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crease is about evenly divided, the losses running 



from 3 to 74 per cent and the gains from 3 



to 271 per cent. The gains of 25 per cent or 



over are at Birmingham, 32 ; Cleveland, 98 ; 



Detroit, 28 : Knoxville. 271 ; Manchester, 172 ; 



New Haven, 34 ; Oakland, 35 : Omaha, 131. 



Particulars will be found in the following table : 



Sept., Sept., 



1910. 1909. Per Cent 



City. Cost. Cost. Gain. Loss. 



Atlanta ? 334.72S $ 4.19,791 .. 23 



Birmingham 190,729 143,928 32 



Chicago 8,427,700 7,720,.'iO<) 9 



Cincinnati 500,29.". (;43,4f>0 . . 12 



Cleveland 1,618,817 S14.40.T 98 



Dallas 206.G7.-. 215,143 .. 3 



Denver 1,082.980 8(;9.490 24 



Detroit 1,387,615 1,078,970 28 



Duluth 164,790 291,125 .. 43 



fiiand Rapids 155,487 151,8.55 2 



HartfiTd 390.350 328,555 18 



Indianapolis 460,313 712,525 . . 35 



Kansas City 732,800 1,021.345 .. 28 



Knoxville 318,363 .85.750 271 



Little Rock 86,900 162,210 .. 46 



Los Angeles 1,652,790 1,375,909 20 



Manchester 177,750 65,150 172 



Milwaukee 797,912 972,490 . . 17 



Minneapolis 1,170,305 1,125,980 3 



Nashville 93,214 100,876 . . 7 



Newark 663,867 751,696 . . 11 



New Haven 270.990 201.130 34 



New Orleans 209,923 596,386 .. 64 



Manhattan 5,065,340 5,129,048 .. 3 



Brooklyn 3,140,865 5,331,400 .. 41 



Bronx 2,539,700 2,003.845 26 



New York 10,745,905 12,464,293 .. IS 



Oaklpnrt 497,836 367,820 35 



Oklahoma City... 213.684 321,675 .. 33 



Omaha 1,202,470 514.275 131 



Paterson 124,079 135,597 .. 8 



Philadelphia 3,283,915 2,734,540 20 



Pittsburg 835,800 1,996,261 . . 8 



Portland, Ore 1,391,260 1,288,300 1 



Rochester 842,439 814,889 1 



St. Paul 664,768 1.036,716 .. 35 



St. Louis 1,147,429 1,784,059 .. 35 



Scramton 140.910 197.097 . . 28 



Seattle 1.849.395 1.740.390 6 



Spokane 428,760 1,667,277 . . 74 



Toledo 407.743 340,927 19 



Wilkes Barre 270,105 295,888 .. 28 



Total ?45. 141.881 $47,508,563 .. 5 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Mackinaw Land & Lumber Company has 

 recently been incorporated at Port Huron, Mich., 

 with a capital stock of $20,000. 



A new concern to start the manufacture of 

 washing machines is E. F. Beebe & Co. of Minne- 

 apolis, Minn. The company is capitalized at 

 .$100,000. 



The Erch Piano Player Company was recently 

 incorporated in New York City with $25,000 

 capital. 



A new concern to start business at Nashville. 

 Tenn., is the Nashville Tie Company, incor- 

 porated with a capital stock of $20,000. 



The Greenville Broom Manufacturing Company, 

 incorporated with a capital stock of $26,000, 

 has recently entered business at Greenville, Tex. 



A receiver was recently appointed for the West 

 Pullman Car Works of Chicago. 



Thi Cypress Hardwood Company, wholesale 

 yellow pine and hardwood lumber, recently com- 

 menced business at Cincinnati, O. 



The Green-Hagerman Company was recently 

 Incorporated with an authorized capital stock of 

 $50,000 at Asbury Park, N. J. 



A new concern to enter the lumber business 

 in West Virginia is the Smith-Martin Lumber 

 Company of Meadow Bluff. The company has a 

 capital stock of $20,000. 



Fire in the plant of the Lake Independence 

 Lumber Company recently destroyed the planing 

 mill and 100.000 feet of lumber. The loss is ' 

 estimated at $25,000. 



The Pocahontas Lumber Company is a new 

 concern at Pocahontas, 111., with a capital stock 

 of $16,000. The incorporators are Jacob and 

 Charles N. Morteson, Charles E. Davidson and 

 Joseph F. Stewart. 



A charter was recently granted to the Smith- 

 Woodall-Gruner Lumber Company of Richmond, 

 Va. The authorized maximum capital is $50,000 

 and the minimum capital is $20,000. The officers 

 of the concern are E. F. Woodall, president ; A. 

 W. Smith, vice-president, and L. F. Gruner, secre- 

 tary. 



The West Newark Mill & Lumber Company 

 was recently organized to take over the business 

 of the West Newark Saw & Planing Mill. The 

 authorized capital stock is .$50,000, of which 

 $1,000 is paid up. The company's office is at 

 715 South 14th street, Newark, N. J., and the 

 incorporators are Simon Beyer and Howard 

 Peck of Newark and Frank W. Wliitman of 

 Philadelphia. 



A charter was recently gi-anted to the Stony 

 Brook Lumber Company of Lopez, Pa., with a 

 capital stock of $200,000. 



The Dalton Lumber & Tie Company, Ltd., was 

 recently incorporated with $500,000 capital. 

 The concern will be located at Gibsland, La., and 

 will have as its officers J. L. Dallon, president ; 

 Drew Davis, vice-president, and J. E. Ueyuolds, 

 secretary-treasurer. 



The E. H. Staples Hardwood Company of 

 Sand Kock. Wis., has recently decided to accept 

 a site offered it near the Keith & lilies plant at 

 Grandon, Wis. The machinery will be removed 

 to that place at once. A contract has already 

 been let for the erection of a cement boiler house 

 and the company expects to be ready for opera- 

 tion within a short time. 



J. L. Pease & Co., of Jeffersonville, Ind„ have 

 recently bought fi'om the Menefee Cypress Com- 

 pany its shingle mill. The Pease concern will 

 equip this mill with suitable machinery and In 

 future use it for the manufacture of porch col- 

 umns. 



Fire on September 17 destroyed the sawmill 

 and other property of the Brown & Herllhy Lum- 

 ber Company at Dunham Springs, La. The origin 

 of the fire is unknown. The loss is estimated at 

 about $50,000 with no insurance. It is stated 

 that the plant may be rebuilt. 



It is reported that A. A. Geitgey of Danville, 

 O., is preparing to erect a large hoop factory 

 in Concordia Parish, La., which will consume 

 12,000 feet of lumber daily. Sufficient elm has 

 been secured in that parish to give the plant a 

 life of at least fifteen years. The new plant 

 will furnish steady employment to about fifty 

 men. 



Fire recently visited the plant of the Broad 

 Top Lumber Company at Coalmont, Pa. The fire 

 was discovered in the lumber yards of the com- 

 pany which, it is estimated, contained about 

 3,000.000 feet of lumber. This was destroyed as 

 well as the sawmill and all its contents. The 

 loss will run up to almost $100,000. It is be- 

 lieved the fire was of incendiary origin. 



The C. L. Monger Wholesale Lumber Company 

 has been organized and will soon be incorporated 

 at Elkhart, Ind.. with a capital stock of $50,000. 

 The incorporators will be Charles L. Monger, 

 Fred E. Mathias and Mrs. C. L. Monger. Mr. 

 Monger will fill the office of president and Mr. 

 Mathias that of secretary and treasurer of the 

 new concern, Mr. Monger had formerly carried 

 on a wholesale hardwood business of his own, but 

 it had grown to such proportions and he had 

 taken on so many other responsibilities that it 

 had become necessary to have assistance in 

 carrying on his lumber business. The offices of 

 the company will remain in the Monger building, 

 wliere Mr. Monger is at present located. Mr. 

 Mathias. whose qualifications are well-known to 

 the trade, will assume management of the office. 



Fire recently broke out in the lumber yard of 

 the Alger-Smlth Lumber Company of West Du- 

 luth. Minn., causing a damage amounting to 

 $100,000. A large quantity of lumber was de- 

 stroyed and the sawmill was partly damaged. 

 The loss is well covered by insurance. 



The C. W. Cromwell Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany of Jackson. Miss., has recently bought a 

 site on the Alabama river at Montgomery, in- 

 tersected by six trunk lines, where it will carry 

 on a hardwood lumber business. This property 

 was formerly known as the old Nixon mill. Ar- 

 rangements have already been made for an elec- 

 tric drive and orders have been placed for some 

 new machinery to enlarge the plant to a capacity 

 of 25,000 feet a day. The plant when running 

 will represent an investment of $30,000, and 

 will use oak, poplar and ash lumber, furnishing 

 the output to the northern markets. 



The Richland Parish Lumber Company has re- 

 cently placed in operation its hardwood plant at 

 Eayville, La. This plant is constructed entirely 

 of reinforced concrete and brick and has a 

 capacity of 1,500.000 feet per month. The con- 

 cern is controlled by the C. C. Mengel & Bro. 

 Company of Louisville, Ky. G. B. Delveccio Is 

 general manager and W. L. Norvell operating 

 manager of the new plant. The Richland Parish 

 Lumber Company has built a standard gauge 

 railroad through its holdings east of Rayville, 

 the line being known as the Richland Parish 

 Central Railway. This road will eventually be 

 extended and made a common carrier. An elec- 

 trically driven derrick on steel concrete founda- 

 tion has been installed and the mill will quarter- 

 saw most of its hardwood, while some material 

 will be cut for railroad consumption. 



Hardwood JWeWs. 



(By HABDWOOD BECOBS Special CorressondentaJ 



CHIC AGO 



\Vm. H. White, the millionaire lumberman of 

 Boyne City, Mich,, accompanied by his wife, 

 spent several days in Chicago the last week of 

 September on business and pleasure. 



D. J. Peterson, well-known lumberman of To- 

 ledo, O., accompanied by his son, J. Harold 

 Peterson, who is associated with him, was in 

 Chicago September 29 on a northern purchasing 

 trip. 



W. S. Eddy, well-known capitalist and timber- 

 man of Saginaw, Mich., was a Chicago visitor on 

 September 30. 



Harvey S. Hayden of the Hayden & Westcott 

 Lumber Company, this city, is in New York on 

 a business trip. 



O. O. Agler of Upham & Agler, Chicago, spent 

 last week among the mills in Wisconsin mak- 

 ing arrangements for sources of supply for his 

 big Chicago jobbing house. 



Among the welcome callers at the Recohd 

 office the latter part of September was J. K. 

 Williams of the Williams Lumber Company, 

 Fayetteville, Tenn., who was accompanied by 



his wife. They were on their way home from 

 an extended Pacific Coast trip, during which 

 they attended the Hoo-Hoo annual. Mr. Will- 

 iams reported having had a delightful tour. 



Another welcome caller at the Record offices 

 September 28 was W. B. Morgan, secretary of 

 the Anderson-Tully Company, Memphis, Tenn. 

 Mr. Morgan reports a very good trade situation 

 in Memphis in lumber, and states that his house 

 has box orders enough to carry it well into next 

 year. 



W. H. Bower, the hardwood lumberman of 

 Kurtz, Ind., was a Chicago visitor on September 

 28. Mr. Bower was making one of his regular 

 Chicago trips, where he markets the greater 

 part of his output. 



Hugo Forchheimer. the well-known lumber ex- 

 porter of New Orleans, has moved his offices to 

 suite 917-920 Whitney-Central building, corner 

 St. Charles and Gravier streets, where all future 

 correspondence should be addressed to him. Mr. 

 Forchheimer's home office Is at Frankfort-on- 

 Main, Germany. 



George Henke, principal of the George Henke 

 Company, manufacturers of Lorac, a preparation 

 to prevent the splitting, checking and staining 



