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n. E. Fuller, secretary of the New River Lum- 

 tier Company of Cincinnati, was in Cleveland on 

 business this week. 



The Preserved Timbers Company, of Spring- 

 field, 0., with a capital of $12,500, has been in- 

 corporated by C. C. McCartney and others. 



The Hardwood Lumber Company of Cleveland 

 has been incorporated with a capital of .fl5.000 

 by John J. Harwood and others. A good line 

 .of hardwoods will be carried hy the firm. 



A number of lumber companies in which C. H. 

 Foote is interested are preparing to hold their 

 annual outing at Willoughbeach park on Aug. 13. 

 They include the C. H. Foote Lumber Co., the 

 5crauton Uoad Lumber Company, the Collinwood 

 Lumber Company, the Glcnville Lumber Company 

 and the East Cleveland Lumber Company. Mr. 

 Foote and his family have just returned from a 

 vacation spent at Lakeside and other lake re- 

 ports. 



C. H. rrescott. well known Cleveland lumber- 

 man, associated with the Saginaw Bay Lumber 

 Company, is spending his vacation at Cawas, 

 Mich. 



The Chamber of Commerce is preparing to hold 

 a conference within the next few days of prom- 

 inent Cleveland shippers to discuss freight rates. 

 The chamber Is inclined to let the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission handle the subject, hav- 

 ing faith in that body to settle the difliculty. 

 ■Cleveland shippers are subscribing to a fund to 

 be used in making a general investigation of 

 the affair and Cleveland lumbermen are Joining 

 heartily in the movement. 



The Clyde Cooperage Company of Clyde, O., 

 las been incorporated with a capital of $100,000 

 by J. W. Worst and others. 



Building statistics in Cleveland indicate that 

 the city is constructing new buildings at the 

 rate of about $1,000,000 per month. It is not 

 likely that the building record will be broken 

 this year, but it will be nearly equaled. 



F. T. I'eltch has returned from a visit to the 

 hardwood producing territory In the vicinity of 

 Memphis, and reports that the hardwood manu- 

 facturers down there are quite busy, some finding 

 it necessar.v to work overtime. In Cleveland 

 Mr. Peltch says the prices on hardwood lumber 

 are stiffening and that an advance in some lines 

 seems necessary within a very short time. Com- 

 mon stock is now moving much better than it 

 <lld earlier in the season. 



COLUMBUS 



The ^tate railroad cunimlssutn will not re- 

 scind its action in rejecting the new freight 

 tariff schedules, showing considerable increases 

 in classified freight rates, which were filed with 

 the commission several weeks ago to be effective 

 August 1. 



Since the conference held between the com- 

 mission and representative of the railroads of 

 the state last week the commission has gone 

 over the matter carefully with the attorney 

 general, and us determination to stand pat in 

 the matter is reached with the advice of the 

 law department of the state. 



What the railroads will now do remains to 

 be seen. The general expectation is that they 

 will proceed to put the rates into effect and 

 thus make the commission begin prosecutions for 

 alleged violation of the law. This will raise a 

 <luestion by which they hope to be able to se- 

 cure a decision as to whether the commission 

 has a right to reject the schedules submitted as 

 a whole. They contend that the commission 

 should merely reject such particular rates as they 

 claim are illegal. 



Officials of the various roads, however, have 

 decided not to attempt to enforce the new rates 

 until December 1, instead of August 1, accord- 

 ing to an unofficial report received by the com- 

 mission. This action was taken because the 

 interstate Commerce Commission has suspended 



all new rates pending an investigation and also 

 because of the ruling of the state commission. 



The question of law whether the Ohio com- 

 mission had the power under the statute to re- 

 ject tariffs which it deemed illegal was decided 

 in its favor by F. T. Eagleston of the attorney 

 general's department, special counsel for the 

 commission. The question in dispute, however, 

 has never been construed by the courts and the 

 railroads may take this opportunity to test its 

 validity. 



The record of building permits in the city of 

 Columbus for the month of July shows quite an 

 Increase over the same month last year. There 

 were 222 permits for structures estimated to cost 

 $313,778 this year, an increase of $20,633. For 

 the seven months ending J>(ly 31 $2,774,000 

 worth of permits, an increase of $448,000, were 

 issued. 



The Seneca Chair Company of Kent has in- 

 creased its capital stock in order to provide 

 additional facilities for the factory. 



John R. Gobey of the John R. Gobey Lumber 

 Company reports a steady market for this sea- 

 son of the year. L. B. Schneider of the company 

 left eaily in August for his annual vacation at 

 Buckeye Lake. 



R. W. Horton, manager of the central division 

 sales of the W. M. I?itter Lumber Company, re- 

 ports a slight falling off in demand with some 

 sagging in prices, especially in the higher grades 

 of plain oak. There has been a fair movement 

 In the lower grades, he says. Mr. Horton re- 

 cently returned from a two weeks' vacation at 

 Buckeye Lake. 



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

 ber Company, reports no change from the previ- 

 ous fortnight. The demand from manufacturing 

 establishments is still quiet, although furniture 

 factories are expected to be in the market soon. 

 Iteports show [hat advance sales at the various 

 furniture exhibits were large. 



C. G. McLaughlin, generaf manager of the Mc- 

 Laughlin-Hoffman Lumber Company, says there 

 is a slight improvement in trade conditions, 

 i'rices are holding their own. One of the fea- 

 tures of the market is the peculiar inquiries for 

 special bills. 



W. L. Whitacre reports an unchanged market 

 with prices weakening to a certain degree. 



The A. C. Davis Lumber Company reports a 

 quiet market at this time. It is said that prices 

 are a little weak, but that they are being held 

 at the level and not going lower. 



M. A. Hayward & Sons reports a fair demand 

 for hardwood flooring. The company says trade 

 conditions are slowly improving. 



The New Steelton Lumber Company of Co- 

 lumbus was incorporated with a capital of $60,- 

 OuO, to take over the business of the Steelton 

 Lumber Company on Parsons avenue, which was 

 sold recently under order of the court. The 

 Steelton company had been in the bands of 

 H. R. Allen as receiver for several months. The 

 incorporators of the new company are J. E. Mc- 

 Nally. A. C. Davis, John A. Connor, Patrick 

 J. McAllister and Clara M. Williams. The busi- 

 ness win be continued under the new name. 

 Officers will be elected In the near future. 



CINCINNATI 



There has been a setback in the demand for 

 wide, clear poplar for the automobile industry. 

 The news uf the retrenchment in the great auto- 

 mobile factory at Flint, Mich., which the press 

 dispatches said had discharged three thousand of 

 its employes, c;'.used some little uneasiness among 

 hardwood dealers of this city who had been 

 catering to that trade. Some of the lumbermen 

 most closely interested immediately made the 

 trip to Flint to find out about conditions. On 

 returning they stated that they were of the 

 opinion that the matter was but a temporary 

 holding down, and that when the coming fall 

 revival of business opened up normal conditions 



would immediately prevail, and they also ex- 

 pressed their conBdence that the automobile 

 company would recover its tinancial equilibrium 

 without difficulty. Confidence was expressed 

 that all accounts would be met in full. This 

 matter v,-as more vital to this lumber community 

 than possibly others, as one of the largest "buy- 

 ing" agencies for wide poplar is located In this 

 market. 



The furniture manufacturing industry is al- 

 ready showing Indications of a revival of busi- 

 ness. Tlie factories that displayed their lines at 

 the great furn'ture markets of Grand Rapids and 

 Chicago, report a good volume of business and 

 eminent satisfaction with the conditions which 

 prevailed in their line of trade. On the first of 

 the month there was an exodus of the "knights 

 of the grip" of the furniture trade to all parts of 

 tlie countr.v to "cover their territory," and al- 

 ready there are evidences of a revival in the 

 orders retui'ned by the mails. 



The big cooperage of Haehnle & Sons Company 

 *:n McMickin avenue, this cit.v, was destroyed by 

 an early morning lire last week, and the loss Is 

 stated to be $25,000, with insurance equal to loss. 

 The proprietors stated that the plant will be re- 

 built. 



The box factory of P. T. Baker & Son, 1212- 

 1218 West Liberty street, suffered a loss from 

 fire Friday night. The fire started in the boiler 

 room and communicated to the sawdsut bin. 

 Prompt action of the fire department kept the 

 loss down to $5,000. 



The Pioneer Pole & Shaft Company's plant at 

 1633 Central avenue was entirely destroyed by 

 fire, in connection with other concerns, last week. 

 The loss was stated to be $15,000 and insured. 



Mowbray & Robinson are making extensive im- 

 provements on their new timber holdings in 

 Breathitt county, Kentucky, near Jackson. They 

 are installing a first-class band mill at a cost of 

 about $30,000. The logging contract has been 

 given to one of the most experienced firm of 

 loggers from West Virginia. The timber is prin- 

 cipally white oak, and will be manufactured into 

 high class lumber and shipped to the Cincinnati 

 market. 



That long-talked-of baseball game between Cin- 

 cinnati and Memphis will be pulled off at Wiede- 

 mann's Park, Monday, August 29. Manager Mc- 

 Clure of Memphis and Dwight Hinckley, man- 

 ager of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Ball Club. 

 by dint of much correspondence, finally arranged 

 the affair. The Memphis visitors will be enter- 

 tained by the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club com- 

 mittee, consisting of W. E. DeLauey, chairman ; 

 Lewis Doster, treasurer, and Dwight Hinckley, 

 general manager. Besides receiving instructions 

 in the great national game the Memphians will 

 be shown the beautiful Ohio river and the swell 

 fluids that can be brewed thereof. If by some 

 mischance they shotild be able to turn the tables 

 and defeat the Cinci boys nothing will be too 

 good for them. The Cinci players are ail "real" 

 lumbermen, and can be seen every moment of 

 their spare time practicing in the back alleys. 

 They are sure winners, and in order that they 

 shall not fail to be among the immortals here is 

 the way the recording angel will have them writ- 

 ten in the Big Book : E. Jloran, pitcher ; C. Kipp. 

 catcher ; Anderson, lb ; Johnson 2b ; Champlin, 

 ss ; Shiels, 3b : Doppes, 1. f. : Kirkpatrick, r. (. ; 

 Fred Radlna, center. 



The umpire — That's a secret. But a lumber- 

 man — Never ! 



On l^riday last the log men at the plant of C. 

 Crane & Co., in this city, struck for an advance 

 in pay from 17I/2 cents per hour to 20 cents. 

 These men. to the number of fifteen, are employed 

 oj the water handling the logs from the rafts to 

 the log carriage. Never was a strike more illy 

 advised. The mills have been kept running the 

 year round simply, as Mr. Crane says, because 

 the logs were there and they might as well be 

 cut up. As is well known the output of the last 

 cutting season was very light, and at present 

 the log supply is weak, and with (he low stage 



