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IIAKDWUUD RECORD. 



lu- I iiIumI Stntps lui.l 



iilso to sliip liirKf i|iiiiiill(l(>K of their rub- 

 )>or niul liiiiiIxT to Kiiropc. 



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Wlijil Is si\lil III lit' the uioet viilil!il)!c 

 slick i>l" liiiiht'r over rcet'lvcil nloiic ihc 

 tJulf roiml. aiiil prolmlil.v in ilio Iinlii-ii 

 Sliilos. Wjis rwi'iifly fiilcritl at Ponsiu-ol.i. 

 II WHS II Idc of llijun'd iiiiiliotrtiiiy from 

 AfriiM. Iliirl.v-foiir fiM-l loii« nn<l twi-my- 

 si'voii liirlict* tlilcl;. but invoiced at SU.Soii. 

 Tlic stick was coiisl»;ncil to ('. C. \ it. 

 .M,i.-.l .,1 1 ..iiisvillc. 



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■J'lic siiii of llic I'cnlral Yellow riiic As- 

 KiH'lalion apiiiist the Illinois Ccntiill U:il!- 

 i-oiul Is iMlorcstiiiff local l\inilK>r circles in 

 a Krcal measure. Wlille It is lirou^lit liy 

 the idno i>t'oi>le. tlio result will also affict 

 the hardwood interests, for the suit is in 

 the natnre of a test case, and If tlie final 

 onlciinie is favoralile to the luinhernicn >t 

 will mean much to all Innilierinj^ interests. 

 There Is some discussion amouK local men 

 as to the altility of the a.s.soclatlon to prove 

 the heavy damas-o allPfied to have been in- 

 flicted upon its nieniliers liy the increase 

 in rates levied by the Illinois Centnil and 

 the other railroads which have adopl',\I 

 a kindred tariff. The greater number ..t 

 opinions iiave it that tlie estimate is very 

 conservative, and can easily he substan- 

 tiated before any tribunal. 



.Tust now the preliminary stir to the 

 movement of the sugar crop is bejrinnlni: 

 to be felt anion?: the cooperages, through 

 the comuilssii>n hou.ses that handle tlie 

 sugar anil 'the mola.sses. and in the refin- 

 eries. Tlie sugar iind molasses of Louisi- 

 ana last year required over two million 

 ban-els to accommodate It. nearly two 

 million and one-half. It is estimated that 

 the cooperages of New Orleans supplii'd 

 fully one million of the barrels used. 

 There were aI)out one million seven hun- 

 dred tliousand barrels of sugar, packed in 

 slack liarrels of elm. gum. hachbtrry, and 

 similar woods: wliile the molasses was 

 ]iaeked largely in tight oak barrels, v.]- 

 thoiigli many of the plantations suppIiiMl 

 their own wants with tight cypress bar- 

 rels made from staves produced upon the 

 ]ilantations and set uii Ijy coopers in t;ip 

 houses. Tlie tendency last year, accentu- 

 ated this, is to use more oak staves, and 

 less of the cypress. Kxperience has shown 

 tliat generally the oak barrels are nioif 

 satisfactory, and stand long shipments and 

 long keeping iietter than do the cypress 

 barrels. Just now the oak lands of Ar 

 kansas. Xorthern Louisiana and Eastern 

 Mississipjii are bfiiig developed in a way 

 tliat has been rather lost sight of in tlio 

 tremendous stir and bustle of the yellow 

 pine belt, but which really deserves much 

 attention. It Is estimated that the incom- 

 ing to New Orleans of the Frisco and the 

 Shreveport and Red River A'alley rail- 

 roads will add greatly to the timberlnna 



tril.o..,,.. 1.. Now Orlennfi, atid which have 

 liilherlii wasted their priMlucI upon the 

 Miiall mills scattei-eil up and down the Ued 

 Ulver and the .Mississippi Ulver. The 

 sliipiiienls of staves and hoops Into the 

 country will begin heavily during early 

 September and will last until well on In 

 the early winter. .V new stave and head- 

 ing mill was recently establlsheil In New 

 Orleans. .V new cooperage nlanl was es- 

 tabllshcd in .lackson, Miss., and also 

 Ileal' .Aberdeen. Several mills through 

 .Mississippi have installed stave deparl- 

 nieiils. whicli will endeavor to meet the 

 lijciil demand, as well as make staves and 

 heads for export. 



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 i:.\ports of hardwood sundries tlirougli 

 New Orleans to ICurope have kept up well 

 during tlie summer. Last week several 

 large consignments of handles and oarn 

 went to Cermany. while the stave ship- 

 ments to all the wine reducing countries 

 were lieav.v. Several shipnients of gum 

 and elm were made, while tliere were one 

 or two shipments of block for use in ship 

 outtittlng. etc. Several sliips are now 

 loading which will c.irry heavy lumber 

 siiipments. 



AT MINNEAPOLIS. 



I>. 1'. I lark, of Osijurne A; ClarU. tlie 

 Avell-known wholesale dealers here, has 

 tieen spending .several da.vs in 'Wisconsin, 

 picking up stocks to supply their active 

 demand. 



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A. S. IJliss. who move<l here recently 

 from .Marslifield. to become tlie local rep- 

 resentative of the R. Connor Company, has 

 established an oflSce at llin-112(i Lumber 

 Excliange. and is actively marketing their 

 hardwooil. hemlock anil wliitc cedar 



liroducfs. 



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\\'. r.. .Iiiilil. in cliarge of tlic cooperage 

 iie]>artment for tlie Morse Grain Company 

 of this city, is spending some time in the 

 Soutli. arranging for more extensive sup- 

 ply of gtini staves and heading for the 

 local trade. Since opening up this sum- 

 mer he has disposed of 16,000,000 staves, 

 and a large quantity of heading, .some of 

 his orders coming from as far east as 

 -Michigan. 



MEMPHIS MATTER. 



Tliree of Memphis' proniiiieiil lumlier- 

 men have been taking tlieir late summer 

 vacation in Colorado. Messrs. E. E. Taen- 

 zer. It. .7. I>,iriicII and .T. A\'. 'riioniiison. 



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Ceo. Ehenian. of the firm of Rennett & 

 Witte. has returned from a business trip 

 up about Paducah, Ky.. and C:iiri.. 111., 

 for his firm. 



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Geo. D. Burgeiss. of Russe it Burgess, 

 is on a trip East. Mr. Burgess has been 

 moving al)out right smart since his part- 



iiiT iii.Mii.-ii from Europe, having vlslte»l 

 portions of the country from old Mexico 

 to I'lirll.'ind. .Me., In a very few weeks. 



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The ,1. I. I'orter Lumber Company of 

 Illsnii. .\rk., lost jibont I'Jii.ikmi feet of 

 liimlier and a dry house by lire, on the 



I'Tlh iillinio. 



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J. .M. rrltchanl. of the Long Knight 

 Lumber Company, Indlanapoli8, Ind., was 

 a visitor In the Memphis lumber market 



a few days ago, 



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The large saw mill of W. II. Nichols, lo- 

 cate<l .'iliiiiit five miles from Troy, Tenn., 

 on the Obion Uiver, was deslroyed by lire 

 Sepieiiiber 1. The origin of the fire Is un- 

 known. The loss Is about .^Jl.lKKi. with no 

 insur.'iiice. 



NASHVILLE NEWS. 

 The fuiliiuiiig .Na.sliville peiiple have 

 gone to the IIoo-IIoo annual at liulTalo: 

 Hamilton Love, J. 11. Bainl, .T. ,\. Hamil- 

 ton and wife, ,Toliii Kirkpatrick and wife, 

 T. I'. Ayres and wife. W. II. Cleaves. W. 

 A. Hinkley. Edward B. Martin. R. P. Webb 

 and -Miss .\niiie Sherrlll B.ilnl. 



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The Edgefield & Nashville Manufactur- 

 ing Company has filed an amendment to 

 its charter Increasing its capital stock 

 from .SliMi.OOO to .$l.j(MKlO. This firm has 

 been biiilding up quite a business in hard- 

 wood interior work throughout tlie South. 



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The Oavidson-Beuedlct Company Is 

 working all of its mills here at Nashville 

 and over on tlio Cumlterland plateau. The 

 firm rejiorts a good improvement In the 

 lumber busine.ss within the last few days 

 by way of a resumption from the summer 

 quiet. They are selling extensively both 

 iu the M'est and East, and exporting but 

 a small amount of stock. M. V. Greene 

 is expected back from Chautauqua, N, Y,, 

 in a very few days now. 



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Loft A: Bauer, at Oakwood suburb, 

 Knoxville, Tenn., have Hearing complctiou 

 a 35,0011-foot capacity lumber mill. Cin- 

 ciunaii capital is said to be connected with 

 the nr'w enterprise. The mill and plant 

 equipmiiil has cost about .$50,000. 



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At .MiEwen. Tenn.. .Tones & Cowen lost 

 a pl:uiiiig mill and saw mill by fire this 

 week. Several thou.sand feet of lumber 

 were Imrned. There was no insurance. 



$12.00 TO NEW ORLEANS AND RE- 

 TURN. 

 Moliile A: Oiiio Railroad will sell round- 

 trip ticUets at above rate from St. Louis 

 and Cairo, 111., and intermediate stations 

 to New Orleans, Jlobile, Montgomery and 

 other southern points on September 15 and 

 October 20. Sixteen dollars from Chicago. 

 Liberal limits and stopovers. .Tno. .M. 

 Beall, A. G. P. A., St. Louis. 



