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HARDWOOD RECORD 



trays, tootUpUks and ilothespins, not givin in 

 detail in otlier classifications. 



The general summary shows increase In eight 

 and a "decrease in three of the items as com- 

 pared witli tlie report of 1904. The capital in- 

 vested increased thirty-seven per cent; the gross 

 value of production, four per cent ; cost of mate- 

 rials, six per cent; value added to manufacture. 

 one per cent. The number of establishments do- 

 creased two per cent ; average number of wage 

 earners, live per cent; amount paid for wages, 

 one per cent. The capital invested was .f.'iO.- 

 34-' 000 a gain of $13,.1S3,000 over 1904. The 

 value of products was $G0,24S,000 in 1909 and 

 $57,936,000 in 1904. an increase of four per 

 cent. 



Miscellaneous Notes 

 Fisher, Castloman & Co. have established a 

 broom factory at Gleason, Tenn. 



The Owcnsboro Chair Company recently com- 

 menced business at Owensboro. Ky. 



The Cadillac Lumber Company, formerly of 

 Chicago, III., has removed to Cary, Intl. 



Notice has been filed of the dissolution of the 

 Auburn Lumber Company of Auburn, Ind. 



The Metz Lumber Company, Canton, O., has 

 been incorporated with a capital stock of $23,000. 

 The Veneer Products Company. Greenville. 

 Me,, has increased its capital stock to $100,000. 

 The Linden Lumber Compan.v, Linden. N. C. 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $0,000. 



The Taylor Lumber Company of Chattanooga. 

 Tenn., recently filed an involuntary petition in 

 bankruptcy. 



The Folding Fruit Box Company, Dowagiac. 

 Mich., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $2,000. 



The Elledge Lumber Company. Tuscaloosa, 

 Ala., was recently incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $5,000. 



The Hub Lumber Company, Hub, Miss., has 

 been incorporated with an authorized' capital 

 slock of $.^0,000. 



The Kay Lumber Company, Camden. N. .f., has 

 been incorporated with an authorized capital 

 stock of $50,000. 



The Wilbur M. Russell Box Company, Bos- 

 ton, Mass., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $50,000. 



The Theo. Falhaner Company of Arkansas, 

 located at Helena, has increased its capital 

 stock to $100,000. 



The Carolina Lumber Company. Columbia. S. 

 C., has been Incorporated with an authorized cap- 

 ital stock of $5,000. 



The I'elicz Lumber Company. I'rllez. Tomnolen 

 r. i).. Miss., has been incoriiorated with an au- 

 thorized capital stock of $10,000. 



Kicbmond, Va., is the home of the newly 

 incorporated .Tohnston Box Company, which has 

 an authorized capital of $50,000. 



A factory for the manufacture of wagons will 

 Ik- erected at Mlddlesboro, Ky., by the Pinnacle 

 Wagon Manufacturing Company. 



The W. n. While Company, at Boyne City. 

 Mich., Ik planning a further extension to its 

 recently completed dimension mill. 



The Thomas & Whlllon Lumber Company was 

 recently Incorporated at Louisville, Ky., with an 

 authorized capital stock of $10,000. 



The Williams Company. Cleviland, O., has 

 been Incorporated with a capital stock of $30,- 

 000, and will manufacture carpet sweepers. 



'ITie Todd Manufacturing Company of New 

 Albany, Ind., has recenlly ihanged Its name lo 

 the American Uame & Manufacturing Company. 

 Fire recently destroyed the sawmill of the 

 Benford Lumber Company, located at Benford. 

 Tex. TTic loss Is estimated at $50,000, fully In 

 Hured. 



The Gleason & Hicks Lumber, l'"urnlture & 

 Produce Company has been Incorporated at 

 Crocker, Mo., with an authorized capital stock 

 of $10,000. 



The K. S. Foster Lumber Company. Indian- 

 apolis. Ind., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $25,000. The directors are C. C. Foster, 

 U. S. Foster and U. L. Wilson. 



Fire recently destro.ved four dry-kilus of the 

 Miller & Vidor Sawmill Company at Milvid, Tex., 

 causing a loss estimated at from $20,000 to $25,- 

 000. fully covered by insurance. 



The Taylor-Turniy Lumber Company, Mar- 

 shall, Tex., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $20,000. The incorporators are IT. 11. 

 Taylor. M. Turney and E. S. Fry. 



The Denton Chair Factory was recently in- 

 corporated at Denton, N. C, with a capital of 

 $75,000. C. C. Shaw is president and B. L. liar 

 rison is vice-presidi'Ut of the company. 



Fire" recently destro.ved the lumber mills of 

 T. E. I'tiidy of Alt(ma. Clinton county, N. V., 

 emailing a loss estimated at between $30,000 

 and $40,000, partially covered by insurance. 



The Ulckey & Campbell Company has bought 

 S.bOO acres of hardwood timber in Yajicy county. 

 North Carolina, and will shortly erect a band 

 mill and begin the construction uf siNtcrn miles 

 of railroad for its exploitation. 



The sawmill plant of the Scott & llcnv.- Lum- 

 ber Company at Ironwood, Mich., recently started 

 winter operation with a crew of about one hun- 

 dred men. It is expressed that the mill will 

 work uninterruptedly all winter. 



Fire of unknown origin recently destroyed tlie 

 plant of the McGuire Cabinet Company, manu- 

 facturer of hotel fixtures and show cases, Los 

 Angeles. Cal., entailing a loss of $7,000 on the 

 contents and $5,000 on the building. 



The Star Handle Company of Union City, Pa., 

 expects to be ready for business about Dee. 1. 

 file principals of the company are Arthur Hunt- 

 ley, Lee Mosber and George R. Hunt. The plant 

 will be equipped with all the latest macbineiy. 



The purchase of 11,000 acres of hardwood 

 timber land in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, by the 

 Advance Lumber Company of Cleveland, O., Is 

 reported. The company will soon begin the erec- 

 tion of a mill for the manufacture of lumber on 

 its new possession. 



The Hill Brothers Tie & Lumber Company. 

 Charleston, W. Va., has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $35,000 to develop timber 

 lands. The incorporators are Charles !•". Byn- 

 ner, Mrs. Alta Til. Bynner, Elmer W. Vernon, 

 .Joseph V. Hill, Glenn S. Hill and Vernon .1. 

 Elder, all of Columbus, O. 



The Valley Tie & Lumber Company, lue,. lias 

 been incorporated at Staunton. Va.. with a 

 maximum capital of $150,000, minimum, $100,- 

 000, and will do a lumber and cross tie busi- 

 ness. The officers of the new company are M. 

 W. Mercereau, president ; W, K. Mercereau, vice- 

 president ; Lynn A. Beck, secretary and treas- 

 urer. 



A charter was recently granted to the .\sbe- 

 ville Timber Company, Asheville, N. C. It is 

 said the company will operate on $1,000,000 capi- 

 tal, and has secured options on 250,000 acres of 

 virgin hardwood timberland in western North 

 Carolina. When all the properties are taken 

 over it is proposed to Increase the capital to 

 $4,500,000. 



A correspondi'nt alleges that ,lohn A. Reitz & 

 Sons of Evansville, Ind., are probably the oldest 

 hardwood lumber house tliat has been in con- 

 tinuous operation in the sawmill business in the 

 I'nited States. This concern has occupied the 

 same premises since 1845. It is further stated 

 that everyone connected with llie coueeru has 

 accumulated a fortune. 



The Range Lumber Company lias been organ- 

 ized at Deer Creek, Pocahontas county, W. Va., 

 to cut timber, manufacture lumber and deal in 

 timber lands. The authorized capital is $150,- 

 000, of which $75,000 has been subscribed and 

 $10,000 paid in. The incorporators are G. G. 

 and A. E. Stltzinger, W. II. Gillespie, W. N. 

 Baer, .\. I). Mornes and W. G. E<,kles of New 

 Castle, Pa. 



John E. Sholfner and .John I). Hutton of 

 Shelbyville, Tenn., recently purchased 5.500 acres 

 of timber land in the central section of Missis- 

 sippi for $1 10.000. They have closed a contract 

 with (ieor.ge W. Steagall & Son, millmen of 

 Tullahoma, Tenn.. to cut and saw the timber, 

 which is estimated at over :!0.000.000 feet. A 

 Cincinnati firm has contracted for 2.000.000 feet 

 of oak lumber to be received on its yard. 



The Prank .lanes Company. Ltd., of Janesville, 

 West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, has recently 

 perfected organization with the election of Frank 

 Janes as president and treasurer ; George Wesley 

 Smith, vice-president, and Joseph Chop, secre- 

 tary. The company is capitalized at $.500,000. 

 It is extensively interested in the hardwood in- 

 dustry, and is building a short line of railroad 

 in connection with its sawmill interests. 



It is announced that S. G. Porcher & Co., 

 Brunswick, Ga.. have bought 25.000 acres of tim- 

 l)er land in the southern portion of Wayne 

 county, Georgia, and expect to enter the saw- 

 mill business on a large scale. They recently 

 bought the sawmill and timber interests of the 

 Brewster Lumber Company .at Tliallman, and In 

 close proximity to the tract just purchased. S. 

 G. Porcher & Co.'s mill has a eapa<ity of 25,000 

 feet of lumber a day. 



It has been announced that the Florida 

 Woodenware Company of Palatka, Fla., has 

 closed a contract for the erection of a large 

 warehouse in which to store the products of Its 

 factory. The company reports that it has had a 

 remarkably successful business in the manufac- 

 ture of tubs, buckets and other articles. The 

 (Uilput of its factory at the present time is 700 

 packages per day. It is also stated that the 

 company plans an enlargement of its manufac- 

 turing plant and the installation of additional 

 machinery. 



The Watkins Lumber & Mercantile Company 

 has recently filed articles of incorporation and 

 been granted a charter tinder the laws of .\r- 

 kansas. It is capitalized at $25,000, of which 

 $2.'«.000 was subscribed by the original Incor- 

 porators, who are W. E. and D. .M. Watkins, 

 Mark P. Olney, J. M. Mershon, W. E. Mershon, 

 II. J. Grann and H. W. Finger. The principal 

 office of the company is at Ilatlield, Polk county. 

 Ark. A general lumber business, together with a 

 commissary and mercantile business, will be 

 done by this comitany. 



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The twelfth annual national autimioblle show 

 will be helil at the Coliseum and First Itegl- 

 ment Armory, Chicago, Jan. 27-Fei). HI. At llils 

 show there will be a large exhibit of autonio- 



bile Irucks In addition to the g nil pleasure 



wagon display. Lumbermen are now taking a 

 good deal of Interest In the poHHililllly of mak 

 Ing lumber dellverb's by the uhc of trucks, and 



;ii Ibis <'Xlill>lll(Mi will have all cipporiunlly of 

 seeing more than one lunidn-d varieties of power 

 tiiicks. 



The seerelary of the National Hardwood I.uin- 

 her Assnclallon has Issued a supplement to the 

 mil handbook, listing I'orly-lwo new members, 

 giving also a list of changes and removals of 

 other members, and a list of the names and 

 addressi's of the association's inspectors. 



Iteeelpt Is aeknowledgi'd «( an auiinunceiiient 

 rn.iij \\\ II lloland. Grand Hiiplds. .MIeh.. that 



