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rhe concern has never been incorporated, and 

 hey do not know, these McIIvains, that they 

 lave ever renewed a note outside of a bank. 

 Property after property has been purchased 

 ;o provide for the rapidly growing business. 

 rhe McHvains carry possibly the heaviest 

 itoek of any yard in Philadelphia. In 1906 

 I fire destroyed the entire center of the yard, 

 ncluding the shed and ten million feet of as 

 ;hoiee and well-selected hardwood and white 

 jine lumber as was ever accumulated in one 

 ilace. The loss to the firm was $350,000. 



For over three years' the McIIvains have 

 published a monthly booklet known as "Mc- 

 nvain 's Lumber News, ' ' which is sent free to 

 the tirm 's many customers. It contains a full 

 list of their stock, a review of market coudi- 

 [ions, and well-selected articles on the absorb- 

 ing topics of the day. The firm has withstood 

 many panics, with but little detriment to its 



FU.\NK It. WHITING. PRESIDENT WHITING 

 LUMBER COMPANY. 



progress. The McIIvains seem endowed with 

 an acute foresight and a healthy optimism, 

 which have safeguarded them through many a 

 threatening disaster. 



The firm has distributing yards at Fifty- 

 eighth street and Woodland avenue, Philadel- 

 phia; Primes, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, 

 and at Nashville, Tenn., with a combined ca- 

 pacity of about 12,000,000 feet of lumber. 

 The concern handles the output of the Croft 

 Lumber Company, located on the Baltimore A; 

 Ohio railroad, at Alexander, W. Va., whicli 

 has a capacity of 15,000,000 feet per montli. 

 It will also handle the stock of the Twilady 

 Lumber Company, Jasper, Lee county, Vir- 

 ginia, which promises an output of 300,000 

 feet a month. Besides these, the McIIvains 

 have connections with mills which make this 

 firm one of the biggest distributers of hard 

 and soft woods in the country. 



The present members of the firm of J. Gib- 

 son Mcllvain & Co. are J. Gibson Mellvain, 

 Hugh Mcllvain III, J. Gibson Mcllvain, Jr., 

 and Walter B. Mcllvain. 



W. M. McConnick 



One of the largest handlers of hardwoods in 

 Philadelphia is W. M. McCormick, whose 

 iiffices are located in the Franklin Bank build- 

 ing. Mr. McCormick is the sales manager for 

 several leading hardwood and yellow pine 

 manufacturing concerns of which he is presi- 

 dent. These concerns include the Little Eiver 

 Lumber Company of Townsend, Tenn., which 

 owns approximately one hundred thousand 



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I.rMIiKK COMPANY. 



.IdllN II sriliii'-IELii. SCIIoKIKLIi BROTH- 

 ERS. 



acres of virgin timber iu Blount and Sevier 

 counties, east Tennessee. The output of this 

 I'lant consists of yellow poplar of the highest 

 type, hemlock, birch, oak, beech, soft maple, 

 silverbell, hickory and other varieties that 

 grow in that mountain region. 



Mr. McCormick is also president and sales 

 manager of the Clearfield Lumber Company, 

 Inc., of Morehead, Ky., which is a large pro- 



ducer of white oak in boards and plank, as 

 well as ear and structural material. He is also 

 at the head of the Peart, Nields & McCormick 

 Company, manufacturer of Virginia yellow- 

 pine in the form of lumber and box shooks. 

 Mr. McCormick 's lumber handlings involve 

 more than a hundred million feet annually. 



[Note. — The foregoing matter was written 

 previous to the death o£ W. M. McCormick. 

 which occurred on Sunda.v last. How the lar;;e 

 affairs o£ Mr. McCormick's big hardwood inter- 

 ests will be handled in the future has. of course, 

 rot yet been decided. — Editor.] 



Righter Lumber Company 



The business of the veterau Righter Lumber 

 Company dates back to 1834. when it was first 

 istablished by Washington Righter at Colum- 

 bia, Pa. Later his son, Washington Righter. 

 Jr., father of the members of the present firm, 

 was admitted to the concern and the business 

 was removed to Williamsport, Pa., where it 



IIOIMORT W. SCIIOFIELD. TREASURER AND 



GENERAL MAN.\GER SCHOFIELD 



BROTHERS. 



undertook the manufacture of lumber. Fred- 

 erick C. Righter was admitted into the firm 

 about twenty-three years ago, when the style 

 became the W. Righter Sons' Company. 

 Within a short time another change was made 

 to the present title of the Righter Lumber 

 Company. 



Frederick C. Righter, president of the com- 

 pany, has been associated with the lumber 

 business all his life, consequentl.y is well 

 known to the lumber buying world. Wilmer H. 

 Righter, secretary and treasurer, and who also 

 has charge of the clerical department, became 

 associated with the company a few years ago. 

 The company handlas oak, ash, chestnut, gum, 

 poplar, white pine, spruce and hemlock, also 

 tlii' output of several southern mills. 



Whiting Lumber Company 



The Whiting Lumber Company, manufac- 

 turer and wholesaler at 2027-28-29 Land Title 

 building, owns and operates with speaking -suc- 

 cess vast tindier tracts in Graham and Chero- 



