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HARDWOOD RECORD 



tiiro and sell hardwoods. The company lias been 

 incorporated with an autborized capitalization of 

 $10,000. 



The Bicknell Lumber Compnu.v ai liicknoll 

 has increased its capitalization from .fl.'i.dOo to 

 $25,000. ' 



The Kayne Lumber Company. Spencer, Ind.. 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $12,000 to conduct a manufacturing lumber busi- 

 ness. Those interested in the company are T. 

 P. Bnync. R. S. Drake and S. M. Thrasher. 



EVANSVILLB 



The Cincinnati yard of The Fullcitun-l'uwell 

 Hardwood Lumber Company is being closed out. 

 and the company will carr.v its immense stock of 

 himber in its local yard. 



J. C. Keller, traffic manager of the Evansville 

 Manufacturers' Association, has received an offi- 

 cial notice from C. A. I'louty. chairman of the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission of tin* reduction 

 of freight rates on lumlier carloads from points 

 in the Central Freight Association territory to 

 Pacific coast terminals. This city is in this 

 territory, and the reduction of from eighty-five 

 cents to eighty cents will affect the hardwood 

 .shippers in this section. 



MEMPHIS 



Heavy rains have again fallen throughout this 

 territory within the past few days, and lumber 

 manufacturers have had rough sledding, not only 

 in Memphis proper but throughout the Memphis 

 territory. The heavy rains, not only in this sec- 

 tion but in the upper valleys of the Mississippi 

 and its tributaries have resulted in a very liigh 

 stage of water hi-re and this has helped some- 

 what in bringing out timber by water. However, 

 theamountof limber on the banks of the streams, 

 awaiting transportation by this method, is some- 

 what restricted, and it is doubtful if log receipts 

 from this source will be so large as usual. The 

 rail mills are having difficulty in bringing in tim- 

 ber even where it is alread.v cut and ready for 

 transportation. This is due to the scarcity of cars 

 on practically all of the roads tapping the hard- 

 wood producing area. Altogether, the log supply 

 i% very uncertain and, with weather conditions so 

 unfavorable, it is feared that the supply will be 

 considerably restricted, owing to the interference 

 with work in the woods. 



Lumber exporters here are watching with un- 

 usual interest developments in the coal strike in 

 Great Britain, because of the bearing which this 

 will have on the business in the T'nited Kingdom. 

 The strike has already assumed most appalling 

 proportions and unless settled at once is calcu- 

 lated to do inestimable in.inry to everj' industr.v 

 in (ireat Britain. Lumber Interests here believe 

 that the government must necessarily take the 

 matter in hand and force a settlement. Other- 

 wise they say that the lumber business and every 

 other line of activity in the United Kingdom will 

 be paralyzed within less than a fortnight. 



Luml)er exporters have had somewhat rough 

 sledding for quite a while. Since October they 

 have found extreme difficulty in getting their car- 

 goes moved to Europe and conditions In this re- 

 spect, while they have Improved somi'wliat, are 

 still far from satisfactory. One prominent ex- 

 porter said here today that he believed conditions 

 would be much improved by the end of March, but 

 tliat he expected a continuance of congestion for 

 some days yet. A large amount of lumbir is 

 exported from Memphis to the United King- 

 dom and every luml)erman here Interested in the 

 trade with that country Is watching developments 

 wltii unusual Interest 



The Bex Handle Company, which has been 

 making extensive repairs and Improvements on 

 its plant for some time, has completed these and 

 has resumed operations. M. II. fjraee Is president 

 of this company. 



The McLean Hardwood LumlH>r Company In Its 



civil action against the South Memphis Land 

 Company in the United States District Court has 

 secured a verdict for $17,500. The action grew 

 out of a claim of breach of contract on the part 

 of the South Memphis Land Company, relative to 

 the placing of a spur railroad track from the main 

 line of the Union Itaihvay Company across the 

 properly of the land company to the plant of the 

 plaintiff. This case has been before the courts 

 for a number of months. It has already been to 

 (he Court of Appeals, where If was reversed and 

 remanded for new trial. The McLean Hardwood 

 Lumber Company purchased its site heri' from the 

 New South Memphis Land Company and at the 

 time entered into the contract which it alleges 

 has been breached. 



The Memphis Manufacturers' Associiition has 

 not elected a permanent secretary. .lohn M. Tu- 

 Iher of tlie Business Men's Club is acting in the 

 capacity of temporary secretary. S. B. Anderson 

 of the Ander.son-Tully Company is president of the 

 association. 



The yard and stock of lumber of .7. L. Hale of 

 Osceola, Ark., have been purchased by the W. E. 

 lleyser Lumber Company of Cincinnati, through 

 its office recently established at Memphis. In ad- 

 dition to the purcha.se of this lumber, which 

 amounts to several million feet, the company also 

 secured the output of the Hale mill at Osceola. 

 The lumber will be sold through the Cincinnati 

 office. 



The Perkins Land & Lumber Company, a Ten- 

 nessee corporation, has filed an amendment to its 

 charter with the Secretary of State of Arkansas 

 whereby its capital stock is increased from $25,- 

 000 to $100,000. It is set forth that, of the latter 

 amount, $40,800 is invested in that state. The 

 Arkansas headquarters of the company are lo- 

 cated at Kelso. 



.\pplicafion has been filed by George C. Brown 

 & Co. for an amendment to their charter, 

 w'hereby the capital stock is to be increased from 

 ,$100,000 to S1.-)0,0()0. Those who signed the ap- 

 plication are W. B. Drake. Frank Colville, But- 

 liM- Smith. C. E. Brown, G. E, Reynolds, II. F. 

 Harwell and L. E. Brown. This firm came to 

 Memphis from Nashville .several years ago. Since 

 that time it has erected a mill at Watson, Ark., 

 and anotheT at Proctor, Ark. It owns a large 

 tract of timber at the latter point and has one 

 of the most complete^ plants in this tcrritoi-y lo- 

 cated there. 



NASHVILLE 



The Southi'rn I.umlxM' & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of this cit.v has rebuilt its big box factory 

 and wood-working plant which were recently 

 destroyed by lire. The plant has hei'U equippe<l 

 with the latest machinery, and with many Im 

 provements over the former plant. The com- 

 pany has al.so extended its facilities and will soon 

 erect a large band sawmill. 



The Caraway Jlanufacturlng Company is a new 

 $100,000 concern chartered here for the pur- 

 pose of manufacturing table rims, spokes, handles, 

 wheel strips etc. The compan.v has been op- 

 erating several years at Monterey, Tenn.. and has 

 six mills In Fentress and Overton countlr's, Ten- 

 nessee. The concern has similar plants at Da.v- 

 ton, O., and Burnside. Ky. H. F. Caraway, 

 founder of the system, will have charge of the 

 Nashville plant. The comjiany lias a contract 

 for the hickory from :!.000 acres In East Ten- 

 nessee and has secured from a Nashville com- 

 pany the hiekor.v from 'lO.OOO more acres In I'en- 

 tress and Overton counties. 



Ned Bcrglan. formerly traveling representa- 

 tive In Tennessee and Kentucky f(U' the I,oulsl 

 aim Red Cypress Company, has opened a whole 

 sale ctimmlssion oltU'r- here, and hardwoods are 

 Included in bis special llni's. Hi' Is widely 

 known Ibrimglioiit this entire territory. 



The annual election of officers for the Nash- 

 ville Lumbermen's Club will bi' held .Mar. 12. 

 Owing to the fact that the olil otlbers of the 



club have engineered the affairs of the organ- 

 ization in sucli a satisfactory manner during 

 the past year, they have been renominated for 

 another term, and the secretary will cast the 

 entire vote of the club for their reelection as 

 follows : I'resldent, Hamilton Love ; vice-presi- 

 dent, C. M. Morford : secretary, Ci'Cil F.wing; 

 treasurer, T. I{. LcSueur : directors. Henderson 

 Baker. M. c. Ewing, W. M. Farris. ,7r., C. L. 

 McConnell and C. T. Dews. 



CHATTANOOQA 



'I'lie <:. li. Miller Lumber Company is moving 

 its yard from Orange Grove to a new location 

 at Third and Main streets, East Lake. This 

 move was made necessary on account of increas- 

 ing trade. 'I'he ['ompany handles a line of hard- 

 woods exclusi\-ely. 



W. S. Milne has recently purchased seventy 

 acres near the city and will move his chair fac- 

 tory from Cleveland. Tenn., to this point and en- 

 large the same. 



There is some complaint among lumber ship- 

 riers in regard to the car supply, ordi'rs in some 

 cases being placed for several days before a car 

 can be secured. 



The Williams & Voris Lumber Company will 

 soon shut down its mill for extensive repairs. 



BRISTOL 



I'lie Stone-Huliug Lumber Company is prepar- 

 ing to commence work at once on the erection of 

 its three story brick building, 150x200, which 

 will house the company's modern new planing 

 mill. It is expected that the mill will be ready 

 lor operation by fall. 



,T. 1'. Hackney, who is prominently connected, 

 with the W. .M. Ritter Lumber Company at 

 I'roctor. N. C, was married here this week at 

 the Hotel Bristol to Miss Maggie Pearl Rhea of 

 Bristol, the Rev. Adolphus Kistler officiating. 



The Bristol Door & Lumber Company is mak- 

 ing a number of improvements with a view to 

 increasing its output. The company reports 

 business iirosjiects as flattering. It manufac- 

 tures chiefly b.-irdwood finish and sells it largely 

 in New York and New England. 



The new mill of the Black Mountain Land it 

 I'imber Company at Bluff City, Tenn.. will be 

 in operation by .lune 1. Work is now going 

 forward on the company's logging road into tjie 

 Ilolston mountains, east of Bristol. 



LOUISVILLE 



Charles E. Davis, manager of the lumber de- 

 liartment of the .\lengel Box Company, has been 

 aijpointeil sali's manager for the Richland Parish 

 Lumber Company, an associated concern, which 

 operates a sawmill at Rayville, La. Mr. Davis 

 will retain his position ■ with the Mengel Box 

 ('ompany and dispose of Ibc niitput of both com- 

 panies. 



The Edward L. Davis Lumber Comjiany of 

 Louisville has sold one of Its sawmills in Barren 

 count.v. Kentucky, to Lawrence Brothers (if Mon- 

 roe counf.v. The Davis company will ccmtitie It- 

 self to the manufacture of lumber In Louisville, 

 where it opcu'ales a large mill. 



The Mengel Box Company of Louisville has let 

 contracts for ilii' Installation of the machinery 

 to be used In Its paper box department. This de-. 

 liarfment will have a capacity of uii.imo boxes 

 per day. 



Tile S. F. McCoriiili'k Lumber Company has 

 been formed and will operate at Lexington, Ky. 

 The conc<'rn Is coiniioseil of County ,ludge (J. A. 

 Jli^Cormlck and his son, S. F. McCormlek. Iioth 

 of Ml. Sterling. Ky, The former will not be 

 actively engaged In the work, his son having en- 

 tire control. A mill will be operated In connec- 

 tiiui Willi the comjinn.v. 



