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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July 23. 191» 



the property of the A. M. Lewin Lumber Company, -.vtre sold last week to 

 separate buyers, who will improve the property with modern residences. 



In the matter of the Reimier Lumber Company, banknipt, Referee Greve 

 last week authorized Trustee in Bankruptcy Paul V. Connelly to com- 

 promise the suit against Mrs. .lulia Reimier for $l..jOO cash. An allow- 

 ance of $300 was made to Phillip and S. E. Roettinger for services as 

 counsel for the trustees in this case, and it was announced a final divi- 

 dend of between three and four per cent will be declared on unsecured 

 claims. Previous dividends netted twenty per cent. The Reimier bank- 

 ruptcy matter has been before the courts for several years. 



Local lumbennen were interested in the report of the increase of stock 

 of the Lorain Street Lumber Company at Cleveland. Ohio. last week from 

 $10,000 to $,'50,000. 



The Cincinnati District Freight Traffic Committee has been petitioned 

 by the Central Territory Freight Traffic Committee for authority to pub- 

 lish rates on agricultural implements other than band from Springfield. 

 Ohio, Columbus, Ind., and Coldwater. Ohio, to points in Wisconsin, and 

 also to cancel present combination commodity rates on agricultural imple- 

 ments. The committee has set July 29 for a hearing. The same day the 

 application of the Central Territory Freight Traflic Committee for per- 

 mission to cancel per tie rates on wooden railroad ties will be heard. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Dunbar Furniture Manufacturing Company of Linn Grove, Ind. has 

 Incorporated with a capital of $25,000 to manufacture office furniture. 

 Directors are Leander L. Dunbar and Homer Xiederhauser. 



Tile Lefeber Liunlier Company of Muncie changed its name to Eaton 

 Lumber Compan.\-. 



The Xnitb Liberty Lumlier Company of North Liberty. Itld.. filed its 

 preliminary certificate of dissolution. 



The Carmel Sawmill Company of Indianapolis incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $10,000, to manufacture wooden products. Directors are Ransom 

 Griffith, Edward A. Sterzick and Edith J. Foster. 



The Sheller Wood Rim Manufacturing Company of Portland. Ind., issued 

 $.50,000 preferred stock, making the total capitalization $100,000. 



Thousands of moths have attacked maple shade trees at Alexandria. Ind., 

 and property owners do not know how to get rid of them. East Church 

 street, noted for its beautiful trees, is the center of attack, and many fine 

 specimens have already been badly damaged by the pests. 



After being closed for a number of years the big Mclntyre plant of 

 Auburn. Ind.. is soon to teem with activity, for negotiations have been 

 closed whereby the plant is sold to a Goshen, Ind., firm for $40,000. The 

 Goshen men are organizing a firm known as the Ariel Manufacturing 

 Company. The new corporation is to manufacture kitchen cabinets and 

 other kitchen furniture. The directors of the company are Charles E. 

 Morrice, William H. Charnley, Charles E. Aitken and M. W. Widner. 



Biwglars gained entrance to the office of the C. C. Sluifer Lumber Com- 

 pany, South Bend, Ind., and after literally chopping the safe to pieces, 

 made a getaway with over .*,S0O in cash. 



C. H. Ahlbrand. Travis Trurabo and George Miller, went to Mitchell, 

 Ind., as representatives of the Seymour lumber dealers. The dealers are 

 starting a movement looking toward a reduction of prices, and an agitation 

 was begun to secure quicker deliveries of shipments of lumber. 



Work has been started on the new office building of the Pinnell-Thonip- 

 kins Lumber Company of Rnshville. Ind. A new modern structure will be 

 two stories high, having a frontage of .S2ti feet and a depth of 32 feet. 



Lightning is l)elieved to have caused the fire which destroyed the Miner 

 sawmill of Warsaw. Inil. The fire department was unable to do more than 

 prevent the flames from spreading to the piles of lumber near the burning 

 mill. The damage has been estimated at $.S,000, and no insurance was 

 carried l)y fhi> owner. William Miner. 



EVANSVILLE 



The Wertz-Bradley Luml)er Company, with a capital stock of $50,000, 

 has been incorporated at Greenwood, Miss., and will engage In the sawmill 

 and lumber business at once. The members of the pew firm are Daniel 

 Wertz and W. C. Palmer of Maley & Wertz, Evansville. and Nathan 

 Bradley of Greenwood, who will be the business manager of the compnay 

 with headquarters at Greenwood. A tract of timber has been acquired by 

 the company near Greenwood and modern circular sawmill will be erected 

 that is expected to be in operation in less than sixty days. The mill will 

 have a daily capacity of about 120,000 feet. There are several other large 

 tracts of land near Greenwood which the new company may acquire from 

 time to time. Mr. Wertz and Mr. Palmer will retain their residence In 

 Evansville, but will make frequent trips to Greenwood. 



The veneer factories in this city and those at New Albany, Ind.; Tell 

 City, Ind., and Cairo, 111., are being operated on full time. George O. 

 Worland, manager of the Evansville Veneer Company, says his plant here 

 and the one at Mobile, Ala., have been operated steadily for the past year 

 and that busines prospects were never better. Some of the manufacturers 

 report that they are ha,ving a hard time to get all the logs that they want. 

 Labor also is bothering some of the manufacturers of veneer, but in spite of 

 all handicaps it is believed that this will be the banner year for the veneer 

 manufacturers of this city. 



Claude Wertz of Maley & Wertz, this city, has returned from Gallatin 



county. 111,, where he looked after a large tract of timber that the com- 

 pany purchased recently. The tract is located at a point near Shawnee- 

 town and Is said to be one of the finest tracts in southern Illinois. The 

 logs W'ill be cut soon ami lu-ought to the two hardwood mills of Maley & 

 Wertz in this city. 



Theodore E. Rechtin. whose large planing mill in this city was de- 

 stroyed several weeks ago at a loss of between $.50,000 and $75,000. has 

 announced that he will have plans drawn at once for a new mill that will 

 be located outside the city limits of Evansville. It is expected that work 

 on the new mill will be started as soon as the contract has been let. The 

 new mill will I>e modern in every particular and will cost in the neighbor- 

 hood of" $40,0(10. 



The United States Furniture Company of this city has just let the con- . 

 tract for the building of a new addition that will cost in the neighbor- 

 hood of $1.5,000, Work on the addition will start at once. 



Frank H. Hatfield, newly-elected president of the Evansville Rotary 

 Club, has appointed his standing committees for the ensuing year. He 

 has named Elmer D. I,uhring of the Luhring Lumber Company as head of 

 the entertainment committee ami Edward D. Wemyss of the Wemyss Furni- 

 ture Company was placed on the committee of public affairs. Samuel T. 

 May, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, and head of the Na- 

 tional Contract Company, was named on the same committee. E. H. 

 Uyman. secretary of the Evansville Manufacturers' Association and the 

 Chamber of Commerce, was assigned to a place on the fellowship com- 

 mittee and William M. Elles of the Evansville Desk Company on the 

 grievance committee, while W. H, Noelting of the Faultless Caster Com- 

 pany was appointed to the boys* committee. 



The contract to furnish the barrels for the Henderson County FruiJ 

 Growers' Association at Henderson, Ky,, has been awarded to John Moeller 

 & Son at Mt. Vernon, Ind,, at a price a shade lower than the contract of 

 last year. About 10,000 barrels have been contracted for and between 

 15,000 and 20,000 barrels will be needed. 



The Mid-West Box Company, one of tiie largest manufacturing concerns 

 at Anderson, Ind., announced a few days ago that it will build an addition 

 to its plant that will cost about $75,000. Work on the improvements 

 will begin in a short time and it will be pushed. The company operates 

 factories in four states. 



George Jarrett. a well-known lumber and oil man. who died a few days 

 ago at Port Arthur. -Tex., was born and reared in Evansville and lived 

 here up to a few years ago, when he went to Mexico, where he was en- 

 gaged in the lumber business for several years. The bod.v was brought to 

 Evansville, where it was buried with Masonic honors. He is survived by 

 his wife. 



John Andres, chairman of the "Build Now" campaign in Evansville, says 

 the campaign is bearing fruit and that he is satisfied the campaign, which 

 was started several weeks ago, has stimulated building in Evansville, as well 

 as in cities and towns near here. Mr. Andres says there are now fifty- 

 three houses in this city under construction and that of this number many 

 ,are residences. He states several other buildings are being planned. Mr 

 Andres points to the building permits for .Tune and July to prove that 

 Evansville has more building on its hands than it had this time last 

 year. In his opinion next year will see building operations in many of the 

 leading cities of the United States the largest in many years. Several 

 large manufacturing plants here are building additions this summer and 

 several more are planning improvements. There is considerable building 

 going on among the farmers of southern Indiana, southern Illinois and 

 western and northern Kentucky. 



COLUMBUS 



The authorized capital of the Reserve Lumber Company of Cleveland has 

 been increased from $50,000 to $100,000 in order to take care of the 

 increasing business. 



The capital of the Economy Lumber Company of Marion has been 

 increased from $10,000 to $30,000. 



The Lorain Street Lumber Company of Cleveland has increRS«4 its 

 capital from $10,000 to $50,000. 



The Marion County Lumber Company, Marion, O.. has purchased a site 

 on which it will erect a modern building and equip it for mill work. The 

 work of construction will be started within a few days. 



John C. Smith has been selected manager of the Metamora Lumber 

 Company. Metamora, O.. at a recent meeting of the board of directors. 

 The new manager will close out his motor truck line to devote his entire 

 attention to the lumber business. 



R, W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports an Increas- 

 ing demand for hardwoods. This includes the entire list, but more espe- 

 cially oak, poplar and chestnut. Dry stocks are scarce and prices are- 

 going higher and higher. Dealers are now in the market with orders for 

 immediate shipment. 



Warren Dunn, formerly in the photo supply business in Columbus, has 

 taken a position with the Western Lumber Company selling hardwoods. 



LOUISVILLE 



Production is reported to be somewhat better for July, due to hot. dry 

 weather, wliich has resulted in better hauling conditions, while farmers 

 are better caught up with their work, and are again hauling and cutting 

 logs on their farms. Transportation facilities are poor just now, as trucks 



