eoptcmbpi- 25, 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



51 



Organizes Own Hardwood Firm 

 Kulpb A. Tillotson. foi- tlu' past tivr iiuiuths managiT of the Detroit. 

 Mlcb., saU'!- office ot the Ituskirk Ileyser Lumhei- Company, Cincinnati, 

 has severe-^i his connection with that company. ^Ir. Tiliotson will engage 

 in the wholesaii and commission hardwood lumVier Inisiness for himself 

 under the lir' me of the Wayne Liimher Mills Company, which will have 



offices in the . ^*uildins", Detroit, Mich. 



acting Big Hardwood Mill 



The .1. M. .Tones Lu. her Company of Monroe, La., aunonnces that it 

 is constructinK a bis new hardwood sawmill at I'Vrriday, about 75 miles 

 from Monroe and near Natchez. Miss. Mr. .Tones states that the company 

 has recently acquired about 45.000,000 feet of choice hardwoods in that 

 vicinity, and that other tracts will prove sufficient to give the plant 

 altogether between a twelve and a flfteenycar run. The mill will have a 

 daily capacity ot about 60.000 feet and will be a model modern operation. 

 It will be situated at the junction of three railway lines : namely, the 

 L. & A., the Missouri Pacific and the T. & P. Work already has been 

 begun on the new plant and Mr. Jones expects to have the mill completed 

 about the middle of December. 



Last December, it will be recalled by readers of the Hardwood Record, 

 that the J. M. Jones Ijumber Company sold to the Kellogg Lumber Company 

 a large hardwood operation, including 20,000 acres of timber, situated 

 about ten miles from Monroe. The Jones company is also just now closing 

 a very successful ten-year. operation at Jennie. Ark. 



Leaves Atlas Lumber Company 

 C. L. Harris, who was formerly employed liy the Atlas Lumber Com- 

 pany of Cincinnati. Ohio, as traveling salesman, has severed his connec- 

 tions with that company according to recent advice. 



Soon Will Let Contract for New Plant 



Contracts for the construction of their mammoth new plant in Bond 

 Hill will soon be let by the J. A. Fay & Egan Company. Cincinnati. The 

 building will be of the "sawtooth" type. Floor space to be contained in 

 the factory will amount to approximately 200.000 square feet. The main 

 plant will be one story high, while the administrative building will be of 

 several stories, A siding from the Norfolk & Western railroad will l>e 

 built directly into the middle of the plant. The present location of the 

 .T. A. Fay & Egan Company, Front and John streets, has been sold to 

 the Cincinnati Terminal Warehouse Comiiany. which will erect a huge 

 storage warehouse on the site as soon as the Bond Hill plant of the 

 machinery company is completed. Clifford Egan, president, said that the 

 company hopes to be in its new headquarters iiy May 1. 192.S. 



Plain and Qtd. Red and White 



Even VJ Pi. JV Soft 



Color AND OTHER Texture 



Hardwoods 



Soft Yellow Poplar 



MADE (MR ) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



PROMPT SHIPMENTS 

 The 



Mowbray & Robinson Co. 



(INCORPORATED) 



CINCINNATI, OHIO 



MICHIGAN 

 HARDWOODS 



Our timber lands are in the lower 

 peninsula of Michigan and we sell only 

 the lumber produced from this source. 



The lumber is band-sawn in our 

 Cadillac mills and is piled and seasoned 

 correctly. 



Most of our output of Maple, Beech 

 and Birch lumber is further manufac- 

 tured by us into our well-known "Elec- 

 tric" Flooring. We also produce and 

 market considerable 1 inch Basswood 

 and 1 , n/2 , 2 and 3 inch Gray Elm ; 

 grades piled separately as a rule. 



We are supplementing our supply of 

 superior timber with the best methods 

 of manufacture. 



Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc. 



Sales Department CADILLAC, MICHIGAN 



HIGH GRADE 



Michigan Hardwoods 



SPECIAL ITEMS 



WHITE BASSWOOD 



4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr 1 car 



WHITE MAPLE 



4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr 1 car 



MAPLE 



1x4" & 1x5" Clear Face 1 car 



4/4" No. 1 Com. & Btr., 



Straight Grain 1 car 



BIRCH 



4/4" Selects 1 car 



1x4" & 1x5" Clear Face 1 car 



HARD MAPLE 



4/4" Selects 1 car 



EXCEPTIONALLY WIDE BIRCH 



8/4" No. 1 C. & B., 60% or Btr. FAS, 

 50% or Btr. 10" & Wider. . 1 car 



STEARNS & CULVER 

 LUMBER COMPANY 



L'ANSE, MICHIGAN 



