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succeeded by A. II. Wilhiii-. who lias been in 

 the company's employ for about seventeen 

 years. 



The National Flooring Company has been or- 

 ganized at St. Johnsbui-y. Vt., with a capital 

 stnelj of $.j.l)00. 



The Lumber Dealers' Association of Connecti- 

 cut is planning to hold its annual meeting and 

 banquet Thursday. February 24. at Waterbury, 

 Conn. 



BALTIMORE 



The following stauding .■..mmiitoes were ap- 

 pointed at the annual meeting of the National 

 Lumber Exporters' Association, a report of which 

 appeared in the last numljer of tbe ILiRDWOOii 



liECORD. 



TnANsrouT.vnux. 



.Tohn L. Alcock, John L. Akoek & Co., Balti- 

 more, chairman. 



Cieorge .M. Spiegle, George M. Spiegle & Co., 

 Philadelphia. 



Fred Arn. .T. M. Card Lumber Company, Chat- 

 tanooga. Tenn. 



W. F. Best, Ferd Brenner Lumber Company, 

 Alexandria, La. 



H. Li. Billmeyer, Billmeyer Lumber Company, 

 Cumberland. Md. 



W. E. Hoshall, Iloshall & McDonald Bros., 

 New Orleans. 



W. P. Young, Lucas E. Moore Stave Company, 

 New Orleans, La. 



E. E. Carrier, LeMore & Co.. New Orleans, La. 



Howard Coles, The Bliss-CooU Oalt Company, 

 Blissville, Ark. 



.lames E. Stark, .Tamos E. Stark & Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



\. L. Foster, The .1. W. Thompson Lumber 

 Company. Memphis. Tenn. 



H. L. Bowman, I!. E. Wood Lumber Company, 

 Baltimore. 



Ar.BITRATIDX AND COMPLAINTS. 



E. E. Taenzer. Darnell-Taenzer Lumber Com- 

 pany. Memphis, chairman. 



George D. Burgess, Uusse & Burgess, Inc., 

 Memphis. 



W. A. Scott, The Kees-Scott Company, Ltd., 

 New Orleans. 



F. J. Foxley, Foxley Stave & Lumber Company, 

 Ltd., New Orleans. 



F. E. Hoffman. Hoffman Brothers Company, 

 Fort Wavne. Ind. 



William B. Itopcr, ,Tohn L. Roper Luml)er Com- 

 pany, Norfolk, Va. 



S. Menzies, James Kennedy & Co., Ltd., Cin- 

 cinnati. 



JIe.mbersiiip. 



Chester V. K<»ru of the I-"arrin-Korn Lumber 

 Company, i'incinnati. chairman. 



Claude Maley, Maiey & Wertz. Evansville. Ind. 



U. L. Bowman. The It. E. Wood Lumber Com- 

 pany. Baltimore. 



Richard P. Bacr, Richard P. Baer & Co., Bal- 

 timore, Md. 



E. Stringer Boggess, Clarksburg, W. Va. 



John L. Roper. John L. Koper Lumber Com- 

 panv, Norfolk, Va. 



D. T. Rees, The Recs-Scott Company, Ltd., 

 New Orleans. 



J. Darnell. R. J. Darnell. Inc.. Memphis. 



M. .T. Dukes, R. A. & J. J. Williams Company, 

 Philadelphia. 



T. B. Allen, T. B. Allen & Co., Galyeston, 

 Texas. 



Claims. 



President Dickson, chairman. 



Two directors, selection left to tbe president. 



L. Methudy of St. Louis was tbe Hrst hon- 

 orary member of the association ever cliosen, 

 provision having been made for such member- 

 ship in the revised by-laws. Mr, Methudy has 

 served for years on committees and is held in 

 the highest esteem. 



A resolution relative to tbe repeal of the pub- 

 licity clause of the corporation tax law, in so 

 far as it relates to small corporations, was 

 adopted by the association. .\n invitation from 

 the Memphis members lliat the association meet 

 there next year, was adopted, and will doubtless 

 be approved by the board of directors, which 

 has the matter of selecting the meeting place in 

 cliarge. 



George G. Barr of Beecher & Barr, Pottsville, 

 Pa., and Ben May of Adler, May & Co., Atlanta, 

 Ga.. were recent visitors in Baltimore. 



G, L. Fraser. a well known lumberman of 

 Glasgow, Scotland, stopped in Baltimore re- 

 cently on his way to New York, after an ex- 

 tended trip through the hardwood manufactur- 

 ing sections of the United States. He had been 



in this country .since Christmas, and had spent 

 much of his time in the Bristol, Tenn., district, 

 taking in also a number of other localities. He 

 said that the millmen were as busy as they could 

 be considering the weather, the snow on the 

 mountains having been very heavy, and that they 

 entertained a feeling of confidence in the future. 

 Prices he found comparatively high. Mr. Fraser, 

 speaking of conditions at home, expressed the 

 opinion that now. when tbe British elections are 

 over and it is seen that there will be no radical 

 change in policy, business may be expected to 

 become more active. ♦ . 



H. T. Burt, a wholesale lumber dealer, has 

 moved his office from the National Marine Bank 

 building to 11 South Gay street, where he has 

 comfortable quarters on the second floor. 



NORFOLK 



The .\Ilapaha Lumber Company. Norfolk. Va., 

 has been authorized, with a capital of $10,000. 

 II. L. Williamson, formerly with Walker & 

 Williamson of this cit.v, is president ; II. A. Jack- 

 man, vice-president, and H. W. Williamson, sec- 

 retary-treasurer. This firm has offices in the 

 Citizens' bank building. 



L. B. Walker & Co., Norfolk, Va., has been 

 organized, with offices in the National Bank of 

 Commerce building. This company w'ill make 

 a specialty of handling oak for ship-building 

 purposes. Mr. Walker just returned from Balti- 

 more, and states that business is getting bet- 

 ter all the time. 



George Silk has severed his connection with 

 the George Silk Lumber Company, Norfolk, 

 Va.. and together with Mr. Simmons has organ- 

 ized another company, under the firm name of 

 S. & S. Co. 



Robert McNeal. of the Norva Land & Lum- 

 ber Company, with head offices in Baltimore 

 and factory at Wallaceton, A. A. Wendell and 

 J. T. Durnell have organized the Brebda Lum- 

 ber Company, Inc. The new concern's head- 

 quarters are located in Norfolk. 



W. M. Tilley & Co., conducting a large lum- 

 ber business in this city, has .lust filed a peti- 

 tion in voluntary bankruptcy, with liabilities 

 placed at .$55,969.09 and assets at .$.34,984.42, 



Harvey M. Dickson, of the Dickson Lumber 

 Company, this city, has returned from Balti- 

 more, where he attended the tenth annual meet- 

 ing of the National Hardwood Lumber Expgrt- 

 ers" Association. He reports business good, with 

 bright prospects for good trade throughout the 

 yi'ar. 



one of the largest concerns of its kind in 

 Cleveland. 



The F. T. Peitch Company reports a growing 

 demand for mahogany and other hardwoods. 

 Mr. Peitch has had made up some handsome 

 mahogany panels from his stock, to illustrate 

 the finish and quality of the recent shipments 

 he has received. The company contemplates 

 greatly enlarging its mahogany stock soon, as 

 the call for this wood is becoming stronger all 

 the time. 



The Martin-Barriss Company says that the lo- 

 cal market in hardwoods is becoming better and 

 that the outlook for the spring and summer 

 business is good. The company has been hav- 

 ing a good call for Circassian walnut and dur- 

 ing the past week received a fine shipment of 

 150 logs which will be worked over into finish 

 and veneer at once. 



The Advance Lumber Company is experiencing 

 a good line of business this winter, particularly 

 in the hardwood. The concern's southern mills 

 are all in operation, some little difficulty being 

 found in keeping up with the orders. 



The oak-piling trade is in a healthy condi- 

 tion, according to the Edwin T, Smith Com- 

 pany, which makes a specialty of this work. The 

 company has received a number of good orders 

 for dock work, deliveries to be made early in 

 the spring. The volume of inquiries from rail- 

 roads for ties and poles is also greater than 

 usual. 



Among the lumber dealers who have called on 

 the dealers in the local market recently are S. 

 M. Cole, a well-known dealer of Oberlin, O. ; 

 I. A. H. Hilliard of New Orleans, and George 

 E. Breece, manager of the West Virginia Lum- 

 ber Company of Charleston, W. Va. 



CLEVELAND 



Fearing that the new federal building was 

 to be furnished in mere mahogany. Senator 

 Burton, from Cleveland, caused an additional 

 $G0,000 to be tacked on to the appropriation for 

 the furnishing of the new postofflce, making 

 the total appropriation $160,000. The plan now 

 is to have all furniture of Circassian walnut. 



Putnam & Savidge of Cleveland, dealers in 

 hardwoods, have dissolved. Hunter Savidge re- 

 tiring to go into business with a brother •at 

 Klamath, Ore. "The Putnam Lumber Company 

 has been formed and incorporated for $23,000. 

 S. E. Putnam, Ward Sager. U. C. Boyd, H. H. 

 Andersen and B. Fretter are tiie incorporators. 

 Jilr. Putnam will be active manager of the new- 

 company. Putnam & Savidge operated in Cleve- 

 land for about five years. 



A. C. Klumph, manager of the Cuyahoga Lum- 

 ber Company, has been named as chairman of 

 the entertainment committee of the Builders' 

 Exchange. Despite adverse climatic conditions, 

 the Cuyahoga company is doing a fine business. 



RolMU-t II. Jonks is slowly recovering from a 

 broken arm, received several days ago from 

 slipping on tlie ice at his home. Mr. Jenks is 

 head of the Robert H. Jenks Lumber Company, 



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COLUMBUS 



The Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Columbus has started to develop a large 

 tract of timber land purchased in 1907 near 

 Gauley Bridge. W. Va. This company uses a 

 large amount of hardwoods in the manufacture 

 of wheelbarrows, raining cars and other appa- 

 ratus of that kind and some years ago decided 

 to purchase its own supply. With the expansion 

 of business generall.v, which has resulted in many 

 orders, a number of mills will be erected at once 

 on the tract, which is located close to several 

 railroads. 



Many of our lumbermen attended the annual 

 meeting of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation at Cincinnati. 



A. C. Davis, head of the lumber company bear- 

 ing his name, reports a steady demand for hard- 

 woods with a likelihood of an advance in quota- 

 tions soon. He says one of the chief drawbacks 

 is the bad weather, which has caused some diffi- 

 culty in moving consignments. He says the car 

 situation is satisfactor.v. 



George B. Jobson, secretary of the A. C. Davis 

 Lumber Company, recently returned from a busi- 

 ness trip to Detroit and through Ohio. 



At the annual meeting of . -e South Side Lum- 

 ber Company the following board of directors 

 was elected: W. II. Smith, A. C. Davis, E. M. 

 Veitmeyer, J. P. H. Stedem. J. G. Hughes and 

 Frank P. Kennedy. W. II. Smith was elected 

 president: E. M. Veitmeyer, vice-president, and 

 A. C. Davis, secretary-treasurer. It was voted 

 to increase tlie capital stock from $25,000 to 

 .$50,000. 



H. C. Buskirk, sales manager of the General 

 Lumber Company, reports a satisfactory run of 

 orders with bright prospects for the future. He 

 says the demand from factories is growing better. 

 Mr. Buskirk will soon leave for a business trip 

 through a number of Kentucky cities. II. W. 

 Putnam, president, was called to Urbana on busi- 

 ness recently. 



Vi. E. Douglass, formerly connected with the 

 Columbus office of the Crosby & Beckley Lumber 



