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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Hardwood 'News Notes 



< MISCELLANEOUS y 



B. J. Goodman or Forsytli, Mich., has inoorpoi-ated his business at 

 $75,000 and will operate under the st.vle of the B. J. Goodman I.umher 

 Company. 



The Grand Rapids Molding Company has been sueceedod by Ihe Klise 

 Manufacturing Company, incorporated at Grand Rapids, Mich., with a 

 capital of $25,000. 



Tlif Sharum-Benuingfield Lumber Company is the name of a m w con- 

 cern incorporated at Hoxie, Ark., for $25,000. 



The Modern Cabinet Company is the style of a recently incorporated 

 Indianapolis concern which is capitalized at $35,000. 



The Fox & Mason Furniture Company of Coruuna, Jlich.. has in- 

 creased its capital stock to $300,000. 



The Public Cedar Company has been incorporated at Escanaba. Mich., 

 at $10,000. 



The Hillsdale Lumber & Coal Company of Hillsdale, Mich., has 

 increased its capital to $17,000. 



M. H. Hand of Plymouth. Wis., has incorporated his business under 

 the name of the M. H. Hand Lumber Company. 



The Hale Mylrea Lumber Company has been organized at Wausau, 

 Wis., with an authorized capital of $12,000. 



The Moliue Plow Company of Moline, 111., has increased its capital 

 stock from $9,000,000 to $30,000,000. 



The Peoria Casket Company has been incorporated under that style 

 at Peoria, 111., having capital of $100,000. 



The Bockstege Furniture Company of Evansville, Ind., has increased 

 its capital from $00,000 to $120,000. 



Fire recently caused $25,000 loss to the Saginaw Basket & Veneer 

 Company, Sagina,v, Mich. The plant was insured. 



The Indiana Hardwood Flooring Company has been incorporated at 

 Indianapolis with a capital stock of $5,000. 



The Texas Hardwood Lumber Company was recently incorporated at 

 Warren. Ailv.. at .^75.000 to manufacture hardwood lumber. 



The Hoskins Lumber L'ompany. opi-rating saw and planing mills at 

 Mt. Gilead. O.. has been incorporated at $10,000, by M. JL Hoskins. 

 Morris W. Kline, Ethel Eder and J. W. Barr. 



The Wells-Davis Manufacturing Company has been incorporated at 

 Richmond. Va.. by .1. W. JeCCeries of Midlothian. Va. : li. H. Bruce and 

 R. B. Davis, Chester. Va. The company will engage in thi- lumber busi- 

 ness. 



The Wheetley Spoke Company has been organized at Whcelley. Ark., 

 with an authorized capital of $10,000. 



A recent New .lersey incorporation is the Newark Toy & No\-elty 

 Manufacturing Company, which will operate at Newark, with an author 

 ized capital of $50,000. 



The Midland Manufacturing Company will operate at Lal,'"rte. Ind., 

 with a capital of $25,000. 



A new furniture manufacturing company is the Commonwealth Manu- 

 facturing Company, Gardner, Mass.. capitalized at $150,000. 



The North Arkansas Tie & Timber Company has been incorporated 

 at Leslie, Ark., with a capital of $200,000. 



The Rust Manufacturing Company recently began business at Lomax, 

 111., and will manufacture ironing boards and stepladders. 



At Kansas City, Mo., the Kansas City Flooring Company has increased 

 its capital stock from $30,000 to $100,000. 



The Manhattan Grill Comp:iny is the style of a new concern which 

 has started operations in New York City for the purpose of manufactur- 

 ing grill work. The company has $10,000 capital. 



The Williams Fulgham Lumber Company is the style of a new incor- 

 poration at Ashcvillc. N. C. This company has $25,000 capital stock. 



The new hardwood mill of the How-ell Brothers Company of .lunction 

 City, Ark., started cutting on the first of the year. This mill replaces 

 one destroyed by fire about three months ago. The plant is equipped 

 with two circular saws and a resaw, and has a capacity of 65,000 feet 

 per day. H. T. Howell is president of the company. 



The Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber Company of Pine Bluff. Ark., will 

 shortly begin the erection of a hardwood mill, which it will operate in 

 connection with its pine mill at Pine Bluff. A separate company will 

 be organized to operate the hardwood plant, which will have a capacity 

 of 60,000 feet per day. An oak flooring mill will also be established in 

 lonnection with the hardwood plant. 



The Giles Brothers Hardwood Company is the style of a new concern 

 which will shortly complete the construction of a hardwood sawmill 

 at Forest Hill, La. The mill will have a capacity of 35,000 feet per 

 day; The machinery is already being installed. 



Commissioner F. K. Lane of California was elected on Jan. 8 to suc- 

 ceed Commissioner Charles A. Prouty as chairman of the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission for the year beginning January, 1913. Mr. Lane 

 has been a commissioner since 1905. 



The C. K. Kyles Veneer Company is the style of a new concern that 

 has been organized at Mobile. Ala., to manufacture and deal in wood" 

 products. The company has a capital stock of $1(1.000. Its officers are- 

 C. H. Kyles of Mobile, president; N. G. Harding of Chicago, yicc-presi-' 

 dent, and A. L. ICridler, of Mobile, secretary and treasurer. 



The Baskin Lumber Company of Baskln, La., has purchased 22,000- 

 acres of hardwood timber near Baskin from John W. Kesterson. It is-. 

 expected that the Baskin company will begin cutting its timber imme- 

 diately. 



The Kendall Lumber Company of Pittsburgh w-ill in the spring begin 

 exploiting the tract of timber known as the "Chess" tra.ct near Morgan- 

 town, W. Va. Plans have been coiftpleted for the installation of neces- 

 sary equipment, and a new railroad will be built up Cheat river by the- 

 Kendall company. This will be completed by spring. Timber operations 

 will begin about April 1. 



The Chicago Mill & Lumber Company has purchased 12,000 acres of 

 timber in Phillips county, Arkansas, which it is estimated will yield 

 60.000.000 feet of hardwoods. A sawmill will be erected for manufactur- 

 ing the timber, which runs principally to oak, ash. hickory and gum. 



A concession of timberlands containing approximately 60,000 acres 

 was granted by the Bureau of Forestry at Manila. The concession is a 

 twenty-year exclusive license agreement. The Manila Sawmill Company 

 was the successful bidder for the privilege. Acting Director of Forestry 

 W. F. Sherfcsee has announced the granting of the new timber conces- 

 sion in the Philippines, w-hich under certain conditions will involve a. 

 capital investment of not less than $550,000. This tract borders on 

 Ragay Gulf. It was advertised for competitive bids several months ago, 

 and the grant was finally made to E. J. Lane, who has associated withi. 

 him in the enterprise capitalists and timber operators in British Co- 

 lumbia and northwestern I'nited States. 



The Hamilton Ridge Lumber Corporation is the style of a new com- 

 pany which will operate at Richmond. Va.. with a capital of $5t>.000' 

 to .$100,000. 'The officers are J. R. Paschall, president ; C. Boice, vice- 

 president : James Mullen, secretary ; Thomas Gresham, treasurer, all of 

 Richmond. 



The Park Falls Manufacturing Company's veneer and sawmill at Park 

 Falls, Wi.s.. had operated only a few days after having been closed down, 

 for repairs when the plant was totally destroyed by fire of unknown 

 origin. The loss is estimated at $50,000, with insurance to the extent 

 of $26,000. It is reported that the plant will be rebuilt as soon as pos- 

 sible and that the fire will not interfere with log buying. 



The new' factory at Munising. Mich., styled the Munisiug Veneer Com- 

 pany, is now- employing more than fifty men and has orders enough 

 ahead to keep the plant at full capacity for some time. At present the- 

 chief products are door stock, automobile dash boards and piano pin 

 blocks. Birch and hard maple are the principal woods used. The officers 

 of the new company are : Wm. G. Mather, president, Cleveland : William 

 Chandler, vice-president, Sault Ste. Marie ; Sherman T. Handy, secre- 

 tary, Sault Ste. Alarie : A. R. Dow, treasurer : G. A. Whitmeyer, generat 

 m:inager, Munising. Mr. Whitmeyer formerly managed several fine veneer 

 plants in New York state. 



=-< CHICAGO >• 



It is announced that the Chicago office of (hi- Forest Service. United 

 States Department of Agriculture, will be moved from the Fisher build- 

 ing to the Federal building, on Jan. 31. 



H. B. Darlington, vicegerent snark of the North'M-n District of Illinois^^ 

 of Hoo-Hoo. has sent out invitations to the members of that branch of 

 the organization to attend the concatenation to be held at the Hotel 

 Sherman. Chicago. Ttiesday evening, Feb. 12, at 9 ;09. 



G. C. Cremer. president of the Cremer Lumber Company of St. Louis 

 and Crossett. Ark., has been in the city several days completing arrange- 

 ments for starting his immense new- hardwood operations at Crossett, 

 Ark. The new company has one of the finest and largest hardwood plants 

 in the country and is amply provided with hardwood stumpage and 

 capital. It is expected the company will have lumber for shipment in 

 May. 



H. H. Barclay, formerly Rochester manager of the Wood-Mosaic Com- 

 pany of New Albany, Ind., now manager of the Standard Mills, Ltd., 

 which is located about sixty-five miles north of Montreal, called at 

 Hardwood Record's offices Jan. 17. Mr. Barclay's new concern manu- 

 factures birch and maple flooring. 



T. M. Brown of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, Louisville, 

 spent a few- days last w-eek in Chicago in attendance at the tueeting of 

 the directors of the National Ilardw-ood Lumber Association. 



It. S. Kellogg, secretary of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association, Wausau, was in Chicago on Jan. 14. 



J. L Benas. vice-president of the Waldstein Lumber Company, St. 

 Louis, spent several days of last week in the city. 



H. F. Bolow of the Vollniar & Below Company. Marshfleld, Wis., spent 

 most of last week in Chicago on business. 



M. L. Pease of the Galloway-Pease Company, Saginaw, Mich., and 

 Poplar BhiCT, Mo., made one of his regular selling trips to the local 

 market the early part of last week. 



A new company recently organized at Chicago is the Chicago Maple 

 and Oak Flooring Company, with a capital of $100,000. The incorpo- 

 rators are John J. Nichols, Vernon E. Nichols, John M. Nichols. 



