HARDWOOD RECORD 



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hero, send a large delegation to the forthcoming 

 annual convention of the Deep Waterways As- 

 sociation in Chicago early in October. The Lum- 

 bermen's Club, the Cotton Exchange, the Mer- 

 chants' Kxchange, the Business Men's Club and 

 all other organizations will send delegates and 

 Memphis will make a most excellent showing. 

 Much interest was aroused in the project of 

 deepening the channel o£ the Mississippi b.v the 

 convention here last October and the enthusiasm 

 created at that time has gained in force rather 

 than diminished during the year. Lumber inter- 

 ests are strongly in favor of the deepening of the 

 Mississippi because of their positive conviction 

 that nothing will tend to facilitate regulation of 

 the railroads in rate matters so much as the de- 

 velopment of shipping facilities by water for 

 lumber, coal, steel, iron and other bulky com- 

 modities. 



W. H. Greble of the Three States Lumber 

 Company has been ill for some days and has not 

 been able to be at the offices of the company. 

 He is suffering with malaria. 



E. E. Taenzer, vice-president of the Darnell- 

 Taenzer Lumber Company, who has been con- 

 fined to his home for some time with sciatic 

 rheumatism, is receiving the congratulations of 

 his many friends on being able to be out again. 

 George C. Ehemann of Bennett & Witte and 

 president of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis 

 reports that there is some Improvement in the 

 demand for hardwood lumber and a moderate In- 

 crease in the volume of business under way. He 

 notes quite an increase in the number of in- 

 quiries and is inclined to take a slightly more 

 optimistic view of the situation. 



J. W. McClure, secretary of the Lumbermen's 

 Club, reports that it has been impossible so far 

 to give out final returns on the financial results 

 of the baseball game played between lumbermen 

 of Memphis and Nashville here .\ugnst 22 for 

 the benefit of the Memphis Foundliiiir-'' Horn.- iiui 

 Incidentally to determine the |.i ;> jin' - mr 

 of the handsome loving cup oCfi i >i \ i , 



can Lumberman, as well as to sitiu iti -iimi 



of the supremacy of Memphis <n- Nashvilli' as 

 the premier hardwood lumber market of the 

 world. The report is awaited with much inter- 

 est by all lumbermen of this city, who gave 

 freely of their time and money for the success 

 of the <.;ame. 



I BRISTOL }• 



Th.- Y.-llow Poplar Lumber Company of 

 Coal Grove, Ohio, is making considerable im- 

 provements at its extensive operations along 

 the Big Sandy, in southwest Virginia, where 

 it operates a large band mill and circular 

 mills. 



J. H. Bryan, of this city, president of the 

 Bryan Lumber Company and several other 

 lumber corporations, denies in toto the story 

 printed in New York and widely spread over 

 the country, that he was swindled for $65,000 

 by confidence men in that city. While he 

 admits that he caused the arrest of Fiederick 

 B. Salamon, a promoter, and Solon B. Lillein- 

 steiu, a lawyer, on a charge of attempted 

 swindle, he denies that he or any of his 

 companies lost one cent in the reputed trans- 

 action. The property was deeded back to 

 Mr. Bryan's company and he loses nothing. 

 He has just returned from New York, and 

 will go there shortly to appear against the 

 men whose arrest he caused and who are now 

 held under heavy bail. 



B. B. Burns of the Tug River Lumber Com- 

 pany has returned from a visit in southwest 

 Virginia. Mr. Bums' company has just com- 

 pleted extensive improvements in Wise coun- 

 ty at its band and circular mills, including 

 a new five-mile line of standard gauge rail- 

 road, connecting with the Louisville & Nash- 

 ville. 



The Whaley Lumber Company, which was 

 recently organized in Bristol by J. B. Bum- 



gardner. C. C. English and Irving Whaley. 

 has leased quarters in the First National 

 Bank building and begun business. Irving 

 Whaley. until recently with a large lumber 

 concern here, is in charge of the business and 

 will have C. C. English actively associated 

 with' him. The company expects to soon pur- 

 chase timber land and operate mills, but un- 

 til next spring will do a wholesale lumber 

 business. 



Receivers were appointed this week for the 

 Standard Oak Veneer Company, the Allen 

 Panel Company, the Interior Hardwood Com- 

 pany, all of Johnson City. The receivers for 

 the two first named companies are Attorney 

 S. C. Williams and J. Fred Johnson, while 

 those placed in charge of the business of the 

 Interior Hardwood Company are J. Fred John- 

 son and C. B. Allen. 



All of the concerns are allied and own a 

 large plant at Johnson City, employing about 

 one hundred men. The plant is temporarily 

 closed. No statement of the assets and lia- 

 bilities is obtainable by the Hardwood Rec- 

 OKD correspondent. It is stated that it is the 

 result of entanglements with New York inter- 

 It is believed' that an agreement will be 

 reached whereby the plants may be started 

 by the latter part of this week. C. B. Allen, 

 well known to the hardwood trade of the 

 East and Middle West, is president of all 

 of the concerns. For some time they have 

 been in financial straits and the insolvency 

 proceedings were not unexpected. 



Several large timber deals are about to be 

 consummated here. Timber values are firm 

 and there is a heavy demand for hardwood 

 stumpage. A large amount of property of 

 this kind has recently changed hands here, 

 and in one instance a tract of 50,000 acres 

 sold for $15 per acre; whereas a year ago it 

 was on the market at $10 an acre. This il- 

 lustrates the increase in the value of timber 

 in this section. 



L. H. Snodgrass of the Buck Snodgrass 

 Lumber Company of Johnson City is In Bris- 

 tol installing a yard on the Virginia & South- 

 western Railway. The company will ship the 

 most of its stock in the future from Bristol. 

 Retail lumbermen in this section report that 

 the business for this year will compare fa- 

 vorably with that of last year. This is due 

 to the large amount of building, builders tak- 

 ing advantage of cheaper labor and the 

 greatly reduced cost of carrying on building 

 operations. This condition of trade has helped 

 the wholesale lumbermen and manufacturers 

 in this section no little. 



LOUISVILLE 



that there arc more numerous inquiries than 

 before and that sales during the last month have 

 shown an increase of 75 per cent. There has 

 been no letup in prices, he said, but with the 

 increased demand for red oak compared with 

 white oak the prices on the former are strength- 

 ening. Mr. Norman states that he has 3.000,000 

 feet of lumber on hand, including all grades of 

 red and white oak and poplar. 



Mr. Norman's younger brother, Edwin, has 

 just started to I'rinccton, where be will fry fur 



the 



Judge A. E. Richards, city attorney of Louis- 

 ville, who is also president of the Louisville & 

 Atlantic railroad, is quoted as saying that ex- 

 tensions are being contemplated by his road 

 which will result in opening lip important tim- 

 ber tracts in the eastern part of the state. The 

 road runs from Lexington about liio mil's oast 

 and taps a rich lorrllory. 



The Southeru Lumber Company reports thai 

 sales to the furniture dealers are Improving, 

 owing to tlie success of the Furniture Carnival 

 in Chicago. July 1. Orders were so much bettor 

 than expected, it is said, that the furniture 

 manufacturers have opened up more than before 

 and have ordered fairly liberally. Higher prices 

 are also reported by them as being commanded 

 by lumbermen in the producing region, the prire 

 of $15 for log run delivered on car. made in 

 June, has been raised in .several instances to 

 $17.50. Word has been received by them of the 

 burning of a mill of the Root Furniture Com- 

 pany of Sbplbyville, Ind., one of their business 



The State Fair, which was held in Louisvillo 

 from September 14 to 19, brought thousands to 

 the city, the total attendance being over 100,000. 

 Many who came were lumbermen, and they called 

 on their confreres in this city in numbers. One 

 of the features of state fair week was the cele- 

 bration of the Kentucky Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion, in which about 150 dealers of Kentucky 

 and southern Indiana participated. The day 

 was known as Hoo-Hoo Day at the fair, and 

 the lumbermen made their presence noticeable 

 A reception was held from 10 :.10 o'clock in tho 

 morning until noon, and at 12 ;30 o'clock lunch 

 was served at E. L. Hughes & Co.'s warehotis. 

 at .315 East Main street. An Interesting depar 

 tiire from the program, which stated that the 

 visitors would be taken to the fair grounds in 

 automobiles, occurred when they were loaded 

 into big lumber wagons and proceeded with 

 much merriment to the fair. A. N. Struck of 

 Louisville presided as toastmaster at a banquet 

 which was served at 8 o'clock in the evening 

 at the Seelbach. Following the banquet, at 

 which members of the association responded to 

 toasts, there was a concatenation of Hoo-Hoo 

 behind closed doors. It was oflicially announced 

 that the initiates will long remember the con- 

 catenation. 



The Louisville Veneer Mills is running a par- 

 tial force, and reports that business is spas- 

 modic. Occasionally orders are given in volume 

 and indications are that business is about to 

 boom, when suddenly the bottom drops out and 

 inactivity is resumed. Inasmuch as one of the 

 company's Tennessee competitors was forced 

 into involuntary bankruptcy, the firm feels as if 

 it were fairly prosperous. 



The Ohio Valley Improvement Association is 

 to hold its annual convention in Louisville, 

 October 22 and 2."5, and lumbermen are much in- 

 terested in its proceedings. Owing to the low- 

 stage of the river, which would be obviated 

 with the proposed improvements, shipments of 

 logs have been made impossible this summer, 

 and it Is reported that many mills in the eastern 

 [lart of the state have been unable to operate. 



Advices from the Louisville Lumber Company 

 are to the effoit that business is improving and 

 that iho cjiitl.iok i-. .iiiiiiiiisiic. Prices are being 

 maiiikiiii. 'I :nHi II,. Mr i. 1,,, reason to cut them. 



Tlie i|.iin\ h.i- ;, l.i- assortment at its hand- 



som.' \:iiiU ii IW III \ niiuli and Chestnut streets. 



c. II <!-'' .1 lib Louisville Lumber Compan.v 

 ha-i ii!-i I iu;ii..l iioiii a trip to Auburn, K> . 

 llo sahl iii.i III. ,h-.,uili in that part of tli.- 



below the usual yield, i i.liK.' in..^i siafos wliii-li 

 have large timber ar.;i i..\\.i i. ..m.-Uy has 

 thus far escaped dovasi ,i i m^ i n.s. 



II, II I I .1,, hi tlie rate on lumber from 

 Nil : coast to 85 cents, Icavini; 



il,. lai. Ill !i I ,1 Cincinnati, Louisville and' 

 I'.vausvillo. til., iilro river gateways, at 75 cents, 

 is regarded by local lumbermen as a discrimina- 

 tion which should not be. Efforts are being 

 made to get a unanimous opinion on this sub- 

 ject, and it is possible that steps will be taken 

 to have the former equality of rates put back 

 into effect. As it happens, however, there is 

 relatively little lumber shipped from Louisville 

 to California. 



