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HARDWOOD RECORD 



for the private offices, containing also a board 

 room and otlier apartments. It will be com- 

 fortably fitted up and will have every facility for 

 tbe conduct of business. 



Holger & Koppel, a uardwood exporter, in- 

 tended to sail for his old home in Copenhagen, 

 Denmark, on May 26. but an attack of illness 

 compelled a change of program. He is still un- 

 der the weather, having had a high fever and 

 being required, for the first time in his life, to 

 stay away from the office. He now expects to 

 sail in about two weeks. 



Godfrey Sanders, of the Foreign Hardwood 

 Company of London, was a visitor in Baltimore 

 last week. He had come to the United States 

 for an extended tour of the lumbering sections in 

 the South, and saw some of the hardwood men 

 here. 



Another visitor was Emanuel Nicole, of the 

 Cargo Control, a Havre shipping concern, which 

 undertakes to route lumber shipments to points 

 in the interior of the continent. Mr. Nicole 

 came here with a view to getting some business 

 from the exporters. 



The Maryland Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized at HagerstowD, Md., to deal in timber 

 and coal lands. It has a capital stock of .$250,- 

 000, and the incorporators are John A. Dennl- 

 son. Daniel A. Stickell, Charles M. Danzer and 

 .John G. Ernst, of Hagerstown. Md., and David 

 S. McNitt, of Lewistown, Pa. The company has 

 purchased the property of the Chaffey-Wilson 

 Lumber Company, in Pocahontas county. West 

 Virginia, tonsisting of timber lands and mill, 

 the deal involving considerably over a quarter 

 of a million dollars, and will at once begin 

 the manufacture of lumber on the tract. 



F. R. Babcock of E. V. Babcock & Co. of 

 Pittsburg and .Tohnstown, Ta., was in Balti- 

 more recently, calling on a number of firms here, 

 he stated that during April his company had 

 done the largest month's business in its history, 

 having handled not less than $400,000 worth 

 of lumber. 



H. L. Bowman of the H. E. Wood Lumber 

 Company is back at h.s desk after a ten days" 

 trip to the company's mill on Eagle Creek, Swain 

 county, .,. C. He went primarily for his health, 

 and was much henented. Mr. Bowman is gen- 

 eral sales manager of the company. 



Henry C. Stuart, the candidate for congress 

 in Virginia, who was held up in New York by 

 the customs authorities on the charge that he 

 had failed to declare dutiable goods brought into 

 the t'nited States by his wife after an absence 

 of more than two years in Europe, and who 

 afterward paid duties amounting to about .$2,000, 

 is president of the Elk Garden Lumber Com- 

 pany, and one of the best known members of 

 the trade. Mr. Stuart has been doing business 

 with Baltimore firms for years, and is known 

 .as a high-minded man. As reported in the 

 papers, Mr. Stuart proved conclusively absence 

 of intent to smuggle. He showed that he was 

 acting on the advice of a United States consul 

 when be failed to declare the goods in question, 

 that official having informed him that tbe arti- 

 cles need not he declared. The official as well 

 as Mr. Stuart were ignorant of the fact that 

 the ruling on which the consul based his opinion 

 had been repealed, and Mr. Stuart was conse- 

 quently permitted to redeem the goods without 

 the payment of a penalty. Mr. Stuart owns 35,- 

 000 acres of the finest land in Virginia, his 

 holdings being located in Lebanon and Tazewell 

 counties, Virginia. He is an extensive breeder 

 of live stock, and is accounted a wealthy man. 

 At present he is making a three-cornered fight 

 for congress, and it is predicted by his friends 

 that he will be the next governor of the Old 

 Dominion. The station of the Elk Garden Lum- 

 ber Company, which manufactures chiefiy yel- 

 low poplar and hardwoods, is Blackford. 



.T. G. M. Rietbergen of the firm of Oscar 

 Peschardt & Co., of 35 Vimmelskaftet, Copen- 

 hagen, Denmark, was a visitor in Baltimore last 



Saturday a week ago. He Called on R. P. Baer 

 & Co., among other firms, and was the recipient 

 of social attentions. Mr. Rietbergen is a mem- 

 ber of the firm and is visiting the United States 

 to study the conditions of lumber supply. 



R. I'. Baer, senior member of the hardwood 

 firm of R. P. Baer & Co., is on a business trip 

 to New York and other eastern points. He re- 

 ports that orders are coming in quite freely, 

 and that the demand for stocks is quite good. 



COLUMBUS 



The l''iiyette County Lumber Company of 

 Washington Court House, O., has opened a 

 branch yard at Middletown. 



J. E. Cummms, general manager of the Colum- 

 bus Saw Mill Company, reports a steady trade 

 in hardwoods of most varieties. He says the 

 trade is not booming but satisfactory under ex- 

 isting conditions. The concern has recently 

 shipped several large consignments to the Ham- 

 burg. Germany, market. 



The Fall Lumber & Coal Company of Port 

 Clinton, O., was incorporated recently with 

 an authorized capital of .$50,000 to carry on a 

 lumber business. The incorporators were E. H. 

 Fall, H. B. Magruder, E. B. Sarenser. Louis F. 

 Johnson and Scott Stohl. 



The Naiwleon Lumber & Handle Company of 

 Napoleon, O., was incorporated with a capital of 

 ?!10,000 to carry on a lumber business and manu- 

 facture handles. Charles F. Ferguson is at the 

 head of the concern. 



A branch of the Breeze Lumber & JIanufactur 

 ing Company of Portsmouth. O., will be estab- 

 lished at Selma. Ala., to furnish the hardwood 

 supply to the Portsmouth concern. 



C. T. Nelson of the C. T. Nelson Column Com- 

 pany reports a steady run of orders with prices 

 remaining unchanged. He says that the pros- 

 pects for the future are bright. 



D. W. Kerr of the W. Ij. Whitacre Lumber 

 Company reports a steady trade in hardwoods. 

 He reports prices in most varieties remaining 

 steady. W. L. Whitacre of the concern left re- 

 cently for a ten-days' business trip through sev- 

 eral southern states. 



John R. Gobey, head of the company bearing 

 his name, reports a good market in hardwoods 

 when the weather conditions are taken into con- 

 sideration. He says trade is not as bad as 

 might be expected under the circumstances. M.r. 

 Gobey's wife, who recently underwent an opera- 

 tion, is now almost completely recovered. 



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

 Machinery Company, reports a steady run of 

 orders and Inquiries. Mr. Sexton was recently 

 called to northern Ohio cities on business. 



W. E. Hyde, receiver for the Rood Lumber 

 Company, located on Buttles avenue, is making 

 an effort to further a reorganization which is 

 projected. The company's box factory has been 

 in operation for s^cveral months with good re- 

 sults. If tbe concern is not reorganized it will 

 be offered for sale. 



F. Everson Powell of the Powell Lumljer Com- 

 pany reports a slow market in most directions, 

 although business is not as bad as might be ex- 

 pected under the circumstances. 



H. W. Putnam, president of the General Lum- 

 ber Company, reports a steady market with a 

 slight falling off in the demand from manufac- 

 turing establishments. He says that prices are 

 unchanged. Mr. Putnam recently visited Day- 

 ton, 0.. where ho witnessed several fiights of the 

 Wrights in their aeroplanes. 



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

 pany, reports the trade in hardwoods a little 

 slow, due to unfavorable weather conditions. 

 He says the yard demand is better than the fac- 

 tory demand. Prices, however, have not weak- 

 ened materially under the slow buying. 



H. C. Bard of the Middle States Lumber Com- 

 pany finds business in hardwood circles quiet. 



with prices unsettled. D. O. McFarland of the 

 firm was called to northern Ohio on business 

 recently. 



The .\merican Fork & Hoe Company of Cleve- 

 land was incorporated with an autliorized capi- 

 tal of ,$10,000 to manufacture agricultural im- 

 plements. The incorporators are George Cook 

 Ford, N. J. Webster, M. G. McAleman, John H. 

 Watson, Jr., and B. E. Robertson. 



R. W. Horton of the sales department of the 

 \V. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a good 

 month in hardwoods during May, despite the 

 unfavorable weather. Prices are holding their 

 own and in one instance there has been an ad- 

 vance. He says that sales are fairly well dis- 

 tributed over the country, with the Middle West 

 showing up the best. The higher grades are in 

 better demand than the lower grades. 



David Meridith of Donithon, Wayne county, O., 

 has completed the delivery of 40,000 cross ties 

 1o C. C. Clark & Co. at Ironton. The ties were 

 brought down the river in twenty-three rafts. 

 General Frazer of Wayne county also rafted 

 down the river 40,000 ties, which were sold to 

 llolden & Co. 



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

 Company reports a pretty fair demand for most 

 varieties, with an increased number of inquiries 

 for timbers and special bills. H. D. Brasher 

 was called to j_.etroit on business early in June. 



C. G. McLaughlin, general manager of the 

 McLaughlin-Hoffman Lumber Company, says the- 

 greatest falling off has been in the yard trade. 

 He is pf the opinion that the weather is respon- 

 sible for the lull. He says that there is a pecu- 

 liar situation, as it is both difficult to buy and 

 sell. 



What is believed to be one of the largest 

 white oak logs ever marketed in Ohio was sold 

 ;it Portsmouth recently to the Mechlin mills at 

 Winchester by A. J. Beckman of the Buffalo- 

 Hardwood LunfSer Company. The log measured' 

 55 inches in diameter and is valued at $300. 



Columbus lumber jobbers have interested them- 

 selves in the "Made in Columbus" Exposition to- 

 be held on the Ohio State Fair Grounds, June- 

 21 to July 4. The exposition will be under the- 

 auspices of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce- 

 and indications point to one of the largest dis- 

 plays of its kind in the Middle West. 



CINCINNATI 



The ground occupied by the lumber yard of 

 T. I'. Scott & Co., on McLean avenue, which is- 

 part of the yards of the Cincinnati Southern 

 railroad, was sold at auction last week. Frank 

 Scott has been given sixty days in which to- 

 1 emove the lumber in the yard. He has securedi 

 a larger tract of land at the foot of Dayton 

 street, extending through the block to Bank 

 street, which is being put in shape for the- 

 handling of lumber. His concern is arranging 

 lo have a switch from the Southern railroad run- 

 into the new yards. 



The River & Rail Committee of the Lumber- 

 men's Club of Cincinnati will take an active- 

 part in the fight being made by the receivers: 

 and shippers of this territory against the ad- 

 vance in freight rates by the railroads, which- 

 was scheduled to be effective June 2. 



What may give additional strength to Cincin- 

 nati as a hardwood market, the opening of a 

 permanent exhibition building for the sale of 

 furniture, is now a material fact. W. R. Fiske. 

 the promoter, announces that the building will 

 be complete on July 1 : 110,000 square feet of 

 exhibition space will be covered by exhibits of 

 manufactured stock. This will bring a large 

 number of furniture manufacturers to Cincin- 

 nati to dispose of their product, and at the same 

 time enable them to secure tbe advantages of 

 the buying of lumber stock in the greatest hard- 

 wood market. 



B. F. Dulweber, head of John Duhveber & Co.,. 



