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crossc-ut saws. Tho lai-g.n- the tree, the highcf 

 is the relative cutting speed. 



When electricity is not immediately available 

 it can be generated by existing steam or water 

 power plants, or frequently it is found advan- 

 tageous to use a portable power-plant consisting 

 of a ten horsepower gasoline motor and dynamo. 

 which may be installed temporarily in a central 

 location. A flexible cable is used to connect the 

 dynamo with the felling machine, which is 

 mounted on a two-wheel truck. 



It is possible that this device may be operated 

 successfully in some timber areas, but as a 

 general proposition it is doubtful if it offers any 

 economical advantages over a good cross-cut saw 

 actuated by two husky felling experts. 



Wooden Tops Popular 

 Makers of spinning tops in the I'nited States 

 have a new field in which to dispose of their 

 output. The old-fashioned wooden toy of Amer- 

 ican commerce is in demand in the Maltese 

 islands where, according to the United States 

 consul at Malta, James O. Laing, the game of 

 peg-top has become very popular among the boys. 

 Tops sent to that country should be made from 

 strong, hard-grained wood, as they are subjected 

 to very hard usage. Those most commonly used 

 are spun with a string and sell at one to four 

 cents each. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Western Silo Company, Des Moines, la.. 

 has increased its capital stock to $100,000. 



The Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company. 

 York, Pa., has recently gone out of business. 



The Barker Lumber Company, Delavan, Wis., 

 has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to 

 $200,000. 



The Hon-Tomlinson Lumber Company. Win- 

 chester, Ky., has increased its capital stock to 

 $100,000. 



The Rex Buggy Company. Connersville, Ind.. 

 has increased its authorized capital stock to 

 $150,000. 



The J. Xells Lumber Company, Cass Lake, 

 Minn., has Increased its capital stock to 

 $1,500,000. 



The Consolidated Saw Mills Company. St. 

 Louis, Mo., has l>een re-incorporated under Mis- 

 souri laws, and has increased its capital stock 

 to $250,000. 



The Chas. Nelmeyer Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany, Okolona, Ark., has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $75,000. 



The Kingston Wood-Working Company, Kings- 

 ton, X. Y., has been Incorporated with a cap- 

 ital stock of $10,000. 



M. J. Epley Lumber Company, Hattiesburg, 

 Miss., has been incorporated with an authorized 

 capital stock of $10,000. 



The Anderson Veneer & Saw Mill, Louisville, 

 Ky., has been succeeded by the Anderson Vcneir 

 & Saw Mill Company, Inc. 



The .ShevUn-Mathleu Lumber Company, liau- 

 dctte, Minn., has Increased its capital slock 

 from $300,000 to $1,.';00,000. 



The Mount Wlnnns Mlllwork & Lumber Com- 

 pany has begun the manufacture of cabinet 

 work at Mount Wlnans, Md. 



Fire recently destroyed the lumber yard of 

 Cowan & Mllchell. Grand Prairie, Tex., entail- 

 ing a loss of about $13,000. 



The Shawnnit Lumber Company, Shawmut, 

 Ark., has been Incorporaled with a capital stork 

 of $500,000 to manufacture lumber. 



The Ked Klvor Cottonwood Company. Little 

 Rock. Ark., has been Incorporated with an 

 authorized capital stock of $25,000. 



K. B. Currier, wholesaler of lumber, Spring- 

 Held, Mass., has been succeeded by the It. I'.. 

 Currier Company, capitalized nt $25,000. 



The Wra. 11. liassett Company. Hrldgewnfer, 

 Mass.. has been incorporated with a capital 



stuck of $20,000, and will manufacture auto- 

 mobiles. 



The Northern Hardwood Company has re- 

 cently begun the maiiul'aiture of hardwood lum- 

 ber with ofHces at Memphis, Tenn.. and mill at 

 Klchey, Miss. 



The Schreiber Manufacturing Company, man- 

 ufacturer of agricultural implements, Ham- 

 mond, Ind.. has increased its authorized capital 

 stock to $50,000. 



The Sclftcdo Brush Company. Taunton. .Mass.. 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $20,000 by John J. Gottschalk, Ole C. Sylvester 

 and Joseph \\'. Birns. 



Lem A. Carner has been appointed receiver 

 for the Walter Cabinet Company of Wayland, 

 Mich. The factory has been started after a 

 three weeks' shut-down to clean up .stock on 

 hand and complete kitclten cabinets partly fin- 

 ished. 



The Edwards & Wharton Lumber Company, 

 .\ledo. 111., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $10,000 to deal In lumber, paints, var- 

 nishes, farm implements, etc. The incorporators 

 are H. W. Edwards, W. A. Wharton and .1. I. 

 Edwards. 



The Tunis-Cockey Lumber Company. Philadel- 

 phia. Pa., has been incorporated with a capital 



stock of $25,000 to manufacture, produce and 

 deal in timber and lumber. The incorporators 

 arc Robert W. Tunis and John H. T. Cockey, 

 Philadelphia, and Harry W. Davis of Wilming- 

 ton, Del. 



H. D. Timmons. who has been engaged in the 

 lumber business in Waxahachie. Tex., for 

 twentyrone years, recently sold out to D. H. 

 'I'hompson. The consideration was about $20.- 

 000. Mr. Thompson has become associated with 

 A. D. Timmons of Houston and R. C. Johnston 

 of Waxahachie. 



The Crown Hardwood Company. Seattle, 

 Wash., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $1,000,000. The new company pro- 

 poses to do a general land business. The trus- 

 tees are .7. A. McRachran of Spokane. I-^. J. 

 Jane of Seattle and John Henry Kern of Moose 

 Jaw. Saskatchewan, Canada. 



E. L. Page of New Orleans. La., has sold 

 all the hardwood timber on his Ravenswood 

 I)lantation in Pointe Coupee parish to Porter 

 Brothers of Natchez, Miss. The timberland has 

 an area of 2,000 acres and abounds in cotton- 

 wood, gum, ash and other hardwoods. The pur- 

 'haser will erect a sawmill on the property, 

 and will begin cutting the timber as soon as 

 possible. 



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W. J. Wagstaff of Oshkosh. Wis., visited II.ikp- 

 wuoD Record offices during a trip to Chicago last 

 week. 



The board of directors of the Chicago Lumber- 

 men's Association met at the association head- 

 cpiarters in the Rector building on Jan. 8 to ar- 

 range for the coming annual gathering of that 

 body. It was decided to hold a dinner in the 

 red room of the La Salle hotel at 6 ;30 on Jan. 

 15. The dinner will be followed by a short busi- 

 ness meeting in which the members will elect 

 board of directors, board of arbitration and com- 

 mittee en appeals. Various features for the en- 

 tertainment of the members have also been ar- 

 ranged. 



H.vuDWoOD Record acknowledges a call on 

 Dec. 22 from J. B. Finley. manager of the Ohio 

 Valley Bending Company, Parkcrsburg, W. Va. 

 Mr. Finley, in addition to carriage woodwork 

 production, is Just putting in a broom handle 

 and dimension plant in connection with his 

 riperation. 



James Downs, hardwood lumber manufacturer 

 of Rochester, Ind., was a Chicago visitor on 

 Jan. 'A, at which time he marketed a considerable 

 portion of his hardwood stock. 



John J. Rumbarger of the John J. Rumbarger 

 Lumber Company, 418 Perry building. Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., spent a few days in Chicago la.st 

 week, and succeeded in bagging several very sub- 

 stantial orders for chestnut. This is Mr. Rum- 

 barger's first visit to this city since the World's 

 I'alr period. 



H.VRPWdOu Riocoito acknowledges a call on 

 Jan. 1 from H. (i. Sheldon, Fremont, O.. ami 

 E. M. Sprague of Clnclnimll. O.. of the Ed- 

 ward nines Lumber Company sales stafl'. 



F. H. Kelly, sales manager of the Grand Itap 

 Ids Vereer Works, spent Jan. 5 In Chicago, en 

 route home from a trip to the plants of Thi> 

 .Madera Company In Madera, Chihuahua pro- 

 vince, Mexico. This company Is a very ex- 

 tensive manufacturer of yellow pine, a variety 

 which resembles, to a considerable extent, the 

 while pine of the North, and Is botanlcally 

 known as Ptniis puvilcrosa. Mr. Kelly sold this 

 coinfiaiiy for Its Pearson i)laiil twenty fnui- of 



tlie Grand Rapids type of kilns, 23x1.3.3 feet In 

 size. This is one of the largest dry-kiln orders 

 ever placed, and Mr. Kelly and his principals 

 arc to be congratulated on the sale. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Howe, Wabash, Ark., are 

 being felicitated by their friends on their New 

 Year's present represented in their first nine- 

 jtound girl baby. Mr. Howe is a memljer of 

 the Howe Lumber Company, which operates a 

 large hardwood band mill at the above point. 



.\ holiday greeting has reached Mr. and Mrs. 

 E. H. Klann in the way of a new girl baby. 

 Mr. Klann is the well-known Chicago jobber, 

 and secretary of the Lumber Sales Managers' 

 .\ssociation, with oflices in the Masonic Temple, 

 and is being deluged with congratulations from 

 his friends. 



The ,\inerican himber importing house of 

 Auguste IJrants & Co.. advises that for purposes 

 of an extensinti of its business it has moved 

 its offices to 4.S Hue du Rossignol, .\ntwerp. 

 Belgium. 



J. F. Mlngea. Chicago manager, in the Fisher 

 building, of the Faust Brothers Lumber Com- 

 liany of Pa<lncali. Ky., spent the week before 

 thi> holidays at the Cairo and Brookport, HI., 

 yards of the company, getting a line on the con- 

 cern's present stocks of hardwoods. Mr. Mlngea 

 anticipates a very good business during 1912, 

 and his company has prepared for it, as it will 

 start the new year with more than 2,500.000 

 feel of i)oplar and oak in yard, all of which is 

 in good shipiilng <'ondlllon. During Novi'inber 

 aTid llecenibiM' the company i)Ut 100.(1110 feel 

 of plain and (luartered red itak on slicks, which 

 will average seventy-thc per cent ten Inches 

 and wider. 



The Huddh'Ston-Marsh Lumber Company, 

 wholesaler and retailer of mahogany and fancy 

 woods, has Just received two cars of unusually 

 will figured mahogany veneer. .\ portion of 

 this veneer possesses a figure, the ccpial of which 

 Is seldom seetl. 



Hlvlsliui C of thi' Chicago Lumlicnni'iis .\sso- 

 clatlon. comiMised of the hardwooil wholesalers, 

 held an liiforriial "Dutdi treat" for Its mem- 

 bers In the form of a luiichidn mi the Boston 



l)yst"r llous 1 Jan. 0. It Is liitcn.licl to make 



such meetings ri'gnlar features of the various 

 divisions of the assoclatltui. 

 W. M. Sle|ibeusiMi. traveling representative of 



