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HARDWOOD liECORD 



April. The prominent guest o£ the association 

 was Lucius Tuttle of tlie Boston & Maine Rail- 

 road. President Tuttle gave a very interesting 

 talk. Among the new members elected were: 

 M. W. Hart. hardwood dealer. Boston; 

 Nathaniel P. Beman, Chelsea, Mass.; C. M. 

 Howlett, Cambridge. Mass.; C. J. Sargent, 

 Wilmington, Mass.; C. J. Kennedy, "Worcester, 

 Mass., find Charles C. Batchelder, Boston, 

 treasurer of the Boston Dumber Company. In 

 addition to the above several New Hampshire 

 lumber dealers were admitted to membership. 



Mr. Mead of Mead & Speer, Pittsburg, Pa., 

 spent several days in Boston recently. 



The Connecticut River Lumber Company, 

 whose large sawmill at Mt. Tom, Mass., was 

 destroyed by fire recently, will rebuild the 

 structure shortly. Until this is completed the 

 company will get out all its orders at the 

 Holyoke mill. 



The Atlantic Lumber Company, dealers in 

 hardwoods and North Carolina pine, have re- 

 moved from 2 Kilby street to the Mason 

 Building. 



The woodworking plant of John B. Moran, 

 Valley Falls, R. I., has been destroyed by 

 fire, entailing a loss of about $30,000. 



A large lumber deal in which Massachusetts 

 interests are prominent has just been consum- 

 mated in Quebec. The sale of timber lands 

 comprised in all about ninety square miles 

 and the buyers have an option on about fifty- 

 five additional square miles. The purchasers 

 are said to be A. C. Button & Co. and John 

 Fenderson & Co., both of Springfield, Mass. 



The Steep Falls Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated in Portland with a capital stock 

 of $10,000. The promoters are William M. 

 Tucker. Roscow S. Emery and Thomas J. 

 Brackett. 



New York. 



Insignificant labor troubles have broken out 

 in various sections of the metropolitan district 

 during the past fortnight among lumber handlers 

 and teamsters and the employees of several firms 

 have been called out, but in every instance of 

 such proceedings the firm immediately replaced 

 their men and have the situation well in hand, 

 and to date there has been no serious inter- 

 ruption of business. It is not believed that the 

 trouble will grow or exceed the present limits 

 and therefore little is feared in the way of any 

 disturbance to business generally in that par- 

 ticular. 



C. E. Lloyd, Jr., of Philadelphia, chairman of 

 the entertainment committee for the reception 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, 

 was a visitor in town last week rounding up 

 some final details. While here he called atten- 

 tion to the fact that the Monticellor hotel of 

 Atlantic City has been issuing an announcement 

 to the effect that it is headquarters for the 

 National convention, which he absolutely denies, 

 and which denial he wishes to make public with 

 the further announcement that the hotel In 

 question has no authority nor has any hotel the 

 authority to make such a claim. Mr. Lloyd was 

 also disappointed over the railroads failing to 

 comply with their original promise for reduced 

 rates on the certificate plan. He hopes, how- 

 ever, that the railroad ofl5cials may be shown 

 the error of their ways and that privileges as 

 promised will be accorded. 



The proposed advance in freight rates of five 

 cents from Central Freight Association territory 

 to eastern states, effective June 1, has not 

 created a great deal of stir In local lumber 

 circles, as the proposed advance will be of direct 

 benefit to shippers from the eastern wholesale 

 markets, giving them a distinct advantage over 

 western shippers and to that extent is a benefit 

 to the Buffalo, Tonawanda and other eastern 

 wholesale markets as against western competi- 

 tion. 



The new tariffs just issued by the Canadian 

 rail lines in conjunction with the Williams Line, 



water route, from Albany to the Metropolitan 

 District place lumber tonnage on the weight 

 basis of so much per hundred pounds as against 

 the measurement basis of so much per thousand 

 feet as heretofore. This same action was taken 

 by the New York Central from Adirondack points 

 last year, and now that the Canadian lines have 

 followed suit the entire northern traffic is now 

 on the weight basis. The schedule of rates 

 issued accompanying the new weight basis has 

 again been slightly advanced, but as a general 

 proposition the new weight rates will about 

 equal the old measurement rates. It will be 

 more difficult to adjust differences under the 

 new arrangement and the possibility of error in 

 weights, etc., will be increased rather than 

 diminished by reason of the new arrangement, 

 but shippers are hoping that the general opera- 

 tion of the new schedule will not work to any 

 material disadvantage. 



The Parker-Bothner Milling Company has been 

 incorporated in this city with a capital of $30.- 

 000 to manufacture mouldings and woodwork. 

 The incorporators are E. C. and K. W. Parker 

 of Brooklyn and W. Bothner of New York. 



Sales Manager F. A. Kirby of the Cherry River 

 Boom and Lumber Company, Scranton, Pa., was 

 a recent visitor in town In the interest of 

 business, which he reported of very satisfactory 

 volume. The West Virginia mills of the com- 

 pany are putting out close to 10,000,000 feet of 

 spruce and hardwoods per month, all of which 

 is being freely absorbed by the large trade 

 enjoyed by the company. Business in the Middle 

 West Mr. Kirby reports exceptionally active. 

 After spending a few days in this vicinity he 

 left for the Middle West to consult with the 

 selling representatives of the company in that 

 territory. The hew local sales office at 18 Broad- 

 way is doing an excellent business. 



LaBau & Baker, well known cypress whole- 

 salers of Jersey City, N. J., who handle the 

 output 6f the LoBisiana Cypress Lumber Com- 

 pany and several other Louisiana mills, totaling 

 75,000,000 feet annually, have removed to fine 

 new quarters at 909 Lincoln Trust building, 

 Jersey City, where they have much better facili- 

 ties for handling their increasing business. 



Chester F. Korn of the Farrin-Korn Lumber 

 Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, was a recent visitor 

 in town In the interest of business. Mr. Korn 

 spoke optimistically In regard to the western 

 hardwood market and the general business situa- 

 tion. 



Owing to constantly increasing work in the 

 activities of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association, the headquarters at CG 

 Broadway have just been extended by the addi- 

 tion of another room which will be devoted 

 to general usefulness. 



John P. McEwan, well known wholesaler, 140 

 East 42d street, has incorporated his business 

 under the style of the John P. McEwan Lumber 

 Company with a capital of $200,000. The 

 Incorporators are : John P. McEwan and L. H. 

 Strouse of New York City and C. B. Folsom 

 of Upper Montclair. 



At a meeting of the creditors of McBride & 

 Co., manufacturers of parquet flooring at 1932 

 Park avenue, who failed recently, held oa May 1, 

 sixteen claims were filed and Thomas B. Lan- 

 caster was elected trustee. 



One thousand carpenters went on strike at 

 Paterson, N. J., on May 1, and building opera- 

 tions there are at a standstill. Tliey have been 

 getting $3.50 a day and now want fifty cents 

 an hour for a working day of eight hours. 



The planing mill of Gerham F. Smith, 001-605 

 West 29th street, was destroyed by fire on April 

 22, entailing a loss of $30,000. 



There was a meeting of the Board of Direc- 

 tors of the Eastern States Retail Lumber Deal- 

 ers' Association in the rooms of the New York 

 Lumber Trade Association on May 3, with Presi- 

 dent Richard S. White of Brooklyn in the chair. 

 Numerous matters of importance were discussed 

 and it was voted to hold a special meeting of 



the association at Atlantic City May 23, at 12 

 o'clock, in the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel, 

 which will be during the sessions of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association. 



The foreign mahogany and cedar trade in (In- 

 New York market continues strong and pri'->s 

 very firm. Receipts of mahogany during ilie 

 month of April were far below the average, sum ' 

 countries not being represented at all in tli-' 

 month's receipts. This fact, together wilh a 

 very fair demand, has kept all available s orks 

 absorbed and there are but small holdings in 

 hand. In cedar the receipts of Cuban stock wi r. 

 heavy during April, which together with the it 

 ceipts from other ports considerably Incrfasnl 

 stoclcs in first hands, but the demand of the mar 

 ket is such that arrivals keep sufficiently alj- 

 sorbed to maintain prices on a good level. The 

 range of prices at this writing run from 7 to 12 

 cents per foot on mahogany, according to qualit.v. 

 with an average of about 10 cents. Cedar valu-'-- 

 range from 8 to 12 cents, with an average clos' 

 to 11. 



Philadelphia. 



The Lumbermen's Exchange held its first meet- 

 ing under the newly elected officers on May 2. 

 with President W. L. Rice in the chair. It was 

 preceded by a luncheon In Griffith Hall. The 

 attendance was unusually large, which was of 

 course very gratifying to the new president. 

 It was moved and adopted at this meeting that 

 the Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadelphia en- 

 dorse the wharf owners' bill now before the 

 legislature. The Hindle Lumber Company and 

 Paul W. Fleck Lumber Company were elected 

 members to the exchange. Committees were 

 appointed for the year and a great deal of busi- 

 ness of a private nature was disposed of at this 

 meeting. 



Sheip & Vandegrift have increased their 

 capacity from 10,000 to 15,000 cigar boxes a 

 day. They have also installed several new 

 Whitney planers and one of Falls Machine Com- 

 pany's automatic jointers. Their mills are 

 working full force and the outlook for future 

 trading Is very good. They report prices on 

 cigar boxes as stiff, with trend upward, on 

 account of the scarcity and high price of cigar- 

 box lumber. 



The Cooling Carriage Company of Wilmington, 

 Del., obtained a charter under Delaware laws on 

 April 30, capitalized at $100,000. The incor- 

 porators are : Severson B. Cooling, Charles E. 

 Dubell and George T. Brown, Wilmington. 



The Philadelphia Hardwood Lumber Company 

 reports business, except for handicap of inade- 

 quate railroad service, moving smoothly, that 

 good orders are coming in right along and that 

 they are in the market for good hardwoods. 



Jos. P. Dunwoody & Co. are complacent over 

 satisfactory conditions. They have engaged P. 

 M. Nevin, who was formerly with the Cypress 

 Selling Corporation as salesman, to look after 

 the eastern Pennsylvania district. Jos. P. Dun- 

 woody, senior member of this firm, is traveling 

 through southwestern Virginia and eastern Ten- 

 nessee, looking for stocks. He reports that the 

 mill of the Norva Land and Lumber Company 

 near Walleston, Va., in which they are inter- 

 ested, has started, and by May 15 will be run- 

 ning full force, with lots of orders on hand. 

 S. Y. Warner of the Dunwoody firm states that 

 they are making a specialty of tupelo and 

 poplar. 



The Philadelphia Veneer and Lumber Com- , 

 pany. Inc.. reports busy in all departments, their 

 mills working day and night. Francis Goodhue, 

 Jr., of this concern states that they are cutting 

 60,000 feet of cedar and 25,000 feet of oak 

 daily, besides the sawed veneer, and over 64,000" 

 feet per day of cigar-box lumber. By the last 

 tides they received a large quantity of poplar 

 and oak logs. The company is operating on two 

 tracts of timber, one in Tennessee and one In 

 Kentucky, where it has ten circular mills run- 

 ning, besides the band mill at Kuoxville. 



