HARDWOOD RECORD 



55 



PITTSBURG 



The Hamilton LuiiUkt Company reports busi- 

 ness spotty and unsatisfactory although a few 

 real old-time days have made the month profit- 

 able so far. It is well located now in the Dia- 

 mond Banii building at Fifth and Liberty ave- 

 nue. 



J. N. Wollett. president of the Aberdeen Lum- 

 ber Company, announces some good orders re- 

 ceived by him during the past four weeks. These 

 were chiefly for gum and Cottonwood, in which 

 stocks he makes a specialty. 



The H. V. Curll Lumber Company will increase 

 Its output in West Virginia this fall, as it be- 

 lieves that poplar, its chief stock, will he in bet- 

 ter demand than ever. Its shipping facilities 

 will be greatly improved by the new tram line 

 which it is now building to tap a new part of 

 Its timber. 



According to Vice President McCready of the 

 Mead & Spear Lumber Company, trade has been 

 slow and irregular the past ten days ; prior to 

 that time the company was doing a first class 

 business and Mr. McCready believes that this is 

 only a temporary lull in buying. Operations at 

 the mill at Strange Creek, W. Va., are proceed- 

 ing well. 



I. F. Balsley, sales manager of the Palmer & 

 Semans Lumber Company, is looking for quite 

 an increase la trade later in the summer. The 

 company, since its organization some six months 

 ago, has been getting its timber lands and stocks 

 Into the best possible shape and is now pre- 

 pared to furnish as fine a lot of choice assorted 

 hardwood as can be found anywhere in the coun- 

 try. 



Manager E. 11. Shreiner of the Goodwin Lum- 

 ber Company has been making frequent trips to 

 the West Virginia plants in order to keep a 

 wise eye on stocks. The Goodwin company is 

 selling a fine lot of white pine in big sizes, much 

 of which goes to the eastern trade. 



The W. P. Craig Lumber Company from its 

 office In the Empire building announces a good 

 movement in the better grades of spruce, chiefly 

 merchantable. There is no trouble in getting 

 cars, its oflicials say, and the tendency among the 

 mill men is to fill orders very promptly and at 

 prices which are often dictated by the whole- 

 saler. 



J. H. Newell of the Newell Brothers Lumber 

 Company spent a few days last week at the 

 plant at Braucher, W. Va. The company's mill 

 Is running full and by next fall will have lev- 

 eled most of the timber tract which the Newells 

 bought over three years ago and which has been 

 very profitable for them. 



L. A. Bodine of the Plymouth Lumber Com- 

 pany of Plymouth, N. C, called around on his 

 Pittsburg friends last week. This concern is 

 doing a big business in poplar, cypress and 

 tupelo. 



President W. D. Johnston of tne American 

 Lumber & Manafacturing Company, on his recent 

 trip to the Northwest bought about 8,000,00U 

 feet of lumber. This will carry the company 

 through the summer season very nicely. Its 

 vice-president, J. B. Montgomery, announces that 

 tlie best feature in the market is the stronger 

 purchases this week by the railroads, which 

 looks as if they must spend money for lumber 

 whether thev would or not. 



BOSTON 



\\'illiam E. Litchfield, the well-known Boston 

 hardwood lumber dealer, has returned from a 

 western, trip. While away he visit«d the mill 

 of Litchfield Brothers at North Vernon, Ind., and 

 attended the convention of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association. 



It is reported that one of the largest toothpick 

 factories in the country will be erected at Phil- 



lips, Me. Oscar II. Hersey, president of the In- 

 ternational Manufacturing Company of that 

 place, was a recent visitor in Boston. The build- 

 ings will be large and of concrete construction. 



John W. Macy, a well-known lumberman, has 

 recently leased a piece of property in Nantucket, 

 Mass., for the purpose of starting a lumber busi- 

 ness. 



The planing mill of A. A. Presbrey & Son Com- 

 pany of Providence, R. I., was recently damaged 

 by fire. 



Roy L. Palmer and H. F. Hunter of the Pal- 

 mer-Hunter Lumber Company. Boston, returned 

 early in the month from the convention in Louis- 

 ville. Mr. Hunter visited North Vernon, Ind., 

 while away and inspected the hardwood lumber 

 plant of Litchfield Brothers. 



BALTIMORE 



The report that the eastern lumber trade as- 

 sociations, among them the New York Lumber 

 Trade Association, the Rhode Island, New Jer- 

 sey, Connecticut and Massachusetts Associations, 

 had agreed to accept the rules of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association at a conference held 

 in New York, was received with much interest 

 here. Baltimore hardwood men are working 

 under the National Hardwood Association rules, 

 which were ratified by the exchange here, and 

 they have experienced more or less difiiculty in 

 their transactions. 



The Wagon Oak Plank Exporters' Association, 

 which, at a meeting held last March at Roanoke, 

 Va.. formulated inspection rules for oak planks 

 embodying the views of the American shippers 

 as to what such rules should provide, copies be- 

 ing forwarded to the Liverpool Timber Trades 

 Federation, has not so far heard from that or- 

 ganization. It was proposed that representatives 

 of the Wagon Oak association confer with mem- 

 bers of the Timber Trades Federation next Oc- 

 tober, but so far no one has yet come forward 

 among the shippers to ask to be named as repre- 

 sentative. This disposition to stand from under 

 is due largely to the dlflSculties which a repre- 

 sentative would be likely to encounter at the 

 conference. Business in England has not been 

 good, while the forwardings of oak planks have 

 been liberal enough to bring about extensive ac- 

 cumulations. Competition is very keen, and the 

 conditions at the present time are not such as 

 to make the foreign buyers feel inclined to offer 

 material concessions. It looks very much as 

 though the exporters nould have to apply the 

 remedy themselves, by concerted action and stop- 

 ping shipments, bringing about a healthier state 

 in the trade. 



Holger A. Koppel, an exporter of hardwood 

 lumber and logs, whose departure for Copenha- 

 gen, his former home, was delayed for some 

 weeks by an attack of illness, sailed last week, 

 having recovered sutficientlj to stand the jour- 

 ney. 



R. E. Wood, president of the R. E. Wood Lum- 

 ber Company, is at Fontana, N. C, inspecting 

 the operation of the company's mill there. 



The Hollingsworth Wheel Company has been 

 incorporated at Hagerstown, Md., with a capi- 

 talization of $40,000, to manufacture wheels, 

 hubs, spokes, rims and wheel material. A large 

 factory is to be built. The incorporators, who 

 are also the directors for the first year, are 

 Thompson A. Brown, Barclay E. Hollingsworth 

 and J. A. Hollingsworth of Hagerstown. The 

 Messrs. Hollingsworth were formerly connected 

 with the Hagerstown Spoke & Bending Works 

 (Company, which became involved in financial 

 trouble. They came from Wheel, Md. 



also says that the call for the lower grades of 

 hardwoods is quite brisk. 



Lower grades of hardwoods, with the excep- 

 tion of low-grade poplar, are moving well, ac- 

 cording to ofiicers of the Advance Lumber Com- 

 pany. The company has recently delivered some 

 good sized orders for chestnut and oak. 



The Martin-Barriss Company is preparing to 

 replace part of its plant destroyed several weeks 

 ago by a fire which did about $35,000 worth of 

 damage. The dry kiln, sawmill and boiler room 

 were partially destroyed, but the large storage 

 wareroom, containing much valuable hardwood 

 veneer and the big hardwood yards were saved. 

 The company was inconvenienced but continued 

 to make all deliveries of stock on time. The 

 loss was fully covered by insurance and rebuild- 

 ing operations are now in progress. 



Among recent visitors to Cleveland were J. F. 

 Bertless, sales manager of the Saw.ver-Goodman 

 Lumber Company of Marinette, Wis., F. W. 

 Crane of the F. W. Crane Lumber Company of 

 Pittsburg, Pa., and Geo. E. Breece, manager of 

 the West Virginia Timber Company, Charlestoj, 

 W. Va. 



The American Box Company, which had its 

 plant partially destroyed by fire several week.; 

 ago, is busy with rebuilding operations. 



COLUMBUS 



CLEVELAND 



The F. T. Peitch Company reports a decided 

 improvement in the demand for cypress, to be 

 used for house finishing purposes. The company 



Lumber manufacturers and Jobbers of Colum- 

 bus, especially those engaged in the hardwood 

 trade, are taking considerable interest in the 

 "Made-in-Columbus" exposition under the aus- 

 pices of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, 

 which opened June 21 with a large parade. 

 The exposition will continue until July 4 and 

 is held at the Ohio State Fair grounds. A num- 

 ber of the manufacturers and shippers have ar- 

 ranged for exhibits, and in addition exhibits 

 were arranged lor by implement and vehicle 

 manufacturers, furniture concerns and column 

 :ind mill workers. The exposition is expected to 

 attract a large number of business men to the 

 city. 



H. W. Putnam, president of the General Lum 

 ber Company, reports an improvement in the 

 factory demand. He says factories are using 

 more materials at this time and there is a bet- 

 ter demand for the lower grades of hardwoods. 

 The upper grades are also in good call. There 

 is a slight advance in the quotations for birch 

 and chestnut. Prices in other varieties are 

 steady and unchanged from two weeks ago. The 

 company is hurryin.tc repairs on its mill at Ash- 

 land, Ky., preparatory to starting operations 

 soon. 



H. C. Buskirk. sales manager of the General 

 Lumber Company, returns June 20 from his 

 home at McArthur, Ohio, where he was ill lor 

 several weeks. 



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

 pany, says the market is fairly steady although 

 there is some disposition to shade quotations 

 in some sections. He believes that the more 

 favorable weather will soon cause improvement 

 in the general market. 



R. W. Horton, sales manager of the central 

 division for the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, 

 says that the market at present is steady al- 

 though conditions have been a little slow lor 

 several weeks. The number ol orders has in 

 creased in the past few days, due to the more 

 favorable weather for building operations. Prices 

 are holding up well under the circumstances but 

 there is a slight tendency in some sections to 

 sag off. Chestnut is in good demand. 



The Ritter company announces a change in 

 its sales force. R. W. Horton svicceeds H. W. 

 Collins as manager of sales lor the central di- 

 vision with headquarters in Columbus. H. W. 

 Collins becomes manager ol the Philadelphia of- 

 fice, succeeding R. L. Gilliam, who resigned to 



