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SOR Ty We Edward Gaskin of Buffalo. will. repre- sent the; owners and..F. Gso!Workmian of Milwaukee the underwriters. DEARBORN DRUG & CHEMICAL WORKS. Robt. F. Carr and several of his asso- ciates in the. Dearborn Drug & Chemical Works, have purchased the holdings of the estate of the late Wm. H. Edgar, who died two years ago, and at a meet- ing of the stockholders, followed by a meeting of the directors of the com- pany, the following officers were elected: Robt. F. Carr, president and general manager; Wm. B. McVicker, vice presi- dent and eastern manager; Grant W. Spear, vice president; George R. Carr, vice president; J. D. Purcell, assistant general manager; W. A. Converse, as- sistant secretary and chemical director; R. R. Browning, assistant treasurer; A. E. Carpenter, superintendent. C. M. Eddy's holdings were also taken over, he desiring to devote all of his time to his personal business interests. Robt. F. Carr became connected with the Dearborn company very soon after it was organized, entering the business shortly following his graduation in chem- istry from the University of Illinois, in 03; for the past 10 years he has been vice president and general manager of the company, and during most of that time, especially the last few years, has been actively in charge of the business and organization. Wm. B. McVicker has been connected with the company for 13 years, having during most of that time been at the head of the eastern department; and for several years he has been second vice president and eastern manager, having charge of the general eastern offices at 299 Broadway, New York, and the east- ern branches reporting to New York, in- cluding Havana, Cuba. © G. W. Spear, who is a graduate in mechanical engineering, University of Ill'nois, entered the business in '95. He has been one of the vice presidents of the company for five years, in charge of the branch offices in the central district of the United States, having his headquar- ters at the general offices in Chicago. George R. Carr has been connected with the company since he graduated from the University of Illinois, in chemistry, in 1901. He has occupied the position of assistant general manager of the com- pany for the past four years, devoting his. time largely to the railroad department of the business. W. A. Converse, who was elected to the position of assistant secretary, in ad- dition to the office of chemical director, which he has previously held, has been in charge of the laboratories for the past 12 years. Mr. Converse's ability as "TAE Marine Review a chemist .is, well ,known. ., He, has, been secretary of the Chicago section of the American Chemical,. Society for a long period. J. D. Purcell, the new assistant general manager, has represented the company in the railroad department for five years. R. R. Browning, assistant treasurer, has held a similar position for some years, having been with the company since 1896. A. E. Carpenter, superintendent, has had charge of the manufacturing depart- ment for many years, and is the oldest employe in the service of the Dearborn company. ; The preparations manufactured by the Dearborn company for the treatment of boiler waters, both in stationary and rail- road service, are most generally used. The scientific methods originated by their laboratories, of treating each water in- dividually, as per requirements after anal- ysis, has made it possible for Dearborn preparations to give the highest efficiency with all classes of: boiler feed supplies. LUMBER RECEIPTS OF THE TONAWANDAS. The receipts of lumber for the Tona- wandas were lower in 1907 than in any year since 1888. 'This is attributed to the break in the Erie canal at Syracuse which suspended traffic for two months, whole- salers being unwilling to bring down stock which they could not forward to custom- ers east and which would have to remain piled in the local yards. After the acci- dent at Syracuse few shippers moved forward any 'stock except what was abso- lutely necessary under their contracts with producers. The decreasing output of white pine at upper lake ports is also given as a reason for the decline in receipts, but this is regarded by lumber interests as a secondary cause. Receipts would probably have equalled those of 1906 but for the canal accident. The following figures show the total receipts of lumber stock by seasons since Tonawandas became known as a lumber market: Year. Feet. - 100 331,331,965 196.23 442,509,592 1905: 465,139,603 1904 se oe .... 414,806,940 106525. ora ss 458,555,122 1002 406,922,933 1901 2a ee 451,596,420 100 2. 409,728,377 1800-8 ee. 541,576,959 188 476,066,136 is. 3. 601,376,450 1906. a 489,675,500 1805... 2... ea ee 1894-005 2 406,538,000 186355 3 430,249,000 1802 498,055,000 TRO) 2 se 505,512,000 1800 = 718,650,000 18807 3. 676,017,200 1B88 269,522,200 1887 4 as 501,237,850 ' Wm. A. Paine, 27 1886 GRR 505,425,000 1885 i 498,361,400 1884) 398,871,052 18838 493,268,223 18822 ine 433,241,000 1881 i seus 415,070,913 1880 ie 323,370,814 18) 250,699,043 ie oe 206,655,122 1877 Pe 221,897,077 1876 Se oe 207,728,227 1875 sa ee 155,384,805 1874 144,754,000 1873 ee 104,999,000 HUTCHINSON & CO. APPOINT- MENTS. Capt. Charles L. Hutchinson has an- nounced the following appointments of masters and engineers for the fleet of vessels operated by him: Steamer, +t Captain. Jeo.) Sullivan, Wm. P. Benham. D.; R. Hanna, S. B. Massey. Joseph G. Butler Jr., _James Murphy. John Stanton, Charles A. Heaton. Emil Detlefs. : John A. McGean, Charles A. Benham. Martin Mullen, U:-S.) Cody. J. T. Hutchinson, J. A. Logan. Bge. Abyssinia, T. K. Woodward. - Steamer. Engineer, Je J.cSullivan, George Blauvelt. D. R. Hanna, W.. J. Swain, Joseph G. Butler Jr., W. G. Thorne. John Stanton, Anton Rudd. Wm. A. Paine, John Clark. John A. McGean, PB. UR; Lyons: Martin Mullen, George Oldman. J. .T. Hutchinson, P. Wilson. OBITUARY. Capt. Charles Christie died at his home in Erie last week from the re- sults of a stroke of apoplexy. Capt. Christie has spent 32 years in the ser- vice of the Anchor line, entering the employ of that company in 1875 as first mate of the old passenger steam- er China. He was promoted to the command of the steamer the follow- ing year. He commanded many of the best ships in the Anchor line and his reputation as a navigator was not excelled onthe. lakes. Capt. Christie was 62 years old and is survived by a widow and a daughter. Capt. John B. Peterson died at his home at Port Colborne, Ont., last week. He was a well known lake cap- tain. Frank Ouellette, marine 'engineer, died at his home at Marine City last - week. He had been ill all fall. 'PERSONAL, The firm of Graves & Stephens has -- been dissolved by mutual consent, E. M. Graves having purchased the en- tire interest of D. C. Stephens in the business and assumed all its liabilities. Capt. W. S. Shay of Ogdensburg will bring out the new steamer Ben- nington, which was built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works for the-Rut- land. Transit Co,