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road, although through service has been rendered impossible by the break- 

 ing of the levee at Mayersville, Miss., but this has not interfered with 

 the work north of the break. The company is not able to do anything 

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

 ern, but hopes to be able to resume in the near future. Traffic on that 

 road has been interrupted by the flood waters from the Mississippi and It 

 will probably be two or three weeks before the ground will be dry enough 

 to enable the company to proceed with the loading of logs. 



The Desha Lumber Company, Arkansas City, Ark., is planning to con- 

 struct a big band mill at Lake Providence, La., where the company owns 

 several large tracts of timberland. This firm has a big mill at Arkansas 

 City and likewise has its headquarters at that point. It is suggested, 

 however, that the building of the new mill will result in the removal of 

 headquarters to Lake Providence. The plans of the company also con- 

 template the construction of a railroad from Lake Providence to connect 

 with the V. S. & P. at Delhi, La. 



Copies of the briefs filed by the Illinois Central Railroad Company in 

 the Memphis-New Orleans rate case have been received by J. H. Townshend 

 of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau, and John R. Walker, attorney 

 for the bureau, will prepare the briefs setting forth the contention of 

 the shippers. It is expected that an early decision will be handed down 

 by the commission after all the documents in the case have been sub- 

 mitted to that body. This is the fight which involves the advance of 

 two cents per hundred pounds on hardwood shipments from Memphis and 

 points in Mississippi to New Orleans. A number of hearings have already 

 been held in this case and much will depend upon the decision. Of all the 

 advances proposed by the railroads operating in this territory this is the 

 only one in which the railroads have not withdrawn the increased tariff. 

 As matters now stand the advance contemplated by the Illinois Central 

 Railroad Company is suspended until Sept. 30 by the commission. This 

 was done to give plenty of time for the settlement of the controversy. 



May 22 is the date for the hearing in the case involving the issuance 

 of through bills of lading on export shipments from points west of the 

 Mississippi by way of New Orleans. This case will be handled by John 

 R. Walker, attorney for the Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau, but a 

 large number of lumbermen from Memphis and the other affected territory 

 will give evidence at that time and will pay close attention to the oral 

 argument to be made during the hearing. 



It is reported that the entire holdings of the Western Tie & Timber 

 Company of St. Louis, located near Harrisburg, Ark., have been bought 



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by the Tsehudy Lumber Company of Memphis, and the Ozark Cooperage 

 & Lumber Company of St. Louis. This transaction involves about 30,000 

 acres of hardwood timber. The Western Tie & Timber Company has 

 owned this land for a number of years. A few years ago it was offered 

 at ?6.50 per acre and more recently it was offered at $12.50 per acre. 

 It found no purchaser at either price, but it is understood that the 

 amount received was substantially in excess of the last named quotation. 

 The purchasing companies propose to cut the timber and convert it into 

 lumber and cooperage products as rapidly as possible and also to put 

 the land in cultivation as soon as the timber has been removed there- 

 from. Present plans contemplate the erection of a large cooperage plant 

 by the Ozark Cooperage Company and the establishment of a band mill 

 by the Tsehudy Lumber Company. The plans also contemplate the build- 

 ing of a tram road to facilitate the development of the timber. 



Building operations in Memphis during April involved a slightly larger 

 total than during the corresponding month last year at $285,000. May 

 has begun with several large permits and there are a number of projects 

 just ahead which insure very heavy amounts devoted to building plans 

 during the next two or three months. As a result contractors and those 

 who handle building materials of all kinds are anticipating a very heavy 

 volume of business. There is a good demand for hardwood lumber as well 

 as yellow pine in the overflow sections in Arkansas and Mississippi, and 

 altogether the outlook for practically all kinds of building material is con- 

 sidered exceptionally good. 



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The April and March Nashville building permits for 1913 show marked 

 increases over the same months for 1912. The totals this year were 

 .?427.366 and $186,654, respectively, and for 1912 the totals were ,$142,070 

 and $75,163, respectively. 



An order for 15,000 vegetable crates for shipment to Florida is being 

 filled by the Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company, which is making 

 a specialty of this class of goods. 



A large and modern factory for the making of shuttle blocks will be 

 located here by Jasper Hooper of the Star Block Mills at Franklin, Tenn. 

 Dogwood and persimmon lumber will be used. 



John B. Ransom & Co. of this city have purchased and will develop 

 8,000 acres of fine timberland in Wayne county, Tennessee, which abounds 

 in oak and other hardwoods. 



A $50,000 corporation to be known as the Harriman Hardwood Lumber 

 Company has been formed at Harriman. Tenn.. headed by Mayor T. H. 

 Enwrlght of Spring City, Hall Ilagamyer of Cincinnati and others. The 

 latter will be vice-president ; T. J. Brennan of Boston is secretary. 



Fire of unknown origin destroyed the spoke factory at Hohenwald of 

 the Mitchell Wheel Company, the loss being $5,000. without insurance. 

 Fifty thousand spokes were burned, together with the mill building and 

 machinery. This company recently sustained heavy flood losses at 

 Miamisburg, 0. 



The lumber of the Lucas Land & Lumber Company, at Paducah, Ky., 

 has been ordered sold by the federal court and the proceeds held for dis- 

 tribution. It is directed that the best grades shall bring not less than 

 $50 per thousand feet and the lower grades not less than $12.50 per 

 thousand. The company was recently thrown into bankruptcy. 



The Nashville Lumbermen's Club will co-operate with the National 

 Classification Committee of the lumber and box interests in supporting 

 the cause of the wooden box and the consumption of low-grade lumber 

 in the pending contention with the fiber board and composition box people 

 regarding freight classification which is pending before the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission. 



W. J. Cude. president of the W. J. Cude Land and Lumber Company, 

 surprised his host of friends here and elsewhere by being quietly married 

 recently to Miss Mabel H. Grizzard. They left for an extended wedding 

 trip, and on their return will live at the groom's suburban home. 



John W. Love of New York was a visitor here last week. 



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The H. P. Wyman Lumber Company, with a capital stock of .$24,000, 

 was organized in Bristol last week by H. P. Wyman of the Bristol Door 

 and Lumber Company ; H. A. Johnson, a well-known hardwood lumber- 

 man of Lee county, Virginia, and J. G. Wyman of this city. The com- 

 pany has purchased a good sized area of timber near Big Stone Gap, Va., 

 and will develop the property as soon as mills can be installed. All are 

 experienced and successful hardwood lumbermen. 



The Adams Lumber Company of this city has purchased a boundary of 

 timber near Blountville, Tenn., and has installed a mill to cut it. 



W. O. Came of the Bristol Door and Lumber Company returned this 

 week from a two weeks' stay in the East. He reports that there is a 

 decided state of expectancy and uncertainty In business circles there, due 

 to the revision of the tariff and that con'ditions, while favorable, are 

 naturally somewhat unsettled. 



Frank Shell of Johnson City, Tenn., has purchased a boundary of 

 timber near Roan Mountain. Carter county, Tenn., and is Installing por- 

 table mills to develop the property. 



Three sales of timber and mountain lands near Bristol were effected 

 last week. These purchases were made by the government for the Ap- 

 palachian Forest reserve. The Douglas Robinson tract In Johnson and 

 Sullivan counties, consisting of 25,000 acres, was taken over. The 



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