HARDWOOD RECORD 



jects of live interest and vast importance to each 

 individual manufacturer will be brought up at 

 Ibis meeting, and we want the oi'nefit of your 

 thoughts and suggestions, so that the action 

 taken will represent the combined Intelligence 

 of all present and be acceptable to ail manufac- 

 turers." 



Mr. Vansant states that in view of the large 

 number of acceptances that he has already re- 

 ceived, without doubt the meeting will be the 

 largest in numbers that has ever been held, and 

 inasmuch as so many things of importance will 

 oome before the organization the meeting will 

 doubtless be of more moment to the hardwood 

 producing fraternity than any ever held in the 

 past. 



New Concern at Wilmington, N. C. 



Work is progressing rapidly on the erection 

 of a plant for the Acme Hardwood Manufactur- 

 ing Company at Wilmington, N. C, to manufac- 

 ture wagon material — poles, shafts, tongues, fel- 

 loes, whiffle trees, rim strips, hubs, etc. The 

 structure, which will be ready for occupancy 

 about the end of January, is a one-story sheet- 

 metal building — 30.\60 feet in dimensions, with 

 a yard of large capacity and nearly 250 feet of 

 water frontage. Electric power will be used 

 throughout. 



The finished product will be shipped to con- 

 nections already established in Philadelphia, New 

 York and other cities, and some export business 

 will also be handled through the latter port. The 

 company already has orders on hand sufficient 

 to take care of the output for several weeks. 



The officers of the company are : W. L. Stagg, 

 president ; William C. Thomas, vice president, 

 and O. U. Connor, secretary and treasurer. All 

 arc men of practical experience in this line of 

 manufacture, Mr. Stagg having been interested 

 In similar enterprises in Vermont. 



The Acme Hardwood Manufacturing Company 

 will maintain an office in the Smith building, 

 Wilmington, and will be in the market for oak, 

 ash and hickory. The abundant supplies of tim- 

 ber In the vicinity of Wilmington and the trans- 

 portation facilities both by land and water make 

 this an ideal location for such an enterprise, 

 and it will doubtless meet with success. 



Adding to Membership. 



FYank F. Fish, secretary of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, advises that 

 since he issued his last supplement to the 

 association's handbook, Dec. 9 last, he has 

 added twenty-two new members to the asso- 

 ciation. The list is as follows: Thomas Wil- 

 liams, Jr., & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. : K. A. & 

 J. J. Williams, Philadelphia, Pa. ; J. Randall 

 Williams & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. : Philadelphia 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, Philadelphia, Pa. : 

 Jos. P. Dunwoody & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. ; 

 Lewis Thompson & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. ; 

 Chas. Este, Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry W. Pea- 

 body & Co., New York ; Kile & Morgan Compa- 

 ny. Providence, K. I. ; S. J. Sutherland Com- 

 pany, New Orleans, La. ; E. E. Beck Lumber 

 Company, Cincinnati ; O. J. Smith, Lakcwood, 

 Mich. : Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 Cincinnati ; Rlchcy, Halstcd & Quick, Cincin- 

 nati ; Colonial Lumber Company, Cleveland ; 

 Central Lumber Company, Cleveland ; Chas. S. 

 Elms, New Orleans : Waldsteln Lumber Com- 

 pany, St. Louis : Chicago Lumber & Coal Com- 

 pany, BIbon, Wis. ; Greer-Wilkinson Lumber 

 Company, Indianapolis : Orunder Lumber Com- 

 pany, Warren, Pa. ; Wagner & Angell, Grand 

 liaplds, Mich. 



This Is a mighty good record for the work 

 Secretary Fish Is doing for the National asso- 

 ciation. 



New Veener Mill at Xouisvtlle, 



Plans praitlially have been completed and 



property has been ip'irchased for the erection of 



a veneer mill, costing about ?7u,000, on the 



block between Bccoh and Hazel Htrccts and 



Dumesnll street and Woodland avenue. The 

 property has been purchased from George W. 

 Grant and the purchase price is said to be 

 ?5,i>2o. 



Incorporation papers are being prepared for 

 the company, composed of Louisville capitalists 

 and several lumber dealers outside of the city, 

 who have not entered the Louisville trade be- 

 fore. The exact capitalization has not been de- 

 cided upon ; It doubtless will be about $75,000. 

 The property is west of the Kentucky & Indiana 

 railroad tracks, and a switch will be built to the 

 new plant. 



Several of the interested persons are now out 

 ot the city, and for this reason the delinite plans 

 for the company are being withheld. The cor- 

 poration will enter all classes of veneer and lum- 

 ber business. Machinery and equipment for the 

 plant have been purchased and will be installed 

 as soon as the necessary buildings can be erected. 



Work of the Credit Association. 



The Lumbermen's Credit Association, publish- 

 ers of the well-known Red Book, comprising a 

 special agency for lumbermen, has recently issued 

 a circular covering newspaper comment on many 

 cases of fraudulent operations by swindlers in 

 the lumber business that have been exposed by 

 this association. Undeniably the Red Book pub- 

 lishers have assisted very materially in weeding 

 out the frauds who are constantly attempting to 

 victimize the lumber trade. The association is 

 well equipped to watch the movements of these 

 parasites on the lumber fraternity, and It pos- 

 sesses a very complete record of the principal 

 offenders, their associates, and their methods. 

 Mr. Clancy and his associates are to be con- 

 gratulated on the good work they have done in 

 llie past, and which they are continuing, in both 

 listing the lumber trade with fair and safe credit 

 ratings and also in the detective and protective 

 service they are rendering the trade in keeping 

 It from being swindled by the resourceful crook, 

 who is constantly attempting to make inroads 

 un lumbermen's pocketbooks. 



Hardwood Dimension Association Meeting. 



ICchvard L. Iiavi..;, president of the Hardwood 

 Dimension Association, announces that the next 

 meeting of that organization will be held at 

 the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, on Wednesday and 

 Thursday. February 21 and 22. At this time 

 the details of the organization will be fully per- 

 fected, a complete analysis made of tlie dimen- 

 sion situation, steps taken to perfect rules gov- 

 erning systems of manufacture and grading of 

 hardwood dimension material and a basis of 

 values established. 



.More than two hundred producers of hardwood 

 dimension material signify their intentions to 

 join tli<' organization, and without doubt a large 

 proportion of (his number will be present at the 

 meeting. It goes without saying (hat (liis gath- 

 ering will Inaugurate the most imporlant step 

 ever laken looking toward the betterment of the 

 hardwood dimension business, and it .siiould be 

 Impressed upon every producer of this class of 

 stock that he can do liimself and his trade no 

 greater service than by participating in the de- 

 liberations. 



Improvements in Maple Flooring Plant. 



llie John Schrocilcr Lumber Con]|)any, the 

 well-known manufacturer of maple flooring at 

 Milwaukee, is engaged In making Improvements 

 In its flooring factory which will double Its 

 capacity. During the past year the demands 

 made upon the Schrocder concern for flooring 

 have been very largely In excess of the capacity 

 of Its factory. 



The Schrocder company has built up an ex- 

 cellent reputation for the character of Its flooring 

 product. It URCB numerous special proccsscH. not 

 found In any other factory, In BcnHonlnR stock 

 and In milling the maple lumber to produce a 

 product that shall be of the best possible quality. 

 Its "Steel Polished Perfection" flooring has won 



an Individual reputation in all parts of the 

 United States. It is said that the details of 

 the new plant will involve several improved 

 methods not heretofore used either in the old 

 factory or by any ot the other flooring makers. 



Coming Association Meetings. 



January IG and 17 — Hardwood Manufactur- 

 ers' Association of the United States, Gait House, 

 Louisville, Ky. 



January 10 and 17 — American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, Washington, D. C. 



January IS — Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 .\ssoclation. Grand Hotel, Indianapolis, Ind., at 

 2 p. m. : banquet, 7 :30 p. m. 



January 23 and 24, 1906 — Southern Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association, George K. Smith, St. 

 Louis, secretary, at New St. Charles Hotel, New 

 Orleans, La. 



January 24, 1906 — National Lumber Export- 

 ers' Association, New Wlllard Hotel, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



February 21 and 22 — Hardwood Dimension 

 Association, Grand Hotel, Cincinnati. 



March 7 and 8 — Fourteenth annual meeting of 

 the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation ; place of meeting yet to be decided 

 upon. 



May 17 and 18, 1906 — National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, Memphis, Tenn. 



Annual of Hickory Handle Manufacturers. 



The Hickory Ilaudlc Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion held its annual meeting at the Southern 

 Hotel, St. Louis. December 21 and 22. Repre- 

 sentatives from forty concerns in twenty-five dif- 

 ferent states were in attendance. 



The most important work accomplished at 

 this gathering was the raising of the prices of 

 handles, a step long considered necessary owing 

 to the great scarcity of hickory timber. 



The plan which has been under way for the 

 past six months to form a combine of hickory 

 handle manufacturers of the country was also 

 discussed and reports heard from its promoters, 

 whose options expired January 1. 190G. It was 

 decided to extend the options another three 

 months. 



At Friday's meeting the election of officers re- 

 sulted in the selection of the following : C. B. 

 Gates, Louisville, Ky., president ; F. M. Peters, 

 New Albany, Ind., and M. R. Grace, Memphis, 

 Tenn., vice presidents ; Thomas McCullough, 

 treasurer, and T. R. Clendennin, Atchison, Kan., 

 secretary. 



Nelse Gladding in a New Role. 



N. .\. Gladding, the clever secretary and sales 

 manager of E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., was never 

 known to do anything by halves. Mr. Gladding 

 has been distinguishing himself in the dra- 

 iiintic line of late, and the following clipping 

 from the Indianapolis News of December 28 

 furnishes new evidence of his versatility: 



" 'Macalre.' a melodramatic farce in three acts, 

 by Robert Louis Stevenson and W. E. Henley, 

 was chosen by the dramatic club for Its holiday 

 play at the Propylmum last night. 



"Mr. Gladding carried the title role with pro- 

 fessional ability. He held the center of the stage 

 Ihc greater part of the time and had many long 

 speeches to make as (be dashing, romantic bri- 

 gand. At no time did he weaken the part by 

 forgetting his lines or striking a false note. His 

 facial expressions and gestures aud his costume 

 made his work stand out as one of the best 

 poi'trayals the club has enjoyed." 



Canadian Timber. 



The once dense growths of oak. hickory, bass- 

 wood, maple, elm. ash and beech trees In- the 

 province of Ontario are no longer In existence, 

 having been gradually cut away with the bring- 

 ing of the land under cultlvallon. The lumber 

 Industry has correspondingly decreased, al- 

 though It Is still one of Ontario's great sources 

 of wealth. The northern part of (be province. 



