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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Miss Brown was a brilliant woman and one 

 who made her life well worth living. She was 

 nu expert nurse, and served several years as a 

 medical missionary at Korea : not the least of 

 her noble efforts was extended in the cause of 

 tree planting, which she did much to promote, 

 both in this country and in the Orient. 



E. W. Pratt Jr. of the Pratt-Worthington 

 Company', Crofton, Ky., was a Chicago visitor 

 on August 29. 



W. A. Gilchrist of the Three States Lumber 

 L'ompany, Memphis, was in Chicago week be- 

 fore last and favored the Record with a call. 



E. F. Beugler. superintendent of tin- E. & B. 

 Holmes Machinery Company at Bufl'alo, N. Y., 

 sailed from Quebec, July 26, for England and 

 the Continent. Mr. Beugler was accompanied by 

 his wife ; the.v will spend some time abroad. 



C. G. Powell of the rullerton-Powell Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company, South Bend, Ind., was 

 in the city last week in conference with Man- 

 ager -McMullen of his local ofBce, and sizing up 

 Chicago hardwood conditions. 



F. D. Robertson of the Robertson-Fooshe Lum- 

 ber Company, the new Memphis hardwood house, 

 was in the city last week. 



W. E. Bonesteel, secretary of the Worden Tool 

 Company, Cleveland, O.. was a visitor with the 

 local trade during the past few days. 



.1. W. Thompson of Memphis called upon Chi- 

 cago friends in the hardwood trade Septeml>er ,5. 



Frank F. Fish, secretary of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association, spent several days 

 last week among the Wisconsin trade. 



W. W. Cummer of Jacksonville, Fla., has been 

 in Chicago for several days in attendance at 

 the sick bed of his brother-in-law, D. F. Diggins 

 of Cadillac, Mich., who is at the Presbyterian 

 Hospital. F. A. Diggins has been in town sev- 

 eral times of late, on the same errand. 



Boston. 



The lumber yard of the C. W. Leatherbee 

 Lumber Company, Boston, has again been vis- 

 ited by fire, causing a loss estimated at ,?25.000 

 to $30,000. The Are was largely confined to a 

 shed containing hard pine. 



George H. Davenport of the Davenport-Peters 

 Company, Boston, recently returned from a 

 European trip and since his return has been 

 stopping at Bar Harbor, Me. 



At the last meeting of the Massachusetts 

 Wholesale Lumber Association the resignation 

 of W. C. B. Robbins as secretary was accepted 

 and F. W. Page was elected in bis stead. Mr. 

 Robbins has retired from the lumber business 

 to enter an entirely new field. 



Henry McDewell of the Davenport-Peters Com- 

 pany returned about two weeks ago from a two 

 months' trip abroad. 



Among the recent visitors from the South 

 was N. F. Amrous of Atlanta, Ga. 



D. D. Nellis and H. J. Amos of Nellis. Amos 

 & Swift, Utica, N. Y., recently visited their new 

 Boston office, which is in charge of Frank J. 

 Orcutt. 



C. P. Chase &. Co., Springfield, Mass., are 

 making plans to move to Brigbtwood, where they 

 have purchased lOO.ono feet of land. They will 

 erect several sheds, a planing and finishing mill. 



Charles S. Wentworth of Charles S. Went- 

 worth & Co., Boston, recently returned from a 

 flip to New Brunswick. 



The W. A. Fuller Lumber Company of Leo- 

 minster, Mass., has again offered prizes to the 

 leading pupils in manual training in the public 

 schools of Leominster. 



William H. Sawyer of the W. H. Sawyer Lum- 

 ber Company, Wi^rcoster, Mass., who has been 

 making a trip through Oregon and Washington, 

 has returned. 



William Curtis of William Curtis' Sons Com- 

 pany, Roxbury, is now traveling along the Pa- 

 cific Coast in company with Mrs. Curtis. 



M. W. Hart has l)een spending the week ends 

 during the summer in Maine. Mr. Hart states 

 that while the demand for hardwood is not 



active, he is doing a very satisfactory business 

 and looks for a good fall demand. 



John K. Ordway, one of the best known lum- 

 ber salesmen in Boston, died at his home in 

 Dorchester, Aug. 2C, after an illness of about 

 fourteen months. Mr. Ordway was 55 years 

 of age and is survived by a widow and three 

 children. Mr. Ordway for the past fourteen 

 years had been connected with the Atlantic 

 Lumber Company. His competitors in business 

 were his friends. The funeral was largely at- 

 tended by members of the trade from all parts 

 of New England. 



New York. 



E. J. Marsh, secretary of the Sea Coast Lum- 

 Ijcr C*ompany, 1 Madison avenue, has just 

 returned with his family from a vacation in 

 Quebec. Canada. During his stay there he vis- 

 ited the extensive operations of Price Bros. 

 Company, Ltd., for which his company is selling 

 agent in the States. 



Secretary E. F. Perry of the National Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' Association, 06 Broadway, 

 is back from a vacation spent in cruising in 

 the northern waters of the Hudson River. 



M. J. E. Hoban of the Hoban & Curtis Luml)er 

 Company, 1 Madison avenue, is spending a brief 

 vacation automobiling. 



G. G. Barr of Keecher & Barr, Pottsville, 

 Pa., and of the Tennessee Lumber & Manufac- 

 turing Company, hardwood manufacturers of 

 Pottsville, spent several days in town during 

 the fortnight in the interest of business, 



Frank R. Whiting of the Janney-Whiting 

 Lumber Company, Philadelphia, and the Whit- 

 ing Manufacturing Company of Abingdon, Va., 

 spent several days in town during the fortnight 

 in the interest of business. The plants of the 

 company at Abingdon and Judson are running 

 full time on a good run of business, and he 

 looks for a good fall trade. 



Sam E. Barr, well known hardwood whole- 

 saler in the Flatiron building, is well satisfied 

 with hardwood conditions. He finds trade very 

 fair for this season of the year and with ex- 

 cellent connections at sources of supply is doing 

 an increasing business in the local trade. 



An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has 

 been filed against the Brooklyn Cedar Ware 

 Works, with factory at 391-397 Leonard street 

 and office at 97 Warren street. Now Y'ork. 

 There are a large number of lumber creditors. 

 The liabilities are stated to aggregate $14,000. 

 with assets not as yet scheduled. The company 

 was established in 1S93 and was a New York 

 state corporation with a capital of ,$40,000. 

 The officers were, president, E. L. Golden, and 

 secretary and treasurer. Alfred H. Golden. 



Richard W. Price, Price & Heald, Baltimore, 

 spent several days here last week renewing 

 acquaintances in the trade while on his way 

 home from a vacation spent with Mrs. Price in 

 Portland, Me, 



The large piano and coffin factory of J. & 

 .L W. Stoltz, 420-42G West One Hundred and 

 Sixth street, Manhattan, was damaged by fire 

 on August 19, entailing a loss of several thou- 

 sand dollars. 



John N. Scatcherd of Scatcherd & Son, lead- 

 ing hardwood wholesalers of Buffalo, was a 

 recent New York visitor. He expressed himself 

 optimistically as regards the fall trade. Mr. 

 Scatcherd had just recovered from an automo- 

 bile accident, and his friends were congratu- 

 lating him upon his recovery. R. C. Scatcherd 

 of tlie New York & Batavia Woodworking Com- 

 pany, Batavia, N. Y., met his brother while here. 



C. W. Manning, 00 Broad street, has just 

 returned from an extensive business trip in 

 western New York and reports the hardwood 

 trade in very fair shape. 



J. C. Turner of the J. C. Turner Lumber 

 Company. 1123 Broadway, has just returned 

 from a several weeks' tour of the West and 

 Pacific coast, on which he was accompanied by 

 his family, his Itinerary including Yellowstone 

 Park, points of interest in British Columbia 



and along the coast. On his return he states 

 that he found the cypress trade to be in very 

 fair shape for this season of the year. 



W. W. Lockwood, manager of the local office 

 of the Rice & Lockwood Lumber Company, 1 

 Madison avenue, has just returned from an 

 extended trip to Nova Scotia, where he visited 

 the mill and operations of the Anthony Lumber 

 Company at South Maitland, which is con- 

 trolled by his company and the output of which 

 they will handle in the local trade. The fine 

 new plant recently installed has begun opera- 

 tions and the mill is already accumulating some 

 choice stocks for the eastern markets. 



J. M. Vosburgh of Bemis & Vosburgh, Pitts- 

 burg, l*a., spent several days in town last week 

 in consultation with W. W. Powell, Jr., at the 

 local office of the firm, 12 Broadway. 



The local office of Mershon, Schuette, Parker 

 & Co. has been removed from 18 Broadway to 

 1 Madison avenue, where the firm has leased 

 commodious quarters. 



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

 pany was a visitor In town last week in the 

 interest of business. In referring to the busi- 

 ness situation, Mr. Lloyd looks for a firm 

 hardwood market for the balance of the year 

 and believes that with the demand which seems 

 assured there will be a marked scarcity In the 

 most desirable items In hardwoods before 

 January 1. 



J. B. Ransom, president of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the lUnlted States 

 and head of the extensive hardwood interests 

 of J, B. Hansom & Co., Nashville, Tenn., passed 

 through the city last week en route home from a 

 pleasure trip. 



Philadelphia. 



The Boice Lumber Company, after a good 

 business during the summer, is now preparing 

 for a heavy fall trade. C. E. Lloyd Jr., vice 

 president and general manager, since his return 

 from his vacation in the hills of Maine ha.s made 

 an inspection tour of the company's mill and 

 yards. The company has been stocking its yards 

 at Norfolk. Va., where it has every facility for 

 seasoning. It also fortunately has excellent con- 

 nections with the railroads, consequently will 

 not be inconvenienced by the car shortage. 

 Mr. Lloyd reports stocks in good shape and 

 ready to be shipped at almost a moment's no- 

 tice. 



The W. W. Ritter Lumber Company of Colum- 

 bus. O.. opened an eastern office at 1402 Land 

 Title building, this cit.v, August 1, which is in 

 charge of R. L. Gilliam, assistant sales man- 

 ager, a thoroughly experienced lumberman, who 

 has been located for the last five years at the 

 home office. The local branch will control the 

 territory of Pennsylvania, New England and New 

 York, Maryland, Delaware, ■Virginia, West Vir- 

 ginia and North Carolina. Mr. Gilliam slates 

 that his company has now eighteen mills, situ- 

 ated respectively in Kentucky, Virginia. West 

 Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, and that 

 its output will exceed 100,000,000 feet «t hard- 

 woods, white pine and hemlock. 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire 

 Insurance Company has proved one of the most 

 successful concerns of its kind in the country. 

 Justin Peters, manager, reports business to have 

 exceeded all expectations so far this year. If 

 the present prosperit.y of the company cou- 

 tinues the amount of business written up for 

 1907 will make this the banner year. 



The Rigbter-l'arry Lumber Company, as usual. 

 Is among tlie prosperous concerns. The per- 

 aonnel of the company is again in harness and 

 anticipates good fall trading. Frederick C. 

 Rigbter is making a stock-hunting tour through 

 "N'.'est Virginia. 



The Codling-McEwen Lum'oer Company reports 

 Ttusiness moving along smoothly, Frank P.. 

 Codling recently made a trip through the I'enn- 

 srlvanla. New York and upper New Jersey dis- 

 tricts, where he gathered in some desirable or- 



