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HARDWOOD RECORD 



means of which the buildings are warmed. 



Some years ago the founder of the Han- 

 ehett Swage Works, John Hanchett, retired 

 from the concern, having gained a compe- 

 tency, and today is engaged in stock raising. 

 He was succeeded by his brother, V. H. Han- 

 chett, as sole proprietor, who is now head of 

 the mechanical department. In 1902 his son, 

 Arthur K. Hanchett, after completing his 

 educational career at the University of 

 Michigan, joined his father and has taken 

 over the management of the general details 

 of the business. The younger Hanchett has 

 exhibited marked ability in this work, and 

 has succeeded in developing the business to a 

 wonderful extent. 



The main tenet of the Hanchett Swage 

 Works for many years has been exploiting 

 the fact that it makes worthy tools, and it 

 has been equally persistent in emphasizing 

 upon every user of filing room machinery that 

 everyone would be given an opportunity to 

 demonstrate this fact to his own satisfaction, 

 without cost; in other words that any tool 

 produced by the company would be shipped 

 to the user for a free trial, to be paid for if 

 satisfactory, and to be returned at the ex- 

 pense of the manufacturer if found unsatis- 

 factory. This method of exploitation has so 

 appealed to users of saw tools that traveling 

 salesmen — regarded a necessitv in most lines 



of manufacture — are not employed by the 

 Hanchett Swage Works, and, notwithstand- 

 ing the greatly increased capacity of the 

 plant, the company at this writing is fully 

 sixty days behind its orders. With the com- 

 pletion of its organization the company ex- 

 pects to be able to catch up with its orders 

 within a short time, and in the future to fill 

 all requisitions promptly on receipt. 



In connection with this brief review of the 

 Hanchett Swage Works it may be timely to 

 say a word about the city of Big Eapids, the 

 home of this industry. Big Eapids is an at- 

 tractive city of about 6,000 population, lo- 

 cated on the Grand Rapids & Indiana and 

 Pere Marquette railway systems, fifty-six 

 miles north of Grand Eapids, Mich. It is a 

 town of factories, beautiful and comfortable 

 homes, and is one of the ideal sites of Mich- 

 igan as a place of residence. The town is 

 situated on both sides of the Muskegon river, 

 which through its dams affords ample water 

 power for still further industrial develop- 

 ment. In addition to the production of filing 

 room machinery, there are produced here 

 large quantities of lumber, maple flooring, 

 furniture, chairs and other products, made 

 from both wood and iron. Big Eapids is a 

 beautiful town of substantial buildings, well 

 Kept streets and good schools and churches, 

 and is noted for its cheap and decent living. 



Recent West Virginia Deal, 



VAUGHN MILL. W. VA. TIMBER COM- 

 PANY, NICHOLAS COUNTT, W. VA. 



During the past year the Advance Lumber 

 Company of Cleveland has organized an allied 

 concern known as the West Virginia Timber 

 Company of Charleston, and has secured prac- 

 tically the entire valley of Twenty-Mile Creek 

 — over 40,000 acres — on the Gauley branch of 

 the C. & O, railroad in Nicholas county. This 

 acreage is very rich in poplar, oak, chestnut, 

 basswood and hemlock. The several pictures 



BIG SYCAMORE MILL, WEST VIRGINIA TIM- 

 RER COMPANY, LOWELL, W. VA. 



accompanying this article illustrate some of 

 the sawmill and lumber operations of the 

 company in this district. At the Vaughn 

 mill the company has already built sixteen 

 miles of logging railroad, and will be obliged 

 to build a good many more to reach the 

 timber on the entire tract. 



The Advance Lumber Company, of which 

 Henry C. Christy is general manager, and 



Fred T. Peitch assistant general manager, 

 has had a wonderful development. It is a 

 concern that now handles upwards of 100,000,- 

 000 feet of lumber annually, of which seven- 

 t}'-five percent is hardwoods. It was the out- 



IIENRY C. CIIRLSTY. GENERAL MANAGER. 



growth of the comparatively small local hard- 

 wood house of Kirk & Christy of Cleveland. 

 Today, in its various ramifications, the com- 

 |iany's individual and allied lumber manufac- 

 turing enterprises extend through parts of 

 West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ken- 

 tucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas. 



The general offices occupy a large portion 

 of the thirteenth floor of the Rockefeller 

 building at Cleveland, and it has branch of- 

 fices at 9 E.ast Eighth street, Cincinnati ; 

 Schmidt building, Pittsburg; Eandolph build- 

 ing, Memphis; and the Charleston National 

 Bank building in Charleston, W. Va. 



HARDWOOD YARD. BIG SYCAMORE MILL, 

 W. VA. TIMBER CO 



LOG LOADER, TWENTY-MILE CREEK 

 OPERATION W. VA. TIMBER CO. 



FRICD T. PEITCH. ASST. GEN. MGR. 



While the company is a specialist in the 

 manufacture and handling of oak, chestnut 

 and poplar, yet through its various enterprises 

 it m.innfnctures and markets every variety of 

 American hardwood growth. In addition to 

 this the company is no inconsiderable factor 

 in uliile ]iinr> and hemlock. 



