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HARDWOOD RECORD 



stock list of the lumber held ready for shipment 

 by White Brothers of San Francisco, (":il., which 

 includes all American woods and a gnat variety 

 of Australian and oriental lumber products. 



C. A. Kigplow of the Kneeland-Biu'eiow tom- 

 pany, Bay City, Mich., and president of the Mich- 

 igan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, left 

 on Saturday, accompanied by his family, for an 

 extended automobile trip. Mr. Bigelow trans- 

 ferred his automobile by D. & B. steamer from 

 Detroit to Buffalo, and from that point will tour 

 to Atlantic City, where he will remain for sev- 

 eral weeks, and then make a trip through New 

 England, including the Berkshire Hills. He ex- 

 pects to be absent six weeks. 



J. C. Turner, the cypress magnate of New T&rk, 

 accompanied by his wife, is sojourning at Mt. 

 Clemens, Mich., and incidentally indulging in the 

 salt baths of that delightful resort. 



A welcome caller at Haisdwood Record office 

 en August 1 was N. A. Gladding, vice-president 

 and sales manager of E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., 

 of Indianapolis. Mr. Gladding reports that not- 

 withstanding an alleged dullness in lumber af- 

 fairs covering the first six months of the .year his 

 company has secured a volume of saw business 

 that exceeds the first six months of 1909, and 

 that there is every prospect of a large fall trade. 

 H. C. Johnson of the Drummond Timber Com- 

 pany of Kreetan, Chippewa county, Mich., was 

 a Chicago visitor on July 30. The Drummond 

 Timber Company has an extensive holding on 

 Drummond Island of hardwood, white pine and 

 cedar timber, which it is marketing in the log. 



J. C. West of the Midland Lumber Company, 

 I'arkersburg, W. Va., was a Chicago visitor dur- 

 ing the last week of July. Mr. West enjoys a 

 handsome trade in the Chicago market. 



Otto Meyer of Chicago, who until recently rep- 

 resented the J. W. Thompson Lumber Company 

 in this market, has engaged with the Thomas & 

 Proetz Lumber Company of St. Louis as salesman 

 in this district. 



W. B. Burke, general manager of the Lamb- 

 Fish Lumber Company of Charleston, Miss., is 

 in the city, where he will spend the next two 

 weeks on business of the big hardwood manufac- 

 turing house. 



On July 20 an heir was born to Mr. and Mrs. 

 S. G. McClellan of Gould, Ark., who has been 

 named S. G. McClellan, Jr. It will be recalled 

 that Mr. McClellan is the general manager of 

 the Gould-Southwestern Railroad Company, an 

 allied institution of the Estabrook-Skeele Lumber 

 Company, this city. Mr. and Mrs. McClellan have 

 the hearty congratulations of the Record. 



J. Crow Taylor's monthly publication, the Mill- 

 work Magazine, of Louisville, has suspended pub- 

 lication for want of sufficient financial support 

 to make the enterprise profitable. 



John D. Mershon of Saginaw and William D. 

 Mershon of New York, respectively president and 

 secretary of the John D. Mershon Lumber Com- 

 pany, with offices both at Saginaw and at No. 1 

 Madison avenue. New York city, are on their 

 way to the Pacific coast to close up arrangements 

 with the Pacific Lumber Company for handling 

 its redwood products east of the Mississippi and 

 north of the Ohio river. John D. Mershon will 

 return home shortly, while Wm. D. Mershon will 

 spend some time in Portland, Seattle. Hoquiam 

 and Spokane in conference with manufacturers of 

 red cedar, fir, spruce and western pine goods, 

 which his house is marketing in the East. 



The Record has received from the Prescott 

 Company, well-known sawmill machinery manu- 

 facturer of Menominee, Mich., a handsome book- 

 let entitled "The Evolution of Modern Band Saw 

 Mills for Sawing Logs." It is a very interesting 

 document from a historical view point and also 

 as an analysis of the modern, up-to-date band 

 saw equipment produced by the Prescott Com- 

 pany. Anyone interested in the purchase or 

 handling of baud saw mills .should have a copy 

 of this work, which can be secured upon applica- 

 tion by addressing the Prescott Company, 

 Menominee, Mich. 



Leonard Bronson, manager of the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association, who is mak- 

 ing an extended tour on the Pacific coast, will 

 have a busy time when he gets into Washington. 

 He has arranged a large number of conferences 

 with Washington lumbermen at which he hopes 

 to acquaint himself with conditions in the North- 

 west. He will visit Hoquiam, Raymond, Cen- 

 tralia, Tacoma, Everett, Spokane and Seattle, 

 spending hardly more than a day at each place, 

 then proceeding to San Francisco. 



The baseball situation in Chicago looks more 

 encouraging, candidates have practiced several 

 times and there is apparently a wealth of excel- 

 lent material for a good team. The final prac- 

 tice before the regular game will occur next 

 Saturday at the usual grounds, and as a result 

 two nines will be picked to play at Ravinia Park 

 the following Tuesday. 



William Eager, Fisher building. Chicago, has 

 been on an extended business trip and is ex- 

 'pected home shortly. 



Charles V. Dudley of the Dudley Lumber Com- 

 pany, Memphis, Tenn., and a director in the Na- 

 tional association, spent some time with the Chi- 

 cago trade recently on his way to the Grand 

 Rapids headquarters of that concern. 



H. D. Billmeyer of the Billmeyer Lumber Com- 

 pany of Cumberland, Md., spent the week in 

 town in attendance at the Knights Templar con- 

 < lave, and incidentally is calling on a few of his 

 lumber friends. Mr. Billmc.ver was accompanied 

 by his wifD. 



The Lockwood & Strickland Company, sash and 

 door manufacturer on South Halsted street, Chi- 

 cago, recently suffered from a severe fire, which 

 caused the loss of about $100,000. 



The Central JIanufacturing Company was dam- 

 aged to the extent of $10,000 by a fire which par- 

 tially consumed their plant on Austin avenue, 

 Ciiicago. 



The General Furniture Company of Chicago has 

 purchased property on Halsted street valued at 

 STl.OOO. The plot contains a three-story build- 



The Hicks Locomotive & Car Works of Chicago 

 Heights recently suffered a fire loss to the extent 

 of ?CU,O0O, which was, however, entirely cov- 

 ered by insurance. 



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The Sidon Lumber Company of this city has 

 increased its capital from $6,000 to $12,000." 



The L. R. Snider Lumber Company of Canton, 

 III., has changed its name tu the Snider Lumber 

 Company, and at the same time increased its 

 capital stock from $35,000 to $60,000. 



A new piano concern in this city is the M. A. 

 Garoch Company, which will manufacture musical 

 from foreign countries by dealers in the interior 

 instruments. The capital is $10,000. 



The Kozen, Stump & Schafer Lumber Company 

 has entered the Chicago field, being capitalized 

 at $30,000 to manufacture and deal in lumber, 

 wagon stock, wagon implements, etc. The in- 

 corporators are William Kendall, Arthur G. Stahl 

 and V. C. Foley. 



The new Madera Company of Chicago is a 

 oranch of a Mexican milling concern and will 

 market the product of that company in Chicago. 

 The capital is $10,000 and the Incorporators are 

 A. H. Daugharpy. J. p. .Jennings and Harry 

 Joodman. The firm handles lumber and timber 

 products. 



The North Branch Flooring Comoany of this 

 city has increased its capital from $100 000 to 

 $l.=i0,000. 



The Frank Porter Lumber Company has re- 

 cently been incorporated from an old concern 

 with a capital of $25,000. The incorporators 

 will deal in lumber, timber and logs in the local 

 market. 



J. H. Bennett, for many years a factor in the 

 hardwood trade in the vicinity of Chicago, has 

 started in business for himself at 610 North 

 Alma avenue, Austin. Mr. Bennett has been 

 with such firms as Upham & Agler and the E. 

 Sondheimer Company, and has for thirty-five 

 years spent most of his time buying and selling. 

 The Rockford Novelty Works has been incor- 

 porated at Rockford, III. 



^ A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against 

 Preshurg & Co., piano manufacturers of this city, 

 i'Pd David A. Smith has been appointed receiver. 

 The liabilities are $18,000 and assets about 

 $5,000. 



W. D. Magovern. well-known hardwood whole- 

 saler of 11 Broadway, who has a warehouse at 

 Fifty-eighth street and Eleventh avenue, and 

 who is also eastern agent for the Thomas For- 

 man Company, large Detroit flooring manufac- 

 turer, has just increased his local business facili- 

 ties by opening another warehouse at Fortieth 

 street and Second avenue, Brooklyn, where he 

 has leased commodious quarters for carrying 

 a full line of hardwood flooring for immediate 

 shipment to the trade. 



Stewart L. Chapman of the Cummer Lumber 

 Company, Jacksonville, Fla., has been spending 

 several days in town visiting the local office of 

 the company and Manager Walter Adams at 1 

 Madison avenue. 



The DeWitt Lumber Company, wholesale hard- 

 wood, 1 Madison avenue, organized early In the 

 year by George P. DeWitt and prominent Phila- 

 delphia wholesale interests, has moved its offices 

 from this city to Philadelphia, with headquarters 

 in the Drexel Building. The move is in line 

 with the better handling of business. 



J. C. Turner, head of the J. C. Turner Lum- 

 ber Company, large cypress house, 1123 Broad- 

 way, is spending two or three weeks at Mt. 

 Clemens, Mich. 



W. W. Lockwood, 1 Madison avenue, head of 

 the New York office of the Rice & Lockwood 

 Lumber Company, will spend the month of 

 August at Winnepesaukee Lake, N. H., during 

 which time R. C. Pepper, of the Springfield 

 office, will look after matters at this end of the 

 line. 



W. B. Townsend, the distinguished Tennessee 

 lumberman, president of the Little River Lum- 

 ber Company of Townsend, Tenn., and the Clear- 

 field Lumber Company, Philadelphia. Pa., spent 

 several days in town during the fortnight pre- 

 paratory to sailing for Europe on a month's 

 trip for rest. 



H. A. Stewart of I. N. Stewart & Bro., promi- 

 nent Buffalo hardwood house, was in town dur- 

 ing the fortnight on business, which he reports 

 as much more favorable than heretofore, with an 

 excellent outlook for a good fall trade. 



R. A. Caven, well known in the wholesale 

 trade here, has just closed a deal to represent 

 the Mathews Lumber Company, Inc., at Macon, 

 Ga., with headquarters in this city. 



A. E. Wilson of the Wilson Cypress Company, 

 Palatka, Fla., was in town during the fortnight 

 on business and his usual summer vacation, ac- 

 companied by his son, Herbert Wilson. During 

 their stay they will visit Portland, Me., to at- 

 tend the annual meeting of the Wilson-Erwin 

 Lumber Company, in which they are interested. 

 Fire totally destroyed the big lumber yards 

 and mills of the Buchanon & Smock Lumber 

 Company at Asbury Park, N. J., July 29, entail- 

 ing a loss of $175,000, with insurance of $100,- 

 000. The concern is one of the largest in the 

 New Jersey retail trade. ' 



On July 26 fire did $15,000 damage to the 

 .\ards of B. Jacobson & Son, Elizabeth. N. J., 

 it being the second fire within a month. 



John N. Scdtcherd of Scatcherd & Son. Buf- 

 falo, hardwood house, was also here on business 

 and reported the hardwood market to be in gen- 

 erally good shape, with prices firm and stock 

 scarce on good lumber, and every indication of 

 a firm market for the balance of the year. 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against 

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