HARDWOOD RECORD 



49 



The capital stock of the Schuh-Mason Lumber 

 Company has been increased to .f 100,000. 



The hardwood department of the Milne Lum- 

 ber Company is having a fairly good trade. Con- 

 sidering the time of the year, its business is as 

 good as it could expect. 



NEW ORLEANS 



L. Hayman, manager of the Hugo Forchriiiicr 

 interests, has returned from a trip to points in 

 Texas and Louisiana. 



B. D. Stevens, the designing expert of the 

 Berlin Machine Worlss, of Beloit, Wis., passed 

 through New Orleans recently on his way from 

 San Francisco. 



James D. Lacey, the timbcrland dealer of 

 N'ew Orleans, Chicago, and Seattle, arrived in 

 New Orleans recently after an extended western 

 trip. He will spend the remainder of the 

 ■winter in New Orleans. 



E. R. Edgewater, of the Holt & Bugbee Com- 

 pany, dealers of Boston, was a visitor to New- 

 Orleans recently, and made several trips to the 

 mills in this vicinity. 



Langhoff Brothers Company of New Orleans 

 was recently incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $50,000. 



V. W. v. Hedgepath and others of Scranton. 

 Pa., purchased the Westdale property in Cou- 

 shatta parish, consisting of 4,000 acres of tim- 

 berland. They will establish a hardwoo<l mill 

 and cut the timber. 



MILWAUKEE 



David Gosham, who for several years has op- 

 erated a sawmill at Cobban, Wis., is removing 

 his plant to Chippewa Falls, where he will 

 add a large amount of new equipment, recently 

 purchased at St. Paul. 



Practically all of the machinery for the new 

 United States experimental pulp slaliun at Wau- 

 sau. Wis., is now in place and it has been 

 announced that the entire plant will be ready 

 to commence operations by the lirst of tiie 

 new year. 



Preparations are being made Ijy the Alexander- 

 Stewart Lumber Company. Wausau. Wis., to 

 equip Its large planing mill with electric power. 

 Individual motors will be used for each ma- 

 chine. The mill was formerly operaled with 

 water power. 



The Sawyer-Goodman Conijiany. .Marinette, 

 Wis., has placed a night shift at work in its 

 No. 1 mill and announces that it will continue 

 with two crews during the entire year. The No. 

 2 mill is being operated as usual. 



An enthusiastic meeting of Hoo-Hoo was held 

 recently at Wausau, Wis., when a large class 

 was initiated. This was the first of a series 

 of meetings which is being promoted by li. S. 

 Kellogg, secretary of the Northern Hemlock & 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, who was 

 recently appointed vicegerent snark of llie north- 

 ern district of the state. 



The Sheboygan Fruit Box Company. Sheboy- 

 gan. Wis., has recently completed the erection 

 of a large addition to its plant. The new part 

 is three stories in height and ,')Oxt).S feet in 

 <iimensions. Plans are now being made for other 

 additions to be erected next siunmer. The com- 

 pan.v recently increased its capital stock from 

 $15,000 to $40,000. 



The J. H. Worden Lumber & Shiusle Com- 

 pany of Antigo. Wis., has liled an amendment 

 to its articles of incorporation and in the 

 future will be known as the Dick Lumber 

 Company of Appleton. E. A. Edmrmds of .\pple- 

 ton is now at the head of tlu' (-(inccrn. 



The plant of the Western I'arlur Frame- Com- 

 pany at Plymouth, Wis., was entirely destroyed 

 by tire recently, causing a loss of nearly $2."),- 

 000. Insurance was carried to the extent of 

 -ISI.'i.OOO. The plant will probably be rebuilt. 



The planing mill of the Pelican ISiver Lumber 



Company at lUiinelander, Wis., has been shut 

 down for the season. This company's sawmill 

 has not been operated steadily during the season, 

 owing to the fact that it was impossible to se- 

 cure logs on account of the low condition of the 

 water in the Pelican river. It is estimated 

 that there are at present more than 2,000.000 

 feet of logs i-eady to be floated down the river. 

 It is planned to cut l,!j00,000 feet this season. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by 

 the C. J. Thies Lumber Company of Pepin, Wis. 

 The company is capitalized at $40,000. witli 

 C. J. Thies, .L H. Thies, and G. II. Olson as 

 the Incorporators. 



James Huff Stout, president of the Stout Lum- 

 ber Company, the Thornton & Alexander Railroad 

 of Arkansas, the First National Bank and the 

 Wisconsin Milling Company of Menomonie died 

 recently at his home in Menomonie, Wis., aged 

 sixty-two yeai".^. 



SAGINAW VALLEY 



The Campbell-Brown Lumber Company's mill 

 at Bay City is being overhauled and repairs 

 made. It has been operating day and niglit dor 

 ing the season, and has cut out a number of 

 million feet for Ross & Wentworth. 



The mills of Bliss & Van .\uken of Saginaw, 

 W. D. Young & Co.. Knapp & Scott, the Rich- 

 ardson Lumber Company, the Campbell-Brown 

 Lumber Company, the Kneeiand-Bigeiow Com- 

 pany and Kneeland, Bucll & Bigelow Company 

 of Bay City will be operated during the winter. 



The Richardson Lumber Company is operating 

 five camps which are stocking its mills at Bay 

 City and .\lpena. The mill here cuts about 

 20.000,000 feet and runs the entire year. 



The double-band sawmill of II. M. Loud's Sons 

 Company at Au Sable is sliut down for repairs. 

 The company has shipped out a Large quantity 

 of maple and other hardwood timber by water, 

 and is now shipping out ash, hassw-ood and 

 maple by i-ail. 



The plant of the Batchelor Timber Company 

 at Gaylord has resumed operations with a force 

 of ' fifty men. It cuts about 4,000,000 feet 

 of hardwood diu'ing the season. 



The plant of the Batchelor Timber Company 

 of Saginaw, located at West Branch, has had 

 a steady run. It has cut a large quantity 

 of maple for the Strable Manufacturing Com- 

 ])any. which goes into flooring. 



W. D. Young & Co.'s large plant at Bay City 

 is handling about 30,000.000 feet of hardwood 

 stock this year. The timber comes from aroimd 

 Vanderbilt on the Markinan- division of the 

 Michigan Central. 



The Nelson Lumber Company lias nearly fin- 

 ished a new hardwood mill at Nelson .Siding, 

 near Cheboygan, which will l)c in operation 

 I'arly in January. 



The Briggs & Cooper Company. Ltd.. Saginaw, 

 has experienced a good season, handling a good 

 many million feet of Micliigan hardwood lum- 

 ber, as well as quantities of southern timber. 



DETROIT 



The Braun Lumber Company. 31.''>2-72 Wood 

 ward avenue, is sending out pretty postal cards 

 as comiiliments of the holiday season. 



John C. Lodge, secretary of the Dwight 

 Lumber Company, has been appointed general 

 manager of the Akron, Ohio. Water Company, 

 but will continue as .secretary of the Dwight 

 company. He will also retain his position as 

 alderman in the flrst ward of Detroit. 



The suit of Frank M. Fletcher and several 

 other lumbermen against the Detroit & Macki- 

 naw Railroad, charging rate discrimination, 

 comes up for hearing before Judge MurSn in the 

 circuit court in this city next week. 



In the lumber bowling league the team lep- 

 lesontlng the hardwood firm of E. W. Leech 

 shows considerable improviment and, although 

 still occupying last position In the race, has been 

 making the other teams work. 



Detroit now has fifty-four lumber yards, con- 

 trolled by thirty-flve dlHerent firms and Indi- 

 viduals, and doing an annual business approxi- 

 mating $2r;,ooo,ooo. 



Favorable trade conditions are reported by 

 the Reeves & McBean Lumber Company, manu- 

 facturers and wholesalers. This company makes 

 a specialty of hardwoods and is optimistic as to 

 market conditions. 



GRAND RAPIDS 



The name of the Van Keulen & Wilkinson 

 Lumber Company will be changed .Tanuary 1 

 to the Van Keulen & Winchester Lumber Com- 

 pany. Walter C. Winchester, the well-known 

 lumberman and the former vice-president of the 

 company, has been made president, and N. J. G. 

 Van Keulen continues as secretary, treasurer 

 and manager. 



L. DeWest Murrelle, representing the Steele 

 & llibbard Lumber Company, St. Louis, and 

 I". E. Leuima, of the F. E. Lemma Lumber 

 Company, St. Paul, were among recent callers 

 (Ui the local trade. 



"Our cutover hardwood and hemlock lands in 

 Osceola county are selling almost as fast as 

 we can remove the timber," says A. L. Dennis. 

 of the Dennis Bros. Salt & Lumber Company. 

 "Our lumber cut this season will he aoout 

 i.s.OOO.OOO feet." 



Smith & Hull Company of Traverse City, who 

 liought the Loomis tract of hardwood lying 

 aliout four miles south of Ludington, has started 

 cutting the timber. The tract covers eleven 

 forties and is the largest virgin piece of woods 

 left in that section. This winter's cut has been 

 purchased b.v the Stearns Salt & Lumber Com- 

 pany and the logs will he delivered to the 

 iiiiil at Ludington by teams. 



A change has been made in the management 

 <if the Vilas County Lumber Company, W. S. 

 Winegar having succeeded John E. Foster in 

 this position. 



Reed City rejoices over the prospects that 

 the veneer plant Is to be rebnilt. The town 

 also has other industries in sight, including 

 a maple flooring plant, a chair factory and 

 sawmill. 



A. F. Anderson will close <lown his band 

 mill at South Boardman after this winter, hav- 

 ing completed his timber cut In that section, 

 lie recently bought a tract of hardwood timber 

 i>f the Ward estate near Alba and his new 

 inill will be located at Elk Rapids. East .lordan 

 cir Cadillac. 



Hardwood Market. 



(By HARD-WOOD BECOBD EzclasiTe Market Xe;porteTB.) 



CHIC AGO 



The closing weeks of 1910 have been marked 

 by the usual letting up of business that charac- 

 terizes this period in any year, wbicb dullm-ss 



has lieen accelerated by the unusual conditions 

 prevailing for some time back. Buyers in all 

 lines .seem to have been marking time on general 

 principles, and in addition, the taking of inven- 

 tory has been a iegitimato excuse for shutting 

 ilown on purchases. Numerous sales have been 



