will be turned out. The ma 

 chinery is being driven by electricity, a 70 horse 

 power motor having Ijeen installed. The power 

 is generated at the factory of the Felippc A. 

 Broadbent Mantel Company, a short distance 

 away, of which Felippe A. Broadbent is president 



The Champion Lumber Company, which some 

 time ago purchased the mill and timber holdings. 

 together with all other assets of the Pigeon River 

 Lumber Company, along the Pigeon river iu 

 North Carolina, has decided to erect a large mill 

 at Sunburst, on the tract. The plant is to be 

 of large capacity, and will furnish much traffic 

 for the road being extended to Canton, N. C, on 

 which work is rapidly progressing. The plant 

 at Mt. Stirling has been improved and enlargetl 

 and the output materially increased. Charles I. 

 .Iain<-s, one of the chief owners of the stock 

 holders in the Pigeon Kiver Lumber Company, 

 is largely interested in the Champion company. 



Among those at the concatenation of Hoo-Hoo 

 held at the Hotel Monticello, Norfolk, Va., on 

 .Sept. 19, was E. Stringer Boggess of Clarksburg. 

 Va., who took a prominent part in the proceed 

 iugs. .\nother was Harvey M. Dickson, president 

 of the Dickson Lumber Company of Norfolk and 

 president of the National Lumber Exporters' As- 

 sociation. Mr. Dickson acted as foastmaster at 

 tbe dinnei- that followed the ceremony of initial 

 ing nine candidates, the event proving very en 

 joyable. Dan Richardson of Menominee, Mich., 

 was also one of the guests. 



S. Kobb Eccles, well-known Baltimore tam- 

 berman, has been appointed vicegerent snark for 

 this jurisdiction for another year and will en 

 deavor to arrange a concatenation about the time 

 nf tbe annual meeting of the Baltimore Lumber 

 Exchange in December. He was reluctant to 

 retain the honor, but the Snark of the Dniverse 

 would not take no for an answer. 



J. McD. Price, secretary of the National Lum 

 her Exporters' Association, recently returned 

 from an extended trip to members of the organ! 

 zation In tbe South, and to confer with exporters 

 generally. 



The hardwood business is in such good shape 

 at the present time that Kiihard I". Baer & Co. 

 feel encouraged to take under consideration the 

 fitting up of a mill in Mississippi. They have 

 another plant in operation near Mobile, Ala. The 

 output of this mill has been augmented of late, 

 but additional productive facilities are needed, 

 and In the near future the Jlississlppi operation 

 will be undertaken. Albert O. Thayer, the mill 

 manager at Mobile, who has been on a vacation 

 Irlp north, has returni-d to bis field of activity 

 and will take up tbe matter of the new mill. 



Vessels arriving here from Liverpool have 

 brought to this port in the last few weeks some 

 thirty large African mahogany logs for the 

 Williamson Veneer Company at Highlandtown. 

 The logs are finely figured and will be worked at 

 the factory of the company. Another large con 

 signment is on the way aboard the Templomore. 

 which is expected to get In next week. 



COLUMBUS 



The Pioneer Hardwood Flooring Company has 

 been organized here with a capital stock of 

 .$25,000, and has commenced operations in a 

 factory on the southwest corner of Fleet and 

 President streets. The president of the com- 



A fire iu Columbus damaged tne plan': of lii' 

 Scioto Box Company, Ir.iated on West B 'oao 

 street, to the amount of several thousand dol- 

 lars. Damage was also done to several other 

 plants in that vicinity. S. D. Morgan of the Im- 

 perial Lumber Company is president of the 

 Scioto Box Company. 



Efforts are being made by interested parties 

 in the C. T. Nelson Column Company to bring 

 about a reorganization of the concern and tak^' 

 it out of the hands of Receiver Gerhart. It is 

 said that the plans are progressing satisfactorily 

 and definite announcement will be made soon 



