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HARDWOOD RECORD 



"The American Woods Company" 



Thti oxteush''' tl<iTiu'siii: tradf ni ihi' \intri.:iii l.iiiiiitri- Snli's ('(iriipiuiy 

 nud the AmoritMin Woods Kxpt-rt Assoriatiiin Ims Ihm'H (■oiisnlidiitrd uinlor 

 thi' style uf tlu' Anu'rii'iiii Woods (."oiiipauy. Tlio I'xport tnidc I'oiitliiin's 

 under the style of the Aiueficau Woods Export Association. 



The New York office of the company is managed by Nelson r r.roHn. 

 I'ornierly trade commissioner for the National Lumber Manul'acturers" 

 Association, with G. II. Van Gunten as special sales representative. 



Tlie IMiiladelplna oflice, 510 I'crry ))uildiuf;, is managed by C. J. Olsen. 

 formerly sales manager of Edw.ird F. Ilenson & Co., and recently sales 

 manager of tlie American Lumber Sales Company. 



The ISaltimore offlco, 413 Hanover street. Is managed liy <leo. II. Clarke, 

 formerly manager for Oeo. P. Sloane & I!ro. ami recently loiiil laanager of 

 the .\merican Lumber Sales Companj'. 



Tile New England trade is bandied by an afliliate<l company, the Tort- 

 land Lumber Company of Portland. Me. 



Scarcity o: 

 "ern Hub Co 



Hub Company Will Move 



of timber is s;lven as llie reason for tbi' ii'ino\al of tbi> Uice 

 I'ern Hub Company from Marengo to English, lud., according to William .T. 

 Itice. pri'sident of tlie concern. Citizens of English have subs^-rihed for 

 .sSo.OOO of preferred stock in the coniiiauy and the plant will be iiutved 

 .•"rom Marengo as soon as an ideal site has been obtained. The plant 

 expects to employ about 100 riici]. 



Korn Company Operate New Mill 

 In a richly timbered country with a ten years' supply of logs at easy 

 access, the Korn Lumber Company has erected a modern band mill at 

 Sumter. S. C, which is in full operation. In addition a complete logging 

 ontlit, including tank type tractors for work in the woods and locomotives 

 for bringing the logs to the mill, has been installed and is operating at 

 i-apacity. The mill, which has a daily output of Kti.OtIO feet, has excellent 

 shipjiing facilites, as nine railroad lines radiati^ from Sumter, which 

 enables the company to handle shipments promptly. In the company's 

 \*ard are approximately one million feet of manufactured gum, cypress and 

 poplar on sticks undergoing the drying process. The company also has 

 ai'tpiired several large tracts of timber adjoining its property. 



Ames Will Sell Flooring 



W. II. Ames, for many .^ears connected with the M. P.. Farriii laimber 

 i_'onipany, Cincinnati, and more recently manager of the oak and maple 

 llooring department, has resigned that position to engage in the wholesale 

 llooring business for himself. Mr. Ames, who will specialize in maple and 

 oak floorings, will cater to the consuming trade iu Ohio, Kentucky and 

 Indiana. Ho citntemplates opening an office ami warehouse in Cincinnati. 

 American Tobacco Relinquishes Control 



An intoresting announcement has recently been made following a meet- 

 ing of directore of the American Tobacco Co., in New York, it having 

 been decided that the tobacco company will relinquish its 71 per cent 

 stock control in the Mengel Co., of Louisville, through declaring a special 

 dividend of 4% I»er cent in Mengel stock to all common and Class T> 

 stockholilers, it being understood that this will be in addition to the usual 

 dividend of 3 per cent, which will be considered at a meeting later in the 

 month. The stock will be handled on a par basis in declaring the dividen<l. 



This action was taken in connection with an agreement readied between 

 directors of the two companies, and large independent tobacco nianu 

 facturers, who agreed that if the tobacco company would relinquisli con 

 trol of the Mengel company they would cancel old agreements lor taking 

 tobacco boxes from tlie Mengel company, wliich had a year to run, and 

 mak4' up new agrceiiK'nts covering a period of leu years. 



Maine Company to Make Flooring 



The .Jordan Lumlier Company of Oliltowii. .Me., according to advices 

 received here, are about to estatilish a new line to their business there, 

 iiamel.v, the manufacture of liardwood floiu-ing. They are going to com- 

 liete with a commoility which comes largely from the West. Work is being 

 ruslied b> the company on the construction of a new dryhouse and a new 

 kiln, which latter is to have three separate rooms, so that three dillerent 

 Kinils or lumuer may lie dried at one time. In preparation for this new 

 line the company last winter cut much high grade liardwood. which was 

 made up into boards at the new mill at Macwahoc. 



War Hero Burieti with Military Honors 



With military honors the l).>dy of Sergeant .\lauric.' .\. Wall, Uilleil in 

 the battle of Grand Pre, France, Oct. 19, 191s, was interred in its final 

 resting place in Mount Olivet Cemetery, just outside of Huft'alo, on July 19. 

 A firing squad from Fort Porter fired a military salute over the grave. 



The funeral was attemled by a delegation from the Buffalo Lumber 

 E.xchange, composed of M. 1". Kinsella. chairman ; William P. Belts. 

 Harold Hauenstein, Canson licpew, Fleming Sullivan and H. T. Kerr. 



The bearers were John N. Walsh, Kaymoud D. Sullivan, Edward Calla- 

 uan, Earl Eafferty, Maurice Welsh and Maurice McKendry. 



Sergeant Wall was about 2'.^ years old at the time of his death and was 

 a fearless and fine young s.ddier. His fatlu-r. .Tames B. Wall, was a 

 former police commissioner of Ibilfalo. and his uncle. Maurice M. Wall, was 

 formerly a park commissioner. Both are well known lumber men in 

 Buffalo, and out of respect to them a large number of members of the 

 Lumber E.xchange attended tin- funeral services. 



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R. A. LONG QUILDINC Lumbcntwn ■■— .» iS73 KANSAS CITY. TvlO. 



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