December 10, lOlS 



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There has been a decided slump in orders from wagon manufacturers 

 and in some cases such concerns have ordered shipments held up for the 

 time being, until they can get their yards straightened out, and get in 

 shape to tell just what they will need. In the case of the Kentucky 

 Wagon JIanufacturing Company, Louisville, which was developing about 

 eighty per cent of its product for the government, it has received numer- 

 ous contract cancellations, but is turning its attention to its implement, 

 truck, farm wagon, and pleasure auto lines, which had been allowed to 

 slide somewhat during the war. With the rebuilding of these lines, the 

 company expects to have its hands full for some time to come, as it had 

 not been supplying anything like the demand, and had cut out its imple- 

 ment department entirely for the length of the war. 



W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company oQ November 26. lost two. band 

 mills in a fire at Payette, Ala., which fortunately did not spread to the 

 yards, and did not damage the dry liilns. The compan.y reports that it 

 will rebuild Immediately. This will not hurt the concern any, as it has 

 six other mills in operation, although the Alal^ama mills produced both 

 pine and hardwoods. 



The I. B. Wilcox Lumber Company. Louisville, expects to allow its mill 

 at Burdette, Ala., which has been down since October on account of sick- 

 ness, to remain down until about February 1, cleaning up the yards, and 

 shipping back orders in the meantime. The company had an excellent 

 stock on hand when it was forced to shut down, and will be busy in dis- 

 posing of this stock for a time. 



C. C. Mengel, head of the C. C. Mengel & Brother Company. Louisville, 

 was recentl.v named chairman of the advisory board of the National 

 Marine League. U. S. A., with headquarters at 63R Fourth avenue. This 

 organization was launched in 1912 in Boston for the purpose of creating 

 an adequate merchant marine, and later received a perpetual charter when 

 incorporated in Washington. ^Ir. Mengel is b.v far the largest Louisville 

 operator of ocean-going vessels, and has a fleet which brings in merchan- 

 dise and mahogany from Africa,' South American and Central American 

 districts. 



R. R. May, manager of the Louisville branch of the Southern Hardwood 

 Traffic Association, is already getting things in shape so that he can get 

 away to spend the holidays at his old home at D"Lo, Miss. A. A. Egle. 

 assistant manager, who is secretary of the hardwood club, is just back 

 from a month spent with the Memphis office of the organization. 



Harold J. Gates of the Louisville Point Lumber Company, has gone to 



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New York and other eastern points, and expects to be away for about two 

 weeks. 



A recent visitor to Louisville was Walter Crim of Salem, Ind.. president 

 of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's A-ssociation, who dropped in for 

 a little business and to chat with the trade. 



John Baker of London. Eng.. was a guest at a recent meeting of the 

 Louisville Hardwood Club. Mr. Baker is an official representative of the 

 aeroplane department of the British War Mission, and has been winding 

 up the aeroplane contract of the Wood-Mosaic Company, at New Albany. 

 Another guest of the same meeting was John W. AUyn, IS'orth Carolina 

 representative of the Holly Ridge Lumber Company. The meeting was 

 given over to the usual discussion of conditions in the trade, and reports 

 from Will Day, T. J. Christian and others who attended the recent lum- 

 ber and furniture meetings in Chicago. The meeting brought out the 

 fact that everyone was highly optimistic, and that business was generally 

 good at the present time. 



Percy Clancy, formerly with the Louisville Point Lumber Company, 

 who was graduated as a lieutenant from Ft. Benjamin Harrison, is now 

 a captain and is located at West Point, Ky. At the present time he is 

 recovering from an attack of pneumonia. 



Angus McLean, son of W. A. McLean of the Wood-Mosaic Company, 

 New .\lbany, was recently transferred from the Boston Technical school 

 to the aero station at Key West, Fla.. where he is making daily flights. 

 He first completed a course at the Illinois University at Champaign, 111. 



Fire breaking out in the plant of the City Mill & Lumber Company, 

 on November 30, resulted in a loss of $25,000, a large amount of machinery 

 being damaged, while the plant was unroofed. 



The planing mill of Darnell Brothers, Gadberry, near Columbia, Ky., 

 was recently destroyed along with a quantity of building material and 

 equipment. 



A meeting, of the advisory committee of the Kentucky Retail Lumber 

 Dealers' Association has been called for Louisville on December 17, to 

 fix the time and place for the annual meeting, which is generally held 

 in January or February. It was arranged to hold the executive meet- 

 ing during the convention of the hardwood manufacturers, in order to 

 be able to attend that meeting, or meet the members in attendance. 



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The Holt Hardwood Company. Oconto, has purchased the plant, busi- 

 ness and contracts of Williams Brothers Company, Cadillac. Mich., spe- 

 cializing in rough turned shoe lasts, tool handles, etc., and will consolidate 



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