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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Death of Cliff S. Walker 



Cliff S. Walker, president cf thi Bayou Land and Lumber Comoany. 

 Tice-president of the Tensas River Lumber Company, both of Cincinnati. O., 

 and an ex-pres>ident of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club, died at his home 

 in Covington Sunday morning, Feb. 23, after an illness of several months, 

 death resulting from a general break down followed by complication^. 

 Mr. Walker was one of the best-known and most beloved lumbermen in 

 this section, as well as a ver.v successful business man. He had resided 

 in Covington. Ky.. most of his life time and was recently, since his illness, 

 elected to the board of education of Covington, which position he was 

 never able to fill owing to ill health. He resigned for that reason a few 

 weeks ago. 



Mr. Walker was born Jan. 4, 1855. in Newport. Ky. His mother was 

 Eliza Lee Stuart of Maysville, Ky. His father, William Perry Walker of 

 FVemingsburg, Ky.. was a steamboat owner, plying between Cincinnati and 

 New Orleans, in which vocation he was succeeded by the deceased. wh<' 

 became a very well-known and successful steambontman, after the comple- 

 tion of his education, which was had at the old Chickcring Institute. 

 He was married to Tillie Taliferro Armstrong in 1.S7!) at Augusta. Ky. . 

 Mrs. Walker's home. Of this supremely happy marriage, one son. Stuart. 

 was born who is now manager of the David Belasco Theatrical Company 

 of New York City. 



In J 8S4 Mr. Walker took charge of the old River and Railroad Transfer 

 and was manager of this property for about eight years, at the end of 

 which time it was sold to the C. H. & D. Railway. He became traveling 

 Treight agent for the C. H. & D. at that time and later became the general 

 southern agent for this line, in which capacity he met many of his present 

 friends among the lumbermen. When the C. 

 H. & D. was sold, he left the road and he- 

 came president of the Southern Creosoting 

 Company of Slidell. La. .Wter a few years 

 his health began to fail and he came north 

 again in I'JOT and established the Bayou Land 

 and Lumber Company, of which he was 

 president. 



He was twice elected president of the Lum- 

 bermeH's Club, his re-election being the source 

 of much liappiness to him. During his first 

 term he inaugurated the now well-known policy 

 of the club known as the "square deal." being 

 a compulsory arbitration of differences when 

 lumber shipments are in dispute. The policy 

 has been successfully followed ever since. He 

 was a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging 

 to Covington Lodge, Covington Chapter and 

 Covington (Jommandery. Mr. Walker was noted 

 for his kindness of heart, his gentle spirit 

 being much in evidence on many occasions well 

 rememlwred by his host of friends in the lum- 

 ber trade and elsewhere. During the latter 

 part of 1012 his health failed rapidly and on 

 Dec. 4. he took to his bed and passed away on 

 Feb. 23. at the home, 210 Garrard St.. Coving- 

 ton, K.V.. in which he took so much pride. The 

 funeral was held at 11 a. m. Tuesday. Feb. 25. 

 and was well attended by the members of the 

 Lumbermen's Club, the honorary [lallbearers 

 of the club being President Chas. F. Shiels. 

 Secretary J. A. Bolser. W. A. Bennett and S. 



W. Richey. At beautiful Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati the remains 

 were placed tenderly in the vault for the present, the intention of the 

 family being to erect a suitable niausoleuni- 



Chicago Lumbermen's Club Has T-wo Tickets 



Monday. Mar. 17, will be the date of the first annual meeting and 

 election of officers of the Lumbermen's Club of Chicago. In addition to 

 the regular ticket provided by the by-laws another ticket, designated as 

 the "members' ticket." has been put in the field. 



The olBcers on the regular ticket are : President. F. R. Gadd ; vice-presi- 

 dent, .lohn Claney : treasurer, S. C. Bennett, and secretary, T. A. McEl- 

 reath. 



The members' ticket will be made up from the following; President. 

 E. H. Defebaugh ; vice-president, Ben Collins. .Ir. : treasurer. Robert 

 Sullivan : secretary. A. II. Ruth. 



The trustees on both tickets an- the sai:3e. 



Purchases Mill on Honey Island 



The Louisiana Hardwood Lumber Company, located at Honey Island. 

 La., recently sold out its entire plant and property to the Globe Packing 

 Box Company, of New Orleans. The transaction involved a tract of 

 13.000 acres of hardwood timber, a 'oand mill, tram road and smaller 

 mill etiuipment. The Globe Packing Box Company will, shortly, begin 

 the construction of a large veneer plant adjoining the present property. 



The mill is located on Honey Island between the East and West Pearl 

 rivers, fort.v-flve miles north of New Orleans, on the N. L. & N. 0. rail- 

 xoad. S. S. Lev.v. of New Orleans, is president, and L. ^I. Levinsou. of 

 the same city, is general manager of the rew company. 



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LATE CLIFF 

 CINCIN 



The Southern Hard'wood Company Organized at Lonlsirille 



The Southern Hardwood Company is the style of a new incorporation 

 under the laws of Kentucky to operate at Louisville. The concern will 

 have a capital stock of .$10,000 and will do a general wholesale lumber 

 business in all southern hardwoods, yellow pine and cypress. 



.7. M. Wells, prominently known for his connection with the sales 

 departments of various large hardwood operations, is president and 

 general manager of the new company. Mr. Wells has spent a great deal 

 of his time in close touch with the selling and producing end of lumber, 

 bis first connection having been with the Tallahatchie Lumber Company 

 at Philipp, Miss. From this concern he went with the Lucas Land & 

 Jjumber Company, of Paducah. Ky.. and recently changed his connection, 

 f.oing with the Sherrill-King Mill & Lumber Company, of the same place. 

 He was sales manager in all three locations. 



The Broom Handle Market 



This has been one of the most surprising and at the same time one 

 of the most pleasing seasons that the broom handle trade has ever known. 

 Trade was very slow in starting last fall and came in spurts as most of 

 the broom men bought handles in small quantities and then only just 

 w hen they had to have them : but when they did commence to buy 

 iliey soon had the handle men hustling, as nearly all the factories wanted 

 to buy low grades, something that had always before been hard to dis- 

 pose of. It seemed that all the broom men were trying to reduce expenses 

 and were trying out cheaper handles. Some of them found that the 

 cheaper handles were all right for their class of trade and they have 

 continued to use them, while others have had 

 to go back to the purchase of nothing but the 

 highest grades of handles. This in itself is 

 very pleasing to the handle manufacturers, as 

 it has been rather difficult in past years to 

 dispose of ali the low-grade handles that were 

 made, and in fact large quantities of them were 

 exported. Tliis has been one cause of higher 

 grades advancing in price every year. The low 

 grades have always and are yet sold at a price 

 that will not pay for the lumber used in mak- 

 ing them, and the high grades would have to 

 sell for a price high enough to pay for the 

 loss on these and make a profit on the entire 

 "utpnt. There is no doubt that if the trade 

 bad not been brisk enough on the low grades 

 this past season, so that the prices on them 

 cnnld be raised, the price on the higher grades 

 wiuild have advanced at least two dollars per 

 tlinusand. This increase is coming this fall 

 and will probably amount to an" average of 

 one dollar per thousand and on all grades of 

 h.indles. This will be necessary as hard maple 

 lumber has advanced from two to four dollars 

 per M feet during the past six mouths and 

 labor keeps asking more all the time. The 

 price of lumber has reached a point where the 

 broom handle man cannot use first and second 

 lumlwn- for lumdles. The waste problem is the 

 worst thing to c(>ntend with in using the lower 

 grades of lumber. but It has to be 

 met and worked out. It is possible to cut 

 u good deal of dimension stock out of the cuttings from the ends of the 

 maple boards. This will bring in from two to three dollars less than the 

 lumbei- cost in the first place, but it is better than throwing it away or 

 burning it up, as was formerly done. The edgings from the rip saw and 

 the culled sq\iares from the lathes are worked into strips for special pur- 

 loses that have a sale ar some price, and the cull turned handles ciin 

 he worked down into handles for tow brooms. All these assist in mak- 

 ing up the sales account, and while none of these items will pay a profit, 

 yet they are all made from stock that was formerly burned up as waste. 

 Now it some way or place can be found to sell all sawdust and shavings 

 at a price a little better than the cost of getting them ready or rather of 

 putting them in shape to handle, the handle man will be then really 

 getting everythin.g out of the lumber that it is possible to get. The idea 

 el' every handle man is to get as much out of his lumber or logs as it is 

 possib'ie and to nuike as few low-grade handles as he possibly can ; but it 

 seems that no luatter how carefully the lumber and the sepmres are graded, 

 llu- manufacturer gets more of them than he cares for. 



New Pa'Ting Block Specifications 



Last week the Association for the Standardization of I'aving Materials 

 held a tour days' session at the Fort Pitt hotel. Pittsburgh. The paving 

 block committee went into executive session on Thursday and finally 

 bi'ought out these recommendations ; 



First, that black gum be elimin.ated as paving block material. 



Second, that Oregon fir be used in territory from the Canadian line to 

 southern California and along the Pacific Coast. 



Third, that larch might be used in the Central West, althou.gh this wood 

 is now included in its present recommendation under a synonym. 



Fourth, that long-leaf, short-leaf and loblolly pine be admitted to spect- 



(iKH S. WALKER 

 NAT I. O. 



