October 25, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



37 



Blum Brothers, manufacturers of cheese boxes at Jlarshfield.^wTs., have 

 added a new department for the production of butter tubs and boxes. 

 Machinery has been Installed and operations will commence at once in a 

 portion of the factory now occupied. 



Crews are already at work building logging camps and railroads lor the 

 New Dells Lumber Company and operations at the mill at Eau Claire, Wis,, 

 have commenced. The mill was closed down for a short time for overhaul- 

 ing, but the planing mill has been operated right through. The sawmill will 

 be operated at capacity for the next year. 



Contracts have been awarded for the construction of a modern factory 

 building by John H, Kaiser & Son at Eau Claire, Wis. The factory is to be 

 SO by 150 feet in size and one story high, equipped with machinery for the 

 manufacture of boxes and crating. The new plant will be operated inde- 

 dendently of the Kaiser Lumber Company, it is said. 



The sawmill and lumber yard of the Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Company at 

 Phelps, Wis., were destro.ved by fire recently at a loss of several hundred 

 thousand dollars. The fire is supposed to have'been caused by sparks from 

 an engine. Insurance of $200,000 was carried, and the loss is total. Four- 

 teen million feet of lumber were destroyed. Logging operations are being 

 continued, although nothing definite has been announced regarding the 

 rebuilding of the big plant, 



Mrs. Lcuise Kieckheter, widow of William J. Kieckhefer. founder of the 

 Kieckhefer Box Company of Milwaukee, Wis., and a daughter of John 

 Schroeder, founder of the John Schroeder Lumber Company, also of this city, 

 died at her home in Milwaukee last week. Surviving are five sons and two 

 daughters. 



Adam L. Heimbough, who was engaged in the lumber business during his 

 active years and considered one of the best posted lumbermen in northern 

 Wisconsin, died very suddenly while on a Sunday motor trip with members 

 of his family. He was seventy-nine years of age, and made his home at 

 Eau Claire, Wis, 



The Gurney Refrigerator Company of Fond du Lac, Wis., has Inaugurated 

 a group insurance plan for its employes, who have been with the firm for 

 one year or more. A life insurance policy for .?o00 has been presented to 

 each employe, which provides payment to his family in the event of death 

 or permanent disability. 



A default judgment has been ordered in the municipal court at Oshkosh, 

 Wis,, for the plaintiff in the ease of R. E. Behnke of that city against the 

 Hardwood Lumber Company of St, Louis, Mo. The action was brought to 

 recover expenditures incurred and for labor by reason of an alleged breach 

 of contract in the sale of a carload of hardwood lumber which was refused 

 because It did not come up to contract requirements. 



The mammoth sawmill of the Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company at 

 Ladysmlth, Wis., Is now enclosed and under roof. Plans are being made 

 to commence operations by the first of the year. The main building is 140 

 by .S2 feet in size, two stories high. The power house 32 by 69 feet, of fire- 

 proof construction, A dynamo of 150 horsepower and Corliss engine of 

 300 horsepower are provided, A machine and blacksmith shop, 28 by 60 

 feet, and a barn, 30 by 70 feet, have also been constructed. Work of in- 

 stalling the machinery and power equipment is well under way. The 

 buildings are located on an elevation on the banks of the Flambeau river 

 and make an impressive sight, A fine office building has been erected on 

 the edge of the cliff, commanding an excellent view for a long distance in 

 each direction. The office is modernly equipped and has heat and light 

 supplied from the mill. 



The Hardwood Market 



< CHICAGO >■ 



Chicago, like many other large centers, is just beginning to realize that 

 the presidential election is imminent and is trying to convince itself that it 

 ought to become discreetly disturbed. At least, one hears a note of con- 

 ventional caution occasionally, and as a matter of fact it is likely that the 

 presidential fight is bearing down on the situation just slightly. However, 

 there is nothing to indicate that it would possibly effect a break in prices, 

 as even though a fair number of buyers should decide to hesitate, it is stii; 

 impossible to get enough lumber to go round. But to offset the convictions 

 of those who are convinced that we should follow precedents, is the much 

 more aggressive attitude of the majority of the trade which does not recog- 

 nize any reason for a disturbance of the present active situation. 



The facts are that as much lumber as can be secured is being taken up 

 rapidly, and the continued tendency is toward firmer values. Some of the 

 northern woods are gaining at the expense of southern competitors on ac- 

 count of the greater scarcity of cars at southern shipping points. But this 

 situation is not likely to continue for any length of time. 



Chicago on the whole is continuing to show growing strength and no one 

 is sincerely of the opinion that there can be anything but very good times 

 ahead. 



=■< BUFFALO y 



The hardwood demand is generally said to be fully as good as a month 

 ago. A little hesitation is said to be due to the uncertainty of the coming 

 election, but the matter is not causing nearly the concern of some presl- 



Williams 



Lumber 



Company 



FAYETTEVILLE 

 TENNESSEE 



-MANUFA CTURERS- 



Middle Tennessee 

 HARDWOODS 



Soft -Textured Qtd. Oak a Specialty 



The following stock is in excellent 

 condition, ready for immediate shipment 



ELM 5/4 No. 3 50,000' 



6/4 No. 3 80,000' 



BEECH 4/4 No. 2 & Better 475,000' 



BIBCH 4/4 No. 1 & Better 200.000' 



4/4 No. 2 250,000' 



4/4 No. 3 150,000' 



5/4 No. 3....^ 100,000" 



8/4 No. 1 & Better 



10/4 No. 1 & Better 



MAPLE 4/4 FAS 



4/4 No. 1 & 2 1,100.000' 



S/4 Good 50.000' 



4/4 No. 3 1,500,000' 



5/4 No. 3 350,000' 



6/4 Step Plank 40.000' 



6/4 Step Plank 15,000' 



4/4 No. 2 & Better (Soft 



Maple) 60,000' 



.4/4 No. 3 & Better 20,000' 



15.000' 



70,000' 

 90.000' 

 75.000' 



BAL. OF Gil. 

 SAW CELLS 



Ideal 



Hardwood 



Sawmill 



Are putting In pile every month 

 two and one-half million feet of 

 choicest Northern MIehlsan Hardwoods 



Stack Lumber Company 



Masonville, Michigan 



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