HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The Yazoo anil Mississippi Valley road has hogiin work on the big yards 

 to be established at Nonoonnah and on the shops wbleh are to be located 

 at the same point. The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley road Is a most Im- 

 poriant factor in the hardwood lumber Industry in this city and section 

 as 11 handles a big portion of the timber from the Mississippi valley tc. 

 this city and as it also plays an Important part in the handling of export 

 sliipmeuts by way of New Orleans. Lumbermen are. therefore, very mucli 

 Interested In the Increased facilities which will result from the work now 

 under way. It Is estimated that it will involve a total of $r>00,000. 



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UarUr & OTonnor are havliiu installed near .Sparta, Teiiu.. a new 

 plant for the cutting of shuttle blocks and dimension stuff of dogwood. 

 hickory and oak. The plant of the company will be on Rural Uoute No. 3 

 in a section well timbered with hickory, dogwood and oak, which has not 

 been developed. The Arm expects to have the plant In operation about 

 the middle of November. 



Olln White has been appointed vicegerent for the Middle District of 

 Tennessee of the Order of Hoo-Hoo, succeeding Charles M. Morford, who 

 has held the position for the past year. Mr. White is manager of the 

 local interests of Wistar, Underbill & Nixon of Philadelphia, and has 

 resided in Nashville four years. lie is a prominent member of thi' 

 Nashville Lumbermen's Club, a director of the local Board of Trade, and a 

 live wire. 



Building permits for the month of October in the city of Nashville called 

 for Improvements to cost $73,490, compared with $65,518 for the corre- 

 sponding month of 1012. 



It is probable that the Nashville Lumbermen's Club will carry its 

 grievance as to milling in transit, and also the question of "policing 

 logs" to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The transportation com- 

 mittee, of which A. B. Ransom is chairman, has been authorized to take 

 action. Local shippers want such privileges as are accorded other cities. 

 An attorney representing Evansville and Louisville on similar complaints 

 appeared l>efore tiie local club, and made a proposition to have Nashville 

 join those cities, and if the committee deems it wise this will be accepted. 



The car shorlagc in southern territory has been steadily growing more 

 serious. Lumber shippers have been feeling the effect of the shortage 

 to some extent, but not as greatly as some other industries. Railroad 

 officials have been almost begging shippers and consignees to co-operate 

 in prompt loading and unloading: of curs, in order to relieve the situation. 



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The annual meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club will be held at 

 the Seelbach hotel Nov. 11. This meeting will conclude five years of work 

 on the part of the club, which has met over 250 times during that period. 

 The present officers of the organization are Edward L. Davis, Edw. L. 

 Davis Lumber Company, president : D. E. Kline, Louisville Veneer fJills, 

 vice-president : C. M. Sears, Edw. L. Davis Lumber Company, treasurer, 

 and G. D. Crain, Jr., secretary. 



Lumbermen took a prominent part in the hearing of the complaint of 

 the Louisville Board of I'rade against the Louisville & Nashville railroad. 

 Involving the switching regulations of the road, which have been the 

 source of much criticism. Among those who testified were T. Hoyt Gamble 

 of Gamble Bros., whose plant is at Highland Park, a suburb of Louisville : 

 J. W. Odcn of the Oden-EIliott Lumlwr Company, Birmingham ; G. F:. 

 Evans, Chatt.inooga ; John F. Frey of the Frey Planing Mill Company. 

 Louisville, and others. The general line of the testimony was to the 

 effect that on account of the L. & N.'s switching rules many lumbermen 

 were unable to buy to advantage on other lines ; that unreasonable delays 

 intervened between the shipment and delivery of the lumber, and that 

 Industries isolated on L. & N. switches suffered loss and inconvenience 

 on this account. The hearing was continued until Nov. 20 after the evi- 

 dence for the complaint had been completed. 



Robert V. Board, the new president of the Kentuclcy Wagon Manufac- 

 turing Company, one of Louisville's leading woodworking industries, was 

 formerly in the lumber business at Hereford, W. Va. 



Edward L. Davis, the local hardwood man, has returned from Canada, 

 where he took a vacation and indulged in bis favorite sport of hunting. 

 Mt. Davis has the reputation of being the best shot In the hardwood 

 business. 



J. V. Stimson & Co., the Owensboro. Ky., sawmill operators, developed 

 an Interesting idea in connection with a display at the "Made-lnOwens- 

 boro" exposition held the last week in October. A mountain, chalet was 

 made of log slabs with the bark on, the root being covered with autumn 

 leaves. The interior was finished in native hardwoods, forty varieties 

 being represented. The display attracted wide attention. 



Louisville was represented at the recent red gum conference in Mem- 

 phis by Harry E. Kline, superintendent of the Louisville Veneer Mills. 

 Mr. Kline does most of the log buying for the local concern, which is 

 prominent In the manufacture of figured gum veneers and panels. 



.Nov. G, arbor day in Kentucky, was celebrated particularly at Frank 

 fort, addresses being made by the Governor and others. The arboretum, 

 planted at Frankfort last year, was shown to be In a flourishing condition, 

 containing about 120 varieties of trees native to Kentucky. It Is one of 

 the few^ establishments of the kind in this country. 



State Forester J. E. Barton has appointed most of the men who will 

 be used as patrolmen in connection with protecting the forests from 



EXCEPTIONAL 



MAHOGANY. CIRCASSIAN WAL- 

 NUT AND QUARTERED OAK 



VENEERS 



If a good veneer cutter can manufacture fair 

 quality veneers with antiquated machinery, what 

 can he do when given the latest and most efficient 

 equipment? 



The Answer 



is to be found in any of the stock produced at our 

 new mill, which is the last word in modern equip- 

 ment. 



We have selected the finest logs on the mar- 

 ket, our men are experienced and capable, the 

 product speaks for itself. 



See our samples and get prices. 



Visit Our Plant 



Any time you are in Chicago and want to see 

 the most modern veneer plant in existence today, 

 we will be glad to show you through our plant. 



Fred W. Black Lumber Co. 



2245 S. Fortieth Ave. Chicago, 111. 



Saline River Hardwood Co. 



Main Sales Oilice 



Pine Bluff, Arkansas 



Manufacturers of 



Genuine Forked-Leaf White Oak 



Red and Sap Gum 

 Red Oak and Asti 



*i We offer to tbe trade a remarkably SUPERIOR lumber 

 product. 



^ Our TIMBER is virgin foreat growth of tbe bigbeit 

 type. 



^ Our MILLS are new and produce accurately manufac- 

 tured stock. 



q Our LUMBER is all KRAETZER-CURED — treated witb 

 steam under pressure directly from the saw — insuring 

 quick drying to light weight, freedom from seasoning 

 defects and stick-marking, splits and stain. 



fl Kraetzer-cured lumber will "stay where you put it." 



Q Dry kiln and oak flooring plant in connection. 



q We solicit the inquiries and orders of critical and dis- 

 criminating buyers. 



CI For straight cars of Yellow Pine, or mixed cars with 

 Oak Flooring, write LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY, 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



