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HARDWOOD RECORD 



issociation to aid in Its e£Eort to carry the ap- 

 )eal of tlie adverse decision in regard to the 

 :ar Stake and Equipment Complaint. Reports 

 if the Tarlous standing committees of the or- 

 ;anization were read and approved. The work 

 if the year as revealed in these reports shows 

 hat progress is being made in all directions, 

 ind that work is being accomplished that is of 

 eai importance to the members of the associa- 

 ion. One firm was admitted to membership : 

 {. B. Rayner & Co., recently organized, with 

 leadquarters in the Arcade building. 



Those present were : George F. Craig, E. F. 

 >erry, W. Whelpton, Vi. T. Betts, C. Walter 

 Setts, B. Franklin Betts, Emil Guenther, Samu- 

 1 H. Shearer, Edmund A. Souder, R. W. Wis- 

 ar, John T. Riley, Thomas B. Hammer, I. W. 

 Varner, Harry S. Field, Horace A. Reeves, Jr., 

 ). Bush, Frederick C. Righter, John H. Hillman, 

 lorace G. Hazard, W. H. Frieb, Killam E. Ben- 

 lett. Franklin A. Smith. Jr., C. E. Lloyd, Jr., 

 I. E. S. Troth, J. Randall Williams, Jr., H. G. 

 Jlatchley, Charles F. Fritz, M. Bennett, E. E. 

 ilocum and E. Smith. 



Honthly Meeting Lumt)ennen'.s Exchange 

 of Philadelphia 



The Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadelphia 

 leld its regular monthly meeting on January 

 I, President Herbert P. Robinson in the chair. 

 Ifter the transaction of routine business, the 

 ■eport of Samuel B. Vrooman, chairman of the 

 :ommittee representing the exchange at the 

 mnual meeting of the National Rivers and Har- 

 lors Congress, was read, Mr. Vrooman being ab- 

 ;ent, by Secretary JohmH. Lank. Mr. Vrooman 

 ;tates in his report that the meeting was the 

 argest and most enthusiastic ever held and that 

 onsiderablo progress has been made in this 

 nost important matter. The unpreparedness 

 )f the city of Philadelphia to handle the busi- 

 less that will accrue on the passing of this 

 )ill was dwelt upon in the report. There are 

 10 public wharves here to facilitate traffic, and 

 ncidentally mention was made of the action 

 :aken in Baltimore, where with great wisdom 

 t;50,000,on(i have been appropriated for this 

 jurpose. 



Robert, C. Lippincott of this committee, cor- 

 •ohorating fully this report, made some interest- 

 ng remarks on the subject, after which Fred- 

 rick S. Underbill, also a member of the com- 

 nittee, proposed the following resolution, to 

 )e laid on the table, and notices sent to the 

 nembers of the exchange that the same would 

 )e brought before the next meeting for dis- 

 ■ussion and action : 



Whereas. There is urgent need of immediate 

 mprovement of some of our important water- 

 vays as a measure to the prompt development 

 )f "the commerce of our nation and to effective 

 ■conomical transportation : therefore be it 



Rfsoh-ed, That the Lumbermen's Exchange of 

 Philadelphia heartily endorses the policy advo- 

 ■ated by the National Rivers and Harbors Con- 

 'ress etc., that a bond issue be provided for, 

 w Congress, of fifty million dollars, with the 

 Droceeds of which work shall at once be com- 

 nenced upon the improvement called for by the 

 nost meritorious of the waterway projects now 

 jnder consideration, with the recommendation, 

 iowever, that only such projects be supported 

 irom the fund as have been approved by the 

 United States engineers, and concerning which 

 It shall be required that the states and cities 

 jpon the waterwavs to be improved shall guar- 

 intee to provide facilities to care for the ship- 

 ping, by the adequate improvement of their 

 ivater fronts. 



A letter was read at this meeting from Henry 

 Palmer, vice-president and chairman of the En- 

 :ertainment Committee of the Pennsylvania Lum- 

 lermen's Association, stating that the associa- 

 :ion had decided to hold the next meeting at the 

 Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, on January 27 and 

 28, and that on the 28th a luncheon would bo 

 ;iven, to which the members of the exchange 

 would be invited. A letter received from the 

 [Philadelphia Car Demurrage Bureau showed that 

 in November, 1909, 1,489 cars of lumber were 



reported to this department by the various sta- 

 tions of all lines of railroads within the city 

 of Philadelphia. These cars contained 22,335,- 

 t'OO feet of lumber. In November, 1908, there 

 were 1,224 cars, or 18,360,000 feet reported, 

 showing an increase over the previous year of 

 2C5 cars, or 3,975,000 feet. 



At this meeting the secretary of the exchange 

 was directed to notify the secretary of the Na- 

 tional Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association 

 that the exchange will co-operate with them and 

 send delegates to Washington, when the bill 

 to compel railroads to furnish car stakes and 

 other equipment necessary for the transporta- 

 tion of lumber and similar commodities on 

 flat and gondola ears shall come up. 



The Lumbermen's Exchange has interested -it- 

 self in the subject of unheated street cars by 

 the adoption of resolutions of disapproval of 

 the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's prac- 

 tice of running insufficiently heated cars, and 

 petitioning the Pennsylvania State Railroad Com- 

 mission to use its best efforts to compel this 

 company to furnish a sufficient amount of heat 

 in all its cars at all hours of the day and 

 night. 



The following resolutions, relative to the death 

 of J. E. Defebaugh, editor and owner of the 

 .Vniorican Lumberman, Chicago, were adopted : 



The Lumbermen's Exchange of the city of 

 Philadelphia, having learned of the death of Mr. 

 .j. E. Iiefeljauah, and being desirous of having 

 in their minutes a record of same, the president 

 appointed a committee to prepare suitable reso- 

 lutions : 



Whereas. Our friend, Mr. J. E. Defebaugh. who 

 has been interested for many years with the 

 lumber trade, has been called home : 



Resolved, That in his death the lumber trade 

 has suffered a great loss and one which will be 

 deeply felt. We shall also miss his genial com- 

 panionship, and the trade his useful services; 



Resolved, That a copy Ije sent to the American 

 Lumberman. S. B. Vrooman, 



J. W. UlFENDEKFEK, 



Owen M. Broner. 



Monthly Meeting Lumbermen's Club of St. 

 Louis 



The regular monthly meeting and dinner of 

 the Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis was held 

 at the Mercantile Club on the evening of Janu- 

 ary 11. There was a large attendance. Besides^ 

 the address of Charles Huttig, president of the 

 Third National Bank and also of the Huttig 

 Sash & Door Company, there were several in- 

 teresting matters brought up. 



At the conclusion of the dinner President 

 O'Reilly called the business meeting to order 

 and announced that the regular order would be 

 set aside and that Mr. Huttig would address 

 the attendants. 



He also announced that besides Mr. Huttig 

 there w'cre several guests present, among them 

 A. G. Ruthman, B. F. Swain, W. H. Sill, A. C. 

 Johnson. Charles C. Curry, Aug. E. Brooker and 

 R. H. Hawes. 



Mr. Huttig, after some introductory remarks, 

 gave his address on "How a Bank May Build Up 

 Its Deposits." The address was most interest- 

 ing and showed how diplomatic and wise a 

 bank president Mr. Huttig is. 



When he had finished the club extended him 

 a vote of thanks for his interesting talk. 



T. W. Fry of the Charles F. Luehrmann 

 Hardwood Lumber Company stated that he had 

 just learned of the death of George W. Stone- 

 man of the Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company 

 of De Valls Bluff, Ark., and that, while Mr. 

 Stoneman was not a member of the club, he was 

 a well-known lumberman and he moved that 

 a committee be appointed to draft resolutions 

 on his death. 



Before proceeding with the business meeting 

 there were a series of stereoptlcon views, pen 

 sketches and caricatures of the newly elected 

 officers and the chairmen of the various com- 

 mittees. The one that made the biggest hit was 



that of President O'Reilly, who was shown as 

 a "Paddy" twirling a shilolah. AH- were greatly 

 enjoyed. 



The regular order of business was then taken 

 up. The minutes of the previous meeting were 

 read and approved. The reports of the various 

 committees were then called for. 



The Membership Committee reported the 

 names of the following gentlemen for member- 

 ship, and they were read by Secretary Kessler 

 and were afterwards elected unanimously to 

 membership : 



C. C. Curry of the G. W. Gates Lumber Com- 

 pany, Portland. Ore. ; E. M. Cain of the E. M. 

 Cain Lumber Company ; E. M. Hubbard of the 

 Tiger Tail Mill & Land Company and W. H. 

 Sumption of the Robinson Lumber Company ; 

 Walter S. Grant of the Graysou-McLeod Lumber 

 Company. 



Julius Seidel of the Julius Seiden Lumber Com- 

 pany, chairman of the Entertainment Commit- 

 tee, reported that a picnic on the same order as 

 the one given last season will be given the com- 

 ing summer, as the last one was so successful. 

 He also said that several other matters of 

 interest in the way of entertainments are being 

 considered. 



• E. F. Krebs of the Krebs-Scheve Lumber Com- 

 pany, chairman of the Traffic Committee, gave 

 the report of the committee in the matter of 

 increased terminal facilities, "arbitrary" charges, 

 etc. The report concluded with the following 

 resolutions which the committee recommended 

 for adoption by the club : 



\\hereas. There will be introduced in the 

 House of Delegates in the near future a bill 

 granting to the Terminal Railroad Association 

 the i:se of the streets and alleys in the so-called 

 RauUin tract, in return for which the Terminal 

 Railroad Association agrees to pay into the city 

 treasury the following: 



One hundred and fifty thousand dollars in lieu 

 of the Clark avenue viaduct promised. 



One hundred and. fifty thousand dollars in ex- 

 cess of the actual requirement for a passenger 

 station in North St. Louis. 



Two hundred thousand dollars for the 40 feet 

 taken from Market street when building the 

 Union .Station. 



.\ud they also agree to put up a $50,000 sta- 

 tion in North St. Louis and spend $500,000 in 

 I'lirainating grade crossings of the Terminal Com- 

 pany in the citv as the street commissioner 

 directs ; and further, to pay .$1,000,000 for 

 streets and alleys in the Rankin tract into the 

 city treasury : 



Be It Resolved, That the Lumbermen's Club 

 of St. Louis hereby expresses its desire that such 

 a bill should pass our JIunicipal Assembly with- 

 out insisting on the immediate abolition of the 

 remaining so-called "Arbitrary" charges at this 

 time ; 



Resolved, That the Lumbermen's Club, having 

 full confidence in the capacity and integrity of 

 the Municipal Terminals Commission, we look 

 to that body to endeavor to obtain at as early 

 date as possible such further reduction in the 

 charges for bringing freight and passengers into 

 and out of St. Louis as can be secured by fair 

 and just means, until we trust the proposed 

 Municipal Bridge will make this service as nearly 

 gratis as can be done. 



Should this report be accepted by the club and 

 the above resolution pass, we suggest that a 

 copy of this report and resolution be mailed to 

 eacii member of the Municipal Assembly and 

 to each of the civic and business organizations 

 of St. Louis, as well as to every newspaper of 

 the city. 



The report brought out quite an animated dis- 

 cussion. 



J. E. Gatewood of the St. Louis Lumberman 

 was one of the principal speakers. He spoke 

 at length on the operations of the Bridge Arbi- 

 trary for the past few years and said that the 

 Terminal Association injured St. Louis not only 

 by its arbitrary but by its poor service ; that it 

 offered only what could be obtained by law, 

 and that the time had now come to stand by the 

 city council in its fight against the Terminal 

 Association. 



Mr. Krebs said that it was not what the 

 Terminal Association had done but what it 

 would do that interested the club. 



C. L. A. Beckers of the Beckers-Schnell Lum- 

 ber Company said that the passing of a resolu- 

 tion would not remedy matters ; the best thing 



