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Building a Band Mill in Virginia 



A single-band mill iind ten milis nf stiindanl ^niigo railroad aro among 

 the Improvements aiiiiouncod lor Itio imiiicdiate fvituii' by the MUlboro 

 Lumber Company, near MllllHini. Va. The eompany was recently Incor- 

 porated with ?r>0,000 capital. The mill will have Its own electric light 

 plant and waterworks. This company's officers are J. M. Murdock, presi- 

 dent : E. B. Murdock, treasurer : II. B. Murdock, secretary and manager, 

 all of Johnstown. I'a,. which Is thi' company's office address. 



Dry Kiln Man Killed 



H. E. Wofford. proprietor and manager <>( tin' Emerson Dry Kiln Com- 

 pany, New York City, was killed instantly In an automobile accident 

 near West I'olnt. N. Y.. on Aug. 11*. lie was on a business trip and 

 was running the automobile which he had owned but a short time. Two 

 boys found the wrecked machine and the vli'tim at the bottom of a 

 clIfT. 



H. E. Wofford was born at WooiIrulT, S. C.. forty-three years ago. He 

 began In the business of manufacturing dry kilns under the direction of the 

 late R. B. Andrews who was manager of the Emerson company. When 

 Mr. Andrews retired Mr. Wofford succeeded him at the head of the busi- 

 ness, which under his management Increased steadily. His long con- 

 nection with the Emerson company made him very well known 1o the 

 lumber trade of the eastern states. 



The business of the Emerson Dry Kiln Company will be continued as 

 formerly n-lth Wm. Limperf as manager, Mr. I.inipcrt has been with 

 the company for twidve years. 



The reports of the unfortunate occurrence did not give the name of the 

 deceased and this, and the fact that Mr. LImpert left at once to accom- 

 pany the remains to Woodruff for burial explains why the trade press 

 were not informed of the ac<-id<-ni. 



New Mills in Mississippi 

 Operations are under way for the tree tion of <;. B. Merrill & Bro's new 

 mill at Lake, Miss. The mill when completed will consist of two separate 

 units, one for ptn.e, the other for hardwoods. One side of the mill will be 

 in operation in December, the other side later. At Meridian, Miss., the 

 Usher Brothers have begun the erection of a planing mill with a capacity 

 of 100.00(1 feet a day. It is part of the plan to build a hardwood mill, 

 also to take care of hardwood stunipage recently purchased. 



Will Inspect Greenheart Timber 



Clayton D. Mill, who until recentl.v was an expert on wood structure in 

 the Forest Service, has gone to South America to inspect greenheart timber 

 which has been bought in British Guiana for construction of lock gates at 

 Panama. It seems that some doubt arose whether all the timljers offered 

 were genuine greenheart or something else. It is said that a number of 

 trees pass commercially as this wood which are quite different from it. 

 Mr. Mill's mission to the forests where the logs are cut is to protect the 

 government in its purchases by separating the true from the spurious 

 greenheart. He is both a wood technologist and a botanist, and it will not 

 be very easy for the timber contractors in Ouiana to put anything over 

 on him. 



A Wisconsin Timber Deal 

 One of the largest lumber transactions in Wisconsin in recent years 

 was consummated when the Charles W. Fish Lumber Company of Elcho 

 took over the holdings of the estate of ,Tohn S. Van Nortwlck. The hold- 

 ings consist of 4.000 acres of the finest timherland In Langlade county. 

 Some of the best hardwood tlml>er in the county is located on these lands, 

 which are accessibly located, and most of the forties can be logged without 

 the expense of building a railroad. The Fish company purposes to 

 operate several big camps and cut from 30.000,000 to 3.5,000,000 feet 

 within the next ten or twelve .vears. A large portion of the timber is 

 hardwood. It will be shipped to the Elcho mill to l)e manufactured into 

 high-grade lumber. The deal included the Sherry mill site at Koepenick. 

 The purcha.se price was around .fGO.OOO. The sale was the largest since 

 the Chicago and Northwestern land was sold to the Oconto Compan.v. 

 The Fish company recently completed a modern hotel at Elcho. It is 

 heated by steam, lighted by ele<-tricity. and has rnuninir water. 



Wisconsin Concern Expands 

 The Wisconsin Woodworking Comfiany, recently noted as being incor- 

 porated at Two Rivers, has consummated a deal whereb.v it acquired the 

 property of the Two Rivers Manufai turing Company. The Two Rivers 

 Manufacttirlng Company was founded by .-Mdricli, Smith & Co. in 1857, 

 which was succeeded in ISOO by Mann Brothers of Milwaukee. The plant 

 grew to Immense proportions under the management of the latter during 

 nearly half a century. About eight years ago the concern got into finan- 

 cial difficulties and the creditors unsuccessfully tried to operate the plaut. 

 .T. F. Conant, lately interested In a woodworking plant at South Milwaukee, 

 leased the plant from the receiver aliout six months ago and began opera- 

 tions with twentv-flve employes. .\t present about one hundred men are 

 f-niployed. Mr. Conant and Two Rivers parties have now organized a new 

 company and have acquired the properties of the defunct concern. The 

 products will be palls, tubs, wooden specialties and baskets, the latter a 

 nr-w addition !>nt familiar to Mr. Conant, who was formerly engaged in 

 that line. 



' WiU Move Their Mill 



The Van's Harbor Laud anil Lumber Couiiiauy Is reported to be about 

 to move Its mill from Van's Harbor to Ironwoml. Mich., where a large 

 trait of timber was ri'cently purchased. Fourd'en thousand acres of this 



eomiJany's llmlier was ri ntly purehawd by the Connors & .McCalTerty 



Logging and Cedar Company. The conslderatb>n Is said to have been 

 ?100,0O0. 



Large Timber Tract Purchased 



A tract of T.'i, 000,001) fei'l of hemlock and hardwood timber in the 

 Ontonagon valley, near Ontonagon, Mlib.. has been purchased by John M. 

 Thompson. Menominee, and Frank A. Spies, Detroit. Mich., who compose 

 the Spies-Thompson Lumber Company, .Menominee. The timber Is of 

 virgin growth and is conieded to be very fine timber. The company pro- 

 poses to build a railroad to log the same and ship the logs to Menominee. 

 The transaction will provide enough logs to prolong th'- life of the Spies- 

 Thompson mill for several .venrs. The price paid Is said to have been 

 .'52.-)0,0OO. 



To Operate New Spoke Factory 



.\n additional spoke factory will soon be In operation near Strongs, 

 Miss., under the management tif the I'ookvilb- Ven.'er Company. The 

 machinery for tile plant Is about ready to set In plai-i-. The product will 

 consist wholly of automobile spokes. The company has a spoke mill which 

 has been at work some time, and the new- installation will •.■nally Increase 

 the output. 'I'lie head office is at Cookville. Tenn 



Stack Lumber Company Incorporated 



The stack Lumber Company has succeeded the Escanaba Lumber Com- 

 pany, which concern for .vears operated a mill at Masonvllle, Mich., and 

 maintained its headquarters at Escanal)a. About two years ago the 

 plant of the Escanal)a Lumber Company was destroyed by Are and since 

 that time the company has been dormant as far as active operations are 

 concerned. The new concern has the same officers and stockholders 

 as the Escanaba Lumber Company, namely : President. John K. Stack : 

 vice-president, J. K. Stack, Jr. : treasurer, Richard B. Stack : secretary, 

 Henry M. Stack : assistant secretary. William J. Casey. 

 . The company has increased its capital stock to $l.r>00.0(iO. $1,000,000 

 of which is common stock and S.'iOO.OOO preferred, the latter being owned 

 by John K. Stack, who made a cash investment of J.IOO.OOO in the 

 business. 



Plans are being perfected undfr which a double band and double resaw 

 or a double band and gang mill will he erected at Pike Lake or Mason- 

 ville. The company owns an excelleni mill site on the Little Bay de 

 Noquet at Masonvllle and at the latter |)oint also owns a hardwood 

 flooring factory which, however, has iH'en shut down for some little time. 



The Stack Lumber Company owns approximately IIO.IIOO acres of lim- 

 berland in northern Michigan and fifty-five miles of standard gauge rail- 

 road running into the timber. It is planned to erect a planing mill in 

 connection with the .-awiuill and possibly a chemical plant will be 

 erected at such lime as it is demonstrated that It can be run success- 

 fully. 



Opens Yard in East for Pacific Coast Woods 

 A. C. Dutton of the .\. C. IMitton Lumber Company. Springfield. Mass., 

 has closed a deal for a tract of land in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. which he 

 will convert into and use as a wholesale dlstrlbnting lumber yard. It 

 is the plan of the company to equip the premises specially for carrying 

 a large assorted stock of Pacific coast lumber and shingles. This new 

 venture is a direct result of and In anticipation of what the Panama 

 canal will mean in the matter of handling Pacific coast lumber In the 

 eastern and New England territories. Work on the premises Is now 

 being done and the yard will he ready for operation with the opening of 

 the canal. The property has ttn« area oi about twenty acres providing 

 space for storing upwards of twenty-five million feet of lumber. It has 

 a frontage on the Hudson river of about 2,000 feet with ample docks 

 and deep water which will take care of the heavy draft vessels. The 

 purchase price and Improvements now under way and contemplated rep- 

 resent nn Investment close to two hundred thousand dollars. 



West 'Virginia Plants Completed 



The Suthlll Lumber Couipanys mill ai Marsdeu. W. Va.. has been com- 

 pleted and has commeiicecl op. rations S.v.ral mil.s of logging roads have 

 Ix-en constructed and two trains a day will supply the mill with logs, 

 A large mill near Albrlgbt.s. W. Va., owni'd by Wilson 4 Calley, has been 

 finished and will soon b.- In operation cuttin:.- a lara.' l««dy of limber 

 located on the Clieat river in Preston county. 



Panel Company Increases Flaut 

 The Frost's Veneer Sealing Company. Ltd., Sheboygan. Wis,, widely 

 known as manufacturer of railroad and depot seatlngs, sc'tlees. car •■ell- 

 Ings, chair scats and all kinds of built-up veucied wood, announces that 

 Its new warehouse, while not yet completed. Is undiT cov.'r and partly 

 occupied. Tlie constructiou of this building has Is'eu Boiui; on for some 

 little time, the company having planned to use It for storage purposes 

 and also for the housing of Its veneer driers, whllc> the frcuit |>art of the 

 lower floor will be used as a shipping room. The main structure' Is 

 00 X 180 fi'ct, being of two-story brick c.uistructicHi. wlill.- there is a 

 one-story lu-lck addition l-'M x 01 fe.t. 



