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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



April 25, I 92 I 



LONG-KNIGHT 



LUMBER COMPANY 



WALNUT- HARDWOODS 



Veneers 



Mahogany, American Walnut, Quartered White Oak 

 Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Indianapolis, Indiana 



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 years; John Thompson, Chicago, 2 years; Martin Lammert, St. 

 Louis, 1 year. 



The by-laws of the bureau also call for an advisory committee 

 of I 50, one-half manufacturers and one-half retailers. Fifty-three 

 manufacturers and thirty-eight retailers were appointed to this 

 committee out of the organizers of the bureau and a few who were 

 not present. 



The organization meeting was presided over by Ashton P. Derby, 

 president of the National Council of Furniture Manufacturers. 



A committee of which Mr. Dexter was chairman formulated the 

 by-law^s of the permanent organization. 



Panel Company and the Crescent Panel Company, is now its rep- 

 resentative in the vicinity of Louisville, Ky. He will travel out of 

 the company's Chicago branch office. 



Indiana Wants Veneer Company's Land 



The 181 acres of land owned by the Hoosier Veneer Company, 

 and desired by the state conservation commission of Indiana as an 

 addition to Turkey Run Park in Indianapolis, has been appraised 

 at $9,733.40, for condemnation purposes. The property was 

 divided into two tracts, one with 51.80 acres and the other with 

 129.88 acres, the valuation for the smaller tract being $2,590 or 

 $50 an acre, and $7,143.40 or $55 an acre for the larger tract. 

 One of the appraisers wished to set the value of the land at $70 an 

 acre and the figures reported are a compromise. The commission 

 w^ished to only pay $30 an acre for the land, but under court pro- 

 ceedings, Judge Daniels, of the Parke Circuit Court, has accepted 

 the appraisement and discharged the appraisers. Within ten days 

 a motion for a re-appraisement by other appraisers can be filed by 

 either party, but nothing can be done by the court until that time. 



Walker Will Leave Astoria Company 



The many friends of D. W. Walker, sales manager of the 

 Astoria Mahogany Company, Inc., of Long Island ity. New York, 

 will no doubt be interested to learn that he has resigned this con- 

 nection to take effect April 30. Mr. Walker is one of the most 

 experienced hardw^ood and mahCogany men in the country, hav- 

 ing had twenty years' experience, during which he had opportu- 

 nity to build up an unusual acquaintance and acquire a thorough 

 knowledge of the trade's requirements. He was for seven years 

 with the Huddleston-Marsh Mahogany ompany in Chicago and has 

 been in the sales department of the Astoria Mahogany Company 

 since the consolidation of Huddleston-Marsh, Astoria Veneer Mills 

 & Dock Co. and F. W. Kirch. He has not yet determined on a new- 

 connection, but declares that he has no thought of retiring from 

 the industry. 



Williamson Puts Man in Kentucky Field 



announces 



The Williamson Veneer Company, of Baltimore, Md., 

 that C. S. Conner, formerly purchasing agent for the Indiana 

 Veneer & Panel Co., and its associated concerns, the Hoosier 



Rotary Men Vote to Support Rate Plea 



The commercial Rotary Veneer Department of the American 

 Hardwood Manufacturers* Association, at its quarterly meeting in 

 Memphis at the Hotel Chisca April 1 9, attended by more than 

 twenty members, decided to bear part of the expense incurred by 

 the plywood manufacturers in the efforts the latter are to make, 

 through the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, to secure the 

 effectiveness of the previous ruling of the Inter-state Commerce 

 Commission putting veneers on the basis of lumber rates. Thia 

 is part of the eld reclassification fight with which the Southern 

 Hardwood Traffic Assocaition is thoroughly familiar. 



