HARDWOOD RECORD 



H. J. Clark of the J. R. Clark Company has 

 returned from a short trip to California with 

 his family. 



Charlotte. 



An indication of renewed activity in the lum- 

 ber business in the Carolinas is the fact that 

 during the past two weeks quite a number of 

 new companies have been organized, and nu- 

 merous mills that had closed down earlier in 

 the year have resumed operations. 



Among the new companies chartered are ; 



The Atlantic Manufacturing & Stave Com- 

 pany of Washington, D. C, with a capital stock 

 of $.50,000. C. T. Hobart of Lima, O., is the 

 principal stockholder. 



The Gum Veneer & Lumber Company of Rural 

 Hall, N. C, is a new company having a capital 

 of $25,000 and proposing to manufacture and 

 handle sash, doors, blinds, furniture, veneer, 

 etc. A. M., C. M. and T. G. Gum and P. B. 

 Law are the incorporators. 



A new concern has Just been chartered for 

 Milboro. X. C, known as the Harris Chair Com- 

 pany. The capital stock is $50,000. and the in- 

 corporators are T. D. Harris, J. W. Alfred and 

 J. E. Williamson. Chairs, chair stock, etc., will 

 be manufactured. 



The Bailey Lumber Company of Bakersville, 

 N. C, has been chartered with a capital of $25,- 

 000 by L H. and L. P. Bailey and others. 



Xews has reached this city of the destruction 

 by fire recently of between 400.000 and 500,000 

 feet of hardwood lumber, belonging to the Ashe- 

 ville Lumber Company of Asheville, N. C. The 

 lumber was stacked on the yards of the com- 

 pany at Rhodo, X. C. and the loss is said to be 

 $10,000. partially covered by insurance. 



The Howard-Fitch Furniture Company of 

 Winton Salem, X. C-, has Just been chartered 

 with a capital of $25,000 by F. M. Fitch, K. 

 Howard and oihers. The company will do a 

 general furniture business. 



The largest cargo of lumber to he shipped 

 from Geoigetown, S. C, in a sailing vessel 

 cleared that port a few days ago, consisting 

 of 19,223 cross ties from the Georgetown Gro- 

 cery Company and H. Kaminiski & Co. for the 

 New York market. 



Judge West, in the circuit . ..im ..: i:,i ,:-,, ,, i 

 has Just handed down a '1 ' i . 



interest to lumbermen in \ i! ■ ., 1,1 



Virginia since the points iai.,,1 l,:n i um, ;,i,n 

 passed upon by the supnmi; courts of either 

 state. The cases were the Camp Manufactur- 

 ing Company vs. W. .\. Young and R. P.. Young 



■' I 1:- 1. iIh value of $1,000,000 under 



' ' !iiMi iiicvided that the' grantee 



li'|>' "■'' 'I - In ,ni and remove the timber 

 conveyed, aud in the event of failure to meet 

 this provision the period of grace be extended 

 as long as the company desired, but that inter- 

 est at the rate of 6 per cent per year be paid 

 on the purchase money for the additional time 

 required. The five years had expired on the 

 timber involved and Messrs. Young and Wright 

 contended that the title reverted to the grantors 

 because the extension clause was vague and un- 

 certain, and therefore void, and also for the 

 reason that it conflicted with the law against 

 perpetuities. .TutJge West held that the exten- 

 sion clause was void on the grounds set up by 

 the grantors, but that it was obviously the pur- 

 pose of the parties in interest to extend the 

 time beyond the five years, and that the com- 

 pany was entitled to a reasonable period in 

 which to cut and remove the timber. In view 

 of the language used in the grant and because 

 of the magnitude of the Camp company's opera- 

 tions the court decided that ten years would be 

 a reasonable time, interest to be paid according 

 to the terms of the deeds. The cases were 

 hotly contested and the decision of .ludge West 



will be appealed from and the supreme court 

 of Virginia will have to make the final decision. 

 It is stated on what is considered good au- 

 thority that northern and eastern capitalists 

 plan building a line of railway from Charlotte 

 to Atlanta, Ga., the promoters intending to buy 

 up all the yellow pine in southern Georgia avail- 

 able. The company is said to be backed by 

 .45.000.000 and will have as its sea outlet 

 Charleston. S. C. It is said the present low 

 prices of lumber, rails, labor, etc., will be taken 

 advantage of by this company, which also pro- 

 poses to manufacture most of the lumber bought. 

 It is likely more comprehensive details will be 

 given out later. 



Wisconsin lumbermen have lost considerable 

 through forest fires during the past month, but 

 at present writing rains have conquered this 

 destructive element. 



Nadeau Bros.' mill and canthook factory at 

 Xadeau, Mich., were recently burned : loss about 

 $10,000. Some Iuiul"-r v>.i- nl-,. r1, itrr,Tr.1, The 

 firm carried no hi- : - m . ssive 



rates. This is th. - ' ^ i .in has 



:ii I I i _ i] with arson, convicted and sent 

 1.. i . 'I i;i' prison. 



J 111 II ill.-, a Marinette man, recently lost 

 a camp and logging outfit near that city by 

 fire. The fire originated from settlers burning 

 brush heaps. 



Every sawmill and factory in Marinette is in 

 operation at present, the last mill to start being 

 the Sawyer-Goodwin Lumber Company's plant 

 Xo. 2. 



R. W. Roberts of Milwaukee died during the 

 latter part of April in a hospital in Rochester. 

 Minn., following an operation for relief from 

 gall stones. He was fifty-one years of age 

 Mr. Roberts was engaged extensively in the 

 timber and sawmill business. He held large in- 

 terests in various places in Wisconsin. 



The Viking Lumber Company of Wittenberg 

 recently installed a 2C,000-pound turbine. The 

 company has recently expended about $15,000 In 

 improvements on its plant, including a new dam. 



T "1 flrivoro \v..vki!v_- on Fence river for the 



I. i 'I'll IV of Appleton recently 



I riince. The drive was 



I I olony of beavers built 



111 stopped it. The dam 



\ 1 of dirt and logs and 



i Ivuamite to break it up. 



11 imher Company of Bes- 



' i.'et of logs at the time 



- in Wisconsin. 

 I I - ,i -ii,- I, II- three sawmills to be 



iiiiiiil .III till' MiTMiiiiiice Indian reservation 

 have been selwlcd. Millions of feet of hard- 

 wood, pine and hemlock have been hauled to 

 the sites. This timber was blown down in a 

 cyclone three years ago. It was thought that 

 the hardwood, lying on the ground so long, 

 would be worthless, but when logging was 

 started most of it was found to be in excellent 

 preservation. 



Wisconsin lumbermen are interested In a new 

 hardwood plant located at rhillips. Miss., owned 

 by the Tallahatchie I.uiubor Company. W. II. 

 Hatten Is presiilmt imI i i ■ a -m.! ami \V. H. 

 Dick vice prcsiiii i > a! i r. iii are 

 residents of Xcw I ■ \» ■ v have 

 been operating fm- 31- 11 i a 1 umber 

 Company. They :ir«. als.. i.axl, iTiin^trd In 

 the Lathrop-Hatten Luml"i 1 . la] any ..i Birm- 

 ingham, Ala. Mr. Hattiui i- aN.i ini.i.slrd in 

 the Ingrain-Day Lumber duuiiauy of Lyman, 

 Miss. The plant at Phillips is considered one 

 of the best hardwood plants in the Mississippi 

 valley. It was purchased a little over a year 

 ago from the John O'Brien T an.l ,(^ T ami., r Com- 

 pany and was rebuilt. T! 1 , . , ■, a large 



tract of timber surroundin. 1! la., com- 

 pany has been in operaiimi lit u.-iobcr 



and has a large stock of lunilu-r on hniul. Only 

 recently has any shipping been done. The com- 



pany is organized to do both an export and do- 

 mestic business in hardwood. 



During the past winter about 40,000,000 feet 

 of timber, a large per cent of which is hard- 

 wood, was cut on the Menominee Indiana reser- 

 vation. There were about thirty-five camps in 

 operation and about 1.200 men were employed. 

 The government will soon open bids for the sale 

 of the logs. 



The J. W. Wells Lumber Company of Menom- 

 onie, Mich., is employing an improved log hoist 

 which is proving a pronounced success. Logs 

 can be lifted and carried from any part of the 

 yards into the mill. 



Theodore S. Wilkin of Oshkosh was recently 

 found dead in his bed in Kentwood, La., where 

 he was superintending the building of a mill for 

 the Amos-Kent Lumber & Brick Company. lie 

 retired the night before feeling in the best of 

 health. Mr. Wilkin was a member of the 

 Wilkin-Challoner Company of Oshkosh, builders 

 of sawmill machinery. He was an inventor and 

 held patents on most of his machinery, and he 

 was known to have a practical knowledge of 

 sawmill machinery equal to that of any man in 

 the country. 



Edward Barber of Cincinnati, manager of IIl- 

 ingworth & Ingham, was here several days super- 

 intending the loading of export oak which he 

 was receiving and exporting direct from the 

 Licking River Lumber Company of this city. 



The Wright-Salisbury Lumber Company of this 

 city is loading out several cars of export stock 

 this week and reports business Improving. 



Mr. Menses of Cincinnati, representative of 

 James Kennedy & Co. of Liverpool. England, 

 with their chief inspector, Mr. Hale of Charles- 

 ton, W. Va., were in the city a few days this 

 week. These gentlemen are securing consider- 

 able cvKport oak for their firm from this section, 

 an. I \vinii ii.i. j. laced some very good contracts 

 « as. They seemed well pleased 



« J a ; .lUtlOOk. 



II, la. k iia- Kiver Lumber Company is load- 

 ing several cars of export oak this week at its 

 mill at Farmers. Ky. It continues to receive 

 an increased amount of inquiries and orders. 



L. C. Smith, a I'restonburg lumberman, was 

 a business visitor in the city a few days this 

 week. Mr. Smith re|)orts lumber business fair, 

 with better prospects than existed a few months 

 ago. 



Mr. Jackson of Ault & .Jackson of Cincinnati 

 was in the city this week looking for oak and 

 poplar lumber. Mr. Jackson expected to visit 

 Huntington and Charleston, W. Va., before re- 

 turning to Cincinnati. 



H. V. Curll and son. D. B. Curll. of the H. V. 

 Curll Lumber Company of Pittsburg were busi- 

 ness visitors in the city this week. Mr. Curll 

 ai\,d son, who were formerly members of the 

 Curll & L.vtle Lumber Company, have recently 

 formed a company -to do a wholesale business. 

 Mr. Curll, Sr., has charge of the Pittsburg 

 office and Mr. Curll, Jr., the branch ofllce at 

 Philadelphia. These gentlemen are experienced 

 lumbermen, and their success is assured. They 

 reported business improving, and stated that 

 they had received more orders during the month 

 of April than in any previous month this year. 

 Prior to their visit here on this trip they made 

 several cities in West Virginia and Ohio, return- 

 ing to Pittsburg direct from this city. 



The W. G. Ward Lumber Company of Ironton, 

 O.. who make a specialty of the planing mill 

 business, and who operate one of the most com- 

 plete plants of its kind in this section, report a 

 nice lot of orders for poplar siding and interior 

 finish. 



H. N. Fischer, a leading lumberman and gen- 

 eral merchant of WebbviUe county, Kentucky, 

 was in the city this week calling on some of the 

 local lumber dealers. Mr. Fischer said that 

 while there is practically no stir in his vicinity 

 in the lumber line, yet future prospects are much 

 brighter than they were two months ago. 



The Licking River Lumber Company of this 



