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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 10, 1922 



Delta Hardwood Moves Office to Memphis 



The already extensive listing of important southern operators who 

 maintain sales or general offices at Memphis was augmented recently by 

 the Delta Hardwood Lumber Company, Inc., at Rayville, La., moving into 

 its new offices in the Bank of Commerce building at Memphis on Monday, 

 September IS. 



This is one of the more recent, though, one of the most important of the 

 Louisiana operators having started in business last spring. The company 

 owns 50,000,000 feet of virgin hardwood timber in Richland Parish, La., 

 and some 80,000,000 feet of timber in Catahoula Parish, La. Its operation 

 is located at Dehlco, La., the mill at present being confined to a single 

 eight-foot band operation. The company, however, is Installing a resaw 

 and a small mill adjacent to the larger mill, the latter being primarily 

 for hauling long oak timbers. 



Thus, while at present the Delta Hardwood company is producing 

 about 35.000 feet of hardwood lumber per day, it will shortly increase this 

 to 60,000 feet, and in addition it will be in position to handle oak timbers 

 up to 20x20-40 feet long. 



The Memphis office will be the general office of the company. The resi- 

 dent manager will be H. D. Moskovitz, who will act directly in the capacity 

 of sales and traffic manager. Mr. Moskovitz has been connected with 

 the Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Company, Greenwood, Jliss., for the past 

 eight years and is well-known in hardwood circles. 



The officers and directors of the company are : Joseph Newburger, 

 chairman of the board and treasurer, Memphis; W. B, Hotfa, Grenada. 

 Miss., president ; Wilmer J. Thomas, Rayville, La., vice-president and 

 general manager ; J. T. Thomas, Grenada, Miss., director. 



Joins Holt Service Division 



H. S. Hinrichs. formerly Instructor in charge of the Tractor and Auto 

 School, Northwest School and Station, University of Minnesota, Crookston, 

 Minn., is now connected with the Service Division of the Holt Manufac- 

 turing Company, Peoria, 111. 



Box and Truck Manufacturer Dies 

 Frederick W. Ballweg. 65 years old, president and owner of Ballweg & Co., 

 and the Fred Dietz Company of Indianapolis, died recently at his home there. 

 He had lived in Indianapolis all his life. His father, Frederick Ballweg. 

 with Fred Dietz, organized the Fred Dietz Company, manufacturing wooden 

 packing boxes and warehouse trucks. Mr. Ballweg attended the German- 

 English private school there, and at an early age became associated with 

 his father in the Fred Dietz Company. He was twenty years old when 

 he left his father's employ and organized a company of his own for the 

 manufacture of wooden boxes, known as Ballweg & Co. Under hia 

 direction, the business in the last forty-flve years has grown and pros- 

 pered. Eighteen years ago, after the death of Mr. Dietz and the retire- 

 ment from active business of his father, Mr. Ballweg also acquired control 

 of the Fred Dietz Company. He had held the position of president and 

 owner of both companies since that time, but operated them as separate 

 businesses. The widow, three children, a sister and a brotlier survive. He 

 was a member of the Academy of Music and the Indianapolis Board ot 

 Trade. 



Fire Destroys Beck Box and Flooring Factories 



Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the two and three-story frame 

 and brick planing mill and box factory of the .\usust C. Beck Company, 

 First avenue and East street, in the heart of the Menominee valley manu- 

 facturing district ot Milwaukee, Wis., on September 20. The loss has 

 been variously estimated at from .$180,000 to .$250,000, the latter figures 

 being offered by Ernest E. Pair, treasurer. 



Four firemen suffered minor injuries in the course of the fire. 



The Beck company, which manufactures boxes and hardwood flooring, 

 was houised In a building about 200 by 120 feet. .Across a 30-foot passage- 

 way was a frame warehouse and storeroom. The fire started in the boiler 

 room at the west end of the plant. 



The building being surrounded on three sides by canals and slips offered 

 an opportunity for the stream from three fireboats answering a third 

 alarm, with 10 land engine companies, to do effective work with monitor 

 nozzles and deck streams. At the height of the blaze the fireboats poured 

 15 streams into the furnace of fire, while as many more, but smaller, came 

 from the land companies. 



Across the slip on the south is the plant ot the Mueller box factory, a 

 similar concern of about equal dimensions, valued, it is said, at $300,000. 

 The lack of wind, the wet weather and the effective work of the fireboats 

 probably prevented a conflagration there. Two hundred firemen, tinder the 

 personal direction of Chief Thomas A. Clancy, aided by five assistant chiefs, 

 worked into the small hours of the morning to keep the fire within bounds. 

 At daylight, September 21, a few streams were still being played on the 

 smoldering debris. 



According to Mr. Fair, about 200 men are employed at the plant, but 

 few of these will be laid oft because of the fire, as most of the senior 

 employes will be retained to assist In clearing away the debris preparatory 

 to immediate rebuilding. Probably enough stock in the storerooms was 

 saved to permit the company to fill existing orders for some time to come. 



Manages Body Company 



B. B. Smith, formerly secretary of the Columbia Wagon Company, 

 Columbia, Pa., has severed his connections with that institution and has 

 now become manager of the Lancaster Body Company, of Lancaster, Pa. 



Mr. Smith has spent twenty-five years in the manufacturing of wagons 

 and bodies and his many -friends will be interested to hear of his new 

 connection. The accumulated experience which Mr. Smith takes to his 

 new company is to be a very valuable asset from the start. 



Exports Low in July 



July was another lean period tor the hardwood lumber exporters of 

 Baltimore, though the month made a somewhat better showing than that 

 for June, the total declared value of the shipments for July being $73,470 

 against $65,655 for June. But a decided improvement has been reported 

 since then and it is expected that the rest of the year will look up much 

 better. 



Big Millwork Plant Near Competition 



One of the largest manufacturing units constructed in Indianapolis, 

 Ind., this year will be completed within thirty days for the Adams-Rogers 

 Company, producers of interior wookwork, sash, doors and other mill work. 

 The structure will occupy practically the entire block at Ray and Drover 

 streets. The plant consists of a three-story brick and mill construction 

 warehouse, office and manufacturing unit. The building is equipped with 

 a sprinkler system and will be used both as a manufacturing and ware- 

 housing unit. 



Talge Gets Six New Boilers 



Following a meeting held in Governor McCray's office at which the 

 state boiler inspector's refusal to permit the installation of six boilers as 

 planned by the Talge Mahogany company of Indianapolis, Ind., and inci- 

 dents following that refusal, were discussed, the services of W. V. Griflfer, 

 who had been state boiler inspector for about three months, were termi- 

 nated. Mr, Griflfer had been an assistant inspector for about two and one- 

 half years prior to his appointment as inspector. He is succeeded by 

 Benjamin W. Blssell, a consulting engineer ot Indianapolis. 



Cassetty Sawmill Burns 



The saw and planing mill belonging to Cassetty Bros., at North Springs, 

 near Galnesboro. Tenn., was destroyed by fire a few days ago, causing a loss 

 estimated at $8,000, with no insurance. A small stock of lumber was also 

 lost. The origin of the fire is not known. The plant was one of the largest 

 in that section. 



Fire Consumes Sawmill 



The sawmill ot E. N. Arnold at Shipp Bend, near Centerville, Tenn., 

 was destroyed by fire recently. The cause of the fire is unknown. 

 Long-Bell Elects Two New Vice-Presidents 



Two new vice-preKiileuts have been elected and seven men added to the 

 directorate of the Log-Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City, Mo. With two 

 exceptions the new officers are men who have been connected with the com- 

 pany for many years, five of them having been with the company more than 

 fifteen years. 



W. L. Prickett, director, formerly genera! manager of what was then 

 the King-Ryder Lumber Company at Bonami, La., was elected vice-presi- 

 dent ; S. M. Morris of Kelso, Wash., western representative, was elected 

 vice-president and director. 



The other directors elected were L. L. Chipman. Beaumont, Texas, man- 

 ager of the Export Department ; R. W. Stith, Kansas City, Mo., comp- 

 troller ; G. A. Houston, Kansas City, Mo., lumber sales manager ; J. H. 

 Lane, Kansas City, Mo., manager timber sales ; Jesse Andrews, Kansas 

 City, Mo., and R. P. Combs, vice-president of the Peoples Trust Company. 



Hardwood News Notes 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Lake Independence Lumber Company, Big Bay, Mich., has an- 

 nounced the appointment of J. E. Orr, as sales manager, with headquarters 

 at Big Bay, Mich. 



The Mobile Box & Lumber Company has recently started in business at 

 Venetla, Ala. 



There have been a number of recent incorporations among them being : 

 The New Jersey Sash & Door Company, Newark, N. J. ; the Rockaway 

 Sash & Door Company, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; the C. W. Jones Furniture Com- 

 pany, Jackson, Miss. ; the McDevitt Chair Bed Company, Washington, D. 

 C. ; the Foster-Rohl Furniture Company, Ft. Wayne, Ind. ; the Wisconsin 

 Chest and Cabinet Company, Sheboygan, Wis. ; the Toledo Furniture Frame 

 Company, Toledo, O. 



The Bliss and Van Auken Lumber Company, Saginaw, Mich., well known 

 and old established concern, has incorporated under the same name. 



S. C. Ewing & Co., has commenced in the wholesale and commission 

 hardwood lumber and pine business at Nashville, Tenn. 



The capital stock of the Wisconsin Top Company, Racine, Wis., has been 

 increased to $600,000. 



At Chattanooga, Tenn., the Clark-Jones-Sheeley Company has been in- 

 corporated, and at Greenville, S. C, the Southern Bobbin and Spool Com- 

 pany is a newly incorporated concern. 



The capitalization of the Owensboro Wheel Company, Owensboro, Ky., 

 is now $300,000, having recently been Increased to that amount. 



