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HARDWOOD RECORD 



and the East, which he says was quite suc- 

 cessful. He reports huslness keeping up re- 

 marliably well for this time of the year, and 

 the outlook for the future very bright. 



W. A. Bennett, T. j. MoCfett, B. F. Dulweber 

 and Clinton Crane, representative lumbermen 

 of the Queen City, left Tuesday at 2 :!."> for 

 Washington, D. C, to attend the Kivers and 

 Harbors Congress in the interests of a nine- 

 foot stage in the Ohio river. 



Fred Conn of the Bayou Land & Lumber 

 Company, in the Mitchell building, is display- 

 ing in his office a plank of quarter-sawed white 

 oak which is twelve feet long and twenty-three 

 inches wide. There is not a defect in the 

 plank, and it has the small, wavy stripe which 

 is much in demand by manufacturers of fur- 

 niture for "tops." The plank was one of a 

 carload of quarter-sawed white oak. mantrfactured 

 at the company's mill in Hale county. Ala., 

 every board of which was twenty inches and 

 over in width. This is claimed to he the best 

 carload of quarter-sawed white oak seen in 

 this market for several years. 



R. C. Witbeck, secretary and manager of 

 the local department of the Ferd Brenner Lum- 

 ber Company, says the domestic trade is fair. 

 The foreign export trade, however, is not very 

 active, though the prospects look somewhat 

 brighter. 



E. A. Deem of the Miami Lumber & Veneer 

 Company of Dayton, Ohio, was in this city 

 last week, hustling for business. 



The United Building Slateriai Company, suc- 

 cessors to C. H. Pease & Co., has been re- 

 organized. B. A. Kipp is president. R. H. 

 Hackett vice-president, H. Hvtber secretary- 

 treasurer. These, with Tilden R. I'rench and 

 A. B. Ideson, constitute the board of directois. 

 C. H. Pease, former president of the United 

 Building Material Company, has withdrawn 

 from the company and has gone to Jefferson - 

 ville, Ind., where he has joined with his brother. 

 J. L. Pease, in the manufacture of porch 

 columns. 



E. Barry Xorman of E. B. Norman & Co.. 

 I.,oulsville. Ky., spent several days in this city 

 last week looking over trade conditions. 



R. L. Saulsberry of the Wright-Saulsberry 

 Lumber Company of Ashland. Ky.. was a caller 

 at the Hardwood Manufacturers' headquarters 

 in the First National Bank, last week. 



Tom Orr of the Cincinnati Poplar Company, 

 Newport, Ky., returned last week after a trip 

 of several weeks through the East. 



R. B. Kyle of the Kyle Lumber Company of 

 Gadsden. Ala., was calling among the Cincin- 

 nati trade recently, disposing of his lumber 

 stocks. 



John L. Kaul of the Kaul Lumber Company 

 passed through the city last week and stopped 

 over on his way to Pennsylvania. 



A. W. Euler, the European representative of 

 Bennett & 'Witte, writes from Europe that he 

 will be in Cincinnati about the middle of the 

 mouth. Mr. Euler has Just closed a six months' 

 tour of Europe as a hardwood salesman with 

 very satisfactory results. 



W. F. Duhlmeier of Duhlmeier Bros, left 

 Tuesday for Washington, D. C. to attend the 

 Rivers and Harbors Congress as a delegate 

 from Ohio. 



The Asher Lumber Company is taking in 

 additional ground in the neighborhood of its 

 yards, and is putting a large stock of lumher 

 on sticks. 



Frank Scott of T. P. Scott & Co. says that 

 this fall has been the best season experienced 

 by his concern since the business slump, and 

 that trade is still very brisk. 



A number of Cincinnati's lumbermen re- 

 ceived. Thanksgiving Day, neat weddLng notices 

 of the nuptials of Miss Bess Alta Buckley, 

 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Buckley of 

 BrookvlMe, Ind.. to Mr. Clare E. Webb. The 



happy couple will make their home in Cleve- 

 liind. Ohio. "Jim" was sent a number of let- 

 ters of congratulation from his host of Cin- 

 cinnati lumbermen friends. 



TOLEDO 



(jne ut the oldest as well as largest general 

 lumber yards in Toledo recently changed bauds 

 when Barbour & Starr sold out their business to 

 Kelsey & Freeman. The firm has been in exis- 

 tence since early in the seventies, and at one 

 time was one of the largest yards in this sec- 

 tion. Some time ago it sold its maple mill and 

 planing plant to the Phenlx Box Company, 

 and the recent deal practically closes out its 

 entire business here. It has extensive interests 

 in Mississippi, to which its future attention 

 will be given. 



Hardwood ties, gotten out by a southern firm 

 and afterwards treated to the creosoting process 

 by an Indiana concern, are being used exclusively 

 on the main line and the Minster branch of the 

 Lake Erie & Western in this state. The ties 

 are being distributed at convenient intervals for 

 use when needed. They are the first of the 

 kind received in this section. 



A Jury in the common pleas court at Toledo 

 this week disagreed in the .$10,000 damage case 

 nC Charles Jensen against the Skinner Bending 

 Works. The plaintiff lost two fingers while 

 operating one of the saws of defendant. 



The Superior Supply Company of Toledo was 

 recently incorporated with a capital stock of 

 .fSO.OOO. It will deal in builders' supplies and 

 materials of all kinds. The incorporators are 

 Philip Garrigan, contractor ; Samuel Hildebrand. 

 contractor ; A. B. Luten of the A. B. Luten 

 Brick Company : William C. Brown of the Philip 

 Carey Roofing Company and C. B. Mathes of the 

 Luten company. Large yards with dock and 

 railway facilities will be secured, and an effort 

 is being made to get other contractors and sup- 

 jtly men into the company. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Ernest Taylor of St. Louis visited the trade 

 here recently. 



Following a trip through Mississippi and 

 -Alabama, E. H. Greer of the Greer-Houghton 

 Lumher Company has returned home. 



F. P. & W. Ice. hardwood dealers of Mount 

 Summitt, have been succeeded by F. P. Ice & 

 Son. 



Frank P. Ice has Just purchased the hardwood 

 timber on twelve acres of land near Muncie at 

 $133 an acre. The purchase was made from 

 Orville Boor of Muncie and the price the largest 

 ever paid in that vicinity for standing hard- 

 wood. 



Building permits issued in this city in Novem- 

 ber amounted to $345,185 as compared with 

 $270,557 in November, 1908. The aggregate 

 permits for 1909 will be about $1,250,000 more 

 than last year. 



The Gemmer Lumber Company, which re- 

 cently acquired the buslnes of the Standard 

 Veneer Company, is making a number of im- 

 provements and has increased its capital stock 

 from $12,000 to $25,000. 



It is stated that the McDougall kitchen cabinet 

 plant will locate in Frankfort instead of re- 

 building in this city. The plant here was 

 destroyed by fire. The company, formerly G. P. 

 McDougall & Son, has reorganized under the 

 uame of the McDougall Company, with an 

 authorized capitalization of $300,000. 



The R. W. Monger Lumber Company has 

 Just been organized at Elkhart and incorpo- 

 rated with an authorized capitalization of $40,- 

 000. Those interested in the concern are R. W. 

 Monger. Bertha A. Monger and F. W. Gampher. 



John L. Hinshaw, Edwin M. Hinshaw and 



John F. Seals are interested in the Grant Lum- 

 ber & Timber Company, Just organized here, 

 and which will make a specialty of hardwoods. 

 The company is incorporated and is capitalized 

 at $10,000. 



J. P. Huffman and A. P. Conklin of the J. P. 

 Huffman Lumher Company recently returned 

 from an extended business trip through the 

 South. 



The Security Ladder Company has Just been 

 organized at Goshen and is capitalized at $25,- 

 000. Members of the company are William O. 

 Valette, George A. Riley and Lou W. Vail. 



The board of public works, Indianapolis, Is 

 preparing to let contracts for all of the hard- 

 wood counters and grille work in the new city 

 hall building. .Specifications are now being 

 drawn. The contract will amount to about 

 $10,000. 



The Wood Mantel Manufacturers' Credit As- 

 sociation met in this city a few days ago in 

 annual convention. The principal topic of 

 discussion was methods of publicity. Manu- 

 facturers reported an encouraging trade during 

 the year, but at the same time complained of 

 the encroachment of mantels made from other 

 materials. Officers elected were : President, H. 

 C. Steal, Buffalo, N. Y. : vice-president, M. L. 

 Dame, Harriman. Tenu. ; secretary-treasurer, 

 II. T. Bennett, Indianapolis; executive com- 

 mittee, G. O. Eha, Cincinnati : J. J. Price, Knox- 

 ville, Tenn. ; G. W. Johnson, Moline, III. ; W. P. 

 Stuhlmlller, Buffalo. N. Y., and C. W. Fox, De- 

 troit, Mich. 



MEMPHIS 



The E. Sondheimer Company states that it is 

 meeting with a good run of orders, and Max 

 Sondheimer, president, stated at the meeting of 

 the club Saturday afternoon that he would have 

 to decline the nomination for vice-president of 

 that organization because of the belief that the 

 coming year would be one in which he would 

 have to give all of his time to the business of 

 his firm. The club would not accept his declina- 

 tion, however, and he will make the race. The 

 statement is given only to show what some of 

 the prominent members of the trade here are 

 looking forward to during the coming season. 



C. D. Ilendrickson, a prominent manufacturer 

 and wholesaler, reports an improvement in the 

 demand and states that his mills are working 

 on full time and that they will be kept in 

 steady operation. 



C. L. Wheeler of J. W. Wheeler & Co., Madi- 

 son, Ark., says it is still impossible for his 

 company to operate its mill at Madison, but 

 tliat. as soon as the water stage will admit, it 

 will be placed in operation on full time. 



James R. Blair of the L. H. Gage Lumber 

 Company and the Crittenden Lumber Company, 

 which has its big mill at Earle. Ark., is au- 

 thority for the statement that the latter is 

 working at full capacity and that all the hard- 

 wood plants in that section of Arkansas are 

 being worked on full time. 



C B. Ransom of the Gayoso Lumber Company 

 says that, while his firm has not shipped quite 

 as much lumber during the past thirty days as 

 during the preceding similar period, it is en- 

 joying a very satisfactory run of business and 

 that its stock has improved in quality materially 

 as a result of the delivery of a great deal of 

 low-grade stock. 



The J. W. Thompson Lumber Company re- 

 ports a very good demand for its output. The 

 mill of the Brasfleld-Thompson Lumber Com- 

 pany at Biscoe, Ark., however, has been closed 

 down for some days. The shut down is only 

 temporary. 



C. L. Willey, Memphis and Chicago, has re- 

 cently installed a resaw here that will bring 

 the capacity of the firm to 1,500,000 feet of 

 hardwood lumber per month. This will be in 



