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HARDWOOD RECORD 



will eugago in the genera! lumber business and will also manufacture sash 

 and doors. W. W. Brown is president, J. F. SilTurd is vice-president and 

 G. W. Niebaus is secretary and treasurer. 



The J. 0. Xessen Lumber Company, organized under the laws of Illinois, 

 has prepared to do business in Arkansas. It has complied with the laws 

 of that state and E. Butler. Madison, Ark., is named as agent for service. 



J. D. Allen of I. M. Darnell Sons' Company, is one of the candidates 

 for vice-president of the Business Men's Ciub. The election will be held 

 next Saturday and it is expected that Mr. Allen will receive the active 

 support of the entire lumbor frati-rnity which has a large membership in 

 the organization. 



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'J'lir liuilding pt-Tmits for iJareli showed that NashviUe contimios in thp 

 lead compared with tlie same montli a year ago, the increase being 148 

 per cent. The ligures were : March, 1913, $186,654 ; March, 1912, 

 $75,163. The real estate transfers for the past month also showed an 

 increase over 1912. 



The L.vnnville Lumber Company of Lynnville, Tenn., recently lost its 

 sawmill by fire- of unknown origin, a high wind adding to the fury of the 

 flami'S. A planing mill and much lumber on the same property was 

 saved. 



The spoke and handle factory of the N. C. Blanchard Company at 

 Spring City was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin, the loss totaling 

 •liS.OOO, with .$1,200 insurance. 



The main factory of the Rantber-Scanlon Handle Factory, which con- 

 cern has a number of plants, will be located here, where ample terminal 

 facilities are to be had. W. C. Kelley, Thomas Scanlon and R. L. Rauther 

 are at the head of the enterprise. 



.T. W Alford & Co., love, Boyd & Co., and Hales & Son have filed an 

 involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Standard Box & Manufacturing 

 Company of this city. The Insolvency of the defendant company is 

 claimed and an act of bankruptcy alleged on their part in December last 

 when a general assignment was made. 



John B. Ransom. .Tr., of this city, son of the late .John B. Ransom, for 

 years a prominent member of the local lumber trade and prominent in 

 all public movements, has arranged to place a memorial in the Y. M. (_'. A. 

 IniiUling here in honor of his father who was a leading director in that 

 organization. The fitting up of the directors' room will be effected for 

 the purpose indicated. 



Herman Sherer of Louisville, Ky., is arranging for a site to establish 

 a large veneer plant here. A large force of men will be employed and 

 the product will be used for furniture and interior finish. The plant will 

 cost from $15,000 to $20,000. 



Several carloads of lumber changed hands at the last meeting of the 

 Nasliville Lumbermen's Club. The transportation committee reported work 

 on a comparison of log rates into Nashville compared with other cities 

 similarly situated. The opinion was expressed that Nashville rates are 

 higher than others. 



President C. M. Morford of the Nashville Lumbermen's Club has 

 appointed bis standing committees for the coming year with the following 

 chairmen ; Transiiortation, A. B. Ransom : Credit and Claims. Hamilton 

 Love ; Resolutions, J. H. Baird ; Market conditions, T. B. LeSueur ; Mem- 

 bership, C. E. Hunt ; Entertainment. T. B. Johnson. 



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t>rville Alfred Pier has been selected as the secretary of the Retail 

 Lumber Dealers' Association and of the Lumbermen's Culb to take the 

 place of John B. Kesslcr, who has held the secretaryship of the former 

 organization for the past ten years and of th'e latter for about five years, 

 or ever since the club has been in existence. Mr. Pier has been a prac- 

 tical' railroad man until a short time ago, and is well posted in organi- 

 zation work. 



R. V. Fletcher, local manager of the Hooton Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany, reports a splendid business since the company started in this city. 

 Nearly every item is being called for, especially cypress and poplar. Most 

 of the upper grades of cypress are going to the northern markets, while 

 the lower grades are being taken by the local market. 



The Garetson-Greason Lumber Company states it is getting more orders 

 than it can handle, because it has very little stock on hand. The three 

 mills of the lompany are running only part of the time because of high 

 water. Mr. W. W. Dings paid a visit to Chicago a short time ago and 

 disposed of a lot of their stock. 



The C. F. Liebke Hardwood Mill & Lumlwr Company is also doing a 

 fine business. One of the mills has been compelled to close down on 

 account of high water but the other is running all right. 



The Lumbermen's Club will hold its April meeting on Apr. 30 at the 

 Washington hotel. Mr. Julius Seidel, chairman of the Entertainment 

 committee promises the members an "Irish Night" and predicts that the 

 members will enjoy themselves quite as well as they did the "German 

 night" of the March meeting. 



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Special Examiner J. Edgar Smith of the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission conducted a hearing here last week in the case of the Bristol Door 

 & Lumber Company against the Southern and the Virginia & Southwestern 

 railways, involving freight rates. The same company had a suit against 

 the Carolina. Clinchfield & Ohio railroad but counsel for the latter 

 appeared before the examiner and admitted the allegations of the com- 

 plaint and asked to make reparation. 



The Carolina Spruce Company has begun the operation of its ,large 

 new mill in western North Carolina. The company has a large area of 

 hardwood timber and will do business on a large scale. 



J. Gibson Mcllvain of J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co.. Philadelphia, was a 

 recent visitor on the Bristol market. His company is now doing an 

 extensive business in this territory. 



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The Norman Lumber Company has announced that it will install a 

 ICi'aetzer preparator at its mill at Holly Ridge. La. The contract for 

 the equipment was placed recently by E. B. Norman, vice-president of the 

 company, following an exhaustive inquiry into the merits of curing lum- 

 ber by steam pressure. Mr. Norman is enthusiastic over the prospects for 

 the use of the Kraetzer system. 



The Wood-Mosaic Company of New Albany, Ind., of which Will McLean 

 is president, recently secured a splendid tract of timber in Metcalfe 

 county. The purchase was made through Lawrence Brothers, of Tompkins- 

 ville. The logs will probably be sawed at the Highland Park, Ky.. mill of 

 the company. 



Reforms in state taxation wore urged at the annual meeting of the 

 Kentucky Manufacturers' Association, which was held in Louisville last 

 week. A numl)er of lumbermen and hardwood consumers attended the 

 convention, which brought together many leaders in the industrial life 

 of the state. Better traffic conditions wore also demanded, the president 

 of the state organization declaring that Kentucky is discriminated against 

 in the matter of freight rates. 



Tra*ffic conditions caused by the flood are improving only slowly, though 

 locally the railroads have about put things in normal condition. What 

 with congestions at points where floods made it impossible to handle busi- 

 ness for several weeks, as well as the grrat amount of work necessitated 

 by replacements on washed-out divisions, however, the carriers arc find- 

 ing it next to impossible to relieve themselves of the burden placed 

 upon them by the inactivity during the flood season. Snme railroad men 

 take the ground that it will be six months before the transportation com- 

 panies are back on their feet, as far as physical conditions are con- 

 cerned. A noteworthy feature Is that a slight car shortage is develop- 

 ing on account of the tie-up of many cars in the congested sections, re- 

 sulting in inability to supply the normal quota of cars at other points 

 nearl>y. 



Robert Carnahan, well-known In the timber business in this section, 

 has transferred his attention to Arkansas, having purchased 25,000 acres 

 of timberland in Jefferson and Lonoke conntles In that state. The prop- 

 erty Is to be developed in the immediate future, arrangements for finan- 

 cing the operation having been made with eastern interests. It will be 

 necessary to build a railway to connect the property with the main line 

 of the Cotton Belt, after which a large mill will be located. 



Attention has been called to the passing of Valley View, on the Ken- 

 tucky river, as a hardwood manufacturing center, in line with the general 

 review of conditions along that stream jirinted some time ago in Hard- 

 wood Kkcohd. The last big mill located there was that of the Kentucky 

 River Poplar Company, and it has been sold to tho Estill Lumber & Tim- 

 ber Company. The latter is to transfer the mill to Morehead. Miss., where 

 it recently acquired a tract of timber. 



An important line of railroad is to be built into Jackson county. Ky., 

 by the Rockcastle River Railroad Company, which Is to construct a 

 :iO-mile line from East Berustadt, on the Louisville & Nashville, to McKee, 

 the county seat of Jackson. The Ritter interests of Huntington, W. Va., 

 are now developing property In that section. 



Flood conditions have been gradually ellminat^'d in liouisville. and prac- 

 tically all of the plants affected are now operating as before. Loss of 

 time was an even greater factor than damage to lumber stocks, although 

 this was greater than in January on account of the large deposits of mud. 

 Cincinnati, O., lumbermen who recently were in Louisville asserted that 

 never had the river done so much damage as during the March flood, the 

 openings in the piles bi'lug filled with mud. Municipal officials are still 

 discussing the question of improving the Point, where the lumbor yards 

 hurt by high water are located, and as engineering advice is being sought 

 and federal co-operation has Ix^en promised, it looks as if there is an 

 excellent opportunity for something of real value to be accomplished In 

 this direction. 



^■< MILWAUKEE >- 



The Stone-HuUng Lumber Company is preiiaring to begin operation of 

 the J. A. Wilkinson plant. New machinery Is being Installed and the 

 large plant is l)clng brought up-to-date. The Stone-Huling Company's 

 present plant will be continued. 



Creosoted blocks are to be used for paving the principal thoroughfares 

 of Milwaukee, that material having been chosen by the department of 

 public works for paving Grand avenue. Wi'st Water, Wells and Third 

 streets. This type of pavenuuit is something quite new in Milwaukee, 

 as very few streets have bein paved with this material. However, where 

 It has been used it has stood up well under the traffic and will now 

 replace the asphalt on the named streets. About 22.670 square yards of 



