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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Secretary J. H. Henderson of the Kendall 



Lumber Company has been down at the West 

 Virginia and Maryland plants of the Kendalls 

 Ibis week. They are all working overtime. The 

 Croft Lumber Company, one of the Kendall con- 

 cerns at Alexander, W. Va., is cutting 60,000 

 leet a day and the other plants are also making 

 a splendid showing this month. 



.T. N. WooUett is hustling to get his newly 

 organized Aberdeen Lumber Company square 

 with the world by January 1 and bids fair to 

 .succeed. His orders have been coming in at 

 an encouraging rate the past two weeks. 



The McDonald Lumber Company is moving oft 

 a large amount of hardwood and is shipping 

 rxtensively to the eastern market from its West 

 Virginia operation. It is getting O. K. prices, 

 too. and President It. A. McDonald looks for 

 some fine developments in 1910. 



Hon. A. ,T. Barchteld, Pittsburg Congressman, 

 .lames W. Wardrop, secretary and general man- 

 ager of the National Builders' Supply Associa- 

 tion, and Arthur L. Holmes, editor of The Scout 

 of Detroit, Mich., have been added to the list of 

 speakers who will address the Pennsylvania lum- 

 ber retailers when they gather here in semi- 

 annual convention January 27 and 28. The 

 Pittsburg wholesalers are leaving no stone un- 

 turned to make the first evening of their stay 

 a record breaker in point of fun. Covers will 

 be laid at the Fort Pitt Athletic Club for over 

 r>00. preceding a vaudeville and boxing enter- 

 tainment. 



BOSTON 



A large hardwood dealer in speaking of the 

 market says : "The intense firmness of prices, 

 for so long a conspicuous feature of the market, 

 is as noticeable today, and in some cases more 

 .-;o. than at any time for months past. The tend- 

 ency of prices is still upwards, particularly in 

 thick stock of all kinds, of which supply in first 

 hands seems just now to be particularly light. 

 Dry hardwood lumber of all thicknesses, however, 

 promises to become a more valuable asset than 

 it is at present." 



Wendell M. Weston of the W. M. Weston Com- 

 pany, Boston, has recently returned from a trip 

 West. 



John K. Marshall, formerly of this city, is 

 treasurer of the Marshall-Polhemus Lumber Com- 

 pany of New York. The latter company was 

 recently organized and has taken over the busi- 

 ness of the old firm of Uptegrove and Polhemus 

 of that city. 



Morris A. and James R. Hall of the Hall 

 Lumber Company spent the early part of the 

 month in the Maine woods. 



The Curtis & Pope Lumber Company, retail 

 lumber dealers, has taken over the business of 

 the late J. B. Rhines of Weymouth, Mass., who 

 operated there for many years under the name 

 of J. B. Rhines & Co. About the first of Sep- 

 tember, Chester Tenney, who had been a sales- 

 man for the Curtis & Pope Lumber Company, 

 became manager of the business, and on Novem- 

 ber 30 the latter company secured control. Mr. 

 Tenney remains as manager. The new owners 

 have a lease on the wharf property, with the 

 privilege to buy later. This gives the company a 

 large yard on the South shore, where business 

 lias been of large proportions for the past year. 

 The company is also owner of the lumber busi- 

 ness of Pope & Cottle, Chelsea. George F. Cobb 

 is manager and buyer for the latter company. 

 The bu.siness at Weymouth will be operated 

 under the name of the Rhines Lumber Company. 

 It is staled that E. W. Cottle will buy for the 

 new company. 



Charles M. Hamlin, salesman for Wistar, Un- 

 derbill & Co. of Philadelphia, was a visitor in 

 I he local market early in the month. 



The Shawmut Storage Company, Atkinson 

 street, Boston, has ceased operations. The 

 storage house was a large and modern affair. 



but never seemed to pay. It was built on the 

 land belonging to the New York, New Haven & 

 Hartford Railroad Company. The latter com- 

 pany has taken it over. It is reported that it 

 will not be used for the storage of lumber in the 

 future. 



The Dickerman Lumber Company of New 

 Haven recently filed a final certificate of disso- 

 lution with the secretary of state at Hartford, 

 Conn. 



The sawmills and lumber yard of H. F. & 

 A. J. Dawley, Preston, Conn., have been dam- 

 aged by fire. 



Larger exports of plain oak and ash are re- 

 ported as being made to South America. At 

 least three large cargoes, of which a good part 

 were these woods, have been made from here 

 this month. 



The Andrews & Peck Company, whose plant 

 was destroyed by fire at Hartford. Conn., a few- 

 weeks ago, has already started up again in a 

 small part of the factory that was not badly 

 damaged. The employees of the plant were all 

 put to the work of cleaning up, so that they 

 have not lost a day's work. The company was 

 rushed with work at the time of the fire. 



The Lampson Lumber Company of New Haven, 

 Conn., will build a large storage building in that 

 city. It will be of brick and fireproof con- 

 struction. 



BALTIMORE 



The annual meeting of the Baltimore Lumber 

 Exchange, a report of which appeared in the 

 last issue of Hardwood Record, was a most en- 

 joyable occasion. All the reports of officers 

 showed progress during the past year. The re- 

 port of Secretary J. H. Manken set forth that 

 four firms had been admitted into the exchange, 

 while one had dropped out because of dissolu- 

 tion. The report of the treasurer, George E. 

 Hunting, stated that the finances of the ex- 

 change are in excellent condition, with a bal- 

 ance in the treasury, and J. G. Creamer, the 

 chief inspector, submitted the information that 

 bis force of inspectors had inspected 70.121,151 

 feet of lumber in the twelve months from De- 

 cember 1, 190S. to December 1, 1900, an in- 

 crease of 7,928,373 feet. E. P. Gill, the retiring 

 president, in his formal statement called at- 

 tention to the fact that the inspection system 

 of the Baltimore Exchange was receiving notice 

 elsewhere. The New York Lumber Trade Asso- 

 ciation had decided to adopt its- method of in- 

 spection, and Cincinnati regards it with favor. 

 He congratulated the exchange on the fact that 

 the organization had been the first to inaugurate 

 a reform which was proving of much benefit, and 

 be urged the membership to continue its hearty 

 co-operation. The new president. John L. AI- 

 cock, spoke briefly, soliciting all the members 

 to give him their support. He expressed regret 

 that his business was not such as to give him 

 a comprehensive knowledge of the local trade, but 

 he felt that in the vice-president, Theodore 

 Mottu, and in the managing committee he had 

 men who were thoroughly familiar with this 

 division of the business. It was decided to 

 appoint a committee to get in touch with the 

 municipal authorities relative to reserving the 

 new pier No. 6 for the exclusive use of the 

 lumber trade. 



Much inconvenience is still being caused in the 

 hardwood trade by the car shortage, which is 

 stated to be more troublesome this year than 

 for a number of seasons past. Mill men are 

 kept waiting at times for weeks without the 

 moans of m.aking shipments of stocks, and the 

 wholesalers are in a position of having to place 

 orders a long period ahead on the chance that 

 by the time the lumber is wanted it will have 

 arrived. 



Norman Wright of the firm of C. Leary & Co., 

 London and Dublin, was a visitor in Baltimore 

 last week, and saw some of the exporters here. 



He was on one of his periodical trips to the 

 United States for his firm, and said he had found 

 business decidedly on the increase. 



Arrangements for the annual meeting of the 

 National Lumber Exporters' Association, which 

 will be held here on January 19 and 20, are well 

 under way, and the main points have already 

 been decided upon. The sessions will be held in 

 the Hotel Belvedere, which will be headquarters. 

 Various diversions have been planned, and one 

 01 the entertainment features will be the annual 

 dinner. 



CHARLOTTE 



During the past two months loss from forest 

 fires in eastern Carolina and in the mountain 

 sections has been heavy. George K. VanderWIt 

 set a good example on his vast estates in the 

 Asheville (N. C.) district by having the state 

 set aside a large tract for a state park. 



Little difficulty has been encountered with the 

 railroads this year by reason of inability to get 

 freight cars, although there has been some com- 

 plaint. There has likewise been some complaint 

 on the part of lumbermen over alleged discrimi- 

 natory and excessive freight rates in both North 

 and South Carolina. 



The Cape Fear & Coastwise Transportation 

 Company of Wilmington, N. C, has just been 

 nrganized to operate a line of freight steamers 

 between Wilmington and a number of points in 

 eastern Carolina. C. D. Maffltt of Wilmington 

 is president of the company. 



Shipments of holly from Duplin county to 

 northern markets surpassed all previous records 

 this year, many carloads having left Kenansville. 



The Giant Lumber Company of North Wilkes- 

 bcro. N. C, has purchased from 60,000,000 to 

 75.000,000 feet of oak, poplar, pine and chest- 

 nut timber, which will be sent down to North 

 Wilkesboro by way of the company's, new flume 

 the coming year. 



Practically all the lumber companies in west- 

 ern North Carolina are increasing their facilities 

 for taking care of increased business. Prices on 

 various grades have advanced materially during 

 the past few weeks, and there is every indica- 

 tion that high prices and strong demand will 

 be the order of business during the balance of 

 the winter and spring. The increased activity 

 in the lumber industry is indicative of heavy 

 building operations under way, and this suppo- 

 sition is hacked by reports from all the towns 

 and cities of the two Carolinas. 



The North Carolina Lumber Company, which 

 operates near Hot Springs, N. C, and which 

 has been about shut down for months, resumed 

 business and is running full force. 



It has just been learned that the Graggy 

 Lumber Company, which operates near Ashe- 

 ville, N. C, is planning to extend the Bee Tree 

 railroad from its present terminus in order to 

 supply mills with logs. Extension of the road 

 is necessary because of the increased business of 

 this concsrn. 



It is announced that the plant of the Kings- 

 dale Lumber Company of Lumherton, N. C, 

 which was destroyed by Are a few days ago, 

 causing a loss of about $60,000, will be rebuilt 

 at once. It is understood that the loss was 

 covered by insurance. Between 150 and 250 men 

 have been thrown out of employment on account 

 of the fire. 



R. P. Foster has purchased from E. Sternberg 

 the Biltmore Box Factory at Biltmore. N. C, and 

 will shortly take charge! The plant is well 

 equipped for making packing boxes. 



The John F. Bell Company of Morehead City, 

 N. C, has been chartered to do a general lumber 

 business. Capital stock is $15,000 and J. F. Bell 

 and others are the incorporators. 



The Olive Parker Lumber Company of Wake 

 Forest, N. C, has been chartered with $25,000 

 capital stock. 



The Itosboro Lumber Company of Roxboro, 



