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as the eucalyptus seems to be proof asainst the 

 ravages of marine pests : the oil distilled from 

 the leaves will be used for the manufacture of 

 listerine and other medicinal preparations. 



The eucalyptus forests of southern California 

 promise to become a source of wealth to that 

 state in the near future, inasmuch as new woods 

 which can be rapidly reproduced and which are 

 adaptable for many purposes are now beins 

 eagerly sought, owing to the growing scarcity 

 of many of ovir well-known timbers. 



The Southern California Eucalyptus Forest 

 Company believes that the only question which 

 it will have to solve is its ability to supply 

 the demand for its timber, which has been most 

 favorably reported on by forestry experts. The 

 company will be managed by experienced busi- 

 ness men, aided by competent foresters, and it 

 expects to branch out continually, the plan now 

 being to establi-sh a factory in San Diego as soon 

 as conditions warrant. 



Important Meeting of National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association Interests. 



On May 14 there will be an iraprirtant meeting 



held in Chicago, comprising the v, ini. i--ts 



of the National Hardwood Lumi i \ n. 



including the Inspection Rules ' i:! ■ •i,.- 



Executive Committee and the sii.mi: .nniiiii-f 

 having in charge the grievances 01' the lastern 

 jobbing element in the matter of inspection rules. 

 This last named committee consists of Earl 

 Palmer of Paducah, Ky. ; F. A. Diggins. Cadillac, 

 Mich. ; Theodore Fathauer, Chicago, and Gardner 

 I. Jones of Boston. 



It is said that at this conference the entire 

 inspection system of the association will be 

 thoroughly threshed out and plans promulgated 

 affecting any necessary changes that may be ad- 

 visable, to make the current rules satisfactory 

 to the majorivy of the trade the countr}" over. 

 It is believed that every member of the various 

 committees and the executives of the association 

 will be present at this conference, which un- 

 doubtedly will be the most important special 

 meeting ever held by the organization. 



Gorge in Guyan River. 



A correspondent of the Recobd was in Hunt- 

 ington, W. Va., at the time of the rise in the 

 Ohio river and its tributaries the first of this 

 month, and the accompanying photographs were 

 made at that point, one of them from the bridge. 

 The river under the bridge was twenty-five feet 

 deep, and packed with logs clear to the bottom, 

 forming a tremendous gorge against the piers, 

 and with the water backed up heavily behind it. 

 The Guyandotte was on a rampage the like of 

 which had never been known, and the Ohio passed 

 the fifty-foot mark considerably. In spite of the 

 big stage in the Ohio, the •■Quyan" was very 

 swift at the mouth, and all efforts to hold the 



bc>om proved futile. It eventually gave way. 

 and between twenty and thirty thousand logs 

 were swept down into the Ohio, entailing great 

 expense to mauy of the large manufacturers. 



The Big Sandy was also very swift and high, 

 and allowed an enormous number of logs to be 

 carried down. Tow-boats were put out after them 

 and managed to get some into harbor. Numerous 

 small creeks rose so that travel was rendered 

 almost impossible in the country districts. Alto- 

 gether the loggers and residents along these 

 streams passed through an extremely e.xciting 

 time. 



Veneer Notes. 



The Buena Vista Veneer Company of Des Arc, 

 Ark., recently increased its amount of capital 

 stock from $10,000 to $75,000. 



The Bolted Basket Company has been incor- 

 porated at Boyne City, Mich., with a capital of 

 ¥12,000. The company is the originator of a 

 special process by means of which a very light, 

 strong basket or hamper adapted to the use of 

 laundries, bakers, etc., may be made. It has a 

 fully equipped planing mill, in which regular 

 trade will be continued until the basket business 

 absorbs the entire product. The basket plant 

 is 00 by 72 feet square, three stories high, and 

 has a brick engine house with 150-horsepower 

 Corliss engine. G. M. Kerry is general manager 

 of the company. 



A. Slater Reed has recently purchased the in- 

 terest of his partner, C. Buckets, in the Lake- 

 side Veneering Mills of Kissimmee, Via., and is 

 now sole owner of the plant. Mr. Reed will 

 make a number of improvements and largely in- 

 crease the output. 



The New Albany Veneering Company of New 

 Albany, Ind., has just finished one of the most 

 up-to-date and extensive veneer plants in the 

 country. The main building is 80 by 285 feet, 

 two stories high. The plant also includes a 

 boiler and engine rooms and dry kilns. The 

 capacity of the kiln is 25,000 feet per day, 

 and the plant is equipped throughout with mod- 

 ern machinery for the manufacture of veneered 

 or built-up stock. The officers of the New Al- 

 bany Veneering Company are : C. W. Inman, 

 president ; W. A. McLean, vice-president ; E. V. 

 Knight, secretary-treasurer and general manager. 

 The finest type of work is turned out by this 

 plant, and experienced, expert labor employed. 



On June 6, 1908, A. W. Williamson, trustee, 

 will offer for sale at public auction the plant 

 of the Metal Bound Package Company, bankrupt, 

 of Mound City, 111., comprising about six acres 

 of ground, mill and factory buildings, offices, etc. 

 The equipment consists of a band sawmill, with 

 steam feed, log trip, nigger, gang edger, two 

 large Coe rotary veneer machines with clippers, 

 drag saw, patent metal binding machinery, 

 power and machine shop, together with a flrst- 

 class box and patent trunk slat factory. The 



plant is located on the Ohio river, the Illinois 

 Central and Big Four railways ; there is a good 

 log harbor at that point and other advantages 

 to the conduct of such an operation. 



Removal of Main Office. 



Owing to continued increase in business, the 

 Ferd. Brenner Lumber Company, large whole- 

 salers at Norfolk, Va., has removed its main 

 office from that city to rooms in the First Na- 

 tional Bank building, Cincinnati. The company 

 will maintain a branch office at Norfolk, and 

 also continue its branches at Salisbury, N. C, 

 and Decatur, Ala. In addition, it has lately 

 opened a fourth at New Orleans. 



The Ferd. Brenner Lumber Company is a 

 large dealer in hardwoods, cypress, gum and 

 mahogany, and in addition to its excellent con- 

 nections in this country has agents in Dusseldorf 

 and Hamburg, Paris and London, through whom 

 it does a large export business. 



New Incorporations. 



J. T. Flournoy of Newark, N. J. ; L. P. 

 Thomas of Philadelphia, and C. F. Thomas of 

 Wilmington, Del., have incorporated the Amer- 

 ican Timber & Lumber Company. 



The Hollywood Lumber & Coal Company is a 

 new concern at Wheeling, W. Va. 



The Dempse.v-Hamner Furniture Company of 

 Detroit has filed articles of incorporation ; capi- 

 tal, $750,000. 



The Dolphin Desk Company of Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., capitalized at $20,000, has been formed 

 by M. H. Dolphin, M. D. Morris, P. Schertz and 

 G. E. Ellis. 



The William H. Barkhorn Company is a new 

 timber concern at Newark, N. J. ; capitalized at 

 ¥100,000. 



The Beaumont Hardwood & Lumber Company 

 of Beaumont, Tex., capitalized at $75,000, has 

 been organized by W. R. Futch of Opelousas, La., 

 and Charles McDonald of New Orleans. 



A new Toronto house, capitalized at $200,000, 

 is the Vending Cabinet Company. 



The Chicago Dimension Lumber Company, 

 capitalized at $10,000, has been incorporated at 

 Chicago by Francis U. Dickinson and others. 



The Wills-Rosser Lumber Company of Pitts- 

 burg, Pa., is a new concern in that city and is 

 capitalized at $25,000. 



M. E. Travis of Walton, N. X., and associates 

 have organized the Walton Lumber Company at 

 that li-ini ^.qH:i!, ?2n,000. 



J. w !: . ' 11 i;. Holt and James Duryea 



have i. ! \ 1 1110 Sash & Door Company 



Lowe ilros. Lumber Company is a new concern 

 at Mishawauka, Ind. ; capitalized at $35,000. 



Levin, Kroenberg & Co. of Brooklyn, N. T., 

 will manufacture moulding, trim, doors, etc., at 

 No. IfiOl Pitkin avenue: capital. .$.iO.O0n. 



LOOKING FROM THE C. & O. BRIDGE AT HUNTINGTON. 



