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Williams Company Buys Huge Columbia Hardwood Stock Entire 



The roinljustmeut period of the* past two oi- three years has witnessed 

 many important turnovers In the lumber industry. Needless to say the 

 institution which possesses considerable of that rare quality called fore- 

 sight and does not depend entirely upon its hindsight, is most likely to be 

 in position to take full opportunity of some of these big liquidations. 

 Just such a transaction was made a short time ago in which some 400 

 carloads of thoroughly dry mahogany and other hardwoods passed from 

 the hands of one concern to that of another in one deal. It was a strictly 

 cash deal and undoubtedly ranks any such process In the industry. 



About three years ago the Columbia Phonograph Manufacturing Company 

 carefully prepared and planned, built and equipped one of the largest 

 plants in the East to manufacture talking machines. It proposed to take 

 the lead in the industry and contest for its supremacy, .\fter carefully 

 erecting and fully equipping one of the most, if not the most modern fac- 

 tory of tnls kind at Baltimore. Md.. they also went out into the market and 

 bought a tremendous lot of raw materials. Amongst other items in which 

 they Invested heavily was mahogany, hardwood lumber and veneers. Before 

 this plant was put into operation the liquidation storm broke and as in 

 many other lines, the bottom dropped out of the phonograph business. 



In the course of reorganization, this company determined recently to 

 dispose of its entire stock of wood. It was fortunate in establishing con- 

 tact with one of the oldest and strongest hardwood companies in the 

 country, Ichabod T. Williams & Sons. New York. This latter company was 

 willing to purchase the entire stock in one block. The deal was made and 

 the purchasers now have a corps of Inspectors re-inspecting under the 

 rules of the National Association. 



This lumber consists of mahogany, walnut, oak, poplar, gum and chest- 

 nut, and is composed almost entirely of the higher grades, approximately 

 all of which is over four years dry on sticks. 



Growing Business Forces Move to New Quarters 



The steadily growing business of the Frank .\. Conkling Company of 

 Memphis has necessitated the removal of the offices from the eighth floor 

 of the Bank of Commerce building to the fifteenth floor, where more com- 

 fortable and spacious quarters were obtainable. In announcing the change 

 of office E. Austin Ncely, secretary of the company, said that "for the 

 past four mouths we have been finding business very good with sales 

 increasing, and if the railroad situation does not become too acute, we 

 expect business to be very brisk the balance of the year and continue so 

 Into 1923," 



Veteran Expert on Lumber Dam Projects Dies 



John Campbell, Sr., one of the pioneer lumbermen of America, died on 

 August 19 at Clarksburg, W. Va., at the age of eighty years. Mr. Camp- 

 bell's lumbering experience began in the early days of the industry In 

 Pennsylvania, and he holds a prominent place in the annals of lumbering, 

 not only in that state, but in West Virginia, He was an expert on dam 

 construction, and while employed by the Boom Company at Williamsport, 

 Pa., assisted in swinging the great lumber dam which that company put 

 across the Susquehanna. He was foreman in charge of this job, which was 

 one of the notable feats of early lumbering in "William Penn's province.'* 

 Mr. Campbell was at one time employed by Ario Pardee, millionaire lum- 

 berman and coal operator, to look after the latter's large interests. He 

 became general superintendent of the Pardee interests. He was also asso- 

 ciated with Peter Herdic and Thomas Deemer, who were closely allied 

 with the V. S. Leather Company. Of late years he had been a consulting 

 expert in big dam projects, and about three .vears ago, just before return- 

 ing to Clarksburg, he assisted with a big job of this kind in Tennessee. 

 He was a native of Perth, Ontario, Canada, and a true Scot with all the 

 sturdy virtues of that people. 



Thorn-Feed Company Secvres Big Florida Timber Tract 



West Virginia interests, represented by George A. Keed of Ilagerstown, 

 Md., II. 1'. Thorn and John P. Thorn of Martinsburg, W. Va.. members of 

 the Thorn Ueed Lumber Company, have purchased the hoIdin.gs of the 

 Jackson River Lumber Company near Apalachicola, Fla, The properties 

 acquired represent the most valuable timber to be found in that part of 

 Florida, taking in superior tracts of hardwood timber, consisting of oak, 

 gum, Cottonwood, ash, cypress and tupelo. About 17.000 acres are all 

 within reach of the Apalachicola river. The company has also purchased 

 the Murphy Company's interests at Port St. Joe. Fla. The new concern 

 will do business under the firm name of Thorn-Reed Lumber Company, with 

 offices at Martinsburg, W. Va.. and Apalachicola. Fla. 



Schroeder Company Is Operating Steadily 



The John Schroeder Lumber Company. Milwaukee, Wis., took over the 

 plant of the Wisconsin Woodworking Company at Two Rivers, Wis., and 

 since that time has been actively engaged In the manufacture of ice cream 

 tubs, candy pails, butter tubs, pickle kits and other woodenware products. 

 The production of the plant has been over-sold to date, as the company 

 has found a ready market awaiting these new Schroeder-Perfection products. 



Fire Destroys Mill at Antigo 

 Fire destroyed the sawmill of the Faust Lumber Company at Antigo, 

 Wis., on the evening of August 30. The plant was valued at about $100,000, 

 approximately 80 percent of which Is covered by insurance. According to 

 L. P. Tradewell, president of the company, the mill will probably be rebuilt, 

 though the board of directors has not yet considered this question. 



Man ufacturers 

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Stimson's 



HARDWOOD 

 LUMBER 



Annual Output: 50 Million Feet 



J. V. Stimson 



Huntingburg, Ind. 



Stimson Veneer & Lumber Co, 



Memphis, Tenn 



J. V. Stimson Hardwood Co. 



Memphis, Tenn., and Helena, Ark. 



Due to the efforts of the fire department buildings adjoining the mill, the 

 office, planing mill and barn, together with the lumber, were saved. The 

 mill, however, was completely burned in about two hours. The mill had 

 been closed down since .August u. while repairs were being made for the 

 next season's cut. 



Injured in Automobile Accident 



Walter Heyser, vice-president of the I'.uskirk-Ileyser Lumber Company, 

 Cincinnati, Is at the Riverside Hospital, Kuoxville, Tenn., suffering from 

 a broken left arm and numerous cuts and bruises on the head and body, 

 which resulted from an automobile accident, September 4. Mr. Heyser 

 and several friends were returning from the Tennessee mountains when 

 the accident occurred. On the outskirts of the city of Kuoxville the auto- 

 mobile in which they were riding struck a rut in the road, breaking the 

 rear axle, Mr. Heyser was thrown from the automobile. The other occu- 

 pants of the car were only slightly bruised. 



Allis-Cha!mers Centralizes Operations 



Announcement has been made of the consolidation of the sawmill and 

 flour mill departments w'ith the main works in West Allis. and the aban- 

 donment and disposition of the Reliance works in the city of Milwaukee 

 by the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. At the same time ground 

 has been broken for a large addition to the West Allls works to house the 

 two departments. It will be ready for occupancy about January 1, and 

 increase the area of the Allis-Chalmers works by more than 70,000 square 

 feet. 



The new sawmill and flour mill machinery department will occupy a 

 one-story brick and steel structure, 175x400 feet, located at the east end 

 of the West .\llis works, south of the forge shops. The personnel of the 

 Reliance works, numbering between 850 and 1,000 men, will be kept intact 

 with the transfer of these operations. 



Besides the main works in West Allis, the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing 

 Company maintains a.large plant at Cincinnati, O., and a Canadian works 

 at Toronto, Ont. 



Heads Large Dominion Flooring Company 



At a recent meeting of the directors of the Seaman. Kent Company, 

 Limited, Toronto, Frank Kent, who for several years has been managing- 

 director, was elected president, succeeding Robert Harmer, who died a few 

 weeks ago. Mr. Kent, who is now president and managing-director, was 

 one of the incorporators of the organization some twenty-one years ago, 

 and has come up through the ranks to his present position. The Seaman, 

 Kent Company owns and operates three busy plants and is an extensive 

 dealer in hardwoods. The company Is the largest manufacturer of 

 hardwood flooring in the British Empire, with a production of 2,000,000 

 feet a month. 



