October 25, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The Ohio Pattern Works. Cincinnati, recently filed an intervening 

 petition in the involuntary bankruptcy proceedings of the Woods Lumber 

 Company and others against the Riemeier Brothers Lumber Company, 

 setting up a claim to 20,000 feet of lumber in the yards of the Riemeier 

 company. The intervenants say they purchased the lumber from the 

 Rieraeiers June 8, 1916, giving in payment a note payable October 9, 

 1916. They declare they are ready to pay the note upon delivery to 

 them of the lumber, which now is held by the trustee in bankruptcy. 



Considerable local interest has been manifested, chiefly among trans- 

 continental shippers and dealers in fir, in the rate case recently brought 

 by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association against practic^illy every 

 trans-continental carrier of forest products of the Pacific Northwest to 

 eastern markets. Withdrawal of joint through rates, which have been 

 enjoyed tor years until October. 1915, and the alleged discriminatory 

 rates substituted therefor were the grounds for complaint. 



The Toledo Bending Company has announced a decrease in capital 

 stock of from ?52,000 to ?45,000. 



Referee in Bankruptcy Greve recently ordered A. J. Shaw, trustee in 

 bankruptcy of L. S. and F. W. Fridman. New Richmond, O.. merchants, 

 banke-s and lumbermen, to sell at public auction the real estate of the 

 bankrupts consisting of approximately ten parcels located in Clermont 

 county. The faDure of the Richmond First National Bank and the 

 Fridman created a big stir in banking and lumber circles in this section 

 some time ago. 



For a time la«t Thursday night flames crept dangerously near three 

 huge tanks of creosote in the yards of the Compressed Wood Block Com- 

 pany, located on Spring Grove avenue, but after a hard fight the firemen 

 succeeded in driving the flames back, thus saving the entire plant from 

 probable destruction. The fire started from spontaneous combustion in 

 a pile of wood blocks. The loss was about .$1,000, confined to piles of 

 wood blocks. 



^-< TOLEDO >-= 



The total building operations for the month of September in Toledo 

 amounted to ?676,S36. which is a little less than for the same period 

 of time a year ago, making the first month in the entire year in which 

 the building operations were less than during the same period the 

 preceding year. 



Manager F. D. Anderson of the Skinner Bending Company is at 

 Atlantic City this week, attending a convention. Trade is reported 

 good with this concern and the factory is operating at full time and 

 capacity. 



During the past week Toledo suffered from a lumber fire which in- 

 volves a loss of from $50,000 to $100,000. The C. A. Mauk Lumber 

 Company's entire plant was destroyed by a Are which broke out at 

 midnight Sunday. Very little of the stock was saved. The Mauk 

 company controlled the shingle supply in Toledo and complications of 

 various kinds will follow. The lumber .yard of the Gendron Wheel 

 Company had a narrow escape at the same time, but was saved. Other 

 lumber yards in the vicinity escaped damage. 



The property of the Findlay Carriage Company will be sold October 

 28, under a court order. The factory was destroyed several weeks ago 

 by fire, with a loss of $55,000, covered by $23,000 insurance. The 

 company was in the hands of a receiver at the time. 



The Booth Bumper Company reports plenty of orders and the plant 

 is working at full capacity to provide a supply for the demand. 



- — -< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The Hoosier Veneer Company of Indianapolis announced last week that 

 it is building a new three-story warehouse at its plant which will be used 

 for storing veneers. The company is very busy and is working at capacity. 

 The warehouse is to be constructed of wood and will be 50x100 feet. 



The factory of the Pioneer Box Company of Crawfordsville. Ind., was 

 destroyed by fire recently with a loss of $50,000, which was practically 

 covered by insurance. The fire originated in the company's ofBce and had 

 gained great headway before it was discovered by the night watchman. 

 Edward E. Ames, president of the company, as yet has not announced 

 plans for rebuilding the plant. The company owns another factory in 

 East St. Louis. 



The baseball bat factory owned by Harry Sheller at Portland, Ind., 

 which was destroyed by fire recently is to be rebuilt in the near future. 

 The Portland Commercial Club has volunteered to give Mr. Sheller finan- 

 cial assistance in rebuilding the factory. 



The White Wood Products Company, Martinsville, Ind., has been incor- 

 porated with a capitalization of $50,000 to manufacture furniture. The 

 directors are George W. White, Harlan B. White and Herbert C. White. 



The Roberts & Conner Company, veneer manufacturer of New Albany, 

 Ind., has changed its name to the Roberts Veneer Compan.v. 



S. Karpen & Bros., manufacturers of chairs at Michigan City, Ind., has 

 just announced plans for enlarging its posting department, and that the 

 number of employes will be increased materially. The company expects 

 to move its posting department from Chicago to its Michigan City plant 

 and estimates that the number of employes will be increased by at least 

 100 men. 



E. L. Furness, eighty-four years old, a well-known lumberman and 

 retailer at Michigan City, Ind., died October 16 after a short illness. He 



had been ill only a short time and enjoyed remarkably good health, con- 

 sidering his age, until a few days before his death. He was born in Port- 

 land. Me., in 1832, and moved to Michigan City in 1S56, where he engaged 

 in the lumber business, the firm name being Morgan, Furness & Co. The 

 firm was dissolved in 1862, but Mr. Furness continued the business. He 

 had extensive farming interests in northern Indiana, his farms being 

 comprised of about 3,000 acres. He is survived by six children. 



=■< EVANSVILLE >-= 



The marriage of Miss Helen Lant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 

 Lant, and Elmer D. Luhring occurred October 17. Immediately after 

 the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Luhring departed for an extended bridal 

 tnp through the East. Mr. Luhring is secretary of the Wolflin-Luhring 

 Lumber Company and also a stockholder in the West Side Lumber 

 Company, which was recently incorporated. 



The Tell City Desk Company at Tell CitV, Ind., is building an addition 

 to its plant. 



J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company, who recently returned 

 from a business trip, reports the demand for staves better than for 

 some time. He says the company's stave mills in Tennessee and 

 Mississippi are being operated on full time. 



The next meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club will take place 

 on the second Tuesday night in November, at which time the various 

 standing committees will report. 



The Indiana Board and Filler Company, Vincennes, Ind.. has an- 

 nounced an increase in wages and shorter hours for its employes. The 

 mill has been working two shifts of twelve hours each, but under the 

 new schedule the men will work in eight-hour shifts and be paid the 

 same wages. In the filler department the men will work ten hours, but 

 win obtain a substantial increase in wages. The decrease in working 

 hours and the increase in wages means about $27,000 to the men each 

 year. 



George O. Worland, manager of the Evansville Veneer Company, 

 reports trade coming along all right and says the large phint here is 

 being operated on full time. This has been a splendid season for the 

 veneer manufacturers and Mr. Worland says he sees nothing on the 

 trade horizon of a discouraging nature. 



Clark P. White, well-known lumber manufacturer of this city, has 

 returned from a business trip to Hopkinsville, Ky. Mr. White reports 

 that many of the large industries in the southern states are having a 

 hard time to get colored labor, due to the fact that during the past few 

 months a great many negroes have been brought from the South Into 

 northern states to do railroad construction work and other work. 



Bud Scaggs of the Heltrich Lumber and Manufacturing Company has 

 returned from a trip up Green river in western Kentucky. Mr. Scaggs 

 has been with this company most of his life and it is said he has pur- 

 chased more Idgs along the rivers In western Kentucky than any other 

 living man. 



=< MEMPHIS >= 



Lumber interests here are very much pleased with the fact that the rail- 

 roads are placing orders for cars on a so much larger scale than for several 

 years past. The railroads used to be among the largest consumers of lum- 

 ber, but for several years they have bought very sparingly, and the lack of 

 activity on their part has been a source of much disappointment to lumber- 

 men. It is stated in advices received here from Chicago that orders have 

 recently been placed by some of the larger systems calling for approximately 

 10.000,000 feet of hardwood and yellow pine. The railroads are enjoying 

 greater prosperity now than tor a long while and are doing better business 

 than for years. They have allowed their equipment to become somewhat 

 run down and they have likewise failed to add new equipment on anything 

 like a normal scale. As a result of these conditions and of the very large 

 volume of traflBc they are being called on to handle, it is anticipated there 

 will be a continuance of _good buying on the part of the railroads in the 

 near future. It will likewise be necessary to do a great deal of reconstruc- 

 tion work and it is regarded as probable that impetus will be given to the 

 building of new lines, and, if this surmise proves correct, a new source of 

 demand may be opened up for hardwood timbers and lumber. 



There is considerable discussion here in regard to the establishment of 

 river terminals, and the Business Men's Club is planning to have all the 

 other organizations here meet to discuss ways and means for the establish- 

 ment of these. Committees were some time ago appointed by the Lumber- 

 men's Club of Memphis and other organizations to go into this subject 

 and when the joint meeting of all these bodies is held it is likely that 

 enough data will have been gathered to enable them to make substantial 

 progress. Just now it seems probable that terminals will be established 

 under control of the city government if indeed they are not actually owned 

 thereby. Ther^ has been a very large increase in the amount of river- 

 handled traffic and the need for increased terminals here is growing greatly 

 every day. Lumbermen are taking quite an interest in this subject because 

 it frequently happens that they are able during periods of car shortage to 

 make use of the river and the lack of adequate terminals has been a handi- 

 cap to them which they would like to see removed. 



Box manufacturers here report a good demand for their output and they 

 are working at full capacity every day. They have orders enough in sight 

 to justify the belief that present activity will continue indefinitely and 



