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HARDWOOD RECORD 



of the most important hardwood mantel manufae- 

 turins concerns in the South, is embarking upon 

 the field of furniture manufacture. The company 

 is now specializing in the manufacture of diuing- 

 room tables and other dinina-ronm equipment as 

 an inaugural line in its new departure. 



The property and good-will of the well-known 

 Frankfort (Ky.) hardwood manufacturing firm of 

 T. J. Congleton & Bro. have been sold to Basil 

 Kenney. one of the best known business men of 

 the Bluegrass capital. The Congleton concern 

 was founded more than thirty years ago by T. J. 

 and W. B. Congleton. pioneer lumbermen, who 

 conducted a successful general business for more 

 than a quarter of a century, becoming leading 

 figures in the central Kentucky lumber trade. 

 W. B. Congleton has decided to retire from ac- 

 tive business. T. J. Congleton died several years 

 ago. Mr. Kenney will conduct the business upon 

 the same broad lines as heretofore. 



The Munfordville Milling & Lumber Company 

 has been incorporated at Munfordville. Ky., with 

 a capitalization of $5,000 by John D. Craddock 

 and others. 



ST. LOUIS 



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The following is a report of the movement of 

 lumber in this market during January : Receipts 

 by rail during January, 1912, were 10.470 cars: 

 during January. 1011, there were 15. 4-12 cars, a 

 decrease of 4,0GG cars. There were no receipts 

 by river in January this year or last year. The 

 shipments by rail during January, 1912, were 

 7.5S4 cars. Shipments by rail during January, 

 1011, were 9,045 cars, a decrease of 1,461 cars. 

 lliere were no shipments by river in January 

 this year or last year. 



Julius Seidel was elected president of the 

 Lumber' Dealers' Association of St. Louis at the 

 annual meeting held recently at the Planters 

 Hotel. .T. G. Ganahl was elected vice-president : 

 .!. B. Kessler, secretary, and Louis Essig, treas- 

 urer. 



Henry G. Rolfes. president of the Lumbermen's 

 Club of St. Louis, has appointed the following 

 slanding committee for the current year : 



E.NTEiiTAixMENT — James E. Gatewood, chair- 

 man : Hans Wachsmuth, Louis Essig. 



-Membership — George W. Petrie, chairman : 

 R. S. Price. Chas. P. Conger. 



Statistic.1i, — Thos. E. Powe, chairman; A. J. 

 Ilaus ; Thos. J. Noser. 



Pi BLiriTY — P. E. Cook, chairman ; Frank G. 

 Hanley, Guy B. Fulton. 



Tii.M'Fic — Henry A. Boeckeler, chairman ; Chas. 

 E. Thomas, C. M. Jennings. 



Arbitk.vtiox — J. .\. Iteheis, chairman : Wm. 

 Lothman, Jr.. Hendrick Folonie. 



Public Affairs — Geo. K. Hogg, chairman ; R. 

 B. McConnell, T. W. Fry, S. J. Gavin, Frank 

 Goepel. 



.Michael Heller, sevent.v-elght years obi. 

 founder of the Heller & Hoffman Chair Manu 

 facturlng Company, died recently. 



The National Rattan & Furniture Company 

 filed articles of " incorporation recently with a 

 capital stock of .$50,000. fully paid. The in- 

 corporators are Greene F. Harding, Albert Mor- 

 rison and Benj. F. Parmalee. The company will 

 take over the old plant of the Koenlg F'urnlture 

 Company, which closed down when the presi- 

 dent of the company died. 



The following are the number of feet inspected 

 and measured by the Lumbermen's Exchange 

 during the month of January : 



Feet. 



Plain red oak 87.359 



Plain white oak 15,730 



Gum 84,380 



Hickory 9,990 



Cypress 75.572 



Poplar 86,831 



Quartered red oak 755 



Quartered white oak 7,549 



Elm 7,853 



Ttipelo 5,416 



Maple 10,270 



Pecan 1.491 



Total 403,106 



Roland F. Krebs of the Krebs-Scheve Lumtwr 

 Company is In Wisconsin on a selling trip. 



The Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 

 Company reports business fair with conditions 

 looking much better than formerly. 



LITTLE ROCK 



The movement in hardwood in this city, is 

 rather slow, possibly due to the fact that the 

 inventory season is hardl.v over; However, local 

 hardwood men regard the outlook for the com- 

 ing .vear as promising, and all are preparing for 

 a busy year. Not much building, requiring 

 hardwood, is bring done in the state and the 

 demand is rather sli.ght. 



The Arkmo Lumber Company of Paragould 

 has increased its capital stock from $50,p00 tn 

 $75,000. The oflicers of this company are V(. W. 

 Fuess, president and general manager ; H. C. 

 Ball, secretary, and Harry Fuess, treasurer. 

 The company has branch yards at Almyra, Stutt- 

 gart, Weiner, Hickory Kidge, Earle, Parkin, 

 Crawfordsville and New Madrid, Mo. 



The Perkins Lumber Company has been organ- 

 ized at Carlisle by D. B. and R. A. Perkins. 

 The plant will be very large and work has al- 

 ready been begun on it. Operations will be 

 started at an early date. 



On Jan. 27 Durand Whipple of this city, 

 federal master in chancery, sold the property of 

 the Clio Lumber Company of Pine Bluff to A. B. 

 Newman of Chicago, the consideration bein,>; 

 $460,000. The property consisted of a big mill 

 at Clio, one of the largest in the state, several 

 miles of railway, and about 60,OUO acres of 

 fine timber land located in Jefferson and Grant 

 counties. The sale was made to .iustify the 

 claims of creditors against the company, amount- 

 ing to between $:100,000 and $400,000, a re- 

 ceiver for the company having been appointed 

 several months ago. It is understood that there 

 will be a reorganization of the old company. 



The Anderson Locomotive Ash Pan Company 

 of Fort Smith, the Rimes Tie & Timber Company 

 of Texarkana, and the White Lumber Company 

 of Argenta have recently surrendered their 

 charters. 



The Grayburg Lumber Company of Detroit, 

 Mich., has tiled a certiUcate with the secretary / 

 of state showing that it has named Henry Thane 

 of Arkansas City as slate agent for Arkansas. 

 The certificate states that the company has $762,- 

 009 of its capital employed in this state. 



The North Arkansas Lumber Company of 

 Paragould filed an amendment to its charter, 

 changing its name to the East Arkansas Lumber 

 Company. 



MILWAUKEE 



The Medford Lumber Couipany has increased 

 its capital stock from $150,000 to $200,000. 



The plant of the Fond du Lac Church Fur- 

 nishing Company of I-'ond du Lac was sold on 

 Feb. 5 to William Naumheimer of Milwaukee for 

 $77,000. Herman Fiblein. a heavy creditor. 

 Norman M. Baker and William Naumhelmei- 

 comprised the Milwaukee parties In the negotia- 

 tions. The company will be reorganized and Its 

 capital stock Increased to $150:000. 



The Marinette Broom Company, recently lo- 

 cated in .Marinette, Is meeting with a brisk busi- 

 ness and has Increased Us facilities by the In- 

 stallation of three new machines. 



The new plant of the Merrill Handle Com 

 pany at Merrill has been placed In operation. 

 New and modern inacliinei-y has been installeil 

 In the main building and powerhouse. Haudles 

 of all sorts and canlliooks are manufactured of 

 maple, nsh and other hardwoods. 



The Antlgo Lumber Company's sawmill and 

 i\ portion of Its real estate at Anllgo were bid 

 In by the lien clnlmanlH and sold to Henry Hay. 

 Irustee, at a sherllfH sale held recently. The 

 sale price was $7,0011 Tlw MiKonougli Manu- 



facturing Company, with a claim of $11,000. is 

 the largest creditor. 



The Vaudreuil Lumber Company of Chippewa 

 Falls has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $20,000 by J. R. Murphy, L. J. Vaudreuil and 

 M. C. Vaudreuil. 



J. T. Phillips, secretary and general manager 

 of the Diamond Lumber Company's plant at 

 Green Bay, has returned from Saginaw, Mich.. 

 v,-here he attended the company's annual meet- 

 ir,g. He states that the company has purchased 

 a large tract of timber land in Ontonagon county. 

 Jlichigan. This assures a long run for the 

 Green Bay plant. More than 20,500.000 feet of 

 lumber were cut last year and 30,000,000 feet 

 will be cut this year. 



The Berlin Machine Works of Beloit, will soon 

 begin the erection of a new building Intended 

 for the manufacture of sawmills and smaller 

 machines. The structure will be 275x294 feet 

 in dimensions, two stories high, and will cover 

 SO, 000 square feet of surface. 



The Hamilton Manufacturing Company of Two 

 Rivers, manufacturer of wood type and printers' 

 cabinets, has completed its new addition and is 

 installing new equipment. 



Plans are under way at La Crosse for the 

 organization of the Pabst Boat Works. A new 

 plant' will be erected, and racing crafts and 

 licats of special design will be turned out. 



Ludwig Larsen has resigned as assistant sales 

 manager of the Phoenix Chair Company to ac 

 cept the position of sales manager for the Jung 

 Shoe Company, also of Sheboygan. 



W. A. Range has resigned as manager of the 

 :MerriU Veneer Company of Merrill. Oflieers and 

 directors have been elected as follows: Presi- 

 dent, Louis Leudiger ; vice-president. Napoleon 

 DesRosier ; secretarytt-easiirer, 'U'. A. Runge : 

 directors, W. A. Runge, Louis Leidiger, John 

 .Vment, Max Meyer and Napoleon DesRosler. 



H. C. Putnam, aged seventy-nine years, a 

 widely known forestry expert and a pioneer 

 lumberman, died at his home in E'au Claire on 

 Jan. 24. He was a member of the American 

 Forestry Association, having been president 

 twice and was considered the most thoroughly 

 practical authority on forestry in the United 

 States. He" had been in the employ of the gov- 

 ernment here and abroad, and had been asso- 

 ciated with various railroads. lie was inter- 

 ested in several lumber and timber concerns in 

 Wisconsin and on the Pacific coast. 



The Kiel Furniture Company of Milwaukee 

 and Kiel has increased its capital stock from 

 .•«] 50,000 to $500,000 and the number of its di- 

 rectors from three to five. J. B. Laun is presi- 

 dent and A. W. Dassler is secretary of the 

 company. 



The Wachsmuth Lumber Company of Bayfield 

 has purchased the timber holdings of the Red 

 ClifE Lumber Company in Ashland and Bayfield 

 counties. 



The Bermingham Lumber Compauy of Ke- 

 nosha has increased its capital stock from 

 $15,000 to $100,000. 



Lumbermen have been much interested In the 

 code of rules relating to safety devices and 

 sanitary measures for manufacturing plants, 

 which has been completed by a committee of 

 manufacturers and others working with the Wis- 

 consin Industrial Commission. The committee 

 held several hearings in Milwaukee, when par- 

 ticular attention was paid to the wood-working 

 industries of the stale. C. W. Price of Chicago, 

 who has been associated with the International 

 Harvester Company for six years, has been se- 

 cured as safety expert by the commission, which 

 has the administration of the new Wisconsin 

 workmen's compensation law. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



R. W. Ilasalen, formerly with F. H. Lewis of 

 this city, has accepted the position as northwest- 

 ern representative for the W. 1'. Brown & Sons 



