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HARDWOOD RECORD 



appropriation of $35,000,000 for improvement 

 work on the Mississippi levee. Prominent among 

 tlie Mempliis delegation was W. H. Russe of 

 Kusse & Burgess, Inc. 



The Arkansas Timber & Land Company, which 

 recently acquired a large mill site at Malvern, 

 Ark., is preparing to erect an up-to-date plant 

 at that point. The company is also planning to 

 build a line of railway about seventy-five miles 

 in length to facilitate the movement of its tim- 

 ber from its extensive holdings in Garland and 

 Montgomery counties to Camden. This road is 

 to be standard gauge and will necessitate the 

 construction of a bridge across the Ouachita. 



F. B. Robertson, president of the Lumber- 

 men's Club of Memphis, has appointed the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen to nominate ^-andidates for the 

 presidency and other oflicers in the gift of that 

 organization : Ko. 1, C. C. Lattauer, S. M. 

 Nickey and F. W. Dugan : No. 2, ' D. F. Heuer, 

 W. H. Greble and A. G. Fritchie. These gentle- 

 men will make their reports at tlie nest meeting 

 of the club, and the election will be held two 

 weeks from that date. Nothing will be known 

 as to the identity of the candidates until these 

 "ommittees have made their reports. 



H. F. Auten and associates at Helena, Ark., 

 have sold to the Chicago Mill & Lumber Com- 

 pany 7,000 acres of timberland in Phillips 

 county. The tract lies between White and Mis- 

 sissippi rivers and it is estimated that there are 

 fully 60,000.000 feet of oak, gum, ash and hick- 

 ory on the property. It is understood that the 

 Chicago Mill and Lumber Company, which main- 

 tains offices in Memphis, will install a plant in 

 the early future for the development of the tim- 

 ber on this tract. The average price per acre 

 is understood to hiive been about $20.00. This 

 is the last large tract of timberland in that part 

 of Arkansas which has not already passed into 

 the hands of some of the big lumber companies. 



Canada. T. M. Henderson of the local traffic 

 bureau will represent the Nashville interests at 

 this hearing. 



NASHVILLE 



A $20,000 company is being formed for the 

 purpose of establishing a strawberry crate fac- 

 tory at Dayton, Tenn. Some difficulty has been 

 experienced of late in securing a sufficient num- 

 ber of crates to handle the strawberry trade of 

 this section, hence the plan to establish the 

 proposed factory. 



Notwithstanding the recent action taken by 

 some furniture manufacturers looking to a ten 

 per cent advance in the prices of their products 

 to the retail trade, the furniture makers of this 

 city will make no advance just now, at any rate. 

 Prices of material and the cost of production 

 have increased, it is true, and if advances con- 

 tinue along this line an increase to the retail 

 trade may be necessary later. 



The sawmill of James Smith near Sango was 

 destroyed by fire recently, the blaze supposedly 

 starting by a spark from the engine room. A 

 temporary shut down for repairs was necessary. 



Fire which is supposed to have been started 

 by sparks in some straw accumulated in an 

 upper window casing at the residence of S. 

 Lieberman by birds, caused $200 damage the 

 other day. Mr. Lieberman is a leading member 

 of the local lumber fraternity. 



A good attendance of prominent men from all 

 sections of the country is expected at the com- 

 ing meeting in Chattanooga, Jan. 23 and 24, of 

 the National Lumber Exporters' Association. J. 

 M. Card of the lumber company bearing his 

 name, has charge of the local arrangements. 



The members of the lumber club at Memphis 

 are heartily co-operating with the members of 

 the club here in efforts to secure for this city 

 the next regular session of the National Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' Association. 



A hearing will be held in St. Louis Dec. 16 by 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission of the ap- 

 plication of local lumbermen for a suspension of 

 the proposed advanced freight rates by carriers 

 for the transportation of lumber in carload lots 

 from Nashville north of the Ohio river and to 



BRISTOL 



R. W. Cox of Gate City, Va., who has a mill 

 and yards at Poplar, N. C, lost over 1.000,000 

 feet of hardwood lumber by fire last week. He 

 carried only $4,000 insurance on the stock. 



Shipments from the Bristol district have been 

 heavy of late, despite the scai-city of stocks and 

 car shortage, according to the managers of the 

 local offices of large eastern and western con- 

 cerns. Indications are that the scarcity of 

 stocks will continue, as a result of many of the 

 mills having oversold. 



The T. W. Thayer Lumber Company is build- 

 ing a large new plant at Damascus, Va. ^ The 

 company lost its plant by fire about a year ago. 



A large amount of lumber is being hauled to 

 Bristol from the country mills, as the roads are 

 still in fair condition. The small mills have 

 had a busy year and especially during the fall. 

 A large amount of lumber has been received here 

 in this manner, while many logs are being hauled 

 in to local band mills. 



Among the visitors on the Bristol lumber 

 market recently were : J. J. Rumbarger and 

 lieorge M. Speigle of Philadelphia ; L. H. Snod- 

 grass, Johnson City, Tenn. ; J. H. Barrell, Lon- 

 don ; P. W. Bevins, Hiltons, Va., and J. Walter 

 Wright, Mountain City, Tenn. They report busi- 

 ness brisk and splendid prospects for trade dur- 

 ing the remainder of the winter and next spring. 



The D. T. McKeithan Lumber Company of 

 I,umber, S. C, is preparing to let the contract 

 for cutting about 20,000 acres of timber in that 

 section. J. Mortimer, Jr., former general super- 

 intendent of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, 

 is at the head of the company. 



Trustee Irving Whaley of the J. A. Wilkinson 

 Lumber Company, Inc., will soon sell at public 

 auction the large planing mill owned by the 

 company. It cost $70,000. 



Price and Pierce, Ltd., London, England, are 

 buying very heavily in this section, through J. 

 A. Wilkinson. 



ST. LOUIS 



Building operations continue to be fairly good, 

 owing to the very pleasant weather which has 

 prevailed up to the present time, and which 

 makes work possible. • 



Last month 567 permits for buildings and 

 alterations were issued by the building commis- 

 sioner, aggregating $1,079,432. During the corre- 

 sponding month last year there were only 507 

 permits issued, but the aggregate cost was $1,- 

 011,662. This shows a falling off of about half 

 a million dollars during the past month. 



Receipts of lumber during November were 13,- 

 981 cars and 34,000 feet by river. Receipts for 

 November last year were 12,560 cars and 13,000 

 feet by river. Shipments by rail last month 

 were 9,203 cars and 37,000 feet by river. Ship- 

 ments during November last year were 9,443 

 cars and none by river. 



The Lumbermen's Exchange intends to co-oper- 

 ate with Memphis and Nashville lumbermen in a 

 fight before the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion against the recent advance in hardwood lum- 

 ber rates by the railroads from the Ohio river 

 gateways to Canadian points. The lumbermen 

 from the two former cities will be in St. Louis 

 Dec. 16, and will testify before Examiner Prouty 

 at the Jeffei-son Hotel, Dec. 16 and 17. 



The Lumbermen's Exchange will hold its an- 

 nual meeting and banquet at the Missouri Ath- 

 letic Club on Dec. 17. The visiting Memphis 

 and Nashville lumbermen witnesses have been 

 invited to attend the banquet. Nominations of 

 officers for the ensuing year will be made. The 

 election will be held early in January. 



The two nominating committees of the Lum- 



bermen's Club, which were named at the Novem- 

 ber meeting have selected the names of Thos. C. 

 Wbitmarsh for president. R. B. McConnell, first 

 vice president, and C. H. A. Beckers for second 

 vice president. The committee named from the 

 floor has handed in the names of Thos. C. Whit- 

 marsh for president, T. J. Noser for first vice- 

 president and S. J, Gavin for second vice-presi- 

 dent. Both committees named E. C. Robinson 

 for treasurer and John B. Kessler for secretary. 

 The friendly fight therefore will be on the offices 

 of first and second vice-president. Mr. Whit- 

 marsh is held in high esteem by the members of 

 the club and there was no opposing candidate 

 considered by the members of the two commit- 

 tees. The same applies to E. C. Robinson and 

 J. B. Kessler. Mr. Whitmar.sh is the general 

 manager of the W. T. Ferguson Lumber Com- 

 pany. The election will take place on the even- 

 ing of Dec. 10 at the Mercantile Club. 



MILWAUKEE 



A plan has been thought out by State For- 

 ester E. M. Griffith by which the state forest 

 reserve will be used for the employment and 

 treatment of convalescent consumptives and "run 

 down city folks." His plan has been indorsed 

 by the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association. 

 The manual work in cultivating the forests is 

 out of doors and there are about 1,200 lakes in 

 the forestry area, both of which are very bene- 

 ficial to the health. Mr. Griffith proposes to 

 have the next legislature pass on this bill. 



The death of Emil F. Wollaeger, general man- 

 ager of the Wollaeger Manufacturing Company 

 of Milwaukee, office furniture, etc., occurred at 

 his home on Nov. 26. Mr. Wollaeger was forty- 

 two years of age. He had charge of the Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., branch of the Wollaeger company 

 for several years, and returned to Milwaukee 

 two years ago, where he has since held the posi- 

 tion of manager of the local plant. He is sur- 

 vived by his widow, one brother and two sisters. 

 The John S. Owen Lumber Company of Eau 

 Claire has started running both day and night 

 shifts with a supply to run through the winter. 

 A voluntary petition of bankruptcy has been 

 filed by the Plymouth Parlor Frame Company of 

 Plymouth. The liabilities are $33,576.78, and 

 the assets are $25,999.19. 



The Hardwood Products Company, one of the 

 new industries of Neenah. is having a large 

 warehouse erected to facilitate the manufac- 

 ture and shipment of its hardwood products. 



The Keith & Hiles Lumber Company of Cran- 

 don, has started its sawmill after having been 

 closed down while new boilers were being in- 

 stalled. 



An employes' benefit disability fund has been 

 planned by the Roddis Lumber & Veneer Com- 

 pany of Marshfield. Each employe will pay $1 

 per month to the fund. 



The Peshtigo Lumber Company, which sus- 

 tained a loss of several thousand dollars when 

 its sawmill was destroyed in October, has started 

 operations on the planing mill, which was not 

 damaged to any great extent. Work of clearing 

 the sawmill site has been started and the con- 

 tract for rebuilding the same will be let In a 

 short time. 



Andrew Kaul, Jr., & Co., is installing a new 

 150 H. P. boiler in connection with its new 

 dry-kiln at its hub plant in Merrill. A dry room 

 for drying veneers is being fitted up on the 

 second floor of the plant. 



The big sawmill of the J. S. Stearns Lumber 

 Company at Washburn has been closed following 

 the finishing of its season's cut. The company 

 has several logging camps in operation through- 

 out the northern sections of Wisconsin and 

 Michigan. 



The E. J. Pfittner Company of Stevens Point, 

 has leased the sawmill at Sell's Landing, north 

 of Glidden, which will be supplied from a re- 

 cently acquired tract of timber together with 

 custom sawing. 



