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HARDfWOOD RECORD 



Addifss — Gov. K. B. Glenn of North Carolina. 



Illustrated lecture — Prof. .1. A. Holmes, state 

 geologist of North Carolina. 



Short speeches. 



The meeting is an important one and should 

 result in a large attendance of people recognizins 

 the value of the great project conlemplated. 



Meeting at Grand Hapids. 



The board of managers of the National Hard 

 wooil Lumber Association has accepted an invita- 

 tion from the Lumbermen's Association of Grand 

 Rapids. Mich., to hold a meeting at the furniture 

 city on March 16. The Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion will give an informal banquet at the Pant- 

 lind Hotel (o the visitors and ipiite a number of 

 Invited guesis interested in hardwoods and the 

 work "f ibe national association. 



Reforesting in Pennsylvania. 

 The mountain timber land in Wayne county. 

 Pennsylvania, has been under investigation by 

 the Forest Service, with regard to reforestation, 

 as have also some valuable properties near 

 Middleton. N. Y., and a plan has been formu 

 lated which will be put into execution in the 

 near future. The project Is one of great interest 

 to land owners of the region, as an example 

 of what may be done with so-called waste lands. 

 It is reas.inably certain that the value of the 

 property will be increased and that It will prove 

 an excellent investment. The demand for timber 

 Is far in excess of the local supply in this part 

 of Pennsylvania and New York, and this is 

 particularly true of first-class material. The 

 mines require large quantities every year, and 

 to obtain a sufficient amount are compelled t" 

 accept inferior woods. In cases where timber 

 of the very best specifications is required, the 

 local mines" find it necessary to import from the 

 southern slates. The second-growth hardwood 

 forests which in many places have replaced the 

 original stands are examples of what would have 

 been general had the cut-over lands been pro- 

 tected from fire. The lack of protection has 

 resulted in large areas of brush, utterly worth 

 less at present. This land it reforested, how 

 ever, would supply the local market, and it is 

 to be hoped that the plans will be fulfilled as 

 soon as possible. The trees most suitable for 

 planting in this vicinity are chestnut, larch, red 

 pin.- and red oak. Locust will be planted 

 planting in this section ai'e chestnut, larch, red 

 that they may reasonably be expected to yield 

 a go'.dly amoiint of limber in from thirty to 

 forty years. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



Ttie Cnlted nardwood Knrnlture Company, 

 capital »l.'..O0O. has been Incorporated at Perry, 

 Flo. 



The Southern Walnut Lumber Company Is a 

 new concern at Kenison, Texas, capitalized at 

 $lo,000. 



The .Michigan Handle & Column Works has 

 been Incorporated at Detroit. Mich., with $60.- 

 OUO capital. 



Itenton. Ark., business men are Interested In 

 the coffln factory which Is being erected at Fori 

 Worth. Tex. 



■nic Indiana Veneer & Panel Company, New 

 Albany. Ind., is building an extensive addition 

 to Us plant. 



I'Iclure frames will be manufactured by the 

 .T. c. lianshausen Company of Chicago, lapltal- 

 Ized at »7.0fHi. 



The Piescott Furniture Factory, Preacott, Ark., 

 was recently destroyed by lire, causing a Iohb of 

 about ?l!.".,l)t)0. 



W. .T. Cude. well known hardwood manufac- 

 turer of Klmmlns, Tenn., will build a band saw 

 mill near Cude. 



C. A. Mart, C. A. lieall and .1. Iv Iniffleld 

 compose a company which Is building a handle 

 factory at Alton, Mo. 



George L. Fstes and others of Ctiba. .\. V.. 

 are contemplating the erection of a iilaiit fiu' 

 making wooden pnlleys. 



The High Poiut Moulding Company is among 

 the new industries at High Point, N. C. The 

 capital stock Is $15,000. 



The Stlles-Tull Lumber Company has been 

 organized to carr.v on business at Canton. Miss. 

 It is capitalized at .'SIO.OOO. 



A splendid grove of chest luit trees over half a 

 century old near Leavenu-urtli. Kan., will be cut 

 and manufactured in Ihi' near future. 



The Swain-Karmire Luml)er Company of Lit- 

 tle Itock. Ark., is contemplating the establish- 

 ment of a hardwood factory In that place. 



The .1. Henry Casket Company has been incor 

 porated at t^ucens Borough, N. Y., to manufac- 

 ture burial <ases. Capital stock is .$25,000. 



The Illgglns Wood .Moulding mill at Presquc 

 Isle, Me., was destroyed by fire early in the 

 month. Loss is estimati'd at .$".."nn : insur.ince, 

 .^l.TiOii. 



The Fordyco Lumber Company has been In- 

 corporated at Tuskaloosa, .\Ia., with a capital 

 of $11'. 000. to manufacture hardwood lumber 

 and products. 



The I'nderwood Veneer < 'ompiiny of W;iii>au. 

 Wis., has let a contract 1o Wiggins Brothers to 

 log L', 000.000 feet of timber for the company, 

 near .Tennlngs. 



Tlie Ilnlversal T'mbrella Company is a new 

 concern at Houston. Texas, which will engage in 

 the manufacture of umbrellas and canes on an 

 extensive scale. 



.\ new company has been organized at Nor- 

 folk. Va.. with $150,000 capital, to manufac- 

 ture veneer and veneer noveltirs — the Norfolk 

 Veneer Company. 



W. K. Mariner of Mihvaukei' is .said to have 

 sold to southern .Michigan capitalists 20,000 

 acres of hardwood lands in (Intuuagou and 

 Houghton I'ounties. 



The Improved Floor Company of liooliester. 

 .\. v., has been incorporated with a capital if 

 .$15,000 by A. D. Canning. .7. M. Hamilton and 

 Walter Tewkesbury. 



Enlargement of the lladdcrrff I'iauo Com- 

 pany's factory at Rockford. lil,. and improve- 

 ments are contemplated wliicli will practically 

 double the plant's capacity. 



The .\ciue Handle ('ompany. .Merchants T.adede 

 lildg.. St. Louis,, .Mo., li:is installed nearly mII 

 the machinery needed. Inii will probably add one 

 or two new lathes later un. 



The Dickson Spoke & .Manufacturing Company 

 is a newly chartered institution at Dickson. 

 Tetin., which has been incorporated to manufac- 

 ture white oak wagon spokes and handles. 



I!. .1. Kibler of Flndlay, 0., and Peter Poole of 

 Van lliiren are in .-Vrkansas where they are 

 erecting a large saw mill to work up tracis 

 of w'alnut. hlckor.v, red oak and red guni. 



The Incorporators of the Demopolis Coffin \- 

 Cahlnet Company, a new inslilution at lie 

 miliolls. Ala., with $2,000 capital, are W. K. 

 Michael. .Ir.. A. .M. Sledge and T. C. Bailey. 



The \'"rily-Caswell Table Company has been 

 organized at Portland, .Mich., to succeed the K. 

 I>. Verily Manufacturing Comi)any. It Is author- 

 ized to issue $20,0(1(1 stock and has $1(i.(Iimi 

 paid in. 



The l.ogansport I.iinilier Coiniiany. l.oganspori. 



La., recently organized to snce 1 (he Stati' Line 



Luinlier I'ojupany. will i-rect a hardwotxi mill at 

 that place for the iioinnrMct ui'e of spoki's. a.\ 

 handles, etc. 



l.endall \V. .\ash of Keniielxink, .Me., has jttir- 

 chased a tract of tlniher hind covered with oak 

 and pine growth fin* $2S.(i(Mt. ,\ temporar.v mill 

 will be loiated on the properly and operated 

 about a year. 



Work on the erection of a band sawmill, huh 

 and spoke faclr»ry for the Forbes .Manufacturing 

 Company of llopkinsville. Ky.. Is well under 

 way. This concern recently liu-reased its capital 

 stock from J.WO.OOO to $500.ii(i(i. 



Faalern capllallsis have selected a site and 

 commenced arrangements to build a large saw 

 and )>lanliig mill at Irvine, KHtlll county, Ky. 

 They will also erect a veneer- mill and box fiic 

 tory. The iilani will cost $:i(m.iiiiii. 



The Western \Nhlte Oak Company has been 

 incorporated at New York City with a capital 

 stock of $100,000. George W. Case. Jr., Cran- 

 ford, .\. ,T. : Robert L. Stanton and L. E. W. 

 Wilson. .New York City, are the directors. 



The ,1. W. Wells Lumber Company. Marinette, 

 AVis., is receiving more logs at present than it 

 can saw, and is piling them near the pond to 

 saw later on in the sea.sou. The mill is operat- 

 ing day and night almost wholly on hardwoods. 



The new kitchen cabinet factory of Day & 

 Coss, Greencastle, Ind., is rapidly nearing com- 

 pletion. Most of the machinery has been in- 

 stalled, the new drying rooms are about ready 

 and It is exifected that operations will be in full 

 swing very soon. 



The Bradford Hardwood Lumber Comi)any. 

 which owns a tract of land containing some 

 12,000,000 feet of hardwoods near Brookland, 

 Pa., lu-'s commenced operations on same. It Is 

 estimated that the property will be cleaned off 

 in about five years. 



The Fred C. Slmersun hrocuu factory at Mt. 

 .Morris, N. Y., was destroyed by fire February 1. 

 A full equipment of broom making machinery, a 

 large quantity of lirooni corn in process of 

 manufacture and 5,000 broiuns were consumed. 

 The plant will be rebuilt. 



T. S. Coley's Sons who niierate a lumlier mill 

 at Centreviile, Tenn., and .1. H. Walker of the 

 same place have purchased a half interest in 

 Levi Maliigen's handle factory. Improvements 

 are being made which will materially increase 

 tlie output of the factory. 



The StandaVd Tie Company of Detroit has 

 added to its timber holdings in the South by 

 tlie purchase of a tract of 30,000.000 feet of 

 gum, cypress and oak in the vicinit.v of Craw- 

 I'ordsville. .\rk., at wiiich point it is building a 

 mill to manufacture lumber. 



The T.inited States Casket t'onipany of Fort 

 Smith. Ark., filed articles of incorporation, hav- 

 ing a capital stock of ,$100,000, a large amount 

 of which has been subscribed. The officers arc 

 AAlliiam Monroe, president; F. S. FLsher, vice- 

 president ; .Vrthur .tones, secretary and treasurer. 



Thomas Perkins of .North Kennebunkport, Me., 

 recently had a red oak felled upon his property 

 which measured four feet light inclics in iliiiin- 

 eier at the butt, and scaled .'J.Olii feet. This is 

 doubtless one of the largest red oaks cut in 

 Maine for many years. It will he used for the 

 keel of a boat. 



Law & I-lerkman, Des Moines. la., have moved 

 to more coniinodions quarters and are putting In 

 new nnichinery and making preparations to take 

 up their line of manufacture on a much bi'oader 

 scale than heretofore. Cahiiiet woik of all kinds 

 will be turned out, but the especial features will 

 I"' bank fixtures and special design furniture. 



I!. P.. Williams, a lumher dealer of Center- 

 ville. Ind.. cut a large wild cherry tree recently 

 wiiUii contained six logs, one twelve feet long, 

 three ten feet long and two eight feet long. The 

 entire length was fifty eight feet, circumference 

 at the ground ten feel and at the top six and a 

 quarter feet. The tree contained l.ds.'i feet 

 hoard measure. 



In l.s-12 .\ndrew Boss and lirolliers planted on 

 the iiralrles at Kasbeer, 111., a large number of 

 eiiltnnwood and walnut trees. Many of the 

 former have been manufactured Into lumher or 

 used as fuel ; the latter of much slower growth 

 are now being cut. Seven carloads of verj' 

 cliolce logs were shipped recently, a ear averag- 

 ing ninety logs. 



Machinery has been Installed In the facloly of 

 the charter Dak Handle Company at Caiuiloii, 

 Stoddard ctuiniy, Mlssiuui. The comiiany has 

 acquiretl valuable timber hohlings in .Missouri 

 containing an abundance of tlmher suitable for 

 Ihe making of liandles and with railroad fadli 

 ties close at hand. It Is expected to have the 

 plant In opernlion within thirty days, 



.\rtlcles of Incorporathui have been llhil at 

 I'ort Siuilh. .\rk.. changing the title of the F.irt 

 SiiiHIi IliiiilHo.icI (■..Mipany in (lie l.ane While 



