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HARDWOOD RECORD 



August 2.-,, 1U21 



MOORE'S 



The Progressive Kiln with the 

 Graduated Heating System 



Incorporation of a graduated heating sys- 

 tem that keeps the lumber always at the 

 right temperature and humidity as it 

 progresses from the green to the dry end 

 of the kiln is just another reason why 

 Moore kilns get better drying results. Let 

 us tell you how this feature saves money 

 for users. 



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In addition to the. progressive type ol kiln shown here, Moore makes a compartment •^ 



kiln for use where the charge method of operation is preferred. Our service *'KUn UuiUiers smce 18.9" 



is available to any lumberman who thinks his drying methods might be improved. Jackson\ille, F!a. No. Portland, Ore. 



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Rebuilds Arkansas Bex Plant 

 Tho Chapman & Dt-wey Lumber Company has just completed rebuiUUu;; 

 its box plant at Marked Tree, Ark,, which has been out of commission 

 for approximately eight years. The boiler and engines previously used 

 are still retained but the remainder of the equipment is all new. The 

 plaa.t has two sides. Each side has a daily capacity of 1 *,A cars of box 

 shookw. Only one side is being operated at i)resent. The company is 

 engaged in making sawn shooks exclusively. It has no veneer equipment 

 in its plant. It has made arrangements, however, with another company 

 in the vicia.ity of Marked Tree for the sides and tops of egg cases. It 

 will manufacture tue bottoms, ends and middles. Cottcmwood. gum. 

 maple, elm and other hardwoods will be used. The company has its own 

 band mill at Marked Tree and this will furnish a considerable percentage 

 of the low grade cuttonwor*.! and gum U'^ed in the box plant. The com- 

 pany has recently experiea:ced considerable difficulty in securing cars, but 

 the Frisco system has changed its tactics somewhat, and W. 0. Dewey says 

 that logs are being brought in anil that cars are being spotted for loading 

 outbound products. 



Fire Destroys Indiana Sawmill 



Fire of undetermined origin, starting in the mill, destroyed the Wood- 

 ward sawmill and two cars loaded with lumber on the Central Indiana 

 Railroad recently at Lapel, Ind.. causing a loss of approximately $10,000. 



The mill was oi^'n.ed by Lawrence Woodward of Lapel and Mrs. Ella 

 Woodward, his step-mother, of Knightstown. Ind. 



Gibson Joins Charles O. Maus Lumber Company 



The Charles O. Maus Lumber Company. South B'-nd. lud.. has engagi*d 

 Harry L. Gibson to represent the comj)any in the eastern territory, covering 

 New York, Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with headquarters in 

 Philadelphia. Mr. Gibson has had fifteen years' experience in hardwood 

 selling and is a thorough lumberman, having formerly been connected with 

 the J. Gibson Mcllvain Company and U. F. Whitmer & Company, both of 

 Philadelphia. He is well known to the trade and enjoys the reputation of 

 being exceptionally well informed as to lumber matters. 



Nickey Bros., Inc., Erecting Flooring Plant 



Nickey Brothers. Inc., have begun construction of a two-unit flooring 

 plant on Summer avenue, East Memphis, adjoining their band mill and 

 veneer plant. It will have a daily capacity of approximately 35.000 feet 

 and will be in readiness for operation by November 15, according to W. E. 

 Nickey. This is the firm which, as recently announced in Hardwood 

 Record, was planning the establishment of such a plant in Memphis. 



When this plant is completed Memphis will have fifteen flooring units 

 in operation. The Hudson HardwcK>d Flooring Company, a subsidiary 

 of the Hudson & Dugger Company, is building a two-unit plant in South 

 Memphis, which will be ready for operation in about sixty days. The 

 other eleven units, all of which are in full operation, are : Memphis Plard- 

 wood Flooring Company, 5 ; E. L. Bruce Company, 4 ; Desoto Hardwood 

 Flooring Company, 2. 



Donald R. Brewster 



Expert Consultant 

 OPERATION OF LUMBER DRY KILNS 



28 Blymer Building, CIncInnaU. Ohio 



TRAINING OF KILN OPERATORS A SPECIALTY 



Moving Back to New Orleans 



The Louisiana UmI Cypress Company will remove its sales offices a1 

 Memphis back to New Orleans September 1. according to W. H. Moynan 

 who is temporarily in charge thereof pending the change o( location 

 Chris, A. Walker, who was in charge of the offices at Memphis for a num 

 her of months, resigned, effective August 1, to become associated with the 

 Hoffman Brothers Company. Fort Wayne. Ind. 



Re-open Memphis Sales Office 



The Chicago Lumber & Coal Company, which removed its hardwood 

 department from Memphis to St. Louis. July 1, when J. H. Maassen re- 

 signed as manager, has opened district sales offices in Room 614. Bank 

 i)t Commerce Building, Memphis, in charge of F. V. Ford. The latter wa^ 

 for some years with the Anchor Sawmills Company. He saw service in 

 the late war and after the armistice he engaged in the logging husiuest 

 on his own account. Last year he became associated with Thompson & 

 De Fenelon. remaining with that firm until he accepted service with the 

 Cliitago Lumber & Coal Company. 



Second Lumber Conversion Table Issued 

 The second of the series of conversion tallies being issued by the Lumber 

 Division of the Department of Commerce has been published and mailed to 

 all Arms interested in the export of lumber who are on the Bureau's Ex- 

 porters' Index. It can be obtained by making application either to the 

 Lumber Division. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, 

 I». C, or to any one of the Bureau's District or Co-operative offices, and 

 by filing Form 57, which upon approval will list the firm In question on the 

 Exporters' Index. 



The table converts board measure to cubic meters, or converts the price 

 per thousand feet in dollars to dollars per cubic meter. 



Lumberman and Family Escape Burning Auto 



Roy Thompson, president of the Thompson Hardwood Lumlier Co., Cin- 

 cinnati. O., and his family narrowly escaped serious injury, when an 

 automobile in which they were riding burneil up. Mr. Thompson and his 

 family were returning to Cincinnati from Atlantic City, where they spent 

 a two weeks' vacation, when the accident occurred. On the National 

 highway, a short distance from Zanesville, O.. the automobile, which was 

 driven by Mr. Thompson, backfired and a moment later was a mass of 

 flames. Mr. Thompson brought the car to a sudden stup and then assisted 

 the other occupants from the machine before their clothing was ignited 

 by the flames. Several grips containing clothing as well as the automobile 

 wire destroyed. Mr. Thompson said his loss is covered by insurance. 



Head of Aberdeen Lumber Company Loses Son 



The many friends of Joseidi N. Woollett. president of the Aberdeen Lum- 

 ber Company. Chicago, will learn with the deepest regret of the death of 

 Mr. Woollett's son, Jo.,eph N. Woollett. Jr., on Monday. August 14. 



Blind Lumberman Returns to Business 



Despite the overwhelming handicap of blindness, T. J. Christian, a hard- 

 wood lumberman well known to the trade in Indiana and other sections, 

 lias re-entered business, after two years spent in vain efforts to regain his 

 lost eyesight. Mr. Christian has opened a hardwood sales office at 404 

 North Alabama street, Indianapolis, Ind., and has already begun to do a 

 gratifying volume of business. He has been Increasing the volume of his 

 sales every week since he opened up. 



Grand Rapids Company Putting Up Mill 



The Van Keulen & Winchester Lumber Co.. Grand Kiipids. Mich., is con- 

 structing a new planing and resaw mill at the .vards of the company on 

 the G. R. & I. Railroad tracks, between Eleventh and West Leonard 

 streets. The plant will have a capacity of a carload of lumber a day and 

 will add twelve or fifteen men to the payroll of the company. It is ex- 

 pected it will be under operation October 1. A. Van Keulen, secretary- 

 treasurer of the company, states that while this mill is designed to work 

 up and manufacture lumber principally for their own use. It will be avail- 

 able for mllUng-in-transit purposes, and Grand Rapids is a very admirable 

 location for milling In transit for destinations north, south and east. 



