January 25. 1017 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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will be discontinued and the entire business cqnductwt-in-the firturo at 

 tlie St. Bernard plant. -^ — ' 



It -was announced that at least ten of the eighteen logging 'camps 

 which the Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber Company operates in the re- 

 gion of Cusson, Minn.. Avere working regular sized crews and in the other 

 eight camps there were at least 1213 woodsmen. The scare which the 

 Industrial Workers of the World spread through the Xorth country has 

 faded away, and the woodsmen are flocking back to their work. Some 

 fear was entertained here that the I. W. W. agitation would result in 

 a tie-up of operations, which, it only temporary, would entail great 

 loss on account of the very limited movement now occasioned by the car 

 shortage. 



Two additions, giving a total of more than 25,000 feet of floor space, 

 have been ordered by the Cincinnati Planer Company. This is the sec- 

 ond improvement of consequence interesting to lumbermen here since 

 January 1. indicating an early and prosperous start for the 1017 build- 

 ing activity. 



Practically all the railway entering Cincinnati as well as those main- 

 taining ofljces in this city have announced within the last few days a 

 general easing up of embargoes on various kinds of freight, including 

 lumber. On several of the larger lines where the embargoes have not 

 lieen entirely lifted, the railroads are handling freight with greater dis- 

 l-atfh than the.v were a week ago. 



The business of the Sebastian Lathe Company has been acquired by 

 I'.enjamin Sebastian, its president, and will be conducted by him as an 

 individual hereafter. A meeting of the stockholders has been called for 

 February :;. to dissolve the corporation. 



It was intimated last week that property owners favoring wood Mock 

 and granite paving for certain suburban thoroughfares would file suit 

 in the near future to enjoin the improvements of the streets if the mate- 

 rial recommended by the street committee of City Council is specified 

 in the contracts, which soon will be let. The proponents of wood block 

 paying, which has been so eminently satisfactory on such heavy traffic 

 streets as Vine and McMllleu streets and JIadison road, have waged a 

 determined fight for its adoption in future improvements, but the "all 

 gi'anite" adherents seemed to make the most impression in the. last "set 

 to" with the street committee, unless court action intervenes. It ap- 

 pears that most of the property owners on the streets in question favor 

 the wood lilock. because It is noiseless and necessitates less repair, there- 

 by being much less expensive in the long run. Wood block paving also 

 is more easily cleaned. 



The George X. Comfort Lumber Company has been incorporated at 

 Cleveland. O.. for $50,000. The directors of the new corporation are 

 Ceorge X. Comfort. L. F. Foster, il. E. Ordner, G. E. Sweet and Ralph 

 R. Snow. 



Permission to issue and sell .$100,000 bonds with which funds to pur- 

 chase 47." new cars was granted the Detroit. T<deilo & Ironton Railwa.v 

 last week by the Ohio State Utilities Commission. The road said in 

 its application it was in great need of additional cars. 



— < TOLEDO > = 



The Gotshall Manufacturing Company reports the outlook for spring 

 trade excellent. It has faith in the coming season and believes it will 

 lie one of the largest it has ever known. The concern is well prepared 

 to take care of the expected increase. 



An exhibit of wood carvings is being shown at the Toledo Museum of 

 Art and is attracting wide "attention. The work is done by .\xel Peter- 

 son, a famous Swedish sculptor. The carvings not only excite ad- 

 miration, but laughter, as they are humorous bits. "A Game of Chess." 

 "The Village Trial" and ".V Troublesome Fly" are among the most strik- 

 ing, and. although full of humor, are remarkably simple in handling. 

 .\x(d Peterson began life as a peasant in Smalaud. Sweden, as a joiner. 

 He began, untaught, to carve in wood for his own pleasure. From the 

 small beginning he developed into one of the greatest artists. The 

 Swedish exhibition contains paintings, sculptures and prints and was 

 brought to the Toledo Art Museum by John X. Willys of the Willys- 

 Overland .Automobile Company. 



The P.ooth Column Company reports a nice line of orders coming in 

 for spring business. This concern is having some difficulty securing pop- 

 lar supplies, the scarcity being especially noticeable in 5/4 and S '4 Xo. 

 2 common. 



The Skinner P.ending Company reports business reasonably good. Its 

 greatest difl;icHlty is to secure suitable material, both oak and hickory 

 being extremely scarce. It requires the green timber in the log and 

 manufactures it itself. Labor conditions arc fairly easy at present, and 

 orders coming in nicel.v. 



= — -< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The Knox-Hutchins Furniture Company, of Paoli. Ind.. has completed 

 a new subsidiary plant to the Paoli Cabinet Company, and has started 

 the new plant in operation. The company has unfilled orders aggregating 

 .$4:1,000. 



Incorporation papers were filed last week for the Franklin Manufac- 

 turing Company. Franklin. Ind. The company has a capitalization of 

 Sln.OOO and will engage in the manufacture of furniture. The directors 

 are Guy Fulton, Dudley A. Cox, and Joseph J. Doan. 



The Johnston & Klare Manufacturing Company, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., 

 has been incorporated to engage in the manufacture of furniture. The 



company is capitalized at $15,000 with Susan F, Klare, William W. Klare, 

 and William JI. Johnston, as directors. 



A. L. Stout of Indianapolis, one of the largest stockholders in the 

 Stout Furniture Manufacturing Company of Salem, Ind.. has announced 

 that the company's plant which recently was destroyed by fire with a loss 

 of approximately .$-100,000 will be rebuilt as soon as possible. 



=-< EVANSVILLE >.= 



The Vulcan Plow Company of this city has given its employes a ten 

 per cent average increase in wages and established the eight-hour day. 

 The increase affected day and piece workers, about 200 men being included, 

 and will mean an addition of from $10,000 to $12,000 iji the company's 

 payroll. The Vulcan Plow Company was the first plow concern in 

 Evansville to go to the nine-hour basis, this being done in ISSC. 



The Home Owners' .\ssociatiou, with a capital stock of $100,000, has 

 been incorporated. The directors for the first year arc Gustave Hart- 

 metz, James C. Johnson. Samuel T. Ileston and O. W. McGinniss. The 

 company will build and sell homes. 



The Whitemore Handle factory at Mt. Vernon. Ind.. one of the larg- 

 est and best-known handle concerns in this section, is erecting a new 

 factory, which will greatly enlarge the plant's output. 



Aaron Henry Whittenberg. aged ninety-four years, a retired coffin 

 manufacturer at Aurora, Ind.. died at his home in that city several days 

 ago after a short illness. He was well and favorably known among the 

 lumber manufacturers of that section. 



Mayor Benjamin Bosse, head of the Globe-Bosse-World Furniture Com- 

 pany, was in Chicago a few days ago on business. He is of the opinion 

 that after the European war is over furniture prices will go up, as he Is 

 firm in the belief that lumber prices will advance, and this will mean 

 that furniture manufacturers will have to take similar steps. 



Maley & Wertz, hardwood lumber manufacturers, recently announced 

 that they had advanced the wages of about 150 employes from ten to 

 thirty per cent, the increase adding from $7,000 to $S,000 to the com- 

 pany's annual payroll. The C. P. White Manufacturing Company and 

 the George T, Schultze Lumber Company have also announced nice in- 

 creases in the wages of their employes, 



J, C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company has returned from a 

 southern business trip and reports trade conditions mighty good since 

 the first of the year. 



The VonBehren Manufacturing Company, maker of spokes and hubs, 

 has Just finished the building of a new addition, 160 by SO feet, which 

 for the present will be used as a warehouse. 



The contract has been let for new factory buildings for the Henderson 

 Builders' Supply Company at Henderson, Ky., the contract price being 

 $7,000. Work on the improvements will start at once. 



George O. Worland, president of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club and 

 manager of the Evansville Veneer Company, reports the veneer business 

 active. He is looking for a^ fine trade during the whole of the present 

 year. 



A. .T. Thornton, a prominent lumber dealer at Morganfield. Ky., has 

 been selected mayor of that thriving city by the city council to fill the 

 vacancy caused by the resignation of the former mayor. 



-V few days ago W. H. Fields of Loogootee, Ind., purchased a sawmill 

 in Lost River Township. Martin County, Ind. The mill has been moved 

 to the Fuhrman farm in Barr township, where a great deal of lumber 

 recently purchased will he sawed up. 



The Wolflin-Luhring Lumber Company has recently installed electric 

 motors in its mill at the corner of Division and Morton streets, which 

 will make it possible for the company to do special millwork. 



Guild C. Foster of the Evansville Woodstock Company has returned 

 from a business trip to New York and the East. 



The stave mills along Green and Pond rivers in western Kentucky are 

 now being operated on full time, and trade promises to be good all year. 

 Many of the staves manufactured there are brought to Evansville by 



boat. 



=-< MEMPHIS >-- 



The towboat Dorothy Barrett is the first craft with a tow of logs to 

 pass through the new diversion canal constructed for the purpose of 

 facilitating the removal of the big sandbar which has accumulated in 

 front of the Memphis harbor. This boat belongs to the Patton-Tully 

 Transportation Company and had two barges of logs in tow for the big 

 mill of the Anderson-Tull.y Company on Wolf river in North Memphis. 



E. L. Highsmith. manager of the Interstate Cooperage Company, has 

 sent a check for $200 to be applied to the Firemen's Relief fund here. 

 The Interstate Cooperage Company suffered damage of about $30,000 to 

 its dr.v kilns here at the close of the year, and the check was sent as 

 an expression of appreciation of the excellent service rendered by the 

 fire department, a service which, because of its excellence, undoubtedly 

 saved the plant and all the raw material and finished products belong- 

 ing to the company outside of its kilns. 



C. T. Whitman, prominent lumberman of Earle, Ark., a-nd Memphis, 

 has resigned the presidenc.v of the Cit.v X'ational bank here. He has 

 been su(rceeded h.v Charley Thompson, a prominent business man of this 

 city. However, Mr. Whitman retains the position of vice-president of the 

 City National bank and will be identified with the management thereof 

 though in a less active manner than heretofore. Mr. Whitman has con- 



