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They also manufacture several million feet an- 

 nually of hardwood lumber not utilized in floor- 

 ing, and this product is also largely shipped 

 abroad. They have a number of jobbers cut- 

 ting timber for their plant in the, lower penin- 

 sula, the product being shipped by rail to the 

 Saginaw river, where it is manufactured. Mr. 

 Young says business during the fall and win- 

 ter has been very satisfactory, although in some 

 commodities prices are below the notch that 

 dealers desire. 



The old sawmill at Gaylord operated last 

 year by Frank Buell & Son is to be converted 

 into a heading mill and will manufacture head 

 ing for the Wylie & Buell Lumber Company. 



The Haak Lumber Company at Haakwood. 

 on the line of the Mackinaw division of thf 

 Michigan Central railrood. is manufacturing 

 map^e flooring. The sawmill of the company 

 burned last March and it was not rebuilt, the 

 company selling the major portion of its timber 

 holdings to the Wylie & Buell Lumber Company. 

 It reserved sufEcient timber, however, to supplv 

 its flooring mill and also buys some logs from 

 other operators. 



The Gale Lumber Company at West Branch 

 manufactured 3.259,OUO feet of hardwood lum- 

 ber last year and is putting in a number of 

 million feet of logs over its logging road this 

 winter. The product is moved to market over 

 the Michigan Central. 



The Briggs & Cooper Company of Saginaw is 

 not manufacturing lumber, but handles a num 

 ber of million feet of hardwood annually and 

 has representatives visiting the manufacturers 

 in the northern part of the state buying stock. 

 The company is confident that there is geing 

 to be a marked revival of the hardwood indus- 

 try when spring opens. 



There is more snow' in the logging districts 

 than is needed for handling timber and in some 

 localities operations have been practically at a 

 standstill the last ten days. It is expected the 

 usual stock will be secured, as operations were 

 well advanced before the deep snows came, and 

 besides many operators log nearly the year 

 through. 



Eausas City. 



J. Hi. Tsehudy of the J. H. Tschudy Hardwood 

 Lumber Company left here on February 21 for 

 a week's trip among the hardwood mills of Ark- 

 ansas and Tennessee to close up some contracts 

 and look after the shipment of several large 

 orders. Mr. Tschudy seems well pleased with 

 the prospects for spring business, but is of the 

 opinion that dry stock will be harder to get 

 than for a long time. 



A. H. Connelly of the Connelly Hardwood 

 Lumber Company reports business from the 

 country more active than usual for so early 

 in the ,vear. He says that planing mills at 

 various points are buying quite liberally, much 

 more so tlian they did this time last year. He 

 also reports a strong inquiry. 



The Gulf Land & Lumber Company, which 

 has recently been incorporated under Missouri 

 laws for $200,000, and has offices in Kansas 

 City, has a large tract of fine hardwood tim- 

 ber in the vicinity of its mill plant at Lees- 

 ville. La., and in connection with the man 

 ufacture of yellow cine, will cut considerable 

 oak, gum and beech. The company is putting 

 in a flooring machine for the manufacture of 

 oak and heedh flooring. They have a capacity 

 of about 60.000 feet of hardwood a day at 

 their Leesvllle mill. 



St. Louis. 



It is reported at the Lumbermen's Exchange 

 that an increased amount of lumber is being 

 handled by the inspectors, which is an indica- 

 tion that the freight blockade is being relieved 

 to some extent by the mild weather. 



The Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Company reports a fair volume of orders, 

 but states that the movement of lumber has been 

 seriously hampered by the cold weather. The 



mills of this company at Marianna, Ark., have 

 been closed down, but are expected to resume 

 operations this week. 



W. A. Bonsack of the Bonsack Lumber Com- 

 pany states that he is much pleased with the 

 way business held up during the period of severe 

 weather, and he is now able to report that 

 stock is being moved out quite rapidly. 



Steele & Hibbard during the past fall and 

 early winter were very heavy buyers in the 

 southern country and have been receiving a 

 large amount of stock including oak, poplar and 

 cypress. The holdings of this concern are now 

 quite large and full preparations have been 

 made for the heavy volume of business expected. 



Nashville. 



This week the towboat Cowling, belonging 

 to the Nashville Transportation Company, ,came 

 in from the upper river. This boat belongs 

 to a corporation composed largely of lumber- 

 men. It brought along seven barges of staves 

 and lumber amounting to over 2,000.000 feet 

 of timber. T'his is one of the largest consign- 

 ments that ever came down the river at one 

 trip, and some idea, of the magnitude of the 

 shipment may be gleaned from the fact that the 

 contents of the barges will fill over 150 stand- 

 ard size freight cars. The barges are now un- 

 loading and the shipment will be distributed 

 to several northern points. Most of the staves 

 will probably go to Louisville to a large barrel 

 factory there, which owns several mills along 

 the Cumberland. Labor is somewhat scarce for 

 the handling of the barges, due in part to the 

 very bad weather. 



Hamilton Love of Love, Boyd & Co. has re- 

 turned from Florida and southeastern points. 



A manufactory for spring wagons will be 

 started in Nashville by Deeds & Hirsig at Third 

 and Demombreun streets. A four-story brick 

 factory will be erected for the same. 



The Goodstock Dimension Company with a 

 capital stock of $25,000 will start a sawmill at 

 Crossville, Tenn., out from Nashville on the 

 Tennessee Central railroad. J. W. Dorton is 

 president and V. B. Smith secretary. 



The Southern Timber & Mineral Land Com- 

 pany, whose organization was mentioned in the 

 Hardwood Record when it recently incorporated, 

 is preparing to push its timber and mineral 

 interests. Former Governor Benton McMilUn 

 has been put in charge of the timber land de- 

 partment. The several gentlemen identified with 

 the company have been intimately associated 

 with industrial development in the south. 



J. A. Lacy of the Hammond Lumber Com- 

 pany, San Francisco, Cal., was a recent visitor 

 in Nashville circles while en route east to take 

 passage for Europe to establish a chain of con- 

 nections for his California clients. 



The Huisart-Sopher Veneering Company of 

 Michigan is now moving machinery from that 

 state to Cookeville, Tenn., near Nashville, for 

 a veneering factory. A building 32x60 feet 

 with a number of outhouses for drying purposes 

 is nearing completion there. 



At Johnson City. Tenn., T. J. Galloway has 

 purchased 28,000 feet of lumber from D. M. 

 Setzer and is going into the insulator pin 

 manufacturing business. He will erect a fac- 

 tory 40xS0 feet, opposite that of the Standard 

 Oak Veneer Company, as soon as practicable. 



C. E. Brooks, formerly engaged in the lumber 

 business in Cincinnati, has recently accepted 

 a position as traveling representative for the 

 Logan-Maphet Company at Knoxville. 



Grand Eapids. 



The Engel Land & Lumber Company, which 

 was organized last September, is putting in a 

 double band mill at Engelwood, in Madison 

 parish. La., which It is hoped will be in opera- 

 tion by May 1 next. The company is putting 

 up a store, machine shop and other buildings 

 and is entering the fields as manufacturer and 

 wholesale dealer in hardwood lumber. Main 



ofiices will be maintained in the Houseman 

 building, this city. The company owns be- 

 tween 15,000 and 16,000 acres of timber land 

 there, principally oak. gum, white ash, elm, 

 hickory and cypress, and has a cut of about 

 twenty-five years ahead. Three miles of log- 

 ging road have been completed. President 

 George Engel left Feb. 21 to look after opera- 

 tions. George P. Hummer, who is at the head 

 of the West Michigan Furniture Company of 

 Holland, is first vice president of the new 

 company, the other ofiicers being as follows : 

 Fred J. Metz, second vice president ; Herman 

 Engel, secretary ; PYed D. Voss, treasurer. 



Officers of the Dennis Bros. Salt & Lumber 

 Company have just been re-elected as follows : 

 A. L. Dennis, president ; Edward FitzGerald, 

 vice president : E. E. Dennis, secretary ; Henry 

 Idema, treasurer. 



H. J. Dudley of the Dudley Lumber Company 

 is in Memphis on business. 



W. H. Thompson, manager of the American 

 Handle Company, reports a quiet maple market. 

 The handle business is very satisfactory. 



Representatives of some of the larger lumber 

 firms outside of Grand Rapids are expected 

 in the city this week to talk over state asso- 

 ciation matters. 



A. R. Longfellow of the Longfellow & Skill- 

 man Lumber Company, who is looking after the 

 company's operations in Marquette county this 

 winter, reports rather uphill work, owing to 

 the deep snows and the severe cold. The mer- 

 cury ran down to 38 degrees below zero there 

 Feb. 17. 



The Kelley Lumber & Shingle Company of 

 Traverse City has closed a deal with the Elk 

 Rapids Iron Company for its entire season's 

 output of maple lumber. 



The American Carving & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Grand Rapids has increased its capi- 

 tal stock from $1.^.000 to $40,000. The com- 

 pany turns out wood ornaments and novelties, 

 the management being in the hands of Peter 

 Meeuwsen as president and John A. Klise as 

 secretary. 



The timber land holdings of the late Charles 

 H. Hackley of Muskegon, personal and in part- 

 nership, exceed 200.000 acres, lying in Minne- 

 sota. Wisconsin. Louisiana. South Carolina, Flor- 

 ida and British Columbia. 



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