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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Y.. and is actively interested in tlie sales depart- 

 ment of Hamilton H. Salmon & Co., tbe well- 

 known liardwood operators of SS Wall Street, 

 New York City. 



E. Fisher, proprietor of the Fisher Machine 

 Works of 1S41 Carroll Avenue, Chicago, well- 

 known woodworking machinery producers, is 

 home from an extended trip, where he has been 

 "doing" lumber and box-making association car- 

 nivals. 



A caller on March 4 at the Recobd office was 

 B. W. Ackles, secretary of the Alton Lumber 

 Company, manufacturer and wholesale dealer 

 in poplar, oak, ash and other hardwoods at 

 Buckhannon, W. Va., who was making one of 

 his quarterly visits to the trade in this vicinity. 

 Announcement is made of the recent marriage 

 of Ralph W. Bower, Junior member of W. H. 

 Bower & Co., to Miss Sallie B. Abitt, Lodin- 

 burg, Ky. Mr. Bower is a nephew of W. H. 

 Bower, who is prominent in the lumber trade of 

 Kurtz, Ind.. and is well known among the hard- 

 wood trade as a capable and efficient lumber- 

 man. The bride is a member of one of the old 

 families of Breckcnridge county. The marriage 

 was celebrated at the residence of the bride near 

 Lodinburg at half past three on the afternoon 

 of February 23. The lumber trade will unite 

 in commendation of the mutual good choice of 

 the bride and groom. 



J. I*. Konzen of the McParland & Konzen 

 Lumber Company, has returned from an ex- 

 tended trip in search of wagon stock. Mr. Kon- 

 zen does not report any serious scarcity of mate- 

 rial of this kind, but at the same time he could 

 not till all his bills to his entire satisfaction. 

 The prices encountered were about the same as 

 had prevailed for some time, showing a tendency 

 to strengthen rather than to decline. 



A recent transaction involving a small order 

 of 28-iuch panel poplar sets a new mark in value 

 for this stock. A big jobbing house in this city 

 was in immediate need of a limited amount, and 

 on finally locating what they wanted had to pay 

 ?20u a thousand for it. 



John , salesman lor the Lum- 

 ber Company of this city, recently lost what 

 proved to be a highly desirable order through 



the magnifying power of his tongue. Mr. . 



is one of a council of three, the other two be- 

 ing a customer of his and an outsider. He had 

 been confidentially telling of some recent sales 

 placed in what bad always been considered im- 

 possible territory, and when he was through the 

 customer pulled out a couple of closely written 

 sheets and said, "John, I brought a pretty fair 

 order over today with the intention of letting 

 you take it to your office. After hearing you 

 talk I have come to tbe conclusion that you are 

 already doing too much business, so I am going 

 to give this to one of those fellows who has 

 been calling right along but never landed any- 

 thing." He did what he said. 



The IjUcas E. Moore Stave Company of New 

 Orleans, La., advises that on March 1 it moved 

 its offices to the Weis Building, 826 Common 

 .Street, that city. 



The Palmer & Seamans Lumber Company, 

 manufacturer and wholesaler of lumber with 

 home office at Uniontown, Pa., will open its sales 

 department at rooms 1419 and 1420 Oliver 

 Building, Pittsburg, Pa.. March 14. I. F. Bals- 

 ley is the efficient mauager of sales for this 

 company. 



Another change in address is that of tbe Bel- 

 gium importer of American hardwoods and soft- 

 woods. Auguste Brants, who on February 15 

 moved his main office to 3, Hue Anneessens, Ant- 

 werp. Belgium. His branch office will remain 

 at same address as heretofore, viz : 24 Gelbel- 

 strasse, .\ltona, Hamburg, Germany. Mr. Brants 

 imports oak, walnut, red and sap gum, white- 

 wood. Cottonwood, etc., in logs and lumber. 



The Forbes-Everts Lumber Company, whole- 

 saler and manufacturer of hardwood lumber, 

 car o.Tk. cross ties and wagon stock, has closed 



its office at Van Buren, Mo. Hereafter all 

 correspondence should be directed to tbe com- 

 pany's home office at St. Paul, Minn. 



The Western Cigar Box Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation held its quarterly meeting in the south 

 parlor of the Auditorium Hotel. Chicago, on 

 E'ebruary 15 and IG, and was well attended. 

 Two features of special interest were the dis- 

 cussion of cost and a talk on the general situa- 

 tion of the cigar box industry by E. H. Defe- 

 baugh. After the meeting, the evening of Febru- 

 ary 15 was delightfully spent in seeing the per- 

 formance of "The Girl in the Taxi," at the Cort 

 Theater. 



W. H. White of the W. H. White Company. 

 Boyne City, Mich., accompanied by his wife, was 

 in Chicago a few days ago en route south. On 

 this trip they were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. 

 W. O. King, of Chicago. Their first stop after 

 leaving here will be Hot Springs, Ark. Alessrs. 

 White and King rigure that a month or so a 

 year is well spent in a vacation trip and their 

 wives usually participate in tours of this sort. 

 While on the job at Boyne City, Mr. White in- 

 dulges in but few periods of recreation, but it 

 is rarely that one does not see Mr. King when 

 at the shooting grounds of the South Shore 

 Country Club on a Saturday afternoon, making 

 scores with a gun that make every other mem- 

 ber of the club do some good shooting in order 

 to keep in his class. 



Sam Burkholder of Crawfordsviile, Ind., one 

 of the pioneers of the trade, and one of the most 

 progressive men of that state, was in Chicago 

 a few days ago and when asked about timber in 

 Indiana stated thjit there was still some left, 

 but prices had got so high that he was looking 

 over some timber in one of the neighboring 

 states in order to keep his son and partner, Roy, 

 busy in the business. 



Dreyfus & Mayer-Dlnkel of Mannheim, Ger- 

 many, advise the Record' that on February 16 

 this company had tbe pleasure of entertaining 

 Ur. Schenck and his students of the Blltmore 

 Forest School at the firm's mills and yards at 

 Mannheim, and afterward a tour of Inspection 

 was made of the famous harbor facilities of that 

 port. 



Oliver O. Agler of Uphaui & Agler of this 

 city, and president of the Xational Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, accompanied by .Secretary 

 Frank F. Fish, of the association, attended the 

 recent banquet of the Memphis lumbermen, and 

 report having had a splendid time. 



Jesse Schertz of P. Schertz & Co., Gibson 

 City, 111., was in the city Monday of this week 

 and visited among his friends In the lumber 

 district. 



The Sargeut Lumber Company, which has had 

 offices In the Metjopolitan Block, this city, for 

 nearly twenty-five years, has been forced to seek 

 larger quarters on account of increasing busi- 

 ness, and after March 1 will be found in the 

 Great Northern office building. Edward Browne 

 Is the .general manager of the company. 



The directors of the Chicago Wholesale Lum- 

 ber Dealers' Association held a <iieetiDg on the 

 23rd at the Union League Club, all but E. A. 

 Thornton being present. Matters of strictly 

 association routine were discussed. 



George J. Pope, vice-president of the D. S. 

 I'ate Lumber Company, whose offices are in the 

 Fisher Building, Is In the South. 



NEW YORK 



Simon Ilerrnstadt, who for many years past 

 has been conducting a wholesale hardwood busi- 

 ness at 60 Broad street, Manhattan, as sales 

 representative for numerous concerns, filed a 

 petition in bankruptcy in this city February 24 

 with liabilities of $78,361, and no assets. 



W. W. Dempsey, prominent hardwood and 

 spruce manufacturer of Johnstown, Pa., and 

 local office at 118 Broadway, has recently pur- 

 chased a controlling Interest In the Pervls Plan- 



ing Mill Company, Butler, Pa., which will give 

 him added facilities in that line in tbe conduct 

 of his business. 



Gouverneur E. Smith & Co., well-known whole- 

 sale hardwood house of 17 Battery place, have 

 just made another very satisfactory mill con- 

 nection with the Craggy Lumber Company, large 

 liardwood lumber producers of Swannanoa, N. C, 

 to handle their entire output of oak, ash, pop- 

 lar, etc.. running about 5,000,000 feet a year, in 

 the Metropolitan district and vicinity. 



E Ilendrickson, who for many years has been 

 associated with H. J. Dykeman, large Brooklyn 

 hardwood and box house, severed his connection 

 therewith to engage in business on his own ac- 

 count at 306 Carroll street, Brooklyn. 



Waldrou Williams of I. T. Williams & Son. 

 the large Eleventh avenue hardwood house, 

 sailed on February 26 for Bermuda for a little 

 vacation. He was accompanied by Mrs. Will- 

 lams. Before leaving, BIr. Williams, who is 

 president of the Lumbermen'.s Club of New Yorlr. 

 held a meeting of the Governing Board at which 

 time March 19 was decided upon as the date for 

 holding the annual meeting. A large attendance 

 is anticipated at this time. 



The Webster Lumber Company, manufacturers 

 of northern and southern hardwoods, Swanton, 

 Vt.. cIo.sed out its New i'ork sales office at 1 

 Madison avenue, and has engaged Mr. Hull, for- 

 merly with the Atlantic Lumber Company of 

 Boston, for its representative in the Metropolitan 

 district and nearby trade. 



E. C. Mershon of W. B. Mershon & Co., well- 

 knovin manufacturers of band resaws. Saginaw, 

 Mich., spent several days in town during the 

 fortnight prior to sailing for Nassau, Bahama 

 Islands, where he will spend several weeks. He 

 stated that business with his firm was excellent. 

 W. A. McLean of the Wood-Mosaic Company, 

 New -Vlbany, Ind., was a prominent visitor dur- 

 ing the fortnight. 



W. H. Martz of Ihe Goodland Cypress Com- 

 pany, New Orleans, La., spent several days at 

 the new office of the company, 115 Broadway, 

 on a general eastern business tour. 



Riddick & Co. is the name of a new wholesale 

 house with office at 115 William street, to con- 

 duct a wholesale commission business. It is 

 composed of H. A. Riddick and W. A. Coffin, 

 the latter being Identified with the Greenfield 

 Box Company of New York and New England. 

 E. E. Eaton, wholesale hardwoods, 1 Madison 

 avenue, has just returned from a business trip 

 to mill points, where be picked up some very 

 desirable lots of hardwoods for his customers. 



Ralph E. Sumner of H. H. Salmon & Co., 

 wholesale hardw'oods, SS Wall street, just re- 

 turned from a tour of the southern mills In the 

 interest of business. He found conditions, both 

 as regards production and general demand, to be 

 very active with prices high. He stated that 

 this was due to the fact that buyers In the 

 eastern markets have been slow to appreciate 

 the real relation between supply and demand 

 with a result that production Is largely going 

 West at good prices. He believes that the open- 

 ing of spring will see prices on a higher range 

 than ever before. He found very little dry lum- 

 ber with stocks badly broken and when present 

 production becomes marketable it will only be at 

 much higher prices. 



Fire practically completely destroyed the large 

 plant of the New York Veneer Seating Company, 

 Passaic avenue, .Tersey City, N. J., on February 

 27 and v.-as only extinguished by the use of 

 every city apparatus. In addition to the total 

 destruction of the plant, nine carloads of fin- 

 ished material were consumed. The loss will 

 reach $200,000. The main office of the company 

 Is on Canal street. Manhattan, and the company 

 also has branch plants at Newburgh, N. Y., and 

 Sheboygan, Wis. 



Among the recent visitors here were E. E. 

 Wheeler. Wheeler Lumber Company, Waterford, 

 Pa. ; Ii M. Young, L. M. Y'oung Lumber Com- 

 pany, Boston, Mass. ; B. B. Burns, Tug River 



