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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Heyl & Co., W. L. Whitacre, McLaughlin- 

 Hoffmau Lumber Company and M. A. Hay- 

 ward & Sons. 



C. G. McLaughlin, general manager of the Mc- 

 Laughlin-Hoffman Lumber Company, reports a 

 better outlook on all sides for the hardwood 

 trade. He says prices show a disposition to 

 advance and that railroads are in the market 

 lor a larger amount of materials. Mr. Mc- 

 Laughlin believes that the market will continue 

 to expand as the better weather appears. 



H. C. Bard of the Middle States Lumber Com- 

 pany returned the first of the month from a trip 

 through the South. He reports a disposition on 

 Ihe part of the mills to hold on to their stocks. 



H. W. Putnam, president and treasurer of the 

 General Lumber Company, reports unchanged 

 conditions in the lumber trade in Ohio. He be- 

 lieves that the lull has been due to the unfavor- 

 able weather and predicts better conditions since 

 the warm days arrived. Orders are coming in 

 steadily. The company has a large amount of 

 logs in the Big Sandy, ready to be floated down 

 to the mill at Ashland, Kj'., as soon as the 

 spring freshets are over. 



H. W. Collins, manager of the central sales 

 division for the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, 

 said : "The condition in the lumber trade is un- 

 changed, with prices ruling steady. There is a 

 good demand for oak, poplar, chestnut, basswood 

 and ash. Dealers are now getting ready for the 

 spring trade and buying will be more general 

 when the winter breaks up." The company has 

 added an additional traveling salesman to the 

 central territory in Carl R. Asher who will cover 

 western Ohio. His headquarters will be in Lima. 



<s'. L. Whitacre reports a steady market, with 

 the unfavorable weather holding back orders. 

 He says prices, especially in hardwoods, have 

 been holding firm. D. W. Kerr of the Whitacre 

 company attended the hardwood meeting at Cin- 

 cinnati the first of the month. 



.lohu K. Gobey reports a lull in trade, due to 

 uncertain weather. He reports firm prices, espe- 

 cially iu hardwoods where recent advances have 

 been announced. He believes there is every in- 

 dication of a better market as soon as winter 

 leaves. Mr. Gobey reports strength iu cypress. 



At Wellsville, Ohio, the Wellsville Lumber 

 Company has sold its yard and building mate- 

 rial business to Forbes & Morrow. 



The Whistler & Scearcy Company of Ironton, 

 Ohio, has started operations at its band mill 

 located at Farmers, Ky., and report a nice de- 

 mand for hardwoods. 



A. C. Davis, head of the A. C. Davis Lumber 

 Company, reports a steady market in hardwoods 

 despite the unfavorable weather which has pre- 

 vailed in this section. He says there is a dis- 

 position on the part of dealers to purchase. 

 George B. Jobson, secretary of the company, was 

 called to Detroit on business recently, leaving 

 that city to attend the meeting of wholesalers 

 at Cincinnati. 



C. T. Xelson, a column manufacturer, reports 

 a steady run of business, with bright prospects 

 for the spring trade. 



The M. A. Hayward & Sons Lumber Company 

 reports a steady demand for oak flooring, which 

 is one of its specialties. .\n advance in this line 

 is looked for soon. Operations at the company's 

 mill at Ford, Ky., are now started and the stock 

 is larger. M. A. Hayward, head of the firm, is 

 spending a several weeks' vacation at Battle 

 Creek, Mich. 



President Mulby of the Columbus Builders' & 

 Traders' Exchange has named a committee con- 

 sisting of W. H. Conklin, R. L. Watson and 

 H. C. Agner to look after matters before the 

 Ohio general assembly. One of the laws they 

 will bark is a bill to provide for a commission 

 to formulate a state building code. The ex- 

 change is of the opinion that such a law is badly 

 needed. 



The wholesale and commission concern which 

 has been operated under the name of H. D. 

 Brasher on the eighth floor of the Columbus 

 Savings & Tru.st building, has been changed to 



a partnership under the name of the H. D. 

 Brasher Lumber Company. The office has been 

 moved to more commodious quarters on the sev- 

 enth floor of the same building. The partner- 

 ship consists of H. D. Brasher and his brother 

 L. A. Brasher who was formerly a traveling 

 salesman for the firm. Both were salesmen for 

 the Van Cleave Lumber Company of St. Louis 

 lor a number of years before starting business 

 in Columbus. The change in the firm and the 

 change in offices were made necessary because of 

 the great increase in business the past year. 

 The company will act as .iobbers and commission 

 men for maple and hardwood flooring, yellow 

 pine, shingles and dimensions. 



.T. A. Cheney, W. S. Hatcher, C. M. Anderson, 

 B. F Whipps and C. M. Voorhees have incor- 

 porated the Ohio Casket Company of Columbus 

 with a capital of $30,000. It will take over the 

 coffiu factory at 154 West Naghten street, for- 

 merly operated by the Capital City Casket Com- 

 pany. 



CINCINNATI 



Pleasant spring weather is now being; en- 

 joyed in this section, and the result is seen 

 in the outdoor activities in all the yards and 

 mills in this vicinity, while the railroads are 

 rapidly working out of their freight conges- 

 tion. Business both in the downtown ofBces 

 and around the mills and yards is said to be 

 all that could be desired. Not only is this 

 true of the hardwoods, but also of yellow 

 pine, northern pine and building material of 

 all classes. Furniture manufacturers are all 

 busy and the mails are constantly addin.g to 

 their orders. 



One of the noted recent changes is that of 

 J. Ed Dulweber, the handsome and successful 

 lumber salesman for several years connected 

 with the Cincinnati branch of Nicola, Stone & 

 Meyers, who is now connected with the house 

 known for years to the trade as John Dul- 

 weber & Co.. with offices and yards along 

 McLean avenue yards of the Southern rail- 

 road. B. F. Dulweber. too well known to need 

 mention, is now the owner of this plant, which 

 in the past generation was operated by his 

 father. Under the present management the 

 plant has grown to extensive proportions and 

 covers several acres of ground, with an army 

 of operatives. In the office department can 

 now be found B. F. Dulweber. J. Ed Dulweber 

 and John Dulweber, three of the sons of the 

 founder. All of the brothers are born and 

 educated as lumbermen. 



C. H. Loveland of Winchester, Ky., dropped 

 in at the Hardwood Manufacturers' headquar- 

 ters to pay his respects to Lewis Doster. He 

 spent several days here on business. 



A dispatch received yesterday from Win- 

 chester. Ky., announced the death of W. R. 

 Thomas, president and manager of the Ford 

 Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Penu- 

 monia was stated as the cause of death. Mr. 

 Thomas was well known to the lumber trade 

 of the Queen City, where he was a frequent 

 visitor. 



The Cincinnati Poplar Company, which re- 

 moved its yards from Court street and Eg- 

 gleston avenue in this city about a year ago 

 to the outskirts of Newport, Ky., along the 

 tracks of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, has 

 been placed in the hands of H. Morrill as re- 

 ceiver. Tom J. Orr, well known to the lumber 

 trade, is the head of the concern. 



The classification, official grading and in- 

 spection rules of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association, adopted at its convention in Feb- 

 ruary, are now printed in pamphlet form of 

 convenient pocket size and distributed to the 

 trade. 



C. M. Clarke. Cincinnati manager of the 

 Swann-Day Lumber Company of Clay City, 

 Ky., Winchester and other points, is now oc- 

 fcupying his new and elegant suite of offices 



on the tenth floor of the Second National 

 Bank building. He says that business with 

 the Swann-Day company is very satisfactory. 

 While its mill at Clay City is closed down 

 temporarily for repairs, the other plants are 

 in operation. Mr. Clarke is one of the smiling 

 optimists who see a splendid business in the 

 near future and continued prosperity. 



The Chamber of Commerce reports show 

 that the receipts of lumber at Cincinnati for 

 the month of February were 5,S2S cars, against 

 5,404 cars for the same month last year. The 

 shipments in February were 5.162 cars, while 

 in February, 1909, they, amounted to 4,525 cars. 



H. S. Field of Justice P. Taylor & Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa., said this was his first visit 

 to the Queen City and that he was both sur- 

 prised and pleased at the magnitude of the 

 city and its great facilities for buying hard- 

 woods. He stopped long enough to look over 

 the trade of the city and become acquainted. 

 He was principally interested in chestnut and 

 soft or red oak, and said the lumber trade 

 spirit in Philadelphia was improving. 



v. W. Long, president of the Dong Lumber 

 Company of Birmingham, Ala., was in the city 

 for a few days last week on his way to Bos- 

 ton and Philadelphia. He dropped in on the 

 big convention and was pleased with the large 

 attendance. 



Among the visitors in the Queen City in the 

 past fortnight was W. Higford Smith of Ant- 

 werp. Belgium, a representative of Alfred 

 Beting, the well-known European lumber mer- 

 chant. He was touring the country in the in- 

 terests of his firm and expected to remain in 

 the country for some months, getting ac- 

 quainted with the trade. He was principally 

 interested in hardwoods for export and pitch 

 pine. He left Cincinnati for the South, going 

 via Memphis, Tenn. 



While in no manner related to or acquainted 

 with W. Higford Smith, A. P. Smith of Mt. 

 Vernon, Ala., was also a sojourner in Cincin- 

 nati on the same days. A. P. Smith repre- 

 sents the Mt. Vernon Pump & Lumber Com- 

 pany, and after leaving Cincinnati made a 

 short stay in Indianapolis. He said business 

 down his way was showing signs of slow re- 

 vival, but he had hopes that the year would 

 show up very well. 



Fred Mowbray of Mowbray & Robinson is 

 again sojourning at Hot Springs, seeking rest. 

 Mr. Mowbray returned from a long siege at 

 the springs last fall and early winter, but 

 was not feeling as robust as his former self 

 and so returned for further rest. His friends, 

 however, insist that he never looked so well 

 as now. 



J. B. Thomas of the American Cigar Box 

 Lumber Company of Johnson City, Tenn., 

 dropped into the city last week and put in a 

 few days hustling for business. 



Lewis Doster, the popular secretary of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers of the United States, 

 returned to Cincinnati from a trip to the 

 West in time to be present at the convention 

 of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association at the Sinton. President R. M. 

 Carrier was also an interested visitor. 



O. O. Agler, president of the National Hard- 

 wood -Association, was a welcome visitor at 

 the sessions of the National Wholesale Lum- 

 ber Dealers' Association. 



W. J. Shippen of the Shippen Brothers' 

 Lumber Company of Ellijay, Pla., spent some 

 time in this city last w-eek in the interests of 

 his company. 



Quite a number of the delegates to the con- 

 vention of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association remained over in Cin- 

 cinnati until Saturday night, calling upon the 

 trade and getting acquainted with the Queen 

 City lumbermen. There are still a few in the 

 city working out business details. On Sat- 

 urday noon President Clif S. W^alker invited a 

 number to be his guests at lunch at the now 



