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lluntinglon l.unilxn- Company, loiutod on I'lseon Cieck, W. Va., anil will 

 i[iovc llif plant to Mason County, Ky. 



If. \V. Ilorton of thi W. M. Hitter Lumber Company says there Is a 

 pretty good demand for hardwoods both from factories and yards. I'ai 

 torles are the best buyers at this tlmi'. Conierns making furnituir 

 Implements and vehicles are in the market for small orders. Prices ai-c 

 pretty well maintained and no cutting of au,v consequence is reported. 

 The car shortage is interfering with shipments to a certain extent. 



J. K. Cobey of John R. Uobey & Co. says the hardwood trade i.s 

 holding up well and prices are as good as could be expected. 



J. A. I'ord of the Imperial Lumber Company says tliere is a good demand 

 for hardwoods at this time. The recent storm cut off the supply to a 

 certain degree. 



A. 1". Mavis of the A. C. Davis Luml)er Company says there is a good 

 market for all varieties and grades of hardwoods with prices holding up 



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=-< TOLEDO y 



I'he Toledo Bending Compauy reports that business has been dull for 

 some time past. The call for wagon rims has fallen off and the trade in 

 automobile rims has not improved sufliciently to offset the slow wagon 

 wheel demand. It is believed that conditions will be greatly improved 

 when automobile wheels have beeu standardized, a condition to which this 

 concern Is looking forward at an early date. 



The Toledo Carriage Woodworking Conipanj reports business a tritli- 

 off Just at present, hut declares that spring prospects are looking line. 



I'resident L. E. (Jottshall of the Gottshail Manufacturing Compan.v 

 has Just returned from a trip to Chicago where he went to purchase 

 equipment for the new band mill to be erected by the concern in Kultuii 

 county. The Gottshail Manufacturing Company recently purchased several 

 hundred acres of virgin hardwood forest, a commodity hard to find in ilir 

 state of Ohio at this date. 



We are holding our own." was tln' statement issued by the Skinmr 

 Bending Company. "Wagon rims are a little slow but the big demand for 

 buggy wheels has more than made up for the short demand in wagon 

 business. We are selling about all the goods we can turn out and there 

 is no indication of a slump." This concern operates in territory covering 

 a radius of 500 miles of Toledo. 



Aaron L. Kelsey, one of the old-time lumber dealers of Toledo, doing 

 business when Toledo was but a struggling Tillage and the surrounding 

 country covered with a rich growth of the finest kind of hardwood lumber. 

 died at his Summit street home here recently. He was aged ninety-one 

 years, lie came to Toledo in 1S.50 and was at first interested in lake 

 navigation. He formed a partnership with Nathan Keeve in 1856 and for 

 thirty .vears conducted a lumber business here, leaving his son, H. Reeve 

 Kelsey, to carry it on after his retirement. The firm is now one of the 

 most Important lumber concerns in this section and is known as Kelsey & 

 Freeman. Mr. Ivelsey was instrumental in bringing the Milburn Wagon 

 Works to Toledo. 



W. T. Hubbard, a prominent Toledo hardn-ood man, reports business a 

 little dull Just at present, with oak holding firm both in demand and price. 

 Mr. Hubbard has a full line of hardwood stocks and is prepared to take 

 care of all orders with which his concern is favored. 



The Auglaize Furniture Company has been organized at New Bremen, 

 O., with a capital stock of $G0,000. The incorporators are Julius Boesel, 

 F. W. Bruns. Henry Dierker, F. W. Creber and Louis Huenke. This con- 

 cern replaces the Klanke Furniture Company whose plant was destroyed by 

 Are, the concern locating at Piqua, O. 



The Geo. B. Bice Company of Wapakoiuia. O.. has been incorporated for 

 SIO.OOO. The incorporators are : L M. Hi.-e. r. E. Bice, L. A. Pice. 

 a. G. Blee and Geo. W. Ozias of P:iyi..ii 



•< INDIANAPOLIS >• 



The Mitchell Hardwood Lumber Comiiany. Milcliell. Ind., has increased 

 its capitalization $10,000. 



About $500 loss by fire was caused a few days ago in the drying bouse 

 of the Indianapolis Sawed Veneer Company. 



The finished veneer warehouse of the Roberts & Conner Company at 

 New Albany was damaged about $3,.500 by fire recently, whicb originateil 

 Id an adjacent Hour mill. 



Incubators and refrigerators will be manufactured by the newly organ 

 Ized People's Manufacturing Company at Greenfield, which has been Incoi 

 porated with $2.").000 capital stock. Those Interested are J. A. Johnscm, 

 W W. McCole and Homer Smith. 



The city council has passed a new building code in which it is reguind 

 that all Interior trim, doors, window sashes, etc.. shall be of metal in 

 fireproof buildings and all structures more than ninety feet high must !>•■ 

 fireproof. 



With an authorized capitalization of $100,000, the Goshen Sash and Dour 

 Company has been organized and incorporated at Goshen. The principal 

 stockholders are Henry R. Whltmer, Mary L. Whitmer and J. M. Farrell 



Some Interesting data in regard tn the local hardwood industry li:i- 

 been compiled as follows: The National Veneer and Lumber Company li.i^ 

 an output of 4.000.000 feet of quartered oak veener annually; the Interlnr 

 Hardwood Company uses 2,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber annually In 

 the manufacture of flooring; the Central Veneer Company manufactures 

 •'),000,000 feet of oak and mahogany veneers a year; the IndlanapolH 

 Sawed Veneer Company turns out 4.000,000 feet of oak and mahogan\ 



Harris Manufacturing Company 

 Johnson City, Tennessee 



''Harris'' Hardwood Flooring 



and Lumber 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



.MANUrACTt'RKRS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



Band Sawed Stock RIDGWAY 



PENNSYLVANIA 



MEMPHIS 



Wholesale Manufacturers and Exporters 



RED GUM 



SAP GUM 



COTTONWOOD 

 CYPRESS 

 ASH 



PLAIN OAK 



All Grades and Thicknesses ^^^^j^Y^'^'^ 

 ake a Bpecialty of mixed cars SOPT £LM 



a. One-half to 



VANDEN BOOM=STIMSaN LUMBER COPANY 

 Nanafactnrers Sonthero Hardwoods 



Red Qum a Specleilt>^ 



Memphis 



Tennessee 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



REPORTS INCLUDED 

 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP. DETAIL ESTIMATES & WRITTEN REPORT 



GARDNER & HOWE 



ENGINEERS 



CI c c W C 1 p^ , ** Men phis Tenn 



ufacturers| 



plain and quartered red| 

 and white oak, ash, Quti^ 

 and poplar. :: :: :: jII 



FULLY EQUIPT DIMENSION PLJ 



