April :;5. 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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tion chief inspector in this territory for over twelve years. A few months 

 ago, upon leaving the inspection service, he went with the Croan & Griffin 

 firm. 



For the account of the Holly Ridge Lumber Company and the Chess & 

 Wymond Company, Manager J. S. Thompson has been successful in an 

 effort to get the A. & V. railway to establish transit privileges at Jackson. 

 Miss., on lumber and cooperage stocks originating at stations on the 

 V. S. & P. 



Mr. Thompson also reports that the Missouri Pacific Ry. has agreed to 

 reduce rates May 15 on lumber from points in Arkansas to Louisville, 

 figuring an average of .3 to 5 cents a pound, on complaint of the Louisville 

 Veneer Mills, Bush Brothers, and Louisville Point Lumber Co. 



NEW ORLEANS 



Clarence H. Sherrill, of the Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Company, left 

 New Orleans about April 14 for Memphis, where, as a member of that 

 body, he attended a meeting of the committee of nine prominent hardwood 

 lumbermen appointed at the Louisville meeting early last month for the 

 purpose of perfecting and getting on its feet the much heralded "Hard- 

 wood Institute." 



Nix & Colomb. Inc., is the latest entrant into the domestic and export 

 hardwood business at the port of New Orleans. The president of the new 

 concern is John D. Nix, Jr. ; the vice president is M. L. Sherwood, and the 

 secretary and treasurer is K. Colomb. Mr. Colomb is handling the sales 

 of the new concern, which reports that it already has substantial quan- 

 tities of bxisiness booked. 



The Reicke Cabinet Works of New Orleans, owned by H. S. Reicke, 

 treasurer of the New Orleans Lumbermen's Club, and the biggest plant 

 of its kind south of the Mason and Dixon line, is being fitted out com- 

 pletely with electrically-driven machinery, the most up-to-the-minute kind 

 on the market- All the ol(J machinery is being discarded and each machine 

 is to have its own motive force. 



The Louisiana Tie & Lumber Company, Inc., which has been recently 

 organized with main office at Staunton, Va., has taken over the holdings 

 of the Valley Tie & Lumber Company at Natchitoches, La., and will engage, 

 under the management of E. W. Gates, in the manufacture and sale of 

 hardwood ties. The deal included an 8,000-acre tract of splendid hard- 

 wood timber. E. K. Mercereau is president of the newly-organized Louisi- 

 ana Tie & Lumber Company ; E. C. Headley, vice president and treasurer, 

 and G. F. Brand, secretary. 



WISCONSIN 



The Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company, Ladysmith, Wis., sustained a 

 heavy loss by fire on March 24, when the warehouse and office building 

 were burned to the ground. By hard work the saw mill, planing mill, 

 yards and other buildings escaped serious damage and millions of feet 

 of stock in the yards were saved. The burned buildings are now being 

 rebuilt. The operation of the plant was not interrupted save for a brief 

 period. 



Smith Brothers & Kuehl, Merrill, Wis., has started work on extensive 

 improvements and enlargements in their interior woodwork, sash and door 

 factor>-. warehouses and other buildings to increase the capacity about 

 100 per cent. The factory will be enlarged to three stories, 38x120 feet, 

 which will require considerable new equipment, including planers, shapers. 

 band saw, etc. The business was founded five years ago on a relatively 

 insignificant scale by Charles Kuehl and has grown to large proportions. 



The Toy Company of America, Appleton, Wis., a large manufacturer of 

 toys and hardwood novelties, has recently increased its authorized capi- 

 talization from $100,000 to $200,000 to accommodate the further develop- 

 ment of the business and provide for a larger factory and more equipment. 

 C. L. Wiggin is president, and F. Felix Wettengel is secretary. 



While no official announcement has been made, it is expected that the 

 Charles W. Fish Lumber Company of Elcho, Wis., will rebuild this year 

 its large saw mill at Crandon, Wis., which was almost totally destroyed by 

 fire nearly a year ago. Logs are now being dumped into the millpond at 

 the old site and other activities have been undertaken which indicate that 

 an early resumption uf the Crandon operation is contemplated. Forest 

 Himes, mayor of Crandon, is manager of the Fish company in that village. 



The city of Superior, Wis., is preparing to undertake the construction 

 and equipment of a manual training addition to the Central High School, 

 to be known as the Webster Memorial School, in honor of the late A. J. 

 Webster, president of the Webster Manufacturing Company, Superioi, 

 maker of chairs, furniture, etc. Mr. Webster bequeathed $70,000 in his 

 will for this purpose and the city will add about $50,000. Executors of 

 the Webster will have approved plans for the building adopted by the 

 Superior Board of Education. 



W. F. Christel, Valders, Manitowoc, Wis., lost his sawmill by fire on 

 April 2. The mill has been idle for several months, but was about to 

 resume operations. Mr. Christel is intending to rebuild immediately. 



The Excelsior Products Company of Washburn, Wis., has resumed pro- 

 duction at full capacity after being idle for about five months, awaiting 

 improvement in business as well as a more adequate supply of raw mate- 

 rials. Enough has now been supplied to insure constant operations 

 throughout the spring, summer and fall months, with orders enough to 

 absorb the entire output from time to time. 



The Wisconsin Novelty Toy Company of Dodgevllle, Wis., is a new con- 



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