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HARDWOOD RECORD 



NeWs Miscellany 



Semi-monthly Memphis Lumbeniien's Club 



At thp scmi-mimtlily meeting of the Memphis 

 l.umtiermi'n's Club, lield at the Hotel Gayoso. 

 Satui-diiy, April 1, the agreement was reached 

 that E. ('. Atkins & Co. would furnish, without 

 cost to the clul). all of the badges necessary for 

 the delegates to the annual of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, to hr held here 

 in May. 



No report was made by the River & Rail 

 Committee in connection with the hearing at 

 Chicago before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission in the case involving the advance of 

 ten cents per hundred pounds on lumber rates 

 from Mississippi river points to I'acilic coast 

 terminals. It was stated that A. L. Foster, who 

 went to Chicago as one of the committee, had 

 returned to Memphis, but that he had filed no 

 report with the members of that committee. 

 It is expected that a full report will be made 

 l)y President Stark and Mr. Foster at the meet- 

 ing to be held April 15. 



The addition to the constitution and by-laws, 

 due notice of which was given several weeks 

 ago, providing for the creation of an advisory 

 board to be composed of all of the ex-presidents 

 of the club, was adopted by a practically unani- 

 mous vote. It is intended that the last retiring 

 president shall in each case be chairman of this 

 board and its services shall be available to the 

 executive committee or to the general member- 

 ship of the club, as occasion may arise. By 

 virtue of having been president during the past 

 year, S. C. Major becomes the head of this 

 board and will serve until the expiration of the 

 term of President Stark. 



It was stated by W. B. Morgan that one mem- 

 ber of the Lumbermen's Club would be on one 

 of the tickets in the election campaign of the 

 Business Men's Club. B.e, vouchsafed this In- 

 formation in order that members of the Lum- 

 bermen's Club who are identified with the Busi- 

 ness Men's Club might not pledge their votes 

 before they knew who this lumberman would 

 be. The Lumbermen's Club usually has a rep- 

 resentative in the official family of the Business 

 Men's Club because of the large number of 

 members of the latter which are identified with 

 the former. There is always a very keen flght 

 made by the members of the Lumbermen's Club 

 to elect one of their members to official position 

 in the Business Men's Club, and this year prom- 

 ises to be no exception. W. B. Morgan, as first 

 vice-president, was the representative of the 

 Lumbermen's Club In the Business Men's Club 

 the past year. 



E. M. Schulte, general manager of the Penrod- 

 Abbott Lumber Company at Brasfleld, Ark., was 

 elected to active memliership. P. J. Attley of the 

 Koss-Attley Lumber Company, Heth. Ark., was 

 recommended to active membership and will be 

 voted on at next meeting. 



This meeting was well attended and, in the 

 absence of James E. Stark, was presided over 

 by P. T. Dooley, first vice-president. The usual 

 luncheon was served. 



Following the reading of the minutes of tlie 

 previous meeting, a question was raised on the 

 floor as to action to be taken relative to cer- 

 tain members delinquent in dues, and it was 

 decided to place the matter in the hands of the 

 Lumbermen's Credit Association. This action 

 was not taken in any hasty spirit but for the 

 purpose of demonstrating that the membership 

 of the club is equal to a certificate of credit 

 which is backed by the "square deal" claus" 

 of the constitution. 



The secretary read the following letter from 

 the Receivers & Shippers' Association addressed 

 to the club : 



To the Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati : In 

 case No. 3263. the Crescent Lumber Company vs. 

 Illinois Central Railway Company, before the In- 

 terstate Commerce Commission, decided February 

 24, the Commission found as follows ; 



'"Two routes over which the same rates ap- 

 plied were available from points of origin to 

 destination. Over one of the said routes recon- 

 signment in transit was permitted by proper 

 tariff publication, but such reconsignment was 

 not permitted over the other route. 



"Held, that in the absence of routing instruc- 

 tions by the shipper or notice that its shipments 

 were to be reconsigned in transit, the initial 

 carrier is not liable in damages for failure to 

 forward the traffic over the route via which the 

 reconsignment privilege was available." 



A discussion of various topics of more or less 

 importance then followed, among which was a 

 question of crossing the public landing at Cin- 

 cinnati by the viaduct of the L. & N. Railroad. 

 It was decided to appoint a Finance Committee 

 to raise sufficient funds to oppose this project. 

 Fifty dollars was subscribed by the club. 



H. G. Shreve. a former lumberman who is now 

 representative ol! the Gideon Band, a Christian 

 association of traveling men, engaged in placing 

 the Bible in the hotels of the country, told of 

 the work of that organization and called upon 

 the local club for their support of this worthy 

 movement. The members responded eagerly and 

 contributed a good part of the funds necessary 

 to carry on the work iii Cincinnati. 



The business went from bibles to baseball and 

 last year's manager. Dwight Hinckley, who 

 brought the baseball championship of lumber- 

 dom to Cincinnati, raised the question of sup- 

 port for the ensuing season. The question was 

 laid over until the next meeting. 



It was decided that the club as a body would 

 not arrange to attend the coming meeting of the 

 National Hardwood Association to be held in 

 Jlempbis in .lune. though undoubtedly there will 

 be a large iudiridual attendance. 



After the chair had announced that the an- 

 nual election would be held at the May meeting, 

 the meeting was declared adjourned. 



Meeting of Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club 



There was a very representative attendance 

 at the meeting of the Lumbermen's Club of Cin- 

 cinnati at the Gibson House on April 3. The 

 usual desirable repast was set at 6 :30, the 

 guests being entertained in the meantime by a 

 professional orchestra. The announcement that 

 the Committee on Nominations would report 

 created an unusual interest in the meeting. The 

 election has commanded more than passing in- 

 terest, notwithstanding the fact that S. W. 

 Richey is named by both committees for presi- 

 dent, and has the favorable support of the en- 

 tire membership. Mr. Rlchey's many qualifica- 

 tions make it apparent that he is entirely suited 

 to properly carry on the work started by the 

 present incumbent. Cliff S. Walker. 



Those who decide to make the trip will be as- 

 sured of an outing unique in character and 

 every possibility of the finest kind of a time. 

 rhe boat herself is a palatial new passenger 

 steamer of the B. & C. Navigation Company, and 

 in design and equipuient is capable of answering 

 ever.v requirement of the most fastidious pas- 

 senger. 



Plans for Hoo-Hoo Excursion Complete 



Printed folders have been issued giving com- 

 plete details relative to the proposed outing of 

 the Hoo-Hoo on the Steamer "City of Clevi- 

 land," which will leave Detroit on Saturday. 

 September 9, for an extended trip on the Lakes, 

 returning to that place September 14. The exact 

 itinerary of the cruise Is not fixed, and it is 

 likely that the persons who will have declared 

 themselves for the trip will be in some measure 

 consulted. The boat will be given up entirely 

 to the members of Hoo-Hoo, who will be granted 

 every privilege within the limits of the general 

 plan agreed upon with the boat people. 



The general idea is to cruise up through the 

 Straits nearly due north from Detroit, passing 

 into Lake Huron and then skirting along the 

 eastern shore of that lake to Mackinac and 

 Sault Ste. Marie. The length of time which 

 will be given over to the various points of in- 

 terest will probably bo decided by a series of 

 votes taken after embarkation. 



Returning, the general plan Is to skirt along 

 the northern and eastern shores of Georgian 

 Bay, passing down through the maize of islands 

 which stud the waters of that region. 



William 'Wliitmer Puts Through Big Deal 

 The sale of the Pigeon River Lumber Company 

 Interests, In the Ashevllle section of North Caro- 

 lina, along the Pigeon river, to William Whit- 

 mer & Sons of Philadelphia, and associates, 

 which was reported several weeks ago, has been 

 virtually completed, and the property has been 

 turned over to the purchasers. Some formali- 

 ties are still to be complied with, however, but 

 the transaction is virtually concluded. The 

 same interests have also taken over the Cham- 

 pion Fil>re Company's stumpage in that section, 

 and a big corporation Is to be formed with 

 a capital stock of *3..500,000. The new com- 

 pany will be known as the Champion Lumber 

 Company, and will have for its president R. F. 

 Whitmer of William Whitmer & Sons. The 

 board of directors will include J. D. Lacey, of 

 New Orleans, president, and Charles I. James, 

 vice-president of the Pigeon River Company, 

 both of whom retain a large interest in the 

 business. Others prominently identified with 

 the enterprise are Peter G. Thompson, president 

 of the Champion Fibre Company, one of the 

 largest concerns of its kind in the country, with 

 big plant at Canton, N. C. ; J. G. Schnidlapp 

 and W. C. Proctor. All three of these men are 

 Cincinnati capitalists. The property taken over 

 from the Pigeon River company Includes about 

 6.'), 000 acres of timber land, mostly hardwoods : 

 a sawmill at Crest, Mont., of about 50.000 feet 

 rnpacily and logging road, together with all 

 necessary buildings. The area held by the Cham- 

 pion Fibre Company will bring the total holding 

 of the new company close up to 100,000 acres. 

 Other property included is the East Tennessee & 

 North Carolina railroad, which furnishes an 

 ■ lutlet for the timber and other products. J. 

 P.. Hart, president of this road, will also have 

 an interest in the company. Arrangements have 

 been made whereby the Champion Fibre Com- 

 pany takes all the pulp wood on the tract and 

 works it up. It is thought that the organiza- 

 tion of the company will be completed at a meet- 

 ing to be held at the office of William Whitmer 

 lit Sons, in Philadelphia, in a week or ten days. 

 The transaction is one of the biggest ever con- 

 cluded in the East, and the new company is ex- 

 pected to become an important factor in the 

 hardwood trade. Mr. James is a Baltimorean 

 and extensively interested in the Great Southern 

 Lumber Company, w'hich operates a big yellow 

 pine plant at Bogalusa. He represents the sec- 

 ond generation in the trade, his father having 

 been the late Henry James, who gained such 

 prominence as a lumberman and left a large for- 

 tune. 



Coming Meeting Michigan Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association 



The spring meeting of the Michigan Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association will be held at the 

 I'ontchartrain Hotel, Detroit. Mich.. Wednesday, 

 .Vpril 10. at 10 a. m. This meeting is deemed 

 necessary in order to discuss present conditions 

 and bring special information before the mem- 

 bers at this time. 



.Vmong subjects to be discussed are "Unusual 

 Conditions of Maple and Hemlock Market," "Lim- 

 ited Stock of Maple." "Hemlock Bark Condi- 

 tions," "Grading of Hemlock and Pine Lath.'-' 

 "Report oZ Market Conditions Committee" and 

 "Reports of Various Committees." 



No stock report will be presented at this time, 

 but blanks for special information relative to 

 present values of different hardwoods and hem- 



