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good demand for hardwoods although some trouble is set-n in the slow 

 shipments of i'ailroads. He says prices are ruliog strong. 



Manager Maul of the Appalachia Lumber Company reports a ^ood 

 volume of business in hardwoods with trade becoming hetter as the 

 season advances. 



The Nelson Lumber & Manufacturing Company, which operates a plant 

 on Dublin avenue, sustained some damage from the recent flood but not 

 as mufh as was hrst thought. Most of the damage was done to hard- 

 wood flooring stor'^d at the plant. 



Secretary Benbow of the Sowers-Leach Lumber Company says trade 

 is good with bis concern and hardwood quotations are ruling Arm in 

 every way. 



A. T. Wilson of the Kirby Lumber Company of Houston, Tex., has been 

 assigned to Ohio with headquarters in Columbus, and will cover the state 

 for that concern. 



Miss Sarah Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jones of Columbus. 

 was married recently to Hariy W. Fagin. senior member of the lumber 

 firm of F'igin & Kirkpatrick of Cincinnati. The firm will soon open a 

 Detroit ofiice with Mr. P^agin in charge. 



are now about normal throughout the state, but there is much delay in 

 shipping in some localities, owing to a congestion of freight and inability 

 to get sufficient cars promptly. 



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S. W. Kichey of Eichcy. Halsted & Quick recently stated that the Arm's 

 business is steadily on the increase. The diiEculty is not in selling stocic 

 so much as in ilnding suitable supplies in quantities suflicient to meet the 

 demand. He believes that 1913 will be a banner year in hardwoods. 



Ralph McCracken, sales manager of the Kentucky Lumber Company, is 

 of the opinion that the present heavy demand will increase as the season 

 advances, and that the hardwood trade is getting on a firmer basis than 

 for many years past. I'nsent high prices are likely to continue and 

 grow stronger as the demand increases. 



Roy Thompson of the Thompson Hardwood Lumber Company states 

 that the business of his company is very much on the increase, especially 

 in the northwest territory. The eastern business is also all that .can be 

 desired. Prospects are bright for a continuation. 



W. B. Heyser of the W. E. He.vser Lumber Company says that his 

 company is better supplied with stock to meet the heavy demand of its 

 extensive northwest trade than it has been since it has been in business. 

 Early heavy purchases are now available and they will have a fine lot of 

 hardwoods right along. 



W. E. Bennett of Bennett & Witte says that Lumbermen certainly have 

 nothing to worry about with business going along at the present rate. 

 He says while it is true hardwoods are not as plentiful as formerly, his 

 company has been able to supply the demand without much trouble and 

 he thinks that the increased production will be of much help to many 

 dealers who are not now supplied with stock. He states that general 

 conditions are very satisfactory. 



Thomas W. Keeveny of the T. W. Xveeveny Lumber Company died at 

 his home on Walnut Hills, this city, Apr. 17 after an illness of several 

 months. He is survived by Eugene D. Keeveny who is in the lumber 

 business in Xew York City ; Jos. T. Keeveny, who was associated in the 

 business with his father here, and four daughters. The T. W. Keeveny 

 Lumber Company did a wholesale and retail business in hardwoods which 

 will be continued as formerly by the family. 



The Howard & Barber Lumber Company, 309 Provident Bank building, 

 Cincinnati, exporter of domestic hardwoods and pine, announces that 

 Alfred Howard is no longer connected with the company, his interests 

 having been bought out by Edward Barber, who will now have sole charge 

 and management of the business. 



■< INDIANAPOLIS > 



The Dynes Lumber Company has changed its name to the Indianapolis 

 Lumber Company. 



Elmer W. Stout has filed his fin;\l report in federal court as receiver 

 for the Ford & .lohnson Company, i}f Michigan City and Chicago. 



The George W. Davis Carriage Company of Richmond has changed its 

 name to the George W. Davis Motor Car Company. 



J. E. Kuntz, T. E. Kuntz and R. M. Kuntz have organized the South 

 Bend Dowel Works at South Bend to conduct a general woodworking 

 business. The company has been incorporated with an authorized capi- 

 talization of $50,000. 



The Parry Manufacturing Company. Capitol Veneer Company and 

 Standard Dry Kiln Company, whose plants were in the path of the recent 

 flood, have fully recovered and have resumed operations as usual. 



The Cabinet Makers' I'nion. furniture manufacturers, which recently 

 suffered a .$10,000 loss by fire, is rapidly repairing its plant and will soon 

 have its plant restored to a normal condition. 



Nelson A. Gladding, vice-president of E. C. Atkins & Co., and retiring 

 president of the American Supply and Machinery Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion, was presented witli a silver loving cup at the convention of the as- 

 sociation held here Apr. 10, 11 and 12. 



Hardwood manufacturers and dealers of this vicinity are anticipating 

 a freight car shortage because of the recent flood. For about two weeks 

 very little freight was able to mo\'o on account of the fact that many 

 railroad tracks and bridges were washed out. The fact that electric inter- 

 urban railway lines suffered much loss also caused considerable additional 

 traflic to be thrown to the steam railway lines. Transportation facilities 



=•< MEMPHIS y- 



The movement of logs to Memphis is comparatively small at the moment 

 and will probably continue so for a while. The Valley Log Loading Com- 

 pany is loading logs on the I'azoo & Mississippi Valley line of the Illinois 

 Central and these are being brought to Memphis either over that line or 

 over the line of the Illinois Central. There is practically nothing doing, 

 however, on the Memphis-Marianna cut-off of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain 

 & Southern. The Valley Log Loading Company loads on that line also, 

 but there is so much overflow water that the latter has been put out of 

 cdmmission. The Iron Mountain, however, is preparing to begin repair 

 work on this line just as soon as the water recedes and there is a great 

 deal of timber thereon which has been made ready for loading. The valley 

 Log Loading Company, therefore, e.\pects to resume loading on that road 

 at the earliest possible moment. 



The Bentonville Cooperage Compan.y, Bentonville, Ark., has been reor- 

 ganized. The capital stock is .$20,000. C. G. Hopkins, who has been 

 owner and operator of the plant heretofore, has become vice-president and 

 general manager under the new regime. W. C. Bernhardt is president and 

 F. O. Wyman is secretary and treasui-er. The company will make a spe- 

 cialty of the manufacture of whiskey barrels. 



The Columbia Cooperage Company is preparing to establish a .$50,000 

 plant at McGehee, Ark. It is to be one of the largest and most up-to-date 

 establishments of its kind in southeastern Arkansas. The company 

 already has a considerable amount of raw material on hand and will 

 accumulate more, so that an ample stock will be available when it is ready 

 to begin operations. Construction is to start at once. 



Building operations in Memphis promise to be quite full in the near 

 future. Definite announcement is made of the fact that the Rock Island 

 System will begin the construction of the bridge across the Mississippi 

 river here, as well as upon the terminals which are to be constructed in 

 this city. These two undertakings will involve an expenditure of between 

 $5,000,000 and $7,500,000. The Illinois Central is ready to begin the 

 construction of its new union passenger station, which will cost between 

 two and three million dollars. The Commercial Trust and Savings Bank 

 has accepted the plans for its new twenty-two-story oflice structure to be 

 located at the corner of Union avenue and Main street. Work is also in 

 progress on the new Chisca hotel, which involves a very heavy outlay. 

 There has also been a resumption of work on the building of the Bank 

 of Commerce and Trust Company, which is to be a duplicate of the present 

 Memphis Trust Company building. Numerous other building projects are 

 under way or about to l>e launched, and altogether the situation is 

 regarded as quite encouraging. Handlers of building material soy that 

 they are anticipating a good business, but just now they are handicapped 

 by the fact that the overflow in the Mississippi has put an almost com- 

 plete stop to improvement and construction work in the Mississippi valley. 



The Mississippi river at Memphis continues to fall very slowly, the 

 water at present standing slightly above forty-one feet. Practically none 

 of the plants which were forced to close down as a result of the flood 

 conditions have been able to resume operations. It is expected, how- 

 ever, that the river wiil fall more rapidly in the immediate future and 

 that it will be within its banks within the next few days. Some of the 

 mills which have been out of commission in both north and south Memphis 

 for the past two or three weeks will be able to operate within the next 

 day or two, but it will probably be two weeks before all of them are in 

 operation again. 



The situation is virtually unchanged at points outside of Memphis. The 

 greater portion of the St. Francis basin is covered with water and all of 

 the mills which were out of commission when the last issue of the Hakd- 

 WOOD Recoed came from the press are still unable to operate. In fact, 

 owing to additional l)reaks in the levee system, the number has been 

 increased. The crest of the rise is now below Helena, Ark., and it is 

 reported that there has been a break in the levee about fifty miles beiow 

 Greenville, on the Mississippi side. Breaks on the Arkansas side include 

 two at Wilson, one at Grave's Bayou, and one at Laconia Circle. The 

 levee at Beulah continues to hold and the engineers believe that they will 

 be able to control the sityation at that point. This means that there 

 are a number of plants on the Mississippi side which have escaped inter- 

 ference from the high water. 



It will be sometime before the mills in the flooded area in the St. 

 Francis basin will be able to resume operations. This will depend, of 

 course, upon the length of time it requires for the waters to disappear. 

 Practically none of the firms having plants in this inundated area, how- 

 ever, count upon being able to start their machinery again under ten 

 days to three weeks. 



.1. F. McSweyn has been elected president of the Memphis Band Mill 

 Company, successor to the Memphis Saw Mill Company, of which he was 

 manager for some years. The other oflicers are George McSweyn, vice- 

 president, and Otis A. Felger. Grand Rapids, Mich., secretary and treas- 

 urer. The new company is capitalized at $100,000 and will make a 

 specialty of quartersawed oak and other high-grade lumber. 



The Valley Lumber Company has been organized at Camden, Ark., and 

 has taken over the plant of the .-Vmerican Manufacturing Company. It 



