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Haute, where he spent two years in the concrete construction business. 

 In January 1910 he re-entered the lumber business, liaving been appointed 

 sales manager of the Tug River Lumber Company, Huntington, W. Va.. 

 where he remained until August 1010, when he weut to Buffalo to become 

 assistant to the president and general manager of the Buffalo Copper & 

 Brass Rolling Mills. He romained in this position until October 1912. 

 when he formed the White-Weller Lumber Company at Buffalo, liandling 

 west coast lumber and hardwoods from the East. 



Mr. Weller will now retire from this partnership to take up the duties 

 of secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers" Association. Mr. Weller 

 is married, ha.s two childi-cn, and will remove his family to Cincinnati to 

 take up his permanent aliodi' there. 



Prominent Cincinnatian Dead 



One of the old members of the Cincinnati trade, Thomas W. Keeveny 

 of the T. W. Keeveny Lumber Company died at his home on Apr. 10. 

 This company's business is located on West Eighth street. 



The deceased is survived by his sons, Eugene D. Keeveny and Joseph 

 T. Keeveny. The former is in the luiulxn' business in New York City, 

 while the latter has been associated with his father in Cincinnati. Four 

 daughters also survive. The family will continue the business. 



Williams Brothers Company Will Dismantle Mill 

 The Williams Brothers Company of Cadillac, Mich., announces that 

 the camp at Elton. Mich., will shortly be dismantled. This company still 

 has over 2iiO.(i(iO feet of timljer in the woods, but operations will be 

 discontinued during the summer and this stock will be left for next 

 winter. The company will devote its time and energy to the construc- 

 tion of camps in Colfax and Albar. Mich. These camps are for the 

 purpose of cutting timber from the tract recently purchased from A. F. 

 Anderson, who is moving from Cadillac. 



Three New Yards for Cincinnati 



Three lumlier ennn-rns not now maintaininti ynrds in Cincinnati will 

 shortly eompb'te arraugi-ments for yard space in the St. Bernard section 

 of that city. These three companies are the Kelsey IL-irdwood Lumber 

 Company of North Tonawanda. N. Y.. The Hugh McLean Lumber Com- 

 pany of Buffalo. N. Y., and the Cherry Lumber Company of Klkins, W. Va. 



Arrangements have been completed, and the Norfolk & Western Rail- 

 road, from which the yards will run switches, has comph'ted its survey 

 for the installation of the switches for the three (ompanies. 



J'hese three newcomers in the Cincinnati trade will be close neighbors. 

 The Hugh McLean I-umber Company will occupy about five acres of land 

 on Carthage Pike, immediately .south of the Snouk-Veith T>umber Company. 

 which site is that of (be oM K. & I'. ,Lumhcr Company which went »»ut 

 of business two years ago. The Cherry Lumber Company has been dick- 

 ering for some lime for a site m Cincinnati. 'Ihis yard will front (m 

 Murray road in St. Bernard, and will extend over "nn feet along the 

 Norfolk & Western tracks, which ground will cover two acres and will be 

 adjacent to that of the Francke Lumber Company. 



Directly south of the Cherry Lumber Company property is that of the 

 Kelsey Hardwood LumlM-r Ctimpany. This company's new property will 

 also cover two acres. It will have an agreement regarding switching with 

 the Cherry Lumber Company. 



Varner Land & Limiber Company Purchases Arkansas Timber 



A d' :;I was closed hist we,-k in I'lnc r.IntT wltiM-.Uy tin- Varner Land 

 & Lumber Company bought a very valuable tract of tiinberland at Hum- 

 phrey, known as the Sondheimer tract. The consideration named is 

 $.300,000. The deal was nunle I)y R. Carnaban. a capitalist of Louisville. 

 Ky. The Varner Land & Lumber (''ompany now owns and operates a 

 large hardwood mill near <ieridge. in Lonoke county. Ark., and propose 

 to take immediate steps toward locating a l)ig hardwood plant on this 

 newly acquired property. The new plant being erected will rank among 

 the best hardwood mills in the South. The othcers of the Varner Land 

 & Lumlnn- Company are Wm. Coulson, president : (i. W. AUpori. vice- 

 president and general manager ; W. E. I'armelee. secretary, and .7. S. 

 McI)onald, treasuier. 



This sale was made with the approval of the directors who were phiced 

 in the firm to look after the interests of the creditors thereof. The ctm- 

 suramation of this transaction has made it possible for the K. Sond- 

 heimer Company to pay all of its indi-ittedness, including both principal 

 and interest, and means that the alTairs of the firm will revert to the 

 original owners thereof. The cash which was received from the land 

 was distributed among the general creditors, while the deferred notes 

 were pledged with the banks to which tiie firm owed money. Since the 

 trouble which the firm bad some months ago tlie atfairs of the company 

 have been managed by three niemliers of the firm and directors repre- 

 senting the creditors. The liquidation of the outstanding indebtedness 

 means that the directors representing the creditors will be eliminated and 

 that the management will revert to the original stockholders. Iludolph 

 Sondheimer is in Chicago now arranging the preliminary details. 



New Plant Kansas City Hardwood Flooring Company 



The Kansas City Hardwood Flooring Comiiaiiv <>\' Kansas City, Kans., 

 last week purchased from the Southern Trust Company of Little Kock. 

 Ark., an eight-acre ttaot of land lying in tlie southeastern i)art of Little 

 Rock, upon which the company will erect its new plant. The considera- 

 tion paid for snid tract Is $14,000. Following the recent loss by fire of 

 the company's plant in Kansas City, E. L. Bruce, president, turned his 



attention to southern cities in quest of a new^ site for the plant. Little- 

 Kock was finally selected, the Chamber of Commerce being instrumental 

 in effecting the deal. 



The company proposes to luiild buildings which will cost in the neigh- 

 borhood of $100,000, the plans for which are now being drawn by Little 

 Itock architects. The construction of the new plant will be rushed, and 

 the ofhcers of the concern promise to have the plant in operation within 

 the next ninety days. The company will employ one hundred men, at 

 least sixty-five of whom will be expert mechanics. 



Wisconsin Lumber Company Loses Deering Plant 

 At noon on Apr. 17 the Deering plant of the Wisconsin Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chicago, located at Deering, Mo., was totally destroyed by fire. 

 Owing to the high wat-n- the plant had been shut down for several days 

 and repairs were in ju-ogress. About twenty minutes after the fire was 

 discovered the plant was a complete wreck. It was a band mill with 

 Filer & Stowell machinery, having a capacity of 70,000 feet a day. The 

 otlicials of the company got busy immediately with plans to rebuild, and 

 work is already in progress for clearing away the wreckage preparatory 

 to the erection of a new mill on the same site. 



The new structure will be considerably larger than the old building, 

 inasmuch as the old structure originally was designed for circular mill 

 and at the last moment was changed to a band mill. The equipment of 

 the new mill will be similar to that of the old one consisting of Filer & 

 Stowell band mill and resnw. The loss was completely covered by 

 insurance. 



Bird's-Eye Veneer Company About Ready for Operation 



The Birds-Kye Veneer ( ompany. a newly organized concern at Escanaba. 

 Mich., announces (hat about the first of May it will begin active opera-' 

 tions at its new plant at that point. The company was organized for 

 manufacturing birds-eye maple veneer, plain birch and maple cro.ss- 

 banding and backing, its specialty, as indicated by its style, being birds- 

 eye maple. The company's i)lant is one' of the most complete rotary 

 cutting veneer plants in the country. It is of fireproof construction 

 throughout. 



The Uirds-Kye Veneer Company has a large supply of birds-eye maple 

 logs, which will tax the full capacity of the iilanl until the first of 

 September. It also has a good connection with timlMT holders which 

 will insure it a continual supply of not only maple h)gs, but of bin-h. 

 basswood, ash. elm, and other domestic woods. It is aNo planned ta 

 manufacture and deal in Circassian walnut, mahogany and foreign woods.* 

 The company alreadv has booked several orders and has many appllc-- 

 lions f^ir slock at the present time. 



Hardwood 'News Notes 



< MISCELLANEOUS >■ 



The ClarciiHUlt W'imu] Wurkint; ('olnpjiny has h'-i-n ilicorporatod at New 

 York City. 



Tho I'aris LumliiT & Maniiracluriii;^ I'l^nipany has (liscmitiini'-il business 

 at I'arls, 'IVxas. 



The Toniiesson-Alabama Liiniin'r Company at .Ml, I'l'-asant. Tenu.. lias 

 gone out of business. 



The Brownlei* Cnnijtany has been organizefl at KiviT Umi^e. Mich., \vitli 

 a capital stoek of .fLTiiMioil. 



Tlio Vollmar & liilnw Company has boon succeeded l>y the Below I.um- 

 iior Company. Marslitiel^l, Wis. 



An increase in capital stock to .$100,00() has been made by the r>urham 

 Itu.fi:gy ("ompany. I»urliam. N. C. 



.1. 10. I^awrence has l>een appointed receiver for tin- Lexington Veneer 

 & Lumber Company, Lexington. O. 



The Ilc-rm^-Spark Veneer i'ompany has been siicce<'ded by the .T. T. 

 Ilorne Company. Tuscaloosa. Ala. 



The Archibald Wheel Company. Lawrence. Mass.. has incorporated under 

 the same style, the capital being $,^00,000. 



The Itoyal Glenn Land & Lumber Company with a capital stock of 

 ?lil(i,OI)0 has been incorporated at Tetersburg. W. Va. 



The Western Cabinet & Fixture Company. Kansas City, Mo., has 

 greatly increased its capital, viz.. from $20.01)0 to .?l.-.n.noo. 



The Germain Manufacturing Company has been incorporated at Saginaw. 

 Mich., with a capitalizatiou of $7r).(r()0. and will manufacture piano parts. 



The McKenzie Wood Working Company is the style of a new organiza- 

 tion which has been Incorporated in New York City with a capital stock 

 of .flO.OOO. 



Owing to the increasing business of the L. Jensen Company, saw and 

 pinning mill operators at Ewen, Mich., its capital has been raised from 

 .•JS4IK1. 011(1 to .fti.'iO.dOO. 



The Youngstown Pattern Company of Youngstown. f).. has bei-n Incor- 

 porated with a capital stock of $20,000. The new lompany will manu- 

 facture wooden patterns. 



Tlie Pioneer Pole & Shaft Company of Memphis. Tenn., and Plqua. O.. 

 will shortly erect a circular saw mill at Camden, Ark., for the manu- 

 facture of pole and shaft sijuares. 



