HARDWOOD RECORD 



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(.u till' site. Mr. Scott is one of the fortunate 

 ones in liavlng a good volume of business, while 

 the majority are complaining of dullness. 



Ilair.v Freiberg, the head of the Freiberg Lum- 

 l-iM- (.'onipany. is proving himself to be one of 

 Ihc most active and enterprising of the younger 

 lumbermen of the Queen City. The plant has 

 already received much notice for the large con- 

 signments of Mexican mahogany received, and 

 (he large stock of mahogany lumber carried on 

 its yards. Recently there has been added a 

 veneer mill, which is now in operation, cutting 

 sawed veneers. The Freiberg company has now 

 added another imi>rovement. which makes it the 

 most attractive plant in this part of the coun- 

 try. The office of the company has been en- 

 tirely rebuilt, the panels of the foiu- walls being 

 of different kinds nf tine woods. One side is en- 

 tirely <»f oak. (luartered and piaiit ; another of 

 .Mexican mahogany, another of Circassian wal- 

 nut, and Spanish cedar. The woods are all 

 highly linished. The desks, tables, chairs and 

 <ilfice furniture are of selected Mexican mahog- 

 any, finished in the natural color and highly 

 polished. I'^verything is in harmony and makes 

 the office the most unique and attractive of any 

 to be found In the citv. 



W. A. Bennett of Bennett & Witle. who has 

 been in New York the last two months in the 

 interests of his house, is expected home about 

 the end of the week. E, J, Thoman, the Cin- 

 cinnati office manager, has been the "busy" man 

 all this time. "Got no time to tell you anything 

 loday," is the first word one receives on entering 

 the office as he peeps up from behind a pile of 

 letters or looks over the huge ledger. "Expect 

 Ihe boss will be back in a few days and then 1 

 will perhaps get a chante to rest up or go on a 

 vacation." 



Fred Conn of the Bayou Land & Lumber Com- 

 pan.v left 'I\iesday evening for the office of the 

 company at Natchez. Miss., where he will re- 

 main for some time in close touch with the mill 

 at Ktta Bena. Miss. Before leaving he said the 

 mill had been overhauled and was running to 

 full capacity. Sam Conn, vice-president of the 

 <'ompany. is in Kentucky, but is expected to re- 

 turn by the end of the week. 



Notwithstanding that there is a general feel- 

 ing of dullness pervading the lumber market, 

 the figures secured by the (.'ar Service Bureau 

 show that the receipts of lumber in Cincinnati 

 by rail during the month of .Tune were 7,759 

 cars, compared to H,574 in the same month last 

 .rear. The shipments were 6,571 cars, against 

 5,109 for the same month last year. These fig- 

 ures are larger than those recorded in 1905 and 

 19im;. the boom years of the lumber trade at 

 this point. 



Cliff S. Walker, president of the Lumbermen's 

 Club, is putting in much of his time at his 

 home at the bedside of his wife, who has been 

 ill for some weeks. Mrs. Walker is now slowly 

 recovering, and her physicians express the opin- 

 ion that she will be restored to complete health. 

 Stuart Walker, his son. who is connected with 

 one of Belasco's companies, is at home on a 

 visit, and will remain until his mother has com- 

 pletely recovered. 



Long, heavy white oak staves for "chip" 

 tanks are very scarce, as was developed recently 

 when a large concern engaged in the manufac- 

 ture of tanks for brewers attempted to buy 

 staves for use on a contract. It was found a 

 rather difficult task to secure three carloads, 

 and these were collected at various places. The 

 staves are eight feet long and over and six 

 inches wide and two inches and over thick. 

 They are hewn from selected wood. The price 

 paid is from 00 cents a piece up. 



White oak staves for tight cooperage, bourbon, 

 whisky and wine cooperage are in good supply, 

 but prices are strong. The improvement in the 

 liquor trade in the South has given a boost to 

 the tight cooperage industry at this point. 



As an evidence that the lumber business is not 

 so slow it is well to note that Chester F. Koni 



of the Farrin-Korn Lumber Company at Winton 

 I'lace has been elected president of the Winton 

 Savings Bank. The bank is capitalized at $25,- 

 000, and its stock is held hy the live business 

 men of Winton Place. When the' bank was 

 opened the subscriptions reached twice the 

 amount of the desired capital, and the stock 

 was then allotted in small portions to a large 

 number. Mr. Korn is rapidly becoming one of 

 Cincinnati's notables. He is secretary of the 

 Manufacturers' Association of Cincinnati and a 

 director of the Business Men's Club. 



B. P. Dulweber's address before the Lumber- 

 men's Club on the freight question, as printed 

 in the last issue of Hahdwocid ItEroKri. has been 

 lead by a number of lumbermen and pronounced 

 the best presentation of freight <'ondltions ever 

 cffered. I^umbermen who were present and heard 

 Mr. Dulweber's talk were more than pleased 

 with the chance to read the matter over care- 

 fully. A prominent lumberman said : "Well, 

 liulweber ought to be able to present the freight 

 matter thoroughly, because he has been the 

 leader in the fight against advances in freight 

 for several years, and has always represented 

 the Lumbermen's Club in the meetings of the 

 various business associations." 



The great Ohio Valle.v Exposition Is now a 

 tangible fact. The banks of the Miami and 

 ICrie canal for several blocks in the city have 

 been covered with Immense buildings to house 

 the exposition. The buildings are entirely of 

 wood, and several million feet of rough lumber 

 has been employed In their construction. The 

 success of the exposition is already assured, be- 

 cause every city In the Ohio valley has taken 

 space for special exhibits. The government will 

 make the largest display of its various depart- 

 ments ever shown, while special exhibits will be 

 made by the Smithsonian Institutbm, and the 

 trophies of the Roosevelt African hunt. Colonel 

 Stanberry. the well-known lumberman. Is chief 

 of the Bureau of Publicity, and his work has 

 brought about great results. 



What might have terminated very seriously 

 has happily resulted In Just a warning of the 

 danger iif speeding in automobiles. On Friday. 

 .Tune L'4. W. H. Hopkins, treasurer and manager 

 of the New River Lumber Company, and Lewis 

 Doster. secretary of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, were returning from the golf 

 links on Walnut lUlls. where they had been en- 

 joying a game during the afternoon. On reach- 

 ing .Lincoln avenue they were struck by. a large 

 interurban car on the Deer Park line, and the 

 machine in which they were riding tossed com- 

 pletely to one side. Mr. Hopkins, who was 

 seated beside Doster in the front seat, fell from 

 the car and was hurled heavily onto the granite 

 paving, where he was picked up unconscious. 

 He revived shortly, however, and tried to insist 

 that he was not hurt and wanted to continue 

 home in an anto, as he was afraid that should 

 the news of the accident reach his wife and 

 family serious consequences would ensue. He 

 was finally persuaded by Dr. Buck, his family 

 physician, who had been summoned, to go to 

 Betbesda Hospital, where an examination re- 

 vealed that he had been badly cut about the 

 head, while his left hand and right _. shoulder 

 were crushed, and he had many minor bruises. 

 While his condition Is quite serious, he is making 

 a good recovery, owing to his splendid nerve and 

 good constitution. Mr. Doster escaped with a 

 shaking up and was able to proceed unaided to 

 his home at the Havlln Hotel. The machine, a 

 high-powered Buick runabout. was badly 

 wrecked. The gentlemen are still receiving the 

 congratulations of their friends on their narrow 

 escape from death. 



Dwight Hinckley, manager of the baseball 

 team of the Lumbermen's Club, is still waiting to 

 hear from Mr. McClure. manager of the Memphis 

 team, as to a date for a meeting of the base- 

 ball warriors of the two cities. After very spicy 

 correspondence the matter was suddenly dropped 

 and nothing further has been heard. Come on. 



be good sports, get together and let's have a 

 game. It's a cinch that the mayors of none of 

 the big cities will object to showing the films of 

 that game. 



There is a building boom on in this city, 

 which the building commissioner states is .$7.">0.- 

 000 greater than the one enjoyed at this season 

 last year. But the present boom is greater in 

 the number of houses that will be built, as they 

 are princlpallj^ dwelling houses. Last year sev- 

 eral expensive skyscrapers were in the list, while 

 the present season embraces none. 



TOLEDO 



Millions of dollars are being expended by the 

 railways of this section in the improvement of 

 the road bed and equipment and terminal fa- 

 cilities. The latest extensive improvement to 

 be announced here comes from the Ohio Central, 

 which, it is said, has plans for the expenditure 

 of more than $2,000,000 In the development of 

 new yards and the extension of the present Ohio 

 Central docks. The plans contemplate one of 

 the biggest docks on the lake and provision will 

 he made for loading and unloading boats from 

 two sides. The plan of yard development con- 

 templates the erection of a freight house and 

 terminals for the Big Four railroad, which has 

 heretofore entered Toledo over the Hocking Val- 

 le.v from Care.v, O. 



E. H. Fall, an extensive importer of hard- 

 wood lumber at Port Clinton, O.. has filed a peti- 

 tion in bankruptcy in the I'nited States Courts 

 at Toledo. His liabilities are fixed at $74,.'i.S0..31 

 with assets amounting to $52,645.92. 



A quantity of hardwood lumber was recently 

 destroyed at Bowling Green. Ohio, when the 

 warehouse of Peter Huber was cunsunied by 

 fire. The loss will perhaps not exceed $1,000. 

 and the property was wholly uninsured. 



Hardwood columns have been in exceptionally 

 good demand this season, not only in Toledo, 

 but all over this section of the country. The 

 Booth t^olumn Company reports that It is 

 swamped with orders and is scarcely able to 

 take care of Its patrons. Thousands of columns 

 for interior as well as for exterior work are 

 being shipped out. Poplar and oak seem to be 

 the leading materials in demand for this pur- 

 pose. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



An extensive trip through Michigan has been 

 completed by F. H. Young, of the Three States 

 Lumber Company, who visited Detroit. J^lint and 

 Battle Creek. 



.T. R. Y'oung, of the Robin.son Lumber Com- 

 pany, is home from a ten days' visit in Ohio, 

 including a few days with relatives at his old 

 home In Zanesville. 



.T. C. Wolf, who retired from business during 

 the panic of 1907, will engage in the lumber 

 trade again and will open an office in the New- 

 ton Claypool building. 



An office has been opened in the Indiana 

 Pythian building by T. H. Nelson and E. H. 

 Miller, formerly with the Greer-Wllkinson Lum- 

 ber Company. They will engage in the whole- 

 sale business. 



.7. N. Rogers recently made an extensive busi- 

 ness trip over Indiana and reports that trade 

 is fiourishing and prospects bright for a big fall 

 business. 



The Knlght-Brlnkerhoff Piano Company, of 

 Brazil, is preparing to build a Tiandsome admin- 

 istration building at a cost of about $30,000. 

 The company recently moved into Its new plant. 



Building to the amount of $3,510,000 is under 

 way in Gary, the new steel city in the northern 

 part of the state. Many of these building are 

 modern office structures or public buildings, 

 which will rc(iiilre much hardwood for Interior 

 finish. 



