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HARDWOOD RECORD 



dling a general line, including hardwoods for 

 structural purposes. 



Stephen P. Cramer, manager of the Glenville 

 Lumber Company, and Miss Elna Allen were 

 married a few days ago at the home of the 

 hride's parents. 



Robert H. Jenks attended the meeting of the 

 Tremont Lumber Company at Chicago a few days 

 ago. The company's new mill at Rochelle, La., 

 is now in full operation. 



The Peters Millworl; & Lumber Company is 

 now permanently installed in its new plant and 

 reports business improviui:^. 



J. W. Taylor, representing the Domestic Lum- 

 ber Company of Columbus, was a caller on the 

 local trade during the past week. 



Frederick Wilson, a prominent hardwood man 

 of Ashland, Ky., and representing Vansant. 

 Kitchen & Co., called on some of the hardwood 

 dealers here recently. H. M. Wise of Harmony. 

 Pa., was another visitor to Cleveland. 



COLUMBUS 



Columbus lumbermen are interested in the 

 rumor that emanates from the financial district 

 of New York, to the effect that the Norfolk & 

 Western railroad, which is now controlled by the 

 Chesapeake & Ohio, will run a line to the Lakes. 

 It is said that a preliminary survey is being 

 made from Columbus to some lake port. It is 

 generally conceded that the northern terminus 

 of the Norfolk & Western will not remain at 

 Columbus, because of the millions of dollars which 

 are being spent in improvements on the Ohio 

 division. The entire line between Konova and 

 Columbus will be double-tracked by the end of 

 the present year. With the extension of the line 

 to the Lakes, lumber shipments will be much 

 larger because of the increased facilities afforded. 



Word comes from Portsmouth to the effect that 

 a boom in the Twelve Pole river in West Virginia 

 broke recently, letting out 20,000 ties in the Ohio 

 river, which were rapidly being whirled to the 

 Mississippi. 



The Lisbon Lumber Company of Lisbon, O., 

 has recently sold out its business to Caldwell &. 

 Nigh. 



J. S. MacLean. the proprietor of the John S. 

 MacLean Manufacturing Company, maker of col- 

 umns and office furniture, is a candidate for the 

 board of directors of the Columbus Chamber of 

 Commerce. 



The Rudd-Hayward Lumber Company of Mari- 

 etta, C, was incorporated recently, with an 

 authorized capital of $50,000, by G. E. Hayward. 

 K. G. Hayward, C. E. Stegner, C. C. Middleswart 

 and Nora E. Maxon. 



The Ohio River Lumber Company of Ironton 

 is planning to increase its capital stock from 

 $50,000 to provide for the erection of a large 

 band mill in West Virginia. 



The announcement was made that the Yellow 

 Poplar Lumber Company of Coal Grove, O., 

 opened the splash dam in the Big Sandy river 

 above Elkhorn City, releasing a large number 

 of logs. The recent high water is bringing many 

 logs down from Kentucky and West Virginia tracts 

 to mills along the Ohio river. It is predicted that 

 within a short time three-quarters of a million 

 logs will arrive at the mouth of the Big Sandy. 



W. L. Whitacre of the W. L. Whltacre Lumber 

 Company reports that during the past week con- 

 ditions in the hardwood market liave not been 

 as active as formerly and that prices are soften- 

 ing to a small degree. He says the mills seem to 

 be offering more stocks. D. W. Kerr of the com- 

 pany left the middle of May for a week's business 

 trip through Virginia and West Virginia. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber 

 Company reports that orders and inquiries are 

 satisfactory. Prices are unchanged from the quo- 

 tations of several weeks ago, and the demand for 

 the higher grades is better than for the lower 

 grades. 



H. W. Collins of the Ritter company was called 



to Pittsburg on business recently. J. W. Mayhew 

 of the same company went to visit at his home 

 at Coal Grove, O., and W. M. Ritter was called 

 east on business the middle of May. 



L. B. Schneider of John R. Gobey & Co. re- 

 ports orders coming in fairly good, with prices 

 remaining the same. He says the market ap- 

 pears to be improving, and it is believed with 

 more seasonable weather a still further improve- 

 ment will be made. 



Bert Buckingham of the firm of Buckingham 

 Brothers. Sunbury, was a caller at the offices of 

 Columbus jobbers recently. 



A. C. Davis of the A. C. Davis Lumber Com- 

 pany says that while conditions are slightly 

 mixed up and slow, still he believes that the old 

 adage, "Every cloud has a silver lining." applies 

 in this case and that better conditions will arrive 

 soon. He is of the opinion that the unseasonable 

 weather is the chief cause of the lull. George B. 

 Jobson, secretary of this concern, accompanied 

 by his family, left for Philadelphia recently, 

 where his wife and children will remain for 

 several months. 



H. C. Buskirk of the General L'lmber Company 

 reports fairly steady conditions in the lumber 

 trade. Factories are in the market for larger 

 stocks. Mr. Buskirk recentl.v rettirned from an 

 insi ection of the mill at Ashland. Ky.. and the 

 lumber tract on the Big Sandy river in Ken- 

 tucky. He says that the mill will soon be 

 placed in operation. H. W. Putnam of this com- 

 pany was called to Pittsburg on business recently. 



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

 Company reports a slight improvement in con- 

 ditions generally. He says prices are holding up 

 firmly under the circumstances. 



D. O. McFarland of the Middle States Lumber 

 Company left the middle of May for a business 

 trip through northern Ohio. 



The Monarch Manufacturing Company of Bis- 

 ccm, Seneca county, Ohio, was incorporated, with 

 a capital stock of $10,000, to manufacture exten- 

 sion ladders, washboards and other wooden arti- 

 cles. The incorporators are Frederick B. Craner, 

 Charles L. Walter, J. Garfield Hough, David Kin- 

 zer and Arlington D. Myers. 



The Wason Lumber Company of Toledo was 

 incorporated recently, with a capital of $15,000, 

 by Charles Hartman. Frank L. Mulholland, W. L. 

 Condlt, Robert V. Phillips and R. Y. Young. 



N. K. Snook, II. W. St. John, E. N. St. John, 

 G. O. Decker and L. L. Clarke have incorporated 

 the Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Colum- 

 bus, O., which will establish a factory for the 

 making of wooden articles. Its capital stock is 

 $10,000. 



President Stevens of the Chesr.poake & Ohio 

 Railroad Company, which recently acquired con- 

 trol of the Hocking Valley Railway Company, an- 

 nounces that a plant for treating railroad ties 

 will be opened at Logan, O., on the Hocking 

 Valley. The plant is designed to treat ties with 

 a preparation of creosote for the purpose of 

 keeping them from rotting. 



C. G. McLaughlin, general manager of the Mc- 

 Laughlin-Hoffman Lumber Company, has given 

 out a statement in regard to the discussion on the 

 lumber tariff, Incidental to the campaign for 

 nomination for Congress. Considerable was writ- 

 ten on the subject and the voters were much 

 befogged. Mr. McLaughlin says that he believes 

 that free trade in lumber not only would not 

 conserve the United States lumber supply but 

 would tend to deplete it. He argues that since 

 the larger number of the box factories are located 

 near the Canadian border, with free trade the 

 supply of the lower grades of basswood, white 

 pine, yellow pine, hemlock and poplar would come 

 from Canadian forests and that United States 

 producers would t>e unable to use the poorer logs. 

 As a consequence the lower grade logs would be 

 left on the ground and the producer would be 

 compelled to cut more high-grade logs to make his 

 natural profit. Mr. McLaughlin reports business 

 quiet, due to unfavorable weather conditions. 

 He states that there Is a scarcity in the higher 



grades, which he believes will result in more free 

 buying of the lower grades in the near future, 

 lie is optimistic as to the future. 



Lumber shippers are interested in the confer- 

 ence between railroad trafilc officials and shippers 

 recently held, which resulted in the promulga- 

 tion of uniform rules for interpreting the car 

 service rules of the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion. While the car service rules were uniform 

 except in the New England and Pacific states, no 

 uniform code of Interpretation had been promul- 

 gated, and as a consequence considerable friction 

 resulted. The recent conference has done away 

 with this trouble. 



CINCINNATI 



I'residcnt Cliff S. Walker says he is very 

 proud of his re-election and will give his time 

 and best endeavors to making the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Cincinnati the first in the land. The 

 new constitution, which was worked out and 

 adopted during his first year's administration, 

 .guaranteeing a "square deal" to all doing busi- 

 ness in or with the Cincinnati lumbermen, will 

 be upheld in every detail. After a careful study 

 of the conditions to be observed, President 

 Walker has selected the following committees 

 for the ensuing year, with full confidence that 

 the work allotted to each committee will be 

 carefully worked out and reported upon : 



Arbitration — W. A. Bennett, chairman ; T. B. 

 Stone, W. H. Hopkins, A. V. Jackson, Fred Mow- 

 bray. 



Advertising — W. E. DeLane.v. chairman ; J. W. 

 Darling. H. J. Pflester, H. Freiberg, W. E. Johns. 



Credit and terms — W. H. Hopkins, chairman ; 

 S. H. Wildberg, W. Duhlmeier, S. E. Giffen, 

 H. A. HoUoweil. 



Entertainment — Joseph Bolser, chairman ; 

 George Littleford, J. Watt Graham, E. J. Tho- 

 man, George W. Hand. 



Inspection — B. A. Kipp, chairman : Fred C. 

 Conn, W. B. Talhert, J. E. Dulweber, J. Van 

 Orsdel. 



Law and insurance — G. C. Ault, chairman : 

 R. K. Gilbert, G. C. Trimble, Earl Hart, F. 

 Scott. 



Membership — S. E. Rlchev, chairman : George 

 Morgan. Dwight Hinckley, W. H. Eckman, W. S. 

 Sterrett. 



River and rail — B. F. Dulweber, chairman ; 

 C. F. Korn, D. C. Snook, W. E. DeLaney, C. M. 

 Clark. 



Statistics — T. J. Moffett, chairman: H. R. 

 Browne, J. A. MoEntee, R. McCracken, M. R. 

 Short. 



Transportation — J. S. Zoller, chairman ; Fred 

 Radina, C. S. Stanberry, E. Barker, I. M. Men- 

 zies. 



Clint Crane was down town the other day 

 viewing the parade and incidentally attending 

 a suit in the coj?ts. He said that business 

 at their plant was very good ; in fact, they had 

 about all the business that could be conveniently 

 taken care of. Their sales were averaging 

 250,000 feet per day. and they are well sup- 

 plied with the lumber in demand. The big plant 

 is working full time, and conditions looked very 

 favorable for a continuance. 



B. F. Dulweber is out again and around at- 

 tending to business, much to the delight of his 

 friends on the west side, where he is a gen- 

 eral favorite among the lumbermen. 



W. F. Duhlmeier of Duhlmeier Brothers is 

 learning to chaperon a big new touring car, 

 which has been added to his stables recently, 

 and he thus adds another to the lists of horse 

 lovers who have deserted the ranks for the 

 horseless. 



Through some unaccountable freak of nature 

 or the Immigration Bureau, English speaking 

 laborers are a curiosity in this city. The M. B. 

 Farrin company recently advertised in the local 

 press for '"ten English speaking strong men" to 

 do labor work around its plant. It is pretty 

 tough to have to employ an interpreter to in- 

 struct the "huskies" where to throw a plank, 

 but that is what it Is coming to. 



It is not good business to purloin the auto- 

 mobile of a lumberman for a "joy ride." Some 

 time ago B. F. Dulweber purchased a machine 

 and before he got acquainted with it himself 



