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HARRY DIENEU. NEW YORK. MANAGER 

 W. \Y. DEMPSEY. ' 



year. The company's headquarters are at 

 Hinton, W. Va., where it has handsome of- 

 fices in the Ewart Miller building. The 

 shipments of the company into Greater New 

 York for 1909 amounted to 6,667,961 feet 

 of hardwoods; from January 1 to July 1, 

 1910, they totaled 4,332,864 feet. 



H. T. Lilly, head of this company, com- 

 menced his career in September of 1901. 

 Ho was joined by his brother, E. W. Lilly, 

 in June, 1903. Three years later they be- 

 gan to accumulate timber land, purchasing 

 about 12,000 acres in Western North Caro- 

 lina. At this time the Lilly Lumber Corn- 

 pan}' was incorporated, several prominent 

 Hinton business men taking stock in it. 

 The principals of this company have con- 

 tinued to make purchases of timber lands, 

 exercising unusual foresight and ability iu 

 their selection, and with the installation 

 of and investment iu other milling enter- 



HUGH McLEAN, BUFFALO, FIRST VICE- 

 PRESIDENT MANUFACTURERS' LBR. CO. 



prises the Lilly Lumber Company has at- 

 tained a position of importance among lum- 

 ber manufacturers of the country. 



H. T. Lilly, president of the company, is 

 a native of West Virginia. He is a man 

 of keen business ability and is interested 

 in a number of West Virginia concerns be- 

 sides his connection with the lumber com- 

 pany of which he is the efficient head. He 

 is a stockholder and director in the Na- 

 tional Bank at Somers, a director in the 

 Hinton Hotel Company, and president of 

 the New River Land Company and the Hin- 

 ton Steam Laundry. 



E. Ij. Sinsabaugh 

 One of the vigorous members of the trade 

 at Long Island City is E. L. Sinsabaugh, 

 who is conducting a flourishing business in 

 mahogany and veneers. Mr. Sinsabaugh has 

 had a long and varied experience in this 

 line of trade, having started with Wm. E. 



PATRICK MOORE, MOORE BROTHERS. 



Uptegrove & Brother in 1878. He began 

 at the bottom of the ladder and through 

 push and energy succeeded in working his 

 way well to the top. When the firm of Wm. 

 E. Uptegrove & Brother was incorporated, 

 his ability was recognized and he was made 

 one of the directors in the concern. 



In March, 1904, Mr. Sinsabaugh started 

 business for himself at Ninth and Hiker 

 avenues, Long Island City. He handles 

 mahogany of all kinds in the log as well as 

 lumber and veneers. He carries a perma- 

 nent stock of between 150,000 and 200,000 

 feet of lumber and 1,500,000 feet of veneers, 

 always well assorted as to grades and of 

 excellent manufacture. Mr. Sinsabaugh is 

 thoroughly posted on mahogany and is a 

 veneer man of wide knowledge. In the 

 past he has made numerous flying trips to 

 London and to Liverpool, which afforded 

 him a good opportunity of improving his 



W. EVERITT VAN WERT. NEW YORK MAN- 

 AGER EMPORIUM LUMBER CO. 



WALDRON WILLIAMS, 1. 

 SONS. 



T. WILLIAMS & 



E. V. BABCOCK, E. V. BABCOCK & CO., PITTS- 

 BURG AND NEW YORK. 



