HARDWOOD RECORD 



28C 



agent of the Ian<l and industrial department oi 

 file Southei-n railway at ("hicago, has received 

 tlie announcement that lie is to be transferred 

 TO the charge of the company's industrial depart- 

 ment in New York City. Mr. Hays during his 

 residence in Chicago has endeared himself to 

 everyone who has ha<l <M*<-asion to do l.iusiness 

 with his department of tlie Soutliern I'ailway. 

 His transfer lo New Voi-k is in the line of ad- 

 vancement, but still his many friends in Chicagii 

 will sincerely regret his leaving. 



The story, "Wl-.en Sorrel-Top Made tlood," 

 published in ilie last issue of the H.iRnwoon 

 liKciUiij. ha^ had encomiums from many .sources, 

 Ijut nut one that luis been more appreciated 

 than thai Ifom The 'I'oledo Ulade. which repub- 

 lished it in full, 'i'lie lUade says: "The stor.v 

 is short in the telling, but unusually full, 

 clear and comprehensive in its character draw- 

 ing. Its types of men stand out like live peo- 

 ple. One seems to l;:i\-e known them for years, 

 J'lie little tragedy of '.Maw' is sketched with 

 .I'list the right proportions — it is not over-elab- 

 orated, and yet one knows it all. The mountain 

 storm is a superi) descrii)tion. There is grandeur 

 in every senlencCj t)ne feels the mighty conflict. 

 The story is a gem." 



The n.\iti>\v<iop i;i:ftii{i> was favored with a 

 call on .\ugust 4 fi-om U. K. Wood, itresident of 

 the 1{. i\. \\'<iod Lumber C(»mpany and of the 

 Montvaie Lumber Ciunpany of Ualtimore, Md. 

 .Mr. AX'ood's operations in the lower Appalaciiian 

 country are constantly increasing. He now has 

 three sawmills in operation and a fourth mill 

 about ready to start. At the end of the month 

 .Mr. Wood's companies will be producing upwards 

 of ],-)().(HIO feet of hardwoods daily. 



C. A. I'helps, manager of the Ilaekley-Phelpe- 

 Uonnell Company's operations at Hackle.v, Wis., 

 spent August 2 in Chicago, en route to his home 

 at Grand l!api<iK. Mich., for a few days' visit 

 with his family and business associates. 



W. i:. liarrett of W. E. Barrett & Co.. Stock 

 IC-Kchange, just returned from a northern pur- 

 chasing trip. While Mr. Harrett's chief opera- 

 tions during the last few years have been in 

 Pacific coast woods, he is now devoting consid- 

 erable attention to northern and southern hard- 

 woods, 



Kdwaid nines, bead of the great Edward 

 nines I.iimbiM' Company enterprises, is back for 

 a few days from an extended trip in the North- 

 west. I'p to this time Mr. nines' company has 

 paid very little attention lo hardwmjds, but from 

 this lime forward it will become quite a factor 

 in maple, birch and hasswood. The company 

 has consideral)le timber of these varieties in its 

 northern holdings which it will manufacture. 



.1. W. F.mbree of the Uiltenhouse & Embree 

 • ■'■mpany and Charles !•". Thompson of the Mis- 

 sissippi Lumber Company have recently returned 

 from a northern (ishing excursion. 



Boston, 



TI:e lioslon liardwood trade were shockcil id 

 hear of the recent sudden death of ,J. W. Willis 

 of .1. W. Willis I,umber Crimpany, Washington 

 Court House, (thio. .Mr. Willis visited IJoston 

 and vicinity willi his (wo eldest daughters about 

 three weeks prevuuis to his tieath. 



.\t the recent meeting of the Rlanchard Lum- 

 ber Company Isaac .\rchilmld was elected vice- 

 president and Edward S. Looniis director. 



Thomas 11. Shepard of the .Shepard-.Morse Liun- 

 ber Company has returni'd from a yachting trip 

 along the coast of Maine. Mr. Shepard was ac 

 eompanied by Herbert lUanchard of the Itlanch- 

 ard Lumber Company. 



Ilalph I!. Woodbury, salesman for Charles S. 

 W.-ntworth & Co., returned last week from a 

 pli'asure trip lo Nova Scotia. 



Sumner & Tuttle, hardwood lumber dealers, l!os 

 I'in. have been succeeded by II. A. Tuttle & Co. 



"Jeorge M. I'aul, who for several years has 

 been engaged in the woodworking business In 

 llavejhill, .Mass.. under the firm name of Paul & 

 .Iack.son, died at his Imtiie. .Inly -J-j. at the age 

 rif (53 years. 



The -Vrcola Wood Working C<unpany. Ltd.. has 

 been incorporated at Kittery. Me., with a capital 

 of ,'(;i(i,iHi(i. Tlie Incorporators are Horace .Mitch- 

 ell and .M. (.'. Mitchell of Kittery and S. .1. Mor- 

 rison of Porlsmoiilh, N. II. 



The West India Mahogany Company has 1 11 



organized In Itelfast, Me., witli a capital of 

 .$,"1(111. 11(111. The incorporators are. ,Iames W. 

 clow. Posicui: Henry S. Park, Stockland 

 Springs, and Ceorge R. Dunton, Belfast, Me. 



I'. .M. Ward of Ward Bros., Big Itapids, 

 Mich., wlio has been spending several weeks in 

 Boston and vicinity, making his headcjuarters 

 at Wintlirop, iefl .Inly 'M for .New York en noitc 

 home. 



Charles S. Went worth of Charles S. Weut- 

 woi-Ui vV; Co. b'ft early in th« montii fiu- a vaca 

 lion in Ontario and Michigan. 



Tlie Ilartlord Builders' Kinish Company. Hart- 

 ford, Conn., lias been visited liy tire, which was 

 contined to the boiler and kiln dry rooms. The 

 dannge is csiiiiialed at about ,$."1, 110(1, covered Iiy 

 iusurniKc 



■I'lic \\iiilci\ iljc \'i-i ■ C(inipauy of llagic 



Lake. .Mc. is i-;ipidly completing lis new liartl- 

 w I niiij. 



New York. 



■I. ('. T'liiic:-. the prominent cypress wliole- 

 salcr :iiiil licMd of the .1. C. Turner Lumber 

 Coiiipauy. liMs just returned from a trip to the 

 Louisiana belt wliere he concluded purchases of 

 about l.-j.iHiii.iiiMi feet of stock for shipment to 

 the eastern yards of his company for distribu- 

 tion. In speaking of the general business situ- 

 ation .Mr. Turner states that be found conditions 

 ])ros]u'rous all .along the line. Being one of the 

 shrewdest lumbt^r operators and a close student 

 of market conditions at all times .Mr. Turner's 

 heavy piircha.ses are being taken generally as 

 favorable indication of the future lumber market. 



,Iohn II. Ireland of the Cross, .\nstin & Ire- 

 land Lumber Company, Brooklyn, surprised his 

 many friends wlien It was announced that he 

 had been united in marriage on .luly 14 to Miss 

 Eleanore 1. Cunimiiigs of that Borough. They 

 sailed for Europe 011 the 12nd to be goue till fall. 



C. I!. Jlengel of the C. C. .Mengel & Bro. 

 Company, Louisville, Ky., Is in the East ou his 

 annual summer tri|i making his headipiarters at 

 Sagaponock, Long Island, with his family. 



F, P. Southgatc. the well-known hardwood 

 iiispectfji- ot Chicago and ST. Louis, recently ap- 

 IMiintcd dc|iiity iiis|jector in this city for the 

 National Hardwo<,d Lumber .\ssociation, has ar- 

 rived here and will open iierinancut iiuarters in 

 due course 



Col. ,L S. 11. Clark of .1, S. 11, Clark & Co,, 

 Newark, N. ,L. and president of tlie Building 

 .Material .Men's C!((b of that city, entertained 

 the memliers of the club al dinner at Long 

 Branch, N. ,/.. on .luly .'!!. 



\\'. L. Sykes of the Emporium Lumber Com- 

 pan,^■. Keating Suininit, Pa., after sjiending a 

 few days in town has located with Ills family at 

 his line new camp on Lake (iritlitii, Vt., which is 

 located on the extensive spruce and hardwood 

 tract whicb be bought this spring, comprising 

 ."ilMliKi acres of till' old Silas Criflith estate. 



Sam !■:. P;iii-. l-'hitiron building, is on a trip 

 to the plaiii of tlie I)an Valley Lumber Com- 

 pany, Ml. ,\iry. N. (,'., the product of which he 

 is handling. 'J'his plant is cutting a very choice 

 run of hardwoods. 



.lolin 'i', liixoii. the prominent West Virginia 

 hardwood maiiufaci urer and partner in the local 

 house of Dixon & Uewey, has been spending a 

 few days in town visiting with II. S. Dewey. 

 In speaking of liie manufacturing end of the 

 business .Mr. Dixiui stated that his several mills 

 were running full on a choice lot of poplar and 

 oak for fall shijuuents. He al.so expressed him- 

 self as well satislied with the general selling 

 market and looks for an active fall trade. 



The I-'remont Sash & Door (_'oinpany has suc- 

 ceeded to the large manufacturing establishment 

 of C. (1. Sch. ariz at Kitiu Treinont avenue. 

 Bronx, and will c'lnriuiie it on a still larger 

 scale. 



W, M, I'ownall. head <■( lice Beiilali Lumber 

 Ccciuiiany. Pillsliur.!;. who has been in town for 

 several weeks superliitendiug the opening of a 

 local office at Ls Itroa(lwa.\'. has returned to 

 Pittsburg. II. A. .Maloney, local niauuger, re- 

 poi'ts business very satisfactory. 



I', i;. Whiting of the .lanuey-Whiting Lumber 

 Company. Philadelphia, was a recent New Y'ork 

 \'lsitor. 



.\nioiig the new c-orporaticcns .just formed in 

 the local market are the following: Ncu-ihern 

 cV: Southei-n Lumber Company; capital. .<."iil(I.OOO. 

 Incorporators, II. S. Selleck. Iliversidc. Conn, ; 

 Charles Millspaugh. Iiarieii. Conn,, and .lames 

 P.runton. New York. 'I'be Coleiuan Cypress Com- 

 pany. New Y'ork: capital. .flii(i,(i(Ki. Incorpora- 

 tors. P, S. Uussell, (Jreat Neck, Long Island ; ,1. 

 Ingle. .Ir,. and (i. II. .Montague of .New Y'ork 

 ('ity. The Lumber Sales Coriioraliou of New 

 York ; capital, .fi.'i. 11(111. Incorporators. W, H, 

 i:shbaiigh, .Monfclair, N. ,1. : W. II. Brown, Jr., 

 Boston, and H. .L Chopin. New Y'ork. The New 

 Vcu-k .Mahogany Comiiany: capital, $10,01111. In- 

 corpoiators, J. Traugolt. c, 1', Caldwell and W. 

 K.jlierlson of New York. 



Tlie yards of the S, E. Kellar Lumber Com- 

 iiany. ."iH Long Island avenue, wcu-e again visited 

 by lire .luly I'O. hut the blaze was discovered be- 

 fore any great damage was done. This is the 

 sevcuith or eighth attempt which has been made 

 during the past fcnir months by incendiaries. 



I!. W. Higbie, 4."! Broadway, left last week for 

 a brief northern trip, during which he will at- 

 tend the semiannual meeting of the National 

 Lumber Insurance Company of Bulfalo, In which 

 he is a stockholder and director. 



.Yinong the other visiting hardwood lumbermen 

 during the fortnight were: I!'. B. Currier, 

 S|iringl1eld. Mass. ; Edward Easton, .\lbany ; W. 

 W. .Mitchell, Cobbs & Mitchell, Cadillac. Midi. ; 

 I). E. Diggins, Cummer, Diggins & Co.. Cadillac, 

 Mich. : H. L. Koehler. r,,ouis\Mlle. Ky. : R. .T. 

 Darnell. .Mc^mphis : .1, L. Hamill. W, .\l, Ritter 

 Lumber Company. Colmuhiis. iihic; ,1, P., Wall, 

 Biitfalo Hardwood l.niiibc-r C,iiu|iaiiy. Uiiffalo : 

 .1. W. Ilefeudert'er. .1. W. I lefcnclerlcM- Lumber 

 Company. Philadelphia: I. 1- . ItMlslc'y, .1. 1. M. 

 Wilscui & Co., I'ittsburg, Pa. : 

 & \'an .Yuken, Saginaw, Mich. 



Eire in the hardwood yards 

 her Company, Manhattan, on 

 eral thousand dollars' damage, 

 insurance. 



Surveyor General George L. Smith of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Associatiini is in the 

 cily this week on a visit to the various eastern 

 markets and reports matters as progressing very 

 satisfac-torily. 



Philadelphia. 



Phihidelpliia has a busy look these days. The 

 center of the city is torn up with the construc- 

 tion of the new subway and the outskirts are 

 alive with the building of new houses. This 

 cc nclltion has resulted in a drain on the retailer 

 that is beginning to show a corresponding bene- 

 licial effect on the wholesale ti-ade. 



The Pennsylvania l.uniberinen's Mutual Eire 

 Insurance Company held ils regular semiannual 

 meeting ,!uly '24. The attendance was one of the 

 largest that ever obtained at a similar meeting. 

 The secretary's, auditor's and treasurer's reports 

 w'ere presented and adopted, and the review of 

 the business done sliowcd that there had been 

 a stead.v gain during tlie tirsi six iiinulhs of the 

 year. 



Measures have been adopted by the cit,v gov- 

 ernment looking to the cleaning out of the docks 

 and wharves belonging to the city, and other- 

 wise improving the value of the shipping facili- 

 ties along the river. This will have a decidedly 

 benehcial effect on many of the lumbermen here, 

 as in the case of some of tlie wharves rented 

 from the cit.v the apiiroaches have been lilied 

 up to such a degree that It is very hard to dock 

 and unload a ship properly. 



Frederick C. Righler of the Righter- Parry Lum- 

 ber Couiiiany, which Ii:-iii lias lately established 

 a hardwcicid depart'iient. linds business fair eon- 



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iif the Ross Llini- 

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