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other dams without trouble. In old days many 

 rafts passed down in the sixty days after March 

 1. but they are a rare sight in latter years. 



The Berwick car shops keep .">,OUU men bus.v. 



The state of Pennsylvania has tiled for record 

 a deed for land in McHenry township, Lycoming 

 county, purchased from the heirs of the late 

 Samuel Wilson. The consideration was $1,319.70. 

 The land will become a part of the state forest 

 reserve. 



The Crain Pump & Lumber Company has pur- 

 chased a tract of about two acres on the north 

 side of Lacony street. 200 feet west of Orthodox 

 street, on which it will build a large factory. 



On March 4 the J. H. Bright Lumber Com- 

 pany's planing mill and plant, Hazleton, Pa., 

 was damaged by tire to the extent of $30,000. 



The Central Planing Mills t.'ompauy's plant 

 and J. S. Hare's planing mill plant. Huntingdon. 

 Pa., were destroyed by fire March 18. The loss 

 on the Central planing mill was $.'>0.000 ; on. 

 J. S. Bare's planing mill plant, .$l."i.OiiO. 



The Nant-Y-Glo Lumber Company, Nant-Y-Glo, 

 was incorporated under I'ennsylvania laws March 

 9 with a capital of $3,000. 



The Conemaugh Lumber Company, Johnstown, 

 obtained charter under Pennsylvania laws on 

 March 9. It is capitalized at $25,000. 



The Bartley-Cary Lumber Company, Flanders, 

 obtained a charter under New .Tersey laws on 

 March ; capital, $20,000. 



The Edwards Industrial l^ociety Company, 

 Camden, N. J., to engage in manufacturing and 

 selling pianos and organs, has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $100,000. The incorporators 

 are William Edwards, V. A. Murray and .1. R. 

 Bradley. 



Franklin A. Smith, who was engaged in the 

 lumber business in Philadelphia in his own 

 name, and was also president of the Producers' 

 Lumber Company of I*hiladelphia, died on 

 March 8, aged 71 years. He is survived by 

 two SODS, .T. Edward Smith and Franklin A. 

 Smith, Jr., vice-president of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange of Philadelphia and at one time 

 secretary and treasurer of the Producers' Lum- 

 ber Company ; and a daughter, Mrs. Earle C. 

 Rice. Mr. Smith's wife died on February 1(5, 

 .iust twenty days previous to his own death. 

 Franklin A. Smith was a man of staunch in- 

 tegrity and upright dealing, and his death is 

 much deplored among his many friends. The 

 trade is a loser in the removal of a man of his 

 activity and capability. 



PITTSBURG 



The Acorn Lumber Company manages to pick 

 oflf a few cars of nice hardwood every little while 

 and, when the Recoed man called. President 

 Harry DomhofE reported the sale of six cars of 

 mixed hardwood to yard trade. His business 

 with the retailers in Ohio and western Pennsyl- 

 vania is gaining right along. 



William R. Cornelius has been spending a 

 tew days in Cincinnati and West Virginia ar- 

 ranging for more stocks and lining up some 

 prospective changes in his business. He is firm 

 in the belief that hardwood prices are going to 

 come up. 



C. G. Freck, president of the Pennsylvania 

 Lumber Company at Sheffield, Pa., dropped off 

 for a few days' stay in town this week. 



The L. L. Satler Lumber Company is running 

 its mill at Blackstone, W. Va., steadily, but com- 

 plains about the bad roads in that vicinity. 



A. C. Opperman of William H. Schuette & Co. 

 has been making quite a tour through the North- 

 west. The company's spring business is now 

 coming in in good form. 



The Johnston furniture factory at Towanda. 

 Pa., which was burned recently with a loss of 

 $10,000, is likely to be rebuilt. A movement 

 has been started at Le Raysville, Pa., to secure 

 the plant and $5,000 has been subscribed. 



Manager E. H. Shreiner of the Goodwin Lum- 

 ber Company is down at the hardwood mills in 



West Virginia this week. He is greatly encour- 

 aged by the increase in yard trade. 



A. G. Breitwieser, president of the Breitwieser 

 & Wilson Company, is spending a few weeks in 

 Cuba with his wife. This concern is making 

 good headway in the manufacturing and indus- 

 trial trade. 



The Pittsburg Hardwood Door Company, un- 

 der the management of J. C. Scholield, is one 

 of the lively concerns in the city this spring. 

 Its outlook for 1910 trade is first class and 

 it is carrying heavier stocks than ever before to 

 satisfy the popular demand for its doors. 



The Southern States Lumber Company, which 

 was recently formed by the Flint, Erving & 

 Stoner interests of this city, has 8,500 acres of 

 timber in Burnwell count.v. South Carolina, and 

 will have its general offices in this city. Its 

 operations will be started shortly, as it already 

 I. as a railroad which w-lll reach its southern 

 terminus at Dunbarten, S. C. 



J. W. Hulse of the McDonald Lumber Com- 

 pany's force has returned from a trip through 

 Ihe South. He reports stocks broken badly at 

 many of the mills. The McDonald company has 

 been making lath quite a leader of late and 

 its efforts have been well rewarded. 



U. D. Butler of the Furnace Run Saw .Mill & 

 Lumber Company is working the Ohio trade this 

 v.eek to good advantage. I'resident Nelson Bell 

 announces that hardwood affairs look good and 

 that nearly every grade of good hardwood is 

 in demand. 



S. A. Seamans, manager of the C. P. Caughey 

 Lumber Company, is hustling hard to keep in 

 touch with the different government projects 

 which are coming up here this spring on the 

 three rivers. He has several small oak mills 

 cutting white oak stock within the Pittsburg 

 freight limit. 



F: L. Kirschner. the well-known hardwood 

 salesman, has joined the force of the W. I'. 

 Craig Lumber Company and will assist in 

 handling its Pennsylvania and Ohio trade. The 

 Craig company reports better shipments of hard- 

 wood than for a long time, one of the leaders 

 in demand being spruce. Its salesmen are also 

 getting a nice lot of orders for mixed hard- 

 wood for mine materials and for fine hardwood 

 lor the factory trade. 



The Newell Brothers Lumber Company says 

 that trade in mixed hardwoods is fine. Its orders 

 have been good both in the East and in the 

 Pittsburg district and it is keeping .shipments 

 going at a lively rate. 



J. J. Linehan of the Linehan Lumber Company 

 has been spending several weeks down East 

 helping to line up Ihe trade for spring. Both 

 the Linehan brothers look for higher prices be- 

 tore long on all good grades of hardwood. 



At the annual election of the Pitt.sburg Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' Association March 14, 

 Ihe officers chosen for the ensuing year are: 

 President, A. J. Diebold of the Forest Lumber 

 Company ; vice-president, William U. Schuette of 

 William H. Schuette & Co. ; secretary and treas- 

 urer, J. G. Criste of the Interior Lumber Com- 

 pany ; directors, J. L. Kendall of the Kendall 

 Lumber Company ; J. A. Cheyne of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Sash & Door Company ; L. L. Satler of the 

 I.. L. Satler Lumber Company ; Alex. Willson of 

 Ihe Willson Brothers Lumber Company, and Fred 

 1!. Babcock of the Babcock companies. 



An indication of what Pittsburg wholesalers 

 have to hope for in the way of big contracts 

 this spring is found in the number and import- 

 ance of the railroad and trolley projects which 

 are announced for this district. The Pennsyl- 

 vania company will spend several million dollars 

 in building a four-track line from Voungstown. 

 Ohio, to Warren. Ohio ; improving its yards at 

 New Castle ; building spurs and double-tracking 

 all along its line from Pittsburg to Youngstown. 

 The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company is 

 arranging for a big expenditure at Greenville, 

 I'a., on its yards and shops. The Erie Railroad 

 Company will carry out a similar plan of Im- 



provement at its shops at Kent, Ohio, and Mead- 

 ville. Pa. The Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad 

 (.'ompany Is building an immense bridge across 

 the Ohio river at Beaver, Pa., and is also adding 

 tracks to nearly all its lines between Pittsburg 

 and Youngstown, Ohio. The Baltimore & Ohio 

 l-as arranged for extensive improvements in many 

 parts of the Pittsburg district, and the I'ennsyl- 

 vania railroad will spend a large sum on its 

 new yards at Sharp.sburg, Pa., and on lines east 

 of this city. Improvement in traction work is 

 more noticeable every day. Two new lines were 

 announced this week. The Fairmont & Pittsburg 

 Railway Company. 'which has a capital of $1,- 

 000,000, will build a line between Fairmont, 

 W. Va., and this city. Another line has been 

 financed by J. G. White & Co. of New York and 

 wilt be built very soon between Sharon, Pa., 

 :uid New Castle, Pa. 



The twenty-five-story Oliver skyscraper at 

 Sniithfield street. Sixth and Oliver avenues is 

 cnpturing a good number of first-class wholesale 

 firms in this city, which are moving into their 

 new offices this week. Among these are Willson 

 Brothers Lumber Company of the I'arraers' Bank 

 building ; L. L. Sailer Luml<er Company of the 

 Bessemer building"; Acorn Lumber Company of 

 the Park building ; McDonald Lumber Company 

 of the Bessemer building ; Breitwieser & Wilson 

 I 'ompany, and the J. C. Donges Lumber Company 

 of the Lewis block, and the Palmer-Semans 

 Lumber Company of Uuiontown. I'a., which is 

 establishing its sales offices in a fine new suite 

 in the Oliver i)uilding under the direction of 

 that veteran hardwood man, I. F. Balsley, who 

 for the past four years has handled the hard- 

 wood matters of the Willson Brothers I.>umber 

 Company. 



BOSTON 



Herl)ert W. Blanchard of the Blanchard Lum- 

 ber Company, Boston, has returned from a trip 

 to Maine. 



A dividend of eight per cent has been mailed 

 the creditors of William H. Wood & Co. by 

 William E. Litchfield, trustee. The firm made 

 an assignment a year and a half ago. The lia- 

 bilities were $400,000 and the as.sets $200,000. 

 This dividend is a preliminary one prior to the 

 allowance of other claims. 



The Shepard & Morse liUmber Compauy has 

 sent out circulars announcing its removal from 

 the Mason building, Boston, to 226-233 Boston 

 Safe Deposit uc Trust Company building, 201 

 Devonshire street. 



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

 pany, hardwood dealers, returned the first of this 

 week from a short business trip. 



Frank B. Witherbee of the H. M. Bickford 

 Company, Boston, sailed March 12 for a five 

 weeks' European trip. 



Imports of lumber from Europe have been 

 larger. The Cunard steamer Ivernia brought in 

 last week 500 tons of lumber, 100 logs and 140 

 tons of maple blocks. 



At the recent election of officers of the Con- 

 necticut Valley Lumber Company, James J. 

 Fhelan of the firm of Hornblower & Weeks, bank- 

 ers, was elected president to succeed the late 

 George Van Dyke. He will make his headquar- 

 ters in this city. George S. Lewis Is treasurer 

 and general manager. 



Gates M. Poore died at his home in Lawrence, 

 .Mass., early in the month at the age of fifty- 

 nine years. Until recently he was a member 

 of the lumber firm of Bean & Poore. He was 

 succeeded in business by his son, II. II. Poore. 



The O. G. Poor Lumber Company of Swamp- 

 scott, Mass., has recently been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $20,000 in cash. Oscar G. 

 Poor is president and Thomas M. Lyons, treas- 

 urer and clerk. Luiy M. Ilutchins is one of the 

 incorporators. 



The Salem Manufacturing Company has been 

 incorporated to conduct a woodworking business 



