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paid in full and that a balance will be left to 

 go to the stockholders. Creditors are requested 

 to file their claims, duly verified, with the 

 receiver on or before June 28. 



Change in Prominent Hardwood House. 



That veteran and sterling hardwood lumber 

 concern, the Heath, Witbeck Company, has been 

 changed in its personnel by the addition of 



EDWARD HEATH, CHICAGO. 



Clarence Boyle, who has acquired an interest in 

 the company, and brought about some official 

 changes. C. H. Wolfe has resigned as secretary 

 and the officers of the company are now as 

 follows : Edward Heath, president and treas- 

 urer ; Clarence Boyle, vice president and pur- 

 chasing agent: C. H. Wolfe, assistant treasurer 

 and sales manager ; C. F. HoUe, secretary. The 

 general offices will be continued at Room 408-9, 



C. H. WOLFE, CHICAGO. 



WlUoughby building, corner of Michigan and 

 East Madison street, and the general assembling 

 yards of the company have all been consolidated 

 at Thebes, HI., where it carries a stock of about 

 15,000,000 feet. The company's specialties are 

 oak, gum, ash and cypress. It maintains a dry 

 kiln at its Thebes plant and is in a position to 

 ship either air or kiln dried stock, but from the 

 fact that it operates no planing mill guarantees 



to make the shipments with the "picks all in." 

 Its specialty is mixed carloads for direct and 

 prompt shipment to the trade. 



In the change of affairs of the Heath, Witbeck 

 Company noted, this concern takes over the stock 

 and business of the Evansville Lumber Company 

 formerly located at Evansville, Ky., and discon- 

 tinues entirely the Chicago yard. The indi- 

 viduals associated with the Heath, Witbeck 

 Company are almost too well known to need 



CLARENCE BOYLE, CHICAGO. 



recurring mention. Edward Heath has been in 

 the hardwood trade in Chicago for well toward 

 twenty years, and associated with him during 

 nearly all this period has been C. H. Wolfe. 

 Clarence Bgyle has for years been a well-known 

 figure in Chicago hardwood circles and Mr. Holle, 

 the most recent ally of this concern, was 

 brought up in the lumber business in Colorado, 

 but has served tour years' apprenticeship with 



C. F. HOLLE, CHICAGO. 



the Heath-Witbeck Company at its various dis- 

 tributing yards. 



The company in addition to its large domestic 

 trade has an excellent foreign business and Mr. 

 Heath spends a part of each year in Europe. 

 It is his intention to sail for Liverpool about 

 January 1 and he will spend the greater portion 

 of the summer in adding to the foreign clients of 

 his house. 



Largest Order for Boilers. 



The largest order for water tube boilers ever 

 let by the United States government was 

 awarded during the closing hours of Congress to 

 the Atlas Engine Works of Indianapolis. It 

 was for the boiler equipment of the new central 

 power plant located in Garfield Park at Wash- 

 ington, which when completed is to furnish heat, 

 light and power for the Capitol and surrounding 

 buildings— the new Senate and House office build- 

 ings, and the Congressional Library. The pur- 

 chase includes sixteen high-pressure Atlas water 

 tube boilers of approximately 600 H. P. each 

 They will be erected in groups of two and will 

 be equipped with Roney stokers and Foster 

 super-heaters, necessary because of the excep- 

 tionally high degree superheat called for in the 

 special turbines to be used. Deliveries will com- 

 mence on August 1 and it is expected the plant 

 will be ready for operation by the first of the 

 next year. J, G. White & Co. of New York 

 were the government's consulting engineers on 

 this work. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The Bay City Colonial Porch Column Company 

 of Bay City, Mich., will erect a large plant there. 



The Chippewa Falls Chair Company of Chip- 

 pewa Falls, Wis., has been formed by George 

 Ganser and others and will erect a new factory. 



A. L. Davison of Beaver, Mo., proposes to 

 establish a large spoke factory at Rolla, Mo. 



The Oklahoma City Desk Manufacturing Com- 

 pany has been incorporated at Oklahoma City, 

 Okla., with a capital stock of $250,000 by Alvln 



0. Bowers and others. 



A new furniture factory with a capital of 

 $25,000 has been incorporated at Allegan, Mich., 

 by Fred I. Chichester and others. It is to be 

 known as the Allegan Furniture Company. 



The Twentieth Century Casket Company of 

 Findlay, O., is planning to enlarge its plant. 

 John D. Renshler is manager. 



The Cream City Casket Company of Milwau- 

 kee, Wis., has been incorporated by Joseph J. 

 Rademacher and others with a capital stock of 

 .?35.000. 



Fire destroyed the planing mill of the Swann- 

 Day Lumber Company at Jackson. Ky., recently. 



The Buchanan-Brewster Furniture Manufac- 

 turing Company of Kansas City, Mo., has been 

 incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000. 



1. J. Buchanan is one of the incorporators. 



The Smith & Nixon Piano factory at Louis- 

 ville, Ky., was destroyed by fire a few days ago. 



The Sioux City Casket Company is erecting a 

 large plant at Sioux City, Iowa. 



George A. Myers and others have incorporated 

 the Aurora Mantel Manufacturing Company at 

 Aurora, III., with a capital of $25,000. 



G. M. Easier of Bloomfleld, 111., will erect a 

 factory at Jonesboro, Ark., for the purpose of 

 manufacturing hubs. The plant will cost about 

 $25,000. 



The Paoli Spoke Company of Paoli, Ind., has 

 been incorporated with a capital of $25,000. 

 Ernest Stout is one of the incorporators. 



The Boyertown Burial Casket Company of 

 Boyertown, Pa., will erect a new factory to cost 

 $180,000. 



The Commercial Vehicle Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Springfield, 111., has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $60,000 by Harry Good- 

 man and others. 



One of the finest exhibits shown at the James- 

 town Exposition is that of the Virginia Mineral 

 & Timber Association, which was organized at 

 Roanoke on November 24, 1906, for the purpose 

 of exploiting the resources of Virginia and to 

 show the progression of her mineral and timber 

 operations. The railroad companies, the mine 

 owners and the timber producers joined their 

 efforts with those of Governor Swanson, and the 

 cooperation and liberal responses which have 

 been forthcoming have been productive of the 

 splendid exhibit which is now being shown. 



Four carloads of maple logs were recently 

 shipped to Glasgow, Scotland, from Nashville, 



