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dent ; G. S. Hill, secretary ; A. G. Fritchie, 

 treasurer. The question o£ employing a pro- 

 fessional coach to act as playing manager was 

 discussed at this meeting, but it was decided 

 not to take definite -action on this point until 

 applications from several other professional 

 players might be received. ,\11 positions on the 

 team have been filled, but no practice work has 

 been done on account of unfavorable weather 

 conditions. The grounds controlled by the as- 

 sociation are in first-class condition, and it is 

 the intention of the association to maintain 

 the reputation established last season of having 

 the champion amateur team and finest baseball 

 piant in Mississippi. The Lamb-Fish Athletic 

 Association is part of the plan of the owners 

 of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company to give to 

 its employes proper facilities for en.ioyment and 

 physical development. Readers of H.4rdwood 

 Record are familiar with the fact that it has an 

 extensive club at Charleston, which is a prac- 

 tically unique feature in the annals of the 

 lumhrr industry in that state. 



Following the announcement that the Jlissis- 

 sipp Valley Transportation Company would in- 

 augurate service on the Jlississippi. between St. 

 Louis and New Orleans early in March, comes 

 the statement from the officials of the Lee Line 

 steamers here to the effect that, whereas they 

 have been operating only one boat between SI. 

 Louis and Memphis, they will in future operate 

 two. The Ferd Heroid has been handling this 

 business, but in future it will have the Rees 

 Lee as its running mate. The Lee Line will 

 also double the .service between Memphis and 

 Cincinnati. With one new company to inau- 

 gurate service and with one of the old estali- 

 lisbed companies to double its present facilities, 

 indications point to a decided revolution of traf- 

 fic on the Mississippi and its tributaries. 



Announcement is made that the Louisville & 

 Nashville and the Nashville. Chattanooga & St. 

 Louis Railroad Companies will build a freight 

 depot at Broadway and Main streets, which will 

 cost approximately ,$200,000. It is also an- 

 nounced that the Frisco System will spend at 

 least .$250,000 this year in enlarging and im- 

 proving its terminal facilities here. It purchased 

 a large tract of land in the eastern portion of 

 the city several years ago for terminal purposes, 

 and is now beginning the grading of the .yards. 

 There will be a large increase in (he amount of 

 trackage and the machine shops will also be con- 

 siderably enlarged. One of the officials of the 

 Frisco System is authority for the statemenc 

 that, counting the cost of the land itself, the 

 company will spend within the next few years 

 approximately ,$1,000,000 in terminal facilities. 

 The Frisco System has been somewhat handi- 

 capped in the handling of lumber in large ship- 

 ments because of the lack of adequate terminals 

 and this large improvement work which has been 

 undertaken by that road is looked upon by lum- 

 ber interests as a most satisfactory development. 

 A stave mill, with a capacity of 40,000 staves, 

 is to be located at Newport, Ark. It is to he op- 

 erated by the Central States Cooperage Com- 

 pany, with headquarters at Newcastle, Ind. The 

 company has secured a five .vears' lease on the 

 site on which the mill will be erected and thc^ 

 plant will give employment to from sixty to 

 seventy-five men. It will provide an outlet for 

 a considerable quantity of gum, ash, elm, Cot- 

 tonwood and other timber in that territor.v. It 

 is regarded as quite an important acquisition for 

 Newport. 



While the J. V. Stimson Hardwood Company 

 has for some time been operating the plant and 

 generally conducting the business which was 

 known under the name of the Ryan-Stimson 

 Lumber Company, it has only within the last 

 few days filed articles of incorporation. The 

 capital stock is placed at .$60,000 and the in- 

 corporators are : J. V. Stimson, B. F. Katter- 

 henry, D. Katterhenry, C, A. Weathers and E. 

 R, Odie. It will be recalled by readers of the 

 Hardwood Record that Mr. Stimson bought the 

 interest of Mr. Ryan in the Ryan-Stimson Lum- 



ber Company some time ago. and that Mr. Ryan, 

 together with his associates, has organized thc> 

 I'hilip A. Ryan Lumber Company. 



The Huntsville Lumber Company, Decatur, 

 Ala., has purchased the timber on tlie farm of 

 W. M. iMeyers near Decatur for a consideration 

 of .$10,000. The timber is very largely red and 

 white oak, although there is some hickory and 

 poplar. This is the largest timber land trans- 

 action made in that section for some years and 

 the tract is said to be the finest in that terri- 

 tory. 



BRISTOL 



William S. Whiting of the Whiting Manu- 

 facturing Company, was in the city this week. 

 Mr. Whiting's company has completed a band 

 mill, with a daily capacity of 75,000 feet, and 

 will erect another at an early date that will 

 cut 125,000 feet of stock daily. The company 

 is already operating extensively in this section. 



Congressman Sam R, Sells, president of the 

 Sells Lumber & Manufacturing Company of 

 .Tohnson City, Tenn., returned this week from 

 Washington, Congressman Sells is l)ecoming a 

 leading Republican politician, having become the 

 congressman from this district March 4. lie 

 will continue in the lumber business. 



O. S. Olmstead of the Floyd-Olmstead Com- 

 pany, rhiladelphia, was among the bu.vors on the 

 Bristol market last week. 



Among the visitors here this week w.as O. H. 

 Vial ef Greene count.v, Tenn., who operates a 

 large band mill in that count.v. He reports 

 activity in manufacturing in that region. 



Fred K. Paxton of the Paxton Lumber Com- 

 pany, returned last week from Illinois, Indiana 

 and other central western states, bringing witli 

 him a message of good cheer to the local lum- 

 bermtn. The Paxton Lumber Company has cut 

 out several of its small tracts and is now look- 

 ing for a larger one. 



K. II. Wi4,gel of Weigel c!c Co.. Williamsporl. 

 Pa., was buying lumber on the local market 

 last week and looking after interests of hi^ 

 company in this section. 



.1. C. Campl)ell of Currie & C:im]iiiell, I'hila- 

 delphia : L. II. Snodgrass of the Buck-Snod- 

 grass Lumber Conijian.v, Johnson City, Tenn. ; 

 George R. Dilk of Richmond, Ind., and E. II. 

 Bennett of Columbus, O.. were among recent 

 liuyers on the Bristol hardwood market. 



LOUISVILLE 



lAniisville luiubermeu as a rub- extu'esse.l 

 gratification on the result of the action of the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission in refusing to 

 allow increases in the rates to bo made. It is 

 believed that the commission will also siru- 

 tinize carefull.v the rates w'hich it is proposed 

 to advance on lumber in southern territory April 

 15. a uniform increase of a cent a hundred be- 

 ing provided. It is expected that tlie tarilf~ 

 t-howing these advances will l>o tiled witli the 

 commission on or about Marcii 15, and aftei- 

 that time the shippers will know more about 

 .iust how the various markets are alfected. It 

 is believed that the Louisville Hardwood Ciub 

 will protest against the increase. 



Plans are being> made by local lumbermen 

 to alBliate with the Transportation Club of 

 Louisville, which devotes its attention to the 

 discussion of traffic problems. Some of the lum- 

 bi rmon tire members of the organization, but a 

 great many are nor, and it is the hope o£ those 

 interested that the value of the organization 

 shall be understood and that the lumber inte.- 

 ests shall be more largely represented in Ihi^ 

 association. 



J. C. Wickliffe, secretary of the C. C. Mengel 

 & Brother Company, was married in Chicago, 

 JIarch 7, to Miss Julia Kniskern, formerly of 

 I.ouisvilb'. Mr. and Mrs. Wickliffe left for Cali- 

 fornia, where they will spend a Iioneymoon of 



about a month. The bride was the recipient of 

 many presents, among them a .silver tea servie-> 

 from the Louisville Hardwood Club, which also 

 v.ired its congratulations to Mr. WicklilTc a 

 few hours before the ceremony. 



C. H. O. Houghton, a well-known veneer man 

 of New York, was in Louisville recently. He 

 was accompanied i)y his son. M. W. Houghton. 

 They reported conditions in the East looking up. 



M. E. Gray of Asheville, N. C, was in Louis- 

 ville last week. Mr. Gray is a well-known- log- 

 ging engineer, and is taking a big part in the 

 timber operations of North Carolina. 



H. J. Gates of the Louisville Point Lumber 

 Company has returned from Philadelphia, where 

 he was an usher at the wedding of Tom Wal- 

 lace, a local newspaper man, who was married 

 to Miss Augusta French. 



P. B. Raymond has announced to local friends 

 In the trade that he is now in the veneer busi- 

 ness in Knoxville, Tenn., having left Indian- 

 apolis, where he was president of Raymond .>c 

 Adams for a long while. 



A. E. Norman of the Norman Lumber Company 

 is one of those who believes that the tariff 

 situation is so full of interest to lumbermeu 

 that they ought to be closely allied with the 

 Transportation Club. He has urged the mem- 

 bers of the Hardwood Club to .loin that or- 

 ganization. 



W. A. Mcl.,ean of the Wood Mosaic Company. 

 New Alban.v, Ind., is spending a short time in 

 Canada, combining both business and pleasure 

 N\hile he is away. 



The American .Metallic Pai'kiug Company of 

 Lexington, Ky.. is preparing to install a saw- 

 mill in eastern Kentucky, and is asking for 

 jtrices on equipment. 



High water in many Kentucky stream-' 

 brought down a large volume of logs, and most 

 of the sawmills located on the inland rivers 

 are now operating at their full capacity. 



ST. LOUIS 



Tlie number (if building permits issued dur- 

 ing February wa.s larger than during January, 

 although the value of the buildings authorized 

 was smaller. A considerable increase in per- 

 mits, thougli not in the value of the buildings, 

 is shown by the month just closed over the 

 corresponding month last year. 



Charles Kehbein, eighty years old. until 

 three years ago vice-president of the Riddle 

 Manufacturing Company, died a few days 

 ago. He had been ill since the first of the 

 jear. Mr. Rehbein was born in Germany. 

 He came to St. Louis when young and en- 

 gaged in the planing mill business. The name 

 of the firm was then the Mississippi Planing 

 Mill Company. In 1S79 it became known as 

 the Riddle-Rehbein Manufacturing Company. 

 Three years ago Mr. Rehbein retired on ac- 

 count of advanced years. He is survived by 

 one son and two daugliters. 



The W. H. Putnam Lumber Company filed 

 articles of incorporation recently, with a capi- 

 tal stock of $2,5,000, fully paid, to manufac- 

 ture and deal in building material. Charles 

 F. Starck and Victor K. Rhodes hold forty 

 shares each; W. H. Putnam, fifty shares; J. C. 

 Quigley, 'WiUiam Ferris, August Beck. Frank 

 Arnold, Lawrence H. Caugh, John Craig, Vin- 

 cent A. Cliinberg and Fred Kempelman, ten 

 shares each. 



A most satisfactory number of inquiries 

 have been received for plain oak and ash and 

 more particularly red gum by the Charles F. 

 Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company the 

 liast couple of weeks. The volume of busi- 

 ness done is fully up to the amount which was 

 expected considering the conditions now pre- 

 vailing. 



E. W. Blumer. sales manager of the Loth- 

 man Cypress Company, who has been on a 

 selling trip, says trade has been more satis- 



