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HARDWOOD RECORD 



another meeting to be held June 26. Schedules 

 presented at the meeting showed liabilities of 

 $150,000 and assets of $.?15,000. 



Among the recent hardwood visitors to this 

 market were : Hugh McLean. Hugh McLean 

 Lumber Compan.y, Buffalo; J. H. .Tenks, R. H. 

 .Tenks Lumber Company, Cleveland, O. ; R. r. 

 While of Albany: W. A. Holt, Holt Lumber 

 I'ompany, Oconto, Wis., and Frank C. Rice, Rice 

 & Lockwood Lumber Company, Springfield, Mass. 



I'alrifk H. Moore of the well known lumber 

 firm of Moore Bros., Twenty-fifth street and 

 Eleventh avenue, Manhattan, was a successful 

 contestant in the lumbermens' golf tournament 

 at Baltimore last week, playing through the 

 entire tournament up to the finals, where he 

 won a liandsome prize. He was the only New 

 Yorker to reach the finals, and he is to be 

 congratulated upon his excellent playing. 



There was a false report in one of the Brook- 

 lyn papers last week stating . that the E, H. 

 Ogden Lumber Company of Manhattan had 

 been petitioned in bankruptcy. This was en- 

 tirely wrong, and those interested in the com- 

 pany are particularly desirous that same be 

 comliated and have taken steps to protect their 

 intei'csts in the jiremises. The facts are that 

 I he E. H. Ogden Lumber Company was one of 

 the petitioners to have a concern in the borough 

 of Brooklyn placed into bankruptcy, but through 

 some error this fact was not made plain. 



Irving B. Easlon, for many years prominently 

 associated with the Albany, N. Y., lumber trade, 

 has returned to the metropolitan district to 

 assume flie management of the local ofhce of 

 the Robinson-Edwards Lumber Company of Bur- 

 lington, Vt., at 1 Madison avenue. 



Howard C. .Jennings, the absconding former 

 manager of the Newark Lumber Company, has 

 been apprehended in the West, and will be 

 brought East for trial. He is wanted on a de- 

 falcation of about .$40,000. 



G. P. De Witt, general sales agent for Sam 

 E. Barr, Flatiron building, was a recent visi- 

 tor, going over matters at this end of the line 

 preparatory to joining his family in rbiladel- 

 phia, and thence on an extended business and 

 pleasure trip through New York state and Ca- 

 nadian points. 



Secretary Lewis Doster of the Hardwood Man- 

 ufacturers' Association of the United States, 

 with headquarters at Chicago, has been spend- 

 ing the past week in this city and Philadelphia 

 in the interest of association affairs. He has 

 had a most successful trip and reports progress 

 all along the line. In speaking of the general 

 business outlook in the hardwood trade from the 

 Bources available to him, he says he is exceed- 

 ingly well .satisfied with the situation. 



The Prospect Park SasU & Door Company has 

 been incorporated in the Prospect Park section 

 of Brooklyn to manufacture sash, doors, blinds, 

 etc., with a capital of if.j.OOO. The incorporatoi-s 

 are P. E. Nolan, E. B. Nolan and S. F. Edmead, 

 all of Brooklyn. 



Elisha B. Merritt, proprietor of the Iinrdwood 

 firm of Alexander & Ellis, Brooklyn, announces 

 that he is now nicely located at bis new yard, 

 recently purchased at Kent avenue and Ilewes 

 street, and has arranged same in an up-to-date 

 manner. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against 

 the Bailey I'iano Company. ].'!8th street and 

 tr'aual place, Bronx. It is alleged that the com- 

 pany is insolvent and committed an act of bank- 

 ruptcy by making an assignment. Lindsay Rus- 

 sell has been appointed receiver with a bond 

 of $40,000. 



Philadelphia. 



All honor to the Lumbermen's Oolf Club, and 

 all praise to the lumljermen of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange who generally come off winners, 

 whether in the sober game of business or the 

 festive competitive game of relaxation. The 

 tournament of the I,umbermen's Golf Associa- 

 tion, held at Roland Park, near Baltimore, Md., 



on .Tune 12 and 13, was well attended by the 

 Lumbermen's Golf Club of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange, Philadelphia, the meml)ers of which 

 certainly distinguished themselves, carrying off 

 five of the handsomest prizes. The rooms of the 

 exchange for the last fev,- days have thrilled 

 with excitement, everybody waiting to see the 

 prizes and to congratulate those who have 

 brought honor to this famous organization. 



Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Man- 

 ufacturers' Association, was a recent visitor to 

 the city. 



William F. Robinson, the Philadelphia repre- 

 sentative of Robinson Bros. Lumber Company, 

 Tonawanda, N. Y., has Just returned from a 

 trip to California. On his way home he stopped 

 at Salt liake City, Denver and Detroit. 



John J. Rumbarger of the Rumbarger Lumber 

 Company is a busy man these days. He has 

 moved to Ridley Park. Pa., for tlie summer, 

 where he puts in considerable of his spare time 

 as an amateur gardener, fast developing into an 

 expert with spade and rake. As chairman of 

 the Finance and Entertainment Committee in 

 charge of the Hoo-Hoo annual, he reports every- 

 thing moving alone: in fine style. Mr. Rum- 

 barger is also working like a Trojan this year 

 for the lumbermen's baseball club, of which he 

 is manager, and the games of which have al- 

 ways been iilayed for the benefit of charity. 

 A great deal of interest consequently is mani- 

 fested therein by the lumbermen. The game 

 (his year will come off on July 19 at the 

 Athletic grounds and will be played between 

 the lumbermens' baseball club and the master 

 builders' club, of which latter Benjamin K. Nus- 

 baum. Philadelphia representative of Toch Bros., 

 New York, is manager. The proceeds will be 

 given to the Red Bank Sanitarium, the Chil- 

 dren's Country Week and the Philadelphia Mod- 

 ified Milk Association. These clubs up to date 

 have already donated $4,500 to these worthy 

 charities, A special attraction this year, if it 

 can be arranged, will be the engagement of the 

 great and only Rube Waddell as umpire of the 

 game. 



The Rumbarger Lumber Company reports busy 

 and is confident of good summer business. 



C. E. Lloyd, Jr., vice president of the Boice 

 Lumber Company, Inc., has just returned from 

 a trip tlirough the New England states with a 

 goodly bunch of orders.. 



Benjamin C. Currie, Jr., of R. M. Smith & Co.. 

 admits the lumber situation a little quiet of 

 late, but looks forward to a speedy reaction. 

 He reports good orders coming in. 



J. Randall Williams of J. Randall Wiliams & 

 t.'o. has recovered from his recent illness and is 

 spending a few days with his family at Buzzards 

 Bay, Mass. He will return later to spend the 

 summer. J. Randall Williams. Jr., reports busi- 

 ness prosperous and their sales ahead of last 

 year. They recently purchased some land in 

 Salisbury. N. C, where they intend to have a 

 large yard for stock accumulation, but have beeu 

 delayed getting things into shape on account 

 of the railroad company'.s being slow in t>uiid n;j: 

 a siding into the yard. 



The Kirby & Hawkins Company, handlers of 

 railroad ties, etc., report orders on hand lo 

 cover months ahead and the outlook for this 

 line very promising. They state that car and 

 iH'idge building lumber is not so much in demand 

 as formerly. 



Horace G. Hazard & Co. report busy, but find 

 it difficult to obtain hardwoods as freely as 

 desired. They have been selling considerable 

 lumber of late in cargo lots, which method they 

 regard favorably. 



The Owen M. Bruner Company is another 

 concern whose sales are far ahead (to date) of 

 190(i. Mr. Bruner is firm in his opinion that 

 to the backward season alone is to be attributed 

 the slight dullness complained of recently. He 

 regards the outlook at present good for busi- 

 ness. 



Thomas B. Hammer reports business moving 



along very satisfactorily. Last year was the 

 best year he has had since he has been in 

 Imsiness, and from present indications he is 

 positive 1007 will surpass it in volume of 

 business. 



The Tomb Lumber Company, manufacturer of 

 white oak, white pine and hemlock, is very 

 busy ; has orders to keep it going for the next 

 six months. Its mills in Pennsylvania are all 

 active and it is selling a great deal of white 

 oak for export. 



The prosperous Hindle Lumber Company has 

 no fault to find with conditions. It has good 

 orders on hand and looks forward to good sum- 

 mer trading. W. Alfred Hindle, who has been 

 suffering with his eyes, his friends will be glad 

 to know, has recovered. 



The David Baird Company of Camden, N. J., 

 was visited by a serious fire on June 17, which 

 it was feared, at first would involve property 

 for miles around, but through the aid given by 

 tile Philadelphia firemen and the crew of the 

 Italian cruiser Etruria, lying opposite the plant, 

 a great deal of lumber was saved. The loss is 

 placed at about $50,000. 



Emil Guenther reports business holding its 

 own, no perceptible weakening anywhere in val- 

 ues. He is receiving good orders and thinks 

 business in the building line will brighten up 

 now, with tlie advent of seasonable weather. 



R. Lamont & Sons Company of Pittsburg, Pa.. 

 was incorporated under Pennsylvania laws on 

 June 10 : authorized capital $,'),000. 



The Clearfield Millwork and Lumber Company. 

 Clearfield, Pa., obtained a charter under Penn- 

 sylvania laws on June 10 ; capitalized at $30,- 

 000, 



The Codling Lumber Company. Twenty-second 

 and Bellevue streets, has formed a combination 

 with the McEwen Lumber Company of Asheville, 

 N. C, and will hereafter trade as the Codling- 

 McEwen Lumber Company, at ,339 Land Title 

 building, Philadelphia. In addition to the lines 

 handled heretofore by the Codling Lumber Com- 

 pany, they will also sell the product of the 

 eight mills of the McEwen I^umber Company, 

 which are cutting all kinds of hardwoods, white 

 pine, some shortleaf pine, etc. Their main yaid 

 is located at Azalea, N. C, where they carry 

 several million feet of the better grades of lum- 

 ber, under cover. A strictly up-to-date planing 

 mill has recently been installed at this point, 

 and the varied products of eastern Tennessee 

 and western North Carolina give the new company 

 unusual facilities for supplying from this yard, 

 practically everything demanded by iiimber 

 yards in general, 



Baltimore. 



Advices received by Secretary E. M. Terry 

 of the National Lumber Exporters' Association 

 from New Orleans are to the effect that the New 

 Orleans Lumber Exporters' Association has re- 

 ceived word from the railroads that they would 

 consider the representations made with respect 

 to- the enforcement of the new rule raising the 

 pert charge on lumber intended for export and 

 reducing the time during which cars may re- 

 main loaded free of charge to ten days. This 

 has opened the way for a discussion of the sub- 

 ject in all its bearings, and the association, 

 being asked to fornuilate its demands, went back 

 to the original posiri<in of asking for thirty 

 days, as was the practice at Northern ports. 

 The association represented to the Car Service 

 Association that the new rules place New 

 Orleans at a great disadvantage as compared 

 with the northern ports and tend to divert 

 traffic to other points. Wi.at the outcome of 

 the discussion will be cannot at present be fore- 

 cast. The Transportation Committee of the Na- 

 tional Ivumber Exporters' Association is to have 

 a meeting June 20 in New Y'ork to discuss 

 various business matters, and on the 27th it 

 will hold a conference with representatives of 

 the various steamship lines with regard to this 

 matter. Principal among the questions to be 



