HARDWOOD RECORD 



49 



Hardwood JVeWs. 



(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special CorrespondeatsJ 



CHICAGO 



A. B. Eansom. president of John B. Ransom 

 & Company of Nashville, Tenn., was a Chicago 

 visitor last week. 



A. P. Steele, secretary and sales manager of 

 the Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Company 

 of Sardis, Miss., was in Chicago on business a 

 few days ago. 



R. M. Carrier, president of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, and of the Carrier 

 Lumber & Manufacturing Company of Sardis. 

 Miss., spent a day in Chicago a fortnight ago. 



F. B. Stevens of the Phoenix Sprinkler & 

 Heating Company, Grand Rapids. Mich., spent 

 ;i day in Chicago last week. Mr. Stevens' in- 

 stitution is engineers and builders of sprinkling 

 equipment for sawmills, planing mills and wood- 

 working factories. 



James Downs of W. M. Downs & Son, hard- 

 wood manufacturers of Rochester, Ind., was in 

 Chicago last week, visiting his regular cus- 

 tomers in this city. 



The Eecohd acknowledges a call on May IS 

 from T. Finnic of Marshall, Knott & Barker, 

 Ltd., Liverpool, exporters of mahogany. 



Sam Burkholder, the veteran hardwood opera- 

 tor of Crawfordsville, Ind., was a welcome 

 Record caller on May 18. 



George D. Burgess of the well-known Merj- 

 phis hardwood manufacturing and export- 

 ing house of Russe & Burgess. Inc., was a 

 visitor at the Chicago market and paid his re- 

 spects to the Record office on May 20. 



D. E. Kline, the veneer and panel producer at 

 Louisville, Ky., was in Chicago last week ani 

 spent a few moments at the Record office. 



J. C. Knox, secretary of the Michigan Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association with headquar- 

 ters at Cadillac, Mich., was a Chicago visitor 

 May 17. 



L. O. Collier, hardwood lumberman of Camp- 

 bellsburg, Ind.. was in Chicago and called at 

 the Record office on Jlay 12. 



W. D. Reeves of the W. D. Reeves Lumber 

 Company, Helena, Ark., was a Chicago visitor 

 May 10. Mr. Reeves is a large producer of 

 red gum. 



The Record is in receipt of a letter from 

 the Galloway-Pease Company from its Johnson 

 City. Tenn., branch, stating that there is no 

 truth whatever in the report that this hous.'> 

 had suffered loss by Are either on Dry Creek 

 or elsewhere, which report emanated from an 

 item published in a Johnson City newspaper. 



Parker, Aleshire & Gardiner, the well-known 

 agents of <;01 National Life Building, announce 

 their appointment as agents for the Lumber Un- 

 derwriters of New York. This firm is one of 

 the best and most favorably known insurance 

 agents dealing with the lumber and kindred 

 trades in Chicago, and they solicit a renewal 

 of any expiring policies of the Lumber iTJndcr- 

 writers, and orders for new bu.siness. 



The Vehicle Wood & Lumber Company of Chi- 

 cago is now occupying permanent new offices in 

 the recently completed Park Front Building, 

 Lake street and Park avenue, the former quar- 

 ters having been temporary, pending the finish- 

 ing of the new building. The new quarters 

 ran be reached by taking the C. & N. W. 

 Railway to Austin Station or the Chicago & 

 Oak Park Elevated to Central avenue station. 

 The Vehicle Wood & Lumber Company produces 

 and distributes vehicle, wood material and hard- 

 wood material along the same line as formerly, 

 when connected with Houston & Curtis, and 

 Kelly, Maus & Co. 



.\. B. Eldridge of the E. H. Eldridge Lumber 

 Company of Indianapolis, Ind., recently made 

 a hurried visit to Chicago to arrange for the 

 manufacture of some special veneered panels to 

 be used in the construction of a large building 

 ir Indianapolis. 



The F. S. Hendrickson Lumber Company "£ 

 Chicago recently reorganized and will continue 

 business in the same offices as heretofore. The 

 personnel of the new company will be E. G. 

 Hendrickson, president ; C. B. Gray, vice-presi- 

 dent ; E. H. Klann, secretary and treasurer and 

 active manager. J. H. Parsons and H. R. Foster 

 have severed their connections with the former 

 company. Mr. Klann recently returned from an 

 extended trip to the southern mills of the F. S. 

 Hendrickson company. 



R. S. Bacon of the E. S. Ilaoon Veneer 

 Company, Chicago, and of the Bacon-Underwood 

 Company, Mobile, Ala., has returned from a 

 business trip to the southern plant. He re- 

 ports operations proceeding in a most satisfac- 

 tory manner, and a gratifying amount of busi- 

 ness on the company's books. 



The board of directors of the Chicago Hard- 

 wood Lumber Exchange has decided that the 

 proposition to invite the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association to Chicago in 1911 would 

 hardly be fair to St. Louis, as the lumber 

 club of that city has for two years unsuccess- 

 fully endeavored to bring the convention to that 

 point. The lumber interests in Chicago will 

 instead work in the interests of the St. Louis 

 club, and of course will expect reciprocal action 

 by that association in 1912. 



W. Iv Trainer of Trainer Brothers Lumber 

 Company. Chicago, left for a business visit to 

 Memphis, where he will buy slock for the sum- 

 mer trade. Mr. Trainer recently received a 

 communication from the secreiary of the Mem- 

 phis Lumbermen's CUib containing a challenge 

 from the baseball team representing that asso- 

 ciation to play a representative Chicago team, 

 which the writer said be had heard was al- 

 ready organized. Nobody seems to know any- 

 thing about it if there is such a body. 



W. C. Scbreiber has been in Wisconsin for 

 several days visiting the northern mill points 

 of the Herman H. Heftier Lumber Company. 



Fred Jetfris of the Cbicaco Car Lumber 

 Company has returned from an extended Euro- 

 pean wedding tour and reports having had a 

 most enjoyable vacation. He reports business 

 in Chicago rather dull. 



H. C. Miller of the Hardwood Mills Lumber 

 Company has been doing the northern mill dis- 

 tricts on a purchasing trip. Mr. Miller reports 

 that most of the northern mills are doing a 

 satisfactory business and are maintaining a uni 

 form, firm price. A great many of the con- 

 cerns have already started shipping dry stock 

 in quantities, which seems to be about as good 

 as the old stocks which have been on hand since 

 last year's cutting. 



The Record wishes to acknowledge receipt of 

 a most attractive calendar from the Lumber 

 Underwriters. GG Broadway, New York. The 

 card contains the attractive design used in all 

 advertising and circulation matter gotten out by 

 that concern. 



The Walker Veneer & Panel Company. Chicago 

 and Alpena, Mich., has about completed a new 

 plant at Alpena, which will have a capacity of 

 .".pproximately .3.000,000 feet. This concern con- 

 fines itself strictly to the manufacture of birds- 

 eye maple, and it has been running for the 

 last ten vears in the old mill which turned 

 out in the neigbliorhood of 3,000.000 feet per 

 year. 



The Ralston Furniture Company has been in- 

 corporated at Carthage, HI., with a capital of 

 $23,000. 



The Southern Illinois Lumber Company, with 

 headquarters at Fairfield. 111., recently increased 

 its capital stock of $62,000 to .$63,500. 



The Dust Proof Furniture Company, a con- 

 cern formerly operating in Rochclle, III., is re- 

 ported to have dissolved. 



The Ulbrich-Tatter Violin Company took out 

 papers of incorporation at Springfield, 111., a 

 short time ago. to manufacture and deal in 

 violins and similar musical instruments in Chi- 

 cago. The concern will have a capital stock of 

 $15,000 and was incorporated by Edmund W 

 Pottle, Arthur L. Ballas and George J. Meyer. 



The C. A. Goodyear Lumber Company, doing 

 an extensive business in many western points and 

 maintaining headquarters at Tomah, Wis., where 

 it has a capital of $1,180,400. has been incor- 

 porated under Illinois laws and will have offices 

 in Chicago. The Illinois branch is capitalized 

 at .$5,400. 



A new concern in the woodworking machinery 

 line is the Slater, Marsden & Whitimore Com 

 line is the Slater, Marsden & Whittimore Com- 

 pany, which incorporated last week to do busi- 

 ness at South Beloit. George B. Slater, E. "W. 

 .Marsden .and H. Whittimore are the incorpo- 

 rators. The ciipitalization is $20,000. 



The J. L. Smith Lumber Company has opened 

 up quarters at West Frankfort, 111., and has 

 papers of incorporation under the laws of this 

 state. The capital is $30,000 and the incorpo- 

 rators are J. L. Smith, T. B. Griffin, L. T 

 Clen. 



A new concern in the Chicago re-manufac- 

 turing trade is the Home-Peace Curtain Stretcher 

 Company, which will manufacture curtain 

 stretchers and similar articles in Chicago. The 

 capital is $10,000 and those interested are Frank 

 S. Stanfleld, John A. Eeitz and Andrew Stucker. 

 The Horner Piano Company of Chicago, a 

 $20,000 concern, was organized lately to manu- 

 facture pianos, organs and other musical instru- 

 ments. The firm is composed of S. Horner, 

 S. H. Horner and L. K. Horner. 



NEW YORK 



H. D. Billmeyer. head of the Billmeyer Lum- 

 ber Company, Cumberland, JId.. and specialists 

 in heavy hardwood dock, ship and bridge timber 

 and plank, was a visitor in town during the 

 fortnight in the interest of business. The com- 

 pany has just incorporated to improve and facili- 

 tate the conduct of its business and was never 

 i:i better shape to take care of the wants of the 

 trade in its well-known specialties than now. 

 The company is one of the oldest in the trade 

 and has a wide and favorable business reputa- 

 tion. 



W. E. Cummer, principal in the Cummer Lum- 

 ber Company, Jacksonville. Fla.. accompanied 

 by Ids family, is planning to sail from here on 

 June lo, to spend the summer in Switzerland. 

 'I'hey will return about October 1. 



The Kalt Lumber Company. 312 East 64tb 

 street, and branch yard at 62nd street, has just 

 added another branch yard at 327-31 East 64th 

 street by reason of the pressing demands of 

 increased business. The new premises will be 

 utilized for storage purposes. 



(has. D. Fisher, who for several years past 

 has been representing W. E. Kelly & Co.. large 

 Chicago house, has severed his counection to be- 

 come eastern representative of the Hayden & 

 Westcott Lumber Company, 7,i2 Railway Ex- 

 change building. Chicago. HI. This concern has 

 tfiken over the organization of W. E. Kelly & 

 Co.. both East and West. .Mr. Fisher will make 

 bis headquarters as formerly at l.')l West 140th 

 street. New York. 



i'bere was a special meeting of the Luiubcr- 

 men's Club of New York at the licadquarters on 

 May 6, at which time several special constitu- 



