The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-24
LOMBER INTERESTS COMBINE
West Virginia Spruce Plant Ao-
CURED by Pulp Company.
Move COntemplates Union OF FOrceA
in One Big Centralized
Concern.

New York, Oct. 23.-ERective November
/. the West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company, the big $1,000 600 corporation.
viii absorb the corporate interests OF
the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Com
pany, which has been allied as a sub
sidiary operation in the numbering affairs
Of the Pulp and Paper Company in the Vi
entity OF Cass, W. Va. and thereafter
the entire property and operation VIII
be conducted under the style Of the West
Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
This move. however. is purely in line
with the centralizing Of interests and will
not in any way affect the extensive lum-
bering and lumber sales department here
tof0re operated under the style Of tbs
West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company,
but the lumber manufacturing and mark
citing VIII be continued under the per-
sonal management Of Samuel Z. Slay-
maker, Of New York with the firm OF
5. T.. Slaymaker az Co. as lumber sales
agents with headquarters at the Fifth
Avenue Building New York IN fact,
Mr.. Slaymaker has been for a number
Of years personally interested in both
the lumber and pulp companies and has
been an important and influential fac
tor In the upbuilding and conduct OF
this wealthy property.
AS is well known. the Messrs. Luke
have been the controlling factors in the
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
and they with Mr. Slaymaker acquired
the valuable property which they now
hold in the Cheat River Valley. Of West
Virginia, comprising over 10000 acres Of
choice spruce. hemlock. and hardWoOds,
and al Ihe same time organized the West
Virginia Spruce Lumber Company, 20
operate the property. both from a lum-
reproducing standpoint as we'll as 10
supply the. extensive pulp mills Of the
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
at various points with pulp wood and
their operations in ana around Cass have
+ been developed 20 degree Of efficiency
unsurpassed IN the lumber trade OF thu
country. Their lumber products have
/ earned an exceedingly wide and enviabla
/ reputation. particularly in the Metropoli-
tan district and vicinity. where 5. f.
Slaymaker & Co. enjoy a large and
valued trade. Another interesting fea-
/ ture of their operations has been the adOp-
! tiUn OF scientific forestry methods in their
/ numbering, which, according 10 their ex-
/ perience 70 date. assures them practically
an ineXhaUstible supply OF timber on
their present holdings.
Only the right timber has been logged.
/ they are constantly replanting. and to-
day they have $500 acres which has
4 been logged over which is coming, both
/ from seeding and young timber growth,
20 a condition which viii permit OF most
] profitable logging thereon again before
they have anywhere near logged their
entire premises. Another matter OF in
/ terest 70 their lumber customers Is the
I recent acquisition or another very choice
+ tract Of land adjoining their property.
/ which consists chiefly of big stun. yellow
poplar and ASH which they are plan
ning 70 market, along the same lines as
their other products In respect 20 manu-
/ facture quality. &c.