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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 10, 1917 



UMBER AND I 



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KoTCBiber 

 9th. V. 



1915. > 



Psepcke Leight Itr. Co., 

 Chicago, 



IIJ. V . 



Qentlemeo: - 



We are uelng your Bed Oub liu>t)er in the 

 manufacture of our high claea interior 

 trim and general ^laniz« uill work. 



This gum is giTing excellent eatief action, 

 lieing highly graded, soft texture, good 

 widths, and long lengths, 'also dry, straight 

 and flat. 



* Respectfully, 



i Harris, kcHenry k Baker Co. 



Diet. 

 BEE/LG. 



Of course it is true that 



Red Gum 



is America's finest cabinet wood — but 



Just as a poor cook will spoil the choicest 

 viands while the experienced chef will turn 

 them into prized delicacies, so it is true that 



The inherently superior qualities 

 of Red Gum can be brought 

 out only by proper handling 



When you buy this wood, as when you buy a new 

 machine, you want to feel that you have reason for 

 believing it will be just as represented. 



We claim genuine superiority for our Gum. The 

 proof that you can have confidence in this claim is 

 shown by the letter reproduced herewith. 



Your interests demand that you remem- 

 ber this proof of our ability to preserve 

 the wonderful qualities of the wood 

 when you again want RED GUM. 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company 



CONWAY BUILDING 111 W. WASHINGTON ST. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



n^nd Mills: Helena and Blytheville, Ark.; Greenville, Miss. 



kilus wliich were dostroycd by Are here last Saturday night with an esti- 

 mated loss of .'S.'W.OOO. The clearing away of the debris has already heguu 

 and it is proposed to have the new Ivilns ready for use early in February. 

 The company operates a big plant here for the manufacture of barrels and 

 it is congratulating itself upon the fact that, thanks to the excellent water 

 supply and the splendid worit of the fire department, it was able to save 

 all of Its plant with the exception of the dry liilDS. There was considerable 

 loss of heading in the fire, but this, as well as the loss involved in tlie dry 

 kilns, was covered by insurance. 



J. W. Wheeler & Co., Madison, Ark., announce the resumption of business 

 at their big mill at that point. This is located on the St. Francis river 

 and. owing to the fact that this stream has been so low, it was impossible 

 for quite a while for this firm to liring out the necessary supply of tindier. 

 Now, however, it is bringing out logs on the St. Francis river with great 

 freedom and has resumed operations witli every prospect of being able to 

 keep the plant at capacity indejiuitely. C. L. Wheeler of .7. W. Wheeler 

 & Co., spends most of ills time at Madison, where he looks after the nmnn- 

 facturing operations of this firm. The other principal in the firm is Wil- 

 liam Pritchard. who makes his lieadquarters in Memphis, 



=-< NASHVILLE >= 



A new record was established in builtling oin-rations in Xash\ille in 

 1916 whi-n total permits were issued tVir improvements to cost $.'i.G2l,133. 

 against $1. 503.570 in lOlo, and .$1,971,401 in 1914. Permits last year 

 were greater than for the two preceding years. The building operations 

 have contributed greatly to the satisfactory year which the hardwood 

 trade has experienced. 



The .Tohn Morrow Lumber Company of Roane county, Tennessee, has 

 filed an amendment to its charter, changing the name to the Jlorrow- 

 Gorman Lumber Company, and increasing capital stock from .$10,000 to 

 $20,000. 



Fire of unknown origin broke out in a three-story dry kiln of the Ten- 

 nessee E.xtract Company In West Nashville, and caused a loss of about 

 $80,000. The damage to stock was estimated at $()0.000. The company, 

 which is a brancli of a Michigan tanning company, extracts liquid from 

 chestnut timber for use in tanning, and has a large plant. 



=-< KNOXVILLE y- 



The Littif Iiivor Luiiiliin- Company of Townsend, Teuu., has startotl inanu 

 facturlng again since tbo completion of its new mill to replace the one 

 that was burned last summer. 



The HalK-uck Land A: Lumber Company of Maryville. Tt-nn.. will >oon 

 begin operation of its new plant, wliich is one of the best in the country. 



The J. ^L Logan Lumber ('ompany has nbout sawed out at one of its 

 mills in north Georgia and is making arrangements to liegin operations 

 in Campbell county. Tennessee, on a tract of hardwood containing about 

 0,000, 000 feet of very flue mountain oak, popular, hickory, etc. 



E. M. Vestal of the Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company has just 

 returnwl from a selling trip east and north and reports orders easy to get. 

 Ills company is sawing right along, but is well sold up on dry stock, es- 

 pecially in plain and quartered oak. 



.L M. L«)gan lias just returned from a trip north. 



The Maples Lumber Company has recently purchased a large boundary 

 of stumpagc in Scott county, Tennessee, and will begin operating it at 

 once. 



The recent and present tide In the river has brought in quite a bunch 

 of logs, mast of which were consigned to D. M. Uose & Co. The J. M. 

 I-og;in Lumber Company is getting also by river a consignment of about 

 l.DiMi.ooO feet of hardwood lumber, this being the largest block of lumber 

 to come in by river to Knoxvillo for several years. 



=-< LOUISVILLE >. 



I^touisvllle hardwood hindtet- interests obtiiinrd con^idernlile publicity in 

 recent iiirlustrial editions of local newspapers, which gave some space to 

 conditions in the hardwood industry during tlie past year ami prospects 

 for 1017. Several of the leading lumbermen were quoted, among whom 

 were C. C. Mengel, W. A. McLean, A. E. Norman. T. M. Krown, K. L. 

 Davis and W. U. Willett. In all of these interviews the persons inter- 

 viewiil showed a strong spirit <»f optimism, and satisfaction with business 

 handled in 191 ti, which is said to have shown ;i gain of fifteen to twenty 

 per cent in volume, and 5 to 20 per cent in i)rice. 



River traffic has been resumed on the Ohio ami larger rivers in the 

 Kentucky district, all movement having been stopped late in Keccmber 

 due to heav.v ice flows and low water. ^lelting snow has swollen the 

 smaller streams throughout the state until :i lot of good saw logs have 

 been floated to the mills below. It is claimed that the late December 

 logging stage in eastern Kentucky was extremely good. 



J. Cripps Wickliffe of the C. C. Mengel & liro. Company appeared at a 

 recent meeting of the I,ouisville Hardwood Club, where he delivered a 

 short talk concerning his recent business trip to England and France, 

 giving some first hand information concerning the war. Incidentally Mr. 

 Wickliffe closed some excellent mahogany contracts while abroad. 



Th(> Frey Planing Mill Company of Louisville has electrified its entire 



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