HARDWOOD RECORD 



55 



=■< ST. LOUIS >■ 



During last month. 913 building permits wmv issued tor new buildings, 

 alternations and repairs b.v the St. Louis building commissioner, at au 

 estimated cost o£ .$1,392. 655. This is a decrease of about thirty percent 

 compared with the building operations fJuring May, 1912. 



Receipts of lumber by rail at St. Louis during May this year as reported 

 by the Merchants Exchange were 20,320 cars. May last year the re- 

 ceipts were 1S,195 cars, showing a gain in receipts this May of 2,131 

 cars. Shipments of lumber by rail last month were 14,970 cars. A year 

 ago the shipments were 12,717. an increase this May of 2,253 cars. 

 There were no receipts or shipments by river either this year or last. 



F. J. Watsek, formerly connected with the traffic department of the 

 American Hardwood Lumber Company, has become associated with the 

 Chas. D. Borrowman Lumber Company, as office manager. 



The offices of the Wabash Hardwood Lumber Company at Memphis 

 have been closed and the company lias beer\ consolidated with the Hooton 

 Hardwood Lumber Company. The Memphis concern was owned by the 

 Hooton company and hereafter the two will do business under the name 

 of the Hooton Hardwood Lumber Company. / 



The Chas. F. Luebrmann Hardwood Lumber Company reiwrts a satis- 

 factory volume of business being done, although orders are not coming 

 in quite as freely as the.v did a few weeks ago. It is satisfied, however, 

 with their trade and also with conditions. 



A reception was given by the Lumbermen's Club in its rooms to the 

 members and their friends, on Tuesday. May 27, from 12 to 2 o'clock. 

 The object of the reception was to show the recently redecorated and 

 rearranged rooms of the club gnd to give the members an opportunity to 

 meet the new secretary of the club. O. A. Pier. A colored orchestra in 

 the directors' room rendered music aild a general get-together time 

 was had. 



Frank J. Liebke. vice-president of the C. F. Liebke Hardwood Mill & 

 laimber Company, was married to Miss Dorothy Wall, daughter of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Nicholas K. Wall of Westminster place, Tuesday evening. .Tune 

 o, at 8 o'clock, at the residence of the bride's parents. Mr. Inebke and 

 liis bride will be home after September 1 at 5418 Cabanne avenue. 



=-< ARKANSAS y 



The Arkansas & Indiana Lumber Company of Clarksville, Ark., has 

 recently installed and is now operating the largest veneer basket factory 

 in the state. H. L. Mowrey has been employed by the company as manager 

 of the new plant, and he asserts that the company will soon be in 

 position to fill orders in large quantities for crates, boxes and baskets. 

 Clarksville is located in the heart of the peach district, and there is now 

 a large demand for peach baskets in that section. The company will 

 devote its attention for the present to manufacturing these baskets, but 

 after the peach season is over the plant will add other machinery and 

 make baskets of all kinds in large quantities. The company recently 

 bought the retail yard at Ozark. Ark., formerly owned by the Acme 

 Lumber Company. It has been rumored that this company will also 

 buy in the near future other yards along the Iron Mountain railroad 

 between Little Rock and Fort Smith. 



The Talley-Wasson Lumber Company of Bates ville. Ark., one of the 

 largest lumber companies in North Arkansas, has recently been dis- 

 solved. Charles Wasson has bought the interest of W. S. Talley, and will 

 continue to run the business under the name of the Charles Wasson 

 Lumber Company. Mr. Talley expects to leave during the next few weeks 

 for Florida where he and his family will reside. 



.T. B. Robinson, who has for many years been connected with the 

 Whitcomb-Robinson Lumber Company of Little Rock, has recently dis- 

 posed of his interest in the company to R. L. Wilder. Mr. Wilder has 

 assumed active connection with the company, and will look after the 

 operation of some sawmills which the company has in this section. The 

 n<'w concern owns several million feet of standing timber near Little 

 Rock, and the sawmills will be used in cutting this for the company. 

 The name of the lumber concern has been changed to WhitcomlHWikl.T 

 Lumber Company, and the local plant will be under the supervision of 

 Mr. L. M, Whitcomb. 



There is considerable doubt among the whiskey men of the state that thp 

 prohibition measure passed by the last legislature will stand, but every 

 one concedes that Arkansas will continue to supply her share of the 

 bfMM- kegs used in the United States as long as that beverage is brewed 

 in this country. 



11. Devecke of Hamburg, Germany, representative of J. F. Mueller & 

 Son. has spent considerable time during the past month in Arkadelphia 

 conferring with the Arkadelphia Milling Company in the interest of his 

 company. The citizens of that town attach considerable importance to his 

 visit and are expecting some activity in the local stave market on that 

 account. 



The work on the -construction of a large sawmill near the Iron Mountain 

 Railroad and adjoining Arkadelphia has been begun, and the owner. R. 

 < >. James Company, expects to have the mill in full operation within a 

 short time. This plant will employ a number of men and also add 

 greatly to Arkadelphia's lumbering- industry. 



The Forest Products Manufacturin- Company having exhausted the 

 timber near its mill on Kings river has closed down that plant and is 

 moving the machinery to Berryville, where a new plant will be erected. 



The company has been buying stave bolts pretty heavily for several weeks 

 and has a large supply on hand for use as soon as the new plant is ready 

 for operation. This plant will have a payroll of about $1,500 per week, 

 and will give employment to about 100 men. 



The Chicago Mill & Lumber Company at Blytheville, Ark., has recently 

 completed a large building 200 by 200 feet, in connection with its mill, 

 which will be fitted out with up-to-date machinery for the manufacture of 

 boxes. The company has plans under way for the erection of a large 

 log clip on the north side of its mill. 



=-< MILWAUKEE >■= 



Lumber companies in the northern part of the state are experiencing 

 difficulty in securing sufficient help with the opening of the lumbering 

 operations. Another difficulty is in holding men at the camps, as it is 

 claimed that they get little recreation and return to the cities after a 

 month or two fsr a more varied life. The local branch of the state free 



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