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HARDWOOD RECORD 



hor Company. The office of the company is at 15 

 Beacon street, Boston. 



The New Britain Lumber & Coal Company. 

 New Britain, Conn., is to build a new office build- 

 ing at its yard in that city. 



The Dodd Cooperage Company has been organ- 

 ized to do business in Meriden, Conn., with a 

 capital stock of .$25,000. The incorporators are 

 U. H. Dodd, Etta C. S. Dodd and E. A. Bennett, 

 all of Meriden. 



The woodworking plant of Edward Wilkinson 

 & Co., Providence, R.I., was recently destroyed 

 by Are. Besides the loss to machinery and build- 

 ing, considerable finished building material was 

 burned. The loss is partly covered by insurance. 



The Charles C. Gardiner Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated with a capital stock of $100,- 

 000. The office of the company is to be in Provi- 

 dence, R. I. The incorporators are Charles C. 

 Gardiner, ilary E. Gardiner and Frederick L. 

 Borden. 



CLEVELAND 



BALTIMORE 



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The Chattanooga Lumber Company has made 

 arrangements with J. S. Lesia, a mill man who 

 has operated with much success in West Vir- 

 ginia, to undertake the operation of the com- 

 pany's mill at Madison, S. C. Mr. Lesia will 

 run the plant on his own account, paying the 

 company for its timber and receiving a certain 

 price for the lumber. It was decided that this 

 plan of working the tract would be more satis- 

 factory than the one hitherto pursued, as mem- 

 bers of the company could not well be on the 

 spot all the time. 



The commissary managers of the large lumber 

 companies in the South and Southwest have de- 

 cided to hold their annual convention in Balti- 

 more July 11 to IS, at which time matters of 

 interest will be considered and a national asso- 

 ciation formed. The decision to meet here was 

 reached after the receipt of an earnest invitation 

 extended by the Merchants' and Manufacturers' 

 Association, through its secretary, Thos. G. 

 Boggs. The sessions will be held at the rooms 

 of the association, and arrangements will be 

 made to provide quarters for the visiting dele- 

 gates, who are expected to number several hun- 

 dred. The meeting is regarded as of much im- 

 portance to the wholesale trade here, as the com- 

 missary managers buy thousands of dollars' 

 worth of goods in the course of a year, and this 

 trade has gone almost entirely to other cities, 

 though various big lumber enterprises are con- 

 trolled by Baltimoreans. 



Richard P. Baer of the hardwood firm of 

 Richard P. Baer & Co., has gone on a trip to 

 western North Carolina, and will visit a num- 

 ber of mills in that section, looking up stocks 

 and otherwise getting information at first hand 

 of trade conditions there. 



A. E. Bivens, associated with Holger A. Kop- 

 pel in the hardwood export business, with offices 

 in the Carroll building, this city, was in town 

 last week to confer with Mr. Koppel about va- 

 rious business matters. 



The managing committee of the Baltimore 

 Lumber Exchange held its monthly meeting last 

 Monday and discussed a number of routine mat- 

 ters. In the absence from the city of President 

 John L. Alcock, Theodore Mottu occupied the 

 chair. It was expected that a report would be 

 made on the relations between the retailers and 

 the wholesalers, regarding whom the wholesalers 

 should sell to and what constitutes a retailer, 

 but the committee was not ready to submit a 

 statement. 



The wife of J.' M. D. Heald of Price & Heald 

 who was stricken with appendicitis while on a 

 visit to relatives in Lynchburg, Va., and had 

 to be operated on without delay, has so far re- 

 covered as to be able to leave the hospital. 

 There Is every indication that she will be fully 

 restored to health. 



One of the interesting changes of the past 

 week is the announcement that Henry Christy, 

 for a number of years head of the Advance Lum- 

 ber Company of this city, has retired from the 

 business to open offices at 210 American Trust 

 Building, where he will deal in hardwoods and 

 other lines. Mr. Christy had disposed of much 

 ot his interest in the Advance company, and de- 

 cided a short time ago to sever his connection 

 with it entirely. A. G. Webb, for some time 

 credit man of the Advance Lumber Company, 

 will succeed Mr. Christy as manager. 



The Cleveland Washboard Company made an 

 assignment for the benefit of its creditors a few 

 days ago. Poor business and poor collections are 

 blamed for the difficulties in which the concern 

 finds itself. 



Leaving Cleveland on May 3 and returning 

 May 7, the members of the wholesale merchants' 

 board of the Chamber of Commerce in a special 

 train covered nearly forty cities in western Ohio 

 on their annual trade extension excursion. A 

 number of people interested in the lumber busi- 

 ness accompanied the party, including I-Ienry 

 Cool of W. A. Cool & Son, C. H. Foote of the C. 

 H. Foote Lumber Company, and J. .T. Wemple of 

 the Ohio Sash & Door Company. Mr. Cool ob- 

 served that about half enough hardwood is being 

 cut in western Ohio to meet the requirements of 

 the local trade, but that there is a good field in 

 many towns for hardwoods. 



The Advance Lumber Company has acquired 

 the plant of the Worden Lumber & Manufactur- 

 ing Company and will merge it with its own 

 business. The new owners have for some time 

 had a controlling interest in this concern. The 

 yard will be stocked with a line of the best hard- 

 woods obtainable from the company's mills in 

 the South. A fine line of finish and stock for 

 the wholesale trade will be carried. Max Maehr- 

 lander, for some time with the company, is to be 

 manager of the new branch. 



Combining business with pleasure, F. T. Peitch 

 of the F. T. Peitch Lumber Company returned to 

 the city during the past week from a southern 

 trip. Mr. Peitch while in the South made some 

 large purchases of oak and other hardwoods. He 

 reports the cypress mill in the South to be un- 

 usually busy at this time of the year. 



Two new cooper shops are to be built in Cleve- 

 land, permits having been issued by the building 

 inspector's office. F. A. Quail will expend !510.- 

 000 on a new shop at 10S7 West Eleventh 

 street, and A. M. Gordon will erect a new cooper 

 shop at 291S Broadway, at a cost of about ?9,- 

 000. The cooperage business in Cleveland is re- 

 ported by those interested as being somewhat 

 improved. 



The Jacob Lapp Cooperage Company of Akron, 

 0., has been formed with a capitalization of 

 $50,000. 



Cleveland is enjoying a substantial building 

 boom this year, surpassing all her rivals. Dur- 

 ing the month of April a gain of 29 per cent over 

 a similar period a year ago was made. Detroit 

 lost 16 per cent and Buffalo 10 per cent. Pitts- 

 burg gained only 4 per cent. 



The Builders Exchange, to which most of the 

 lumbermen here belong, has completed arrange- 

 ments for its summer outing at Lake Conneaut, 

 Pennsylvania, June 21, remaining four days. 

 A program of sports and other diversions has 

 been planned. Many of the lumber dealers usu- 

 ally accompany the party, Elmer E. Teare of 

 the Potter-Teare Lumber Company is president 

 ot the exchange this year. 



The Middletown Lumber Company, of Middle- 

 town, O., has been incorporated with a capitali- 

 zation of $10,000. Peter Kuntz is the chief in- 

 corporator. 



Cleveland lumbermen were shocked during the 

 past week to learn of the sudden death of Ralph 



Gra.v, formerly a member of the firm of the Guy 

 & Ralph Gray Lumber Company. Mr. Gray, 

 fifty years old, died at his home, 6S12 Carnegie 

 avenue, from heart disease, after a very brief 

 illness. He is survived by his wife and his two 

 sons, Guy and Ralph. 



The firm of Brott & Pike, lumber dealers at 

 Willoughby, a suburb of Cleveland, has been re- 

 organized under the name of Brott & Ford. A. 

 H. Ford has succeeded Mr. Pike as one of the 

 partners in the concern. 



COLUMBUS 



The records of the Columbus building in- 

 .suector's department shows a good increase 

 ill building permits over the previous year. 

 For the first four months of 1910 the permits 

 issued were for ~ structures to cost $1,504,134, 

 while the estimated cost of the buildings pro- 

 jected during tlio corresponding montns in 

 1909 was $1,50-4, 33S. In April, 1910, the per- 

 mits issued numbered 234, valued .at $566,985, 

 while the nuiTiber issued during April, 1909, 

 were 221, with an estimated cost of $636,768. 



C. T. Nelson of the C. T. Nelson Column 

 Company, reports a nice run of orders, with 

 the best of prospects for the future. He says 

 while business is not rushing, it is very satis- 

 factory. 



L. B. Schneider of the John R. Gohey & Co. 

 reports a steady business in both hardwoods and 

 other varieties. He says hardwoods are some- 

 what stronger, especially in the higher grades. 

 Prices are firm to the extreme. 



John R. Gobey of the lumber company bear- 

 ing his name was recently called on business 

 to the northern part of Ohio. 



C. G. McLaughlin, general manager of the 

 McLaughlin-Hoffman Lumber Company, re- 

 ports an unchanged market in most directions. 

 He says prices are steady in every variety 

 of hardwood and the future prospects are 

 good. Both yard and factory demand have 

 shown slight improv'ement. 



H. C. Buskirk, sales manager for the Gen- 

 eral Lumber Company, reports a steady trade 

 in hardwoods. The company sells almost ex- 

 clusively to the factory trade which has run 

 along steadily in the past fortnight. He says 

 prices are unchanged from the previous week 

 and the general tone of the market is satis- 

 factory. 



B. W'. Putnam of the Putnam-Hooker Com- 

 pany of Cincinnati, recently paid a visit to 

 his son, H. W. Putnam, president of the 

 General Lumber Company. 



A. L. Brasher of the H. D. Brasher Lumber 

 Company reports a steady market In most 

 sections and for almost all varieties. He re- 

 ports quotations about the same as prevailed 

 a month ago. 



J. J. Sexton, head of the Osborn & Sexto- 

 Machinery Company, says trade conditions 

 are satisfactory and that the prospects for 

 the future are very bright. 



H. W. Collins, sales manager for the central 

 division of the W. , M. Ritter Lumber Com- 

 pany recently said: "Business has been good 

 with us. especially in this division. The 

 month of April was very good when compared 

 with previous months. Of course the weather 

 was somewhat against an active demand and 

 it was too bad most of the time to lay foun- 

 dations for buildings. Firsts and seconds 

 poplar are a little stronger and the same is 

 true of basswood. The conditions in the cen- 

 tral division which consists of Ohio, West 

 Virginia, western Pennsylvania, a part of Vir- 

 ginia, Maryland and Kentucky, are better 

 than in the East or the West." 



H. W. Collins of this company left early in 

 the month for a business trip through western 

 and northern Ohio. W. M. Ritter and J. "W. 

 Mayhew of the same company were called to 

 the East. * 



