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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February '25, 1917 



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W S Khoades and r. M. Harned of Washington, Ind., and William L. 

 Brown 'formerly of that city, have formed the Brinkley Lumber Company 

 and the new concern has just filed articles of incorporation with the 

 secretary of state at Indianapolis. The capital stock is $10,000 and the 

 directors for the first year are W. S. Ehoades, F. M. Harned and William L. 

 Brown The plant of the new company will be located at Brinkley, Ark. 



At the regular monthly meeting of the EvansviUe Lumbermen's Club 

 that was held on Tuesday night, February 13th, the question as to whether 

 the entrance of the United States into the European war would affect 

 business to any great extent, was discussed. The opinion expressed was 

 that should the United States get into the war business in this country 

 would not be materially affected, because there has been very little export 

 of lumber during the past two years. Those present believed that it will 

 be a year or two after peace is declared before the lumber prices get back 

 to normal. There was some discussion of re-consigning privileges on 

 freight rates between South and North on manufactured lumber. Cairo, 

 111., Louisville, Ky. and most other Ohio river crossings are "breaking 

 points" and are favored in the freight rates. The club is of the opinion 

 that EvansviUe should have the same advantage. The next meeting of 

 the club will be held on Tuesday, March 13, and one of the things to be 

 discussed will be the annual summer outing of the club to take place 

 some time in June. 



J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company reports the company's 

 large stave mills in Tennessee and Mississippi being operated on full time 

 with the trade outlook getting better all the time. 



During a severe wind storm that swept the lower Ohio river a few days 

 ago, the steamer Alma, owned by Obrecht Brothers, hame manufacturers 

 at Tell City, Ind., was sunk. The boat was valued at about $5,000 and 

 the loss is partly covered by insurance. 



At a recent meeting of the EvansviUe Furniture Manufacturers' Associ- 

 ation the following ofilcers were elected to serve for the ensuing year ; 

 President, William Baurle, EvansviUe Desk Company ; vice-president, W. V. 



TTST'E own large tracts of selected timber in the 

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 grade line of lumber in oak, maple and other 

 ■ southern hardwoods. 



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Dixon, EvansviUe Bookcase and Table Company ; secretary, E. A. Schor, 

 Karge's Furniture Company ; directors, Henry Goebel, Klamer-Goebel Furni- 

 ture Company ; Herman G. Menke, Indiana Furniture Company ; Charles M. 

 Frisse, Globe-Bosse-World Furniture Company, and George O. Worland, 

 EvansviUe Veneer Company. 



Claude Maley of Malay & Wertz, hardwood lumber manufacturers, 

 accompanied by his wife, returned recently from Jackson, Miss, where 

 they visited Charles E. Maley of the Henry Maley Lumber Company for a 

 tew days. Mr. Maley reported that trade conditions in the South are 

 picking up all the time and he looks for a good spring and summer trade in 

 that section. 



Robert Williams, manager of the, Indiana Tie Company, this city, headed 

 a large delegation of manufacturers and business men from this section 

 to Indianapolis a few days ago to protest against the bill in the Indiana 

 legislature to place a special tax on all manufacturing plants. 



Work has started on the new $25,000 addition to the Imperial Desk 

 Company. The addition will double the floor capacity of the company. 



=-< LOUISVILLE > 



In spite of traffic conditions the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company 

 is managing to keep all of its mills busy, including three at Fayette, Miss., 

 one at Furth, Ark., one at Allport, Ark., and the new plant at Brasfleld, 

 Ark. Here the company has completed its log road, and is now cutting 

 on its own timber. The new B. E. Kinney mill, at Guin, Ala., a subsidiary 

 mill, is about completed and will start operations the middle of March. 

 T. M. Brown, president of the company, reports that orders are more 

 plentiful than ever before in the history of the business, oak is moving 

 freely at higher levels, and conditions are excellent other than the traffic 

 troubles. 



An interesting statement was made at a recent meeting of the Louisville 

 Hardwood Club, when it was said that the lumber business today is on a 

 far higher plane than ever before in its history, due largely to the elimina- 

 tion of wildcat mills, and the fact that timber holdings are in better and 

 stronger hands for the most part. Members present were of the opinion 

 that still higher prices would be seen unless the war cloud broke into actual 

 hostilities. The various committees of the club have been announced aB 

 follows : 



Entertainment-Program-Membership and Publicity : H. E. Kline, A. E. 

 Norman, Jr.. Preston Joyes and Percy Clancy. 



Finance — C. M. .Scars, H. J. Gates and W. A. McLean. 

 Transportation — D. E. Kline, T. M. Brown and E. B. Norman. 

 Logs — E. S. Shippen, Allen McLean and H. E. Kline. 

 Lun.ber — Edward L. Davis, E. Ford and John Churchill. 



An interesting meeting of the Louisville branch of the Southern Hard- 

 wood Traflic Association was held at the Seelbach hotel a few days ago, 

 this being the first annual meeting of the organization. T. M. Brown was 

 elected president, succeeding Smith Milton of the Churchill-Milton Lumber 

 Company, who was instrumental in getting the branch started. R. R. 

 May, secretary and general manager, was re-elected at a nice increase in 

 salary. His annual report showed that the association had done great 

 work for its members in recovering on claims ; and that it had also been 

 instrumental in obtaining reductions on about twenty or more tariffs on 

 lumber and forest products. The Norman Lumber Compan.v, and the 

 North Vernon Lumber Companj' have been added to the membership list. 



Recent visitors to Louisville included K. W. Hobart of Hobart & Co., 

 Boston, and E. V. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber Company, Pittsburgh. 



Lumber manufacturers are rapidly coming around to a knowledge of 

 the value of the automatic sprinkler, and two Lousiville concerns are now 

 having such equipment installed, these being the Louisville Hardwood 

 Flooring Company and the Louisville Cooperage Company, one being a 

 Grinnell and the other a Rockwood system. The cooperage company lost 

 its plant last year by fire, and in rebuilding is taking every precaution. 



After being blocked with ice for the greater portion of the month the 

 Ohio river is again open to traffic, boats starting to run during the past 

 week. Good stages in the eastern Kentucky streams are enabling operators 

 to get out large quantities of logs. 



The marriage of Bodley Booker, secretary of the Booker Box Company, 

 to Miss Maurice Stine Bridges will take place In the spring, according to 

 announcement made last week. 



It has been announced that the plant of the Rockcastle Lumber Company 

 at Inez, Ky., which was recently burned at a loss of $50,000, will be 

 rebuilt at once. The company is owned by Huntington, W. Va., capitalists. 

 The power plant and mill were almost a total loss, but the fire was kept 

 out of the cut stock. 



At Vevay, Ind., near Carrollton, Ky., Bear Brothers have leased a small 

 plant in which they will manufacture cedar chests and swings. The plant 

 was placed in operation early this month. 



The U. S. Cabinet Company, Carrollton, Ky., with a capital of $24,000, 

 has been Incorporated to manufacture the Sebree hotel cabinet. The Incor- 

 porators are James F. Jett, president ; Wyatt T. Sebree, vice-president ; 

 C. P. Scott, secretary-treasurer and James F. Gayle. 



The Wirth-Lang & Borgel Company, fixture manufacturer of Louisville, 

 recently incorporated with a capital of $20,000, has secured the plant of 

 the Lausberg-Macke Company, on Underbill street, which was equipped 

 ready to go into. The plant was purchased outright. 



Wesley R. Tischendorf, head of the Tischendort Lumber Company, Louis- 

 ville, is recovering from severe injuries received in a recent grade crossing 



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