HARDWOOD RECORD 



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tomplaining of the market at all tlii> past six 

 ■weeks, xt has a run of Ohifi orders which keeps- 

 it espeeially hiisy and prices \vhi,h it has se 

 oin'ed have been very satisfactory. 



Harry Domhoft'. president of the Aeorn Lum- 

 ber t'ompany. made a successful trip to Buffalo 

 recently, bringing back some good orders. Sinci' 

 his removal 10 the Oliver building be lias been 

 "taking them over" right along and Imnkert a tine 

 lot 01 business last month. 



The I'urnace Rnn Saw-mill & Lumber Com- 

 pany has many more inquiries on its books 

 this month so far than last. I'resideut Nelson 

 Bell says that the good lumber seller now is 

 the man who cuts prices hard and goes after 

 business with a vengeance. William Hunter of 

 the company is spending this week in Cleveland 

 among the hardw'ood men. 



IL >V. Henniuger. who presided over the de- 

 tiuies of the Reliance Lumber Company prier 

 to its failure, recently has allied himself wilii 

 the Brown Brothers Lumber Company at Ithine- 

 lander. Wis., and i^ very busy hustling out it* 

 pine and hardwoods. 



Tile Pittsltnrg Lumber Compan.v, which re- 

 cently purchased about 8.000 acres of virgin for- 

 est land near Hampton. Va., is getting ready 

 to begin active operations. The company is backed 

 by former State Senator William Flinn. his son. 

 A. Hex Flinn. D. O. Jones and John S. Weller. 

 all of Pittsburg, and has a capital of .fSOO.Odli. 

 It will bnild a big band sawmill and prepare 

 to <'Ut ."(tt.txio feet per day. A branch line of the 

 K. T. & W. X. C. railroad will probably be con 

 structed from Hamptcm to the' timber, a distance 

 01" eight miles. 



The H. V. Curll LMuiber C<)mpany teels espe- 

 cially strong on the poplar situation this spring, 

 for Mr. Curll says that he never saw conditions 

 at the manufacturing end favor a strong, hi^ih 

 market so much as they do now. This concern is 

 increasing its operations in Wret Virginia stead- 

 ily, its latest move l)eing to build several miles 

 more tram road to penetrate a new part of its 

 timber. 



Th" I'. \y. Crane Lumber Company has started 

 shipments from the stocks of the Yalt Lumber 

 Company at Yale. l-Cy.. and is hurrying its 

 lumber into eastern markets as fast as possible. 

 Mr. Curil returned from the East Saturday and 

 brought back with him a nice bunch of busines:^. 

 In general, the company has little complaint to 

 make of present conditions, although in some 

 sections demand is very quiet. 



The Allegheny Lumber Company is doing a 

 fair business. t'p to within the past two rr 

 three weeks its business has been Al. The slump 

 it. orders is attributed b.v Secretary Rogers 

 ti> several causes, among w-hich the weather, 

 politics and the railroad tangle are uppermost. 

 A. M. Turner of this company is over at the mill 

 at lOndeavor. Ta.. this week. 



Till' IMttsburg Lumbermen's Mutual l-'ire In- 

 surance Company, under the active direction 

 of Carl Van der Voort. is making exceptionally 

 good progress in getting its head up among 

 (he winners. Very few companies have had such 

 a low percentage of bad risks since their forma- 

 tion, and it is due chiefly to the scrupulous 

 attention which Mr. Van der A'oort gives to every 

 apiiiication for business. He recently made .1 

 successful trip through the Altoona district. 



The beginning of I'ittsburg's big expenditures 

 fur public improvements is seen in the ordinance 

 recently passed for .$030,000 worth of new city 

 bonds to be used for building the point bridge 

 at the Ohio. Allegheny and 5Ionongahela riveis. 

 Contracts for the bridge will bc^ awarded as 

 soon as specifications can l)e prepared. The 

 matter of removing the hump, raising the Alle- 

 gheny river bridges and doing a large amount of 

 street leveling in the downtown district is held 

 up temporarily in the courts so that it is not 

 likely any contracts for these projects will be 

 awarded this year. 



The West Virginia Lumber Company. a<'cord- 



ing to office manager. B. W. Cross, is movitig 

 along very steadily and earnestly hoping for 

 more business. Its mills in northern Pennsyl- 

 vania are running and its stocks there are iusi 

 the kinil that a shrewd buyer would wish to 

 secure, as they are dry and well selected. W. \\'. 

 Dickey of this concern is down ICast for a iwc. 

 weeks' triii. 



Secretary J. H. Henderson of the Kendall Lum- 

 ber <'ompany rei^orts the coal and coke trade 

 very quiet. General liusiness is more uv less 

 irregular, be announces. The railroads are 

 insisting upon prompt shipment, which has bet n 

 a good sign. The company's dealings with the 

 B. & O. traction companies and its big yard 

 trade has kept it busy all the spring. 



The Flint. Krving & Stoner Lumber Company 

 sbipp'.'d about 12'a> cars of lumber from its opera- 

 tion at liunlevie. W. \'a.. last week. I'resident 

 J. B. Flint announces that much of this was 

 shipped on old orders as new business is not 

 Kiniing in as rapidly as the company's officials 

 desire. Mr. Flint spends much of his time at the 

 Dunlevie operation. 



Pittsburg made an .excellent showing la U 

 month in comparison with other big cities of th*s 

 country in the matter of new buildings, her 

 position in the ranks of about thirty-tive big 

 cities being sixth. Her gain in building last 

 month over May. liKiU. was tliirt.v-six jier cen*. 

 the totals being .$1.8S.'i..Sn for May, loio. and 

 .i;i,lS3,12S for May, ItiOO. 



The Pittsburg wholesale lumbermen will hold 

 their annual picnic at Keystone I'ark. I'a.. Jun_' 

 2.J. The location is near (Jlenshaw. on the P. & 

 ^■^■. railroad, and Js one of the finest outing spots 

 in Allegheny count.y. The committee in charge 

 of the event includes J. B. Montgomery, vice- 

 Iiresident of the American Lumber & Manufai - 

 turing Company : J. H. Henderson, secretary of 

 the Kendall I^umber C<»mpany. and President L. 

 L. Satler of the L. L. Satler Lumber Company. 

 Appropriate prizes will be awarded for sporting- 

 events and at the close the committee will spring 

 a big surprise b.v awarding a prize of exceptional 

 value to the winner of the most points in the 

 diiTerent contests. 



machinery and making a numljer of changes 

 which will double its flooring capacity and enalWe 

 it to handle more orders for oak interior finish, 

 moulding, etc. Favorable reports are received 

 from the company's office as to the present con- 

 ditions. Plenty of orders come in for flooring. 

 Prices are good. The band mill at Farmers, Ky., 

 i:- in steady operation now, with enough timber 

 and oi-ders for a good long run. 



HUNTINGTON 



W. E. Minter of the Kenova Lumber & Supply 

 Company of Kenova, W. Va.. iidvises business 

 very satisfactory and that his firm will soon be 

 in shape to take care of orders from its planing- 

 mill and yards at Kencva. The company has built 

 a large factory building and lumber sheds, ami 

 will makp a specialty of shipping mixed cars of 

 finished lumber and rough stock. Ir expects to 

 carry a full line of porch columns and all 

 builders' supi)lies. 



('. A. Miller of the ^. W. Johnson Company 

 has returned from an extended business trip 

 through the East. He reports business good and 

 indications of a busy season for lumbermen. 

 Mr. Miller received some desirable orders while 

 on this trip and is much encouraged over the 

 present conditions. 



H. G. Erwin of the Erie Lumber Company of 

 Erie, Pa., was a business visitor in our city 

 this week. ilr. Erwin reports business good and 

 advi.ses that his company is experiencing morf 

 trouble in securing dry Iuml>er for its customer^ 

 than it does in getting orders. Mr. Erwin is 

 on an extended trip through Kentucky and West 

 A'irginia looking after a number of orders and 

 purchasing stock to be shipped by various mills. 



W. H. Gilbert, representative of the Flynn 

 Lumber Company of Swiss. W. Va.. mingled with 

 our lumbermen one day this week. lie is mak- 

 ing .good reports on the present condition of 

 business with his company. Its mill is in steady 

 operation, manufacturing lumber of ail grade; 

 and thicknesses. 



R. G. Page, eecretary of the Licking Rivr 

 Lumber Comijany. was on a business trip to Cin- 

 cinnati this week. Hi.-; company is in.staUing new 



BOSTON 



Mystic wharf, where the Imlk of the ship- 

 ment of lumber for South America are stored 

 previous to being loaded, was recently damaged 

 by firn. causing considerable loss to two com- 

 panies engaged in export business. The fire 

 srarti-d in one of the sheds owned by the Export 

 Lumber Company and spread, destroying another 

 of the company's sheds and office, as well as 

 about 2,000.000 feet of Canadian and Michigan 

 white pine. One shed belonging to the Atlantic 

 I'oast Lumber Company was Ijadly damaged. The 

 sheds, office and platforms of the Export Lumlwn" 

 » ompany were damaged to the extent of al>out 

 ^m.ooo and the loss on its lumber was esti- 

 mated at $100,000. The Athuitic Coast Lumber 

 Company lost about $700,000 worth of lumber. 

 It is believed that the fire was accidentally set 

 tiy ti-amps. 



The buildings, and machinery of the Buckley 

 Car Company. Worcester. Mass., have been pur- 

 chased by John E. Mayhew, who is to manufac- 

 ture all kinds of builders" finish. The plant is 

 well equipped for this line of work. It was 

 previously used for the manufacture of cars 

 and lunch carts, and has been controlled by the 

 Harris Car Company, of New York. The Buck- 

 ley company was organized in 1902 by the late 

 T. H. Buckley, who died in 1I)0(;. For the past 

 year or two very little use has been made of the 

 plant. The factory is equipped with modern 

 machinery, which can be used in getting out 

 builders" flni.sh. In the plant are two large dry- 

 ing rooms : a spur track connects with the main 

 railroad, which makes it easy to receive ma- 

 terials and to make shipments of the finished 

 product. 



The laiilding contracts awarded in New Eng- 

 land since the first of this year amount to over 

 $(:;2.O0O.00O. and are practically $4,000,000 larger 

 than a year ago at this time. 



The time of the receivership of the Essex 

 Wood Turning Company, Essex, Conn., has l^een 

 extended to September 1. L. C. Parker is the 

 receiver. It is believed that a new company 

 will be organized inside of a few months. 



The Associated Lumber Company has discon- 

 tinued business in New Haven and its .stock is 

 to be shipped to New York, where the company 

 has its headquarters. The company was in- 

 corporated in Massachusetts and later opened 

 offices in New York and New Haven. 



The Thames Lumber Company of New London, 

 Conn., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $ir>0,000. The incorporators are: J. Mc- 

 Laughlin. C. M. Geisthardt. E. A. Bent and 

 F. J. Corrigan. 



BALTIMORE 



The Eisenhauer-MacLea Company whose 

 yard on Centra! avenue, at Canton avenue, was 

 gutted by fire last February, when nearly its 

 entire stock of fine hardwoods was destroyed, 

 has made such rapid progress in rebuilding that 

 the sheds arc now up and fully stocked. Nearly 

 every trace of the fire has disappeared, and 

 work is progressing- rapidly on a brick office 

 building just across Central avenue from the 

 old office, which was of shingles. Tlie yard on 

 the other side of Central avenue was acquired 

 a few days before the fire, and the new office is 

 being erected on the north end of it. The build- 

 ing will have two stories and will afford room 



