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Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States In Cincin- 

 nati almost en masse, passing up its own regular weekly meeting In 

 order to attend. This action was largely the result of a cordial tele"ram 

 of invitation wired to the organization by Lewis Doster, secretary of the 

 association. The Hardwood Club will go to Nashville Feb. 18. to be the 

 guest of the Lumbermen's Club of that city. A special car has been en- 

 gaged lor the trip. This will be the flrst time the two clubs have ever 

 foregathered, and the trip is expected to be a most enjoyable one. The 

 club will also be officially represented at the annual meeting of the 

 National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, to be held in Atlantic 

 City March 6 and 7, the association having asked that three members be 

 named to be the special guests of the organization at its banquet. Presi- 

 dent Edward L. Davis will name the three representatives in the near 

 future. 



Railroad men representing the roads interested conferred in Louisville 

 recently regarding the advance in rates on lumber from the South into 

 Canada, which is the subject of a complaint now before the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission. The two subjects taken up were the division of 

 rates which should be in effect and the proper defense to make against 

 the arguments of the shippers. There is a hare possibility that as a 

 result of the meeting the advance will be withdrawn. 



lue 1913 flood is now a matter of history, as far as Louisville is con- 

 cerned, and "the Point," the district chiefly affected, is now In a normal 

 condition, both as to its residents and the industrial concerns located 

 there. Their yards have been placed on terra flrma again ; losses, which 

 turned out to be remarkably small, have been charged up, and business 

 is running along about as usual. The Louisville Point Lumber Company's 

 eawmill is now in condition to run, and as it was the flrst affected by the 

 rise, this indicates the passing of the last vestiges of the flood. 



In all probability, according to advices from Washington, the hill of 

 Congressman Stanley, which was intended to force the Louisville & Nash- 

 ville to grant Interchangeable switching to local shippers, will not be 

 acted upon at this session. The delay in getting legislation on the sub- 

 ject will not affect the fight of the Board of Trade in behalf of lumber- 

 men and other shippers who have been imposed upon by the arbitrary 

 rules of this company on the subject of switching. The Board will pro- 

 ceed to lay a complaint before the Interstate Commerce Commission in 

 the near future, believing that the present statutes give the commission 

 ample authority with which to de.tl with the matter. 



The Salt Lick, Ky.. Lumber Company, which recently sued the Amer- 

 ican Boom & Timber Company, the Wheelcr-Holden Tie Company and the 

 Whistler & Searcy Company to enjoin these concerns from interfering 

 with the movement of rafts of the plaintiff, settled its differences with the 

 defendants without the necessity of having the case heard. The trouble 

 arose over the use of the Licking River, the Salt Lick company contending 

 that the American Boom & Timber Company and the others had arranged 

 their booms so that it was impossible for it to float its logs out. 



J. W. Johnson & Co., Jackson, Ky., have purchased 30,000 acres of 

 timberland on Line Fork of the Kentucky river, and are building a 

 twenty-mile railroad to the extension of the Lexington & Eastern, the 

 purpose of which is to enable them to develop the property. A large 

 mill will be built, as well as other buildings needed in the operation, 

 which will be one of the largest in eastern Kentucky. 



The handle factory of H. R. Lemaj at White Cloud, near Corydon, Ind.. 

 was recently burned with $4,000 loss. The plant probably will be re- 

 built. 



The Turner, Day & Woolworth Handle Company of Louisville, one of 

 the largest hickory handle manufacturers in the world, has declared a 

 semi-annual dividend of four per cent, payable Feb. 1. 



Carr Brothers of Nashville have purchased a big tract of timber in 

 Bell county from the Continental Coal Corporation of Pineville, Ky., and 

 will erect a large mill near Pineville. 



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The estimated cost of new buildings and alterations for which permits 

 were issued during January fell $2,801,163 short of the mark for the 

 corresponding month last year, according to the report of the building 

 commissioner. The total estimated cost in permits issued during January 

 last year was $3,408,032. The total last month was $618,869. The 

 permit tor the Railway Exchange building for $2,600,000 was taken out 

 last January. 



Both shipments and receipts ot lumber showed increases during last 

 month. The receipts in January, 1913, were 16,137 cars, compared with 

 10,476 cars during the month of January last year, an increase of 5,661 

 cars. The shipments last month were 10,339 cars, while during the 

 month of January, 1912, they were 7,584, or an increase In January this 

 year of 2,755 cars. Tnere were no shipments or receipts during January 

 last year nor this year. 



The hearing in the matter of the investigation and suspension of 

 advances in rates of hardwood lumber from points in Arkansas, Louisiana 

 and other points to Memphis, St. Louis and other points of destination, 

 which was set for Feb. 10, in this city, has been postponed until March 

 10. It will be before Special Examiner Elder. Harold Small, who will 

 have charge of the legal end for the Lumbermen's Exchange, says that 

 hardwood lumbermen from Omaha. Neb., Cairo, 111., Memphis, Tenn., and 

 possibly Chicago, will appear before the examiner and oppose any 

 advances. 



Frank G. Hanley, wholesaler of cypress lumber, loft fnr New Orleans 

 and Cuba last week. He will spend a few days in New Orleans on busl- 

 combln"ed ^° '° ^"'"' '" '"'° °' ""'*"' '^*'"'^ °' PK-asure and business 



E. W. Blumor, sales manager for the Lothman Cypress Company who 

 has recently returned from a visit to the Oshkosb plant and a trip 

 through the North, states that he brought In some good-sized orders and 

 found conditions very good everywhere he visited. The lumbermen are 

 feeling fine, stocks are very low and he anticipates a big trade from 

 that section as soon as the weather opens up. 



E. H. Luehrmann of the C. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company 

 reports conditions good and that lots of orders are being shipped out all 

 the time. The demand for everything on the list Is strong. Gum, yellow 

 pine and oak are most In demand and orders have come In so well 

 recently that the company's stocks are running low, aa It Is not getting 

 in enough dry stock to meet the demand. 



L. M. Borgess of the Steele & Hibbard Lumber Company Is trailing 

 around up In Iowa and Minnesota, getting orders. He has already sent 

 In some good-sized ones. 



Leopold Methudy, a wealthy retired lumberman, seventy-six years old, 

 died last week. For more than two years he has been In poor health! 

 He was a captain In the Union Army, stationed at Fort Pickering, Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. He moved to St. Louis shortly before the war and engaged 

 in the lumber business. lie was a member of Ransom Post of the 

 G. A. R. of St. Louis and a member of the Loyal Legion. He Is survived 

 by bis wife, three sons, two daughters and two grandchildren. 



The Lumbermen's Exchange held its first monthly dinner and meeting 

 under the present administration on Feb. 7, at the Mercantile Club. The 

 standing committees made reports on what they have done and what 

 they intend to do. President F. H. Smith advocates holding monthly 

 meetings in order to bring the members in closer touch with each other 

 and to make them take greater interest in the affairs of the Exchange. 

 Only the members of the exchange are expected to participate In these 

 monthly meetings. 



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The Steinman Lumber Company of this city has filed an amendment to 

 its articles of incorporation at Madison increasing the capital stock from 

 $100,(J00 to $200,000. 



Louis Hanitch, C. J. Hartley and L. J. Hunt are named as the In- 

 corporators of the Belden Timber Company of Superior. The concern 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission has authorized railroad rates on 

 lumber as follows : The Milwaukee road is authorized to continue to 

 charge on lumber in carloads between Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls or Me- 

 nominee, Wis. ; Duluth, Cloquet. Minn. : Superior, Wis., and points taking 

 the same rates as are concurrently in effect on like traffic between the 

 same points by way of short line and to maintain higher rates from and 

 to intermediate points, provided their present rates from and to said 

 intermediate points are not exceeded. 



Due to the better demand and prices that prevailed for timber last year, 

 the logging operations in northern Wisconsin and Michigan are heavier 

 than for the past five years. Weather for logging is very good for the 

 large operator, but the small jobbers are looking for a fall of snow. 

 Millions of feet of timber have been cut but are In many cases lying on 

 skids in the woods awaiting the coming of snow so that they may be 

 hauled to market or sidings. The lack of snow means less logs on the 

 market and an advanced price of lumber. The large operators, with their 

 modern hauling devices, are hauling much timber. 



The Kenfield-Lamoreaus Company of Washburn has started both day 

 and night shifts and expects to continue the same throughout the winter. 

 The mill furnished stock for the large box and crating factory of the 

 company in Washburn, which Is also running full blast. 



The Diamond Lumber Company of Green Bay cut over 24,000,000 feet 

 of lumber during 1912, according to the report of General Manager J. T. 

 Phillips at the annual meeting of the company. With favorable labor 

 conditions next year the cut for 1913 will reach 30,000,000 feet. The 

 company's mill Is running day and night shifts now. John Tolfree of 

 West Branch, Mich., was elected president ; M. P. Gale of Saginaw, vice- 

 president ; A. W. Seeley of Saginaw, secretary ; J. T. Phillips, Green Bay, 

 treasurer and general manager. 



W. T. Bradford, bond officer of the (Union Trust Company of Menominee, 

 has returned from Manlstlque where the reorganization of the Consolidated 

 Lumber Company was completed. The Consolidated company has taken 

 over the properties of tie Chicago Lumber Company of Michigan, the 

 Western Lumber Company and J. D. Wilson & Co. of Mnnislique. The 

 company is capitalized for $1,475,000 and has a serial bond Issue of 

 $350,000. I. C. Harmon, manufacturer of Menominee, was elected presi- 

 dent of the company and will move to Manlstlque to assume duties. 



The Merrill Veneer Company determined to make a general expansion 

 .of the capacity of Its plant at the annual meeting at which officers were 

 also elected. 



Ralph Story of Milwaukee, has acquired an active Interest In the 

 Badger Basket & Veneer Company at Burlington, and has assumed the 

 position of secretary and treasurer. 



George Hays, a well-known box manufacturer and an old resident of 

 Milwaukee, died on Jan. 27 at the home of bis daughter after a short 



