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HARDWOOD RECORD 



N. C, has Just been chartered to do a general 

 lumber business. The capital Is $25,000 and 

 the Incorpornlors are L. V. Lee, J. P. Lattlmore, 

 J. I'". Alexander and others. 



It Is reported tlint High Tolnt, N. C, la to 

 have another furnlliire factory soon. 



The Statosvllle Safe and Table Company of 

 SlnlesvlUe, N. C, will soon be ready for busi- 

 ness. The two main buildings and dry kiln 

 of the plant havp been completed and most 

 of the machinery has been placed. A number 

 of artesian wells arc belnt' bored, the plant hav- 

 ing to furnish Its own fire protection. C. K. 

 Johnson Is secretary and treasurer of the com- 

 pany. 



The Dalton Furniture Company's plant at High 

 Point, N. C. caught fire a few days ago and 

 would probably have been destroyed bad it not 

 been for the sprinkler system installed recently. 

 As it was. the damage was only slight. The 

 Dalton company shipped a solid car of furniture 

 lo Panama last week. 



It Is stated by the managers of the Hannah 

 r.ox Shook Company of Wilmington, N. C, that 

 their large plant, which was destroyed by fire 

 on the night of October 7. entailing a heavy 

 less, will be rebuilt at once. The plant will 

 not be rebuilt on the same site. 



Ground has been broken for the Leaksville 

 I'urniture Company's plant at Spray, N. C. This 

 concern will manufacture mantels, etc. Allen 

 T. Happer Is secretary and treasurer of the com- 

 pany. 



The dry kiln, planing mill and more than a 

 million feet of lumber, belonging to the H. C. 

 P.uek, Jr., Lumber Company, at Artesia, N. C, 

 were destroyed by fire a few days ago. Loss 

 is estimated at about $5,000. H. C. Buck, Jr., 

 of Newark. N. J., is president of the company. 

 It is thought the plant will be rebuilt. 



The Kinston Lumber Company's plant at Kin- 

 ston. N. C, was visited by Are recently, which 

 destroyed three dry kilns and damaged 150,000 

 feet of lumber. Loss Is about $12,000, with 

 only $3,500 insurance. 



It is reported here that a party of United 

 States senators and representatives of the for- 

 estry bureau will shortly make a tour of the 

 Appalachian Park boundary, which is to com- 

 pose a national forest. Two days will be spent 

 in the North Carolina mountains, over routes 

 that will give a fine view of the upper water- 

 sheds of the Catawba, New and Tadkin rivers, 

 which rivers and tributaries traverse a large 

 portion of the country recommended for reserve. 



John A. Fox, traveling director of the Na- 

 tional Rivers and Harbors Congress, has just 

 paid a visit to Wilmington, N. C. to acquaint 

 himself with the project for a 30-foot depth 

 of water from Wilmington to the sea. Mr. Fox 

 left Wilmington for a tour of the state, speaking 

 at Charlolte, Asheville, High Point, Greensboro, 

 Kaleigh and most of the other larger towns of 

 the state. 



■Wisconsin. 



The large new factory of the Phoenix Manu 

 facturing Company of Eau Claire is rapidly 

 Hearing completion and it is expected that it will 

 be ready for occupancy by November 1. It is a 

 two-story structure of brick. 202x92 feet in di- 

 mensions, having a big skylight, making it a 

 most thoroughly lighted factory. Individual 

 electric motors are being installed throughout, 

 doing away with steam entirely except for 

 healing purposes. The new logging engine for 

 hauling logs on sleigh roads, which the company 

 recently put on the market, together with the 

 steadily increasing demand for its regular line 

 of sawmill machinery, made imperative the con- 

 struction of a new plant, and the company, with 

 characteristic thoroughness, has put up a model 

 building. One feature of the factory is the large 

 amount of floor space to be used as an erecting 

 room, this being supplied with a P. & H. 20-ton 

 electric crane, side trackage, being supplied with- 

 in the building, greatly simplifying the loading 

 of heavy objects by the use of this gigantic 



traveler. The galleries will be used for manu- 

 facturing and assembling lighter weight machines. 



The Wheeler-Tlmlln Lumber Company of 

 Wausau has leased the plant of W. S. Morgan 

 it Sons at Kenan, which It will operate this 

 winter, cutting a considerable quantity of hard- 

 wood timber recently purchased in that vicinity. 

 A. L. Bobargc will be in charge of the opera- 

 tions. F. D. Timlin reports trade good and 

 says that business has picked up considerably 

 during the past two weeks, and he looks for a 

 busy season. 



Activity at the sash and door plant of the 

 Curtis & Yale Company at Wausau reflects great 

 credit on the energetic members of this concern. 

 They are always on the lookout for new business 

 and get more than their share, as they not only 

 turn out an expertly manufactured line, but are 

 the kind of business men that it is a pleasure to 

 deal with. 



F. K. Goodman of the Ingram Lumber Com- 

 pany of Wausau reports business very good with 

 his concern at present. He spoke flatteringly 

 of the HAiiDWOOD Record bulletin service and 

 said that every number contained a mint of in- 

 formation and that he was generally highly 

 pleased with results obtained by the "tips." 

 F. H. Pardoe of this company is visiting the 

 Minneapolis market this week on a business trip. 



Work is being pushed on a large addition 

 to the plant of the McDonough Manufacturing 

 Company, extensive producers of sawmill ma- 

 chinery at Eau Claire. The new building will 

 be part two stories in height and the rest one, 

 and will be used for general foundry purposes. 

 The old foundry will be converted into a machine 

 shop. The building will be ready for operation 

 about the first of the year. E. Iloran of the 

 company says they have had an excellent busi- 

 ness during the past season and are looking 

 tor an even heavier demand this year, and are 

 making preparations in view of this prospect. 



J. D. R. Steven of the Steven & Jarvis Lumber 

 Company of Eau Claire reports the outlook for 

 business this season even better than tliat of 

 last, although his firm made a very gratifying 

 record last year. 



The plant of the Daniel Shaw Lumber Com- 

 pany has been closed down for the past month 

 owing to the scarcity of logs, but it will resume 

 work within the next few- days. The season's 

 cut will be largely hemlock and pine. 



The Davidson jointer guard, manufactured by 

 the Badger Jointer Guard Company of Eau 

 Claire, has been recommended by the state fac- 

 tory supervisor, and the company Is making 

 some improvements on the original patents 

 preparatory to manufacturing this excellent de- 

 vice on an extensive scale. Prospects look good 

 for a rapid stride into popularity, and another 

 season will undoubtedly see the Davidson jointer 

 guard widely used. 



Active scenes are the rule at the operations of 

 the Dells Lumber and Shingle Company at 

 Eau Claire, and have been for some time past. 

 Jerome Gillett of the company says the hard- 

 wofld output for the season has been con- 

 tracted for and the soft woods are snapped up 

 iiuite as lively as they care to have them. 



Charles I.tnder of the John H. Kaiser Lumber 

 Company, large manufacturers of lumber, boxes, 

 etc., at Eau Claire, is on a business trip south. 

 His itinerary includes Kansas City, St. Joe and 

 a few days at the home office at Muscatine. 

 Iowa. Workmen are busy at the company's local 

 plant, treating the buildings with a fireproof 

 exterior. The roofs are covered with galvanized 

 iron and the sides are covered with a composite 

 material. 



John Corry, the special appraiser appointed 

 to decide on the value of the real estate left 

 by the late A. C. Merryman of Marinette, which 

 was subject to inheritance tax, placed the value 

 at $1,046,972. 



The King Lake Lumber Company of Depere 

 has been incorpclrated : capital stock, $14.000 ; 

 Incorporators, S. D. Murphy, John Dommer, if. 

 E. Morgan and B. H. Rennigs. 



The Hon. Isaac Stephenson, millionaire lum- 

 berman and United Slates Senator, has present- 

 ed his home city, Marinette, with six city lots 

 as a pa;-k lor a training school. 



The Goodman Lumber Company of Marinette 

 has been Incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $500,00(1. The incorporators are Robert F., 

 Cliaries A. and Robert B. Goodman of Marinette 

 and William O. and K. Sawyer Goodman of Chi- 

 cago. 



Braun Bros. & Co. of Athens have Installed 

 a steel carriage and made other Improvements In 

 their plant. 



The F. Schubring Company, which bought the 

 Iloenlsch Bros.' hardwood mill In Wausau, has 

 torn the same down and will build a larger and 

 more up-to-date plant on the site. The new 

 plant will be in operation by earlj' winter and 

 the comijany has enough stock to run well into 

 Hie summer of lOuS. The mill will have a band 

 saw and be provided with a ijattery of four 

 boilers. A planing mill will also be creeled. 



The Star Lake Lumber Company has incorpo- 

 rated with $50,000 capital. The incorporators 

 are B. F. and P. F. Wilson and Neal Brown of 

 Wausau. They will operate an old pine mill 

 at Star Lake, cutting from a large tract of 

 hardwood. 



Volmar & Below of Marshfleld have purchased 

 from George Meade of Boyd a tract of good hard- 

 wood near Browning Corners which will cut 

 2.000.000 feet. The logs will be sawed at Boyd 

 and the lumber hauled to Marshfleld. 



The Flambeau Lumber Company will cut 12,- 

 000.000 feet of choice hardwood near Mercer 

 station. Camps are being built In preparation. 



The Fenwood Lumber Company of Wausau has 

 sold 3,000 acres of hardwood lands near Cran- 

 dou to the L^nderwood A'eneer Company of the 

 same city. The land sold for $38 per acre. The 

 timber will be hauled to Wausau and cut up 

 into veneer at the company's mill. 



The Atwood & Weyerhaeuser Company has 

 purchased of J. W. and D. W'. Emerson of Pren- 

 tice 45,000 acres of land in Price, Ashland and 

 Iron counties. The land, it is said, will cut 

 200,000,000 feet of mixed timber. 



John C. Shattuck and Frederick Bueson of 

 Sparta, who recently acquired holdings in Vilas 

 county, are building a mill in preparation for 

 cutting their timber. 



The Merrill Wobdenware Company, Merril, 

 will lay in a stock of 3,000,000 feet of logs at 

 its plant this winter. 



The Colby Stave and Heading Company, doing 

 business in Colby, has reorganized under the 

 name of the Miller Manufacturing Company and 

 the capital stock has been increased to $50,000. 



The Northern Hardwood Lumber Company of 

 Maple has won in a contention for a sidetrack. 

 The matter was taken before the State Railway 

 Commission, which has ordered the Northern 

 Pacific to build a spur track 2.300 feet long 

 from the mills of the lumber company to the line 

 of railroad, the cost of building to be paid for 

 by the lumber company. 



In the Marinette hardwood district, it is said, 

 the different grades have lowered about $1 per 

 thousand. The cut this winter will be lighter 

 than usual because of this and the fact that 

 men are scarce and wages higher than usual. 



John English, president and manager of the 

 English Manufacturing Company, Merrill, has 

 disposed of his stock ($18,000) to two other 

 stockholders. Joseph A. Emerich and E. H. 

 Staats. The company has been reorganized un- 

 der the name of the Merrill Woodenware Com- 

 pany and new oflicers elected as follows : Pres- 

 ident. Joseph A. Emerich ; vice-president, A. B. 

 Nelson ; secretary, C. F. Ilankwltz ; treasurer, 

 E. H. Staats ; general manager, R. W. Wallace ; 

 assistant manager, A. Rollman. 



The ox is again to be a factor in the logging 

 operations of northern Wisconsin and Michigan 

 this winter. For over fifteen years the slow, 

 hard-working beast has been shoved aside by the 

 horse. The hlfh prices of horses and grain la 

 the chief factor that has brought about a re- 



