HARDWOOD RECORD 



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points which compete for business in the south- 

 western territory. 



Contracts for plans and specifications for a 

 six-story warehouse, to be erected at an early 

 date by Crane & Co., mill supply dealers, have 

 been closed. The structure will be located at 

 the northwest cornor of Fourth street and Court 

 avenue on a lot 87 by 148 feet. The building 

 will have a floor space o£ 52,200 square feet. 

 The estimated cost is approximately .$250,000. 



Lumber shipments from Arkansas have in- 

 creased about 25 per cent during July over what 

 they were during the first three weeks of June. 

 This is the information given out by traffic of- 

 ficials of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & South- 

 ern and other roads. One of the causes of the 

 increased movement, according to railroad men, 

 is the more extensive activity in the building 

 trades, and another is to be found in the fact 

 that the railroads ;ire buying heavy timber to be 

 used in repairing cars and putting these in first- 

 class condition for tlie large traffic they expect 

 this fall. The roads have large numbers of "bad 

 order" cars and efforts are being made to put 

 these in first-class shape. 



The car repair shops of the Iron Mountain lo- 

 cated at Van Buren, Ark., will be moved at an 

 early date to Fort Smith. The order to this 

 end has already been issued. Officials of the 

 company state that the people of Van Buren 

 have not shown as much interest in the shops 

 as they should and there have been troubles 

 with labor at that point. These are the main 

 causes for the order of removal. 



James Applewhite, vice-president and general 

 manager of the Chickasaw Cooperage Company, 

 has returned from an extended western trip. 

 He visited Tacoma, Wash., where he has a son 

 employed in the smelter business. Mr. Apple- 

 white reports improvement in the tight cooperage 

 situation and states that the mills of the com- 

 pany in Arkansas and Mississippi, which have 

 been closed down for a long while, have recently 

 resumed operations. The company has recently 

 closed contracts with two of the big cottonseed 

 oil manufacturing and refining companies for 

 barrels for the next two years. 



The box manufacturers of Memphis report 

 some improvement in the demand for their out- 

 put. There are only a moderate number of 

 orders coming in, but shipment is being made on 

 a fairly liberal scale on contracts on which de- 

 livery was held up during the financial depres- 

 sion. This is partljularly true of glass manu- 

 facturers. The latter are ordering out large 

 quantities of box material, both veneered and 

 sawn and dressed. One company alone has re- 

 cently received orders for more than twenty-five 

 cars to be forwarded immediately. The Ander- 

 son-Tully Company is running both its big fac- 

 tories in this city as well as its veneer plants, 

 and It is also operating its mills in this city 

 and at Vicksburg. The box factory at Vicks- 

 burg, however, is not running at present. Con- 

 siderable gum is being used in box manufac- 

 ture. The difference in price between shooks 

 made of gum and cottonwood is attracting atten- 

 tion to the former. Some veneer gum boxes are 

 now being turned out for use by the packers, 

 which Is something of a new departure. 



The regular scmiaunual meeting of the Tight 

 Barrel Stave Manufacturers' Association of the 

 Unite<l States was held at the Hotel Gayoso dur- 

 ing the past week. One of the principal topics 

 of di8cus,slon was the outlook for revival of 

 business and plans for taking care of the large 

 demand anticipated. It developed during the 

 meeting that practically all the stave mills are 

 down, and it was the sense of the meeting that 

 this condition should continue until there is a 

 return to normal relations between supply and 

 demand. Prices on tight cooperage material 

 have not broken as much as In some other lines, 

 and there was a feeling of optimism regarding 

 the future among the seventy-five or more dele- 

 gates In attendance at this meeting. 



The Nenl-Dolph Lumber Company has closed 

 down its plant nt (Jreonvllle, Miss., but W. A. 



Dolph, secretary and general manager, is author- 

 ity for the statement that the suspension of op- 

 erations would be only temporary. 



The E. Sondheimor Company is doing almost 

 nothing so far as producing lumber is concerned. 

 Only two of the mills whose output the com- 

 pany takes are now in operation, and President 

 Max Sondheimer says these two would not be 

 running If he could have his way. 



D. A. Kendall, secretary-treasurer and gen- 

 eral manager of the Sawyer & Austin Lumber 

 Company at Pine Bluff, Ark., has resigned and 

 has left for Kansas City, where he will make 

 his home. Mr. Kendall had been connected with 

 the company for twenty-one years. He has not 

 announced his plans for the future. It is re- 

 ported that President \V. W. Cargill will appoint 

 one of his sons to succeed Mr. Kendall. 



A double band hardwood mill will be erected 

 near Palmetto, St. Landry parish. La., by Charles 

 E. Gill of Wausau, Wis., and Dr. H. B. Wrenn, 

 Colliervilie, Tenn., representing a syndicate of. 

 northern capitalists who have recently purchased 

 more than 100,000 acres of hardwood timber in 

 that territory. It is estimated that the daily 

 output of the mill will be 300,000 feet. It is in- 

 tended to build a model city at Palmetto, with 

 electric lights and waterworks, and to construct 

 a system of logging roads, furnishing connection 

 between the respective mills. The plans include 

 constant operation of the plants for twenty-five 

 years, both day and night, with only such sus- 

 pension of operation as is rendered necessary by 

 repairs. 



T. W. Pratt, one of the directors of the Nash- 

 ville & Huntsville Railway Company, is authority 

 for the statement that active grading has al- 

 ready begun on the line which is to connect 

 Nashville and Huntsville. This road will prove 

 an Important factor In developing the timber re- 

 sources of the section lying between the two 

 points. 



J. W. Thompson, president of the J. W. Thomp- 

 son Lumber Company, has just returned from 

 an extended northern and eastern trip. 



That there has been no Interruption in the 

 consignment of hardwood lumber to Europe by 

 manufacturers in the United States is clearly 

 proven by the contents of the following letter, 

 written to the representative of the Hardwood 

 Becuuu by Messrs. Uusse & Burgess ; 



"Iteferrlng again to the question of consign- 

 ments, would say that we are just in receipt of 

 a letter from one of our particular friends in 

 Great Britain calling our attention to the fact 

 that ccmsignments are still arriving in the vari- 

 ous i:rltMi iH.rss i.v rvriy steamer. He cites 

 wli. 1 I I , n! .if first-class quality 



of 1 I!. '. - I I I I Plain white oak 



at .'<i'. I" >^ I" I il hmI Ifss than it can be 



bought lor iu this icri-itory, and quartered oak 

 at from ?S to $10 less than it is selling for right 

 here in Memphis today. In fact, he enclosed a 

 letter from one of his customers stating that 

 even at the low prices he had quoted him on 

 some stock he had bought it on the dock at 

 Liverpool for less money. We also read in the 

 Timber Trade Journal, dated London, July 11, 

 under the heading, 'American Lumber Consign- 

 ments,' as follows ; 



" 'There appears to be but little abatement In 

 the flood of consignments of hardwood lumber 

 from the United States. Surely It Is time that 

 shippers' eyes were open to the fact that the 

 continued dumping of goods on this side must 

 result In disappointment. We hear from the 

 leading importers In London, Liverpool and other 

 ports that heavy stocks have accumulated, which 

 it is impossible to ninvr- in U^o i.r.-srnt stntn of 

 trade except at a loss i" iln -lii]i|i.i.. .mM this 



state of affairs is bcnin i i.> iii.' hi. i ih:ii ilio 



merchants who have I... n ihm. i,;i,iiiL' f.n ilicir 

 ordinary requirements are now carrying heavy 

 stocks.' 



"You will see that this article bears out the 

 letter from our friend. Where do the 'suckers' 

 come from ?" 



NEW ORLEANS 



M. Fleischel. one of the managers for the 

 Chicago Lumber & Coal Company and the 

 manager of the Gulf Lumber Company, which 

 is building a new town at FuUerton, La., was 

 in the city recently on business. 



Chajles E. Gill of Wassau, Wis.; Dr. H. B. 

 Wrenn of Colliervilie, Tenn., and their asso- 

 ciates are considering plans for a new mill 

 at Palmetto, La. 



The Kimberly-Wing Company has been in- 

 corporated at Cedars, Miss., witli an author- 

 ized capital of $100,000. It will manufacture 

 furniture, boxes, buckets and other lumber 

 products. J. F. Conant is president, William 

 C. Wing is vice-president and D. D. Kimberly 

 is secretary-treasurer. The main office of 

 the company is at Neenah, Wis. 



The Hibernia Bank & Trust Company and 

 J. R. Pratt, recently appointed to succeed 

 S. D. Thayer as the receivers of the J. E. 

 North Lumber Company, will shortly file suit 

 against the Lincoln Trust Company, the Mis- 

 souri-Lincoln Trust Company, the Mercantile 

 Trust Company, Thomas H. Wagner and 

 Burke & Crabtree. all of St. Louis, to re- 

 cover moneys and assets of the North com- 

 pany which were taken over by the various 

 concerns when the receivership proceedings 

 were first instituted. Such moneys recovered 

 will be held subject to the order of the Mis- 

 sissippi courts, under whose jurisdiction the 

 receivership is. 



P. M. Ikeler's big mill at Moselle, Miss., 

 resumed operations July 20, after being closed 

 down for several months. 



CHARLOTTE 



The Carolina Woodworkers' *.:umi>aijy is a new 

 concern at Raleigh, N. C. It will carry on all 

 the business heretofore transacted by Batchelor 

 & Boyd, manufacturing and dealing in lumber, 

 timber, iron and steel products, etc. The capital 

 St x'k is $25,000 and the incorporators are : J. G. 

 Ball. W. H. Bagley, J. W. Hunter and others of 

 Raleigh. 



Another new concern recently incorporated is 

 the Globe Lumber Company of Valmstead, Cald- 

 well county, which has a capital stock of $125,- 

 000, but w"ill begin business with $100,000. This 

 company will do a general lumber business. J. 

 M. Bernhardt, T. P. Moore and W. C. Moore are 

 the incorporators. 



The Wadesboro Furniture Company of Wades- 

 boro, N. C, will commence making chairs in a 

 few days. D. II. Browder will be manager of 

 the company, which because of the proximity 

 of fine timber will undoubtedly be a success. V. 

 Stapleton is superintendent. 



W. B. McCall, who recently took stock in the 

 Lenoir Buggy Company of Lenoir, N. C, has 

 been made secretary and treasurer of the com- 

 pany. The Lenoir Table Rim Company, of which 

 Mr. McCall was manager, has consolidated with 

 the Lenoir Buggy Company, and with additional 

 capital anticipates a largely increased business. 



A charter has just been granted the W. S. 

 Reich Furniture Manufacturing Company of 

 Elkln, N. C. The capital stock of the company 

 is $100,000. and W. S. Reich, W. S. Gouch and 

 others are the incorporators. 



In the opinion of prominent architects inter- 

 viewed building operations In North Carolina 

 are on the increase. Members of the North Car- 

 olina Architects' Association who attended the 

 recent meeting at Wrightsvllle Beach, .N. C. are 

 greatly encouraged over the prospects for busi- 

 ness, as evidenced by reports and addresses at 

 the convention. 



Three creditors of the Craggy Lumber Com- 

 pany, a large company organized several years 

 ago to handle timber on the Great Craggy moun- 

 tain boundary, near Ashevllle, N. C, have just 

 filed a petition In the Ashevllle Ciicuit Court 

 asking that the company be adjudged bankrupt. 



