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firm of Upbam & Agler, where be was purchas- 

 ing agent for northern stock. He remained with 

 this bouse until June 30 last, and now is start- 

 ing in business ou bis own account in both 

 wholesaling and handling stocks on commission 

 for some of the leading manufacturing concerns 

 in the North and South. 



Mr. Bennett solicits correspondence with his 

 old trade, and lists of stocks from responsible 

 manufacturing concerns. 



Change in New York Concern 



Horace G. Hazard & Co.. the liig Philadelphia 

 wholesale house have just absorbed the local 

 wholesale hardwood business of the DeWitt 

 Lumber Company of 1 Madison avenue, and 

 have opened a local wholesale office at 90 West 

 street, Manhattan. In addition to this move 

 H. G. Hazard & Co. have also leased a big tract 

 of land at I'ertb Amb'oy. >>'• J-. o° which they 

 will immediately arrange a large wholesale 

 yellow pine yard for the purpose of carrying five 

 to eight million feet of yellow pine, all sizes, 

 to enable them to make quick shipments to the 

 yard trade on short notice. The selling end tor 

 the wholesale yellow pine yard will be main- 

 tained at 90 West street, New York, and it is 

 Mr. Hazard's purpose to spend a part of his 

 time at the local office. Furthermore, the whole- 

 sale hardwood business absorbed from the De 

 Witt Lumber Company will be continued as 

 a branch at the local offices in charge of George 

 P. DeWitt, placing H. G. Hazard & Co. in a very 

 advantageous position to conduct a general 

 wholesale business in hardwoods, yellow pine, 

 short leaf pine and cypress. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Crowell & Spencer Lumber Company is 

 erecting a sawmill at Forest Hill, La. 



The Beaumont Spoke & Handle Company, of 

 Beaumont, Tex., has decreased its capital to 

 $20,000. 



The King-Hinds Lumber Company of Houston, 

 Tex., is a new organization with a capital stock 

 of $25,000. 



The Lafayette Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized at Connersville, Ind., with an authorized 

 capital of $20,000. 



The South Alabama Lumber Company of Mo- 

 bile, Ala., has increased its capital stock of 

 $175,000 to $300,000. 



The North Fork Timber Company, of Ash- 

 land. Ky., has been organized with an authorized 

 capitalization of $150,000. 



The plant of the i'lexible Veneering Company 

 of Pawtucket, R. I., was recently damaged by 

 fire to the extent of $10,000. 



The Detroit Furniture Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Detroit, Mich., was recently authorized to 

 increase its capital stock to $200,000. 



After a two weeks' shutdown for repairs, the 

 big plant of the Pigeon Kiver Lumber Company, 

 Newport, Tenn., has resumed operations. 



The Crawford Chair Company, with its prin- 

 cipal plant at Grand Ledge, Mich., is arranging 

 10 build a branch factory at Grand Rapids. 



The jjlant of the Florence Column Company 

 at Florence, Ala., was ■ burned on August 26. 

 The loss is $20,000, with insurance of $15,000. 



The Bay View Furniture Company, of Hol- 

 land, Mich., is liuilding a three-story addition, 

 soxlOU leet, to its plant, which will double its 

 capacity. 



Tne veneering plant of Tillman, Shannon & 

 Co.. of Trimble, Tenn., was recently destroyed 

 by fire. The loss is $30,000, partially covered 

 by insurance. 



The Flint Body Company, of Flint, Mich., re- 

 cently commenced business with an authorized 

 capital of $50,000. It will manufacture auto- 

 mobile bodies. 



The new plant of the Caney Creek Lumber 

 Company at Bonwier, Tex., was destroyed by 

 fire August 25. The loss is estimated at $50,- 

 000, with no insurance. 



Tlie Johnson Chair Company is building a 

 new plant at Alorristown, Tenn. The plant is 

 now well under w'ay and is expected to be in 

 operation by October 1. 



One of the warehouses of the Newman Furni- 

 ture Company at San F^rancisco, Cal., was 

 burned on August 26. The loss is heavy. The 

 insurance on the building is $12,500. 



The Portsmouth Veneer & Panel Company, of 

 l*ortsmouth, Ohio, has postponed its plans for 

 the building o£ a door factory for the year. It 

 now exi>ects to commence the construction of the 

 new factory early next year. 



The Brown Brothers Hardwood Company of 

 Gainesville, Fla., has resumed operations after 

 a shutdown for repairs. Hickory is the princi- 

 pal material employed by this concern, and its 

 output largely goes into export. 



The United States Department of Agriculture 

 will have a complete forestry exhibit at the 

 Alabama Exposition, to be held at Montgomery 

 October 19 to 28. A complete set of wood 

 specimens grown in Alabama will be shown. 



The Haney School Furniture Company of 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., has rebuilt most of its 

 plant during the last year. The old wooden 

 buildings have been replaced by cement block 

 structures, and the plant is now in first class 

 shape. 



Ou August 22 fire destroyed the plant of the 

 Flacon Manufacturing Company at Big Rapids, 

 Mich. The loss is $15,000, partially covered by 

 insurance. The company was engaged in the 

 manufacture of kitchen cabinets and is one of 

 the pioneer concerns of Big Rapids. 



Hardwood JVeWs, 



(B7 EABDWOOD RECOBO Special CorreBpondeBtO 



CHICAGO 



E. C. Mersbon of the well-known band resaw 

 manufacturing house of W. B.' Mershon & Co. 

 of Saginaw, Mich., was' a welcome Chicago vis- 

 itor and a Record caller on September 1. Mr. 

 Mershon Is en route on an extended business 

 trip on the Pacific coast. 



A. G. Wetmore, president of the Southern 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., 

 visited the Chicago trade last week and paid 

 his respects at the Record office. Mr. Wetmore 

 was headed for a sales tour in the Dominion 

 of Canada. 



Robert T. Cooper of the Memphis Saw Mill 

 Company, Memphis, Tenn., spent a few days 

 In Chicago last week on his way home from a 

 vacation trip in Michigan. Mr. Cooper picked 



up a \ei-y good business in this market. 



G. von Platen of Boyne City, Mich., the 

 well-known hardwood operator, spent a day in 

 Chicago last week. 



C. R. Ransom of the Gayoso Lumber Com- 

 pany of Memphis visited his Chicago trade the 

 last wi'ck in August. 



II. T. Miller, secretary of the Hardwood 

 Mills Lumber Company, Monadnock building, 

 Chicago, has returned from a business trip in 

 southern Illinois. 



E. B. Pryor, Chicago manager of the W. M. 

 Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, O., has re- 

 turned from a sales trip to sundry Mississippi 

 river points. 



A. R. Vinnedge of the A. R. Vinnedge Lumber 

 Company, Chicago, Is home from a visit to the 

 hardwood producing region of Memphis and 

 vicinity. 



R. J. Lockwood, manager of the Memphis 

 Hardwood F^Iooring Company, Memphis, Tenn., 

 spent a few days in Chicago with his custom- 

 ers the latter part of August. 



E. E. Skeele of the Estabrook-Skcele Lumber 

 Company, Chicago, is home from a business trip 

 to Buffalo and other eastern points, where he 

 sold several cargoes *<of lumber. T. S. Esta- 

 brook of the same concern is just home from 

 a trip to upper lake points, where he has been 

 arranging the shipment of several carloads of 

 hardwood to Chicago and lower lake points. 



W. L. Crenshaw of the Bellgrade Lumber 

 Company of Memphis, Tenn., was a Chicago 

 visitor the latter part of August. 



S. C. M.ajor of the S. C. Major Lumber Com- 

 pany, Memphis, and president of the Memphis 

 Lumbermen's Club, called on his Chicago cus- 

 tomers recently. 



.L S. Houston of J. S. Houston & Co., Chi- 

 cago, and of the Memphis Veneer & Lumber 

 Company, Memphis, is back home from his 

 Memphis trip. 



Wood Beale, junior member of J. D. Lacey 

 & Co., Chicago, returned from an extended visit 

 ui the company's office on the Pacific coast, 

 lie is now absent on an eastern trip. 



C. M. Kellogg of the Dooley-Stem Lumber 

 Company, Memphis, was a recent Chicago vis- 

 itor. 



E. E. Taenzer of the Darnell-Taenzer Lum- 

 ber Company, Memphis, was in Chicago a few 

 days ago on business, and incidentally met his 

 family here, which had been visiting at Battle 

 Creek, Mich., for some weeks. 



Robert Maisey of the well-known house of 

 Maisey & Dion, Chicago, returned home a few 

 days ago from a northern buying trip. 



F. F. Fish, secretary of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber -Association, has returned from a 

 three weeks' eastern cruise visiting members of 

 bis association. Mr. Fish announces that he 

 added a good many members to the association 

 during his trip. 



F. T. Dool^y, manager of the Dooley-Stern 

 Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., was in Chi- 

 cago a few days ago en route to a visit to his 

 old home at Grand Rapids, Mich. 



J, W. Thompson of the J. W. Thompson 

 Lumber Company, Memphis, was a recent Chi- 

 cago visitor. 



George D. Burgess, the well known Memphis 

 lumberman of the house of Russe & Burgess, 

 Inc., was in Chicago, September 6, and made 

 the Record a call. Mr. Burgess was accom- 

 panied by his wife and son and are en route 

 for an extended eastern trip, in which he will 

 combine business with pleasure, and incidental- 

 ly place his son in an eastern school. He ex- 

 pects to return to Memphis about October 1. 

 previous to the departure of his colleague, Mr. 

 Russe, on a European trip. 



It should not be forgotten that the semi- 

 annual mooting of the Northern Hemlock & 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association will be 

 held at the Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis., 

 Wednesday. September 14. A general Invita- 

 tion has been extended, urging the presence 

 of all lumbermen interested in northern hard- 

 woods. 



The Lindorman Machine Company, Muskegon. 

 Mich., manufacturer of the celebrated auto- 

 matic dovetail glue joiner and jointer, certainly 

 put out the most attractive advertising matter 

 of any of the machinery houses in the United 

 States. The latest work is a very artistic an- 

 nouncement, a beautiful specimen of the en- 

 graver's and printer's art, entiled "A Dove 

 Tale." It you haven't received a copy, it Is 

 certainly worth asking for. 



Among the welcome Chicago visitors during 

 last week was A. G. Fritchey, sales manager of 

 the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Charleston, 

 Miss. Mr. Fritchey called on his customers in 

 the trade here and Is now on his way to the 

 East. 



