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coiiutiy, in the opinion of Record, for 

 the production of mahogany and other cabi- 

 net ■woods, is that of the Astoria Veneer 

 Mills & Dock Company, Long Island City, 

 New York; that other plants of high type 

 for mahogany lumber production are those 

 of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, Louis- 

 ville, Ky.; Otis Manufacturing Company, 

 New Orleans, La., and C. L. Willey, Chicago. 

 — Editor. 



B 110 — Seeks Apple wood 



New York. Oct. 24, — Editor IIahdwood Recoku ; 

 Wo have been carefully going through the adver- 

 tising sections of Hakdwood Record to find some 

 one who handles aijplewood. So far we have 

 heen unsuccessful. Can you give us the names 

 of some conccrus wlio handle this liind of wood 

 here in the East ? Any information you can give 

 us in this line will be greatly appreciated. 



Manufacturing Company. 



The foregoing letter is from a wood nov- 

 elty concern iii the Metropolir, and it has 

 Ijcen given a list of a half-dozen concerns 

 that have advised us within the last year 

 that they are producers of applewood. Any 

 others interested can ha%-e the address by 

 writing us and referring to B 110. — Editor. 



B 113 — Another Eucalyptus Promotion 

 Company 



Chicago. Nov. 2. — Editor Hakdwood Record: 

 Can you give me any information about the 

 Eucalyptus Timber & Milling Company of New 

 York City? 



Hardwood Eecord has no specific infor- 

 mation about this concern save that com- 

 municated by commercial agencies, which 

 allege that Oliver S. Presbrey is president 

 and the company has offices at 2.56 Broad- 

 way, New York City. It is stated that the 

 company is not yet ready to give out any 

 jiarticulars, pending its investigation of 

 timber lands in California on which the 

 company has an option. 



According to general advices this concern 

 was incorporated about five years ago with 

 an authorized capital of $100,000, which 

 shortly afterwards was increased to $150,- 

 000. The company was organized for the 

 purpose of ' ' buying up, cultivating and cut- 

 ting eucalyptus wood and selling to con- 

 sumers." It is understood that .$5.5,000 of 



the capital stock has been placed, but the 

 company is holding up operations until 

 it investigates conditions, to determine 

 whether there is a sufficient demand to 

 justify an investment of $150,000 in this 

 company. It is mentioned that California 

 eucalyptus is rather soft and grows too 

 fast, and its raising is believed by local 

 lumber authorities conferred with to be 

 somewhat of an experiment. ' 



From all evidence at hand it is apparent 

 that this institution is one of the series of 

 eucalyptus promotion companies which for 

 several years have sought to market their 

 stock and securities. It is alleged that 

 Horace G. Robinson, who has quite a record 

 as a promoter in financial and investment 

 circles, was one of the prime movers in this 

 institution. It is not believed that anyone 

 associated with the enterprises possesses any 

 specific knowledge of tree-growth or grow- 

 ing eucalyptus commercially. It is said 

 that the company has unloaded Robinson, 

 and will indulge in no more stock selling 

 until the principals satisfy themselves what 

 there is in eucalyptus growing. 



Hardwood Record's opinion of even the 

 best of these California eucalyptus schemes 

 has heretofore been discussed exhaustively 

 in these columns. — Editor. 

 B 114 — Wants Cheap Table Tops and 

 Turned Table Legs 



Owensboro, Ky., Not. 6. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Can you advise us of someone who can 

 supply us with 24"x26", 24"x42" and 24"x48", 

 % " thick, smooth sanded one side, smooth 

 planed on other side, and smooth sanded on 

 edges ? If made of more than one piece, must 

 be securely tongued, grooved and glued. This 

 stock would be preferred in white birch, but can 

 be used in maple or birch. They are to be used 

 for the purpose of making cheap table tops. 



We are also looking for a carload of turned 

 table legs 2y2"x2Vj"x30" made out of any kind 

 of sound hardwoods. 



& Co. 



The above correspondent has been given 

 the names of several concerns which would 

 likely be interested in this order, and any 

 others wishing it can have the address by 

 writing Hardwood Record and referring to 

 B 114.— Editor. 



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Memphis Club Secretary Resigns 

 When the next meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Memphis Is called to order, Nov. 

 11, J. R. McFadden will assume the duties of 

 secretary and treasurer, succeeding James R. 

 Blair, who found it necessary some days ago to 

 tender his resigjiation to President Stark. Mr. 

 McFadden was the unanimous choice of the 

 members of the club when the resignation of 

 Mr. Blair was made known. He is local man- 

 ager for the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company 

 and has been prominent in club work during the 

 last few years, having served on a number of 

 committees and otherwise interested himself in 

 the affairs of the organization. The resignation 

 of Mr. Blair was necessitated by the coming 

 removal of the offices of the L. H. Gage Lumber 

 Company and the Crittenden Lumber Company 



from Memphis to Earl, Ark. Mr. Blair has been 

 manager of these offices for several years, but 

 the management has decided that it will be ad- 

 vantageous for him to be at the mill of the 

 Crittenden Lumber Company at Earl, whore also 

 are the offices of the Crittenden Railway Com- 

 pany. Mr. Blair was elected secretary and treas- 

 urer of the club last winter and has rendered 

 very efficient service. The members generally 

 express regret at his leaving. 



At its meeting last Saturday, when these 

 changes were made, the club ratified its previous 

 action indorsing the Lumbermen's Club of Grand 

 Rapids. Mich., in the petition filed by the latter 

 with the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 against the alleged unfair estimated weights 

 on carload shipments of lumber. The club took 

 action on this subject during the summer. The 



river and rail committee brought to the atten- 

 tion of the members Saturday the fact that one 

 ilub had refused to indorse the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Grand Rapids on the ground that this 

 pi'tition was antagonistic to the railroads. The 

 eutire subject was brought before the club and 

 reviewed at some length, but in the end it was 

 decided that the argument that the petition was 

 against the railroads did not appeal lo the mem- 

 bers and the previous action was allowed to 

 stand. It was pointed out that the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Memphis has often found it necessary 

 to lock horns with the railroads, but that in 

 all of its contests with them it has shown a 

 spirit of fairness which, in view of the matters 

 at issue, has made its relations with the rail- 

 roads unusually pleasant. 



The report of the baseball team of the club 

 was made by C. W. Holmes and, while it failed 

 to show that the team had been very successful 

 in its contests with rival organizations, it had 

 been very much more fortunate in its financial 

 affairs, having a fair balance to its credit at the 

 end of the season. 



The attendance at the Saturday meeting was 

 large. The usual luncheon was served. James 

 E. Stark presided. 



A number of visitors were present, among 

 tliem A. B. Kile of Kile & Morgan, rrovidence, 

 It. I., and A. Temple Dobell of England. Both 

 made brief talks in very happy vein. 



The Premier Product of a Foremost Veneer 

 House 



tjne of the foremost and most enterprising 

 veneer manufacturing institutions in the United 

 States is the Ohio Veneer Company of Cinein- 

 Qati. This house is an importer of mahogany 

 and fancy foreign woods, and , manufactures 

 both lumber and veneers in large quantities, and 

 is also a producer of the highest type of domes- 

 tic fancy woods into veneers. The company 

 specializes in genuine Poti, Russian, Circassian 

 wood, which it is pm'chasing through its own 

 buyer and shipping direct to Cincinnati. 



At the present time the company has more 

 than a hundred tons of fine Circassian logs in 

 transit. It has recently completed a fine new 

 brick factory in supplement of its former plant, 

 wliich is now running with a full force. The 

 company's warehouses contain an unusually 

 large and fine line of Circassian, mahogany and 

 other veneers. 



The Ohio Veneer Company of Cincinnati this 

 week opened up a splendid specimen of curly 

 l>oplar from north central Tennessee. The tree 

 gave four logs which scaled a total of 8,000 

 feet, exclusive of a big crotch and a couple of 

 cuttings from above. The logs were flitched on 

 the company's band mill and then turned into 

 the curliest and most beautiful of satiny, curly 

 poplar. 



Situation of the E. Sondheimer Company 



The receivers of the E. Sondheimer Company 

 01 Memphis, Tenn., are out with a report to the 

 company's creditors, in which they list liabilities 

 to the amount of $731,473.30, and show total 

 assets of ,$1,437,7.51.66. The report shows net 

 actual assets in excess of liabilities of $771,- 

 009.33. 



The receivers allege that the statement has 

 been most carefully prepared by auditors not 

 connected with the company, and the valuation 

 of assets has been made by appraisers appointed 

 by the various courts having jurisdiction over 

 the property in different states, and they have 

 no hesitancy in stating that such estimates and 

 appraisements are most conservative. 



The receivers state that it is needless to 

 eularge on the statement, in view of the fact 

 that it will appear that no creditor will suffer 

 any loss, and that after liquidation of the assets 

 a large surplus will remain for the company. 



The organization of the E. Sondheimer Com- 

 pany is intact and its mills are in operation, and 

 its lumber is being sold at regular market prices. 



