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Foote. It is known as llie ijiuirtctte Social 

 Club and is made up of llii; I'mployes of the 

 C. II. I'"oole Lumber Compan.v. the Sci-anton 

 Road Lumber Compan.v, llie (ilenville Lumber 

 Compan.v and the Collinwnod Luml)er Compan.v. 

 Tbe club proposes to bold a niunlier of dances 

 and parties this winter and follow with picnics 

 and outings next summer. C. U. Foote is presi- 

 dent ; S. r. Cramer i.s vice-president : Earl 

 Lesher, treasurer, and !(. U Sherman, secre- 

 tary. 



COLUMBUS 



The \V. Jl. Ivitter I.umbei- Compan.v reports a 

 continued good market in all harilwoods. The 

 sales department reports a i;r(od demand for the 

 lower grades and that the movement of lumber is 

 now uniform. Ever.v section of Ibe country is 

 showing up with a good and steady demand. It 

 is the opinion of the company that advances will 

 be the rule in the I'liiun' and < mu'ession* are now 

 about all off. 



U. L. (iilliam, sales secretary, and J. W. May- 

 hew of this company returned recently from a 

 Iti-days' trip among the mills of the company in 

 Tennessee. North Carolina and other southern 

 states. ^^^ M. Kltter, head of tlie company, 

 left for the mills early in the month. 



The Acorn Lumber Company, which with its 

 predecessor has been located at 130 East Rich 

 street for more than half a century, has moved 

 its offices and down-town yard to the intersec- 

 tion of West Rich street with the Hocking Val- 

 ley tracks. The company has been conducting a 

 retail yard at the latter location for some time 

 and the move is simply combining the two yards 

 and moving the general offices. The change was 

 made the first of December. 



H. \V. Putnam, president of the General Lum- 

 ber Company, reports increasing orders from 

 manufacturing establishments. He says the only 

 drawback to the trade is the car shortage, which 

 i? becoming worse. Mr. Putnam reports scarcity 

 in poplar and plain oak stocks and generally 

 stiEfer prices prevailing. He recently attended 

 a Scottish Rite reunion at Dayton, which is near 

 bis old home. 



A. C. Davis, head of the A. C. Davis Lumber 

 Company, reports steady conditions in the lum- 

 ber trade. lie believes that a better demand will 

 spring up in the near future. George B. Job- 

 son, secretary and sales manager, left on Decem- 

 ber 1 for an extended selling trip through the 

 Northwest. 



John R. Gobey reports better orders in all 

 branches of the hardwood trade and higher prices 

 ruling. Several advances have been made re- 

 cently in cypress. Mr. Gobey is of the opinion 

 that orders will increase as the season advances. 

 He recently returned from a 10-days' trip to 

 Memphis. New Orleans and other southern points. 

 At New Orleans he checked up his rebates in the 

 two-cent overcharge matter. 



C. G. McLaughlin, general manager of the 

 McLau.ghlin-Hoffman Lumber Company, reports 

 better demand from car works and the manufac- 

 turing interests generally. He said : "I think 

 prices will advance shortly and we are not mak- 

 ing contracts for future delivery at present fig- 

 ures. The car shortage is beginning to tell." 

 Mr. McLaughlin recently returned from a busi- 

 ness trip in northern Ohio. W, M. Boyer, rep- 

 resenting this company, left December 1 for an 

 extended business trip through northwestern 

 Ohio and parts of Indiana. 



II. D. Brasher left recently for a three weeks' 

 selling trip tlirough southern states. He recently 

 closed a contract for the Ohio agency for the 

 Trinity River Lumber Company of Houston, Tex. 

 During his absence his brother, .\. L. Brasher, 

 will look after the office work. 



Columbus lumbermen interested in manufac- 

 turing have been informed that the United States 

 Department of Agriculture is attempting to have 

 insurance companies consider risks on standing 



timber and to write policies covering them. At 

 present it is difficult to have standing timber in- 

 sured and it may be that some time in the 

 future insurance companies may decide to con- 

 sider them. One of the features to be considered 

 is the "expectation value" of the young growth. 



E. K. Hayes & Sons, makers of carriages and 

 Iniggies on East Town street for thirty-five yi^ars, 

 lias been changed by the father, E. K. Hayes, 

 dropping from the partnership. The two sons, 

 .Morton H. and R. Lee Hayes, take the concern. 

 The father retired because of age. The concern 

 is one of the oldest carriage factories in the city 

 and had a hand in making Columbus a recog- 

 nized center for carriage manufacturing. 



It has been decided to hold a three days' 

 session by I hr I'nion .Association of Lumljer 

 Dealers which meet in annual meeting in Colum- 

 bus, January I.S. Ill and IJO. The complete pro- 

 gram for the meeting has not been arranged, but 

 an announcement will be made soon. Numerous 

 topics will come up for discussion among which 

 will be freight rates, demurrage, forest conserva- 

 tion and the Ohio canal s.vstem. J. Elam Artz, 

 Dayton, is president ; E. A. Hildreth, Columbus, 

 vice-president : Harry Adams, Chillicothe. secre- 

 tary, and F. G. Torrence, Chillicothe, treasurer. 

 M. J. Bergin of Columbus is on the board of 

 directors. 



Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Man- 

 ufacturers" Association of the United States, 

 with headquarters at Cincinnati, recently visited 

 Columbus. Mr. Doster was on a trip to various 

 hardwood centers. The association was origi- 

 nally organized in Columbus, where the head- 

 quarters were located for several years. 



Precisely the same number of building permits 

 were issued by the building inspector of Colum- 

 bus during the month of November as during 

 November of 1908. In each case the number 

 was 115. However, the estimated value of the 

 projected buildings in 1908 was $204,015, while 

 in 1909 it was only .1186,345. Since most of the 

 other months of ihe present year have shown an 

 increase over the corresponding month in 1908, 

 on the whole the record of building operations is 

 not a bad one. 



W- L. Whitacre left recently for a three week.s' 

 trip among the mills in the southern states. Mr. 

 Kerr of the firm reports steady conditions in the 

 lumber trade and s(jme strengthening of quota- 

 tions. He looks for a prosperous season after 

 the holidays. 



CINCINNATI 



The heavy increase in the volume of the lum- 

 ber trade in the Queen City in 1909 over 1908 

 is clearly shown in the figures compiled from 

 the car service reports by Superintendent 

 Charles Murray of the Chamber of Commerce. 

 The receipts of lumber for the mouth of No- 

 vember, 1909, were 6,7G9 cars, as compared 

 with 5,478 cars for the same month last year, 

 an increase of 1,'291 carloads in one month. The 

 shipments for November. 1909, were 5,552 cars, 

 while those Of the same time last year were 

 4.0L'l cars, showing an increase in shipments 

 for the month of 1,531 cars. 



Nicola, Stone & Me.vers are introducing Philip- 

 pine mahogany into this market. Several sam- 

 ples have been placed with furniture manufac- 

 turers, who are trying the effects of various ma- 

 hogany finishes as compared with the .Mexican, 

 Cuban, African and Honduras mahogany now on 

 the market. The wood shows ready adaptability 

 to high finishes, and has a very attractive 

 figure. The color is somewhat darker than 

 Cuban mahogany, and shows a rich, dark stripe. 

 Experiments are now being conducted by fur- 

 niture manufacturers testing its working quali- 

 ties — its liability to warp or crack when sub- 

 jected to working strains and conditions. 



Secretary Lewis Doster of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United 

 States, returned to his office Monday from a 



trip to Memphis and Nashville in the interests 

 of his organization, and the office took on the 

 appearance of a very active beehive. "Hardly 

 time to smile, let alone talk," would be a good 

 sign for the busy secretary to hang on his door. 



B. B. Burns of the Tug River Lumber Co. 

 of Bristol, Tenn., was a caller at headquarters 

 during the past week. 



The Queen City Furniture Club held its an- 

 nual election on December 1. The hall of the 

 Business Men's Club was turned into a great 

 election booth, with the colors of the contend- 

 ing parties, the Reds and the Blues, used in the 

 decorations and the lighting scheme. The Aus- 

 tralian s.vstem of balloting was carried out. 

 The polls were open from 7 :30 to S :30, and on 

 the closing of the polls and pending the count 

 of the ballot, the business session was held. 

 .Vunouncement was made of the annual con- 

 vention of the Hardwood .Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation of the United States, which holds its 

 convention in this city, at the Sinton Hotel, 

 on February 1, 2 and 3. and to which con- 

 sumers of hardwoods are invited to attend, and 

 it was decided to urge all Cincinnati furniture 

 manufacturers to be present at the convention. 

 Several members announced their intention of 

 attending the Rivers and Harbors Convention 

 at -Washington, D. C, on December 8, 9 and 10. 

 The officers elected were : William J. Sextro, 

 president: Joseph A. Sprengard, vice-president; 

 Louis Schneider, treasurer : Wash Rees, secre- 

 tary. 



Clif S. Walker, president of the Bayou Land 

 & Lumber Company, returned last week from 

 a two-weeks' visit to Louisiana, where he went 

 with a company of well-known Cincinnati capi- 

 talists to look over a valuable timber right, 

 with a view to purchase. The company spent 

 the time looking over the tract, which eon- 

 tains 60,000 acres, and is located in Concordia 

 Parish, La, 'The land is covered with virgin 

 forest, for the main part oak and other hard- 

 woods. The excursion proved most satisfac- 

 tory and the land, as far as practicable, was 

 bought outright. The company will at once 

 purchase equipment and erect a large mill and 

 cut the timber. Mr. Walker expressed himself 

 as satisfied with the deal. He said that he 

 found the woods so delightful that, after the 

 business was consummated, he .spent three or 

 four days in fishing and hunting on the tract. 

 He leaves for New York City in a few days to 

 complete arrangements for opening up the 

 tract at an early day. 



Superintendent Charles J. Murray of the Cin- 

 cinnati Chamber of Commerce, who is a great 

 favorite with the hardwood lumbermen who 

 operate on change, has been ill for several 

 weeks, and is now recovering. Mr. Murray 

 has been sitperintendent of the exchange for 

 a quarter of a century and is long past three 

 score and ten, 



Ferd Brenner of the Ferd Brenner Lumber 

 Company left last week for Alexandria, La., 

 where his company operates a large mill, in 

 charge of W. F. Best, vice-president of the com- 

 pany. 



Ralph McCracken of the Kentucky Lumber 

 Company spent several days last week at the 

 Eurnside plant of the company. J. M. Cheely 

 started for Arkansas and the Southwest about 

 the same time, looking up lumber contracts in 

 which the company is interested. 



A most unexpected compliment was paid to 

 the integrity of a number of Cincinnati's hard- 

 wood lumbermen last week by a well-known com- 

 mercial agency when, tipon inquiry, it was re- 

 vealed that the houses inquired into were not 

 only sound financially as to their husiness, but 

 that they were also so well blessed with this 

 world's goods as to be the financiers of other 

 manufacturing industries. 



T, B. Stone of the T. B. Stone Lumber Com- 

 pany is back at his desk in the Union Trust 

 buildin.g, after a business trip to New York 



