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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



Tlic Kmplre Lumber Company has been or- 

 sanlzcil at Clovelaiul, O., with a onpllal of 

 *30,000 by r. W, Wagnei-, C. W. Johnson. II. II. 

 rrcnch, K. II. Itankln and M. U Kankln. 



It Is reported that Henry Mann of the Two 

 Ulvei's Woodenwaro Company. Two Ulvers, Wis., 

 has perfected a patent for use In wooden pail 

 mauufailure which will prove valuable. 



The Kngadlne Lumber Company of St. Ignace, 

 Mich., has recently reorganized. The new of 

 fleers are F. II. Freeman, president: William 

 Xorvall, vice president ; S. I'eterson. secretary : 

 M. !■;. Collins, treasurer and general manajjcr. 

 The business policy will remain practically the 

 same, thoush the trade will doubtless be broad- 

 Two wills are involved in the alTairs of tiie 

 heirs of William II. Kirkholdcr. the well-known 

 willow wai'e manufacturer who died in liangor. 

 Me., last .luly. They were nmde within six days 

 of each other and have precipitated a spirited 

 legal contest. 



Before the winter is over between 4.(J00,0(il) 

 and "1.000.000 feet of logs will have been re- 

 ceived at Chattanooga. Tenn., for consumption 

 by local factories. Of late there has been an 

 especially high tide on the river and half a 

 milliim feet of logs have arrived from points 

 iietween Chattanooga and Clinton. Logs pur- 

 chased l)y local dealers above the latter point 

 will not be delivered until .January and Febru- 

 ary, it being the custom to nialie short de- 

 liveries on the first tide, thereby getting the 

 river channel cleared for up-river shipments. 



At the present time many articles are being 

 made of compressed wood pulp with an exterior 

 I'overing resembling the grain of wood. Artifleiai 

 lumber on a more extensive scale has just been 

 designed by a Pennsylvania mau. It is formed 

 liy the successive superimposition of very thin 

 continuous pulpy layers of comhinsrd hydraulic 

 cement and asbestos fiber. Imbedded between 

 the layers is a wire mesh, similar to that used 

 in wired glass and concrete construction. The 

 "lumber" is said to possess durability and 

 strength. 



The Somerset Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 



pany's plant at Somerset, Ky., was recently de- 

 stroyed by lire; also the Somerset Milling Com- 

 pany's mill. The loss was $00,000. 



The Escambia Veneer Company of lilulT 

 Springs. Fin., has been incorporated with .^(j.OOO 

 ca|>ital stock. 



Tlie completion of the Dardanelle. Ola & 

 Southern railroad two months ago has resulted 

 in the establisliment of a liardw<x»d sawmill 

 with a capacity of 20.000 feet of lumber per 

 day. the secitring of a handle factory and other 

 enterprises. 



Tile McDonald I'laning .Mill Comp.iny of 

 Wheeling, W. Va., has filed application for a 

 charter under the laws of that state. The 

 capital stock Is .$L'."i.O0(l. 



The Southern California Hardwood & Manu 

 factory Company has completed a three-story 

 brick addition lo the plant on Kohler street. 



The Lebanon Lumber Company contemplates 

 establishing a factor.v for the manufacture of 

 oars from ash at Shelburn. La. 



J. A. Havis and Samuel Hodges iiave organ- 

 ized a hardwood lumber and handle company 

 at Harrisburg. Ark. 



Thomas A. Moore, proprietor of the Moore 

 Lumber Company of St. Louis, filed a voluntary 

 petition in bankruptcy December 14. The assets 

 will exceed the liiibilities when outstanding ac- 

 counts are collected. 



The Seweii Valley Railroad Company will build 

 a line twenty-one miles long to connect witli the 

 Chesapeake & Ohio, through ricli timber land, ac- 

 <'ording to T. W. Kaine, general manager of the 

 Iiaine-.\ndrews Lumber Company of Evenwood. 

 W. Va. 



The .Swatlunore Lumber Company, wliich now 

 has about two and a half miles of standard 

 gauge railroad connecting witli the Dry Foric 

 railroad at Moore's Siding. W. Va., will build 

 an extension of from three to live miles, going 

 farther into the timber. 



The oflicos of the Gennett Lumber Company, 

 manufacturers of rough hardwood lumber at 

 Clayton, Ga., were removed to Franklin, N. C. 

 on December 20. The company is a large dealer 

 in yellow poplar, oak, chestnut and other hard- 

 woods. 



Hardwood NeWs. 



(B7 HABDWOOO BECOBD Special CorraspondentB.) 



Chicago. 



The lumber purchasing department of the Na- 

 tional Casket Company has been moved from 

 Iloboken, X. .L, to 501 Monongahela Bank build- 

 ing, rittsburg. and will be permanently located 

 there. 



J. V. Stimson. the well-known hardwood lum- 

 berman of Huutinghurg. Ind., was a caller at 

 the liF.coiiD oflice Dec. 11. 



S. G. McCiellan of Simmons. Mich., a popular 

 young lumberman of the north country, spent 

 several days in Chicago last week. 



E. C. Mershon of Saginaw was a welcome 

 visitor Dec. 12. 



The partnership of Ityan A: McFarland. doing 

 business at Chicago and at Memphis, has been 

 dissolved. J. P. McParland takes over the Chi- 

 cago business and all accounts receivable are to 

 be paid to him; all liabilities at Chicago are 

 assumed by him. I'. A. Ityan takes over the 

 Memphis branch and all accounts and bills re- 

 ceivable at Memphis, and liabilities there will be 

 handled by him. Mr. Ryan has olTcred for sale 

 his sawmill plant in that city. 



Laurence O. Petersen of Copenhagen announces 

 that he has opened an establishment in Hamburg, 

 Germany, in charge of his sou and partner, Carl 

 G. I'etersen, in order to be better able to man- 

 age his transactions in American wood goods in 

 Germany. Mr. I'etersen, sr.. has been in busi- 

 ness since 1ST4 and is well known to the export 

 trade. 



Thomas W. Howiett of the Philadelphia Textile 



-Machinery Company, Philadelphia, was a caller 

 at the Ri-:coiiD office on Dec. 10. 



I'\ A. Kirby, sales manager of the Cherry 

 River Boom & Lumber Company, Scranton, Pa., 

 and George B. Jobson, Columbus representative 

 of tlie same concern, were w^elcome callers at the 

 RiccuKD office last week. 



E. E. Taenzer. the well-known Memphis lum- 

 berman, called upon the Chicago trade Dec. IG. 



The Kentucky Retail Lumber Dealers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their annual meeting Feb. 17 and 

 IS at the Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Ky. The 

 program will he very interesting. Governor Wil- 

 son has accepted an invitation to the banquet, 

 which will be held the evening of Feb. 17. Manu- 

 facturers and jobbers desiring display space will 

 make requisition of Secretary J. Crow Taylor, 

 Masonic building, Louisville. 



W. A. Gilchrist of Memphis, Tenn., was a 

 caller at the Record office on Dec. 19. 



The ILiHDWOOD Record has been well remem- 

 bered during the past week with handsome 1908 

 calendars, and only wishes that it had space in 

 its offices to give every one a prominent place, 

 as it is difficult to choose among them. So far 

 they have been received from D. H. Day of Glen 

 Haven, Mich. ; J. S. Goldie of Cadillac, Mich. ; 

 Regan Printing House, Chicago; Tickle, Bell & 

 Co., Liverpool ; Nathaniel Handle Company. 

 Almira. Ark. ; A. Couspeire of New Orleans : 

 American Woodworking ilachinery Company, 

 Rochester. N. Y. ; Crandali Panel Company, Inc.. 

 Brocton, N. y. ; Michigan Saw Company, Sagi- 



naw ; Schofleld Bros., Philadelphia, and tlie Bill- 

 meyer Lumber Company of t.'timberlatid, Md. 



The Hardwood Record acknowledges receipt 

 of liulletin No. 1-1, Vol. 4, of the New York 

 Botanical (iarden. issued Dec. 7. 



A conference between a committee of the Na- 

 tional Wagon Manufacturers' Association and 

 the inspection rules committee of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association was lield at tlie 

 office of the latter last week to decide whether 

 CM' not It is iMissihle for the two organizations to 

 get logetlu.'r on uniform inspection of rough 

 dimension wagon stock. So many considerations 

 were found to be involved, liowever, that no posi- 

 tive action was taken, and another meeting will 

 be held after the holidays. Among the lumber- 

 men present were .T. M. I'ritchard of Indianat)olls. 

 E. L. Edwards of Dayton. O. ; E. J. Young of 

 Madison. Wis. ; F. A. Curtis. J. S. Houston. F. S. 

 llendrickson and Theodore Fathauer of Chicago. 



't'. II. McCarthy of the Ruddock-Orleans 

 Cypress Ciunpany of New Orleans was a visitor 

 to the Chicago market recently. 



H. B. Earhart o£ the Russel Wheel & Foundry 

 Company. Detroit, called upon some of his friends 

 among the lumber fraternity last week. 



W. A. Morgan of l''ayctteville. Ark., is in the 

 city and will remain over the holidays. Wliile 

 here Mr. Morgan will organize a stock company 

 to operate his hardwood mill in tliat district. 



T. S. Estabrook of the Estabrook-Skeeie Lum- 

 Ijer Company has just returned from a trip to 

 Gould. Ark., where ills company operates a mill. 

 He reports curtailment of production all througli 

 the South. 



F. .1. Ileidler of the Fiuk-IIeidler Company is 

 buck from a business trip through this state and 

 Indiana and finds conditions looking up with 

 good prospects for business in the near future. 



C. L. Wiiley is again absent on a trip to his 

 Memphis mill and only within tlie past few days 

 returned from a business trip to tiie East. 



Frank F. Fish is recovering nicely from his 

 recent attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Fish took a 

 little vacation as soon as he was able to get 

 away and has returned to his office much bene- 

 fited by the change. 



One of the prominent lumbermen who visited 

 this market last week was C. A. Goodman of 

 Marinette. Wis. 



George W. Stoneman of De Vails Bluff, Ark., 

 was calling upon his friends here several days 

 last week. 



C. II. Barnaby of Greencastle. Ind.. the popular 

 president of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 Association, was in town on Wednesday in at- 

 tendance upon the veneer manufacturers' meeting. 



Boston. 



F. B. Gardiner of the Gardiner & Lacey Lum- 

 ber Company. Georgetown. W. ^'a.. large cypress 

 manufacturers, has been making a trip North. 

 He was in Bo.ston about len days ago. 



H. B. Curtin of the Pardee & Curtin Lumber 

 Company. Sutton, W. Va., has been a recent vis- 

 itor in Boston in the interest of the company's 

 whitewood business. 



Charles S. Wentworth of Boston has returned 

 from a trip to New Brunswick. 



M. B. Carpenter, a dealer in lumber and ma- 

 chinery. Bellows Falls. Vt.. visited Boston last 

 week. He reported making several sales. 



It is reported that within a radius of ten miles 

 from Gardner. Mass., there are 50,000 chairs 

 turned out daily. 



William E. Litchfield, one of the best known 

 lumber dealers in Boston, has recently returned 

 from a Western trip. Mr. Litchfield visited his 

 mill at North Vernon. Ind.. while away. 



The Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Associa- 

 tion held its regular meeting at the Parker 

 House. Boston. Dec. 1!). The committee appointed 

 at the last meeting to confer on the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association's rules of inspec- 

 tion made its report. H. D. Wiggin, chairman, 

 reported as follows ; "The committee appointed 

 by the Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Associa- 



