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HARDWOOD RECORD 



boom in farm wagons, implements, the build- 

 ing of street cars and the building trade. 

 •which should benefit lumber dealers greatly. 



Arthur Doremus of Cairo. 111., was in De- 

 troit on a buying trip lately. 



Andrew Ross, for forty years a prominent 

 lumber dealer of Detroit, died during January 

 while en route to the South for his health. 

 He has lived in Drydcn, Mich., for the past 

 nine years. 



John Tolfree and M. R. Gale of West 

 Branch and A. W. Seelcy and J. T. Phillips 

 of Sagrin.'iw have purchased from the Sage 

 Land Company, of Bay City. 13.000 acres of 

 heavily timbered land in Ontonagon county. 

 The timber is mostly hardwood, some 150,- 

 000.000 feet. 



Aid. Albert T. Allan of the Fourth ward 

 has been made general manager of the retail 

 lumber branch of Vinton & Co. 



Saginaw. 



J. W. McGraw of Bay City has purchased 

 3.000 acres of hardwood timber land in the 

 southeastern part of Oscoda county, esti- 

 mated to contain 8.000,000 feet of timber. He 

 will cut off the timber and convert the land 

 Into a sheep ranch. Mr. McGraw is cutting 

 nearly a miilion feet of hardwood timber this 

 winter in Ogemaw county. The logs will 

 be converted into lumber by a large portable 

 sawmill and ihe lumber shipped by rail to 

 Bay City. 



John J. Flood has started his sawmill at 

 .West Bay City and is cutting maple logs for 

 W. D. Young & Co. He will also manufacture 

 a quantity of hardwood lumber for Sailing, 

 Hanson &• Co. 



The plant of the Kerry & Hanson Flooring 

 Company at Grayling, erected last year, is 

 having a very successful run and will be 

 stocked for a continuous run during the year, 

 there being a very satisfactori,- trade in maple 

 flooring. 



Sailing, Hanson & Co. are shipping a lot 

 of maple lumber to the Thomas Forman Com- 

 pany's flooring plant at Detroit, where it is 

 converted into flooring. The Grayling" firm 

 has an interest in the Detroit plant. 



The Campbell-Brown Lumber Company is 

 overhauling its sawmill at Bay City and get- 

 ting ready to i-un. The company is receiv- 

 ing a lot of fine hardwood logs from the 

 Mackinaw division of the Michigan Central. 

 This company expects to manufacture 10,000,- 

 000 feet this year. 



C. L. Bcrtch and Hen. IJurbridge left Bay 

 City Feb. 6 for Arkansas, where they are to 

 look over a body of hardwood timber with 

 the view of purchasing and engaging in the 

 manufacture of hardwood lumber. 



The Hargrave sawmill at Bay City is ex- 

 pected to start sawing hardwood about the 

 first of March. 



Kunzie & Dillingham's sawmill at Hawks, 

 north of Bay City, is being stocked with hard- 

 wood and will start March 1 for a season's 

 run. 



Frank Perry of the Soo, who owns a large 

 body of hardwood timber in that region, has 

 lea.sed the old Hall & Munson sawmill at Bay 

 Mills for one year with the privilege of re- 

 newing It for five, and will start the mill early 

 In April, as he Is having timber cut to 

 stock it. 



The Bliss & Van Auken plant at Saginaw Is 

 making lumber right along. The Wylic & 

 Buell Lumber Company has contracted to fur- 

 nish Bliss & Van Auken 50,000,000 feet of 

 logs, distributed over a number of years, at 

 about 8,000,000 feet annually. 



The Lobdell & Bailey Manufacturing Com- 

 pany at Onaway lost a dry kiln by fire ten 

 days ago, involving a loss of $15,000. It was 

 partially insured and Is being rebuilt. The 

 company Is putting In a large quantity of 

 logs. 



The Briggs & Cooper Company, Ltd., did a 

 heavy liiisiness last year and Mr. Cooper says 

 condillons are now satisfactory and trade good. 



In the logging districts the cold weather 

 which made its advent Feb. 2 has been a fine 

 thing. There has been more or less snow 

 during the winter, but the temperature was 

 so high the greater portion of the time that 

 the ground was too soft to skid or haul logs 

 satisfactorily and the marshes and swamps 

 were not frozen. Things are now solid and 

 logs arc going in at a great rate, everybody 

 being determined to make the most of the 

 opportunity. It is expected that a large stock 

 of hardwood will be secured owing to the 

 good prices and demand for lumber. 



S. G. M. Gates will bring down about 3,000.- 

 000 feet of hardwood logs to his Bay City 

 mill. He is lumbering near Roscommon and 

 also on the line of the Detroit & Mackinac 

 railroad. 



The m.ills of the Kneeland-Bigelow Com- 

 pany and the Kneeland, Buell & Bigelow 

 Company at Bay City have contracted for all 

 the hardwood stock both mills will manufac- 

 ture this year except elm, birch and beech; 

 all of the beech cuils that will be manufac- 

 tured this year have been sold for delivery to 

 local parties. They are to be utilized for box 

 shocks owing to the scarcity of pine. Not so 

 long ago boxmakers thought only pine would 

 make box shocks, but now they are very glad 

 to get basswood, maple and beech mill culls 

 nnH pay a good price for them. too. It is cer- 

 tain that more of this class of lumber will be 

 utilized in bo.x shocks this year than ever be- 

 fore. 



The two mill firms referred to have con- 

 tracted for maple and basswood at $1 a thou- 

 sand feet higher than the same stock sold at 

 last year. Elm lumber has not advanced be- 

 cause of the low price and inactivity of the 

 cooperage market. 



Grand Bapids. 



The Hon. Chas. W. (iarlield. his wife, and 

 Mrs. N. A. Fletcher have presented to the city 

 25 acres of valuable land, located at Burton 

 and Madison avenues, to be used for public park 

 purposes. Mr. Garfield's aged mother has also 

 made a gift of $G.000 to the city, to be used in 

 the erection of a suitable lodge or pavilion in 

 the park, and Prof. O. C. Simonds, landscape 

 gardener of Chicago, has tendered his services 

 in laying out the breathing place. Mr. Garfield 

 is best known in recent years as the head of 

 the forestry movement in Michigan, and it is 

 his desire that the trees and shrubs planted In 

 the new park shall be native to the state, 

 forming an epitome of the flora of Michigan. 



The Michigan Trust Company has made an 

 inventory of the a.-sset.s of the .1. V. Quli;ley 

 Land & Lumber Company, and It is believed 

 there are suincient funds to pay all debts In 

 full. It Is probable that Frederick C. Miller 

 will be appointed as trustee. 



W. D. Baker of (Jrand Haven succeeds G. W. 

 Atwood as sales manager for Mann, Watson & 

 Co. at Muskegon. Mr. Atwood resigned to en- 

 gage In the lumlier jobbing business at Mobile, 

 Ala. 



The Boyne City planing mill, which was de- 

 stroyed by fire, will he rebuilt liy G. M. Kerry 

 & Son In the spring. Kerry & Son have also 

 bought the small sawmill formerly owned by 

 Homer Sampson, which will be operated also. 



The Gorham Uros. Company of Mt. Pleasant, 

 manufacturers of veneers, is considering several 

 offers to remove to a new location. Cadillac, 

 Bay City and Saginaw arc said to have lines 

 out for this concern. 



The White Veneer Company has Its new 

 plant complete at Boyne City and the machin- 

 ery will ho ready for operation In March. About 

 ;iO men will be employed at the start and the 

 plant has been constructed with a view to being 

 enlarged In the future. ICvery machine Is of 



the latest type, with the roller system dry kiln, 

 and the output will be used largely in fur- 

 niture. Wm. 11. White and his associates in the 

 enterprise will push the veneer business with 

 their usual energy and ability, .lames A. Rowan, 

 formerly with Uorhain llros. at Mt. Pleasanl, is 

 superintendent. 



L. L. Sklllman has resigned his position as 

 secretary and treasurer of the Longfellow & 

 Sklllman Lumber Company of Grand Rapids. 



C. L. King i Co. will add a planing mill to 

 their sawmill plant at Holland. The oontinct 

 for the addition has been let. 



C. L. Houseman of Muskegon is lumbering 

 off the oak, cherry and pine timber of the tract 

 known as the "Beechwoods," near Lake Michi- 

 gan, and the logs are being hauled seven miles 

 to Muskegon lake, whence they will be towed to 

 the mill of Prank Alberts & Son for cutting. 

 All the red oak that Is suitable will be quarler- 

 sawed. The beech and other timber in the 

 tract of 230 acres was retained by the owners. 



The Cadillac Lumber Company's new planing 

 mill at Cadillac has been completed and is in 

 first class order. This mill is one of tlie best 

 equipped on the line of the G. R. & 1. railroad 

 and its specialty will be remanufacturing lum- 

 ber in transit. The machinery is of the most 

 approved type and the arrangement of the mill 

 insures that stock can be handled with the least 

 possible dela.v. The experience that C. D. l!ur- 

 rett has had in this line of work will assure 

 first class manufacture and satisfaction to all 

 customers. 



The firm of H. E. Evans & Co. of this city 

 has been succeeded by the Evans & Retting 

 Lumber Company with a capital stock of $75,- 

 000 of which $56,000 is paid in. The company's 

 offices are located in the Michigan Trust build- 

 ing. Howard E. Evans is president of the com- 

 pany, John W. McDonald vice president and 

 J. L. Retting secretary and treasurer. Tlie 

 principal operations of the company are in West 

 Virginia, where it has extensive hardwood hold- 

 ings. 



Cleveland. 



The J. S. Walker I'laning Mill plant at Iron- 

 ton. ().. has been secured by the J. W. Pierce 

 Lumber Company and is now running to its 

 fullest capacity on poplar siding, finish and 

 moldings for the .\dvancc Lumber Company of 

 this city. 



The West Virginia Timber Company of 

 Charleston, W. Va., which is an allied concern 

 of the Advance Lumber Company, has recently 

 added to Its large hardwood holdings 9,000 

 acres of oak and poplar timber on Twenty-Mile 

 t^reek, Nicholas county. West Virginia. Its rail- 

 road from the Vaughn mills has been extended 

 sixteen miles through the timber. These mills 

 are now running on full time on poplar and 

 oak. 



Henry C. Christy, general manager of the 

 Advance Lumber Company, has just returned 

 from a visit to Hot Springs. Ark. He has not 

 fully recovered his health, hut is much Im- 

 proved. 



The Advance Lumber Company Is sawing 

 about l.'i.ooo.ooo feet of hemlock at the Miissell 

 mill near Haylield, Wis. This stock is from 

 the company's timber near that point. It has 

 also purchased the Aljiliie cut of white pine 

 tor the coming year, which is being sawed at the 

 Scott-GralT mill at Duluth, Minn. 



The recent timber purchase of the Advance 

 Lumber Company, jointly with the West Vir- 

 ginia Timber Company, near Sewell, W. Va., con- 

 tains upwards of 100,000,000 feet of hemlock. 

 This would Indicate that the Advance Lumber 

 Company will be a considerable factor In both 

 white p'ne and hemlock In addition to Its large 

 hardwood business during Hint;. 



The King A; Ihirtels Lumber ('(mipaiiy Is now 

 nicely fixed in Its new office building at lit.").*! 

 Scranton Road, N. W., and Is rapidly getting 

 Its new yard In shape. This yard has frontage 

 of 700 feet on Scranton Uoad and the Cuyahoga 



