November 10, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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acquaintance among the saw-using trades, lias resigned, his resignation 

 having talien effect November 1. 



T. A. Carroll, who for a number of years has had charge of the trade 

 service department, worliing In conjunction -with the advertising depart- 

 ment, has become advertising manager in Mr. Benham's place. 



West Virginia Plant Destroyed 

 The Bluefield Hardwood Manufacturing Company, Bluefleld, W. Va.. 

 lost its entire plant by fire on the night of October 26, entailing a money 

 loss of from $50,000 to $60,000. The plant was erected about four year.s 

 ago and was equipped with the most modern machinery for turning out 

 various types of furniture. The principal product was kitchen cabinets. 



Big Virginia Timber Purchase 



Twenty-two thousand acres in Buchanan and Russel counties. Virginia. 

 have been purchased by parties said to be representing the Rockefeller 

 interests. Ten thousand acres were sold at nine dollars an acre, while 

 the remaining 12,000 brought ten dollars an acre. It is not established 

 definitely for what purpose the land is bought. 



One Way Out 



The following item coming from Lick Creek. W. Va., shows that if 

 things become too strenuous in the lumber business there is at least one 

 hope for the lumbermen : 



"Lick Creek, W. Va., Oct. 29. — The Petrey Lumber Company has closed 

 down on account of being busy seeding." 



Expect Better Conditions After Creditors' Meeting 



A meeting of creditors of the Knabe Brothers Company, piano manu- 

 facturers, operating a large plant In Norwood. C, was held last week 

 and a creditors' committee appointed and authorized to cooperate with 

 the management of the company until what is said to be a stringency in 

 Its affairs was passed. About thirty creditors were present. The con- 

 cern has had considerable trouble in recent years in long litigation over 

 the use of the name Knabe, and a recent court decision In favor of the 

 piano company, it is believed In the course of time, will put the concern 

 upon a better business basis. It is stated that arrangements are under 

 way to add new capital, about ?30,000 being promised by various stock- 

 holders. All creditors are said to be friendly. 



Seeking Texas Hardwoods 



If the plans of the W. A. Stark Lumber Company of Memphis are car- 

 ried out. it is probable that extensive development of the hardwood re- 

 sources of eastern Texas will be inaugurated in the near future. 



W. A. Stark, president of the company, recently investigated the 

 situation in the vicinity of Beaumont with the view of constructing a 

 large mill at that place. It is stated that there is an inexhaustible sup- 

 ply of hardwood timber in the southeast portion of Texas and the south 

 west part «f Louisiana. It was stated by Mr. Stark that the hardwood 

 forests of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi, within a distance of one 

 hundred miles or more of Memphis, are now exhausted and that it is 

 therefore necessary for his company to seek new sources of supply of 

 logs. 



The railroad freight rate applying on logs are lower in the Beaumont 

 territory for the same distances than those that are In effect in the 

 Memphis territory. An effort will be made by Mr. Stark to induce the 

 small yellow pine mills to cut the hardwood timber upon their respective 

 tracts along witli the yellow pine, 'and to ship the hardwood to the 

 company's proposed mill. 



Jesse Dayton Crary 



Jesse Dayton Crary, founder, publisher and director of the New York 

 Lumber Trade Journal and old-time member and oue of the founders of 

 the New York Lumber Trade Association, died, November 1 at his Brook- 

 lyn residence from a complication of diseases. Mr. Crary, who had not 

 been well since the spring of 1914, was confined to his home for several 

 months prior to his death. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Mary D. Crary and 

 two sons, Paul Stewart Crary and Jesse Dayton Crary. 



Mr. Crary was born in Mystic, Conn., January 27, 1853. He was edu- 

 cated in the public schools at Mystic and later graduated from Hall's 

 School, Ellington, Conn., and the Schofield Commercial College, Provi- 

 dence, R. I. On November 24, 1SS5, he married Miss Mary Dent Steith 

 of New York. 



Mr. Crary started business In a lumber yard at Mystic, Conn. He 

 remained in the lumber business until 1886, being located at various 

 points and in important positions. At that time he formed with Tucker 

 David the organization which published the New York Lumher Trade 

 Journal. Later he acquired Mr. David's interest and for the past twenty- 

 five years, he and Mrs. Crary have owned the corporation. 



At the beginning of his journalistic career; that is. the year in which he 

 founded the journal, Mr. Crary instigated the formation of the New 

 York Lumber Trade Association, and was one of the fifteen original 

 incorporators and was its secretary for many years. 



Mr. Crary was well known in many of the eastern states and was promi- 

 nent in business and church circles. He maintained a summer home at 

 his birthplace and delighted in yachting and other aquatic recreations. 



Funeral services were held from the late residence, 410 Grand avenue, 

 on Friday, November 3. Interment was at Mystic. 



Grand Rapids Plant Goes to Holland, Mich. 



Work is progressing and the removal in the plant of the defunct Holland 

 Veneer Works at Holland, Mich., which will house the Veit Manufacturing 

 Company of Grand Rapids, manufacturer of bank, library, office and public 

 building furniture, of cabinet work, high-grade trim, store furniture, etc. 

 The Veit Manufacturing Company was organized fifteen years ago and has 

 an annual output of some $200,000. 



Wisconsin Factory Expanding 



The Medford Veneer Company of Med ford. Wis., is getting ready to 

 manufacture various wooden articles such as will enable the utilization 

 of the waste accumulated in the manufacture of commercial veneer. A 

 standard bushel farm crate will be one of the principal articles and other 

 lines will be developed as the new work progresses. 



May Rebuild Wisconsin Mill 



According to report regarding the Phelps operations of the Hackley- 

 Phclps-Bonnell Company, the large mill which was destroyed by fire 

 early in October will be rebuilt next spring. It is understood that a port- 

 able mill will be put in this winter and timber will be cut out not only 

 for outside sale but for manufacture at the mill in the spring. The 

 logging camps, it is reported, will run all winter, cutting a big cut ahead 

 for the new plant. 



Grand Rapids Firm to Move Into New Plant 



It is announced at the Nelson-Matter Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., that the company is about ready to move into its new plant. .-\. large 

 part of the equipment and the old factory will be moved to the new build- 

 ing and replacement will be made where new machines are more desirable. 

 The factory in all respects will be one of the most modern in Grand Rapids. 



Wisconsin Mill Nearing Completion 



With the .setting of the final section of the big steel plant of the Lang- 

 lade Lumber Company of Antigo, Wis., this big hardwood manufacturing 

 organization will be a long way toward completion. At the time Hard- 

 wood Record goes to press, the siding, floors and other structural work 

 on the mill and buildings are just about finished, as has the grading for 

 the initial planing mil! structure. The plant will be equipped with about 

 two hundred tram cars, and the tracks for these cars are now about all in. 



Stave Company Incorporates in Arkansas 



The J. H. Hamlin & Son Stave Company, a corporation with head- 

 quarters at Portland, Me., which has been operating in Arkansas for 

 several years, has recently been converted into an Arkansas corporation 

 under the name of J. H. Hamlin & Son. Articles of incorporation for 

 the new concern have been filed with the secretary of state of .\rkansas, 

 showing a capital stock of $450,000. The company is now employing in 

 Arkansas the sum of $118,000. The headquarters of the concern will 

 remain in Elaine. 



More Profit Out of Plain Oak Than Quartered Oak 



The Log of the Lab, published by the Forest Products Laboratory at 

 Madison, Wis., has devoted its September number to oak. Among other 

 things it recounted the result of a mill scale study of oak carried on at 

 Proctor, Ark., where the interesting point was established that plain 

 sawed oak is a more profitable line of manufacture than quarter-sawed 

 oak. 



A brief summary of the experiment showed that from the viewpoint of 

 conservation oak should be plain-sawed because quarter-sawing increases 

 waste in the form of slabs, edgings, trimmings and sawdust, and also in 

 sawing boards a quartei-inch full, whereas plain-sawed boards are only 

 5/32-inch full. 



The plain-sawed white oak in this study was smaller and more defec- 

 tive timber than the quarter-sawed, so that for comparison it was neces- 

 sary to use plain-sawed red oak and quartered white oak. Based on the 

 selling prices furnished by the company co-operating, the net profit in- 

 . eluding interest charges pur thousand feet net lumber tally, was $7.17 for 

 plain-sawed red oak and $11.28 for the quarter-sawed white oak. This 

 comparison does not take into consideration the rate of production. 



In the first case it was 4.154 feet per hour and in the second only 2,086 

 feet. On this basis the profit becomes $29.78 per hour for plain-sawed 

 and $23.52 tor the quarter-sawed, or a difference of 26.5 per cent in favor 

 of the plain-sawed oak. 



Foreign Lumber Trade in August 



The department of commerce figures on the lumber trade for August 

 show that during that month we actually bought more lumber than we 

 sold. The imports of lumber and lumber products, including Spanish 

 cedar, mahogany, pulpwood, round wood and other materials, totaled 

 $7,762,782. The imports of mahogany were divided between the United 

 Kingdom, $50,818; Central America, $51,762; Mexico, $74,261; British 

 Africa, $14,600, and other countries, $55,175. During the same month the 

 sales abroad in all lumber and kindred products totaled $5,248,189. Of 

 course there is one big item, that of wood pulp in the imports. 



Of the exports softwoods totaled 69,647,000 feet, and hardwoods 14.- 



