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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The Michigan Elm Hoop Company is making 

 some chair bottoms in addition to hoops. Incli 

 and a half elm is used. 



Iiicreasiug business with the Tetoskej- IJUnk 

 Company, Tetosltey, Mich., inalics it necessary 

 to further enlarge the plant this spring. The 

 number of employees has been doubled within a 

 year. 



Three woodworking plants at Allegan, the 

 Owen-Arnold Casket Company, Kaker & Co., fur- 

 niture manufacturers, and the Haines iv Mosler 

 Cabinet Company will enlarge their factories 

 this year. 



W. S. Puilen has removed his sawmill from 

 Allegan to Hartford, where he has bought a 

 large quantity of apple tree timber for manu- 

 facture. 



George B. Dunton, president of the Thomas 

 McBride Lumber Company, went north April !) 

 on a business trip. 



The East Jordan Maple I'looring Company 

 held its annual meeting recently and reelected 

 its old board of directors. A dividend of four- 

 teen per cent was declared. 



A stock company is being formed by business 

 men of Manistee for the manufacture of chairs. 

 Patrick Xoud, the well known lumberman, was 

 the first to put his name on the list of stock- 

 holders. The amount of subscriptions made In 

 one day reached ?7,050, and it is the intention 

 to erect a factory employing a minimum of Uni 

 men. 



Indianapolis. 



At a meeting of members of several leading 

 lumber companies of Indianapolis held recently 

 the organization of the Lumbermen's Building 

 and Loan Association was perfected. Articles of 

 Incorporation have already been filed with the 

 secretary of state, the company having a capi- 

 talization of $1,OC'0,OUU. The company is formed 

 for the purpose of loaning money for building 

 purposes and a special effort will be made to 

 get the business of home builders. 



The plant of the Oreensburg Table Company 

 has been transferred to Anderson, Ind., and will 

 begin operations at the new location at ome, 

 with a force of about seventy-five men. 



The Hyatt Cooperage Company of Crothcrs- 

 ville, Ind., has been incorporated here with a 

 capital stock of $10,000. 



The Special Woodwork Company of Indianapo 

 Ms has been incorporated. The capital stock is 

 ?40,000, and Elmer G. Bechtol. E. O. Miles and 

 Thomas O. De Long form the board of directors. 



W. II. Keckler, one of the leading business men 

 of Auburn, Ind.. and secretary-treasurer and gen 

 eral manager of the Auburn Lumber Company. 

 died suddenly March 29 of heart failure. Mr. 

 Keckler came to Auburn in .Ianuar.v, 1896, and 

 established the lumber company which at the 

 time of his death was one of the leading retail 

 lumber concerns of northern Indiana. 



Milwaukee. 



Hardwood dealers of Milwaukee expect a lively 

 season this summer. Lake trafBc from present 

 Indications will open earlier than in former sea- 

 sons. The .Tohn Schroeder Lumber Company Is 

 fitting out its Hteainer .John Hilton, expecting to 

 send It within a short time to Lake Superior 

 ports. It Is expected that a few shipments will 

 again be mode to Milwaukee from Canadian 

 ports. The Uockwell Manufacturing Company 

 brought three cargoes of lumber to Milwaukee 

 from Canada last year. 



W. S. .lohnson of the South Arm Lumber 

 Company Is out of the city on a brief vacation. 



Charles O. Forster of Milwaukee. .7. M. Thomp- 

 son and William Holmes of Menominee and Dan- 

 iel Wells of Escannba have purchased fifty-six 

 square miles of timber land in Canada, the lum- 

 ber of which when cut will he brought to Mil- 

 waukee. 



The Wisconsin Chair Company nt Port Wasli- 

 Inciim rep.irrs v.rv i,M..y times. It has mills nf 



Mound City, III., in Kentucky and also in north- 

 ern Michigan and its own line of steamers. 



The winters cut at the New Lonilon, WLs.. 

 camp of the I'age & I.andeck Lumber Company 

 of Milwaukee amounts to about 4..')00,00(i feet of 

 hardwoods. The logs are being loaded on cars 

 and hauled to the mill over five miles of railroad. 

 The company will put in about 13.OU0.0O0 feet 

 this winter. It Is logging off about 2.000 acres 

 of timber a year at present, to supply Its Cran- 

 don mill, but as it owns some 25.000 acres and 

 is continually buying new land, there is plenty 

 of material on hand for many years. 



Bristol, Va.-Tenn. 



The big dotibio bund mill of the Tennessee 

 Lumber Manufacturing Co. of Pottsville, I'a., 

 at Sutherland. Johnson County, Tenn.. has been 

 started, after lying idle for almost three months 

 on account of an insufficient supply of logs. 

 There is now a total of about 8,000.000 feet 

 of logs on the company's yards, which will keep 

 the mill running for several months. 



J. A. Wilkinson, whose large mill, box fac- 

 tory and big yards were devastated by fire in 

 Bristol about three weeks ago, announces timt 

 he will rebuild the plant. Mr. Wilkinson has 

 asked the city for more adequate fire prvec- 

 tion for the new plant. Despite the big loss on 

 account of the Are and consequent cessation of 

 work, the business for March will compare fa- 

 vorably with any other month, as Mr. Wilkin- 

 son's mills in Virginia. West Virginia and Ten- 

 nessee are in continuous operation and ship- 

 ments are going forward as usual. 



Frank U. Whiting, of the Janney-Whiting 

 Lumber Company of Philadelphia, was on a 

 tour of inspection of the operations of the 

 Whiting Manufacturing Company in this section 

 recently. Mr. Whiting visited Abingdon where 

 he went through the company's large new band 

 mill and took a brief trip to the logging opera- 

 tions in the mountains of Carter and Johnson 

 counties. 



L. H. Carter, president of the Iron Mountain 

 Lumber Company, of Troutdale. Va.. has pur 

 chased from A. A. Campbell, of Wythcvilie. Va.. 

 some three thousand acres of timber lands along 

 the line of the Marion & Kye Valley Railway, 

 the new railroad possession of the United States 

 Spruce Company of Marion, which intersects 

 some of the richest timber properties in Virginia. 

 It is stated the purchase was made personally 

 by Mr. Carter, on behalf of the iron Mountain 

 Lumber Company, which will put mills on tin- 

 tract and manufacture the stock for the mai'ket. 

 The timber is said to be of a particularly high 

 grade, consisting chiefly of oak. poplar ami 

 chestnut. 



W. S. Barger. who has been lately connected 

 with the United States Spruce Company. Ma- 

 rion, Va., will enter the lumber business for 

 himself, and has purchased several thousand 

 acres of rich timber lands In Bland and Ta/.well 

 Counties, Virginia, and will. It is stated, soon 

 begin the manufacture of same. 



The Bryan Lumber Company of this city will 

 construct u large haml mill and begin active him- 

 her operations In Mitchell County. North f'aro- 

 Una. Last week this company, through J. 11, 

 Bryan, closed a deal for :i.')W) acres of timber 

 land in Mitchell County, which is estimated to 

 cut ].''),000,000 feet of merchantable lumber. 



The newly incorporated MacCabe Lumber Com 

 pany, Newport, Teun., being a corporate creation 

 of George ,M. Spelgle tS; Company, lumber nier- 

 chantH of Philadelphia, and others. Is preparing 

 to begin extensive lumber operations near New- 

 port. Tills company holds a large boundary of 

 valuable limber In East Tennessee. 



George W. Peter, manager of the Paul W. 

 Fleck Lumber Company, has returned from a 

 trip of Inspection at the company's operations 

 near Shady, Tenn. He reports activity In the 

 mountain operations, and heavy shipments from 

 the mills. 



\"nlenllne Liipperl, nt Butler. Tenn., head of 



the Luppert Lumber Company, Inc., was in 

 Bristol last week. This company's big band mill 

 at Butler is in active operation. Almost its 

 entire output is being handled by the I'aul W. 

 Fleck Lumber Company, of this city. 



Cincinnati. 



The l''relberg Lumber Company, which has suc- 

 ceeded to the property of the R. E. Becker Com- 

 pany, has been Incorporated with .f50,000 capital 

 by Harry W. Freiberg, William E. Shrimpton. 

 A. H. Freiberg, Joseph Freiberg and S. J. Frei- 

 berg. The plant has been greatly Improved since 

 the new owners took hold. 



A company to manufacture box boards will 

 be formed by Cincinnati capitalists. W. H. 

 Stewart of the Stewart Brothers Company Is one 

 of the promoters. The compiiny will have a 

 large capitalization and will he operated on ex- 

 tensive lines. 



It Is expected lliat about thirty hardwood 

 men from this city will attend the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association's convention at 

 Memphis next month. The Lumbermen's Club 

 has arranged for a special car for its members. 

 Delegates to represent this city will be named 

 this month. 



The Cincinnati Manufacturers' Club has elect- 

 ed M. B. Farrin of the M. B. Farrin Lumber 

 Company Its president, to succeed J. (.'. Iloliart. 



William Duhlmeier of Duhlmeier Brothers has 

 leturned to his desk after a week's confinement 

 with In.iurles the result of a fall from a pile of 

 lumber eighteen feet high. 



W. J. Eckman of the M. B. Farrin Lumber 

 Company has returned frop an extended busi- 

 ness trip to eastern markets. 



H. P. Wlborg. president of the Wiborg & 

 Ilanna Company, has almost entirely recovi'red 

 from his recent illness. He will leave the bos- 

 pital this month. 



The Ohio River Lumber Company, with a capi- 

 tal stock of .$15,000, has been organized by D. H. 

 Moul, M. B. Moul, W. J. MItteudorf. B. .M. Mit- 

 tcndorf and O. E. Irish. They will engage in 

 the hardwood business at Ironton. 



'I ho iOast Palestine Lumber Company of East 

 I'alestlne. Ohio, has been Incorporated by J. A. 

 r.enzenhoefer, C. W. Hamilton. Thomas Padgett. 

 William Haught and David K. Jenkins. Capital, 

 .f 10,000. 



The controlling interest In the Kentucky Land 

 Company, which possesses 7,000 acres of coal 

 and limber lands in Morgan, Ilarlau and Knox 

 I'ouutles. Kentucky, has been iiurcha^^ed by J. M. 

 ItlgslalT. M. O. Cockrell, J. .M. Plckrell and 

 Major General Henry T. .\llen, at present with 

 liie United States army in the Philippines. Mills 

 and a railroad will be built at once. 



The Swan-Day Lumber Company's sawmills at 

 Clay City, Ky., were totally destroyed by (ire on 

 March 27. The loss was .f.'!0.000. with $20,000 

 Insurance. The plant will bo rebuilt. The ori- 

 gin of the fire Is unknown. 



Evansville, Ind. 



Perhaps no city has made greater strides In 

 the lumber business during the past year than 

 has Evansvllle. It has become one of the most 

 Important producing and distributing centers on 

 the Ohio, and lumber manufacturing Is probably 

 Its greatest Industry. Last year something like 

 200.000.000 feet of lumber were handled here, 

 eighty per cent of which was hardwood. Aside 

 from the lumber operations, the city boasts of 

 over a score of furniture factories, several car- 

 riage and wagon factories and innumerable wood- 

 working plants. About 10,000 carloads of hard- 

 wood Itimber are shipped aunuall.v from this 

 Indiana metropolis. Tlierc are several large 

 sawmills cutting lumber from the log, besides 

 a goodly number of Jobbers who operate local 

 yards and ship direct from the mill. 



One of Evansvllle's foremost lumber concerns 

 Is tlio widely known firm of Maley & Wcrlz. 

 Both of the men composing this firm are thor- 

 oughly experienced In lumber lore and arc keen. 



