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HARDWOOD RECORD 



ROBERT W. IlIfiBIK, PUKSIDK.NT ROBEKT 

 W", HIUBIE CO. 



Up to the present time about one million 

 feet of this wood has been sold in the 

 United States. The bulk of it comes by 

 steamer direct from Manila to New York. 

 The selling force of the company consists 

 of C. S. Powell, who attends especially to 

 the export trade, and Daniel von Bremen, 

 who has charge of the New York City floor- 

 ing trade. The company handles about one 

 thousand cars a year. 



Hamilton H. Salmon & Co. 



The firm of Hamilton H. Salmon & Co. 

 was organized by Hamilton H. Salmon, now 

 deceased, in 1836 as an import and export 

 house, in which line the business grew to 

 large proportions, requiring frequent visits 

 abroad. The son of Hamilton H. Salmon 

 and Richard Brandt joined in partnership 

 in 1S.S7 and with a number of branches 

 abro.'id tlio busires? eontinueil to increase. 



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In 1890 at the decease of the elder Ham- 

 ilton H. Salmon, the present firm, consist- 

 ing of his son Hamilton H. Salmon and 

 Eichard Brandt, was organized. Both of 

 these men have made records as conserva- 

 tive, careful and conscientious business men, 

 and today are considered favorably among 

 the foremost business and financial men in 

 New York City. The former ' devotes his 

 entire time to the financial and executive 

 handling of the extensive lumber business 

 of which he is the head. 



In 1900, the brother-in-law of Hamilton 

 II. Salmon, Ealph E. Sumner, became identi- 

 fied with the firm as manager of its lumber 

 business, which end has grown until it has 

 become practically the largest line in which 

 the firm deals. 



It was originally the intention of the 

 firm to do a strictly wholesale lumber busi- 

 ness, but the trade has enlarged to the ex- 

 tent that it has become necessary to take 

 interest in a number of large saw mills, in 

 order to handle the constantly increasing 

 business in hardwoods which a fair and 

 conscientious management had worked up. 

 Also it has been necessary to open lumber 

 yards at Joppa and Thebes, 111., where are 

 received boat loads of lumber for distribu- 

 tion. The firm has several branch ofliees 

 in the West and South, and as it handles 

 the output of many large mills, it is always 

 in position to supply the trade with the 

 best hardwoods the market affords. It 

 (arries in the yards at Joppa and Thebes 

 between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 feet of 

 hardwoods of all kinds, but makes a special- 

 ty of gum, quartered oak and nuevo Mexi- 

 can mahogany. The distribution in the 

 New York and New England market 

 averages between 45,000,000 and 50,000,000 

 feet of hardwood annually. The concern 

 is just establishing a yard at North Tona- 

 wanda, with a capacity of 3,000,000 to 4,- 

 000,000 feet, where it will carry mainly 

 birch, maple and basswood. 



Ealph E. Sumner, who is associated with 

 this firm, began his business career with 

 the Export Lumber Company; subsequently 

 he became a member of the firm of Wilson, 

 Godfrey & Co. Having filled every posi- 

 tion in the lumber trade, from inspector to 

 his present status, he is qualified to meet 

 finy requirement of the business. He is one 

 if the best and most favorably known lum- 

 l)er merchants in the country, a reputation 

 attributable largely to his close attention 

 to business, his thorough experience, and his 

 fairness in all his dealings. 



Herbert E. Sumner, his son, entered the 

 firm in 1905 after finishing a course in en- 

 gineering at the Pratt Institute of Brook- 

 lyn. He has given his attention principally 

 to the celling end of the business, though 

 occasionally he visits the mills for inspec- 

 tion in that quarter. Although a young 

 mac, he has shown great abilitj' in his 

 transactions, and has won the confidence 

 .'ind respect of his associates and of the 

 trade. 



F. A. KIIiBY, .SALE8 -MANAGER CHEUKY 

 RIVER BOOM & LBR. CO. 



The firm's branch office in the Ellicott 

 Square building, Buffalo, is managed by 

 Frank T. Sullivan, formerly one of the 

 partners of T. Sullivan & Co. of Buffalo, 

 and who is well known as an authority on 

 lumber, forestry and inspection. This office 

 iooks after the barge shipments from the 

 West. Mr. Sullivan is looked upon as an 

 expert in his line and is very popular among 

 the trade. 



Lewis Thompson & Co. 



Lewis Thompson & Co., Inc., widely 

 known handlers of Laguna mahogany, one 

 of the best varieties of mahogany used in 

 this country, maintains a large plant at 

 Astoria, Long Island. The model mill and 

 well kept yards devoted to the production 

 cf mahogany lumber and veneers occupy 

 about thirty acres of ground. The mill has 

 :i capacity of about 14,000,000 feet of lum- 

 ber and 50,000,000 superficial feet of veneer 

 annnallv. 



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