THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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County Circuit Clerk's office, with a capi- 

 tal stock of $250,000, divided into shares 

 of $100 each. The stock is divided into 

 preferred and common, 500 shares of pre- 

 ferred and 2,000 shares of common. The 

 incorporators, each of whom is given as 

 holding three shares, are as follows: Cy- 

 rus L. Adler, president of the Adler Organ 

 Company; R. S. Hill and William T. Hale. 

 The maximum debt which might be in- 

 curred is $100,000. 



CINCINNATI GOSSIP. 



(Special Correspondence.) 



Cincinnati, Dec. 20, 1904. 

 The E. E. Beach Lumber Company was 

 incorporated on December 13 with a capi- 

 tal stock of $10,000 by M. N. Conway, 

 W. J. Pugh and Chas. B| Stevenson of 

 this city and J. H. Bryan and E. E. Beach 

 of Tennessee. The company will open a 

 general hardwood lumber yard on McLean 

 avenue about January 1. 



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W. A. Bennett, of Bennett & Witte, has 

 been elected to membership in the Busi- 

 ness Men's Club. There are a number of 

 other prominent local hardwood lumber- 

 men who belong to the organization, 

 among them T. .1. Moffett, who is presi- 

 dent. 



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The firm of Stewart & Jackson, dealers 

 in hardwoods, located in the Mercantile 

 Library building, has been dissolved by 

 mutual consent. A. V. Jackson retiring 

 therefrom. The remaining ■ members of 

 the firm, \Vm. H. Stewart and Gregory S. 

 Stewart, have succeeded to the business 

 and have acquired all its assets and as- 

 sumed its liabilities. Hereafter the firm 

 name will be Wm. H. and Gregory S. 



Stewart. 



* * * 



Max Kosse, president of the K. & P. 

 Co., is making a business trip through the 



South. 



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The year 1904 "will go down in history," 

 to use the phrase of the stump speaker, 

 as the most prosperous in point of build- 

 ing operations in this city up to this 

 time. From January 1 to November CI 

 the estimated amount of improvements 

 was $6,130,095. The highest amount re- 

 corded previously was in 1891, when the 

 improvements were $5,068,538. In 1903 

 the improvements were $4,502,255. These 



Williams ^Yoris Lumber Co. 



MANUFACTDREHS OF 



Hardviood 

 Lumber ana 



QUARTER SAWED OAK VENEER. 



We guarantee our oak to be equal to 

 Indiana oak in (luality and Hgure. 



CHATTANOOGA, 



TENN. 



figures are from the official records of the 

 building inspector's department. 

 « * * 

 C. C. Spicker, representing the C. C. 

 Mengel & Brother Company of Loui.s- 

 ville, Ky., was a recent caller on the local 

 trade. He consummated a number of im- 

 portant deals while here. 



MEMPHIS MATTER. 



(Special Correspondence.) 



Memphis, Dec. 20. 1904. 

 W. H. Russe. of Russe & Burgess, will 

 go abroad for his firm this coming year 

 and will remain in Europe until about 

 March. The gentlemen at the head of this 

 well-known hardwood firm alternate in 

 their annual visits to the foreign markets. 



* * * 



T. B. Allen, of T. B. Allen & Co., has 

 returned from a trip to Texas and the 

 Southwest in connection with his cypress 



lumber interests. 



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F. E. Stonebraker, of the L. H. Gage 

 Lumber Company, has returned from a 

 trip to Indiana. 



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J. W. Dickson, of the J. W. Dickson Com- 

 pany, who recently lost his lumber mill 

 by fire, has secured a mill in East Mem- 

 phis that has a capacity of some 15.000 

 feet and will be right along with the other 

 lumber boys again. 



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Max Sondheimer, of E. Sondheimer & 

 Co.. was here visiting the Memphis con- 

 nection and looking over the timber prop- 

 erties of his firm near Loanoke, Ark., 



a few days ago. 



* * * 



The S. C. Major Lumber Company has 

 been organized here by S. C. Major, W. H. 

 Steele, George E. Hibbard and Roland 

 F. Krebs, prominent St. Louis gentlemen. 

 The company will have headquarters in 

 the Randolph building here. 



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The Auderson-TuUy Company recently 

 acquired some mills from E. T. Bennett 

 & Co. One will be removed to Mississippi 

 and the other, with a capacity of 30,00u 

 to 35,000 feet of lumber^ will remain. 



* * * 



Geo. W. Stoneman of Chicago was a 



recent visitor in Memphis lumber circles, 



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T. S. Estabrook. of T. S. Estabrook & 

 Co., Chicago, was here recently. 



CHATTANOOGA 



GEORGE L.HUNT 



713 E. 4th Street 



CHATTANOOGA. TENN. 



Wliolesale Dealer in 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



CASE LUMBER CO. 



CHATTANOOGA, TENN 



Manufacturers 

 and dealers in 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



High Grade Band Sawed Quartered Oak and 

 Poplar our Specialty. 



Write us, We Have the Lumber. 



THE FERD BRENNER 

 LUMBER CO. 



CHATTANOOGA. • TENN. 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers of 



HARDWOOD 

 LUHBER 



For Home and Export 

 Trade. 



e are in the market to buy 

 all Southern Hardwoods. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



J.M. CARD, Pre.sident S. H. CARD, Vice-President FRED ARN, Sec'y and Tfeas. 



J. M. CARD LUMBER CO. 



WHOLESALERS and EXPORTERS OF 

 HARDWOODS and YELLOW PINE 



Members of 

 National Lumber Exporters' Association 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association 



Chattanooga, Tenn. 



