HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The taking xip of iIk' cuK'Slioii "how to rescue 

 trade and industry from ruinous persecution by 

 prosecutors, politicians and agitators," was urged 

 on all business men's associations througliout the 

 United States in resolutions adopted by the Lum- 

 bermen's Club of St. Louis at a meeting held 

 recently. The resolutions aver that business in- 

 terests of the country in the last four years have 

 been sub.iected to extraordinary harassment in 

 connection with widely extended efforts to en- 

 force the federal and stale anti-trust laws, with 

 the result of impairing trade activities and pre- 

 venting a return of prosperity to the detriment 

 of investors, employers and wage earners alike. 

 The resolutions say : "There is not and never 

 has been, we assert from our knowledge of the 

 lumber business in all its branches and rami- 

 fications, and upon our word of honor as gen- 

 tlemen, such a thing as monopoly control of 

 prices, production of the supply of raw material 

 for manufacture in the lumber trade." 



At a meeting of the Joint Fire I*revention 

 Committee of the Municipal Assembly held a 

 few days ago, before which several lumbermen 

 appeared, it was agreed to modify the ordinance 

 relating to lumber yards and give permission to 

 stack lumber thirty-five feet high, instead of 

 twenty, as first provided. The privilege to stack 

 lumber up to within ten feet of the street line 

 was also extended in place of the original re- 

 striction, at fifteen feet. 



The Ganahl-Fidel Lumber Company recently 

 bought the yard of the Banner Lumber Company 

 at Xewstead and Duncan avenues, witli four or 

 five million feet of lumber, thus increasing its 

 yard facilities. The Ganahl-Fidel Lumber Com- 

 pan.v now has three .vards. 



After several weeks spent in the northern ter- 

 ritory, securing business, E. ^^'. Biumer, sales 

 manager of the Lothiuan Cypress Company, has 

 returned with a large number of orders which 

 call for a large amount of cypress. 



Thos. E. rowe of the Thos. E. I'owe Lumber 

 Company, says ther(* b^ a noticeable improvement 

 in trade. Wide poplar linaivN have had a splendid 

 call. 



Advices have been received that Loyd G. Harris 

 of the Loyd G. Harris Manufacturing Company, 

 is recovering from his recent stroke of paralysis 

 and that he will soon return from Oconomowoc, 

 Wis., where he has been for several weeks. 



II. A. Singer, New 1'ork representative of the 

 .American Hardwood Lumber Company, is in this 

 city and will remain fiu' several weeks. He sa.vs 

 business in Uie ICast is about the same as it is 

 here. 



According to W. W. Dings of the Garetson- 

 Greason Lumber Company, there is a fair demand 

 tor the better grades of gum and oak for prompt 

 delivery. 



A fair demand for the leadiD'i items on the 

 hardwood lumber list is reported by the Chas. 

 F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, red 

 gum, especially, being i-alled for in good volume. 



The .1. K. Perkins Lumber Company has moved 

 from the sixth to the eighth floor of the Fullerton 

 building to obtain more room for the increase 

 in its business. 



A leaking gasoline tank and subsequent ex- 

 plosion caused the destruction of the .'i;:<.(>(i(l auto- 

 mobile of J. F. Liebke. general superintendent 

 of the C. F. Liebkc' Hardwood Mill & Lumber 

 Company recently. The accident took place about 

 twelve miles from this city. Mr. Liebke was 

 en route to Kansas City, but because of the bad 

 condition of the roads was forced to turn back. 

 Mr. Liebke was bin*ned slightly on the face and 

 hands. 



MILWAUKEE 



The Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company of Racine, 

 manufacturer of wagons and automobiles, has 

 filed its election with the Wisconsin Industrial 

 Commission to go in under the new Wisconsin 

 workmen's compensation law. The number of 

 employes certified is 2,500. 



The Flartmann Trunk Company of Racine re- 

 cently lost $85,000 by the burning of its two 

 main manufacturing buildings, power house and 

 dry-kiln. Insurance to the amount of eighty 

 per cent was carried. The company's offices, 

 containing books, papers and orders, as well as 

 designs for the 1912 trade were destroyed. A 

 modern fireproof factory building will be erected 

 to replace the structures destroyed. 



The high water all over northern Wisconsin 

 has made it possible for many lumber companies 

 to drive down their logs in record time. Con- 

 sderable damage was suffered by a number of 

 concerns along the Wisconsin and other inland 

 rivers. 



C. F. Hankwitz has decided to locate his new 

 broom handle factory at Merrill instead of at 

 E'dgar. A site has been secured and work on the 

 new plant will begin at once. 



The Badger Wood Material Company was in- 

 corporated in Merrill recently with a capital 

 stock of $25,000 to manufacture excelsior from 

 basswood bolts. Various articles of wooden- 

 ware will be turned ont later. Officers of the 

 company include Ferdinand Ollhoff, president : 

 Robert Hackbarth, vice-president and manager : 

 L. (i. Gaylor. secretary and treasurer, and F. 

 C. Rose, sales agent. 



Work on the erection of the new hub plant 

 of Andrew Kaul, jr., at Merrill is now under 

 Vi'ay. The plant will include a sawmill, .30x60 

 feet, a main building, 50x100 feet, a power house 

 and drying sheds. The buildings will be frame 

 construction and will be equipped for sorting, 

 boring, turning in the rough and steaming and 

 oiling the hubs. The remainder of the work on 

 the hubs will be completed at the plant of the 

 Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, Ind. Birch 

 will be used. It is expected that the plant will 

 be in operation by Jan. 1, 1912. 



Tlie Jaeger-Mayer Company, a new concern of 

 Watertown, is now located in a temporary plant 

 where it is turning out a general line of mill work 

 and store and office fixtures. The company is 

 erecting a plant. 60x96 feet in dimensions, and 

 a dry-kiln, 18x24 feet. 



WAUSAU 



The West Milwaukee car shops of the Chicago, 

 Milwaukee & St. Paul railway have begun the 

 erection of 1.400 freight cars of the latest type 

 to he used on the I'acific coast extension of the 

 road. The work will keep 3,500 men busy 

 throughout the coming winter. 



Work on the Merrill Hub Company's plant in 

 Merrill has been started. George V. Harding, 

 general manager, of Bangor, Me., and J. B. "Van- 

 derpool, superintendent, of Bingham, Me., have 

 arrived on the ground. 



The hub mill in Crandon. which recently 

 passed into the hands of the Shaw Company, is 

 soon to be put in operation again, and the com- 

 pany is advertising for yellow birch logs. The 

 company is composed of Samuel. L. W., L. P. 

 and Grace S. Shaw. 



The Badger Wood Material Company has been 

 incorporated at Merrill, the following being the 

 officers : Ferdinand Ollhoff, president : Robert 

 Hackbarth. vice-president and manager : L. G. 

 Gaylor, secretary and treasurer ; F. C. Rose, sales 

 agent. The concern is capitalized at $25,000 and 

 will build a plant at once, and will be ready for 

 business by Dec. 1. As the company's name 

 implies, it will manufacture several varieties of 

 wootl products. 



The Badger Casket Company of Milwaukee has 

 been incorporated, with a capital stock of $6,000. 

 The incorporators are Wm. Borman. Wm. A. 

 Hall. J. A. Oleson. 



The Gooding & Mylrca Lumber Company of 

 Wausau. which lost its mill in Wittenberg by 

 fire some months ago. has removed its lumber 

 stock and abandoned further operations at that 

 place. 



The creditors of the defunct Page & L.von Man- 

 ufacturing Company of Jsew London have ap- 



pointed J. F. Kriiki'l receiver, with authority 

 to start the factory in operation until the un- 

 liiushed stock is worked up. If the factory 

 proves successful under his management it will 

 lie continued in operation and the company will 

 be reorganized. 



CADILLAC 



W. W. Mitchell of Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., and 

 the Mitchell Brothers Company of Cadillac, is 

 enjoying the hunting season as a guest of the 

 St. Paul Hunting Club in northern Minnesota. 



R. J. Clark, president of the Peninsula Bark 

 & Lumber Company of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 

 paid Cadillac a business visit last week. 



Murphy & Diggins have just received a new 

 forty-ton Lima locomotive which will be used 

 for liauling logs from the woods to the mill. 

 This firm has also put in a new cutoff saw to be 

 used in reducing railroad ties to the proper 

 length. Improvements in the way of new log 

 slide and a large box for the hog feed have also 

 been made. This hog feed is refuse lumber re- 

 duced to fine particles and used by them and 

 the Cadillac Water & Light Company for fuel. 

 , The new building of the Cadillac (^'hair Com- 

 pany is nearly completed. The roof has been 

 finished, boilers installed and the contractors 

 are in every w'ay far ahead of their contracts. 

 The erection of a drying kiln has been started, 

 75x18x10 feet, and with favorable weather con- 

 ditions it is expected the factory will soon be 

 running. 



The Williams Brothers Company, now the 

 largest manufacturer of last block in the world, 

 has moved its Manton plant to this city and 

 will double its capacity by the addition of two 

 new lathes, making a total of five machines 

 turning out last blocks. An air dryin,g shed will 

 be built. 200 feet long, 30 feet wide and of 

 proportional height. It will take until spring 

 to complete the work. This company has re- 

 moved its logging camps from Benzie county 

 to Section 26, Colfax township, Wexford county, 

 and is also putting in a camp in Sherman town- 

 ship, Osceola county, 



Cummer-Dlggins & Co.'s sawmill is closed 

 for two weeks for repairs, and new ma- 

 chinery is being installed. A single band will 

 take the place of the double band saw, the 

 "nigger" beds will be repaired with new timber, 

 the conveyors overhauled and new skids placed 

 in the dumping ground. A new fifty-ton Lima 

 locomotive has been bought for the woods oper- 

 ations. This company plans to place in opera- 

 tion next spring a shingle mill in connection 

 with its plant. It has a quantity of cedar stock 

 awaiting manufacture. Logging operations will 

 begin on Sec. 13, Colfax, Nov. 15, the railroad 

 having been extended into that section. 



The Haynes Brothers Company has made a 

 number of improvements around its plant. The 

 trams on the north end of the shed have been 

 repaired and a new tramway built at the south 

 side : two new turn tables have been installed 

 and a cement driveway just finished. 



The St. Johns Table Company's business is 

 making a steady gain over last year. This com- 

 pany expects to ship $40,000 worth of tables 

 this month, and the business is advancing rap- 

 idly toward the goal of $500,000 a year. 



A new turpentine plant is to l)e erected at 

 Clare. The company is capitalized at $100,001) 

 and plans to build one of the largest turpentine 

 factories in the state. It will manufacture tur- 

 pentine and its b.v-products. 



The A. L. Dennis Salt & Lumber Company's 

 mill at Park Lake is closed for the season, hav- 

 ing completed its cut of logs. 



.M. F. Woodruff of Rockford, 111., bought 15.000 

 acres of land in Norwich and Enterprise town- 

 ships, Missaukee county, and a part in Roscom- 

 mon county from the N. Michelson Lumber Com- 

 pany of Michelson. The timber rights are re- 

 served to the lumber company. It is expected 

 this land will be colonized. 



