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HARDWOOD RECORD 



in this city, was declared bankrupt in tbe 

 T'niifd States district court on Jan. 1." at the 

 instance of the Kenova Poplar Manufacturing 

 Company and other creditors. The Marbury 

 I.uinber Company of Marbury. Ala., in the same 

 matter, entered suit to prevent the Borcheidlng 

 lompany or its receiver. Dr. W. R, Thrall, from 

 taking posseiislon of a shipment of lumber. 



The .\. M. I.ewin Company of West Eighth 

 street has accjuired a tract of laiKl in Evanston, 

 a suburb, which will be converted into storage 

 y a rds. 



It. XI. Broas of Ashland. Ky.. has closed a 

 deal in New York with the Northern Coke & 

 <'oaI Company whereby the latter secures valu- 

 able coal lands in Martin county. Kentucky, on 

 the Big Sandy river. The timber on tbe lauds 

 will go to tbe Yellow I'opliir Lumber Company 

 and Vansant. Kitchen & Co. The deal invulved 

 about $.">00,000. 



W. A. Bennett attended a meeting of the 

 t'xecutive committee of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association at Indianapolis Jan. l(i-17. 



Clinton Crane of C. Crane & Co. has returned 

 from Louisville. Ky.. \ihere he took a prominent 

 part In the convention of the llnrd\vn-ui M:inn 

 facturers. 



M. B. P'arrin attended tbe conventions of the 

 National Board of Trade and tbe National Riv- 

 ers and Harbors t^'ongress at Washington. P. 

 C-. last week. He was .1 delegate of the Manu- 

 facturers' Club. 



The Lindenwald Lumber (^ompany of Hamil- 

 ton has been organized by C. E. Gneshimer. J. 

 I. Gneshimer. H. G. Gneshimer. John G. Knox 

 and J. K. Zimnier. Tbe company has a capitali- 

 zation of jSo.nno. 



T. J. Moffett was reelected director of the 

 Third National bank at its re<-ent election. At 

 tbe Merchants' National bank at the same time 

 M. B. Farriii was elected a director, while 

 Thomas I". Egan was likewise honored at the 

 Eirst National bank. 



The Blackburn & Smenner Company". Inc.. is 

 one of the latest additions to the wholesale 

 hardwood fraternity .at Cincinnati. This com- 

 pany was incorporated Jan. .'I. 1906. and its 

 officers are J. 10. Blackburn, president ; A. W. 

 Smenner. vice president : XL f>. Knapp. secretary- 

 treasurer. The active management will be in 

 the bands of Mr. Smenner. who enjoys an ex- 

 tensive acquaintance throughout the trade, hav- 

 ing for several years been identified with E, L. 

 Edwards of riayton. O. 



Chattanooga, 



The river mills here have received several 

 million feet of logs during the recent logging 

 tide, but It iR predicted that there will be a 

 shortage In the supply of forty to fifty per- 

 cent for this 3'ear. 



The Zack Taylor Lumber Company, recently 

 '■rganlzed in this city, will be ready to operate 

 its new plant about tbe fli'Ht of February. Tlie 

 company will manufacture building material, 

 blinds, sash and door.s. The plant is being 

 efpilpped with new machinery throughout. 



The Chattanooga Boat Oar Company, which 

 left the field here on account of the scarcity of 

 ash timber, has removed lis machinery to one 

 of Its plants in North Carolina. The concern 

 has a large number of plants in various parts 

 of the country. E. P. Howe, the former man- 

 ager, has accepted a position with the Chat- 

 tanooga Wheelbarrow C'un(iany. whose plant Is 

 located at East Lake. 



The King-Baxter Lumber Company will c((m- 

 plite extensive improvements on Its plant by 

 tbe middle of Kebnuiry, thus doubling its 

 < apacity. 



The Rock Creek Lumber & Mining Company 

 is shipping many car tics north to j)e naed by 

 the Big Pour railroad. The concern was re- 

 cently reorganized by Berry Brothers of Penn- 

 sylvania. It owns 10,00(1 acres of timber lands 

 on Walden's ridge, consisting of pine, oak and 

 hickory. J. R. Barnea la manager. 



L. G. Berry of Berry Brothers, Cincinnati, 

 O., was a visitor here recently. 



W. JL Fowler, president of the Fowler-Per- 

 sonett Lumber Company of Birmingham and an 

 officer of the Case Lumber Company, spent sev- 

 eral flays in Birmingham recently. 



St. Louis. 



I.oviis JI. Horgess. fur six years secretary of 

 the Lumbermen's Exchange of St. Louis, has 

 sent in his resignation to take effect February 

 ]. Mr. Borgess has accepted a i)osltion with 

 ."Steele & Hibbard, succeeding Roland F. Krebs. 

 In addition to looking after the correspondence 

 .Mr. Borge.ss will have charge of tbe freights 

 and shipping, and also of those who look after 

 the interests of the firm on the road. He has 

 made a fine record and a host of friends as 

 secretary of the Exchange, and iu his new 

 position there is no doubt but that he will give 

 a good account of himself in all respects. 



E. n. Warner, the new president of the 

 Lumbermen's Exchange. Is one of the sturdy 

 pioneers of the hardwood trade in this section, 

 and wears his seventy odd years with a degree 

 of vigor that should make the younger mem- 

 bers wince. Mr. Warner is a progressive man 

 in all his undertakings, and his fellow hard- 

 wood men are looking for an active year during 

 his administration. 



The Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 

 Company expects to keep its Marlanna. Ark., 

 mill going from now on. Its mill plants have 

 suffered considerable interruption of late be- 

 cause of rainy weather and overflows of ad- 

 joining streams. This company has had an 

 especially active call for red gum. which is 

 more or less of a specialty. 



Tbe .'Vcme Handle Company is a new St. 

 Louis concern, capitalized at .130.000. with fac- 

 tories at Bierne. Ark. The headquarters of the 

 company are at ."MNS Laclede building. 



Nashville. 



An excellent idea of the great prosperity 

 enjoyed by Nashville lumbermen and Nashville 

 Ijlanlni: mills and woodworking establishments 

 during tbe year Just ended is furnished in a 

 table of the building permits issued in tbe 

 principal cities in the I'nited States in loo.". 

 In that table .Nashville occupies a mo.st envialile 

 jiosltlon, for this city shows a growth of 

 seventy-six per cent over 1004. This achieve- 

 ment places Nashville third in the I'nited 

 States in iierccntage of growtli in building, 

 building. 



Nashviili' lumbermen arc giM'ally interested in 

 the progress that is being made, tlirough the 

 efforts of the (Cumberland River Commission 

 and tbe Nashville Board of Trade, to have 

 CumherlaiHl river improved by locks and dams 

 and thereby made more navigal>le. ^^'hen it Is 

 known that lumber can only lie brought down 

 the river a few months in tlie year, whereas 

 by the aid of a complete system of locks and 

 dams above Nashville the great hmiber sections 

 would be able to get their logs down all year 

 round, it can readly be seen why the Nashville 

 dealers should be manifesting a lively interest 

 In the question. Messrs. .M. T. Bryan, C. t^. 

 Slaughter and A. W. Wills, the two former 

 members of the Cumberland River Commission, 

 have just returned from Washington city, 

 where they attended the .N'albmal Rivers and 

 Harbors Ccmgress. Tliey were informed tluit 

 a committee from the Board of Engineers would 

 come to .Nashville about February ] to secure 

 (lata about Cumberland river above Carthage. 



John B. Ransom, John W. Love, Simon 

 Lieberman, M. 1'. Greene, J. H. Bath and .Sam 

 K. Cowan. Nashville lumbermen, and Mi'ssrs. 

 W. J. Cudc of KImmlns, Tenn., and A. Z. 

 Haas and J. K. Williams of Fayettevllle, have 

 returned from the recent convention of the 

 Hardwood Manufnclnrers' .\ssoclatlon held at 

 Louisville, Ky. All of them are loud In their 

 pralscH of the scsHbui and ciiaracterlze It as 

 the best one ever held. They say that the out- 

 look for ]l)0(i Ih for a year of unuBuni business 

 end prodt for the lumber dealer. They state 

 tliat sln<'e the meeting of the association held 



here a year ago, Nashville has turned from a 

 buyers' to a sellers' market. 



It is learned that the office of president of 

 the association was tendered John B. Ransom, 

 the popular Nashville lumberman, but that his 

 business nmlters compelled him to decline the 

 honor. Nashville lumbermen were gratified to 

 learn tliat Mr. Ransom was reelected vice-presi- 

 dent of tbe asso<iation and that Simon Lleber 

 man and M. F. Greene were elected respectively 

 vice-president and director. Local lumbermen 

 were also gratified that tbe secretaryship of 

 the association was again placed in the hands 

 of so capable and courtenus a gentleman as 

 Lewis Hosier. 



It Is jn'obable that in the near future Nash- 

 ville will have a factory for the manufacture 

 of all kinds of brushes. N. L. Heldeman nf 

 E\'ansville, Ind.. was a recent Nashville visitor. 

 and while here called on the members of the 

 local commercial bodies. Mr. Heldeman regards 

 Nashville as a good location for such a factory. 



A timbered tract of D."!7 acres in Dickson 

 county. Tenn.. ' was sold recently to W. 1 

 Chonte and S. E. Wlnstead for ?13,500. 



E. It. lluchannan, secretary of the Spoke 

 Manufacturers' .\ssociation. is authority f<ir 

 the statement that a new spoke and stave fac 

 tory for Nash^'ille is an assured fact. One-thinl 

 of the capital stock has already lieen subscribed. 

 The plant will lie located in West Nashville. 



At a recent meeting of the officers of tlu^ 

 Tennessee I^aud & Coal Company, a ?'2,000,0(iii 

 corporation. Seldon R. Williams of Lebanon. 

 Tenn., was elected manager. The company has 

 timber and mineral interests in Cumberland and 

 Fentress counties and is just now engaged in 

 building a railroad from Maylawn on the Sontli 

 ern to Jamestown in Fentress county. Tlu' 

 company is looking to Nashville as the natural 

 market for most of its timber. 



E. F. Iliatt of the Dickinson Trust Com 

 pany of Richmond. Ind., has purchased laiul 

 near Paris. Tenn.. aggregating some l.Soo 

 acres in extent. It is said to contain mucli 

 good timber. 



The Central Tennessee (^oal & 'limber (_'oni- 

 pany, with headquarters at Augusta. Maine, 

 has filed an abstract of Its charter at tbe state 

 capital here, prejiaratory to doing business in 

 Tennessee. Tbe company is capitalized at 

 ^100,00(1. 



Cliancellor .\lllson has ordered a refereme in 

 the l)ig damage suit of Evans & Stinnett vs. tin- 

 Waverly Timber & Iron Company to ascertain 

 the difference in value per acre of a tract of 

 5,486 acres of timber land In Humphreys 

 county. Tenn.. im the date of its supposed sale 

 by the defeiulant contpany to complainants and 

 the alleged breach of that contract of sale, a 

 short while afterwards. The c<mtract was to 

 sell the timber at .'f2.t>.") an acre aiul the com- 

 plainants claim the timber on it brought about 

 ?15 an acre. Tiiey assert that a referenci' will 

 show them to be entitled to a judgment arneuiii 

 Ing to nearly ,f(i7,000. 



Memphis. 



The annual baiiqui't of the Ltimbennen's Club 

 of Memphis was lu'ld at Hotel Gaycso Jan. Kl. 

 trovers were laid fur 6S and the alTair proved 

 to be one of tlu" most enjoyable ever given by 

 the club. There were no set speeches, but a 

 nund)er of Itnnbermen. lawyers, railroad men 

 and others were called on (m shiul talks. Tlu' 

 newly elected president. W. R. Barksdale, acted 

 as toastinaster. and the ea.sy and graceful man 

 ner In which he performed his duties conlrlli 

 uted largely t> the pleasure of the occasion. 



Tlie II. .\lfrey Company has made applicatluii 

 for a charter, with a capital stock of S-loo.ooo. 

 The company, which Is headed by II. Alfrey. who 

 has been connected with the tight cooperage 

 business for over thirty years, will engage In 

 the nianufactiire of tight barrel heading, other 

 Incorporators are: W. F. Alfrey, J. F. IHigger. 

 Charles Hudson and F. W. Hurley. The com 

 pany will operates mills at I.ltlle Rock. Hope 



