January 10, 191" 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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plant, having installed a number of Wagner motors, ^aiul.jiaUig—a**?' 

 witli its steam power. In the future shavicg will be baled and sold, and 

 scrap wood sold as liindling. 



A number of local lumber concerns announced bonuses for their em- 

 ployes at about Christmas time, while others remembered them with cash 

 distributions. Some of the concerns have announced a general increase 

 in salaries, the Alfred Struck Company announcing a ten per cent ad- 

 vance, effective January 1, and effecting every person in the company's 

 employ. 



The Turner Day & Woolworth Handle Company has been active in 

 buying hickory, persimmon, white oak, ash, dogwood, etc., for its plant 

 at Louisville during the past few weeks. L. R. Givan, a buyer for the 

 •company, recently obtained three cars of oak logs, six of hickory blocks, 

 and eighteen of hickory logs in Hardin county, shipping from Elizabeth- 

 town. 



Damage estimated at $1,000 resulted from a fire which recently started 

 in a sawdust bin at the plant of the Hillerich-Bradsby Company, bat 

 manufacturers of Louisville. 



It is reported that the hardwood flooring plant of the Glasgow Floor- 

 ing Company. Glasgow. Ky., will shortly resume operations, after being 

 ■down for some time. Chris. Edwardsou. formerly with the J. O. Nelson 

 Lumber Company of Chicago, is now connected with Curtis Harvey in 

 the management of the Glasgow plant. The company has been buying 

 large quantities of unseasoned lumber and stacking to dry. 



Fire of unknown origin recently destroyed one of the plants of the 

 Turner Day & Woolworth Handle Company, located at New Haven, Ky. 

 The loss was estimated at .$1,500, fully insured. J. P. Graham is man- 

 ager of the New Haven division. 



The plant of the Hoosier Veneer Company. New Albany, Ind.. was dam- 

 aged to the extent of $1,500 by water, following a recent blaze in a dry- 

 ing room, which started the automatic sprinklers. The plant was prac- 

 tically undamaged, but the water got to a quantity of finished veneers. 



The Ferguson Hardwood Company, Paducah. Ky., recently took out a 

 permit for an addition to be erected to its Paducah plant. The com- 

 pany is opening some timber holdings in Tennessee, and will be busier 

 at the Paducah plant this season than for several years. 



Two Kentucky concerns have recently filed articles of incorporation, 

 one being the Paintsville Lumber Company. Paintsville, Ky.. capital 

 $30,000. incorporators W. L. Preston. John W. Teass and Harry Davis. 

 The other is the Green River Lunilier and Tie Company, Greenville, Ky., 

 with a capital of $15,000. Incorporators of the latter company are 

 W. E. Drake, D. M. Roll, and H. L. Drake. 



The Stout Furniture Company, Salem, Ind., large manufacturer of 

 talking machine cabinets, furniture, etc.. recently lost its entire plant 

 and equipment by fire, which broke out in the finishing room. The loss 

 was estimated at $200,000, insured. It is said that the company may 

 locate its new plant at Louisville or New Anbany, having received a 

 number of flattering offers. The fire destroyed quantities of seasoned 

 lumber, veneers, and other supplies, as well as a lot of show furniture, 

 which had been completed for the Chicago and other shows. 



The H. H. Poutch Company, Louisville, with a capital of $31,000. has 

 been incorporated to handle a planing mill and millwork business in 

 Louisville. The incorporators are H. 11. Poutch. John M. Hennessy, S. J. 

 McBride. and J. P. Cunningham. The company has a plant at Thirty- 

 first and Chestnut streets. In addition to millwork, interior trim, etc., 

 the company will do a general contracting business. 



J. C. Miller of Campbellsville, Ky.. is reported to be figuring upon the 

 ■Installation of a plant to manufacture furniture and do cabinet work. 



J. E. Daugherty, Elizabethtown, Ky.. is reported to be contemplating 

 the opening of a small chair factory, to be operated as an addition to 

 'his wagon and vehicle plant. 



The Bond & Foley Lumber Company, Bond. Ky., is reported to have 

 "been receiving estimates on the construction of an extension of its rail- 

 road to a point be.vond McKee. Ky. This company produces a large quan- 

 tity of oak and other hardwoods, having selling arrangements with the 

 "W. R. Willett Lumber Company of Louisville. 



The Paducah Pole and Lumber Company, Paducah, is reported to have 



made arrangements with the A. B. Smith Lumber Company for 200,000,- 



-000 feet of cypress stumpage, to be maniifactured into telephone and 



telegraph crossarms in a new boring and sawing plant that has been 



■ equipped at Bondurant, Ky., for the purpose. It is said that the plant 



will have a daily capacity of 5,000 arms. 



Negotiations betWeen the Industrial Club of Owensboro, Ky., and the 

 Murphy Chair Company. Detroit, Mich., have been closed, and the cbair 

 company will shortly install a branch plant at Owensboro, where arrange- 

 ments have been made whereby the company will obtain free water and 

 power for a term of three years, and free city taxes for five years. 



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The Columbia Cooperage Company of McGehee, Ark., has recently bought 

 a ten-acre tract of land at Vicksburg. Miss., on which it will construct a 

 hoop factory. Work on the new plant will be begun this week. When 

 completed, the factory will have a daily capacity of 75,000 hoops, and will 

 emplo.v about one hundred men. 



The sawmill owned by W. A. Turner at Hamburg, .\rk., was destroyed by 

 fire of unknown origin on December 26. The loss, which is estimated at 

 $2,000, was complete, as no insurance was carried. 



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