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iUi-Ps wns purchased, siving Taylor & Crate a frontage of cighloen liun- 

 <lre(l feet ou Military road. Thus they have acquired a tract of l.OOOx 

 l.SOO feet, which will be utilized for an extensive hardwood yard. 



Jackson & Tindle Move Office 



.Tackson & Tiudlo of liuffalo. X. Y.. announce the removal of their 

 oflices from the old location on Niagara street to the seventh floor of the 

 New York Telephone building. The change was effected May 1. This con- 

 <M'rn is one of the largest hardwood factors in the North. 



Nichols & Schuppert, Chicago 



Two of the '"old guard" of the Chicago hard\vood industry recently 

 Joined forces under the firm name of Nichols & Schuppert. Both of these 

 men have been for .vears actively engaged in the hardwood business in the 

 vmploy of two of the oldest companies in the city. George A. Nichols has 

 IxH-n connected with W. P.. Crane & Co. for thirty years, while William L. 

 Schuppert has for the last twenty years been employed by the Keith 

 T.uuiber Company. The new concern will maintain a wholesale hardwood 

 ynrt\ at 2420 South Loomis street. 



High Point Furniture Company's Plant Burned 



It is reported from High Point, N. C. that the plant of the Ilish 

 I'oint Furniture Company of that place was burned on Apr. 2-1. entailing 

 n loss of $40,000. Only the large finishing room was saved. Insurance 

 to the extent of ,$60,000 was carried on the entire plant. It is announced 

 that the plant will !)'■ rebuilt immediately. 



Hardwood Manufacturers' New Rule Books 

 The revised and reprinted grading rules of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association of the United States have just come from the press 

 In book form. The rules were revised in accordance with the changes 

 jtuthorized at the recent annual meeting at Cincinnati. The new issue 

 has a different cover design than the old issues of the manufacturers' 

 rules, namely. It has a green cover, through which two red stripes run 

 longitudinall.v. The previous issue had pink covers through which longi- 

 tudinal lines were drawn. It is anticipated that the change of color 

 will m.'\ke it much easier to identify the new^ issue. The revised rules 

 iiecame effective on May 1. 1913. 



Proceedings of the Wood Preservers' Association 



Tlu' secretary of the American Wood I'roservers' Association announces 

 that the proceedings of the ninth annual meeting will be ready to mail 

 iin or about Jlay 15. He states that he has done everything possible to 

 get the proceedings out sooner, but on account of a printers' strike the 

 books were delayed in delivery. The books will contain 100 pages more 

 than last year's proceedings and will be profusely illustrated. 



Kendall lumloer Company Buys Timber 



It is reported that the Kendall Lumber Company of Pitlslnirgh and 

 v'onnellsville. Ta.. has purchased a tract of 4.000 acres of hardwood along 

 the Cheat river in West Virginia. The company is having the timber 

 <'ruised and surveyed for operations. The sawmilling will begin immediately 

 upon the completion of the railway. 



Failure of Paducah Concern 

 The Lucas Land & Lumber Company of Paducah, Ky., is in the hands 

 r Ileceiver Barnett of that place, who has sold the lumber owned by 

 the company. The order specified minimum prices at which the receiver 

 ^■nuld dispose of his stock. Receiver Barnett is president of the Paducah , 

 Veneer and Lumber Company of Paducah, which concern was responsible 

 lor the bankruptcy proceedings. 



A Lumber Camp in New York City 



There is a good sized lunil>er camp, as busy as any professional camp, 

 in operation in New York City. It is in Forest Park, in the Borough of 

 i^ueens. and here can he seen every phase of woods work from the chop- 

 ping of the "lead" and felling of the tree to final conversion of the 

 logs into luralx-r. The ravages of the chestnut blight are the cause of 

 the maintenance of this camp. Only chestnut trees are being cut and 

 converted into lumber, railroad ties, poles, posts, etc. The chestnut 

 blight, which in the last few years has wrought havoc among the trees 

 along the northern Atlantic seaboard, dealt very severely with the trees 

 in New York City and the adjacent country. In Forest Park it caused 

 the death of 20,000 trees that were scattered over the 700 acres that the 

 park contains. These dead trees spoiled the beauty of the park ; there- 

 fur,, there was nothing to do but to remove them. The work of removal 

 has been .going on only a short time. Upon the decision to cut this 

 dead timber bids for removal were advertised for, and it was found that, 

 instead of the dead trees being a source of expense, they were actually 

 worth considerable money. The contractor who is doing the cutting gives 

 the city a percentage of his profits in the transaction. Trees that are of 

 a certain size and length are sold for poles, and some of the smaller 

 ones are used for railroad ties. Even the sawdust is utilized, while 

 the slabs are cut into surveyors' sticks .and the residue into firewood. 



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It is the man tliat uses the saws vrho ought to know something 

 of their quality, so why not consult him as well as the price when 

 it is time to buv new ones? 



V'.Hy.\73TOatiaim^aMJtm!)im!)im M!JtB^^ 



Hardwood 'News Notes 



■< MISCELLANEOUS >-= 



The Batesville Furniture Company has commenced business at Bates- 

 ville, Ind. 



The Chicago Veneered Door Company has moved from Chicago to La- 

 porte, Ind. 



The Colonial Cabinet Company, St. Louis, Mo., has increased its capital 

 from $25,000 to $50,000. 



The .Standard Woodenware Company, Skowhegan. Me., has incorporated 

 with a capital of .$25,000. 



The Reliable Incubator & Brooder Company, Quincy, 111., has increased 

 its capital stock from .$20,000 to ,$50,000. 



At Murfreesboro. Ark., the Pike County Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated, the capitalization being $10,000. 



Fire damaged the lumber sheds of the Bowie Lumber Company at 

 Bowie. La., to the extent of $50,000 on April 17. 



The Empire State Hardwood Lumber Company has lieen incorporated 

 at Buffalo. N. Y.. with a capitalization of $10,000. 



The American Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of furniture, at 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., h.is incorporated with a capital stock of $40,000. 



The South Bend Dowel Works has been incorporated at South Bend, 

 Ind., with an authorized capital of $50,000, by J. E. Kuntz, T. E. Kuntz 

 and R. SI. Kuntz. 



The Westerfield Furniture Company has been incorporated by W. D. 

 Westerfield, Louis E. Y'ewell. W. L. Stephens and J. D. Pruitt at Owens- 

 boro, Ky., with a capital of $S,000. 



The Thompson Lumber Company has Ijeen organized by W. D. Thomp- 

 son, G. H. Thompson and C. H. Thompson, the capital stock being $50.- 

 000. This company is located at Waterford, Wis. 



J. M. Roper, ,1. H. Fulmer, Jr., of Mishawaka. Ind.. and H. G. Niles, 

 South Bend, Ind., have incorporated the Roper-Reese Lumber Company 

 w^ith a capital stock of $500,000, at West Liberty, Ky. 



The Phillips Lumber & Manufacturing Company has been incorporated 

 at Charlestown, W. Va.. with a capital stock of $50,000. by R. H., Bessie. 

 O. K., Alma F. and Gertrude Phillips of Charleston. W. Va. 



The Brown Lumber Company, Fordyce. Ark., has been organized with 

 a capital stock of $75,000, of which $60,000 has been subscribed. The 

 incorporators are .T. M. Brown, A. B. Banks, G. M. Hampton and others. 



The Pine Grove Lumber Company of .lunction City, Ark., has filed 

 articles of incorporation with a capital stock of $10,000. Tlie incor- 

 porators are: J. T. Lewis, W. B. Workman, A. 11. Procter, ,1. B. Higman, 

 .Ir.. and C. D. Harris. 



The plant of .Tames B. Tatem & Son. Putnam. Conn., was totally de- 

 stro.ved by fire on the night of Apr. 24. The company is making plans 

 for immediate rebuilding. It is engaged in the manufacture of handles, 

 picker sticks, leather capped chisels, lawn mower handles, golf shafts, 

 and dimension ash. hickory, dogwood and persimmon. 



=■< CHICAGO y 



The Wisconsin Veneer & Panel Company was organized at Chicago 

 on May 1 to take over the Chicago business of the Wisconsin Seating 

 Company of New London, Wis. .1. H. Dunn has Iw^en the sales repre- 

 sent'ative of the Wisconsin Seating Company for several years and con- 

 tinues as manager of the Wisconsin Veneer & Panel Company, which is a 

 separate corporation. The new company is located at 165 N. Elizabeth 

 street, and will handle veneers as well as panels. 



The Folding Furniture Company has been incorporated at Chicago. 111., 

 with an authorized capital stock of $10,000. 



W. D. Reeves of the W. D. Reeves Lumber Company of Helena. Ark., 

 has been in this city for several days on a business trip. 



B. F. Dulweber of the Dulweber Lumber Company, Cincinnati, 0., has 

 been in the cit.v for several days on business in connection with the erec- 

 tion of his new plant at Morehead, Miss., which mill is 70.000 feet 

 capacity band mill and lies between Greenville and Greenwood. It is 

 rapidly Hearing completion. 



J. M. Wells of the American Hardwood Lumber Company. St. Louis, 

 Mo., spent several days of last week in the city. 



Thomas W. Frye of the C. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 St. Louis, Mo., has been a prominent Chicago visitor this week. Mr. 

 Frye says that the hardwood trade is very favorable. He states that 

 while there is a slight easing of demand, it cannot affect hardwood busi- 

 ness as there is very little hardwood stock to be sold anyway. 



W. B. Seaman of the Seaman-Kent Company. Ltd., Toronto, Ont., 

 stopped off at Chicago for two days of this week to confer with his 

 local representative. Mr. Seaman is en route from Memphis to Toronto. 



The Christiansen Lumber Company, formerly of the Rector building, 

 announces that on May 1 it moved its ofiBces to 1147-49 Peoples Gas 

 building, 122 South Michigan avenue. 



The Konzen, Stumpf & Schafer Lumber Company of this city has 

 changed its name to the Konzen & Schafer Lumber Company. 



