June 23. 1921; 



HAKDWOOD RECORD 



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took over the planing mill antl lumber business ot the Alfred Struck Com- 

 pany, reports that it has been doing a big business in interior trim, largely 

 in mahogany, raw wood being secured from The Mengel Company, Louis- 

 ville. Among completed jobs and ones in which it is furnishing material 

 are the Inter Southern building. Louisville, all mahogany interior finish, 

 as was also the Federal Reserve Bank building at St. Louis ; two buildings 

 for Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore ; the Lake Shore Drive Apartments, 

 Chicago ; Joseph & Joseph Apartments, Louisville ; Wade Park Manor, 

 Cleveland, said to be the largest apartment house in .\merica, and quite 

 a number ot apartments in New York and the East. The first year under 

 the new management has been very satisfactor.v. 



Interior trim and hardwood flooring demand is heav.v, as a result of 

 the very active spring building. The Avery Building & Loan .\ssoclation 

 has announced an increase In capital from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 at 

 Louisville, while building permits so far this year are tar ahead of last 

 season during a period ot twelve months. Last year building in Louisville 

 was something over $7,500,000, whereas Louisville is well over the 

 $8,000,000 mark so far this year. 



WISCONSIN 



Four workmen were obliged to flee for their lives when fire attacked the 

 two-story brick building of the South Side Woodworking Company, Mil- 

 waukee. The blaze originated in the boiler room from unknown causes. 

 John I. Markowski. president of the compnay, estimated the loss at $30,000. 

 The building, a new structure, was insured, but the stock of lujnber and 

 machinery were not. 



Through the adoption of an amendment to its articles of incorporation, 

 the Oshkosh Millwork Company, Oshkosh, has increased its capital stock 

 from $25,000 to $50,000. Provision is also made to increase the mem- 

 bership of the board of directors from three to five. Officers are : Earl 

 H. Marquart, president, and Earl S. Horn, secretary. 



Ground has been broken for the erection of a $25,000 addition to the 

 office and factory of the Bell City Incubator Company. Racine. The new 

 building will be of brick, two stories high, providing more than 600,000 

 square feet of space. According to J. V. Rohan, owner of the concern, 

 the plant is now operating at capacity and the addition is necessary to 

 provide facilities to handle the increasing business, now coming from all 

 parts of the world. 



The Standard Body Company, .\ppleton. which operated a factory for 

 commercial automobile body production, has filed articles ot dissolution 

 as a corporation. The concern was organized about two years ago. George 

 H. Schmidt, secretary of the Standard Manufacturing Compan.v, was presi- 

 dent, and Helen M. Schmidt was secretary. 



The Foster-Latimer Company has resumed operations at its flooring 

 plant at Mellen, after a complete shutdown during the past few months. 

 A working force of twenty-five has been put on. Present indications are 

 favorable for continued and even improving business. 



William C. Schultz. Watertown, is heading a new organization which 

 plans to manufacture table slides. A factory site is now being selected. 

 Mr. Schultz was connected with the Watertown Table Slide Company until 

 January of this year for a period of twenty-five years, acting in an official 

 capacity during the last five years. 



Day and night operations have been started by the C. P. Crosby sawmill 

 at Gagen. These operations are due to the taking over of the manufac- 

 ture of logs for the Mason-Donaldson concern, which were to have been 

 sawed at the Stevens mill, recently destroyed by fire. A number of the 

 Stevens mill workers have been given employment on the increased force.. 

 The Mason-Donaldson company will take all its hardwood logs from Boom 

 lake and ship them to Gagen for sawing. 



The Klnzel Lumber Company, Merrill, has purchased the island known 

 as Anson island and of which it has been part owner. The remains of the 

 old power house and tramways of the Gllkey-Anson mill will be razed and 

 the property improved by filling in with mill refuse. The Klnzel company 

 has used this property for piling wood and other mill products in the past. 

 A new sandpaper machine has been installed by the Fraser Lumber & 

 Manufacturing Company, Appleton. The equipment will be used to finish 

 interior woodwork and is of a later model than the one formerly used. 

 It Is the product of a Cincinnati firm and weighs 24.000 pounds. 



Construction on the dry kilns on the Below Sawmill Company site at 

 Marinette is now being completed under the direction of Fred Balzer, 

 superintendent. These buildings were in process of construction when 

 depression in lumber activities and liquidation of the sawmill company's 

 affairs halted the work. With the improvement in the demand for kiln- 

 dried lumber work was again resumed. This is the first activity at the 

 plant in about a year and a half. When the buildings are completed they 

 will be used and operated for dry kilning lumber produced hereabouts and 

 brought in for that purpose. 



R. M. Fleming, engineer for the Holt Lumber Company, Oconto, has 

 resigned after long and faithful service. Mr. Fleming has served as 

 engineer for nineteen years. 



Fred Schroeder, Milwaukee, president of the John Schroeder Lumber 

 Company, has been appointed a member of a committee on plans and 

 program for an industrial exposition to be held at the Auditorium this 

 fall under the auspices of the Milwaukee Association of Commerce. The 

 membership of the committee is composed of leading Milwaukee business 

 men. 



King Mill & Lumber Co. 



PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 

 Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Ash, Elm, Oak, Gum 

 Maple, Cypress, Hickory 



Cypress Shingles 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARLOADS 



HARDWOODS and SHINGLES 



No forest fires beyond some few brush fires are reported to be burning 

 in Wisconsin by the State Conservation Commission. Under the present 

 system the commission receives weekly reports from all fire wardens and 

 deputies. The commission has issued a plea to all citizens and tourists 

 to keep down the losses due to forest fires this year. Settlers on uncleared 

 land and railroads are said to be the cause of the majority ot fires. The 

 137 forest fires in Wisconsin reported last year caused a property loss of 

 $36,412 and a cost of $5,752 to subdue. These 137 fires burned over 

 98.000 acres. 



The factory building and site of the Boscobel Table Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, at Boscobel, has been sold at public auction to satisfy the claims 

 of creditors. Machinery and additional sites are also being disposed ot. 

 The concern has been in financial difficulties for some time, and plans 

 were under way for organizing a new company among the creditors. With 

 the present sale of the property the future use of the plant is still indefi- 

 nite. 



Fire recently destroyed the sawmill of Hintz Brothers at Ingram, result- 

 ing in a loss estimated at $10,000. The fire originated in the boiler room, 

 according to indications. The mill produced principally railroad ties and 

 will undoubtedly be rebuilt, the owners declared. 



The H. & M. Body Corporation, Racine, is planning to construct a modern 

 dry kiln, to cost approximately $125,000. Privilege of laying side tracks 

 to the site has been requested of the common council. This will facilitate 

 the handling of lumber from the kilns to the woodworking plant a short 

 distance away. The concern is enjoying a large volume of business at pres- 

 ent, employing 1,150 men. The additional kilns will greatly increase the 

 productive capacity and will result in the employment of several hundred 

 additional men. 



Fire of unknown origin recently destroyed the sawmill of the Stevens 

 Lumber Company at Rhlnelander, caused a loss estimated at $100,000, 

 partially covered by Insurance. Approximately 200 men were thrown out 

 of employment. It is believed the mill will be rebuilt. 



The Two Rivers Millwork & Cabinet Company, which recently increased 

 Its capita! stock by $50,000, is planning to manufacture an automatic 

 extension table, patents on which have been granted to George and John 

 Froelich of Two Rivers. The feature ot the new table Is that It can be 

 extended by simply pulling it apart when the sections raise and lock into 

 place automatically. When pushed together the sections again automatic- 

 ally disappear underneath. 



Two large tracts of timber land in the southern part of Ashland county 

 have been transferred to Thomas Hoyland and Michael Waltz of Hennepin 

 county. Minnesota. One of these tracts consists of 640 acres In the town 

 of Peeksville, formerly owned by Richard and Agnes Evans, and the other 

 of 320 acres in the town of Butternut, owned previously by Mrs. Edna 

 Drake. The timber on these tracts will be cut by the new owners. 



The Forest Products Laboratory at Madison has received from the 

 California Redwood Association $5,000 as a co-operative fund to make a 

 special study of redwood, according to Director Carlile P. Winslow. R. S. 

 Hammatt. San Francisco, secretary of the association, was in Madison to 

 arrange for the fund. The study of redwood will be conducted largely in 

 the wood-using field, both through personal investigation and questionnaire 

 correspondence. The investigation will seek out all the present uses to 

 which redwood is put with the idea of developing the newer and more 

 peculiar uses to which this specialized wood is adapted. 



Announcement was made at Washburn that the properties formerly 

 owned by the Kenfield-Lamoreaux Interests at Washburn, Cass Lake and 

 Bemidjl have been taken over by the Chicago Box & Crating Company, 

 recently organized at Chicago. Frederick Klapproth, for ten years vice- 

 president of the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, will head the new 

 organization as vice-president and general manager. Alex Gackowski, plant 

 manager for the old company, will continue in that capacity nnder the 

 new ownership. 



The majority of lathe workers at the plant of the Menasha Woodenware 

 Company, who recently walked out In protest to working hours, are 

 reported to have returned to their jobs. The company advised the men 



