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straightening vut conditions, and in a remarlv- 

 alily sliort time succeeded in putting tlie att'airs 

 of the conceru on a sound basis. 



After the indel>tedneBs to the bank Iiad l)t'en 

 cancelled, Mr. Fischer took over the company 

 himself, becoming president and cliief stock- 

 holder, and under liis li-adership the concern 

 attained the reputation of being one of the 

 strongest lumber companies in the country. He 

 enlarged and extended its liusincss and made it 

 one of the -most successful manufacturing con- 

 cerns in the United States. 



Mr. Fischer was prominent iu the formation 

 of the Hardwood Manufacturers" Association of 

 the United Slates, and at the time of his death 

 was treasurer of that organization. The funeral 

 took place on September 11 from the home of 

 his brother-in-law, I.. X. r)a\is. at Ashland, Ky., 

 and was attended liy prominent citizens of Ash- 

 land and Irotiton and by many well-known lum- 

 bermen. 



Miscellaneous Notes, 



The Ureal Lakes Veneer Company has been 

 Incorporated, with .$10(1,000 capital stock, to 

 manufacture veneers al Muuising, Mich. 



A new concern at Lyiuis, .Mich., is the llerrick 

 Casket Company; capital ,'(;10.0(iO. 



The three-story brick factory building al 510- 

 518 West Twenty-fourth street, N'ew York City, 

 occupied by the piaiui wood manufactory of 

 .loseph W. Courtard. was badly damaged by fire 

 recently. Mr. Courtards loss on machinery and 

 lumber will approximate Ifo.OOO. 



The Consumers' Lumber & Veneer Company 

 of Apopka, Fla'., by the recent installation of 

 new machinery has doubled its daily capacity 

 of lumber and crate inaliu-ial. .Additional limber 

 supplies luive been secuncl by the purchase of 

 a large tr;ict of laud iu the vicinity of Bay 

 Uidge, and the compan.\ has a force of men 



now at work constructing a roatl from Ray 

 Uidge to Apopka, a distance of ten miles. 



1>. S. Iloiid of Crowson, Okla., has taken the 

 contract, sublet to him by C. II. Drinker of 

 Heggs, to cut 100,000 feet of oak lumber for 

 export 1<» I'^ugland. The work is to be rushed 

 to coini>Ieiion and the lumber stacked for ninety 

 days' before sliipnieut. 



I'ire in lite factory of the Athens Veneered 

 Uoor Company of Athens, O., damaged building, 

 lumber and macliiuery valued at between ,']>12,000 

 and ?15.ooo. Tlie loss is said lo be well cov 

 ered by iiisiu-ance, and it is likely thai the 

 company will rebuild very soon. The buildings 

 were erected only last spring, when they were 

 completely equipped with new machinery, the 

 heaviest loss in this tire being on the ina<'hinery. 

 The origin of tiie tire is unknown. 



The linn of Mohr & Ziemer of Wausau, Wis.. 

 which recently moved into more commodious 

 quarters, will continue its old line, manufac- 

 turing line wood fluishiiigs and cabinets on a 

 more extensive scale and brancliiug out on new 

 lines, 



R. 1'". INiol of Cameron, Tex., is building a 

 hardwood sawmill on the ,Iones farm, about 

 six miles from .Marlin. Timber rights on a 

 large tract of land, rich in elm, ash, cotton- 

 wood and other hardwoods, have been secured. 

 Machinery is now being delivered at the plant 

 and the manufacture of boxes and cj-ates for 

 fruit and vegetable shippers will begin shortly. 



D. M. llartman of San Diego, Cal., who re- 

 cently retired from the general contracting busi- 

 ness, lias decided to enter the lumber trade 

 and will handle hardwoods exchisiveiy. He has 

 already made several big sales. He lately 

 bought two lots in San Diego on which he has 

 erected a warehouse for storing hardwood floor- 

 ing and veneiM'ed doors. 



Hardwood NeWs. 



(By HASDWOOD SECOBS Special Corrd&pondents.) 



Chicago, 



Leopold Mayer-Iiinkel, sou of Gustav Mayer- 

 Uinkel of the firm of JIayer-Dlnkel & Dreyfus. 

 .Manheim, Germany, was a recent caller at the 

 office of the llARUWodP Kecokh. The Arm of 

 which the young man is a representative is well 

 known as an importer of American woods, and 

 it is to obtain accurate information regarding 

 the liardwoods and yellow pine of the United 

 States that .Mr. Mayer-Dinkel is now making a 

 visit lo this country. The firm is contemplating 

 going into the business of handling hardwoods, 

 principally plain oak and gum, on an extensive 

 scale and if the results of Mr. Mayer-Dinkel's 

 investigations are satisfactory it is probable 

 that his company will establish an agency in 

 this country to facilitate the handling of these 

 woods. 



J. V. Stimsou of llimtingburg, Ind., while in 

 Chicago last week paid the liKciutD office a very 

 welcome call. Jlr. Stimsou expresses entire sat- 

 isfaction concerning the 1906 lumber operations, 

 both past and prospective. 



An unique card is being distributed among the 

 trade by the Nashville Hardwood Flooring Com- 

 pany, Nashville, Tenn., in the form of a pol- 

 ished metal sign for hanging. The color decora- 

 lion is a rich green which sets oul in strong 

 relief the "Acorn llrand" trade mark and other 

 wording. The company is to be congratulated 

 upon the production of this choice bit of adver- 

 tising. 



The death was announced last week from Ger- 

 many of Peter Schuttler. president of the Peter 

 Schuttler Wagon Company of Chicago, well 

 known as one of the important figures in the 

 vehicle manufacturing world. The company of 

 which Mr. Schuttler was president was founded 

 by his father in 1843, and gradually grew to 

 mammoth proportions, .\fter the death of his 

 father Peter Schuttler continued the business 

 along the same lines aiul iu 1903 greatly ex- 

 tended the activities of the firm, building a Jae- 

 tory at Twenty-second and Kockweil streets, 

 which is said to be the largest wagon works in 

 the United States. The body will be brought to 

 this country and the funeral will take place in 

 Chicago from the late residence of the deceased 

 at or. Lake Shore Drive. 



•I'lie well iiiiiiuii hardwood lumber manufac- 

 turer. Samuel lltirkholder of Crawfordsville, Ind., 

 found opportunity to call at the Uecord office 

 while on a hasty business trip through Chicago. 

 While Mr. Burkholder reports business as very 

 good, lie Is to be congratulated upon his ability 

 to retain the same patronage year afier year 

 regardless of high or low prices. .Mr. Burkholder 

 knows his trade thoroughly and therein lies the 

 secret of his success. 



The G. W. Jones Lumber Company lias had an 

 exceptionally good season, the average of the 

 year's business to date surpassing tliat of last 

 year. The mills at Nettleton and Forrest Cit.v, 

 .\rk., are running full time and the cut is all 

 that could be desired. 



.lames C, Coweu of Schiiltz Bros. & Cowen is 

 spending some time in Mississippi looking after 

 some matters that need his attention. Trade 

 with the firm lias been excellent an.l shipments 

 good. I'rospecls for a future fall trade indicate 

 tliat tlie amount of business done this year will 

 surpass that of last season. 



Lewis I)os:er returned from the East recently, 

 where he had been visiting his mother. On his 

 way home he stopped iu Kentucky on the occa- 

 sion of tlie death of Ferdinand C. Fischer, presi 

 dent of lite Yellow I'oplar Lumlier C'ompany of 

 t'oalgrove, O. 



The car equipmint suit brought to Chicago 

 many well known lumbermen, among them Lewis 

 liill, Baltimore, Md. : R. II. Downman, New Or 

 leans : Samuel R. Ely. New Orleans ; William 

 MacKenzie, Beaumont, Tex, ; C. I. Millard, St. 

 Louis ; Edgar Dalzell. Minneapolis, Minn. ; E. 

 I''. Perry, New York ; M. S. Tremaine, Buffalo. 

 N. Y. ; Willard I. Church. Kansas City, Mo. : 

 W. W. Knight. Indianapolis, Ind, 



Boston. 



Owing to the death of Mrs. Harry Wiggin's 

 mother, the office of Lawrence & Wiggin, hard- 

 wood dealers, was closed l*'riday, September 14. 



Warren C. B. Bobbins, matiagcr of the Sun- 

 cook Valley Lumber Company and secretary of 

 the Massachusetts Lumber Dealers' Association, 

 has returned from a vacation spent in the Prov- 

 inces. 



Apploton P. Williams of Upton, Mass., is a 

 candidate for the Republican nomination for 

 state senator. .Mr. Williams is well known in 

 the lumber industry, being treasurer of the 

 Upton Manufacturing Company. The plant of 

 this woodworking company is one of the best 

 in the east. 



Frank William Rane has been proposed as 

 tile successor to Alfred .\ckerman as state for- 

 ester of .Ma.ssachusetts, .Mr. Rane is well fitted 

 for the position. He is an honorary member 

 of the New Hampshire Lumbermen's Associa 

 tion. Ralph C. Hawley, who has been assistant 

 stale forester under Mr. Ackerman, has resigned 

 to accept a position in the Yale faculty in the 

 department of forestry. 



Whob'sale lumber dealers are complaining of 

 slow shipments from the hardwood centers of 

 the country, due to a shortage of cars. Sev- 

 eral shippers write in respon.se to calls for more 

 prompt delivery that it is impo.ssibIe to get 

 cars enough from the railroads. One road is 

 reported as being in receipt of a demand for 

 about 400 cars a day at one point and cannot 

 supply half the number. 



Charles S. Wentwortb of Charles S. Went 

 worth & Co., one of the must popular hardwood 

 dealers in this city, is taking his first real va- 

 cation in seven years. He is making a trip 

 through in White .Mountains with his wife. 



,1. C. Walton of ,T. R. Walton & Co., Anderson, 

 Ind., manufacturers of hardwood lumber, has 

 been visiting the eastern trade. 



Gardiner I. .lones of the .lones Hardwood 

 Company of this city has been on a business 

 trip to New York. 



William E. Litchfield, who has recently ac- 

 quired large bardwooii timber lands in Virginia, 

 returned about ten days ago from a trip to his 

 property. 



A. M. Moore, with William E. Litchfield of 

 this city, recently spent a week visiting Wash- 

 ington and New York. He also spent a short 

 lime in Philadelphia. 



Walter U. Jcnness has started in the whole- 

 sale lumber business and is at present making 

 his headquarters in .Somerville. For several 

 years he was in the employ of Edwin H. Buzzell. 



The Northeastern I.,umber Comijany of this 

 city has moved to larger quarters at 88 Broad 

 street. It was formerly located in the Old South 

 building. 



The woodworking plant and machinery of L. 

 A. Hayden, South Carver, Mass., has been pur- 

 chased by Harrison Shurlleff of Middleboro, 

 Mass. 



The Nashua Lumber Company of Nashua, N. 

 II., has purchased a large tract of timber in the 

 vicinity of Milford, N. H. 



The I'erham Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized at I'orliand. .Me., with a capital stock 

 of ^20,000. 



The woodworking plant of A. C. Leonard St 

 Co., I'rovldence, R. I., has been destroyed by 

 fire, causing a loss of about .f20,000. 



New York. 



R. W. Hlgliie, tlie liardwood manufacturer of 

 45 Broadway, is just back from a lengthy stay 

 at his new hardwood oiieration at Newton F'alls, 

 in the Adirondacks, and states that the plant 

 has started up, cutting about 40,000 feet of 

 birth, beech, maple and liemlock per day from 

 the 30,000 acres of fine timber land back of it. 

 Tlie ten miles of railroad which have been 

 under course of construction will be completed 

 about Octolier 1, assuring the plant a steady and 

 Itermanent supply of logs. It is also his inten- 

 tion to install a flooring plant and dry kiln in 

 a short time. The product of this mill will 

 be distribuled through Mr. lligbie's local ofSce. 



C. W. Manning of ('i(i Broad street has Just 

 returned from a lengthy vacation in Maine 

 and is planning a business trip into the south- 

 ern hardwood belt next month. 



The annual meeting of tlie New York Lumber 

 Trade Association will occur at the association 

 rooms, 18 Broadway, on October 10. This is 

 the twentieth anniversary of the organization of 

 the association and a large and representative 

 attendance is expected. The business session 

 will be preceded by a Delmonico lunch, and the 

 reports to be rendered will cover one of the 

 most active and successful years in the history 

 of the association. 



