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get suitable cars lor first-class lumber and that 

 they have during the past week been obliged to 

 accept cattle cars ■ rather than to have their 

 orders delayed longer in shipments. Thus the 

 car shortage, they maintain, is going to bring 

 the retailer and consumer to their senses in 

 a very short time, and by January 1 wholesalers 

 anticipate that there will be no more sentimental 

 bowling about extravagant prices charged for 

 hardwoods. 



Washington county, Pennsylvania, has discov- 

 ered that its rocky soils are growing a species 

 o£ the mahogany family. A writer in the Wash- 

 ington Observer has been gathering seeds envel- 

 oped in a bean-shaped pod and about as large 

 as a lima bean, resembling that of the honey 

 locust. Frequently there are a dozen seeds in 

 one of these pods and they are very hard and 

 of a deep brown or black color. Between Mid- 

 dle Itun and Brown's Run on the Monongahela 

 liver there is quite a grove of these trees grow- 

 ing, which belong to Hon. H. J. Gilmore and 

 Asbury Struble. Other small groves are found 

 scattered through the Monongahela valley. Care- 

 ful examination of the wood and seeds has been 

 made by timber experts, who claim that this 

 Fpecies of mahogany could be grown to excellent 

 advantage in many parts of southwestern Penn- 

 sylvania. 



On November 2 the city of Pittsburg, by a 

 decisive majority of about 8,000, voted to spend 

 $6,775,000 for municipal improvements. This 

 includes the cutting down of the hump, addi- 

 tions to the filtration plant, raising the streets 

 in the flood district and building of a garbage 

 disposal plant and other large projects. Al- 

 ready ordinances are being shaped up to get 

 the bonds in definite shape for market, and it is 

 expected that work on the improvements will be 

 started shortly after the first of the year. This 

 bond issue in full means that an enormous quan- 

 tity of timber and lumber will be needed for 

 these particular improvements, but also ■ that 

 following these improvements there will be a 

 tremendous amount of good building done, all 

 of which will redound to the profit of the Pitts- 

 burg lumber interests. 



BOSTON 



William E. Litchtleld has returned from a 

 trip to Philadelphia and Washington. 



C. O. Skinner of the C. O. Skinner Company, 

 Boston, attended the launching of the "Frank 

 M. Lowe'* at Camden, Me., recently. This ves- 

 sel was built especially for the lumber carrying 

 trade. 



The will of the late George Van Dyke was 

 recently filed for probate. The executors and 

 trustees are Thomas H. Van Dyke, a brother, 

 West Stewartsen, N. H., Judge Irving W. Drew 

 of Lancaster, N. H., and George S. Lewis of 

 Holyoke. They are authorized to continue the 

 business. Mr. Lewis has been associated with 

 the business for many years. The will creates 

 a trust fund of $50,000 for the benefit of his 

 mother and sister. Substantial amounts are 

 left to several heirs. Provision is made for five 

 chui'ches, each being left ?1,000. The residue 

 of his estate is bequeathe* in equal shares to 

 his brothers and sister. 



Building has been handicapped this season to 

 considerable extent by the inability of contrac- 

 tors to get steel. Many new buildings are being 

 planned and it is said that next season will 

 open up with a large volume of business on 

 hand. 



J. W. Murray of Hartford, Conn., has leased 

 the woodworking shop of the late Charles W. 

 Shea. This is a well equipped plant and Mr. 

 Murray plans to materially increase his busi- 

 ness. 



All of the lumber holdings of Adams, Burns 

 Company, Ltd., at Bathurst, X. B.. have been 

 transferred to the Nepisiguit Lumber Company. 

 Fred S. Morse of Springfield, Mass., is the 

 managing director of the latter concern. The 



A. Sherman Lumber Company of New York Is 

 also interested in the company. 



The dry house of Blacker & Shepard, Cam- 

 bridge, has been destroyed by Are. The house 

 was full of hardwood lumber in the process of 

 drying. The loss is estimated at $3,000. 



Haskett Wood, son of William H. Wood, has 

 filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. His 

 liabilities are placed at $37,908.13, with doubt- 

 ful assets. 



The Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association held its twentieth annual meeting 

 I'"riday evening, November 5, at Young's Hotel, 

 Boston. The various officers and committees 

 made their reports. The subject of selling 

 shingles by the bunch instead of by the thousand 

 iu this market was discussed. The guest of the 

 evening was Mr. Ives, tnanager of the traffic 

 department of the Boston Chamber of Commerce. 

 The officers elected were : H. B. Fiske of the 

 George McQueston Company, president ; Frank 

 W. Lawrence of Lawrence & Wiggin, vice-presi- 

 dent ; E. C. Hammond of the Edward J. Ham- 

 mond Company, secretary and treasurer, and 

 A. M. Moore, with William E. Litchfield, assis- 

 tant secretary and manager. The executive com- 

 mittee is to be elected by the oflicers. 



BALTIMORE 



Robert McLean, general manager of the Norva 

 Land & Lumber Company of Wallaceton, Va., 

 is home after several months spent abroad, prin- 

 cipally iu Scotland and England. He placed 

 some attractive contracts while there and re- 

 ports that he found conditions decidedly im- 

 proved, especially with regard to poplar, which 

 wood was bringing good prices and was being 

 called for in large quantities. The improvement 

 in prices is very noticeable, Mr. McLean states, 

 and there is every indication that quotations 

 will go still higher, as supplies are running 

 rather low. He has now gone down to the mill 

 of the Norva company, and will also visit his 

 own operation on the James river in Virginia, 

 where hardwoods are being produced. The plant 

 is being run at its full capacity. Mr. McLean 

 has lately placed large quantities of gum, which 

 is being manufactured at Wallaceton. In the 

 past week contracts for the delivery of 750,000 

 feet in Philadelphia and New York have been 

 closed. Much of this gum is being used for 

 interior finish. 



The managing committee of the Baltimore 

 Lumber Exchange hela its monthly meeting No- 

 vember 1, President E. P. Gill occupying the 

 chair. Only routine business was transacted. 



G. W. Eisenhauer of the Eisenhauer-MacLea 

 Company, dealer in hardwoods, has gone for 

 several weeks to Asheville, N. C. 



Miss Henrietta Thomas Lawton, a daughter 

 of William T. Lawton of the mill firm of Joseph 

 Thomas & Son, was married October 26 to John 

 Thomas Morris of St. Mary's county, Maryland. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Morris will reside with the par- 

 ents of the bride. 



R. E. Wood of the R. E. Wood Lumber Com- 

 pany of this city spent several days last week 

 at Buffalo, and Williamsport, Pa. His company 

 is about to build a hotel at its mill at Fontana, 

 Swain county, N. C, the plans having been 

 drawn by G. L. Wood, vice-president of the com- 

 pany. It is estimated that the timber supply 

 there will last fifteen to twenty years, aggre- 

 gating 200.000,000 feet, and that this length of 

 time will justify the erection of the hotel. The 

 structure will be two stories, with a front of 

 fifty feet and extending back in two wings, 

 separated by a court. 



Charles I. James of the Pigeon River Lumber 

 Company, at Mount Stirling, N. C, visited the 

 plant ten days ago and found everything to be 

 working satisfactorily. The mill is turning out 

 about 80,000 feet per day and is kept running 

 steadily. 



Among the out of town lumbermen here last 

 week was C. W. Manning of New York, who 



stopped over on the way south. He Intended 

 to be gone ten days or more. Mr. Manning 

 stated that trade in his section is improving and 

 that the demand for hardwoods Is on the In- 

 crease. 



John Cant of Cant & Kemp of Glasgow, Scot- 

 land, was in Baltimore last week. He has 

 started on a tour through the West and South 

 which win take several months. It is Mr. 

 Cant's first trip to. the United States, and he 

 will give close attention to the business condi- 

 tions here. He reported the lumber trade at 

 home as showing considerable improvement. 



Another foreign visitor here about the same 

 time was Norman A. Wright of Leary & Co., 

 London. Mr. Wright will also make a tour of 

 the lumber markets of the country. 



CHARLOTTE 



R. T. Lambeth of Thomasville, N. C, and asso- 

 ciates from Virginia and York, Pa., have made 

 arrangements to build at Thomasville the largest 

 veneering plant in the state. The company will 

 manufacture veneering for high-grade furniture 

 and interior work and will market most of its 

 output in the Middle West. Work on the plant 

 will commence at once. The company will start 

 business with a capital stock of $40,000. 



The Kinston & Carolina Railroad & Lumber 

 Company line running from Pink Hill to Kins- 

 ton, N. C, a distance of twenty-five miles, has 

 just been sold to the John L. Roper Lumber 

 Company for $35,000 and the assumption of in- 

 debtedness amounting in the whole to $100,000. 

 The John L. Roper Lumber Company operates 

 extensively in North Carolina and Virginia and 

 is owned by the Norfolk & Southern Railroad 

 Company. 



Something like half a million dollar loss was 

 .sustained by owners of the plant of the Salka- 

 hatchie Lumber Comptiny, located at Schoficld, 

 S. C. About 5,000,000 feet of lumber were 

 burned along with the plant. It was the prop- 

 erty of Schofleld Brothers of Philadelphia- 

 Amount of insurance is not known, but it is not 

 thought it will cover the loss. Whether the 

 plant will be rebuilt is not yet known. The 

 company had been cutting timber along the 

 Salkahatchie river for about two years and was 

 doing a big business. It employed 300 hands 

 and the output of the mill was 50,000 feet 

 per day. 



The plant of the Massie Lumber Company, 

 located at Dovesville, S. C, was burned recently. 

 The loss is estimated at $25,000. About 150,000 

 feet of lumber, dry kilns and planing mill were 

 burned. 



R. D. Stinson, proprietor of a new shuttle 

 block factory at Newton, N. C, is scouring the 

 country for dogwood timber. 



Extensive improvement to the lumber-drying 

 plant is being made by the Weldon Lumber 

 Company of Weldon, N. C. The addition will be 

 equipped with six large dry kilns. 



-■Vn interesting suit involving the title to 

 about 50,000 acres of land lying in Graham 

 county, N. C, has by order of Judge Ferguson 

 been removed from the superior court of Graham 

 county to the United States circuit court at 

 Asheville, N. C. These lands are known as the 

 Belding lands and there are already several suits 

 pending involving title to the property. 



A meeting of creditors of J. A. Forbes, an ex- 

 tensive sawmill operator of Eaglerock. N. C, has 

 just been held. Liabilities of the bankrupt con- 

 cern are stated at $30,000, with assets of 

 $10,000. 



In the case of G. F. Buell against the Kan- 

 awha Lumber Company, just heard by Judge 

 Pritchard at Asheville, N. C, Receivers John H. 

 Howard and W. H. Chadbourn reported that 

 neither E. B. Freeman of Norfolk, Va., nor the 

 Elizabeth Land & Lumber Company had com- 

 plied with terms of the order by which the prop- 

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