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HARDWOOD RECORD 



N. Goodman, vice-president of the Licking 

 River Lumber Company, with mills at Farmers, 

 Ky.. spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in 

 Ironton, Ohio. Mr. Goodman reports the mill 

 running steadily in all departments, with con- 

 siderable orders ahead. He also states that they 

 probably have sutBcient logs to run them until 

 the first of the year. 



i;as in retort house of the Cummer-Diggins 

 Company caught lire .Tuly 3ii. causing a fire 

 which destroyed the building. Loss is estimated 

 at $3,000. The company will rebuild at once. 



G. von Platen and wife of Petoskey have re- 

 turned home after being the guests of Mr. and 

 Mrs. F. J. Cobbs here. 



W. W. Mitchell and wife returned home after 

 an extended trip in the New England states 

 and New York. Mr. Mitchell is convalescing 

 from a severe illness which overtook him at 

 Hillsdale, Mich., two weeks ago. He is, however, 

 much improved and will be out again soon. 



Bruce Odell of the Cummer-Diggins Company, 

 and wife have returned from a trip covering De- 

 troit and Cleveland. 



K. A. Diggins of Murphy & Diggins is in 

 Detroit on business. 



Conditions in Cadillac are as good or a little 

 better than when last reported. Practically 

 all the manufacturers here are running full 

 time and most of them with full forces. Pros- 

 pects for fall trade, according to the majority 

 of lumbermen here, are good, and indications 

 are that business will show steady improvement 



TOLEDO 



The Ameriran Wooden Ware Mannfacturins 

 Company of this city reports a very fair busi- 

 ness In tubs, pails, churns and the like. Many 

 of their products are extensively used in the 

 eastern markets, a large order for cedar pails 

 having recently been secured by them. This con- 

 cern is doing an extensive export business, sup- 

 plying their wares to South Africa and other 

 foreign countries. 



The National Fruit & Berry Box Company of 

 Toledo recently incorporated with a capital 

 stock of .$20,000. The incorporators are ; Fred 

 Wilson Webb, John P. Goodwin, Clem O. Menln- 

 ger and Charles J. Collier. 



The Rowland & Mitchell sawdust pile, which 

 for years has been an annoyance and a menace 

 to residents in the vicinity of Sumner street, 

 3s again on a rampage, defying the efforts of 

 firemen to extinguish It. At times the smoke 

 from the burning debris is so dense and stifling 

 that residents in the vicinity are compelled to 

 flee from their homes for days at a lime. Every 

 ■effort to remove the menace has been unsuccess- 

 ful thus far. 



Following the i.ssuing of a warrant for the 

 arrest of Henry Gazell, secretary-treasurer of 

 the defunct Farmers' & Merchants' Bank at 

 Cleveland, the Federal-Harris Manufacturing 

 Company, producers of wood implements, tiled 

 a deed of assignment in the insolvency court 

 .Tuly 27. The assets were given as .$4.">.000 and 

 liabilities as ?1.')0,000. The company was pro- 

 moted by Gazell. 



NORFOLK 



.Mthough there is reported some Improvement 

 in the foreign demand, there have been few 

 visitors from abroad to Norfolk recently. The 

 improvement in this respect has occasioned. In 

 some instances, increased rates with the steam- 

 ship companies, who gauge their rates often- 

 times by the amount of cargo secured. The 

 movement of vessels up the coast with hard- 

 wood.q during the past ten days has been brisk, 

 •,hf,„t ..i-l.t h..nt. )„,vl,..' sniled. 



Harvey M. Dickson, prominent hardwood 

 wholesaler here, returned last week from Buf- 

 falo Lithia Sprii:gs, Va., where he has been 

 the past two weeks with his family. 



W. A. Reed, hardwood wholesaler of Phila- 

 delphia, was in the city last week on business. 



Grover D. Smith, wholesaler in white pine, 

 spruce, cypress and maple flooring at Montclair, 

 N. J., was in the city last week. Mr. Smith 

 Intends remaining in this section for several 

 days, when he will go farther south to study 

 conditions and place some orders. 



A plan which has aroused much interest In 

 ihls section is that now put before the lumber 

 trade in hardwoods, yellow pine. North Caro- 

 lina pine, dimensions, etc., by the Lumbermen's 

 Bureau of this city. This organization has as 

 its director John R. Walker, recently secretary 

 of the North Carolina Pine Association. In dis- 

 cussing the matter for this paper, Mr. Walker 

 stated that the fact that the iron and steel, 

 the cotton interests and other large industrial 

 interests have been greatly benefited by their 

 organization, suggested to him that the lumber 

 Industry, being third in size in the country, 

 might reap a similar benefit. His organization 

 furnishes its members with lists, if they be man- 

 ufacturers, of what is wanted by the wholesale 

 members at the consuming end, and likewise 

 the wholesaler with a list of what the manu- 

 facturer has to sell. In addition, the bureau 

 will furnish each member with a report of 

 prices obtaining, this list being prepared month- 

 ly and being secured from both ends of the 

 membership. 



Mr. Field of Bomlss & 'Vosburgh, Pittsburg, 

 Pa., was in the city last week on business. Mr. 

 I'Meld is in the market for a large quantity of 

 gum lumber. 



What is said to be the largest lumber deal 

 of the year In the United States was consum- 

 mated a few days ago In Marinette when the 

 ICdward nines Company of Chicago purchased 

 the entire cut of three sawmills, the two of 

 the N. I.udlngton Company of Marinette, and 

 the Ford River mill of Isaac Stephenson. The 

 total amount of lumber sold was over 65,000,- 

 000 feet, and brought over $7.50.000. 



The largest lumber fire In the history of the 

 .Menominee river district raged Saturday, Au- 

 gust 1. on the south dock of the Sawyer-Good- 

 man Company. Marinette. From a small blaze 

 In a single lumber pile It spread rapidly and 

 was given impetus by a light wind. About ten 

 acres of lumber yard was burned over and 

 over 10,000,000 feet of lumber was destroyed, 

 entailing a loss of about $175,000. 



R. C. Merryman of Marinette has sold to the 

 I'rancls Beldlcr Company of Chicago 3,000,000 

 leet of timber, to be cut at the mill of the 

 Me.-ryman Manufacturing Company, Marinette. 

 The Beidler Company has also purchased 1,800.- 

 000 feet of lumber of the Hamilton & Merryman 

 Company, also of Marinette. 



Stockholders of the Kandy Manufacturing 

 Company of Grand Rapids recently held their 

 annual meeting. G. J. Kandy, manager, re- 

 ported the company's volume of business the 

 past year was larger than It was the previous 

 year. The company manufactures tables, etc. 

 The following officers were elected : President, 

 G. J. Kandy : secretary, J. L. Thompson ; treas- 

 urer, F. J. Wood. 



While seeking shelter under a tree from a se- 

 vere thunderstorm recently near Emerson, J. 

 W. Emerson, his son and nephew were struck 

 and Instantly killed by lightning. Two other 

 sons escaped, tliough stunned by the holt. Mr. 

 rimer.son resided at I'rentlce with his brother. 

 D. W. Emerson, and was proprietor of a sawmill 

 at Emerson. The two for years have dealt ex- 

 tensively in timber lands In Wisconsin. 



Si.,1.' Senntnr .tas. A. Wright of Merrill hM« 



announced his candidacy for reelection on the 

 Republican ticket. Mr. Wright is engaged 

 heavily in the manufacture of lumber in his 

 home city. As the district is Republican there 

 is little doubt of his election. 



The John Jennings Company of New London 

 recently purchased a block of property and an 

 old factory in that city. The old plant will be 

 repaired and enlarged and machinery installed 

 for the manufacture of mouldings, casings, mop 

 boards, stairways, etc. The company owns a 

 saw and planing mill, a retail lumber yard, and 

 will carry a stock of sash and doors. 



The plant of the Frome Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, located at Howard's Grove, which was re- 

 cently destroyed by fire, will not be rebuilt 

 there, but will be located in the town of Cleve- 

 land, Manitowoc county, on account of better 

 shipping facilities. A new company has been 

 organized as the Cleveland Woodenware Com- 

 pany, capitalized at $25,000. The incorporators 

 are: Wm. Belitz. Cleveland; R. L. ^rome. 

 Howard's Grove ; Edward Wright and A. H. 

 Quehl, Sheboygan. The company will manufac- 

 ture cheese bo.xes. veneers, etc., and will run 

 on a larger scale than did the old concern. 



The I'awkcy-Bisseil Lumber Company of 

 Wausau has sold about 40.000 acres of land in 

 Vilas county to the State of Wisconsin for a 

 state reserve and park, to be used principally 

 tor reforestation. State Forester E. M. Grif- 

 lith selected the land with a view of providing 

 a naturnlly prollQc spot for propagation of new 

 timber growth. 



Officers of the Frost Veneer Company, which 

 some lime ago lost Its plant in Antlgo by lire, 

 say they will move elsewhere. As an induce- 

 ment for them to rebuild, the city has offered 

 to remit the company's taxes for a period of 

 six years. The offer may be accepted. 



The Goodman Lumber Company of Marinette. 

 Chas. A. Goodman, president, and Robert B. 

 Goodman, manager, has commenced work on the 

 new mill, lumber plant and town which will be 

 built in the woods on the Soo line about ten 

 miles from Dunbar. The Soo line has put in 

 a siding and designated the station "Goodman." 

 The company will construct a logging railroad, 

 a modern sawmill and a boarding house with 

 a capacity for housing 200 men. Other neces- 

 sary buildings will be built and a site cleared 

 for a town. The Investment will amount to 

 half a million dollars. The mill will be the 

 most modern of any in Wisconsin. It will be 

 erected on a concrete foundation with steel 

 framework and corrugated iron sides. The only 

 wood In the mill will be in the floor. It will be 

 a twe-band mill with horizontal re-saw. The 

 company has timber for from twenty to thirty 

 years' sawing, consisting of hardwood, hem- 

 lock and pine. It is expected that sawing will 

 begin in the spring of 1009. 



The Bird & Wells Lumber Company of Wau- 

 saukec has recently added many Improvements. 

 Including an improved edger. a new re-saw and 

 exhaust fan sysi.in. The mill will be given a 

 geniral .i\ .rhaiil itil- sci that It can run day and 

 niglii wli'ii ■•|i. rati. .IIS are resumed. 



I,Mnil..Mini'!i in Wisconsin say that the out- 

 look a I present is generally conceded to be bet- 

 ter than it has been at any time during the last 

 year. While most concerns are carrying large 

 stocks they are constantly filling orders and re- 

 ducing the lumber on hand. 



Daniel L. KImberly and Wm. C. Wing of 

 Necnah, John T. Conant of Milwaukee, and T. 

 R. Foster of Vlcksburg, Miss., are the Incorpo- 

 rators of a $100,000 woodenware concern, which 

 will soon build a plant at Vlcksburg. Staves 

 and stave goods will be manufactured. 



C. J. L. Meyer, a former millionaire lumber- 

 man and manufacturer, died recently In Trinity 

 hospital, Milwaukee, after a brief Illness, aged 

 elghly-six years. Wlien the panic of 1803 struck 

 the country. Mr. Meyer's business affairs as- 

 sumed a turn for the worse and thereafter every- 

 thing he touched went against him. lie tried 

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