HARDWOOD RECORD 



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burned will consume a great amount of lumber 

 ot all kinds in rebuilding. 



An announoemi'nt of special interest to the 

 liardwood trade comes from Albany. N. Y., that 

 <;overnor Charles K. Hughes has appointed 

 Maurice M. Wall of the Buffalo Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company, Buffalo. X. Y.. to succeed Charles 

 V. Howard, resigned, as a member of the State 

 Board of Managers of Reformatories. Mr. Wall 

 is widely known in this city and in western 

 hardwood circles and his many friends will un- 

 doubtedly be pleased to learn of this honor which 

 has been conferred upon him. 



W. I). Magovern of Magovern & Bowen, hard- 

 wood fldoring specialists of li9 Broadway, leaves 

 August 10 for a three week.s' rest in the Adiron- 

 dack mountains. Mr. Magovern reports the hard- 

 wood flooring trade very fair. His tirm handles 

 the product of the Thomas Forman Company of 

 Detroit. 



Manager C. O. Shepherd of the Emporium Lnm- 

 Iter Company. 1 Madison avenue, will leave 

 about the first of September for a brief vaca- 

 I ion and home coming to his native heath. 

 Hillsboro, O. He reports The general hardwood 

 Fituation as quite satisfactory . 



I'aul W. Fleck of the Paul W. Fleck Lum- 

 ber Company, hardwood manufacturers and 

 dealers of Bristol. Tenn.. spent several days in 

 town this week on business, having come over 

 from the Philadelphia otBce of his company. 



W. W. Lock wood, manager of the local 

 branch of the Kice & Lockwood Lumber Com- 

 pany. 1 IMadison avenue, left on July 30 for 

 a three weeks* vacation at Digby, N. S. From 

 there he will make a tour of inspection of the 

 property of the Anthony Lumber Company at 

 South Maitland. which he and other members 

 in his company recently acquired. A fine new 

 mill has been installed during the year, which 

 has just started operations, cutting for the 

 eastern markets. 



George M. Stevens. Jr.. of the Stevens-Eaton 

 Company. 1 Madison avenue, has just returned 

 from a brief pleasure and business trip north. 

 He is spending the week ends at Avon, N. J. 

 The hardwood department of this company is 

 enjoying a good trade under the management 

 of T. S. Miller and matters in that department 

 are reported as currently satisfactory. 



Waldron Williams of L T. Williams & Son. 

 Twenty-fifth street and Eleventh avenue, is ex- 

 pected home from Europe August 7 after a three 

 months' pleasure trip. 



E. J. ^Lirsh, secretary of the Sea Coast Lum- 

 ber Company, cypress specialists, 1 Madison* 

 avenue, is sojourning for several weeks in 

 Canadian pleasure resorts and on business in 

 the Dominion. The cypress situation is re- 

 ■ported as very satisfactory. 



W. C. Thomson, Doyle, Thomson & Co., 16 

 Beaver street, is recovering from an operation 

 recently undergone at the Flower hospital, Man- 

 hattan. In the meantime, F. H. Doyle is hold- 

 ing matters well in hand and reports a very 

 fair volume of trade for this season of the 

 year. This company has some good hardwood 

 connections in the local trade and its trade is 

 constantly increasing. 



The local Hoo-Hoo under the leadership of 

 Vicegerent Charles F. Fischer, hardwood re- 

 tailer of 1916 Park avenue, are completing 

 subscriptions toward the Atlantic City -fund for 

 the entertainment of the delegates and friends 

 to the annual meeting of the order there in 

 Septemlier. New York will he well represented 

 financially as well as personally at the 

 meeting and from the reports received from 

 other cities every indication points to a royal 

 time and welcome. 



Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bill of Baltimore and 

 George F. Craig of G. F. Craig & Co.. Philadel- 

 phia, arrived last week on the White Star Linev 

 Celtic after a lengthy pleasure trip abroad. 

 They were greeted at the dock by Mr. and Mrs. 

 E. F. Perry and Allan Dill. 



H. D. Billmeyer. Billmeyer Lumber Company, 



Cumberland, Md.. was a recent visitor in the 

 interest of business. This company makes a 

 specialty of ship oak and heavy oak timber 

 and Mr. Billmeyer reports the situation as very 

 satisfactory. The demand for this class of 

 material is strong at the present time and the 

 outlook is good. While here Mr. Billmeyer 

 booked some very nice business. 



The Marshall Lumber Company is the name 

 of a new wholesale house just incorporated in 

 Brooklyn, headquarters 26 Court street, by 

 M. Marshall, who for twelve years past has 

 been associated with the Brooklyn house of 

 I-ouis Bossert & Son. The capital of the new 

 company is $10,000 and it will deal in hard- 

 woods and pine. The officers are as follows ; 

 President, James Flynn ; vice-president, M. E. 

 Marshall, and secretary, A. J. Fogerty. 



R. P. Baer of R. P. Baer & Co., Baltimore, 

 spent several days in town during the fortnight 

 in the interest of business and in collaboration 

 with their local representative A. B. Wetraore. 

 He reports general inquiries for hardwoods good 

 and business fully up to the season. 



The proposititm of settlement promulgated 

 by the Creditors" Committee of the Ross Lum- 

 ber Company, Manhattan and Jamestown. X. 

 Y.. is being circulated among the creditors and 

 according to general reports is being generally 

 signed. Under its provisions the business of 

 the company will be continued and it should 

 terminate its embarrassment speedily. 



Captain Lowell Talbot of Chase, Talbot & 

 Co., 29 Broadway, and for many years the lead- 

 ing figure in the Metropolitan wholesale cir- 

 cles, died at his residence in Brooklyn, July 

 23, in the 68th year of his age. 



The sash, door ajid blind plant of L. Bern- 

 stein of 1001 East One Hundred and Thirty- 

 third street, Manhattan, was burned July 2."), 

 entailing a loss of $8,000. 



William Lake Rice, the popular Philadelphia 

 lumberman, president of the Philadelphia Lum- 

 bermen's Exchange and principal in the firm 

 of T. B. Kice & Son. that city, was united in 

 marriage in this city at the North Baptist 

 t:huroh on July 24 to Miss Florence Kobbins 

 Keen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William How- 

 ard Keen of this city. 



Adler Siegle & Co. have engaged in the sash, 

 door and blind business at 340 Junius street, 

 Brooklyn. 



Charles Ilil! of the Northern Lumber Com- 

 pany, Flatiron building, accompanied by Mrs. 

 Ilili. sailed for Europe via Boston to be gone 

 until September. The hardwood department of 

 this company, which is in charge of Albert 

 Steinbach, is enjoying a profitable trade. 



J. E. Kelly of the Simonds Manufacturing 

 Company, well-known saw manufacturers of 

 Fitchburg, Mass., was at the local office of 

 the company in this city last week prior to 

 starting on a trip to the southeastern sawmill 

 section. 



F. R. Whiting, Janney-Whiting Lumber Com- 

 pany. Philadelphia, was in the city last week 

 en route to Brewster, X. Y., where he will 

 spend his vacation. 



C. E. Lloyd, Jr., of the Boice Lumber Com- 

 pany, Philadelphia, accompanied by Mrs. Lloyd, 

 passed through the city during the fortnight 

 en route for a two weeks' outing in the Maine 

 woods. 



J. J. McKelvey. who is prominently asso- 

 ciated with the underwriting management of 

 the Lumber Insurance Company and the Adiron- 

 dack Fire Insurance Company in New York, 

 headquarters 84 William street, sailed for a 

 business and pleasure trip to the cities of Eng- 

 land and the continent on Thursday. He was 

 accompanied by his wife and daughter. Both 

 of the above insurance companies are enjoying 

 a large volume of business among the lumber 

 trade. 



At a largely attended meeting of the lumber 

 and building material interests at Newark, X. 

 J., on July 24 at the headquarters of the New 



Jersey Lumbermen's Protective Association, it 

 was decided to organize a freight traffic bureau 

 under which a t'^st case could be made under 

 the new demurrage and car service law just 

 passed by the New Jersey legislature. The 

 lumber and building material firms throughout 

 the state are aroused to energetic action In a 

 determination to enjoy their full rights under 

 the new law and to relieve as far as possible 

 the very unsatisfactory state of freight trais- 

 portation. 



Fire in the cabinet and trim plant of Bender 

 & Brossman, 303 Canal street, did damage of 

 if:], ."500 August 2. 



W. K. Knox of Lucas E. Moore & Co., 11 

 Broadway, will leave next week for a brief 

 pleasure tour. He reports the hardwood lum- 

 ber and stave trade as firm and looks for a 

 i;(K)d trade for the balance of the year. 



Philadelphia. 



A meeting of the Lumbermen's Exchange was 

 h*'ld August 2, when a committee was appointed 

 to draft resolutions of sympathy to be pre- 

 sented to the family of T. B. Rice of T. B. Rice 

 & Sons Company, who died July 31 at Lake 

 Placid, X. Y. The committee was also to select 

 an appropriate floral piece to be sent to Mr. 

 Rice's funeral. 



The Retail Lumbermen's Association of Phila- 

 delpliia held its regular monthly meeting at the 

 Lumbermen's Exchange rooms August 1, Wm. 

 C. MacBride, vice-president, in fhe chair. There 

 was a very full attendance, but ouly routine 

 business was transacted. 



The Edwin F. Smith Company, manufacturers 

 of veneer machinery, 479 North Fifth street, is 

 being reorganized. More capital has been added 

 and the business will be considerably extended. 

 The concern has been joined by Hoyden Rother- 

 mel. formerly of the Coe Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, I*ainesville, O., who is thoroughly con- 

 versant with the veneer situation throughout 

 the country and who will have charge of the 

 sales department. 



H. II. Maus & Co., Inc., report business mov- 

 ing along smoothly. Although not rushed as a 

 few months ago trading for this time of year 

 is satisfactory. Mr. Maus is spending some 

 little time at their mill near Rockfish. Va. 



The Kirby & Hawkins Company is adding a 

 new line to its business. In connection with 

 railroad ties they will now handle hardwoods 

 and cypress. At this time they are placing on 

 the market a hardwood fence paling which is 

 said to be far more durable than that made of 

 soft woods. They expect shortly to make some 

 desirable connections f^nd will employ thor- 

 oughly efficient men to*look after the hardwood 

 department. 



The HoUoway Lumber Company states that 

 although trading is not so heavy as in the re- 

 cent past their July business has turned out 

 better than in former years. 



The Hindle Lumber Company is marching 

 steadily to the front. They have already out- 

 grown their present quarters and will move soon 

 to their new yard. Twenty-sixth street and 

 (iray's Ferry road, where they will have a ca- 

 pacity for about 5.000.000 feet of lumber. A 

 large shed will be erected for the protection of 

 their best grades of material and they will have 

 the benefit of two railroad sidings 250 feet long. 

 When thoroughly established they will do a 

 general lumber business, instead of. as hereto- 

 fore, confining themselves to hardwoods alone. 

 They report the month of July to have been 

 eminently satisfactory and are looking forward 

 to a good fall trading. 



The J. S. Kent Company reports that although 

 there is a little lull in trading at present they 

 have no complaints to make over trade condi- 

 tions. Their July business was better than that 

 of July. 1906, and their total of sales this year 

 is ahead of the same period of last year. They 

 are anticipating fair trading for the fall. I4. 

 E. Walton and J. P. Walton of this concern are 



