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HARDWOOD RECORD 



and a big list of ijittens has been guaranteed. 

 A banquet wiil foliow tbe cei-emony. A large 

 number of Bristol lumbermen will attend. 



Victor C. Noebeclv and bride, nee Curtis, who 

 were married at Butler, Tenn., about three 

 weeks ago, returned this week from their honey- 

 moon, spent in New Yorli, Atlantic City and 

 as the guest of Mr. Noebeck's parents at Bay 

 City, Mich. They will reside at Butler. Mr. 

 Noebeek is prominently connected with the 

 lumber business with B. L. Edwards, the well 

 known Dayton (O.), manufacturer and whole- 

 saler. 



Charles F. nylnu-n. a well known lumberman 

 of Glade Springs, Va., came to the city on 

 business last week. 



Franklin I. IMshiou of the Tug Riyer Lumber 

 Company has moved in the pretty cottage at No. 

 SO Highland avenue. 



M. N. Offutt of the Tug River Lumber Com- 

 pany returned last week from an important 

 business trip in the interest of bis company. 



The lumbermen in tbis section are interested 

 in the efforts of the railroads looking toward 

 the maximum loading of railway equipment as a 

 means to increase the number of available cars. 

 It is a well known fact that many cars with 

 00,000 to 80,000 pounds capacity are loaded 

 with 24,000 to 40,000 pounds, whereas by heavy 

 loading the contents of two small loads could 

 almost be loaded into one of the larger cars 

 and save much valuable transportation space. 



H. L. Miller of Knoxville, general freight 

 agent of the Southern, has taiicn up the matter 

 with the shippers in an effort to have them co- 

 operate with the railroads in llie present emer- 

 gency. 



C. E. Howard of the Howard Milling Company 

 of Kingsport, Tenn., was looking after business 

 interests in the local market last week. 



H. Fugate, head of the H. Fugate Company, 

 well known hardwood manufacturers ot Rich- 

 lands, Va., was here on business last week. 



G. B. Fletcher, representing the II. A. Mc- 

 Cowan Lumber Company of Salem, Ind., is 

 taking up some fine stock on the V. & S. W. near 

 Bristol. 



C. B. Gordon of the Monger Lumber Company 

 of Asheville, N. C. spent several days in the 

 local market last week on his way to the East, 

 carefully reviewiug the situation. 



The Williams-Adams Lumber Company was or- 

 ganized at Flat Gap, Va., last week by G. E. 

 Williams, B. E. Williams, George Adams, Jr.. 

 and others, with a capital stock of .f:0,000. The 

 company owns a tract of timber which it will 

 develop. 



Judge A. J. Tyler and W. B. McXalib ot this 

 city, and J. Frank Tonney of Unicoi county, Ten- 

 nessee, have purchased a tract of about ,1.00(1 

 acres of timber land near Erwin, 'I'cnn. Tbe 

 land contains probably 20.000,000 feet of timber 

 and will be developed at once. 



Wells Bros, have just purchased a tract ot 

 4.200 acres of limber and coal lands in Wise 

 county, near Esserviile, at a consideration of 

 .fiiO.OOO, and aiuKJuncc that they will develop the 

 mineral and timber resources of the property. 

 The Crane's Nest Coal and Coke Company wiil 

 lease a part of tiie coal lands. 



Dunn & Campbell will rebuild their mill which 

 was recently destroyed by fire at Inca, Va. The 

 new mill will have a daily capacity of 20,000 

 feet. 



The Lebanon l.uralier Company has been incor- 

 porated at I.eliauon. Tenn., with a capital stock 

 of $,'j0,000 and will do a general manufacturing 

 and wholesale business. 



Burke & Greer have purchased a tract of tim- 

 ber at Pound Gap, Wise county, Va., for $18,000 

 and will develop same with small circular mills. 

 W. O. Came of the Bristol Door aud Lumber 

 Company and B. B. Burns of the Tvig River Lum- 

 ber Company left yesterday for Linville. N'. C. 



Cincinnati. 



A meeting of siil)scribers l( 



the new Cin- 



cinnati Belt Railway and Terminal Company was 

 held at the Business Men's Club recently to dis- 

 cuss ways and means of completing tbe financial 

 organization of the company. The preliminary 

 capital is .$100,000 and this has not yet all been 

 taken. It is desired to have this fund fully sub- 

 scrilied before active work is commenced, now 

 that arrangements are in process of completion 

 for the financing of the construction work. It 

 is stated that the amount will be fully subscribed 

 within a short time. 



A. W. Dunn, a prominent lumber dealer of 

 <ilasgow, Scotland, came direct to Cincinnati 

 from his faraway home to visit the Kentucky 

 Lumlter Company and purchase lumber. Mr. 

 Dunn usually transacts bis business through the 

 mails and by telegraph, but this year thougbt he 

 would spend his vacation on this side of the 

 ocean in a combined business and pleasure trip. 

 With Ricliard McCradven, sales manager of the 

 Kentucky Lumber Company, he visited their 

 three mills at Williamsburg and Burnside, Ky., 

 and Habersham, Miss. The trip was well appre- 

 ciated by Mr. Dunn and incidentally he was put 

 wise to a few new wrinkles in tbe veneer luisi- 

 ness. On this tour Mr. McCracken managed to 

 unload additional lumber on the man from 

 Glasgow. Mr. Dunn is on the'market for almost 

 every item of hardwoods and also tor yellow 

 pine. He left Cincinnati for New Orleans to in- 

 vest in yellow pine. He expects to stay at New 

 Orleans two months and then will start on his 

 homeward voyage. 



Tbe telegraphers' strike is not having a ser- 

 ious effect on the lumber trade, as most of it is 

 conducted tlu'ough the mails and telephone. Tbe 

 only effect felt, is the extra expense in using tlie 

 phone. 



William A. Bennett, receiver of the Pease Com- 

 pany, announced that he will pay a dividend of 

 10 per cent to the creditors the latter part of 

 August. The company at present is doing a good 

 business, aud if present conditions keep up the 

 company will be able to pay all indebtedness and 

 will again be returned to good standing. 



Warder C. Victor ot Bennett & Witte at Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., is spending a few weeks with his 

 parents at Cynthiana, Ky. During his stay there 

 he called upon tbe Cincinnati office. Mr. Victor 

 stated that business in the South is brisk and 

 from his point of view, the midsummer dullness, 

 did not have as serious an effect as was first 

 thought. 



('bcster F. Korn of tlie Farriu and Korn Lum- 

 ber Comiiany has returned from a business trip 

 to the South, where he visited the mills of the 

 company. He says that everything in the South 

 is tboroughly satisfactory aud the mills are 

 working full time. 



William E. Delaney, general manager ot the 

 Kentucky Lumber Company is spending a few 

 days at Chicago. He expects to return to the 

 local offices the latter part ot the week. 



President Thomas J. Moffett of tbe Cincinnati 

 Lumbermen's Club has not as yet annouuci'd the 

 next monthly meeting of the club, but it is pre- 

 sumed it will be held tlie first Monday in Sep- 

 tember. 



Robert riille of the Samuel II. Taft Lumber 

 Company is having some difficulty in convincing 

 his friends that he is still a single man. One of 

 the local newspapers printed a story to the effect 

 that he and Miss Bertlia Fisher were married at 

 Hamilton and since then he has been in trouble. 

 Commissioner E. E. Williamson of tbe Receiv- 

 ers' and Shippers' Association has gone to New 

 York, where be will present to the Manufac- 

 turers' and Distributors' Association arguments 

 against the proposed increase of the minimum 

 car weights from 30.000 to yfl.OOO pounds. 



The Clearfield Lumber Company of Cleartield. 

 I'M., has .iust closed a deal for ;iO,000 acres of 

 wahiut, oak and poplar timl)cr lands in Morgan 

 .cHinty m-.u- Jit. Stcu-lnig. Ky., for iflOO.OOO. The 

 iruiipaiiv will extcHil a line of railroad eighteen 

 mil.'S up Rush lir.-iTicli :iim1 will spend .f1 ,0110, mill 

 it. development. 



Samuel H. Taft, president of the Samuel II. 

 Taft Lumber Company, returned last week from 

 an extended European trip. Since his arrival 

 he has been busy in numerous business transac- 

 tions. He gave a long interview recently on the 

 decision of tlie Interstate Commerce Commissir,n 

 against the Southern railway, which one of the 

 local papers printed, and In which he pointed out 

 that the shippers in Cincinnati should derive the 

 rebate instead of those in the South. 



Thomas J. Moffett and family have gone into 

 camp in Indiana, where they expect to stay for 

 several weeks. Mr. .Moffett needs a good rest, 

 from the past good work be has done for both his 

 company and for the people of Cincinnati. Dur- 

 ing his absence from the local offices, Mr. Rob- 

 bins assumes charge. 



St. Loiiis. 



The largest bulk of the personal news to be 

 gathered in any of the great lumber markets at 

 this season of year, consists of statements that 

 this or that weil-know-n lumberman is enjoying, 

 or is just al)OUt to take a much-needed vacation. 

 The St. Louis contingent is always just as busy 

 as the others in enjoying itself during the so- 

 called "dull" i)eriod, although in the minds of 

 some this vacation business is more a sort of 

 duty or custom than anything else ; as one lum- 

 berman puts it — "It's a question whether it pays 

 to work twice as hard as usual for a week get- 

 ting things in shape to go away, and then come 

 back to work twice as hard again to let tbe other 

 fellow have a chance." 



G. H. Barnes of the G. 11. Barnes Lumber 

 Company left Aug. 14 for a vacation among the 

 northern lakes. He will visit St. Paul and go 

 by boat to Sault Ste. Marie, where he will stop 

 several days. 



Walter E. Keown, manager of the Interna- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Company, is back from 

 a week's stay at Colorado Springs, 



Thos. E. Powe, vice president of the Phuumer 

 Lumber Company, spent his vacation in Virginia, 

 and on his return immediately started out on a 

 trip to northern hardwood consuming districts. 

 A. J. Lang is spending the summer season at 

 Putin-Bay with his family, where they own a 

 fine cottage. 



W. W. Dings, secretary of the Garetson-Grea- 

 son Lumber Company, will spend a large part of 

 his vacation on the Atlantic Ocean. He will sail 

 from New York on one of the slow liners, remain 

 in London a few days,"or until the ship is ready 

 to make the homeward voyage, and then return 

 with it, thus getting tlie benefit of a long full 

 breath ot sea air obtainable in no other way. 



Jos. A. Hafner. manager of the lumber depart- 

 ment ot the Ilafner Manufacturing Company, is 

 spending his vacation near Charlevoix, Midi., 

 and will return home the latter part of tlic 

 month. 



Wm. II. Steele lif Steele & llililiard Lumber 

 Company spent some time at Deer Park, Md., 

 and later at Fortress Monroe. 



Tom Moore of the Moore Company spends a 

 good many ot his holidays in the North, notably 

 at Benton Harbor, w'here his wife and a number 

 of friends are summering. 



Richard J. O'Reilly of the O'Reilly Lumber 

 Company is planning to spend the month near 

 Gloucester. Mass. 



Thos. W. Fry of the ('has. F. Luehrmann 

 Hardwood Lumber Company has been making ;i 

 southern trip in the interests of his house. 



II. A. Singer, manager of the .New Y'ork branch 

 ot the American Hardwood Lumber Company ; 

 John Jl. Smith, manager at Dickson and Nash- 

 ville. Tenn. ; and J. S. Gaunt, manager at Ben- 

 ton, Ark., nil visited the home office the first of 

 the moutir. 



Alfred Taenzer of the Southwestern Tie & Tim- 

 ber Company. Rogers, Ark., was in the city re- 

 cently looking over the hardwood market. 



R. F. Krebs' new office at Iiis liardwood yard 

 in Norlli SI. Louis is nearly compli'ti'tl. Ili' i; 

 b.caleci betwen the offices of llir Monro Company 



