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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Secretary E. M. Terry o£ the National Lumber 

 Exporters' Association left hiere September 14 

 after a lengthy stay in this vicinity, combining 

 vacation and business. Just before leaving he 

 attended a hearing of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission on export cotton and lumber rates 

 under the new law. and expressed himself as 

 very well satisfied with the prospects of benefit 

 to the export trade under the new railroad law. 



There was much rejoicing among local Hoo- 

 Hoo last week when it became known that the 

 recent annual convention at Oklahoma City had 

 chosen Atlantic City. N. J., for the Hoo-Hoo 

 annual in 1907, with the eastern members of 

 the order as a collective host. Steps will be 

 taken immediately to organize a general recep- 

 tion committee from Boston, Philadelphia, Nor- 

 folk, etc., to give the members a right royal 

 welcome next year. 



E. A. Pfiug, nephew of Louis Bossert, the 

 well-known Brooklyn retailer, has joined the 

 selling staff of the Holcomb & Caskey Lumber 

 Company, wholesalers, 12 Broadway, Manhat- 

 tan. 



H. C. Kane, who is prominently associated 

 with the wholesale house of Dixon & Dewey, 

 Flatiron building, was united in marriage on 

 September a at Elizabethton, Tenn.. to Miss 

 Hattie Clark, .daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. 

 Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Kane have returned to 

 this city, which they will make their future 

 home. 



F. P. McNuIty. formerly with Price & Hart. 

 18 Broadway, has joined the selling staff of the 

 Stevens-Eaton Company, 1 JIadison avenue, 

 where he will assist T. S. Miller, manager of 

 Ihe hardwood department, in the selling end. 



There has been an organized plan of lumber 

 theft going on in the West Side which has just 

 been brought to light with the arrest of three 

 drivers in the employ of the S. E. Kellar 

 Lumber Company, and one Hess. It seems that 

 the drivers in making deliveries would drop a 

 few pieces off of each lo.ad and on the way 

 back would pick them up and deliver them to 

 a yard kept by Hess, where they would be paid 

 for it. Late information seems to indicate that 

 the Kellar Lumber Company was not the only 

 sufferer and that it has been a regular organized 

 plan to mulct a number of dealers. 



W. R. Eddy of the firm of Eddy Bros., Staple- 

 ton, S. I., died at his residence in that place 

 September 15. 



R. H. Downman, prominent cypress manufac- 

 turer of New Orleans. La., passed through the 

 city last week on his way home after an outing 

 with his family at Loon Lake. N. Y. 



John F. Cronln. eastern representative of the 

 Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, Coal Grove, 

 O., has been spending several days in town dur- 

 ing the fortnight on business. 



L. G. Jones, the veneer wholesaler of Avenue 

 D and Tenth street. Manhattan, has just re- 

 turned from a lengthy trip abroad. 



During his recent visit here. Secretary Lewis 

 Doster of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation of the United States, spent considerable 

 time in consultation with J. V. Hill, chief in- 

 spector of the association, during which plans 

 were gone over looking to an expansion of the 

 eastern inspection work of the organization. 



W. W. Lockwood, head of the Rice & Lock- 

 wood Lumber Company, 11 Broadway, announces 

 the appointment of a sales representative for 

 Boston and vicinity. J. L. Barney has been 

 appointed to that position. 



Dixon & Dewey, Flatiron building, are enjoy- 

 ing a good volume of trade both in hardwoods 

 and their Pacific coast product. They report 

 a very fair movement of all kinds of stock at 

 firm prices. 



William Wilms, president of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United States 

 and principal in the extensive hardwood inter- 

 ests of the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company, 

 Chicago, is here this week to meet his brother 

 from abroad, whom he has not seen for sixteen 

 years. Mr. Wilms spoke most favorably of 

 hardwood trade and conditions. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against 

 Lynn P. Hollowell, dealer in lumber and veneers 

 at 540 First avenue, by the Astoria Veneer Mills, 

 a creditor to the exteut of $1,106. It was al- 

 leged that he is insolvent and on August 27 

 transferred all his stock, valued at $10,000, to 

 the Indiana Lumber & Veneer Company, a credi- 



tor, to prefer it. Mr. Hollowell was formerly 

 vice president of the Indiana Lumber & Veneer 

 Company of Indianapolis, became manager of the 

 New York branch in 1901, and has been in 

 business on his own account for about a year. 



Philadelphia. 



H. I. Soble lately returned from a trip to the 

 South where he spent some time inspecting the 

 progress being made at the new plant of the 

 Okeeta Planing Mill Company at Honaker, Va. 

 The operation is expected to be in working order 

 in a short time. 



The Righter-Parry Lumber Company expe- 

 rienced one of its best months during August. 

 Conditions have been such that the firm is con- 

 templating an extension of its business, and 

 during the next month or so will probably make 

 arrangements af shipping points that will enable 

 it to offer considerably more stock to the trade. 

 A committee consisting of President George 

 F. Craig, Emil Guenther, Edward F. Henson. 

 W. L. Rice and Robert C. Lippincott was ap- 

 pointed at the last meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange of Philadelphia to confer with the 

 commissioners of the president of the United 

 State during their visit to Philadelphia, the 

 latter part of September, on the advisabiity of 

 the proposed routes for the canal between the 

 Delaware and Chesapeake bays. The committee 

 was also authorized to expend such sums as it 

 thought proper for the entertainment of the 

 commissioners during their stay in the city. At 

 the first annual tall meeting of the exchange 

 Emil Guemher, who had just returned from a 

 seven months' trip to Europe and the Holy 

 Land, presented the exchange with a ga.-ei made 

 from the wood of an olive tree from Jerusalem. 

 The gift was accepted and the thanks of the 

 body rendered Mr. Guenther by President Craig. 

 The end of the summer season sees many 

 of the well-known lumbermen returned from 

 their vacations. George F. Craig is back from 

 a two months' stay at his mills at Winterburn ; 

 W. M. McCormick is back to his ofllce again 

 after a vacation spent in Maine : George W. 

 Kugler has returned from a four weeks' trip to 

 Newfoundland. 



Henry Whelptou of the Owen M. Bruner Com- 

 pany is making an extensive trip through Canada 

 and northeastern points. During his stay there 

 he will buy considerable timber. The company 

 will also make arrangements in a short time to 

 supplement its hardwood stocks and place Itself 

 in position to supply the needs of its growing 

 trade. 



The Coppock-Warner Lumber Company has re- 

 moved its office to 1018 Land Title building. 

 The business of the company during August sur- 

 passed expectations and the volume done during 

 the first part of September, if continued through- 

 out the month, will make it the banner month in 

 the history of the company, 



F. S. Underbill of Wistar. Underbill & Co. 

 reports that the business of the firm during the 

 summer was all that could be desired. The 

 company notes a decided quickening in trade 

 during the last few weeks and have no doubt 

 but that the fall season will be fully equal to 

 the trade experienced here in other years. Mr. 

 Underbill lately took an end of the summer vaca- 

 tion at Ocean City, where he created consterna- 

 tion among the finny tribes by his determined 

 and successful assault on them. 



Mr. Lukenbach of Frank C. Gillingham & Son 

 Company left a week ago for a five weeks' trip 

 to Maine. S. B. Vrooman returned ten days 

 ago from a two months' trip to Europe, where 

 he went in the interests of his firm. While 

 abroad he looked up foreign woods. Among the 

 visitors to the trade during the last two weeks 

 have been : J. Edward Libbey of Georgetown, 

 Washington, D. C. ; Jerome Moltz of Williams- 

 port, Pa., and Ralph Bush of Royersford, Pa. 



The I'hiladelphia Veneer & Lumber Company 

 had an exceptionally good month during August. 

 Francis Goodhue, Jr., secretary and treasurer of 

 the company, took an extended trip through the 

 New England states some weeks ago and in 

 discussing conditions there stated that he found 

 all the trade very busy. The Philadelphia Ve- 

 neer & Lumber Company does a big business 

 with the furniture factories of the East, and 

 Mr. Goodhue is making arrangements to extend 

 the business considerably during the coming 

 year. 



Baltimore. 



The Oakland Planing Mill, at Oakland, Gar- 

 rett county, Maryland, was destroyed by fire 

 September 14, together with all machinery and 

 a quantity of lumber In the .vard. The loss Is 

 estimated at ?3,000, fully covered by insurance. 

 The destruction of the plant will iuterfere ma- 

 terially with building operations at Oakland, 

 as the mill supplied much of the material, being 

 owned by a number of prominent residents of 

 the town. 



E. B. Beckley of the Crosby-Beckley Company, 

 New Haven, Conn., was here recently and paid 

 his respects to various hardwood firms. He 

 was on a trip down the coast and also visited 

 a number of cities in the interior. 



The controversy between D. W. & G. H. 

 Thomas, contractors for the erection of the 

 Eastern High School, and Building Inspector 

 Preston over the quality of the maple flooring 

 put into the building, which for a time gave 

 every promise of having to be fought out in 

 the courts, has been satisfactorily adjusted by 

 reference to the board of awards, which gave out 

 the contract. 



John L. Alcock and George E. Waters, the 

 latter vicegerent snark for Maryland, the two 

 representatives of Baltimore Hoo-Hoo who at- 

 tended the concatenation in Oklahoma, have 

 returned and express themselves as delighted 

 with the reception accorded them out West. 

 While they regret the fact that Baltimore did 

 not get the concatenation next year, they feel 

 comforted by the reflection that Atlantic City, 

 being only a few hours' run from Baltimore, 

 will offer an opportunity for nearly every mem- 

 ber of the order here to attend. 



W. D. Young of W. D. Young & Co., Bay City, 

 Mich., one of the largest maple flooring firms 

 in the country, was in the city during the past 

 fortnight, being on an extended trip East, and 

 called on various firms here. He spoke most 

 encouragingly of the business outlook and ex- 

 pressed the belief that values will remain strong 

 with a brisk demand. 



Pittsburg. 



The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany has filed a petition in bankruptcy against 

 the Knickerbocker Contracting Company of 

 Philadelphia in the United States courts, which 

 is the sequel to the failure of the Real Estate 

 Trust Company of Philadelphia and the suicide 

 of President Hippie. Adolph C. Segal, the pro- 

 moter, is treasurer of the Knickerbocker Con- 

 tracting Company. This company, through Se- 

 gal, it is said, sold the Real Estate Trust Com- 

 pany of Philadelphia $500,000 worth of mort- 

 gages on property in South Altoona. Pa., where 

 another of Segal's enterprises was developed. 

 The American Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany claims the Knickerbocker company is in- 

 solvent and wants it declared a bankrupt. C. H. 

 Hamor of Altoona and other eastern people 

 joined in the petition. The total claims are 

 said to be large, but those filed by the American 

 and its allies amount to only $10,000. 



The Hart Planing Mill Company of Pittsburg 

 has applied for a Pennsylvania charter. Its 

 incorporators are : A. B. Manherz, H. J. Bort, 

 J. A. Meyers, William Weitzel and A. C. Defe- 

 baugh. The company will manufacture hard- 

 woods to a considerable extent. 



The C. P. Caughey Lumber Company has been 

 one of the busiest hardwood firms in the city 

 all summer. Its contracts for oak and beech 

 to be used in the four new dams being con- 

 structed on the Ohio and the Monongahela rivers 

 near Pittsburg have taken all the oak it could 

 get out of its plant in Washington county, Penn- 

 sylvania, on the Panhandle. Last week it 

 bought an additional 100.000 feet of oak in this 

 county and will cut it off at once. 



The A. M. Turner Lumber Company looks for 

 a good fall in lumber dealing. Its inquiry is 

 keeping its office force busy, and all lines of 

 hardwood lumber seem to be in good call on its 

 books. The company's operations in the South 

 are progressing finely and from present pros- 

 pects, with the improved machinery that has 

 been installed, a record breaking cut will be 

 made this fall and winter. 



Dry stocks are low is the report that comes 

 from the Flint, Erving & Stoner Company. This 

 concern's cut of spruce and hardwoods at its 

 West Virginia plants, and especially at its new 

 plant at Dunlevie, will be much the largest in 

 its history. 



