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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The advices received by Mr. Brenner was to 

 the effect that Mr. Banning had Ijeen slcl; 

 at a hotel in Colombo. Ceylon, for two months, 

 but that he was now recovering and preparing 

 to start on his homeward trip, where he is 

 expected to arrive about May 1. Mr. Brenner 

 parted companj' in Europe last .Tune with Mr. 

 Banning and leturned to Cincinnati, and Mr. 

 Banning, accompanied by a party of friends, 

 commenced a trip through Europe, Egypt an<l 

 into India. 



Ferd Brenner says that the export trade shows 

 some indications of improvement, but that the 

 foreign trade was not at all active. There is 

 alw'ays some business doing, however, and there 

 is liopes that before long there will be an awak- 

 ening. He says there is evidently a good held 

 tor American furniture in South America, and 

 his advices from that country lead him to be- 

 lieve that American furniture manufacturers 

 would find it a prolitable field. He said he be- 

 lieved in exploiting the furniture industry and 

 encouraging those engaged in it to branch out 

 Into the foreign markets, and the result would 

 be more buying of hardwood lumber. 



On January G Jliss Emma M. Kipp, sister of 

 B. A. Kipp, head of B. A. Kipp & Co., jour- 

 neyed to San Antonio, Tex., in search of relief 

 from consumption. On Saturday, Mai'ch 12, a 

 dispatch was received by her relatives appris- 

 ing them of her death at 5 :30 a. m. The body 

 was brought to Cincinnati and the funeral serv- 

 ices were held at 8 I'M) a. m. Wednesday. March 

 IG, from St. Augustine's Catholic church, with 

 which she had been a life-long communicant. 

 Miss Ivipp made friends with all with whom 

 she came in contact. She was well known to 

 the lumber trade of Cincinnati through employ- 

 ment and in connection with her brother. She 

 was in charge of the lumber pavilion in the 

 last Cincinnati Fall F'estival, and to her untir- 

 ing efforts the success of the displa.v of the 

 Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati was due. 



Sales Manager W. A. Dolph of the J. M. 

 Card Lumber Company of Chattanooga, Tenn., 

 was in the city last week looking over the 

 market conditions and visiting correspondents. 



l*'red Conn of the Bayou Land & Ijumber Com- 

 pany spent a few days in Cincinnati last 

 week. He was accompanied by G. P. Hed- 

 don of Heddon & Clark of New York City, 

 who remained over a few days before depart- 

 ing for the East. Fred Conn had been in 

 Natchez, Miss., and that vicinity for four 

 months, and on his way up stopped over in 

 Memphis, Tenn. He said he expected to re- 

 turn to the South l)y the week's end, but busi- 

 ness conditions have caused him to remain 

 over, and he is still here. He is a firm believer 

 in the future of red gum, and is actively en- 

 gaged in demonstrating his confidence in red 

 gum liy making it a study and exploiting its 

 many admirable qualities. His father, Sam 

 Conn, is now at Natchez, Miss., where he is 

 busy looking after the timber interests of the 

 Bayou Land & Lumber Company. They are 

 operating a mill plant at Ittabena. Miss., where 

 they manufacture gum, cypress and oak. 



The pi-oject to erect a new Centi-al Union sta- 

 tion in Cincinnati has taken definite shape. 

 The promoter, Mr. Blcekman of New York, has 

 worked out a plan which is acceptable to all 

 the railroads entering the cit.v. The new sta- 

 tion, which will accommodate all the suburban 

 traction lines entering the city, as well as all 

 the steam railroads, will be located on the south 

 side of Third street, from Main to Central ave- 

 nue. It will be built of concrete and have large 

 office quarters. The depot company will be 

 financed by eastern capitalists, and the cost of 

 the station and the necessary approaches is 

 estimated at $2.5,000,000. Archibald S. White, 

 at the head of the financing company, says the 

 money will be ready .lust as soon as definite 

 working plans are completed. Options on the 

 property necessary have already been secured. 



Great excitement is being aroused over the 



coming election of officers of the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Cincinnati. The constitution provides 

 that the president shall appoint a committee of 

 three to name the regular ticket, and that a 

 like committee shall be nominated from the floor 

 III arrange an independent ticket two months 

 before the date of the annual election, which 

 happens this year on the first Monday in May, 

 these committees to report at least one mouth 

 prior to the annual election. The committees 

 have already named their candidates, and the 

 campaign is now in full swing. The regular 

 ticket is headed by G. C. .\ult for president ; 

 I>wight Hinckley, first vice-president ; W. E. 

 'i'albert, second vice-president ; treasurer, George 

 Morgan ; secretary, .Joseph Bolser. Independent 

 ticket — I'resident, W. E. DeLaney ; first vice- 

 president. James Buckley ; second vice-president, 

 Ferd Brenner ; treasurer, Charles F. Shiels ; sec- 

 retary, Joseph Bolser. There are seven weeks 

 in which to do campaign woik and every mo- 

 ment will be utilized in buttonholing the poor, 

 innocent voters. It is a positive fact that the 

 only one named that is certain of election is 

 Joseph Bolser. the handsome and smiling chair- 

 man of tlie Entertainment Committee. It will 

 be hard to find a successor to Joe as chairman 

 of the Entertainment Committee, of which he 

 is I he acknowledged premier. 



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TOLEDO 



The Acme Lumber Company of Toledo has 

 gone into the hands of a receiver. Kobert C. 

 Bowlus was appointed by the court upon his 

 own application to take charge of the business. 

 He alleges that the concern has debts of about 

 .1i40,OO0 and that in addition to its property 

 in east Toledo, it has holdings in Clayton, 

 Mich., and in I'ike county ; that its bank account 

 is overdrawn, its employes have been discharged 

 and that it has reached the limit of it's credit. 

 The charge is also made that there has been 

 no meeting of the stockholders and directors 

 since its incorporation in 1906. The receiver 

 has taken charge and entered upon the task 

 of closing out the affairs of the concern. Bond 

 of $5,000 was furnished by the receiver. 



The Toledo Bending Company reports a fair 

 volume of business. The concern manufactures 

 wood stock for carriage and wagon works. The 

 growth of the automobile business has cut into 

 its trade somewhat, I)ut repair work has to some 

 extent overcome the handicap in other lines. 



Considerable interest has attached to the re- 

 cent action of the city of Toledo in its effort 

 lo extend Avondale avenue. After legislation 

 had been passed for the condemnation of the 

 necessary property it was discovered that the 

 sixty-foot street provided for takes in six feet 

 of the sawmill and hardwood lumber yard op- 

 erated by DeWitt C. Courtney and that the 

 city would lie compelled to buy the entire plant 

 lit a cost of about .flS.OOO. The street will be 

 reduced lo fifty feet wide, and it is thought 

 that the change in width will prevent further 

 ditficulty. 



Frank Spaugler has returned from a five 

 weeks' business and pleasure trip to southern 

 points, including Jlemphis, where his concern 

 has extensive lumber interests. He said : 

 "Speaking generally there has never been a 

 time when business prospects were better than 

 now. We are at present paying special atten- 

 tion to cypress and bay poplar. There is a 

 heavy substitution of bay poplar in place of 

 yellow pine. It is selling from $o to .$10 a 

 thousand cheaper than yellow pine and has 

 proven satisfactory material. Cypress is in 

 splendid demand not only for building purposes 

 hut from greenhouse concerns and tank and cis- 

 tern manufacturers. We are also finding a nice 

 trade in oak, gum and other hardwoods." 



The Nugent Furniture Company lias been in- 

 corporated at Toledo with a capital stock uf 

 $10,000 by Michael E. Nugent, William C. 



Gruber, Edmund R. Nugent and Rose "V. Hill. 

 It will take over the furniture business of 

 Draper & Nugent, Clarence A. Draper retiring 

 from the business. At the same time these 

 people incorporated the Toledo Show Case Com- 

 pany, with a capital of $5,000. The latter con- 

 cern will engage in the manufacture of all 

 kinds of show cases, taking over the plant on 

 Lafayette street, which was started by the late 

 L. S. Baumgardner about forty years ago. 



W. S. Booth of the Booth Column Company 

 rc'liirned recently from a business trip to east- 

 ( 111 points, with an exceptionally nice line of 

 orders. Business is reported splendid at the 

 Booth plant, with the full force of thirty-two 

 men busy, and the plant oiierating at capacity. 

 Mr. Booth said; "The higher grades of lumber 

 have advanced and are growing more scarce, 

 but we have had no difficulty in securing sup- 

 plies thus far. We have gradually been shift- 

 ing from poplar to cypress, as we find that 

 cypress runs to clear, while No. 1 poplar is 

 (luite coarse. We are at present installing a 

 new automatic band saw sharpener." 



Thomas C. Rowland, president of the Mitchell 

 & Rowland Lumber Company, recently died at 

 his home in Toledo. He was a pioneer in the 

 lumber business, having been engaged in this 

 line in this city since 1867. The body was 

 liiken to Cincinnati for interment in Spring 

 (;iove cemetery. He was one of the most 

 prominent men in the commercial life of the 

 city. He is survived by his wife, one son and 

 a daughter. 



Manager Roberts of the Big Four Hardwood 

 Company reports a splendid demand for hard- 

 wood materials. His firm has found a press- 

 ing lall for high-grade poplar, a live demand 

 i.ir plain oak and a healthy movement of nearly 

 all kinds of hardwoods. Furniture manufac- 

 tiirers and planing mills have proven especially 

 tnod customers. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



C. D. M. Houghton and E. H. Greer of the 

 Greer-Houghton Lumber Company have returned 

 from a trip through .Vrkansas. Louisiana and 

 Florida. 



Ransom tJriffln of the Central Coal & Coke 

 Company, and W. F. Johnson of the Capitol 

 Lumber Company, were in Alabama recently. 



The Indianapolis Commercial Club has named 

 C. C. Foster of the Foster Lumber Company and 

 A. A. Wilkinson of the Greer-Wilkinson Lumber 

 (.'ompany as members of its elevated track com- 

 mission. 



The warehouse of J. N. Halstead and planing 

 mill of C. W. Reed were burned at Brazil on 

 March 7. the loss being $12,800. which was par- 

 tially covered by insurance. 



More than one hundred manufacturing, whole- 

 sirh' and jobbing concerns are interested in the 

 Indianapolis Trade Association which has just 

 lieen organized for the purpose of extending 

 trade and obtaining better freight rates and 

 shipping facilities. Among the charter mem- 

 bers are the Adams-Carr Company. Burnet-Lewis 

 Lumber Company. Maas-Neimeyer Lumber Com- 

 pany and E. C. Atkins & Co. 



BVANSVILLB 



On the morning "t March 12 the large double 

 liand mill of Maley & Wertz iu this city was de- 

 stroyed by fire, the origin of which is attributed 

 to a hot box near one of the large saws. The 

 mill was a total loss and is estimated at $30,- 

 000, with about $16,000 insurance. It is not 

 definitely known whether the plant will be re- 

 built. The company has other mills in this 

 state, one at Vincennes and one at Grammer, 

 Ind., where it is taking care of its stock of logs. 

 Maley & Wertz have been operating the plant 

 here for about nine years, having purchased it 

 of Thompson & Bonnell. 



