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HARDWOOD RECORD 



AuKUMl 10, I0'2l 



Frank C. Carnahan at Washington 



Frank ('. CiirniUiiiii, Inr the ipiisl tlu-fi' jcnrs Ironic Ki-i-n.tar.v "f tin- 

 XiitloniU Lumlicr Mnnufiictiircrs' Association, assiiiiii'd his duties as casl- 

 <Tn trafllc inanaKiT of the Soutliern Hardwood Traftic Association, witli 

 hcadcniarlci'.s at VVnsliiriKtoii, AuRust 1, accordinfi In aiinomicoment of .T. II. 

 Towiisliend, sccrctary-maiiapT of tliis organization. 



Mr. Carnalian ranks as onf of the best known Iraltic nii'n in tlic United 

 States because of the wide expcrii'nce he has enjoyed in bandllug all 

 Irafllc matters for the regional divisions of the National Association, 



The board of governors of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Assoeiatioii 

 decided, by unanimous vote, some days ago, to engage the services of Mr. 

 Oarnahan as Washington n'pre.seiitative for the reason that practically 

 all traffic matters affecting members of this organization now come before 

 the interstate I'omiTieree conunission. making it di'sirable to have a man 

 on the spot charged with protection of the Interests of this organization. 



Mr, Carnahan is attached to the executive offices of the association at 

 Memphis and is In no sense manager of district offices, such as those at 

 Louisville, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Helena, Ark, 



Mr. Carnahan has been looking after certain rale matters for the asso- 

 elation for some time, but his formal appointment as eastern traffic man 

 ager did not become effective until August ]. 



Export Conditions Slightly Better 



Harvey M. itickson. secretary tif the National i, umber IC.xportcrs' .Vssu 

 elation, in discussing exjicirt conditions the other ilay, declared that the 

 Toreign situation had changed appreciably for the better. It was not so 

 much, he said, that a free movement had begun to assert itself as that 

 toreign Ituyers were giving signs of needs which are by way of assuming 

 an imperative form, Mr, Hickson said : 



It looks as though the situation on the otiier siile has changed markedl.v 

 lor the better. 'I'he l»u,\-ers there have Iteen persuading themselves that 

 I bey wdubl get lunilier a I lower prices if they only helil back, but they have 

 found that stocks will not unl.\ not become cheain'r, but are likely to 

 advance. ,As yet no impni-tant expansion in the movement has taken 

 place, but the outlook Is ilistinclly more favorable to the .\merican shipper, 

 and if the latter can only lii' persuaded to refrain from shipping on con- 

 signment. I belle\-e the linyiTs tm the other side will be brought to terms 

 .■il no distant period. The reduction in stocks which 1ms taken place in the 

 I'nlted Kingiloin ami I'lsewln-re, despite the heavy curtailment in buying, 

 leaves no doubt that the demand has beiui held liack purposely and that 

 Iiefore very long the e.visting shortage must ho made up. It will not be 

 rtiftieult tfi persuade the foreign users of American hardwoods to place 

 cuKlers as soon as they become convinced that prices will not go lower, and 

 the conditions here constitute an assurance that further declines are out 

 of the question. 



Retailers Open Co-operative Yard 



The II. H, (iiesy & Brother Company, chartered a week ago with an 

 authorized capital of .?500,0()0, has taken over the wholesale business for- 

 merly conducted as a partnership under the name of H, H, Giesy & Brother, 

 Columbus, O, The change is movement for a co-operative wholesale yard, 

 where retailers can easily be served with all lines whicli are not staple, 

 modeled after the Reserve Lumber Company of Cleveland, 



in all about seventeen retail dealers In Columbus and immediate vicin"'" 

 have taken stock in the new company, several of whom are on the board or 

 directors. The board of directors consists of H, H. Giesy and It. M. Gicsy. 

 Sr,, of Lancaster; W, C. Smith. Akron; C. A, Dawson, E, Doddington. 

 n. S, Benbow and J, E. McNcNally of Columbus. The officers are ; H, H. 

 Giesy, president; E. Doddington, vice-president; R, M. Lucas, secretary; 

 R. M, Giesy, Sr,, treasurer, and C. A. DaWson, general manager. 



Fire Destroys M, & R. Office 



The office of the Mowbray & Robinson Lumber Company, Eighth and 

 Home streets, Cincinnati. O,. was destroyed liy fire on August 2, The loss 

 amounted to $.",000. Efficient work on the part of the firemen prevented 

 the tire from reaching the lumber yards, to which it was spreading. 



Erroneous Rumor Corrected 



There recently appeared a report to the effect that the North Vernon 

 Lumber Mills at Louisville had been succeeded by the Mutual Lumber 

 Company, In reply to Ibis, the company's head office. North Vernon. Ind.. 

 advises that ; 



".\ year ago last March we sold our Louisville mill and one half <if oui- 

 land at that point to a company incorporated as the Mutual Luniber 

 Company, This concern is an entirely separate organization and we have 

 no Interest whatsoever in their business. Our sale was an out and out 

 sale of the mill, land and one-half the switch. We retained at Louisville 

 about live acres of land, one-half interi>st in the switch and we yard and 

 re-handle lumber there, from our own mills at Houton. Tenn.. arid Dyers- 

 burg. Tenn.. and from other mills In the South as well. We have a planing 

 mill thoroughly (quipped with band resaw, band rips, double surfacer. and 

 we have recently installed a moulding machine for the manufacture of 

 special patterns. 



"We intend to use Louisville as a concentration point for different loads 

 of lumber, more strongly than ever now that we have the stop-over 

 privilege." 



W. H. Harrison Dies Suddenly 



W. H. Harrison, one of the organizers, ami until a few months ago, 

 vice-president and treasurer of the Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Com 

 pany, died suddenly at bis home in Cape Girardeau. JIo.. on the morning 

 of August 3, from an attack of paralysis. Mr. Harrison was 73 years of 

 age at the time .>f his ileath and tor over twenty years had been recognized 

 as one of the leading business men of his section of Missouri. In lOOo 

 he was made secretary and treasurer of the Himmelberger-Luce Land & 



Lumber Company and in 1V>02 be became vice-president and treasurer of 

 the Himmeiberger-Harrison conipan.v, which was organizi-d then. He held 

 this position until he resigned to give his attention to other alTaIrs, Mr. 

 Harrison was a veteran of the Civil War, though he was only thirteen 

 years old when that conllict began. Before the end of the war lie .joined 

 Co. "H." i;>:id regiment, (ihio National Guard and was iati-r taken prisoner. 

 This experience so impaired his health that foII<iwing his release he was 

 honorably discharged from the service on Dec. 1.5. lS(i4. lie was a native 

 of Ohio having bei'u born in Columbus. Mr. Harrison is Rurvived by the 

 following cliii<lren. Mrs. Harrison having died eleven months ago : Chas. 

 I... Arthur A. and Robert I). Harrison and Mrs. A. K. Strickler. 



Not Ready for Receiver 



II.Mtnwonn Kkcdiu) is in receijit of a letter frton 1*'. L. Hood, general 

 manager of tbi- Hood Chair Company, successors to tiie Loudon Chair 

 .Manufacturing Company, (ireeneville and Loudon. Tenn., in which Mr. 

 Hood answers reports that his company has be<'n jjut into receivers' hands. 

 .Mr. Hood says that he has been the majority stockholder for a little over 

 three years, during which time the minority stockholders have caused him 

 considerable trouble, culrainating in a lawsuit criticizing the management 

 of the plant. This was done, he says, notwithstanding that under his 

 management tlie value of their stock increased one b\indred i)er cent. He 

 maintains that in the suit asking that a receiver lie appointed if deemed 

 necessary, the pcint of issue is merely a criticism of salaries paid to 

 officers. 



Mr. IIo'>d says his company was "never in better sha])e tiuauciflily" 

 and that due to his having sucees.sfully put through a deal for the pur 

 chase of nunor stockholders' certificates he is now the .sole owner of the 

 orgaidzatlon. 



"Who Is Going to Start This Thing?" 



H. E. Christijinsen of the General L\miber Company. Milwaukee, Wis.. 

 asks tile above tpiestion in a letter describing the project he is sponsor- 

 ing for the erection of sixty modest homes in Milwaukee, which, while 

 well constructed, are otfered to the purchasers on a basis making it possi- 

 ble for the average working man to absorb the carrying charges and work 

 out his obligation on easy payments. 



Mr. Christiansen maintains that it is logical for tin- lumbermen to 

 sponsor such projects, as they prhnarily are interested in tile return of 

 building, stating further that if each lumberman would get behind such 

 a movement in his own locality, the r^'sult Wijubl be tremendously bene- 

 ficial to the lumber industry. 



Mr. Christiansen's plan is to offer well-constructed, modest homes buiil 

 without all of the final refinements, so situated that eacli house can have 

 a large plot of ground at a nominal cost. In other words, he has located 

 these houses in an outlying section, though easily available through regu- 

 lar trolley service. 



These houses are made so as to sell with a half acre of ground for 

 .$.S,900, and apparently they are going fast. The idea is a good one and is 

 proving itself through sales. 



Important Change in Big Southern Company 



It was announced last month that reorganization coupled with change 

 in management had been brought about in the Lamb-Fish interests involv- 

 ing tile Lamb-Fish Lumber Company and the Lamb-Fish Hardwood 

 Company of Charleston, Miss, W. B, Burke, vice president and general 

 manager, who has been associated with the organization for fourteen years, 

 and George Land, also for years connected with the company at Charles- 

 ton, have severed their connections with it. 



William Wilms of Chicago will direct the affairs of the company, .lohn 

 .Morrow continues as general superintendent of operations and E. M. 

 Dozier. formerly assistant sales manager, is now in charge of sales. No 

 announcement has as yet been made as to the future connections of Mr. 

 Burke, nor as to the active management of the company. 



The Lamb-Fish mill is widely known as the largest single hardwoo<l 

 sawmill in the country and is one of the largest and most important units 

 in the southern manufacturing field. Its holdings In timberlands are 

 extensive and its agricultural developments have been truly remarkable 

 lor their size and efficiency. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Indian Head Table Company. Nashua, N. H., has been sold to the 

 White Mountain Freezer Company, which will continue manufactnring 

 tables at that plant. 



The Kenton Novelty Company has been incorporated at Covington, Ky.. 

 and its product will be lamps and furniture novelties. 



At Boston, Mass., the Davenport Bed Company is a new Incorporation 

 with $25,000, being located at 99 Beverly street. an.J the Union Parlor 



