March 25, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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after being idle for several years, is again tlie scene of industry. This 

 plant was formerly operated by the Ferguson-Palmer-l,uBibej^-«:"t»mpn-nxr 

 and was taken over last fall by J. K. Ferguson and the new company 

 organized to operate it. Since that time the entire plant has been over- 

 hauled and improved. The company has also fixed up its barges and 

 boats and will bring its logs in by river in its own boats, which will be 

 loaded by means of a derrick boat adjacent to the lumber track. The 

 company has timber enough to last it for several .Tears, and has put in a 

 cable line to transport its logs from the camp to the river loading station. 

 A new band sawmill and logging railroad recently completed at Ponde. 

 Ky., has been taken over by the Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company 

 of Knoxville, Tenn., which has announced that it has several thousand 

 acres of poplar and white oak stumpage behind it, and will have supplies 

 to operate the mill for several years. 



On March 9 the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company took up the matter at 

 Washington of arming its ocean going vessels in order to protect them 

 from submarines. The company operates a fleet of lumber carriers, which 

 bring logs into southern ports, and which make the return trips in ballast 

 or carrying merchandise for African. and South American ports. 



With a capital of $35,000 the E. L. Hambrick Lumber Company, 

 Bowling Green, Ky., has incorporated, naming E. L. Hambrick, H. 

 Shattuck, V. E. Porter, J. T. Vance and J. J. Sledge as charter members. 

 Mr. Sledge was one of the parties which a short time ago purchased the 

 machinery in the plant of the Bowling Green Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 announcing that it would be shipped to Mississippi. 



S. J. Glanton, secretary of the Chicago Veneer Company, Danville, Ky., 

 in a recent statement said : "Probably the most serious condition which 

 now confronts us and the veneer industry in general is the railroad 

 situation and the very drastic embargoes. This situation is tending to 

 very materially increase the cost of handling and shipping stock. We 

 have found it necessary to employ an expert to handle our traffic matters." 

 Joseph Ashcroft, Poplar Bluff, Mo., and J. E. Busher, the latter of 

 McMinnville, Tenn., headed a delegation of spoke manufacturers who 

 recently held an informal meeting at the Seelbach hotel, for the purpose 

 of discussing conditions in the spoke trade, and lumber deliveries. Manu- 

 facturers from several states were present at the Louisville meeting. 



The boats of the Ayer & Lord Tie Company, Paducah, Ky., and other 

 transportation companies operating out of that city, have been having 

 trouble over union labor, and a number of boats have been tied up. Labor 

 leaders have been endeavoring to unionize the marine engineers, and 

 force the transportation companies to pay union wages. ■ Loyal employes 

 have met with some rough handling. 



.-<, ST. LOUIS >•- 



There is a good prospect in sight for building construction work. While 

 actual building is not large, prospective work is good. In all sections of 

 the city, building is looked for during the next tew weeks and there will be 

 a good active demand for all kinds of building material. It is the con- 

 sensus of opinion that there will be more activity in building operations 

 than there has been for a long time. 



W. K. Chivvis is anticipating making a change in the location of his yard 

 shortly and making some improvements that he finds necessary. His ofiice 

 will be moved about a block from its present location and he will erect a 

 number of sheds for the storage of lumber. 



The Garetson-Greason Lumber Company reports that aside from the car 

 shortage it is enjoying an excellent business. 



=-< ARKANSAS >•= 



The Quellmalz Lumber Company, Knobel, Ark., has been running its mill 

 with a double shift of men for the past two or three months, each shift 

 working ten hours. This is one of the few lumber mills of the state that 

 has not been shut down during the past five years. 



The Columbia Cooperage Company of McGehee, Ark., has removed its 

 plant from Jennie, Ark., to Vicksburg, Miss. 



E. B. Griswald of Cotter, Ark., who owns a pencil slat factory at that 

 place. Is preparing to start up his plant after a year's inactivity. The flood 

 waters of the White river practically destroyed his plant last January, anil 

 hundreds of dollars worth of cedar timber was washed away from the yard. 

 The factory is now being moved from its old location near the water's edge 

 to a point above the high water mark, and new equipment has been ordered. 

 This mill employs about twenty-five men. 



Julius Siedel, snark of the universe, and E. D. Tennent, secretary- 

 treasurer of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, both of St. Louis, on 

 March 15 attended a dinner in the Marion hotel at Little Rock and dis- 

 cussed the affairs of the order with about twenty of its local members. It 

 was there agreed to renew the interest of this lumberman's fraternity in 

 Arkansas, where it had its origin. Frank Neimeyer of the A. J. Neimeyer 

 Lumber Company, Little Kock, was appointed vicegerent of this district, 

 and a committee of nine was selected to serve as a council with Mr. 

 Neimeyer in looking after the order's interest in this state. 



On March 12, Judge Frank A. Yoemans of Fort Smith, United States 

 district Judge, entered a judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $471,- 

 945.30 in the case of Alvin D. Goldman vs. Nashville Lumber Company and 

 the Graysonia-Nashville Lumber Company. Forty days is given in which 

 to pay the Judgment, and in case of their failure, the property involved is 

 to be sold in satisfaction thereof. The defendants have given notice of and 



filed a bond for ail appeal in the case to the United States circuit court ot 

 - rpjeals. This case involves large timber and land holdings in several 

 counties of this state. 



=-< WISCONSIN >.= 



Since the fire that late In February destroyed the enameling department 

 of the Wood Products Company, Ladysmith, Wis., four new brick enamel- 

 ing ovens, better and safer than their predecessors, are in satisfactory use. 



The Chas. W. Fish Lumber Company, Antigo, Wis., contemplates the 

 erection of a frame office building, 35x38 feet, in that city at a cost of 

 $40,000. 



The Hardwood Products Company, Neenah, Wis., does not exist for work. 

 alone. During the entire winter a social club, organized by the voung 

 people employed in the oflice of the company, was busy devising means and 

 manners of indoor pastime and pleasure. Athletics are prominent on the 

 programs ot the club. As soon as weather permits, the activiUes of the 

 organization will be relegated to the out-of-doors. 



The Fond du Lac Church Furniture Company recently increased ita 

 capital stock from $150,000 to $300,000 to take care of the greatly increased 

 business and to keep abreast ot its progress in finance. 



The Sanitary Refrigerator Company recently moved into its new factory 



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