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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



LOUISVILLE NOTES. 



(Special Correspondence.) 

 Louisville, Ky., Nov. 21, 1904. 



The Adler Organ Company of Louis- 

 ville, which owns and operates an organ 

 factory covering half of a city block, at 

 Twenty-ninth and Chestnut streets, has 

 completed plans for the construction of 

 a five-story factory on the half of the 

 block adjoining its present plant, for the 

 purpose of manufacturing pianos. The 

 company has the largest organ factory 

 in the world, its products being shipped 

 all over the United States. Its advent 

 into the piano business marks a new in- 

 dustry for Louisville. The factory will 

 cost $100,000 and its equipment will ag- 

 gregate about $150,000. Mr. Cyrus L. Ad- 

 ler, president of the concern, speaking 

 of the proposed new factory, said: "Our 

 plans are practically complete and we 

 will begin construction in the spring. We 

 will manufacture a high grade of pianos, 

 to be sold at reasonable prices." 

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President R. A. McDowell, of the Louis- 

 ville Commercial Club, has received an- 

 swers from all but one of the railroads 

 entering Louisville, favoring the belt line 

 project. The railroad which has not an- 

 swered is known to be opposed to inter- 

 changeable switching and it is feared will 

 not enter into the scheme. In the event 

 this proves to be the case, other means 

 of securing the line will be sought. The 

 club had hoped to have the road built 

 jointly by the railroads. However, it is 

 prepared to raise the funds necessary for 

 the construction of the line. Lumbermen 

 are watching the project with much in- 

 terest, as the line would be of almost in- 

 calculable benefit to them. 



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The Adler Organ Company's plant was 

 damaged to the extent of about $15,000 



by fire, which originated in the shipping 

 department about noon Thursday, Novem- 

 ber 10. With the aid of the employes of 

 the plant and the entire city fire depart- 

 ment, which was called out on four alarms, 

 the fire was confined to the shipping de- 

 partment and prevented from spreading 

 to the other portions of the immense 

 structure. The damage was covered by 



insurance. 



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The State Capitol Commission has re- 

 ceived the plans for the proposed $1,000,- 

 000 capitol, to be erected at Frankfort. 

 The plans were made by Frank M. An- 

 drews of Dayton, O. 



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The Union Carriage and Rattan Com- 

 pany will construct a factory at Clarks- 

 ville. Ind., directly across the river from 

 Louisville, at a cost of $6,000. The com- 

 pany will manufacture carriages and car- 

 riage supplies. 



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Lumbermen are deeply interested in the 

 fight of the Louisville Board of Trade 

 and shippers generally against the pro- 

 posed uniform bill of lading, which will 

 go into effect in the Central Traffic As- 

 sociation territory .lanuary 1. 1905. The 

 Lumbermen's Club has not taken official 

 cognizance of the fight, but the individ- 

 ual members are watching the matter 

 with a great deal of interest. The new 

 bill of lading requires the signature of 

 the shipper and the railroad company, 

 thus legalizing every provision in the bill 

 of lading and practically releasing the 

 carrier from all responsibility in case of 

 damage in transit or afterward. In de- 

 fault of signing the bill of lading shippers 

 are equired to pay a penalty of 20 per 

 cent of the published rate ana the com- 

 modity will be carried subject only to 

 common law liability. The bill of lading 

 will also have written across the face of 



GEORGE B. ZEARING CO. 



Manufacturers and Dealers 



Cum, Oak, Ash and Cottonwood 



All thicknesses of Gum from ^i to 3-incli in stock. We solicit ynur inquiries. 

 We are also buyers of all Southern Hardwoods. 



DeValls Bluff, Ark. 



WE MANUFACTURE 25,000,000 FEET BAND SAWED 



COTTONWOOD, POPLAR AND CYPRESS 



PER ANNUM 



."Xre always in position to supply the trade. 

 Nationartlardwood Association Grades Guaranteed 

 and certificates furnished when requested. 



JEFFERSON SAW MILL CO., Ltd. 



FRONT and ROBERT STS. NEW ORLEANS. LA. 



it, "Non-negotiable," which renders it use- 

 less as a banking and commercial medium 

 and acts as a great hardship on the small 

 shipper particularly, and on all shippers 

 generally. 



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Prof. F. Paul Anderson, dean of the 

 Mechanical Engineering Department of 

 State College, has been awarded a gold 

 medal by the St. Louis Exposition Award 

 Commission in recognition of the excel- 

 lence of the woodworking display of col- 

 leges at the World's Fair, which was 

 awarded the first prize. The display was 

 gathered from the various colleges in the 

 United States at an expense of $100,000 

 to the United States government. 



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J. N. Struck, member of the firm of J. 

 M. Struck & Bros., lumber and planing 

 mill operators in L,ouisville, has gone 

 with a party of friends for a week's hunt 



in eastern Kentucky. 



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Forest fires are playing havoc in the 

 hardwood sections of JlcCracken and 

 Marshall counties, Kentucky, and a great 

 deal of fear is felt for the valuable tim- 

 ber properties in these counties. A large 

 number of people are engaged in fighting 

 the flames with dynamite. Water is very 

 scarce, in consequence of the five-months' 

 drouth, and it is found difficult to stop 

 the spread of the flames. 



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Mr. E. L. Davis, chairman of the spe- 

 cial committee of the Lumbermen's Club, 

 which has in charge the matter relating 

 to the organization of a State Lumber- 

 men's Association, has returned home 

 from a hunt of several weeks in the Cana- 

 dian woods. He will be ready to make 

 a report on the matter in charge of his 

 committee at the meeting of the Lum- 

 bermen's Club, which will be held Friday 

 night. November 20. Several other im- 

 portant committee reports will be consid- 

 ered. 



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Mr. C. E. Heald, of the J. H. Heald Ex- 

 tract Company of Lynchburg. Va., was in 

 the city last week, consulting his agent, 

 Mr. C. H. Callahan, with reference to the 

 prospect for securing walnut and oak tim- 

 ber, which is used largely by the com- 

 pany in the preparation of their tanning 



extract. 



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John Roberts, representing a number of 

 Indianapolis capitalists, has purchased a 

 site on Water street in New Albany, Ind., 

 upon which will be erected immediately 

 a veneering plant, to cost approximately 

 $100,000, and which will give employment 

 to 100 men. The plant will be accessible 

 by river and by railroad. 



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Four square miles of trees, mostly 

 white oak, have already been destroyed 

 by a forest fire which started Friday 

 night through the carelessness of some 

 hunters, and is still raging near South 

 Park, .lefterson county. Kentucky. More 



