Bios: THE ELLWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      THE ELLWOOD LUMBER COMPANY,
  
  [p. 655] with principal office and yard at Ellwood City, Pennsylvania,
  and branches at Aliquippa and Ambridge, Pennsylvania, having also a
  large planning mill at the latter point, is extensively engaged in
  construction work throughout Western Pennsylvania and handles all kinds
  of lumber and building materials. The company was incorporated under the
  state laws of Pennsylvania, May 21, 1904, with an original capital stock
  of $10,000, which, owing to the rapid growth of their business has since
  been increased to $100,000. The volume of their business has lately
  annually approximated $200,000. The officers at the present time are: W.
  J. McKim, president; Thomas L. Haines, vice president; and John F.
  Haines, secretary, treasurer and general manager. With the officers
  named, Joseph S. Ehrheart of Ambridge and E. F. Kemena of Beaver,
  compose the board of directors. The office force and teamsters at the
  three yards number fifteen, and the total number employed by the company
  reaches a large figure, varying according to the amount of construction
  work on hand. At the present time the company is building the city hall
  and fire department building at Aliquippa, two large buildings at
  Monaca, one $10,000 residence and a business block at Beaver, and a
  large brick flat building in Ellwood City. Fully one-third of the
  buildings of Ellwood City have been constructed by this company, which
  is the oldest there. It absorbed the materials of the Crescent Lumber &
  Construction Company and the stock, materials and good will of the Hazen
  Lumber & Construction Company at Ellwood City, also most of the
  materials of the late Ambridge Lumber & Building Company of Ambridge,
  Pennsylvania, and formerly owned yards at Minerva, Amsterdam, Dillonvale
  and Rush Run, Ohio, and at Midland, Pennsylvania. It was deemed for the
  best interests of the company, that the Ohio and Pennsylvania concerns
  be under independent management and ownership, and in the spring of 1906
  the Ohio interests were disposed of to the East Ohio Lumber Company of
  Steubenville, a concern practically owned and controlled by the same
  leading spirits identified with the Ellwood Lumber Company. The main
  offices of the latter are located at the corner of Franklin Avenue and
  Second Street in Ellwood City, the Ambridge plant between Fourteenth and
  Creese Streets in Ambridge, and the Aliquippa office on the west side of
  Beaver Avenue, the various realty and buildings used being owned by the
  company. This concern has been an important factor in the material
  advancement and prosperity of Ellwood City, and takes rank among the
  most successful enterprises of Lawrence County.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 20 Nov 2001