April L>n. m-'-' 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Nesslunds Will Tour Europe 



Mr. and Mrs. \'ictor Ni-sslunil nf .Taiiifsriiwii. N. V.. arc ^tiin;; to iiiaki- 

 a trip to Europn of so\i'r;il lllu]lI^l^■ tiuratinn. 'riic.v will sail frniii N<'\v 

 Yiirk on Mu\ '.* and do not oxp.-il to rtlnrn niilil Nov onilior, 



Memphis Club Protests Against Fight on Wooden Shingles 



Joe Thompson, president of the Luinbornien's Club of Menti)his, at the 

 rejfular senii-nioutlily nieetinj; at the Hotel ixiiyoso Saturday afternoon. 

 April 13, appointed a eoniniittee of twenty to enter a vigorons protest 

 with the City IManninj; Connnissic)n td" Memphis aj;ainst the l)an iiroposed 

 by the latter on the use of wooden shingles on future buildings in this 

 city. Jesse (^. Dean, president of the Cole Miiunfaetnrinj; i'ompany. is 

 chairman. 



The .sales code committee of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- 

 tion, of which Earl I'almer, Memphis, is chairman, will not formulate a 

 sales code prior to the annual of this body in June, according to a state- 

 ment made to the club by that gentleman. Mr. Palmer declared that he 

 and his associates have done everything in their power to lay the gi*oun<l 

 work for a sales code and that they had spent their time in this way 

 because they believed it better to take this course than to formulate a 

 code and then attempt to secure its adoption. He told of the addresses 

 he hid delivered to lumber organizations in the interest of the sales code 

 idea and he further stated that June :il. at Chicago, the day before the 

 annual, had been set apart for a conference on the general subject of a 

 sales code. t<i which representatives of all branches of the hardwood tradi' 

 have been invited. At this meeting, he said, he hoped that a clear idea 

 might be gained of what a sales code should contain and that an accept- 

 able, and therefore effective, instrument might be the outcome thereof. 



Mr. Palmer made this statement in response to a request, on the part 

 of the sales code committee of the club, for a di'aft of the code as formit- 

 lated by the national committee. 



Lumber Company; F. Iv. Longwell. A. J. Chestnut Ltimber Company; A. J. 

 Harris, Tennessee Hoopp Company, and L. E. Penny, Louisiana lied 

 Cypress Company. Three aitpHcatiifUs were tiled by the nu'inljership 

 committee. 



Third Ticket Withdrawn in Cincinnati Club Race 



Two tickets will tie voted on at The annual electirul of the Cincinnati 

 Lumbermen's Club which will be held at the Hotel Metropole, May 1. 

 M. J. Byrns, Byrns Brothers Lumber Co., has announced the withdrawal 

 of the third ticket in Its entirety. Following the announcement of Mr. 

 P.yrns, the e.\ecutive committee held a special meeting, April 10, and 

 unanimously agreed to waive the formality of waiting until the night of 

 the annual election (as proviib'd iit tlie constitution to give a corrected 

 list <>f the candidates as they will aijpear on the ballot. Since the meeting 

 of the club on April li at which candidates for three tickets were nominated, 

 some of the nominees have declined to be considered as candidates and as 

 a result, instead of three tickets to be voted on at the election, there will 

 he only two. 



J. R. O'Neill. Tennessee Coal & Lumber Co., was not present at the 

 April .3 meeting, when he was nominated on both the Independent and 

 third tickets to oppose J. C. West, of the ,T. C. West Lumber Co.. for the 

 presidency. ,'^iuce then Mr. O'Neill has withdrawn in favor of A. E. 

 Hart of t-he Leland (}. Banning Co. The revised tickets are as follows : 

 Regular: J. C. West, president: S. E. Olffen. Fagin-tiiflfen Lumber Co., 

 first vice-president ; C!. M. Morgan. Nicola, Stone & .Myers, second vice- 

 president : W. F. Gammage. secretary, and K. E. Thompson, Thompson 

 Hardwood Co., treasurer. Independent ; A, E. Hart, president ; J. K. 

 O'Neill, first vice-president ; Stewart Menzies, Menzles-Bolman Co., second 

 vice-president : W. F. Gammage, secretary and E<lwin H. Ward. Dwight 

 Hinckley Lumber Co., treasurer. Under the new arrangement Jlr. Gam- 

 mage has no opposition for the secretaryship. 



that twelve miles of railroad trackage will be constructed to facilitate 

 handling the timber from the woods to the mill. He further states that 

 the stumiiage contains a large quantity of oak, about two-thirds of which 

 is white, ami that the remaining timber is gum. asli and hickory. 



Kelsey to Resume Operations 



With the Trade 



Turner-Farber-Love Company Opens New York Office 



The Turner-Fiirber-Love I'ompany of M.niphis has oi)ened a branch 

 olhce in New York City at lllt» Itordeii loiilding, ;;.''pit Madison avenue, 

 according to announcement made to Il.\iiDW<KiD ItEcoitti by F. tf. Woods, 

 treasurer of the comiiany. The New York office will be in charge of T. D. 

 Higgins. who is a thoroughly competent lumber salesman, having had 

 experience in the manufacture of lumber from the log to the consumer as 

 well as lots of experience on the selling end. "In selecting such a man to 

 represent our interests," said Mr. Woods, "we feel that w"e are' in a better 

 position to serve our patrons in this t»-rritor.v." 



R. J. Darnell, Inc., Returning to Hardwood Manufacture 



R. J. Darnell, Inc.. with head(|uarters at Memphis, which formerly 

 manufactured hardwood lumber in a big way at Batesville, Miss., but sold 

 out its mill at that point to the I'anola Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, announces that it will re-enter the manufacturing business on a large 

 scale. It owns 7,j.00ll acres of hardwood timber lands at Floyd's Crossing, 

 near Pioneer, La., and it is now preparing to install a double band mill 

 and resaw, obtained from an Arkansits operation. It proposes to have this 

 equipment in operatioa within the next three months. R. H. Darnell, 

 president, says that the plant will have a daily output of lOO.Oi.Ki feet and 



The Kelsey \V1 1 Company is planning early resnmiition of its double 



baTid mill in North Memphis, according lo announcement made by A. E. 

 Mahannah, gem^ral manager. The dennind for wheel parts at the plant 

 operated for the manufacture thereof is not (piite as good as it has be(>ii. 

 necessitating some slowing down in operating hours. By starting up the 

 double band mill the men who would otherwise be laid off will be given 

 employment. Mr. .Mahannah says that the mill will cut oak jirincipally 

 and that the greater portion of the output will be quarter sawTi. 



Car Shops Are Running Full Speed 



W. S. Dickersou, vice president in charge of operations of the .-Vmerican 

 Car & Foundry Company, who visited the plant of that corporation at 

 Einghampton, East Memphis, the week ending April 22, states that the 

 Memphis plant, as well as all the other factories of the company, is run- 

 ning at full capacity and has enough work ahead to keep it going at that 

 rate for some time. He says that the plant at Memphis is running on 

 repair work for the American Refrigerating Transportation Coinpany, for 

 the Gulf, Mobile & Northern and for the Illinois Central system. He fur- 

 ther says that the railroads are showing a decided disposition to engage 

 in car repair work on a much larger scale and that the outlook for busi- 

 ness is good. The American Car & Foundry Company has been, and is 

 still, buying considerable quantities of hardwood lumber for use in car 

 repair work, and it is notable that Memphis lumber interests report a 

 decided expansion in demand for cross ties and for lumber from the 

 railroads. 



Coles' Summer Cottage Burns: Family Barely Escapes 



The summer cottage of Henry B. and William C. Coles, lumber merchants 

 of Philadelphia and Moorestown, N. J., were destroyed by fire April 18 

 at Seaside Park. N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coles and a party of friends 

 barely escaped with their lives. The entire furnishings of the house, in- 

 cluding clothing and Jewelry of the guests were destroyed. The loss is 

 estinmted at ,$20,000. 



Pinchot Gives Up Forestry for Politics 



Giflford I'inchot, Pennsylvania state forester, has resigned to devote 

 his entire time to his campaign fop the Republican nomination for governor. 



"On May 10, I'll either be a corpse or a candidate," said Mr. Pinchot on 

 .\pril 19. He also declared that his reason for resigning was that be could 

 not criticize the administration of Governor William C. Sproul while hold- 

 ing a state office. The stock of the former national forester, who is boomed 

 by certain leading retail lumbermen of the state for governor, has taken 

 a big rise during the past few days. John S. Fisher, the banking com- 

 missioner, has retired from the fight, leaving the field clear l)etween Mr, 

 I'inchot and George E. Alter, the attorney general. Mr. Alter is backed by 

 the Republican organization. 



t.Joveruor .Sproul has apiniinted Major Robert Y. Stuart, of Carlisle, to 

 ;Mr. Pinchot's post as state forester. The major formerly was deputy forest 

 commissioner. 



New Cincinnati Hardwood Company 



The Southern Pine and Hardwood Lumber Co., recently incorporated 

 under the laws of the state of Ohio, has opened offices in the Wiggins' 

 Block, Cincinnati, Ohio. G. A. Ro.v, president of the G, A, Roy Lumber 

 Co. of Nicholasville, Ky., is also president of the new concern and L. E. 

 Schleinhaut, secretary and treasurer. The company will distribute the 

 output of the hardwood mills of the G. A. Roy Lumber Co. and conduct 

 a brokerage business in Southern Pine. Mr. Schleinhauf was formerly 

 connected with the M. B. Farrin Lumber Co. of this city. 



Penny Elected Vice-President 



Harry M. Penny was elected vice-president of the Advance Millwork 

 Co. at the annual meeting of the board of directors. He will also be 

 general manager of the com]iany succeeding George L. Weaver, who died 

 recently. Other officers re-elected are: W. G, Layer, president; John 

 Dickersou, secretary, and Herbert Jackson, treasurer. Mr, Penny has 

 been connected with the company for the past ten years. At one time 

 he was connected with a Cincinnati morning newspaper. 



Wright Recovering from Operation 



W. J. Wright, purchasing agent of the M. B. Farrin Lund)er Co., is 

 recovering from an operation which lie submitted t(> for appendicitis at 

 the Bethesda Hospital two weeks ago. 



Farrin Will Increase Mill Capacity 



The M. P.. Farrin Lumber Co. has purchased a new tiOO K. W. turbine 

 from the Allis-Chalmers Co. for installation in its plant. The company 

 is making arran^'inents to increase the capacity ^)f its sawmills. 



Kosses Go to Hot Springs 



Max Kosse of the Kosse-.Shoe-Schleyer Lumber Co., has departed with 

 his wife for Hot Springs, Ark., where they will spend a month's vacation. 



Lumbermen Enjoying Vacation 

 J. C. West, J. C. West Lumber Co., W. H. Hopkins, New River Lumber 

 Co., and E. M. Bonner, .\tlas Lumber Co.. ar4' i-njoying a \acation at French 

 Lick Springs, Ind. 



