September 25, 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



43 



Deputy Inspector Appointed 



George C. Tectes has been appointed deputy inspector at Charleston, 

 W. Va., by the National Hardwood Lumber Association, and has taken 

 charge of his district. All applications for work in that district should 

 be addressed to Geo. C. Teetes. Box 144, Station A. Charleston. W. Va. 

 New Edition of Handbook 



Official announcement has been made by the National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association that a new edition of the official handbook, volume 21, 

 will be ready early in October. The following summary accompanies the 

 announcement : 



The forthcoming edition of this publicntion will carry a showing of the 

 most remarkable gain in membership this association has ever achieved 

 within any like period which is saying a good deal. The last issue of the 

 handbook was published in March of this year and since that time up to 

 the present writing 121 new members have been admitted to the associa- 

 tion while concurront losses from all causes have been exceptionally small. 

 Our total menilMTship at this date is very close to 1,100. and if the present 

 rate of proc^ris-^ .nn be maintained throughout the current year (as it is 

 confidently lu'ljcvcd it will be) we shall close the year with a net increase 

 that will phice our total at least half way along" on its journey towards 

 the 1.200 mark. These new memliers have been drawn from every section 

 of the hardwood territory of this country, the southern sections "as usual 

 contributing a very substantial percentage to the score. In the Dominion 

 of Canada where a few years ago we had no members and where even after 

 we had entered that field our pi-ogress was at first rather slow, we have 

 during the past six months increased our support nearly 50% as the 

 roster of the new handbook will show. 



With the Trade 



J. S. Otis Mahogany Co., Inc., Starts Business 



J. S. Otis has lony Ik-cii known for the proininont position lie lins held 

 in mahogany circles. Announcement is now made of the incorporation of 

 the J. S. Otis JIaliogany Company. Inc.. with head ofBce in the Whitney 

 liuilding. Xew Orleans, La. The ofiicer.s of the company are : J. S. Otis, 

 president ; James [land, vice-president : J. G. Rainwater, vice-president, 

 and Horace Shepard. secreary and treasurer. 



In announcing incorporation. It is stated that it will take ten to twelve 

 months before logs will come forward from the tropics in large quantities, 

 so the erection of the mill will not be launched at present. It is the 

 intention later to construct a modern sawmill of concrete, electrically 

 driven liy individual motors. The machinery will be especially built for 

 sawing mahogany. The plant will employ 250 men. 



Each of the ofBccrs in the new company has purchased at par. .$100 per 

 share, more than $50,000 worth of the capital stock of the corporation, 

 thus giving a full paid in capital of over $250,000. Each of the officers 

 also will take active part in the management and operation of the com- 

 pany's affairs, bringing into the new enterprise the ripened experience of 

 successful business men. 



Mr. Otis was connected with the Otis .Manufacturing Company of New 

 Orleans for seven years and was vice-president and associate general man- 

 ager during the three largest and most prosperous years ever enjoyed by 

 that company. 



Mr. Hand has been one of the South's most successful lumbermen and 

 best known capitalists. He is vice-president of the Lamar County Bank 

 of Purvis. Miss., and was president and general manager of the James 

 Hand Lumber Company of Purvis, which recently sold its large timber 

 holdings near that town. 



Mr. Rainwater is president of the J. II. Rainwater Lumber Company of 

 New Orleans and of the San Ramon Steamship Company, while Mr. 

 Shepard has been associated with Mr. Rainwater in both of these in- 

 cotporations. 



Saw Concern Reorganized 



The reorganization of the James Ohlen & Sons Saw Manufacturing 

 Company. Columbus, O.,- was completed recently following the merger of 

 the concern with the George M. Bishop Company of Lawrencehurg. Ind 

 The name of the new concern is the Ohlen-Bishop Company. E. D. Rogers 

 was elected president ; H. J. Bradbury, vice-president ; L. W. Seymour, 

 secretary and general manager. These officers with J. J. Chester, Frank 

 J. Macklin and R. V, Mitchell compose the board of directors. General 

 offices of the company will be located in Columbus. 



Wheel Company Places Big Machinery Order 



The Kelsey Wlierl Company, North Mcnipliis. has, through .\. E. Mahan- 

 nah, manager, placed orders during the past few days for $120,000 worth 

 of machinery to be installed in the addition to its plant. The latter is 

 now under construction and will, together with the site on which it is 

 located, represent an investment that will come very close to seven figures. 

 The present plant is engaged in the manufacture of automobile wheels. 

 It employs about 1100 men. The addition will be for the manufacture 

 of bodies for the Ford Motor Car Company and will employ about 3000 

 persons. The present plant, together with the addition, will make the 

 Kelsey Wheel Company the largest employer of labor in Memphis. 

 , A large sawmill will be installed in the addition. This is evident from 

 the fact that $70,000 worth of sawmill machinery has already been 

 ordered. The order also calls, for $30,000 worth of power equipment, while 

 two boilers are to be installed. at a cost of $25,000. 



These Improvements are directly in line with the recent announcement 

 of the plans of this company as made in the IIakdwood Record. 



.Modern Woodworking Plant 



The half million dollar plant of the Mississippi Wood Products Com- 

 pany at Charleston, Miss., began operations early in September. The con- 

 struction of the plant consumed eighteen months. 



The plant offers a way of converting into needed and useful products 

 wood that otherwise would be collected by farmers and burned as of no 

 value. It will consume such "refuse" from 1.500 acres annually, clear- 

 ing the land and leaving it ready for cultivation except for stumps. 



With a capacity of GO cords a day, the plant will require over 20,000 

 cords a year, and 200 men will be kept at work in the wood camps and 

 the factory. The principal products manufactured by the new plant are 

 charcoal, wood alcohol, and acetate of lime. The officials of the wood 

 product.s company are ; H. E. Gaffney of Bradford, Pa., president ; G. E. 

 Lamb of Clinton. Iowa, vice-president; W. B. Burke of Charleston, Miss., 

 secretary, and John Gaffney of Bradford, Pa., treasurer. 



Traffic Man Joins Archer Lumber Company 



,1. A. K^iehler, who has been district manager of the Helena, Ark., 

 offices of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association ever since these were 

 opened, has tendered his resignation, to become effective October 1, in 

 order that he may accept service with the Archer Lumber Company, of 

 Helena. The association, according to J. H. Townshend, secretary-man- 

 ager, will elect a successor to Mr. Koehler early next week. 



Mr. Koehler has given excellent service at Helena and much regret is 

 expressed over the severance of his connection with this body. He has 

 had fifteen years' experience as a traffic man and it is understood that he 

 will sei've the Archer Lumlier Company in the capacity of traffic manager. 



Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer to Improve Baltimore Yard 



The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Company, Cincinnati, which maintains a 

 large yard and office at Baltimore, intends to make various improvements 

 at the yard as soon as arrangenu^nts can be concluded with the railroads 

 for the desired track connections. One of the imiirovements is to be a 

 finishing plant, witli equipment sufficiently large to handle 100,000 feet 

 of lumber a day. This does not mean that such a quantity of lumber will 

 be handled, but the company desired to be in shape to take care of the 

 business. The company, whose affairs are looked after here by W. Schleyer, 

 has made extensive additions to its stocks of oak of late, and is prepared 

 to make heavy foreign shipments. It limits these activitie.s to firm con- 

 tracts, however, no lumber lieing forwarded on consignment. The cor- 

 poration also keeps in stork liberal supplies of walnut. 



Evansville's New Furniture Factory 



The Monitor Furniture Manufacturing Company was recently incorpo- 

 rated, and building of a large plant at Evansville, Ind., will soon begin, 

 according to announced plans. The factory will include a sawmill and 

 veneer mill. Following are the names of the officers and directors of the 

 company : O. A. Klamer. president : Oscar Boetticher. vice-president ; 

 Elmer Schu, secretary-treasurer; Harry Schu, Charles F. Ilartmetz, Daniel 

 Wertz, Oscar Boetticher, Carl Boetticher and Will Boetticher. 



Mr. Klamer is president also of the Schelosky Table Company, the O. A. 

 Klamer Furniture Company, the Klamer-Goebel Furniture Company and 

 the Wertz-Klamer Furniture Company. All the other men in the new 

 company, with the exception of Mr. Hartmetz, are interested in these other 

 companies. 



Change in German Corporation 



J. F. Miiller & Sohn of Hamburg, Germany, who have been well known 

 in lumber circles for many years, having been established since 1795, 

 announce that the organization was changed at the beginning of 1916 

 into a stock comimny under the style of J. F. Miiller & Sohn, Inc. Accord- 

 ing to the principles followed during the many years the company has 

 been connected with the timber trade, it will continue to act solely as 

 mahogany brokers, wood selling agents, auctioneers and measurers, and 

 will make a further specialty of storing logs and lumber of all kinds and 

 of attending to all matters pertaining to this branch of the business. 

 The heads of the former concern, Ernst Miiller, J. F. Miiller and Walter 

 Miiller have assumed the management of the new firm. 



Thunder Lake Mill Soon Under Way 



The TluuHlcr Lake Lumber Company. Rhinelauder, Wis., recently in- 

 corporated with a capital of $200,000, is putting in a new carriage at lt» 

 plant and expects to start sawing operations about Octolier 1. Two camps 

 are now being conducted along the line of the narrow gage railroad main- 

 tained by the company and it is expected that a considerable quantity of 

 choice hardwoods, hemlock, etc., will be cut. The company will alsc 

 handle cedar shingles, posts and poles, and a large stock of long Norwaj 

 piling. It is splendidly equipped, from the standpoint of both seasoneii 

 and experienced business heads and modern sawmiiling and logging facili- 

 ties, to quickly establish its respective position as a leader In the lumbei 

 Industry. Officers of the company are, J. D. Mylrea, president ; J. O. 

 Moen, vice-president ; C. B. Lovett, secretary-treasurer. The officers with 

 J. D. Sutliff and D. R. Richter constitute the board of directors, most all 

 of whom have had a wide experience in the lumber business. Mr. Moen 

 is president of the First National Bank of Rhinelauder and has been con 

 nected with the lumber and veneer business for nmny years. Mr. Lovett 

 was- formerly sales manager of the Brown Brothers Lumber Company and 

 Mr. Sutliff. proprietor of the Rhinelauder Coal and Lumber Company. 



