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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July 10. 1922 



Baltimore Exports Reach Low Level 



Baltimore exports of lumber and logs make « decidedly poor showiug 

 for the month of .\pril, the report for which period became available the 

 latter part of June in complete form. The aggregate declared value of 

 the shipments for the month did not exceed $55, .511, against $115,805 in 

 April, 1921, and is about the smallest recorded. 



New Wheel and Rim Company 



The Itidiana Wheel & Rim Company has been organized in Iniliauapolis. 

 with a capital stock of $10,000. and incorporated under Indiana laws. The 

 company plans the production of specially constructed wheels and rims, 

 and will start production as soon as a suitable location can be found. The 

 organizers of the company are John H. Smart. P. W. Studer and Carl B. 

 Ford. 



New South Bend Company Buys Plant Site 



Announcement has been made that the newly organized United States 

 Lumber & Supply Company of South Bend. Ind.. has purchased from the 

 Malleable Steel Range Company of that city a tract of ground 140 feet 

 wide and 373 feet deep, with track facilities for use in the construction 

 of one of the two lumber plants it expects to l>uild. Offices and sheds 

 will be erected at once and the plant will be equipped with modem 

 machinery. A considerable stock of lumber already has been ordered and 

 the company expects to begin operations some time in July. The company 

 has purchased ground in another section of the city for a branch to serve 

 that section, and work already has begun on the erection of offices and 

 sheds at this location. 



The organizers of the company are G. J. Bader of Whiting. Ulrich J. 

 Hiss, John (i. Schauh, Frank C. Toepp, Jr.. and G. A. Farabaugh, all of 

 South Bend. The directors of the .$100,000 company are John G. Schaub, 

 Frank C. Toepp. Jr., C. J. Bader, Ulrich J. Hiss. Fred J. Smith. Hubert 

 Archambeault and Clarence W. Bader. In addition to the above named 

 men John J. Woolverton, Howard L. Woolverton, Hugh Woolverton and 

 E. A. Coates are stockholders in the company. 



The management of the new company will include the following per- 

 sonnel : President and treasurer. John G. Schaub. who also is vice-presi- 

 dent of the Williston Construction Company : vice-president and assistant 

 manager. Hubert Archambeault. formerly of the Indiana Lumber Company 

 and the South Bend Lumber Company : secretary and general manager, 

 Ulrich Hiss, for more than two years manager of the South Kenil Lumber 

 Company. 



Veteran Wholesale Lumberman Dead 



Charles L. Mcmger. 55 years old. for twenty years prominent In the 

 wholesale lumber trade at Elkhart, Ind.. died recently at his home in 

 Elkhart of pernicious anemia. He had been ill for more than a year. He 

 is sur\-ived by the widow, a son and a daughter. Mr. Monger was active 

 in the work of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a liberal supporter 

 of the anti-saloon movement, being head of an Elkhart organization in the 

 first local option campaigns about fourteen years ago. 



Farris Mill Destroyed by Fire 



The big sawmill of the Farris Hardwood Lumber Company was destroyed 

 by fire on the night of June 17. The loss to the company was estimated 

 at $40,000. covered by Insurance. The cause of the fire was not known. 

 The large lumber yards of the company were saved by the fire department 

 after a hard fight; location. Nashville. Tenn. 



The company is composed of A. C. L. H. and W. M. Farris, Jr., and had 

 a splendidly equipped plant. Steps were taken at once to arrange to tem- 

 porarily care for the company's business until permanent plans can be 

 perffcted. 



Hardwood News Notes 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The King-Haase Furniture Company, located at Memphis, Tenn., has 

 Increased its capitalization to $350,000. 



The Mid-West Chair Company and the St. Joseph Furniture Company, 

 both of St. Joseph, Mo., have incorporated and consolidated, adopting the 

 title of the Mid-West Furniture & Chair Company. 



K. E. Stahl will manufacture toys at Wilmington. N. C. 



The Valisebed Corporation of America, with a capital of $100,000. has 

 incorporated at Wilmington, Del., to manufacture trunkbeds and vallsebeds. 



The Cleveland Kitchen Table Company. Cleveland, Ohio, Is reported In 

 the hands of a receiver. 



The Foy Lumber & Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of cradles 

 and chairs, is carrying on the business formerly operated under the name 

 of the Banner Manufacturing Company. Mt. Airy. N. C. 



