HARDWOOD RECORD 



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company was burned here, with entire loss of 

 its stocli, August 22, t)ut tlie company lias moved 

 into new quarters on Union avenue and is fill- 

 ing orders as promptly as if nothing had hap- 

 pened. The large facilities of the headquarters 

 of the company at Indianapolis, Ind., are largely 



iiiunth. Ralph McCraeken stated that trade 

 with them was showing some improvement 

 iind that he looks lor a continued increase to 

 manifest itself this month, 



F. G. Callwell of Alabama, representative 

 .of the Ferd. Brenner Lumber Company, was a 

 visitor in town this week. L. N. Taylor, Ten- 

 jiessee representative of the same concern, was 

 iilso here for consultation with Mr. Brenner. 



R. C. Whitbeck of the Ferd. Brenner Lum- 

 ber Company left for Cleveland last week to 

 visit' relatives. 



Max Kosse stated that trade was showing a 

 better tone each month and that lie looked 

 for a fair tall trade. Improvements have been 

 made at the three mills of the company and 

 a great deal of lumber is now being turned 

 out there. Mr. Kosse has just returned from 

 a southern trip. 



H. J. Pease was a visitor among the lumber 

 trade here during the past fortnight. 



A. S. Dennis called on many of the local 

 lumber dealers here in an effort to secure 

 trade tor his company. 



E. O. Robinson has returned from his vaca- 

 tion trip to Atlantic City and immediately de- 

 parted for the South on a business trip. Fred 

 Mobray of the concern stated that trade with 

 them was fairly brisk, especially perceptibl.- in 

 the poplar and quartered oak line. Thu riH.utl. 

 of August was a very good month lui- tin 

 company and prices being realized ar. }•■- 

 garded as firm. 



B. F. Dulwcber of the ,7ohn Dulweber Com- 

 pany said that trade with them has been fair. 



The next meeting of the Cincinnati Lumber- 

 men's Club will be held some time this month, 

 but no definite dat<- lias as yet been set for that 

 occasion. This will be the first meeting of the 

 ■club for two months. 



A. E. Hart said that trade with them was 

 picking up and that the month of August 

 proved a fairly good one for them. They find 

 quartered oak the best selling item in the 

 liardwood list. 



J. H. Bolser notes an increase of business 

 during the past month, and furthermore looks 

 for an increase during the present month. 

 Business should be very good during the re- 

 maining months of this year. 



J. C. Kimball of the J. C. Kimball Lumber 

 Company of Knoxville. Tenn., was a visitor 

 among the lumber element during the past few 

 ■weeks. 



W. Perry was registered in the Queen City 

 during the early part of this month. 



Harry A. Freiberg of the Freiberg Lumber 

 Company said that trade with them was just 

 fair, but he looks for an increase this month. 

 The mill of the company will be started the 

 latter part of the month. At the present time 

 he is buying some lumber, that is where he 

 can pick up some choice lots at reasonable 

 figures. , 



A. v. Jackson of the Ault & Jackson Com- 

 pany was summoned home from a business 

 trip last week owing to the sudden illness of 

 liis wife. George Frederick of the company 

 stated that business with them was pi-etty 

 fair. During the month of August they did 

 a better business than for any two months 

 previous. 



John Frolmiiller of the Acme Veneer and 

 Lumber Conjpany returned last week from a 

 business trip north and was much impressed 

 with the outlook of trade there. 



W. E. Shrimpton of the Shrimpton Lumber 

 Company said that business was about the 

 same as last week, but he looks for an im- 

 provement during the present month. The 

 fall trade, he says, will exceed that of the 

 spring by a goodly margin. 



Robert 'Vestal of the Vestal Lumber and 

 Manufacturing Company of Knoxville, Tenn., 

 -was here during the past week. 



Harry F. Hendy of Hendy & Co., wholesale 

 lumber dealers of the Commercial Tribune 

 Jjuilding. has just returned from the South. 



He reported the local trade here as growing 

 much better. 



Walter Quick of the Richey, Halstead & Quick 

 Lumber Company has returned to active busi- 

 ness duties after an absence of more than six 

 weeks, s. W. Richey of the same concern 

 stated that trade with them was getting much 

 better. 



C. M. Clarke was calling among the local 

 lumber dealers here during the past week. 



The shipments of lumber from Cincinnati 

 during the month of August were lai-ger than 

 any other month, indicating that trad.- was 

 gradually settling down, T\i' ini.i- i iii.. 



montli has led a nunil i ii . 



merchants to becomi- \-.m ..pMi, ; .. ■ 



situation here and luuk tVn ,u,-ii..i ,.|.^-. 

 during the present month. During tluj montli 

 of August 4,110 ears of dressed lumber were 

 shipped from here as compared with 5,S"3 for 

 the same month of the year previous. The 

 receipts during the last month were 5,956 as 

 compared with S,4S0 for the same month of 

 the year previous. The shipments during the 

 last month were better than any other month 

 of the year, as fully 100 more carloads of lum- 

 ber were shipped from here. 



i 'i' ^.1. ^1 \ Aii-iiii Luiiilier Company has 

 rcsuiiir.i ,1 iis bif; bandmill at Pin.- 



Bluil'. .\' ; II,. |,i:,nt and planing mill have 

 kept iu 5i_ad:, ..i-ji.iiiiu, but the sawmill proper 

 was closed down for a number of months as a 

 result of the depression in lumber trade circles. 



The Tennessee Hardwood Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, which is capitalized at ,|80,000, has filed 

 articles of incorporation under the laws of Ten- 

 nessee and will engage in the lumber and mill- 

 work business. W. C. Fenn, C. H. Lewis, A. A. 

 Hatch and A. H. Murray are the incorporators. 



Announcement is made that operations have 

 been resumed at the plant of the Gadsden Car 

 Works, on the Queen & Crescent system, at Gads- 

 den, Ala., and employment has been given to 

 about 300 persons. The plant had been closed 

 down since early spring and there is a large ac- 

 cumulation of bad-order cars to be repaired. 

 The Frisco system has taken on additional men 

 at its yards and shops at Springfield, Mo., where 

 its principal car plant is maintained. The state- 

 ment is given out on official authority that about 

 2,000 more men will be given employment there 

 in the near future. The Rock Island system is 

 gradually increasing its force at its shops at 

 Argenta, Ark., and the Missouri Pacific system 

 is also becoming more active at its car plants 

 in the Southwest. All the roads, with one or 

 two exceptions, have allowed their equipment 

 to get in bad shape, and it is feared that repair 

 work has begun so late that this may prove a 

 serious feature in handling the traffic which will 

 be oCEered the railroads throughout the Central 

 South during the next few months. 



E. II. Ward, who until recently was located 

 here as general manager of the Memphis Car 

 Company, has become identified with the Kel- 

 logg Car Company, Kankakee, 111., and will make 

 his future home in that city. He will retain 

 his interest in the Memphis company despite the 

 fact that he will be no longer identified with the 

 management thereof. The change is in the na- 

 ture of a distinct betterment of his business 

 position. 



J. M. Harnett has recently purchased the 

 plant of the Krebs Lumber Company at Birming- 

 ham, Ala. The plant, which includes planing 

 mills, cabinet works and a drying kiln, is very 

 complete. It is the intention of the purchasor 

 to change the name of the business, but for the 

 present it will be conducted under the name of 

 the Krebs Lumber Company. 



The enterprise of E. C, Atkins & Co., Inc., is 

 fittingly illustrated by the rapidity with which 

 orders are being filled. The local branch of the 



responsible for this condith 



C. S. Gladding, 



general manager of the company, has been in 

 Memphis since the fire. He has been successful 

 in securing an adjustment of the loss and left 

 yesterday for his home. 



One of the bitterest fights in the history of 

 commercial organizations in this city or section 

 has been launched in the Business Men's Club 

 by the action of the president, S. M. Williamson 

 in demanding the resignation of James S War 

 ren secretary. Mr. Warren's resignation was 

 handed the board at a meeting a few nights ago 

 but was laid on the table. President William- 

 son immediately resigned, but was persuaded to 

 hold over until another meeting, when the 

 cnargcs of inefficiency preferred against Mr. War- 

 ren by him will be further investigated and 

 final action taken. It is practically certain that 

 the fight means a change in either the presi- 

 dency or secretaryship of the club, aa these two 

 officials could hardly be expected to get along well 



at developments. A. L. 



mpson Lumber Company 

 vice-president of the organization, has been dele- 

 gated to appoint a committee to investigate the 

 charges against Mr. Warren and will act in the 

 next few days. The nature of further develop- 

 ments will depend largely upon the findin- of 



rh^' fiT.°"."''-, *^™""'" '"^""^ '^ expressed that 

 rhe fight has been precipitated. The club has 

 :. v,.,-^ large membership among the lumbermen 

 , practically all of whom belong there- 

 The principal contest at the last election 

 round the first vice-presidency, and 

 the lumbermen were successful in putting their 

 candidate, Mr. Foster, into office. 



The Mclnnis Lumber Company of Uattiesburg, 

 Miss., has purchased from .Mcl'herson Bros of 

 Michigan 2,520 acres of pine stumpage for ¥00 - 

 000. 1-his is the first large deal recorded in 

 stumpage since the financial depression came 

 about a year ago. The average price was high 

 ¥36 per acre. The mill of the purchasing com- 

 pany, which is located at Petal, Miss., will run 

 at full capacity until the timber has been cut. 



Much interest is shown in the forthcoming an- 

 „„„i convention of the Deep Waterways Asso- 



of this 



entered 



elation, to be he 

 the leading cui 

 point delegates 

 have already 

 among thus.' ^il 

 Kusse .V 1;iiil:. 

 interesii'ci ii, n. 



I iinai;,.. next month. All 

 iil "1- iiiizations will ap- 

 I" I '<i:i and some of them 

 -'.<li action. Prominent 

 named is W. M. Russe of 

 ' has always been deeply 

 uvement of the Mississippi 

 river. Lim,!,.,, ,n. n ,,t this city are firm be- 

 lievers in thf fact that if an adjustment is ever 

 to be secured in freight rates, and it lumber 

 shippers are ever to be provided with facilities 

 for prompt handling of their traffic year in and 

 year out. it will come as a result of the deepen- 

 ing of the channel of the .Mississippi. Arkansas 

 is already namins ,V-].-j.-m,- to the convention, 

 and so ar.. l.mi i ,^„,i ^ud Missouri, 



fho -M iii|ii: _i:e lias been ab- 



sorbed I,;, II, I. 'I lib and will be 



conduct.. a .!> ., . i-.iment of that in- 



stitution. It will be iu charge of the secretary 

 of the club. Negotiations to this end have just 

 been concluded after efforts covering more than 

 a year. In ceasing to exist the Industrial League 

 gave out a statement showing that it had located 

 ninety-one industries during the past seven years, 

 giving employment to 12,000 people, increasing 

 the population of Memphis by nearly 60,000, and 

 bringing to Memphis about $22,000,000 in capi- 

 tal stock. 



George D. Burgess of Russe & Burgess has 

 gone to Xew York, whence he will leave for 

 Atlantic City in a few days. He goes to join 

 his wife and family at the latter point. He will 

 be absent between three and four weeks. 



