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HARDWOOD RECORD 



l..misvlllc & Niislivlllc. wliloli is .■xiiri-tfd lo coiiif Into line sliorlly. 



Mr. TownslH-nd said that compliti' late files have already been coiupiled 

 and that the railroads frequenlly lall upon Ills office for this informntion, 

 ImvinK more coulidence in it than in tbclr own. 



In the disvnsslon during Ihe day particular efforts were made to Impress 

 u|>on out of (own menilii-rs tliai Ilie bureau Is not a local orKiinlzation 

 and is Just as anxious lo pruiici irulslde niemliers as those within Mem- 

 phis. 



With the Trade 



Milne Lumber & Manufacturing Company Organizes 

 A. N. .Milne, liirmerly of tlie Milne Brothers Company and the Milne- 

 Savaije Lumber Company. New York, announces that lie recently severed 

 his connection with those concerns and is now operatlu); with offices at 

 lii.Ij Grand Cenlral Terminal, New York City, as the .Milne Lumber & 

 .Mnnufaeturinc Company. This concern has excellent milling connections 

 iind exp<>cts to handle only high-grade stock. Its specialties are kiln- 

 dried hardwoods. Iioxlng and crating lumber, although all lines ot iiard- 

 woods are handled and in addition white pine. North Carolina pint and 

 spruce. 



.\. N. Milni' was connected with the Mliue Brothers Company I'lU- live 

 years and iiefore that was with another large wholesale lumber liouse in 

 New York, having for aliout eight years acted 

 us general sales manager. During this period 

 o( close association with the consuming trade 

 111' has liullt up an extensive clientele and it is 

 confidently expected that he will carry a good 

 share of Ibis to the new concern. 



1'. M. Hall, who has been connected with ilie 

 National Association of Manufacturers, will also 

 bo associated with the new firm. 



WUl Handle Pacific Coast Products in East 



■I'll.' Inl.st liev.'iopni.-nt in iin.' Willi tlie 

 I'oribcomini; cipiiiinf; of the ranaiiia caual is 

 the anni>uncement of a new corporation witli 

 large means being or-^anized l»y prominent ium 

 lier interests in N:>w York City and up state. 

 This new organization is to be known as the 

 .\rnold-Mltcbell Cempany. and interested in the 

 project are .Arnold *: Co.. .Mbany. representeil 

 by li. \V. Arnold, and While. Cratwiek & Mil 

 ehell. North Tonawanda. and allied interests in 

 .New York Cit.v. IMiiladelphia and BulTaio. White. 

 <;ratwick & .Mitchell are represented in the 

 above named markets b.v the Stevens-ICaton 

 Company, the l?rown-Rates Company and the 

 llendricks-Caskey Company. This wide range 

 of activity makes the new corporation specially 

 iiualiried to handle intelligently a complete stock 

 of racitie coast lumber to the eastern trade. It 

 represents a selling force second to none, while 

 the manufacturing or lumbering end will lie in 

 iiands of rxperii'iicfd and practical ]iinib:'rmen. 



Personnel Dickson Planing Mill Company Changes 



The lUekson I'laning .Mill Company. Dickson. Teiin.. announces that at 

 a recent meeting of the directors. II. T. Cowan and L. M. Rogers were 

 <>lected pii'sident and secretary respectively. Mr. Cowan is president of 

 Ihe H. T. Cowan Lumber Company and makes a valuable acipiisition to 

 the planing mill company. 



The Dickson Planing .Mill Company expects to expand and improve 

 its capacity to take care of its rapidly increasing business in oak liooring. 

 which product has found and is still finding favor with the consiiniing 

 trade. 



The active management will now be in the hands of Messrs. Cowan ami 

 Rogers, who will be assisted by \V. U. Roil anil D. S. Iliit.liisr.ii. 



Notice to Creditors of Cincinnati Bankrupt 



Charles T. Greve. referee in bankruptcy, announces that there will be 

 a meeting of the creditors of the bankrupt Maley. Thompson & Moffeii 

 Compan.v. Cincinnati, at the offices of the referee. I'o Carew building. Cin- 

 cinnati, on .January l.S at P, :"() V. M. The meeting is to lie held for tlie 

 purpose of settling disputed claims and all comjiromises for disputed 

 claims in favor or against the estal" and all matters hi'ieiofore not dis- 

 posed of. 



The Benn Ltunber Company Incorporated 



The Benn Lumber Company is the styb' of a new addition to tlie Cin- 

 eiiinati trade, this company being recently incorporated and composed of 

 Ben. Rubenstein. president ; E. O. Robinson, vice-president ; F. W, Mow- 

 bray, secretary and treasurer. E. O. Robinson and F. \V. Mowbray are 

 members of the Mowbray & Robinson Company. Cincinnati. .Mr. Ruben- 

 stein is from London. Kng.. and lias represented the Great Eastern Tim- 

 ber Company. London, in the Stales for quite a number of years. 



The new concern will deal In hardwood lumber, the bulk of wliiih will 

 be exported to European conn tries. 



A. V. Jackson & Co. Change Style 

 \. V. ,lackson &. Co., !) West Fourth street, Cincinnati, O.. announce 

 that the stylo ot that firm has been changed to the A. V. Jackson 

 Trustee Company. The Insertion of the term "trustee" In the official 

 title does not change In any way the methods of transacting the business 

 or the personnel of the organl/.ution. but Is for the purpose of suggesting 

 more concisely the arrangement and connection with the milling companies 

 whose lumber that concern markets. The company has been operating 

 under the iinbiue plan of acting as trustee of stocks of mill concerns, and 

 bus met wilh excellent success. 



Conasauga Lumber Company Moves Headquarters 

 The Conasauga Lumber Company of Cjncinnali. <>.. has removed Its 

 general offices, which have been maintained here for the past three years, 

 to the millsite at Conasauga. Tenn.. wliere it was formerly located. This 

 company practically controls the Cumberland Valley Lumber Company of 

 this cit.v. and .lohn Byrns. who acted as secretary and treasurer of the 

 Conasauga Lumber Company. and who had charge of the office, has resigned 

 in that capacity but retains his interest therein and is associated with 

 his brother. .M. .1. Byrns. as treasurer of the Cumberland Valley Lumber 

 Company. The latter company will handle a large portion of the output 

 of the Conasauga Lumber Company. 



Prominent Eastern Wholesaler Dies 

 William Augustus Croinbie, dean of tlo- N. w York wholesale lumber 

 Made, died in that city .January .3. after a 

 short illness. IJe was in his seventieth year. 



William A. Crombie was born in New Boston, 

 N. IJ.. in 1.S44, and his early business career 

 was spent in the Burlington. Vt.. lumber trade — 

 wbicli has furnished .some of the Iiest known 

 lumbermen of the Metropolitan district. He 

 came to New York in 1892 and continued in the 

 wholesale lumber business. He was active in 

 W. M. Crombie & Co.. with headquarters at 81 

 New street. 



Mr. Croml>ie was a man of engaging person- 

 ality and refinement, and the highest type of 

 business man. He had a large circle of friends 

 in business and social life who will mourn his 

 loss. In politics lie was a Republican and was 

 ibat party's leader in the old Fifteenth assembly 

 district. For many yi-ars he was a member of 

 1 be county committee. He was twice mayor of 

 Burlington. 



Mr. Crombie was a member of the New York 

 Lumber Trade Association, the National Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' .\ssociation. and the Mer- 

 chants' .V.ssoeiation of New Y"ork. He was also 

 a member of the J"nion League Club. New Eng- 

 land Societ.v. Lake Champiain Societ.v. Empire 

 State Society. Sons of the American Revolution, 

 and Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen. 



He is survived b.v one daughter and two sons. 

 William Murray and Arthur Choate, both of 

 whom are active in the business. 



The funeral services were held at the Church 

 of the JMvine rateruity. this cit.v. .January ,"i. and a large number of 

 lumbermen were in attendance. Interment was at Burlington. 



Skidding Logs Nearly a Mile Over a Single-Span Cableway 



The Elkmont Contracting and Supply Company has recently installed at 

 Elkmont. Tenn.. in the Great .Smoky Mountains, a new overhead cable- 

 way skidder which lircaks all records for distance, 



'J'he main cable stretches from the peak of the boom on a self-contained 

 portable skidder. to the top of a hill 3570 feet distant, without any inter- 

 vening support. Over this lengthy span the.v are skidding hardwood logs 

 running four to the thousand feet without trouble or delay, having a 

 daily capacity of about 30.000 feet according to the report of the erection 

 engineer. Mr. Blair, who has just returned from Elkmont. 



The machine is of the type of tlie Clyde overhead cableway skidder, but 

 is mounted upon steel skids instead of upon trucks. It has also a power- 

 ful extra drum for moving the machine, which is effected by making fast 

 the moving cable to suitable anchorage ahead of the skidder and throw- 

 ing in the clutch connecting this drum with the engine. In this way 

 the machine is dragged up to an elevation sufficient to make possible these 

 immense spans. 



The main cable is 1^^" and is giving perfect satisfaction. 



.\t present the skidder is working from one end of a valley known 

 as Coon Hollow, being located on an elevation at one end of the hollow, 

 while the cable extends down the hollow to the opposite mountainside 

 nearly a mile away. Logs are being skidded from both hanks of the 

 hollow. 



Six gii.\s are used, ail being of 1" cable, two of which are wound on 

 steam-driven drums and run from the peak of the boom back to the rear 

 of the machine, .\nothor guy runs out directly in front of the machine. 



N. MII.NE, NEW YORK. N. Y 



