HARDiWOOD RECORD 



been carried on by the loggeis and they have 

 been able to put In full time. There has been 

 some snow, t)iit it lias been so slight that it has 

 not interfered in any way with the hardwood 

 harvest, wbieh is now in full swing. The John 

 It. Davis Lumber Company of I'hilllps, Wis., 

 has been able to prosecute its operations with 

 eipial success and is thoroughly satisfied with 

 the results so far obtained. 



One feature of the lumbering business which 

 is a source of much satisfaction is that the 

 deer season is now over and those who desire 

 can venture into the woods with safety. 



W. S. Johnson, manager of the South Arm 

 Lumber Company of Milwauliee has just re- 

 turned from an extended trip through the Kast. 

 He asserts that conditions in that section are 

 very favorable. Concerning his own firm, he said 

 that it had had all of the business it could 

 l-andle during the present season, and that he 

 looked forward to a year of exceeding prosper- 

 ity. 



Bristol. 



.1. A. W'ilkenson of Firistol has pvirchased 

 al)OU[ 17.utio,)MM) feet of tine oak. poplar, walnut, 

 etc., near Asiieville, N. C. The stock is iioing 

 lut as rapidly as possible and delivered to Mr. 

 Wilken.soii at Asheville. Hh is exporiing almost 

 the *'utir« amount. Mr, \\'llkenson is installing 

 Dtw machinery at his plant on Scranton street. 



The Kinney .^^anutacturing Company of Dyers- 

 burg. Ala., has installed a complete outtit of 

 machinery for the manufacture of furniture. 

 The company is bacited by experienced furniture 

 men and will doubtless prove a success. 



The Catoloch Lumber Company will install a 

 large band mili at Watersville, N. C., on an 

 extensive tract of land owned by it at tiial 

 j>lace. The land consists of oak. iiojiNir nut\ 

 walnut in large quantities. 



The Laurel Fork Lumber Company, wliicli 

 lecently closed out its timber land and sawmill 

 holdings ir A'irglnia, has, through its president, 

 .lohu .M. -Miltea, puicbased a large tract of tun 

 ber land at I'lgeon Kiver, on the T. & N. c. 

 K. It., and is preparing to Install a large double 

 band mill and other appurtenances necessary to 

 operations on a large scale. The company is 

 constructing a line of railroad six miles in 

 length and will begin culling timber for the new 

 mill in aooul thirty days. The mill will be 

 located at Watersville, N. C, as will also the 

 general offices of the company. 



The Itussellvllle Manufacturing Company of 

 Kussellville. Ala., has just purchased a complete 

 outtit of si>oke machinery and has begun the 

 operation of its spoke and hub factory with a 

 large daily capacity. 



George L. Davis, president of George E. Davis 

 & Co. of tills city, has returned from a trip 

 through Virginia In the interest of his company, 

 which Is negotiating a deal for the jiurchase of 

 a large tract of hardwood timber land. 



The erection of the .South & Western railway 

 through this section to the south Atlantic coast, 

 and the establishment of a competitive line wltli 

 the Southern, V. & S. W. railway, etc., tliereby, 

 iy. a mader of much interest to sitippers In this 

 section. It has been practically decided that 

 the South \ Western will Intersect the Soutiicrn 

 about one mile eaat of Limestone, Tenn., and 

 about forty miles from BriBtoi. The South & 

 Western will be built from the south Atlantic 

 through Tennessee, North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, Virginia and Kentucky to Ohio, and will 

 ojjen up extensive limber tracts bitlierto inac- 

 cessible. 



• W, n. Dennett, the well known traveling 

 freight agent of the Soulhern Kallway, was In 

 Bristol last week. Speaking of business conili- 

 tlons generally In this region he said: "I'lie 

 business conditions In Tennessee, Virginia and 

 North Carolina, as represented by the railroad 

 trafllc, are the best known, and everywhere 

 business men tell me they could do a much 



larger volume of business witli railroad facil- 

 ities capable of meeting their demands. Rail- 

 road traffic is a good index to business, and I 

 think it undoubtedly points to a healthy state 

 of business in this territory." 



L. C. Ilassinger of Pennsylvania lias been 

 spending tlie past fortnight inspecting the large 

 boundaries of timber lands owned by his com- 

 pany in this region with a view of selecting 

 a location for a large band mill which tlie 

 Hassinger Lumber Company contemplates build- 

 ing. Mr. Uassinger's interests own some of tlie 

 largest and finest tracts of timber lands in this 

 section of Virginia and Tennessee and it is re- 

 ported they will soon begin the uianufaclure nt 

 lumber on a large scale. 



,1. W. Kiti'ben of Vansant. Kitchen & <'n.. .\sli- 

 land. Ky., and bride have been visiliiig in this 

 section and at Maiian. W. Va. 



Charles Hughes, representing Alfred Dobell iS: 

 Co., a large lumber importing concern of Liver- 

 i;-ool. is visiting the chief hardwood centers of 

 the South in the interests of his company. Mr. 

 Hughes is accompanied by his wife on the trip. 

 .1. H. Bryan of the Bryan Lumber Company 

 lias returned from a business trip. Mr. Bryan 

 reports gond business, especially in foreign mar- 

 kets, witli which his concern is dealing exten- 

 sively. 



The .John T." Dixon Lumber Compan.v of Eliz- 

 abethton, Tenn., reports a heavy volume of 

 business, adding that the demand for hardwood 

 slock is somewhat in excess of supply. 



Cleveland. 



K. L. French, fiir .^e\'eral years head of the 

 hardwood department of the Robert H. Jenks 

 Lumber Company, is now with W. A. Cool, 

 Citizens building. 



The King & Bartells Company will soon 

 move their offices from the Citizens building 

 to the Flats, where they will open a yard, 

 i-arrying a line of hardwoods. 



The M. B. Farrin Lumber Company, Cin- 

 cinnati, has opened an office in Toledo, O. 



The Warden Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company has been incorporated, capital stock 

 $100,000; and will manufacture interior finish. 

 Work on tlie factory building has commenced. 



B. F. Vansant, representing W. H. Dawkins 

 Lumber Company, Ashland, Ky., called on 

 the trade here last week. He reports the 

 demand for poplar good, and prices advanc- 

 ing, especially firsts and seconds, which grade 

 seems to be scarce. 



Putnam & Savidge are now nicely locateil 

 in their new offices in the Williamson biiibt- 

 ing. They report business good. 



The Cle\'eland Bo.x Company' is installing 

 a new 250-horsc power engine and n new 

 liorizontal resaw. 



D. W. Miller, city sa:esman for the Robert 

 H. Jenks Lumber Company, returned from 

 Albuquerque, N. M., a few days ago, where 

 he has been for the past few months for his 

 health. 



Cincinnati, 



The differences that have arisen between 

 the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company and its 

 foster concern, the National Chemical C^om- 

 pany, have reached the courts again. I^ist 

 week the Farrin Company liled three suits to 

 recover on ten promissory notes given by the 

 National Chemical Company, which aggre- 

 gated $51,(iS:i.ll. 



The T. H. Clark Comjiany lia.s increased Its 

 capital stock from J20,000 to $25,000, The 

 company Is located at Mt. Vernon. 



T. J. Moffett of the Maley Thompson .t 

 Moffelt Co. was one of the siicakers at the 

 banquet on Dec. t> given by the Clncltinatl 

 Associatefl Organization to boom this city. 

 After the alTaIr Mr. MolTett left for a weeks 

 vIsH to New York, accomininled by Mrs. 

 Moff'ett. 



The Chamber of Commerce directors have 

 passed a resolution asking the management 



of the C. H. & D. Railroad to retain and con- 

 tinue A. H. McLeod in charge of its traffic 

 department. Lumbermen favor his retain- 

 ment also, as he has given them eminent 

 satisfaction. 



The annual election of officers of the Cin- 

 cinnati Furniture Kxchange will be held next 

 week. Both the regulars and independents 

 have agreed on W'm. J. Sextro for President. 

 Many hardwood men are members of the 

 association and three of the trade. B. A. Klpp. 

 Wm. Duhlmeier. Jr.. and Ernest Tuthill, are 

 candidates for directors. 



G. S. Stewart of W. H. & G. S. Stewart 

 has returned from a hardwood buying trip 

 through Kentucky and Tennessee. 



Clinton Crane, head of C. Crane & <^o., was 

 in New York the early part of the month, 

 combining business with pleasure. 



The sawmills, real estate and hardwood 

 stocks of R. E. Becker & Co.. will lie sola 

 en Dec. 15 by Sanford Brown and George D. 

 Harper, the receivers. 



F. W. Mowbray of Mowbray & Robinson 

 and T. B. Stone of T. B. Stone Lumber ('ompany 

 are in New York looking after business affairs. 

 Leiand G. Banning of L. G. Banning & Co. 

 is home from a visit to New York and other 

 Eastern markets. 



M. B. Farrin, president of the M. B. Farrin 

 Lumber Company, has been appointed a mem- 

 ber of the Ohio River Improvement Committee 

 of the Business Men's Club to represent the 

 lumber interests. 



The Ohio & Tennessee Lumber Company 

 of Alliance has been incorporated with $50,000 

 capital by P. C. Ramsey, A. M. Haun. H. C. 

 Stout, H. J. Pots and Henrj- Shaffer. 



The building inspector's monthly report 

 shows that permits for improvements valued 

 at $615,035 were issued during November, 

 against ^370,800 for the corresponding period 

 last year. 



The W. S. Pulse Lumber Company of Mount 

 Orab, Ohio, has secured a tract of land in 

 Kvanston, a Cincinnati suburb, and will move 

 there as soon as a plant is constructed. The 

 Pulse company is composed of Frank Durrell 

 and Chas. W. Scott of this city and Walter S. 

 Pulse of Mount Orab. 



The sawmill and yards of the J. W. Walker 

 Company at Mount Vernon were destroyed 

 b.\' fire the early part of December. 



The Southern 'NV'heel Stock Company is a 

 new concern at Ironton, Ohio, which is coin- 

 Iiosed of F. E. Diederich, W. A. Murdock. 

 'i\' K. I'hillips and K. A. Miller, It has a cap- 

 ital of $10. 000. 



Tile Short Leaf Lumber Company of Youngs- 

 lowii. capital $150,000, has been organized by 

 ,1 W 1 1 Ills... W. R. Beard. W. Weller. T, B. 

 \';m Alstine ^^ul M. G. Norton. 



Heavy rains throughout northern Kentuck.v 

 the early part of this month caused a rapid 

 rise in the Licking river, and a heavy loss to 

 some lumbermen and owners of Hoating prop- 

 erty. A timber raft belonging to C. Crane * 

 C^o. oi this city was torn loose but recafitured 

 below Cincinnati. 



The dry kiln sheds and lumlx"r belonging 

 to the Leon Stave Works at Leon. Ky., were 

 di'stroyed by fire last week, causing a loss of 

 $-5,000, on which there was no insurance. 



The Cincinnati Planing Mill .t Dry Kiln 

 Comfiany is the name of a new institution 

 whicli has established a plant at 1047-1069 

 Summers street and the C. H. & D. tracks, for 

 the purpose of doing commercial wnrk for local 

 dealers. 



Chattanooga. 



The I nils iV lliirl Manufitcttu'ing CniiiiiMiiy 



bus bei'U closed for two weeks making i-epalrs. 

 II has logs In the river for another mouth's 

 run, and now that the rainy season Is ap- 

 proaching It Is safe to count on get- 



