HARDWOOD RECORD 



Harris Manufacturing Company 



Johnssn City, Tennessee 



"Harris" Hardwood Flooring 



and Lumber 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MA>rTACTl KEKS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



ii«Dd s»««i siock RIDGWAY 



PENNSYLVANIA 



MEMPHIS 



W&ole^ale Manufacturers and Erporter* 



RED GUM 



SAP GUM 



COTTONWOOD 

 CYPRESS 

 ASH 



PLAIN OAK 

 ^ I, /- J J TL- u QUARTERED OAK 



All Crades and I hicknesses ^ HICKORY 



W e make a tpetialty of mixed car* SOFT ELM 



SYCAMORE 



YANDEN BOOtSTfflSON LUIBEK COIPAMY 

 liiifictirers SnOen liNwttds 



Ash a 



ifempUs 



Teuessee 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



EEPOBTS IKCLrDED 

 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP. DETAIL ESTIMATES A WKITTEN REPORT 



GARDNER & HOWE 



ENGINEEP.S 



Clarence W. Griffith ^'Vt^^r'LaiS'^'-' Memphis, Tenn. 



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rialed with Mr. Ewing in this new enterpris»>. which will make use of rod 

 and white oak as well as hickory on a pretty large scale. 



The McGehi-e Lumber Company. Mc<;ehee. Ark., is making preparations 

 for the opening of an office at Fort Smith. Ark. When present plans are 

 completed the branch office at Fort Smith will have direct connection with 

 the main establishment at M': ^ 



=•< BRISTOL >= 



The R. E. Wood Lumber rVtrnpany of Baltimore has begun operation at 

 Earharts. seven miles south of Bristol on the Virginia & Southwestern 

 railway, where the company has purchased a large area of hardwood 

 timber, constructed a logging railroad and erected a band mill. 



The plant of the Bristol Door t Lumber Company is closed down for a 

 few days on account of the annual taking of stock. 



Powell Brothers Lumber Company has purchased a tract of timber near 

 Coeburn. Va.. and will at once install a mill. 



The Clinchland Timber Corporation, which a few weeks ago purchased 

 an area of 2:;.0OO acres of virgin hardwood timber in Scott county. Vir- 

 ginia, has sold a section of it to the Dungannon Lumber Company, which 

 has begun cutting. 



J. E. WilkinsJjn has purchased a large tract of timber near Chestnut 

 Uidge. Sullivan county. Tennessee. He was here last week from Dublin. 

 ^ a., arranging to install a. mill and begin the development of the property. 



Managers of the Bristol offices of eastern hardwood concerns report a 

 j'K)d year's business and a splendid outlook for 1914. 



A severe blizzard struck this sec-tion on the heels of the new year and 

 -till ha.s it in its grip. As a result many mills are temporarily idle, but 

 will resume operations as soon as possible. 



Horace Guynn of Pennsylvania has purchased a 14.000-acre tract of 

 tiardwood timberland in Wythe cotinty. Virginia, from W. S. Berger, 

 ' umberland. Md.. and will install mills for the development of the property. 



W. S. Whiting. Asheville. X. C. was a recent visitor on the Bristol 

 market. He is doing an extensive wholesale hardwood business at Ashe- 

 ville. 



The National Lumber Company. Concord. X. C. has purchased the 

 properties of the Snow Lumber Company and will increase the output of 

 the operations. 



The Stone-Huling Lumber Company is installing new machinery in the 

 large Wilkinsop mill on the Southern railway in this city, which it 

 r-cenily pnrcha.sed. and will put it in operation soon. 



The erection of lookout towers in the section of the .Appalachian Forest 

 Reserve east of Bristol has been begun by the government. The first 

 T'^iwer has been completed and gives a view of the government lands for 

 many miles. The purpose of the towers is to oversee the lands and pre- 

 vent fire. They will be connected by telephones and in charge of govern- 

 ment foresters. 



The Dione Lumber Company of this city has begun operations in eastern 

 Kentucky, where the company has purchased a good-sized area of hard- 

 wfxxl timber. Irving Whaley has gone there to give his personal attention 

 TO the operations. 



-■< LOUISVILLE >- 



Th'- Louisville Hardw.or] rii,i, i,<:ir.l ;)ii :ii]ur-« on The Income Tax" 

 December 30. R. A. McDowell, a Io<al attorney, r'-ading a paper on the 

 >ubject. The paper dealt principally with the mode of collection of the 

 tax. The week before the club heard L. B. Finn, chairman of the .State 

 Railro.id Commission, on the proposed bill enlarging the powers of that 

 body, and so has been kept well informed of matters of current interest. 

 On account of the date being inconvenient for a number of its mem- 

 l.ers. who bad made previous engagements, the Louisrille Hardwood Club 

 was unable to acc-ept the invitation of the Evansville. Ind.. Lumbermen's 

 Club to attend its dinner-danc-e .January 6. 



The office of G. D. Crain. .Tr.. secretary of the LouLsville Hardwwjd 

 Club, has tje^n moved from the Keller Building to the Starks Building, 

 the latter being the newest and finest of Louisville skyscrapers. 



The Louisville police notified the lumber trade recently that a man 



giving the name of .lohn W. Arnold had been operating in southern cities 



ant] defrauding lumbermen out of money advanced on bills of lading pur- 



■orting to represent lumbfr shipment.s. but alleged to have been forged. 



lie company he is said to have attempted to represent is the Pico Lumber 



'mi>any «f I'ara. Brazil. Xone of the local concerns has been visited 



• this man. it is believed. 



Lumbermen learned with regret that the project to merge the coro- 

 <-rcial organization!; of JxiniKTille into one strong central body has been 

 >andoned on account of the opposition of the Louisville Board of Trade. 

 Legislation affecting the lumbermen, which will be considered at the 

 irrent sessif.n of the legislature, which began its mw-ting .January 6. 

 i.fludes a workmen's compensation bill: a measure to increase the author- 

 y of the State Railroad Commission: changes in the tax system: com- 

 ilsory reports of accidents in manufacturing establishments, and regi»- 

 ; ation of all manufacturing concemB with the commissioner of .\grl- 

 ilture. 



Edward W. Hines. well-known to lumbermen on account of having 



presented local concerns in Interstate Commerce Commission cases, has 



• en appointed attorney to the commission, effective .January 1. and has 



;iken up his new duties. The law business will be carried on by his 



•-artner. Van Nt.rroan. son of A. E. Xorman of the Norman Lumber Com- 



