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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The company imw employs over -too men mid owns over lin.OUO aeips of 

 land In Ontonngon nnU Carp Lnke townships. 



At present K. H. llanmr, who Is associated with Mr. Worcester at Clias- 

 Bcll, Mich., and Is nlso Interested In the Greenwood Lumber Company, will 

 supervise Its general operations In connection with his supervision of the 

 C. U. Worcester Lumber Company at Chassell, Mich. 



Atkins Fioueers Dine 



The .\tklnB Polneers. an organlzntkin of employes who have been asso- 

 ciated with E. C. Atkins & Co.. the saw manufacturers of Indianapolis, for 

 twenty years or over held the fifth annual banquet at the Spencer House 

 on January ai. Thomas V. Seery was general chairman In charge of the 

 function : C. S. Ilronson was chali-man of entertainment ; C. A. Newport, 

 chairman of finance : Lotus Farmer, chairman of music ; C. A. Newport, 

 chairman of the programs ; and W. 0. Williams, chairman of the nominat- 

 ing committee. Those in attendance enjoyed an excellent dinner and a 

 very pleasing musical program, which consisted of Angclus, saxaphone and 

 baritone solos, glee club performances and recitations. 



This function has been featured by the Atkins company as a recognition 

 of the faithful services of its many old employes. The membership has 

 been held up very steadily and It Is Interesting to note that twenty-five 

 years ago the entire payroll of the Atkins plant was about 200, and of 

 this 200 117 arc still connected with the company. There have been, of 

 course, the usual number of deaths while In the company's service. The 

 roster has been shortened by the loss of seven men during the past year. 



The pioneer gatherings are occasions for the full enjoyment of good 

 fellowship and hearty fraternal spirit. They are a visible demonstration 

 of the spirit which the Atkins concern puts Into the manufacture of its 

 various lines of goods and for which the compaiiy has been noted In its 

 dealings for many years. 



Veneer Concern Moves to Minnesota 



Articles of incorporation of the Northern Veneer Company were filed 

 recently, authorizing that company to start operations at Uecr River, 

 Minn. This is a conciun removing from Spring Valley, Wis., and it is 

 now building its plant preparatory to starting operations cariy in the 

 spring. The Incorporators are Thomas B. Wilson. Frank Pierce and 

 Frank Carter of .Menomonie. Wis., William Bahr and Roland Kabr 'of 

 Deer River. Minn. The capital stock is .$25,000. 



W. B. Beeves Killed in Automobile Accident 



Coionel William Dixon Reeves, head of the W. U. Reeves Lumber 

 Company of Helena. Ark., one of the best Known and most popular of 

 the southern hardwood operators, was instantly Uiiied at noon on Tues- 

 day, February 3. near his home in Helena. Mr. Reeves was leaving his 

 residence with his son Dixon in his touring car, starting on an aiter- 

 nooc's hunting trip, but owing to the slippery condition of the roads, 

 the machine began to skid badly. At the corner of Beech and St. Mary's 

 streets it finally went over the edge of the steep incline and over- 

 turned, Mr. Reeves being caught beneath the steering wheel and very 

 'uadly crushed. The son was picked up from the ditch badly shaken up 

 but unhurt and the father was rushed to his home, where be died thirty 

 minutes later in the presence of his family. 



Mr. Reeves began his career in the lumber business about twenty- 

 flve .vears ago, locating at that time in Arkansas. His first sawmilling 

 experience on his own responsibility started sixteen years ago when he 

 began operating a mill at Helena in 1S97. Since that time his opera- 

 tions have been gradually widening until he has at present attained a 

 very prominent position among the ranks of southern hardwood operators. 



The lumber trade in Chicago, because of Mr. Reeves' close association 

 In this cit.v, and also the trade in other prominent centers, wiii join 

 with the city of Helena Id the sincere expressions of deep regret at bis 

 untimely death, which occurred in bis fiftieth year. 



Mr. Reeves leaves a wife and four children, one daughter, Louise, be- 

 ing away at school. The other three children are Dixon, aged fourteen : 

 Frank, aged ten, and Elizabeth, aged seven, who were all present when 

 their father passed away. 



Boyne City Lumber Company Elects Officers 



The annual meeting of the Boyne City Lumber Company, Boyne City. 

 Mich., was held on .lanuary 27 in the Michigan Trust building, Grand 

 Rapids, the following ollicers being re-elected : William H. White, presi- 

 dent : Thomas 'iVhite, vice-president; W. L. Martin, secretary; Henry 

 Idema, treasurer. The directors are Louis U. Wltbey, Amos Musselman. 

 George M. Barr, Claude Hamilton, Henry Idema, William H. White, and 

 ThOfoas White. 



With the Exporters 



Among the matters discussed at the annual meeting of the National 

 Lumber Exporters' Association, held in Chicago, .January 22 and 2Z, was 

 the question of the Liverpool measurement. As stated in an advance 

 article on the meeting, the Liverpool measurement has become as trouble- 

 some a matter as the London dock rules aud their interpretation proved 

 to be. In tbe case of the London dock rules, the National Lumber 

 Exporters' Association finally, after a vain endeavor to get the foreign 

 buyers to attend a conference with a special committee sent over to 

 London for the purpose, drew up an agreement wherein the signers bound 

 themselves not to ship except on the basis of the American rules, which 

 agreement was signed by upwards of seventy per cent of the exporters. At 

 the time the London rules were taken up the Liverpool measurement had 



not attracted any particular attention, but since then the question has 

 become a vital one, and occasioned mucli discussion at the meeting, which 

 decided to refer the matter to a special committee yet to be appointed 

 for recommendation. It Is thought that Gustavo A. Father, the London 

 representative of Russe & Burgess, Inc., Memphis, will be asked to make 

 representations to the Liverpool buyers In the interest of the National 

 Lumber Exportcr.s' Association, Just as he did with regard to the London 

 Dock rules. If the Liverpool buyers persist in their present attitude It 

 is altogether probable that some agreement similar to the one adopted 

 with regard to London will be entered into. 



Through bills of lading also came In for extended consideration, but no 

 final actlcu was taken. The bill now before Congress, and which is known 

 as H. R. 9771, was discussed in all of its bearings. It requires the 

 railroads to issue and the steamship companies to recognize through bills 

 of lading. The association did not actually indorse the measure, being 

 disposed to consider it further and to await other developments, but it 

 Is felt that an effective solution of the problem lies in some degree of 

 control over the foreign steamship companies, so that they can be held 

 liable for flagrant disregard of contract requirements when it comes to 

 taking lumber and logs within a reasonable time. At the present time 

 the steamship lines avoid liability for demurrage, when cars are held 

 loaded for an unlimited period, by tiie simple expedient of refusing to 

 recognize through bills of lading, to the great embarrassment of the 

 shippers. 



C. L. Willey Makes Unusual Mahogany Purchase 



C. L. Wiilcy of Cliicago announces that at the recent February mahog- 

 any^ sales held at Liverpool Ills buyers made purchases tliat aggregate 

 one of the largest and most remarkable mahogany buys in the history 

 of the mahogany business. Mr. Willey's representatives took up a total 

 of U2(j mahogany logs of unusually large size and exceptional quality. 

 These logs will aggregate about 1,200.000 feet of mahogany. They are 

 already en route to Mr. Willey's immense plant at Chicago and it is ex- 

 pected that some exceptional veneer will result from their manufacture, 

 ibis is another one of tiie unusual purchases for which Mr. Willey has 

 become noted during bis career as a manufacturer of fancy wood veneer 

 and lumber. 



An Unusual Plant at Philadelphia 



It is well worth the time, whether intimately connected with tbe in- 

 dustr,v or not, to take a trip to the Westmoreland street wharves, where 

 tbe Pearson & Ludascber Lumber Company, manufacturer and wholesaler, 

 at its fifty acres of ground, wirh mill adequately equipped, carries on a 

 mammoth lumber traffic. .Several hundred milliou feet of lumber can be 

 stored on these grounds and still large spaces left. It has two concrete 

 piers, one 110 by 6-11, the other 83 by 641 feet, with electric cranes and a 

 twenty-seven feet depth of water, at which sixteen vessels can be un- 

 loaded at the same time. Railroad connection is direct to the wharves. By 

 the means of a car-level platform at tbe plant, a series of cars can be 

 loaded with manufactured lumber at one time for quick shipment. Solid 

 concrete roads intersect the grounds which much facilitate the hauling 

 by motor or horse. 



Tlie company's new tnill, which is now in operation, is elaborately 

 equipped witl; tbe latest and most approved machinery from the American 

 Woodworking Machinery Company ; Two fast feed planers and matchers, 

 15 by 4 inches; one fast feed double surfacer, 30 by 4 inches; one 15-inch 

 moider ; one IS by 20-inch four-sided timber sizer ; one 54-inch band 

 resaw ; one 50-inch band rip saw ; one 30-inch three-saw guage edger, 

 level rolls, transfer, etc. The first three machines are equipped with 

 specially designed automatic feeding tables, as they feed at the rate of 

 300 feet per minute — too fast to be fed by hand. Tbe motor power Is 

 derived from four 250 horsepower safety water tube boilers, one 1,000 

 horsepower Corliss engine, and one 250 horsepower Turbo-generator. The 

 plant is lighted by electricity ; which leaves nothing to be desired in the 

 way of complete equipmeut. Visitors from distant parts of the country 

 have been pleased to visit this model plant and have expressed themselves 

 as surprised and edified by a trip through tbe grounds and mill under 

 escort of the very courteous and obliging president, William L. Ludascber. 



This company, with ail its facilities for manufacturing and storing 

 lumber, will be in the best of positions to handle the western product on 

 the opening of tbe Panama canal. No essential preparation has been 

 neglected toward this consummation. The other olEcers are Ralph Pearson, 

 vice-president, and Paul P. Pearson, secretary and treasurer, both sons of 

 Joseph T. Pearson, tbe wealthy box maker of this city. Mr. Ludascber 

 is well known to the lumber trade, having been formerly a partner in 

 Charles F. Felin & Co. This concern handles long .tnd short leaf pines, 

 white pine, hemlock, cypress of all sizes, dimension, etc.. white and red 

 oak, maple, hickory, etc. 



Nineteenth Annual Pennsylvania Mutual 



The nineteenth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Lumbermen's 

 Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held on January 27. President 

 Edward F. Henson in the chair. There was a full attendance of members, 

 who were gratified to find that in spite of a year of abnormally large 

 fire losses the company has made a very satisfactory showing and is 

 in a position to recommend a forty per cent dividend to its stockholders. 

 Same officers were re-elected. 



The president's .annual report follows : 



