HARDWOOD RECORD 



shown that mahogany is in demand, and on 

 August 1 the orders on hand for August deliT- 

 _ ery were greater than any previous month for 

 nine months, which encourages me to believe 

 that trade will steadily improve," said C. E. 

 Mengel, president of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. 

 Company. "We anticipate starting our mills 

 night and day August 15, and have three car- 

 goes of timber coming in within the next few 

 weeks : the Venus, from Belize, with 1,000,000 

 feet aboard, was due Sunday. The Cheswick 

 and the Richmond are in with good cargoes 

 from the gold coast of Africa." 



The Mengelg will shortly open a mahogany 

 yard and warehouse in Chicago, where they will 

 carry 500,000 to 7o0,000 feet of lumber and 

 2.000,000 feet of veneers, where they will be glaa 

 to take care of the lill-in trade for the manufac- 

 turers of furniture and other material in the 

 I'blcago market. More information will be given 

 in reference to this new branch in a later 

 issue. 



The Mengel people are now completing the 

 shipment of 500,000 feet of Honduras mahogany 

 for Uncle Sam's building department. 



At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors 

 some changes were made in the official staff 

 of the C. C. Mengel & Bro! Company. The 

 new officers, in addition to C. H. Mengel, presi- 

 dent, and C. C. Mengel, vice-president, are : J. 

 Crepps Wickliffe, secretary, who was for sev- 

 eral years manager of their South American op- 

 erations and formerly connected with the freight 

 department of the Illinois Central Railroad. Mr. 

 Wicklifle succeeds A. L. Mussleman, who has be- 

 come the president of a new hardwood company 

 in Louisville. Victor Lamb, who has been in 

 the accounting department for several years and 

 also at one time connected with the southern 

 operations, is the new treasurer. Julius Spicker, 

 who has been on the job for a number of years 

 In the sales and export departments, continues 

 as manager of these important parts of the 

 organization. H. W. Mengel is superintendent 

 and director, as formerly. It is also learned 

 incidentally that a new appointment by Gov 

 ernor Wilson connected C. R. Mengel as colonel 

 We always ascribed him as "Colonel," but he is 

 officially one now. 



R. Carnahan, vice-president and secretary of 

 E. B. Norman & Co., Is moving his family to 

 Louisville, anticipating being in closer touch with 

 the mill operations, although still looking after 

 timber purchases in the mountains. Mr. Car- 

 nahan has the reputation of being the best 

 timber buyer In "Old Kentuck." He is a wel- 

 come resident to the metropolis of the state. 



E. B. Norman & Co. are doing a fair business 

 in specialties and with their special stock of 

 lumber are able to take care of anything in 

 poplar, plain oak or basswood. 



The Brown boys of W. P. IIimimi .^ Smi. r.nii! 

 ber Co.. Louisville, were iu tin;! I,,,,,|,i.-i ii;,ii,.. 

 of minds when the Record r. in ■ - m i i .\ ■ h. iii.-il 

 in to see them the other <I;i\, i.>r,iii-, ■ I'.ip' 

 Brown had come down to visit with tliem. W. 

 P. Brown, head of this concern, has been an 

 "old-tlmor" in hardwood operating for years, 

 with headquarters at Madison, and now living in 

 Indianapolis. Mr. Brown is optimistic as to the 

 situation : he tried to convince us youngsters 

 that Indiana was going Democratic. The bunch 

 got down back of a lumber pile and has not 

 rpiite forgotten him yet. The Brown boys have 

 a particularly well selected stock of oak and 

 other hardwoods. Their thick lumber is well 

 seasoned and in good supply. In their main 

 yard fourteen cars were being unloaded at the 

 same time. Indicating their belief in the future 

 of oak lumber. 



Oak flooring from Louisville — that Is, rea. 

 oak flooring, the kind the Englishman likes 

 so well, is the Indiana-Kentucky brand. The 

 Kentucky Hardwood Flooring Company, with its 

 new Improved power plant will be able to manu- 

 facture more stock than ever when the demand 

 rpqulrcs. 



The Sondiern Luniher Company, which spe- 



cializes in oak, poplar and chestnut, reports 

 increased number of inquiries from manufac- 

 turers, and more orders. 



The Kentucky Veneer Works, which makes 

 a specialty of mahogany veneers and, in fact, 

 all kinds of veneer, and also handles hardwood 

 lumber, will be glad to make up a mixed car 

 of veneers and hardwoods. Manager JlcCracken 

 reports improved business. 



Gamble Bros., out at Highland Park, make a 

 specialty of dimension lumber. It is kiln driea, 

 and there is always a stock list of particular 

 value to the buyer, for they can take care of his 

 specialties. 



Charlie Stotz of the Louisville Lumber Com- 

 pany has recovered from his recent illness and 

 is again "on the job." Their stock sheet in- 

 dicates that they also are specialists in mixed 

 cars. 



Speaking of mixed cars, the fact Ihat many 

 manufacturers have let stocks run low is quitt 

 an accommodation to the consumer, as he is 

 able to buy mixed carloads, and Louisville is 

 particularly well adapted to supply this busi- 

 ness. Manufacturers are working in harmony, 

 and each in turn, through their sales agents, 

 would be glad to take orders, even it they 

 Include items not comprised in their own stocks, 

 for some of their neighbors would undoubtedly 

 have material and, therefore, mixed cars for 

 Louisville trade are a specialty at this time. A 

 look over the advertising pages, indicating the 

 number of manufacturers and dealers of hard- 

 woods in Louisville, will convince a buyer of 

 the possibilities of this market. 



Col. D. E. Kline of the Louisville Veneer 

 Mills has l)een on the sick list, but he is pretty 

 regularly on the job at the plant, looking after 

 the increased number of orders coming in for 

 both veneer and panels. They have plenty of 

 good timber and, while not running full time, 

 are in position to take care of their customers 

 very satisfactorllr. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



John Hein of the John Hein Company, hard- 

 wood lumber and cooperage manufacturers of 

 Tony, Wis., was a business visitor In the city 

 last week. He says hardwood lumber stocks 

 are smaller than usual in that section of the 

 state. 



C. P. Lusk of Stanley, Wis., was here a few 

 days ago on business, particularly relating to 

 hardwood. He is associated with the North- 

 western Lumber Company and Is also secretary 

 of the Wisconsin Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation. 



Building operations in the Twin Cities are 

 kefphii up very close to the record of last 

 ^^11, wliiih was the heaviest on record for Min- 

 n :ii.ii!i- in volume of permits issued. Those 

 - : 'I 1 ■;■ July in Minneapolis had a total es- 

 iiii;n..l iiLst of $945,000, compared with .$988,- 

 000 In July of last year. The sash and door 

 factories have all they can do to get out 

 their special orders on time, and a large share 

 of their work, as usual, is calling for hardwood 

 material, largely birch, this year. 



S. C. Major of the S. C. Major Lumber Com 

 pany, Memphis, Tenn., one of the well-known 



wholesalers of southern IkhHw 1- -p. if s. \ - 



eral days in the Twin Ciiir n'.: . mml .,.„ 

 sumers of hardwood, durin. ' , ;, ,,i 



.July. He was pleased to liinl lhjim :irii\jiy 

 here than at the time of his last visit. 



D. F. Clark of Osborne & Clark, the local 

 hardwood wholesalers, has been over in Wis- 

 consin looking after some of their stocks. 



F. J. Lang, sales representative of • the Wis- 

 consin Land & Lumber Company, Hermans- 

 ville, Mich., is in Minneapolis for a short time 

 and Is occupying offices in the Lumber Exchange, 

 from which he is conducting a campaign for 

 their hardwood flooring and other products. 



E. Payson SmlUi of the Payson Smith Lum- 

 ber Company has gone with his family on a 



short vacation trip to Isle Eoyale, Lake Supe- 



George Pettibone of Louisiana, Mo., manager 

 of the Louisiana Stave Company, was here a 

 few days ago on his return from a vacation 

 sojourn at one of the lakes in northern Minne- 

 sota. 



The outlook is that there will be a resump- 

 tion of demand for cull hardwood for box pur- 

 poses among the Twin City box manufacturers 

 this fall. The supply of low-grade pine is not 

 heavy, and with anything like ordinary trade 

 it will be reduced to the point of scarcity in a 

 very few weeks. 



ASHLAND 



John W. Kitchen, treasurer of Vansaut, 

 Kitchen & Co., has just returned from a very 

 satisfactory trip through Ohio. Mr. Kitchen 

 reports receipt of some very good order.s for 

 poplar, and also advises that he received fifty 

 per cent more orders on this trip than on any 

 trip for several months, and believes that the 

 time has now come when the consumer realizes 

 the necessity of buying. 



The Ironton Lumber Company of Iroiiton. 

 Ohio, has closed its mill indefinitely. The com- 

 pany has on hand a large supply of lumber, 

 and does not expect to do any more sawing 

 until conditions improve, and some of the stock 

 now on sticks has been moved. The company 

 has been sawing practically nothing but oak, 

 mostly bill stuff. 



W. L. Watson, general manager of the John 

 W. Mahan Lumber Company, Mahan. W. Va., 

 spent several days in this city last week at 

 his home. Mr. Watson states that his company 

 has been running steadily up to the present 

 time, but Is closed down now for two weeks 

 for repairs, which is the usual custom. This 

 company has a fine lot of poplar lumber on 

 sticks, and owing to Its optimistic feeling con- 

 cerning the outlook, is making no special efforts 

 to move any of the stock. 



What will probably prove to be of great in- 

 terest to timber owners in northeastern Ken- 

 tucky is the discovery of papers that will very 

 likely placr in the possession of Miss M. P. 

 -Ml l:i:iM ii i.iji.n,., Xova Scotia, Canada, twenty 

 111' I "1 fine coal and timber lands 



ill I ,1 iiki> counties, Kentucky. It has 

 IT., ml, , , II iii.rovered that Miss McBiair has 

 falli'n licir u> tins tract, and that she has ad- 

 vised the state authorities of her intention to 

 bring suit for the purpose of gaining possession 

 of her property. This tract is estimated to be 

 worth more than half a million dollars, consist- 

 ing of coal and timber. 



H. G. PuKo of Ibe R. r,. Page Lumber Com- 

 pany of tlii- ' ii,\ i "II .1 iiii-Hi -^ trip, calling on 



the traili m Mi: - i i .mo and other 



cities. .\'l> ■ I I vry favorable 



reports, iii.liiiinnj hi m ;.i "> , imiU in all lines 

 of business. 



The S. B. Reese Lumber Company of Farmers. 

 Ky., has again started its band mill after a 

 shutdown of several weeks. This company re- 

 ports some very good orders on hand, and ex- 

 pects its present log supply to last several 

 months. 



Til. Konova Poplar Manufacturing Company 

 III' Ki iHivn, W. Va., is operating its entire plant 

 tiill iiiiH\ manufacturing bevel siding and mould- 

 iTi_-s. :iii(l has recently installed new machinery 

 for the purpose -of making boxes. Manager P. E. 

 Way states that they have some very desirable 

 orders for boxes, aud more orders for high-grade 

 siding than they will be able to supply for 

 some time. 



Fred Stone, the Detroit lumbermtn), is spendin:; 

 several days In this vicinity. Mr. Stone is buy- 

 ing several cars of lumber to supply his trade, 

 and Ijclicves with reasonable assurance that a 

 general improvement Is beginning, and it will be 

 only a question of time until business will be 

 very salisfarlory to the lumbermen. 



