HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Mr. Lewis of the Lewis Lumber Company of 

 Liberty Hill, Terra., was a Knoxville visitor this 

 weelj. He reports that his concern has a large 

 <)uantity of dry. plain oal< on hand, and that it 

 is operating its mills to full capacity. 



C. I'. McMahon of the McXIahon Lumber Com- 

 pany has been absent from the city for the past 

 few days in the interests of his concern. Efe 

 reports business good. 



The plant of the Ingles Mantel Company and 

 the Southern Trunk Company, located at Vestal, 

 Tenn.. was destroyed by tire on the night of 

 Dec. 1. This concern was owned principally by 

 Harry Ingles. He reports that he had a very 

 heavy stock in both mantels and trunks, and 

 that his loss was about throe-fourths covered by 

 insurance. A portion of the rough lumber on 

 the .yard was saved, but outside of this the plant 

 is a total wreck. 



.T. C. Kimball of Kimball & Kopcke has been 

 absent from the city for the past week shipping 

 in oak and poplar to the firm's new yard. 



MEMPHIS 



Announcement is made by President James 

 E. Stark of the Lumbermen's Club, of the fol- 

 lowing committees to nominate officers for 1912. 

 No. 1 : Geo. C. Ehemann, chairman, F. T. Doo- , 

 ley, and J. M. Pritchard. No. 2 : .T. W. Mc- 

 Clure, chairman, O. M. Krebs and W. B. Mor- 

 gan. These two committees will report at the 

 next regular meeting of the Lumbermen's Club 

 which will be held Dec. 9. No idea can be 

 given at this time as to the identity of the 

 gentlemen who will run for office. These elec- 

 tions have always been very interesting because 

 of the friendly rivalry which exists between 

 the respective candidates and their supporters. 

 There is plenty of good material and it is felt 

 that regardless of who may be nominated or 

 who may be elected, the affairs of the organiza- 

 tion will be in good hands and the club will 

 continue its progressive and constructive work 

 in behalf of the lumber industry not only of 

 this city and section but the entire country. 



Receipts of logs at Memphis during tlie past 

 fortnight have been of satisfactory proportions, 

 and the majority of the mills here are in posi- 

 tion to run steadily for some time.' Extra ef- 

 forts have been put forth for some weeks to 

 secure a good supply of timber because of the 

 fact that the greater portion of the demand 

 for lumber calls for immediate shipment. 

 There seems to be almost a complete absence 

 of orders calling for shipment of lumber over 

 a period of several mouths, and there is so 

 mucli uncertainty among consumers and dis- 

 tributors generally that lliey are all disposed to 

 buy only for more pressing requirements. The 

 demand for logs has been keen for some time 

 and as a consequence prices have been high. In 

 the same connection it may i)e noted that, owing 

 to the fact that the demand for lumber is 

 rather more active, there has been an increased 

 disposition on the part of manufacturers here 

 to run their plants on full time. 



Amedee C. Franek of Amedee C. Franck & 

 Co., Antwerp, Belgium, lias been a prominent 

 visitor in Memphis recently. This firm has ex- 

 tensive interests in America, and is a large im- 

 porter of American hardwoods, its representa- 

 tive in this country beiug F. E. Stonebraker, 

 with headquarters at Memphis. Mr. Franck was 

 here in conference with Mr. Stonebraker for 

 some time, but has left for other points in the 

 South. Mr. Stonebraker says that business 

 abroad is on about the same scale as in this 

 country, complaints being general of the rather 

 unsatisfactory demand. lie says, however, that 

 his firm has very little cause tor complaint in 

 regard to the volume of business put through 

 by it. 



Another prominent visitor from abroad has 

 been Col. T. G. Cobbett of Cobbett & Co., Lon- 

 don, Eng. Col. Cobbett had little to say re- 



garding conditions on the other side but was 

 very enthusiastic in regard to the growth and 

 development of the hardwood lumber industry 

 at Memphis. He is perhaps a better judge of 

 this point than almost any other foreign 

 authority, for the reason that he was the first 

 member of an European firm to import himber 

 from Memphis. He has been in America about 

 a month and will spend some further time on 

 this side before returning to Europe. 



The North Arkansas Lumber Company, which 

 was recently organized, has filed a copy of its 

 articles of incorporation with the Secretary of 

 State of Arkansas. The certificate is to the 

 effect that the new company has .$15,000 in- 

 vested in Arkansas. .John Lindsey of Shirley 

 is named as agent for the state. This com- 

 pany was recently organized with a capital 

 stock of $100,000 and purchased the plant and 

 yards operated by the Brown Lumber Company 

 at Paragould, Marmaduke, Hector and Walnut 

 Kidge. 



'Hie plant of the Anderson-Tully Company 

 for the manufacture of built-up material has 

 been placed in operation, with C. B. Allen in 

 chargi'. It uses red gum exclusively and it 

 iias a capacity of about 2.5,000 feet per day. 

 Its output is three-ply stock. The Anderson- 

 Tully Company has been an extensive manu- 

 facturer of single ply box material for many 

 years, but this is its first effort in the direction 

 of manufacturing built-up material. The de- 

 parture has been made in order that the scope 

 of business of the firm might be enlarged and 

 in order that it might be in position to take 

 care of the needs of its large trade. 



The Penrod Walnut & Veneer Company, 

 which recently secured a site at Helena, Ark . 

 tor the erection of a veneer plant, has filed a 

 copy of its articles of incorporation with the 

 authorities of that state. It is set forth 

 therein that the company has $25,000 invested 

 in Arkansas. This news has been received with 

 interest by members of the lumber fraternity 

 of Slempbis because of the prominent connec- 

 lion Mr. Penrod has had with the lumber in- 

 dustry in Memphis and the Memphis territory 

 for a number of years. 



W. II. Greble of the Three States Lumber 

 Company, who has been ill for some days, has 

 resumed his duties and reports that he finds 

 the demand for hardwood lumber more active, 

 especially in connection with cottonwood which, 

 he says, has become one of the most active 

 features on the entire list. This firm operates 

 a box plant and it is enjoying a good business 

 resultant from the activity in box manufactur- 

 ing circles. 



Owing to the extensive demand for its output 

 the Dugger-Goshorn Company has found it 

 necessary to materially increase its capacity. 

 This firm has for some time been turning out 

 about 450 dozen handles per day, but it has 

 booked so much business recently that it is 

 finding it necessary to put on additional men. 

 Within the next ten days it will be running 

 both night and day, thus bringing its output 

 up to about 750 dozen handles daily. Readers 

 of the Hardwood Recobd are familiar with the 

 fact that only a short time ago this firm made 

 very extensive additions to its plant here and 

 also installed a mill tor the manufacture of 

 rough material needed tor its plant. 



NASHVILLE 



Extensive improvemeuts are beiug made to 

 the plant of the Davidson, Hicks & Greene 

 Company, located in this city. The company 

 is making active preparations for its spring 

 business. All connected with the firm are being 

 kept at home and are busy. 



The laying of a large water main has been 

 completed by the Tellico River Lumber Com- 

 pany from its mill to the site of its large 

 water tower. A 25,000 gallon tank will soon 

 be in commission. 



Dogwood and persimmon timber, formerly 

 considered of little worth, is being used in some 

 sections of this territory for shuttle lumber. 

 Mills are preparing these woods in proper 

 lengths for shipment to European cloth mills. 



There was a total of $1,027,494.70 in build- 

 ing permits issued in Nashville for the ten 

 months ending Nov. 1, 1911. Including the 

 large amount of building being done in the 

 suburbs, just without the city limits, this total 

 would be considerably increased. 



In order to properly take care of their rap- 

 idly increasing business, John B. Ransom & 

 Co. have erected a new boiler house and other 

 necessary additional buildings, which will in- 

 crease their facilities. 



The Morton, Lewis. Wiley Lumber Company 

 lias sold to W. E. Mingea of Abingdon, Va.. 

 G.OOO acres of fine timber land ten miles from 

 Bristol for about $15,000. The timber will be 

 manufactured and the land used tor grazing 

 purposes. 



The Nashville Builders' Exchange will hold 

 its annual election of officers Dec. 11. R. T. 

 Creighton, now president, heads both tickets, 

 being a candidate without opposition for elec- 

 tion for a fourth term. The opposing tickets 

 are the "Blues" and the "Reds," and there is 

 much friendly rivalry between the supporters 

 of each. 



Much importance was attached to the meet- 

 ing here last week of the Cumberland River 

 Improvement Association with some 125 dele- 

 gates present representing the entire river ter- 

 ritory. This meeting is of special interest to 

 the lumber people because the association plans 

 to secure from Congress, if possible, sufficient 

 appropriations to continue the system of con- 

 structing the locks and dams on the Cumber- 

 land river on the continuous contract system. 

 The continuation of this work will soon result 

 in the canalization of the river so as to give 

 navigation throughout the entire year, a thing 

 greatly desired by the shipping interests of 

 this section. Resolutions were adopted to this 

 end. 



A. T. Williams of the Williams Lumber 

 Company, a young man who is well and favor- 

 ably known to the hardwooij trade through- 

 out this section, was recentl.y married to Miss 

 Margaret Carter, the popular and gifted 

 daughter of ,Tudge and Mrs. Nelson P. Carter 

 o£ Fayetteville, Tenn. Following the wedding 

 Mr. and Mrs. Williams left on a southern bridal 

 tour. Mr. Williams is associated with his 

 father in the lumber business. 



Great interest continues in the weekly meet- 

 ings of the executive committee of the Nash- 

 ville Lumbermen's Club. Last week Henderson 

 Baker read an excellent and well-prepared paper 

 on "The Cost of Manufacturing Lumber." This 

 was followed this week at the regular session 

 Tuesday by an equally interesting paper by 

 I. R. Lesueur on "The Cost of Collections." 

 Interesting discussions of the topics so well 

 presented followed the I'eadings of these two 

 papers. It was decided to hold the annual 

 banquet for the full membership of the club 

 on Jan. 2 at the new home of the Na.shville 

 Commercial Clnb which, it is expected, will be 

 open by that time. Tliere will be several ad- 

 dresses, musical and other features connected 

 with this banquet, but the main feature will 

 be a paper by C. M. Morford on "The Cost of 

 Doing Business." This will be the concluding 

 paper of the present series on different phases 

 of the lumber business which is proving so 

 popular and profitable to the members of the 

 club. 



BRISTOL 



Parties interested in the United States Spruce 

 Company, which operates a baud mill at Marion, 

 Va., have purchased a large area of timber in 

 the Black Mountain region and will install a 



