HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Potash is contained in wood ashes and is ex- 

 tracted by a leaching process. Spirits of tur- 

 pentine and rosin are the main constituents of 

 the crude turpentine which runs from the 

 ••chipped" yellow pine tree. The crude turpen- 

 tine is distilled with steam and the spirits pass 

 over into the condenser while the rosin remains 

 hehind in the still. 



I'lne tar is obtained from "fat" pine either by 

 charrinc: in a tar kiln or by a process similar to 

 the destructive distillation mentioned above. 



This is not a complete list of wood products 

 of chemical interest, but it gives some idea of 

 the variety of useful materials which are ob- 

 tained from the trees of Ibis coiintr.^'. 



A New Species of Oak 

 A daily paper of Tuscaloosa, Ala., reports that 

 lir. I!. M. Harper, botanist of the state geo- 

 iiraphical survey, has discovered what he believes 

 lo l)e a new species or at least variety of oak 

 iu the southeastern part of Alabama. The tree 

 is found in a peculiar bit of woodland in Pike 

 county, known locally as "the rocosin." The 

 leaves and acorns of the supposed new oak differ 

 from those of any known oak. It is possible that 

 the tree is confined to that particular locality. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Jesse C. Foster I.umlier Company has 

 been incorporated at Norfolk, Va.. with a capita! 

 of .foO.OOO. 



The Beatrice Veneer AA'orks. l^eatrice. Ala.. 

 will soon commence the erection of an addition 

 to its plant. 



The Black Manufacturing Company has been 

 incorporated at .fiO.OOO to do a general wood- 

 working business. 



The Ward Furniture Manufacturing Company 

 of Fort Smith, Ark., has increased its capital 

 sKick to .'slOO.OOO. 



The Evansville Carriage Wood-Stock Company 

 has been organized at Evansville, Ind., with a 

 eapital of $20,000. 



The American Veneered Column Company has 

 been incorporated at Brooklyn, N. Y.. with a 

 capital of $10,000. 



The Texarkana Lumber Company of Texar- 

 kana, Tex., has increased its capital stock from 

 $10,000 to $40,000. 



The Iron City Lumber Company. Youngstown, 

 O.. recently increased its capital stock from 

 $30,000 to $100,000. 



The woodworking mill of A. Koller & Son. 

 Summerville. Mo., was recently destroyed by fire, 

 with a loss of $75,000. 



The Thompson Hardwood Lumber dirapany, 

 Cincinnati, O., has increased its capital stock 

 from $30,000 to $80,000. 



The Sheffer Timber and Lumber Company 

 was incorporated at Kalamazoo, .Mieb.. with a 

 capital stock of $15,000. 



The Franklin & Kennebec Manufacturing Com- 

 pany has been incorporated at Farmington. Me., 

 with a capital of $10,000. 



The Tall Timber laimber Company has re- 

 cently l)een organized at Texarkana, Ark., with 

 an authorized capital of $1^50.000. 



The Miller-Wells Lumber Company. Cleveland. 

 0„ was recently incorporated at $:iO,000 to do 

 a general manufacturing and wholesale lumber 

 business. 



The Bailey Lumber Company was recently in- 

 corporated at Bluefield. W. Va.. with a capital 

 stock of $50,000, to do a general manufacturing 

 business. 



The Maryland 'J^imher Company has recently 

 been incorporated at Baltimore. Md.. with a cap- 

 ital stock of $100,000. to do a general manu- 

 facturing business. 



The woodworking plant of Cilman & Son, 

 Springfield, Vt.. whicli was recenll.v destroyed 

 by fire, was fully covered by insurance and 

 will soon be rebuilt. 



The Jackson ilanufacturing Company has 

 licen incorporated at Kockford, 111., with a cap- 

 ital stock of $25,000 for the purpose of manii- 

 factviring washing machines. 



Tile plant of the Woodstock Lumber Company 



ot \\oodsl,u'k. .\. li.. was recently destroyed bv 

 nre with a loss of $100,000. covered by' insur- 

 ance. 'I'he plant will be rebuilt. 



Joe Porter Luml)er Company has Iwn Incor- 

 porated at Charleston. W. Va.. for the purpose 

 of erecting a single band mill to have a daily 

 capacity of :{5,000 feet of lumber. The com"- 

 pany is capitalized at $100,000. 



The Comradi's .Manufacturing Company of Si. 

 Louis. .Mo., has been incorporated with a capital 

 .stock of $10(1.0(1(1 t„ do a general manufacturing 

 business. The incorporators are E. II. Comrades 

 J. II. ( omrades, Jr., Wm. F. Bauman anil 

 others. 



The Jones Lumber Company has been organ- 

 ized at Warren, Vt.. with a capital of $10,000, 

 to do a general wholesale and retail business 

 in manufacturing lumber, Ijoards. boxes, butter 

 tubs, flooring, etc. The organizers are O. M. 

 Jones, Jennie L. Jones and Mildred F. Jones, 



'I'he lioblnson Lumber Company, 717 Whitney- 

 Central building. New Orleans." La., has suc- 

 ceeded the Itoomson Lumber. Veneer & Box Com- 

 pany, manufacturer of yellow pine, cypress and 

 hardwood lumber, and which company makes a 

 specially of crosslies and piling. The company 

 has mills in Louisiana and Mississippi. 



Col. Oeorge W. Clark of New Jersey re- 

 cently sold 2,000 acres of hardwood stumpagc 

 on Jonathan Creek In Haywood county, N. C., 

 to O. H. Kerr and S. R. Hayes, comprising th(» 

 Jcinathan Creek Luml)er Compan.v. The timber 

 consists of a high (luallty of oaK. birch, maple 

 and chestnul. The company has also purchased 

 from S, Montgcunery Smith the sawmill at 

 Sprucemont and the lathe and shingle mills at 

 Dellwood. The mills will be operated as soon 

 as the Jonathan Creek flume extension is com- 

 pleted to the sawmill which is to be located on 

 the timber tract just purchased. 



CHICAGO 



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Hakdwood Re(-(ii:d acknowledges receipt of the 

 following liPl:', calendars : 



From the .Midland Lumber Company. I'arkers- 

 burg. W. Va.. a large practical, plainly printed 

 paper calimdar ; 



From the Simonds Manufacturing Company, 

 saw maker. Fitchburg, Mass., a calendar affixed 

 to a card bearing the photograph of their ■■Satis- 

 fied Old (.'arpenter ;" 



From The Johns-Mowbra.v-Xelson Company, 

 hardwood wholesaler of Cincinnati, a beautiful 

 panel containing a head by Frank II. Desch : 



From the Central Veneer Company, Hunting- 

 ton, \\. \'a., a green Japan veneered card con- 

 taining a drawing entitled •'In the Grampian 

 Hills, '■ by Daniel Sherrin : 



From Ceorge C. Brown & Co., Proctor, Ark., a 

 large card with calendar affixed on which appears 

 a panel entitled ••Nellie Custis' Rosebush," by 

 J. L. G. Ferris : 



From The Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Company. 

 Chicago, a plain calendar for practical ottice us.- 

 containing letters large enough to be seen across 

 any office. 



H.vimwoon Recokd acknowledges receipt of a 

 letter from the Logan-Mapbet Lumber Company 

 of Knoxville. Tenn. The style of this cimcern 

 has iM'en changed to the J. M. Logan Lumber 

 Company. This will be a change in name only, 

 the present offleers, directors and stockholders 

 being the same as for the past year. 



Arthur Jarvis of the Steven & Jarvis Lumber 

 Company, Eau Claire, Wis., spent Thursday of 

 the past week in Chicago. Mr. Jarvis was in 

 conference with his Chicago representative. 



H. E. Christiansen of the General Lumber 

 Company, one ot the now wholesale concerns at 

 Milwaukee, was in town for a day last week. 

 Mr. Christiansen was formerly with the Maxson 

 Lumber company of that cit.v. 



B. C. Tully and Frank Robertson of the .Ander- 

 son-Tully Compan.\-. Memphis, Tenn., spent a 

 few days last week in this city on business. 



J. F. MeSweyn. president and general manager 

 ot the Jlemphis Saw Mill Company, Memphis, 

 Tenn.. was in town Thursday of last week. 



W. E. Vogelsang of the Turtle Lake LumlK'r 

 Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., spent a few 

 days last week with the local trade. 



J. W. Thompson of the J. W. Thompson Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company spent the latter part of 

 last week in this city on business. 



H. S. Watrous, manager of the Lansing Com- 

 pany, Parkin, Ark., spent a few da.vs last week 

 in Chicago. 



F. J. Darke, general sales manager for the 

 J. S. Stearns Lumljer Company of Oilanah. Wis., 

 was in the city last week. 



E. II. Klann. hardwood wholesaler. Fisher 

 building, has changed the style of his concern to 

 the E. IT. Klann Lumber Company in anticipa- 

 tion of incorporation. .L L. Anderson of Chi- 

 cago has been engage<l to travel the territory 

 within l.-.O miles of Chicago. The company will 

 now handle northern hardwoods as well as 

 southern. 



A catalogue showing various styles of blocks, 

 .sheaves and wire rope as gotten out by the 

 Cl.vde Iron Works of Duluth, Minn., has" just 

 been received in this office. The publication is 

 printed in the .same high-class style of all the 

 catalogues and similar literature issued by this 

 company. 



Eugene McDonough of the McDonough Manu- 

 facturing Company, Eau Claire. Wis., spent a 

 few days in Chicago on a business trip last week. 



W. B. Burke, general manager of the Lamb- 

 Fish Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss., was in 

 Chicago last week in conference with Vice-presi- 

 dent Lamb of that concern. 



W. L. Wheeler of the Bissell-Wheeler Lumber 

 Company. Marshtield. Wis., spent a few days in 

 the city the early part of last week on business. 



A. P. Goldsmith, president and treasurer of 

 the Radford-Portsmouth Veneer Company, Rad- 

 ford, Va., attended the meeting at the Audito- 

 rium hotel of the National Veneer & Panel 

 Manufacturers^ Association held two weeks ago. 



Charles Dudley of the Dudley Lumber Com- 

 pany, Memphis, was in town a day or two 

 recently. 



O. H. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber Com- 

 pany, Pittsburgh, Pa., spent several days here 

 recently in conference with his local manager, 

 J. H. P. Smith. 



NEW YORK 



William J. Jones, secretary of the Rowland 

 Lumber Company, headquarters Norfolk, Va., 

 spent a few days in town recently. 



The Mexican Hardwoods Company has been 

 Incorporated In Manhattan, with a capital of 

 $1,500,000. 



A petition In bankruptcy has been filed against 

 the Column Manufacturing Company, manufac- 

 turer of built-up columns, ot 206 Broadway, 

 Manhattan. The company was Incorporated in 

 Seplember. 1902. The columns were manu- 

 faclured at South Norwalk. Conn. 



Rufus L. Sisson, the bead of the A. Sherman 

 Lumber Company. Potsdam, N. Y.. was a visitor 

 in New York last week, where he spent most 

 of the time at the local office, 1 Madison avenue. 

 In discussing the condition of business. Mr. 

 Sisson reports the general lumber market satis- 

 factory and believes that liU:! will prove a good 



