April 10, 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



41 



RED GUM 



lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 



PLAIN 



12M' 8/4 FAS 



PLAIN 



3M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. 



PLAIN 



lOOM' 4/4 No. 1 Com. 



QUARTERED 



15M' 8/4 FAS 



QUARTERED 



8M' 8/4 No. 1 Com. 



QUARTERED 



IVe have the above amounts on 

 hand in dry stock, manufactured 

 on our own band mills, and can 

 make 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



MILLER LUMBER CO. 



MARIANNA. ARK. 



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erecting a two-story addition to its manufacturing plant at the foot of 

 Walnut street. Milwaukee, which will be 30x50 feet in size, and with new 

 equipment will cost about $10,000. 



The Badger Show Case Company, 13S North Pearl street. Green Bay, 

 has awarded contracts for the erection of a two-story factory addition, 

 40x80 feet in size. Some new equipment and machinery will be re- 

 quired. J. Brickner is general manager. 



Sawmills at Oconto, are looking forward to one of the most active 

 seasons in recent years. The logging operations along the Oconto river 

 during the past winter have been of liberal proportions, considering the 

 unfavorable weather conditions most of the period, and the banks are 

 piled high with hardwood, hemlock and other logs. Authorities predict 

 that the season's sawing will amount to nearly 30.000.000 feet of logs. 



The Blackmarr Machine Company, Bayfield, which some time ago per- 

 fected a powerful machine adapted for heavy hauling, log decking, hoist- 

 ing, stump-pulling and similar purposes, has increased its capital stock 

 from $25,000 to .$50,000 to finance a quantity production of the machines 

 b.v enlargement of the plant and facilities. 



The North American Casket Company, recently organized at St. Paul, 

 Minn., to manufacture coffins and caskets, has taken an option on a fac- 

 tory site at Fox I.<ake. Wis., according to reports from that city. Further 

 details of the project have not been made public. 



The Home Building Supply Company has been organized at Milwaukee 

 with a capital stock of $25,000 to engage in the manufacture of sash, 

 doors, parlor frames and a variety of woodwork. The incorporators are 

 Emil Kretlow. Martha Mueller and .John Schneider. 



The Appleton Hub & Spoke Compan.v. Appleton, which lost its plant 

 by fire on January 28, resumed operations in its new plant on April 1, 

 only about sixty-five days having elapsed. The new factory was erected 

 in record-breaking time and the equipment of the old plant was re- 

 habilitated in short order because of the small damage to the machinery. 



The Ellingson Lumber Company, Hawkins, has finished its woods work 

 and in spite of unfavorable logging conditions was able to reach an input 

 of more than 4,000,000 feet. largely hardwood, which will keep the mill 

 busy until about August 1. The mill is now running day and night 

 shifts. The record load hauled to the mill from the woods during the 

 season was one containing eighty-seven logs, measuring between 7.000 

 and 8,000 feet. It was hauled on twelve-foot bunks. 



The Anchor Ship Building Company, Washburn, organized about six 

 months ago with $500,000 capital, has broken ground for its new ship- 

 yard and shop.s on Chequamegon bay. Lake Superior. Wildmar Nicolay- 

 son, Duluth, Minn., who founded the company, has disposed of all inter- 



ests and retired. George F. Morgan, Washburn, is now president and 

 treasurer ; W. C. Messinger, secretary, and M. H. Sprauge, G. B. Thomp- 

 son. W. Gunn Smith and P. W. Trimborn. directors. Mr. Smith is gen- 

 eral manager and Robert Curr, superintendent of yards. 



The Bekkedal Lumber Company, Couderay. has fortified itself against 

 a log shortage due to the poor logging season by providing its mill with 

 about 1,000,000 feet of dry logs purchased from the Fountain-Campbell 

 Lumber Company, Ladysmith. The entire purchase has been hauled to 

 the Couderay mill with steam haulers, and with the logs being brought 

 from the three Bekkedal camps, will keep the mill busy until late in the 

 fall. 



The American Auto Body Company, North Milwaukee, recently made 

 defendant in involuntary bankruptcy procee<lings. has filed a voluntary 

 petition, giving its assets at $44,626 and its liabilities at $34,180. The 

 II. F. Below Lumber Company, Stanley, has a claim of $1,188. The 

 assets include a claim of $3,200 against the government on account of 

 loss incurred on goods manufactured. 



The Willow River Lumber Company. Ilayward, one of the most impor- 

 tant hardwood interests in northern Wisconsin, placed its big mill In 

 operation during the last week in March and expects to maintain a 

 capacity schedule until fall. The company has determined to conduct 

 logging operations during the entire summer to make up at least in part 

 for the relatively small input during the fall and winter months. The 

 company reports the supply of labor has become plentiful and it has now 

 been able to procure all the men it requires. 



The Farmers Company. Reedsburg. one of the largest dealers in rail- 

 road ties in central Wisconsin, reports this spring was one of the best 

 seasons in years in respect to the supply of ties. During the last spell 

 of good sleighing ties were hauled to Reedsburg at the rate of 700 a day. 

 On one day SS3 ties arrived. The supply of red oak ties has been more 

 liberal than in past years because the price paid for them is nearly as 

 much as for white oak. The company this year is paying 82 cents each 

 for red oak and 92 cents each for white oak, with peeled material bring- 

 ing 3 cents more. 



New construction activities in Milwaukee are expanding rapidly and 

 furnishing much encouragement to dealers and manufacturers. During 

 March, 362 permits, valued at $1,138,108, were issued, which is about 

 three times the record of March, 1918, when 188 permits, valued at $445,- 

 911, were issued. 



The American Horse Toy Company, Oconomowoc, is the style under 

 which the new toy and novelty works established by Herman Meister, 

 formerly of Milwaukee, will be conducted. The plant has been com- 



