Ausuat 10. 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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iContinitcd from i)ag<: 'M\ 

 niili proper. New machinery to be installed will inrlude w ban<i re-saw. 

 sander and smaller equipment. Storage space is in-ovlded on the second 

 floor, and an electric elevator will be provided for moving the material. 

 The plant will Ik- ready in fall. 



TORONTO 



The sales staff of the Seaman, Kent Company, Limited, Toronto, manu- 

 facturers of hardwood flooring, held a very successful reunion a few 

 weeks ago at Meaford. Ont.. where all the departments ot the company's 

 big plant were thoroughly inspected and the balance of the day spent in 

 recreation. Dinner was served at the hotel when a welcome was extended 

 by the mayor of the town. 



A, E. Stanners, who has been for the past twelve years associated with 

 the Seaman. Kent Company, Limited, has been appointed sales manager, 

 succeeding W. T. Cole, who recently resigned to enter business for him- 

 self. Mr. Stanners was for some time the firm's representative in Winnipeg. 



The standard I-umliei- & Supplies Company. Limite<l, who were recently 

 granted a chartei- to engage in the hardwood and other lumber business, 

 are opening a yard in Windsor, Ont. The firm expects to put up a modem 

 plant and carry a full line of building material.?. E. J. Kerhy is the 

 secretary-treasurer of the company, and E. Allen, who was with Robert 

 Stewart, Limited, Guelph. is a member of the organization. 



Quebec Hardwoods. Limited, Montreal, were recently incorporated with 

 a capital ot $50,000. with power to manufacture and market all kinds ot 

 forest products. 



The Industrial Specialty Manufacturing Company of Magog, Que., has 

 purchased the sawmill and equipment of O. Langlois. whose plant adjoined 

 their own. The Industrial company is cutting this season about 2,000.000 

 feet, three-quarters of which is hardwood. 



Damage roughly estimated at $50,000 was done by a fire which broke 

 out at the planing and saw mill of the Lambert Lumber Company. Welland, 

 Ont., on July 16. A considerable quantity of hardwoods were destroyed 

 and the whole plant was badly damaged. 



The Sheppard-Dunn Lundier Company, Ivimitcd. lias btMMi <irganized and 

 been granted an Ontario charter to engage in manufacturing and sale 

 of hardwoods and other forest products. The company, the headquarters 

 of which are at Waubashene, Ont., is capitalized initially at $40,000 and 

 the provisional directors are G. V. Draper, E. W, White, W. E, Johnson, 

 A. Midwood and Allen Bush, all of Toronto. 



The sawmill at Little Current. Ont., which was purchased by the C. Beck 

 Manufacturing Company of Penetenguishene a few years ago, was recently 

 sold to White. Gratwick & Mitchell, dealers in hardwood and other lumber 

 of North Tonawanda, N. Y., who have large interests in Canada. The 

 new proprietors have put the plant in operation and will do considerable 

 sawing for other firms as well as their own. The mill has a cutting 

 capacity ^»f about 80,000 feet a day. 



Satin Finish Hardwood Flooring. Limited, has been organized, with 

 headquarters at Toronto, to carry on business as manufacturers and 

 dealers in hardwood flooring and woodenware of all kinds. The 

 authorized capital is $100,000 and among the incorporators are G. E. 

 Atwood, G. M. Iluycke. J. B. Taylor, W. A. J. Case and J. J. Huggard. 



Over 6,000.000 feet of lumber, including considerable hardwood stock, 

 was burned on .July 31, at the village of Trout Mills, near North Bay. 

 Ont., the William Miln & Son property being the sufferer. The loss 

 through the fire is estimated at $350,000 and other losers are the 

 Union Lumber Company, the Standard Planing Mills, and the Canadian 

 Timber Company. The Keenan Company of Owen Sound were also 

 losers to a considerable extent. The losses are pretty well covered 

 by insurance. 



The Soo Lumber and Mill Company, Limited, has been organized 

 at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., to manufacture and deal in hardwoods and 

 other wood products, with an authorized capital of $1.50,000. Among 

 the incorporators are F. E. HolUngsworth, Edward Hollingsworth and 

 .lames D. Becking. 



Shaver's saw mill, with a large quantity of hardwood lumber, was 

 destroyed by flre which broke out in the mill at Cape Town, Ont, 

 Only small amount of insurance was carried. 



H. J. Terry, of Terry & Gordon, Ltd., Toronto, who is chairman of 

 the Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, Inc., has returned from 

 an extended trip through the western and southern states. 



GRAND RAPIDS 



The American Seating Company, manufacturers of school desks and 

 opera chairs, has just begun building an addition to cost $600,000. This 

 company consumes 0.000.000 feet of lumber annually. 



The Wilmarth Show Case Company is moving into a new addition and 

 announces an increase in production of 20 per cent. 



The Hayes-Ionia Company is adding 70,000 square feet to its automo- 

 bile body building plant and will Increase the number of its employes from 

 1,500 to 2,000 immediately. 



Henry Idema has been elected president of the Turtle Lake Lumber 

 Company. Other officers chosen were : Vice-president, Heber W. Curtis ; 

 secretary-treasurer, George Daniels ; manager, Robert Duncan. 



W. E. Vogelsang, former manager, has sold his $60,000 interest to 

 Mr. Curtis and now is manager of the Wiedman-Vogelsang Lumber Com- 

 pany, with offices in the Grand Rapids National Bank Building. 



Manufacturers 

 of 



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. 



Plain and Qtd. Red and White 



Eten VJ /\ JV Soft 



Color AND OTHER Texture 



Hardwoods 



Soft Yellow Poplar 



MADE (MR) RIGHT 



OAK FLOORING 



PROMPT SHIPMENTS 

 The 



Mowbray & Robinson Co. 



(INCORPORATED) 



CINCINNATI, OHIO 



