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HARDWOOD RECORD 



=-< INDIANAPOLIS >•= 



The Imperial Hoop Company. I.nportf. liiis gouo out of business. 

 Seott P. Mattliews o£ the South Arliansas I.uinlier Company is home 

 after a Michigan trip. 



Building operations in the eit.v last monlh aggrettated $073. .j04 as 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



Baud Sawed Stock RIDGWAY 



PENNSYLVANIA 



MILL FACILITIKS 

 COMPLETE PLANING 



PHIS 



Wholesale Manufacturers and Exporters 



RED GUM 



SAP GUM 



COTTONWOOD 



CYPRESS 



ASH 



PLAIN OAK 



>iiii" J J 7-A- I. QUARTERED OAK 



All Grades and 1 hicknesses ^ HICKORY 



We make a specialty of mixed cars 

 of Sap and Red Gum, One-half to 

 Two inches thick. 



SOFT ELM 



SYCAMORE 



VANDEN BOOM=STHHSON LIIMBER COMPANY 



Mannfactnrers Sootbeni Hardwoods 



Red Qum a Specialty 

 Memphis Tennessee 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



REPORTS INCLUDED 

 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP, DETAIL ESTIMATES & WRITTEN REPORT 



GARDNER & HOWE 



ENGINEERS 



Clarence W. Griffith °°5!^A« buS""' Memphis, Tenn. 



compared with .f 1 ,ti00,."i40 iu September, 1912. There was a gain in alt 

 liinds of frame construction last month, while brick and fireproof construc- 

 tion showed a marked decrease. 



With an authorized capitalization of .$7,000 the Federal Wood Prod- 

 ucls Companj- has been organized and incorporated at South Bend to 

 do a woodworking business. The incorporators are William F. Blalce. 

 W. W. Blake and K. K. lilake. 



Carl Moeller. I'rert I.. Palraer and Otto F. Moeller have organized tile 

 Xew Cabinet Compan.v here to manulacture kitchen cabinets and furniture. 

 The companj- has iieeii Incorporated with an authorized capitalization of 

 .fljO.COO. 



.Tames W. Wheeler ilied at his home iu Noblesville. Sept. lit), after a 

 mouth's illness. He wa.s seventy .vears old and had large timber interests 

 in Indiana. Arkansas and Tennessee. He is survived by eight children, 

 two of Ihem, Leonard Wheeler of Memphis, Tenn., and A. G. Wheeler of 

 lientou. Ark., are engaged in the lumbir business. 



ytanle.v Ij- Wolfe, a special representative of the United States Forest 

 Service, has been in the cit.v interviewing furniture manufacturers on the- 

 methods and materials used by them, giving special attention to manu- 

 facturers of veneered furniture. 



Thomas D. Stevenson, vice-president of the concern, recently filed suit 

 asking that a receiver be appointed for the Deeco Manufacturing Company, 

 manufacturers of veneer panels and interior hardwood trim. The company 

 is embarrassed temporarily by lack of working capital. Us assets are 

 estimated at .sriO.Oiii) anil liabilities at .$11,000. Bert McBride, president 

 of the Security Trust Company, has been named as receiver. 



The J. A. I'"ay and Egan Company, manufacturer of woodworking ma- 

 chinery, now located in Cincinnati, is negotiating for a factory site in. 

 Beech Grove, a suburb southeast of Indianapolis. It has submitted a 

 proposition to the Beech Grove Improvement Company that it will 

 locate in Beech Grove in return for a sixty-acre factory site and ,$170,- 

 000 in cash. It is probable the improvement company will endeavor to 

 sell ."lOO lots in Beech Ornvc at S.'iOO each to raise the subsidy. 



=■< NASHVILLE >= 



Til.' Sirrelaiy of State has ,i;ranti'd a rliartor t>* tin- Dovils Di'ii Lumber 

 Coinpany of Knox County. The company will have headquarters iu Knox- 

 ville. and lias an authorized capital stock of $HMi.unO. V. S. Chapman, 

 1!. 8. Yonuj;. \V. Donaldson. Sam K, Younji. Jr.. and George K. Ucll are 

 I In- iue(uporalors. 



r.uilditiji uiM>rations in Nashville lor September showed a falling oflf^ 

 compared witli the same month last year. Permits were issued last 

 month for improvements lo cost $49,930 against !(;84,144 for the corre- 

 spuntUny month of 1912. 



l'"our pojilnr trees and two oaks on the farm of S. W. Warfieid, in 

 .Maury County, near Columbia, were sold lo C. C Morgan, a Columbia 

 manufacture!-, for .$.'125. These were magnirteent specimens, being four or 

 hve feet in diameter at Ihe base of the trunks. 



The 'J'cnnessee ilardwood Lumber Company, of which Thcimas .Johnson 

 is pi'fsideiit. lias increased its authorized capital stock from $.')0,000 to 

 sr.if.iioo. Till' company recently al)sorbed the Althauser- Webster- Weaver 

 Ccimpany, and Ihe increase in capital stock was made iu order to finance- 

 Ihe cousolidali()n. Tlie cdiiipany lias been operating on a broad scope 

 since taking over the A it ha user-Webster- Weaver Company. 



A sawmill belonging to S. V. I-idwell, ten miles east of Lawrenceburg, 

 was burned, causing a loss of .$(iOO. with no insurance. 



Krank i'axton nf Kansas <.'i1y has been visiting in Nashville, looking 

 Mver tiie situation in the luteresl of his company. 



The lirst meeting of the Nashville I^unibermen's Club sin«'e the summer 

 season was held this week, with a good attendance. A large part of the 

 session was devoted to discussion of trade conditions, and practically all 

 of the dealers reported a business for September as large or larger than 

 I'nr the same month of last year. The sentiment seemed to be that Ihe 

 Uimbeimen have no ground for complaint. 



An invitalinn from the Louisville Hardwood Club for the local club to- 

 visit Louisville was accepted. The local club will spend Oct. 14 In 

 Louisville, ebarlerinu a special car for the trip. Last fall the Louisville 

 club visited Nashville, bringing them into closer touch with local hunbor- 

 nicii. The local club is antit-ipating a fine trip. 



=-< MEMPHIS >•- 



The Ford.vce Maiiufacluriu;; >v l<-e Company, at Fordyce. Ark., has 

 changed the location of its mill from a site on the Cotton Belt to one 

 on the Itock Island system. In making (his change in location the com- 

 pany is materially increasing the capacity of Ihe plant which will iu 

 futuri' amount to SO.OOO feet per dJiy. Oak, ash. fum and hickory will 

 be the jirincipal products. 



The Memphis Freight Bureau has secured a reduction on shipments 

 of lumber from points in Mississippi and Louisiana to Memphis. The 

 i-eductlon averages from .me to two cents per hundred pounds. 



The plant of the Sail.. & Kay .Say Mill Company, at Montrose. Ark., 

 will be open for operation in a few days. 



Huilding operations in Memphis during September involved a total 

 of .$288,;i55. This is a rather sharp decrease as compared with the 

 corresponding month last year, but huilding operations at the present 

 time are on a big scale and there are some im]icu'tant pro,iects. permits 



