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HARDWOOD RECORD 



l)<_'CPinber 25, lOlG 



consuming points and during his hriel' stay expressed liimself very strongly 

 on tbe present favorable trend ot walnut demand and prices. 



August H. Stange of the Union Land Company of Merrill. Wis., and 

 H. II. Heineman of the Helneman Lumber Company, also of Merrill, were 

 in Chicago last week for a few days. Mr. Heineman attended the wedding 

 »f a cousin, and left the city about the end of the week. 



Manager .Jennings of the new Jackson & Tindle mill. Munising. Mich., 

 was In town this week and said the plant is completed and ruuniug with 

 an annual capacity of 20.000,000 hardwood. 



-< MEMPHIS > 



The Geo. F. Kiel Lumber Company has been formed liy George F. Kiel, 

 formerly of the RielKadel Lumber Company ot Memphis, and is now 

 constructing a band mill with a daily capacity of 40,000 feet at Manchac 

 on the Texas & Pacific Railroad in Louisiana. This mill will be completed 

 early in January and will be placed in immediate operation. Mr. Kiel 

 has acquired something more than 2.").000.000 feet of oak, gum and 

 cypress and the new mill will he used for the development of this timber. 

 Mr. Kiel will continue his residence in Memphis but the Geo. F. Kiel 

 Lumber Company will have no offices here. C. G. Kadel has purchased 

 the interest of Mr. Kiel in the Riel-Kadel Lumber Company and will 

 continue the business of that firm under the same name, with offices 

 in Memphis. 



The Chickasaw Cooperage Comiiany has liegun the construction of the 

 new buildings for its big plant which was recently destroyed by fire. 

 The contract has already been awarded not only for the building itself 

 but also for the necessary machinery. Walker Weltord. vice-president 

 and general manager of the company, said that the new plant would not 

 be so large as the old but he made it quite clear that it was not the 

 intention of the company to lessen its facilities. On the contrary it will 

 be somewhat enlarged but the increase will come through the establish- 

 ment of machinery for the manufacture of finished heading and staves 

 at mills operated by the company outside of Memphis, thus relieving the 

 local plant of much of that character of work. The Chickasaw Coop- 

 erage Company owns a big plant at Gretna. La., tor the manufacture of 

 heading, staves and finished barrels and this is being operated both day 

 and night while the Memphis plant is being rebuilt. It is estimated 

 that it will lie three to four mouths before the plant here can resume. 



H. J. Harnell, Inc., is preparing to enlarge its manufacturing oper- 

 ations January 1 and to this end it will practically double Its output at 

 both Leland, Miss., and Hatesville, Miss. It has been operating only 

 one of its band mills at Leland for some months but the other band 

 mill will be started up. It has likewise been running only one side ot 

 its double band mill at Batesville but the other side will be placed In 

 operation immediately after the first of the year. K. J. Wiggs, secretary 

 of the company, is autbiu-ity for this announcement. lie said that there 

 are more cars available for tbe handling ot logs as well as lumber but 

 the movement of the latter, except to the ports and to southern and 

 western destinations, is quite limited on account of the embargoes which 

 have been placed in effect to most northern and eastern points. 



Jno. W. McClure, president ot the Southern Hardwood Traffic Asso- 

 ciation, has been elected a director in the Union & Planters Bank & 

 Trust ComiJany, one of the oldest and most substantial banking insti- 

 tutions in this city. 



W. II. Russe of Kusse & Burgess. Inc., has been re-elected president 

 of the Tennessee Club for another year. This is the most exclusive 

 organization for men anywhere in Tennessee and the many friends of 

 Mr. Russe are congratulating him on the fact that he has been thus 

 signally honored. 



=-< BUFFALO >= 



It is reported that many vessels which have been in the lake lumber 

 trade for years have been sold, in addition to the craft which have al 

 ready left the lakes. The prospect for getting vessels to carry lumber 

 next year is very poor and the yards will probably resort to rail receipts 

 to a larger extent than ever before. 



Royal T. Howard, who was engaged tor many years In the lumber busi- 

 ness at Batavia, .N. Y., but who had been a resident of Buffalo for a 

 dozen years, died at the home ot his daughter here on December 13. 

 He was nearly ninety years old and left a wife and two children, a son and 

 daughter. Besides being a lumberman, he was for years president of 

 a bank at Batavia. 



The Atlantic Lumber Comiiany stat<'s that the hardwood trade is 

 keeping up well and the outlook is considered excellent. Maple and oak 

 are among the wtiods most in demand at the yard. 



The McLean Mahogany & Cedar Company states that the demand for 

 mahogany is pretty good these days, but the trouble is to get the 

 stock, which comes very slowly from Cuba. .\ good trade is being done 

 in walnut. 



Taylor & Crate have been taking a large quantity of hardwoods from 

 their Elk street yard to the KImwood avenue yard, the two big Pierce- 

 Arrow trucks making about six trips a day each. 



The Standard Hardwood Lumber Company states that the tendency is 

 toward better business in various woods. A lot of oak and chestnut has 

 lately been purchased and comes in slowly owing to car shortage. 



Charles N. Perrln has been on a southern buying trip for three weeks 

 In the interest of Blakeslee, Perrln & Darling. Cars were more plenti- 

 ful where he visited, so receipts are coming in fairly well. 



Davenport & Ridley have lately bought 400.000 feet of birch in Canada 

 and it is now being received. The demand for this lumber is quite good. 



G. Elias & Bro. has found trade in the building line rather active 

 until recently, when bad weather checked it. Hardwood trade is fair, 

 though embargoes are numerous. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company states that trade in hardwoods 

 is up to normal, though shipments are made to some sections with much 

 difficulty on account of car shortage at the mills. 



The Yeager Lumber Company states that trade is moving along in good 

 shape and is picking up. '.\ good line of oak, poplar and maple is being 

 sold, with some call for walnut. 



T. Sullivan & Co. will hold their title as "the elm kings" next year, 

 as F. M. Sullivan has lately been up to Michigan, where he made some 

 extensive purchases for the future. 



The Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company Is getting a good many in- 

 quiries for oak, as well as other woods, and expects to see improvement 

 in trade as soon as the holidays are o^-er. 



•< PITTSBURGH >.. 



The E. II. Shreiner Lumber Company has been doing a very steady 

 business in hardwoods this fall and is well fitted to take care of trade in 

 that line the remainder of the winter. 



J. C. Linehan, formerly of the old Linehan Lumber Company, is now 

 salesman for the Southwestern Lumber Company of this city. 



.1. N. Woollett. president of the .\berdeen Lumber Company, went down 

 to M'emi)bis a few da.vs recently to look over stock contlitions. C. A. 

 Droz of the same company is in the Southwest trying to huiTy up ship- 

 ments. 



W. II. McGowan of the Allegheny Lumber Company uutde a business 

 trip among the southern mills last week. 



The Kendall Lumber Company expects to have its new operation at 

 Cheat Haven, Pa., cutting in full shortly after the first of the year. The 

 plant will cut about ."S.t.OOO feet ot hardwood. 



The West Penn Lumber Company announces a splendid demand for 

 lumber from the industrial concerns. Mills throughout the Pittsburg 

 ilistrict are buying probably more good stock now than for a long time. 



The railroad demand for oak is going to be something hard to take 

 care of tliis winter. The I-'rampton-Foster Liunber Company, speaking 

 of this, says that stocks are not at all large and that railroads are 

 now paying the price askeil without much quibbling. 



The .Vcorn Lumber Company has little kick to make except in regard 

 to the car situation. Its trade has been very satisfactory in industrial 

 lines all the year. 



.\. P. L. Turnef. who starti'd in the wlndesale business for himself 

 two months ago in the Jenkins Arcade building, is alrcaily driving in a 

 nice line of trade and is well satisfied with prospects. 



Tlie Tiiuiesta Lumber Compan.v, a new wholesale concern in the Farmers 

 Bank building, is getting some very nice stocks from its mills in western 

 Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It will go after Industrial trade hard 

 next year. 



C. V. .McCreight of the KIcks-McCreight Lumber Company and three 

 salesmen of that company are spending this week in the South, looking 

 over first-hand cotuiitions at the mills. 



President W. D. Johnston and Vice-President John Montgomery of the 

 .\merlcan Lumber & Manufacturing Company are looking forward eagerly 

 to the time that is only a few days off. when tbe big operation of the 

 Lenox Sawmill Company at Lenox. Ky.. will be under way. The company 

 has 100,000,000 feet ot old-fashioned Kentucky red oak and poplar 

 which will be cut and shiiiped from Redwine, Morgan county, K.V., on 

 the C. & O. Railroad. The mill will be electrically equipped and will 

 cut 1,000,000 feet ot lumber a month. 



^-< BOSTON >.= 



On December 10 the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. greatly modified its 

 embargo to permit of shipment ot lumber from the West and Smith to 

 points on its system, but not for connecting lines, nor for points and 

 consignees where equipment Is unieasonably tied up. The B. & M. R. R. 

 has a qualified enibargu on lumber for export via Boston and certain 

 special embargoes at connecting points. The Boston & .Mbany R. R. has 

 embargo on lumber from connecting lines and special emliargoes on export 

 business. \'arions restrictions on lines west of the New ICngland terminal 

 roads form a complex and difficult state of transportation affairs for 

 this ilistrict. 



The Blanehanl Woodworking Company has been Incorporated at Fox- 

 croft, Me., with capital ot $10,000. 



.\t Bennington. Vt., the A. S'. Paine Company, Inc.. has been organized 

 to manufacture and deal in wood products capitalized at .$20,000. 



=-< BALTIMORE >= 



John L. Alcock of John L. .\lcock & Co., is on another trip to the 

 Pacific coast. Mr. Alcock left early in the month, with A. L. Williams, 

 representative ot C. Leary v<t Co., London. The journey Is connected with 

 some foreign business, for which some of the Pacific coast woods are 

 desired. 



