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wtirklug OQ rcdviilns tho cost of operation of the process wlilcli cost Hftccn 

 dollars per ihousand. BotU of llie processes when made commercially avail- 

 able will 1)0 of Immense Importance to the lumber trade. 



The Racine Stool Manufacturing Company, Racine. Is making Improve- 

 ments to Its plant to double Its capacity and take care of the ever Increas- 

 ing business. A new power plant is under construction and will be equipped 

 with two loO-horsopower boilers, a modern engine and a new generator. 



The Sawyer-Gocdman Company. Marinette, Is about to start up the No. 1 

 mill which was closed for some time. Two new boilers have been Installed 

 and a new resaw. which will Increase the output, Is being placed. The 

 additional po*er is needed for the resaw. 



The Automatic File & Index Company, Green Bay, Is erecting a large 

 addllion which will provide for G.OOU feet of additional Hoor space. The 

 building is of friime construction, covcrtd with sheet Iron, and measures 

 40 by 30 feet. It will be two stories and basement. Additional machinery 

 will be lns<alled. A new dry kiln and furnace room were recently com- 

 pleted. A veneer department is being considered and will probably be in- 

 stalled In spring. 



The Menasha-Ncenah Lumber Company. Menasha, Is rushing the work of 

 erecting its new office and large lumber sheds adjoining the Noith-Western 

 tracks at Commercial street. The sheds will be arranged to form a hollow 

 square, and will have a large capacity. 



The Kaukauna Lumber Company, Kaukauna, Is awarding contracts for 

 erecting- a new mill to replace the burned structure. Work has been starfcd 

 on the concrete foundation by a local contractor. The building will 

 measure 64 by 80 feet and be one story high. White sandstone, brick walls, 

 concrete floor, steel truss and composition roofing will make it absolutely 

 fireproof. It will be completed this month. 



The i;dward Ilines I-umber Company, which owns 300,000,000 feet of 

 timber near Winter, Wis., has Opened several camps in that district. 

 Over 200 woodsmen have been placed at work. The logs cut this winter 

 will be decked and left until it has been decided at which mill they can 

 be sawed into lumber most advantageously. 



William Merik has opened a woodworking shop in the old Pankratz mill 

 building at Sturgeon Bay and will manufacture various kinds of wooden- 

 ware articles and cabinets. 



The Merrill Woodcnware Company, Merrill, Is erecting a new fireproof 

 dry-kiln just south of the factory. It will be 25 by 105 feet, of concrete 

 and tile construction, with tile roof and iron supports. The company 

 Is enjoying splendid business. The plant will probably not be closed down 

 for repairs this year as these were taken care of during the summer. 



The Badger Basket & Veneer Company of Burlington has requested the 

 Business Men's Association to extend the time for first payment of the 

 plant occupied by it and erected by the association. When the concern 

 located in that city five years ago the association furnished the funds 

 to erect the plant. One-third of the amount was to be repaid within five 

 years and the remainder at the end of seven years. Because of improve- 

 ments contemplated, such as a new veneer drying plant, additional shed 

 room, sprinkler system for fire protection and additional machinery, the 

 company asks to have the first payment deferred until the entire amount 

 is due. The company is now progressing nicely and is continually in- 

 creasing its capacity and the number of employes so that the business men 

 are confident that their money Is safely invested. 



The handle plant of L. S. Barber & Sons, at Butternut, is about com- 

 pleted and ready for operation. A concrete structure, 42 by 100 feet, has 

 been completed and the machinery is now being placed. A feature of the 

 drive is having the shaft and pulleys under the floor and bringing the 

 belts through it to the machines, thereby eliminating much danger to the 

 workers. Broom handles will form the first product, the capacity being 

 about 7,000 daily. Other lines will be added later. 



One of the strangest cases that has been brought before the Wisconsin 

 Industrial Commission is that of a claim of the administrator of Nils 

 XUson against the John M. Kaiser Lumber Company of Eau Claire. The 

 memorandum on a report blank reads : "The death of Nils Nilson, em- 

 ployed by the John M. Kaiser Lumber Company, Eau Claire, was caused 

 by a porcupine derailing a handcar." Nilson was employed by the lumber 

 company and was riding on a handcar with three others. The car hit a 

 porcupine and threw the men off, Nilson being killed instantly when his 

 head struck a tie. The administrator has filed a claim. A brother and 

 sister of Nllbon living In Norway are dependent upon the deceased for 

 support, it is claimed. A legal battle doubtless will be fought in which 

 the activity of one porcupine promises to play a leading part. 



Lumbering circles are Interested in the announcement of the new rail 

 road company, the Minneapolis, Merrill & Marinette Railway, which 

 has been formed in northern Wisconsin. A line will be built from Merrill 

 east to Antigo and from Merrill north to Athens. It will provide addi- 

 tional facilities for the many lumber concerns in that section, as it will 

 pass through many of the large timber tracts. 



George U. Buckstaff. retired lumberman. Civil war veteran and former 

 state senator from Winnebago county, passed away at his home in Osh 

 kosb recently at the age of sixty-seven years. Mr. Buckstaff was a native 

 of Canada and came to Wisconsin in 1.S50. With his father and brother 

 be was interested in lumbering for some time before the Civil war. After 

 big return he was interested in the Buckstaff Brothers & Chase lumbering 

 concern for twenty years. The business, which confined its operations 

 principally to the Wolf River district, was wound up in 1.S8T. and Mr. 

 Buckstaff retired because of ill health. He Is survived by a son, George 

 K. liuckstaff, one sister and a brother, all of Oshkosh. 



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