THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



19 



MEMPHIS MATTER. 



In the words of a local prophet, the 

 Memphis liinil)ermen this summer, or a 

 few of them, are taking a turn at "aggres- 

 sive extension." The Bennett Hardwood 

 Lumber Company is one of this disposi- 

 tion, and they have purchased a cypress 

 brake of about 2,000 acres near Bastrop, 

 La., and will open np a big mill down 

 there. The expense of this undertaking 

 will be about If.jO.OOO. The machinery of 

 one of its three local mills has been 

 shipped to Bastrop. 



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The J. W. Thompson Lumber Company 

 has a cypress brake of several thousand 

 acres in Mississippi whicli will be worked 



The Wright Lumber Company has sev- 

 eral thousand acres of oak timber near 

 Portland, Ark., and will work on the same 



this summer. 



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The Benson-Dunckel Lumber Company 

 of Missouri has filed its articles of incor- 

 poration in Arkansas and will have a 

 branch of its business in that state. 



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The A. F. Cook Land and Timber Com- 

 pany of Little Rock. Ark., has just been 

 chartered. The capital stock is .$.50,000, 

 all paid up. The otticers and incorporators 

 are: A. F. Cook, president; Gov. A. T. 

 Bliss (of Lansing, Mich.), vice-president; 

 Baldy A'inson, secretary; E. Z. LeszynsUy, 

 treasurer. Tliey will operate in Southeast 

 Arkansas an(i Northern Louisiana. 



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.1. K. Marshall of Pearlington, Miss., a 

 prominent yellow pine lumberman, was in 

 Memphis this week looking after some 

 hardwood timber deals. 



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C. M. Carrier & Son of Sardis, Miss., 

 l;ave arranged with the Memphis Trust 

 Company for the iinancing of a .fSOO.OOO 

 railroad and timber deal in Mississippi. 

 The project includes the building of twenty 

 miles of railroad eastward from Sardis, 

 Miss., to be known as the Sardis and 

 Delta Uailway, the purchase of 25,000 

 acres of timber land in Quitman and Pan- 

 ola counties, and the building and equip- 

 ping of milling plants at Sardis for utiliz- 

 ing the hardwood timber on the tract. The 

 projected mills any to cost about $100,000. 



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The Louisiana Stumpage Company of 

 Osceola, Mississippi county, Ai'k., has 

 been incorporated by Jas. I.,. Hale, presi- 

 dent; James I). Driver, vice-president, and 

 W. L. Crenshaw, secretary and treasurer. 

 The gentlemen named are well known In 

 Memphis lumber circles. The capital 

 slock of the <-oncern is fixed at .$100,000, 

 of whicli .$1(1.000 has been subscribed. 

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 The plant of the Imperial Spoke Factory 

 at Dyersburg, Tenn., was destroyed by 

 fire on the afternoon of the 18tU inst. The 



loss is estimated at .$.3,000. There was no 

 insurance on the factory, but some on the 



stock. 



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The Forrest City Spoke Company of 

 Forrest City, Ark., has just been incor- 

 porated with a capital stock of $6,000. 

 All subscribed. H. M. Blossom is presi- 

 dent, R. G. Hobbs, vice-president, and T. 

 C. Kimber, secretary and treasurer. 



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A. G. Wet more, manager of the export 

 department of the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber 

 Company, was in Memphis recently. 



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T. H. Griffin, of Price & Price, Lon- 

 don, England, was in Memphis a few day, 

 going directly from here to New York to 

 sail for home. He was much impressed 

 with the hardwood country. 



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C. R. P.ilnier. of the L. H. Gage Lum- 

 ber Company, has gone to Providence, R. 

 I., to spend the summer. 



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Ike Watts, secretary of the Memphis 

 lumbermen's Club, is spending a few 

 weeks in Kentucky. 



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J. N. Scatcherd, of Scatcherd & Son, 

 Buffalo, New York, was a recent visitor in 

 tilt ilemphis market. 



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Mr. Bennett, of the Janes-Keeney Lum- 

 ber Company, of Isola, Miss., was in 

 Jlemphis a few days ago. 



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W. E. Trainer, a hardw 1 luiiilierman 



from Chicago, was in town recently. 



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C. M. Keeney, of Janes-Keeney Lumber 

 Company, LeRoy, N. Y., was down this 

 ■way recently visiting Memphis and the 

 plant of his company at Isola, Miss. 



NASHVILLE NEWS. 



The Northern Tennessee Coal i.\: Lumber 

 Company is preparing for extensive de- 

 velopment of the mineral and timber re- 

 sources on its properties in Marion and 

 Sequatchie counties. W. H. McKinney of 

 I'ittsburg. Pa., is president and C. E. 

 Hutchison of West Virginia, secretarj- and 

 treasurer. John H. McMillin of this city 

 is also interested in the enterprise. 

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Walnut, red cedar and a few of the 

 rare woo<ls come in by the Cumberland 

 when the supply is thought to have been 

 hnig since exhausted. The I'rewett-Spurr 

 Manufacturing Company, the leaders in 

 cedar woodenware manufactures in this 

 part of the world, manage to get hold of 

 considerable of this wood. A couch nianu- 

 fjicturing concern in the same line has 

 started up here. It is, perhaps, the only 

 factory of the kind in the United States. 

 I<:acli of these concerns has managed to 

 acquire ill the fortunate past tracts in 

 souk; of the remote counties of the state 

 tl'.at still help them out, but such maneuv- 



Timber Lands 



We offer tlie following bargains in southern 

 timber lands and saw mills. 



COAL AND TIMBER BARGAIN. 



Ten thou.sand acres of hardwood timber. 

 Including oak, ash, poplar, hicljoi-v. etc., in 

 Eastern Tennessee, estimated to cut 40,- 

 000,000 feet, underlaid by several fine 

 veins of coking coal ; quick deal ; $3 per 

 acre. Refer l'"lle 90. 



IN WESTERN TENNESSEE. 



Four-thousand acre tract ; located in 

 Hatcbie River bottom, a floating and navi- 

 gable stream, seven miles south of Browns- 

 ville, Tenn. : lies in one solid and continu- 

 ous body : longer river front than other 

 way ; has white oak. red oak, hickory, gum. 

 cypress, ash, elm, beech, maple and other 

 varieties of timber common to this country : 

 price is $3 per acre ; good title. File 7;i. 

 A VALUABLE TRACT. 



Twenty thousand acres in Haywood 

 County and 5,U0O acres in Madison County, 

 N. C. : a 2o,0U0-acre tract of virgin tim- 

 ber — poplar, oak. chestnut, cucumber and a 

 little cherry ; will cut 5.000 feet per acre, 

 about 3.500 merchantable timber : Pigeon 

 River is the boundary line lor 9 miles ; the 

 railroad is now running to Waterville. ,iust 

 across the river ; the railroad is building 

 up about four to five miles on same side of 

 the river, and then near Cold Spring Creek 

 they are to cross the river and will run 

 over this tract four or five miles; Ten- 

 nessee state line is another boundary line : 

 price of this tract is $7.50 : title is good ; 

 this will make good cattle ranch when tim- 

 ber is taken off. F'.le 1. 



DO YOU WANT A SAW MILL? 



Four saw mills in Western Tennessee: 

 two of 20.000 feet capacity and two of 

 10,000 feet; timber adjoining and access- 

 ible to all these mills; details upon appli- 

 cation to interested parties. Refer to File 



HERE'S A FORTUNE. 

 Thirty-flve thousand acres hardwood tim- 

 ber in Arkansas, at S8.5U per acre : guaran- 

 tee it to cut 12.000 feet to the acre, mostly 

 white and red oak. hickory, ash and gum ; 

 lies on navigable river less than 100 miles 

 from Memphis, and trunk line railroad runs 

 through it north and south, east and west, 

 affording exceptional shipping facilities; 

 property must be sold to settle an estate, 

 but it takes money : land for agricultural 

 purposes, fully worth $6 per acre after 

 timber has been cut. File 156. 



AN ARKANSAS BARGAIN. 



Twenty-two thousand acres hardwood at 

 .$0 The following are the estimates in 

 millions : White oak. GO : red oak, 36 ; elm, 

 40: Cottonwood, 25; gum. 12; hickory, lo ; 

 white ash. 10, with considerable cypress 

 .and about 50 ties to the acre ; title perfect; 

 average haul to shipping point, two miles ; 

 no dreamers, but actual purchasers or their 

 responsible representative. File 15. 



A WISCONSIN TRACT 

 Of over 6,500 acres and estimated to cut 

 10.000.000 feet of basswood. 3,000.000 oak. 

 6,000,000 birch. 3.500.000 elm. 2.000,000 

 maple, 5,000,000 hemlock. I.OOO.OOO ash. 

 with several thousand railroad ties, with 

 100,000 cords of wood ; land for farming 

 is very best and should sell readily at from 

 $6 to .$10 per acre: 720 acres of this is 

 under permit and timber only is included 

 in this offer: 5,855 acres of land goes with 

 the deal ; price $65,000, part cash, balance 

 in annual payments for three or four years 

 at 6 per cent. File 166. 



But whv enumerate? We handle large 

 and small 'timber tracts In all parts of the 

 country. We also handle Southern farm 

 lands, old colonial estates, improved farms 

 suitable for general farming and stock, as 

 well as unimproved lands, especially suited 

 for goats and sheep. We make a specialty 

 of locating woodworking factories, saw 

 mills and kindred industries. 



Being familiar with the South and its 

 many advantages .ind opportunities tor in- 

 vestment, we ask you to consult us. 



SOUTHERN LAND CO., 



134 MONROE STHEET, CHICAGO. 



J. F. OZ-SRiV, Formerly igent'orthe 

 Land anil Industrial Deparlmcnl /•"■ 

 the Snulhern and the Mobile and 

 Ohio Hallways, Manager. 



DealriH in ••out luT" 'rinilirr. Mineral 

 ]iii4l Kiii'iiiiti:: l.aiiilH. 



