HARDWOOD RECORD 



47 



iucorporutfil with ii cupital i>l' .<1(i.immi i,, Uu a i!>'Ultu1 hiiiihii- Inisiiu'ss 

 by C. A. Ervlu, I. S. KliiU-.v. Edward Weber, S. D. Miiyer and II. U. 

 Helgart. The coniiiaiiy was formerly operated as a partnership and Is 

 located at 12S> North It. street. 



The McKenzle Lumber and ("oal Company of Sprlnsfli'Id. O.. lias 

 lucorporatod three eoneerns to handle the lumber and buildinf; supply 

 business In three separate towns. The Sprlnnfiehl company Is to be 

 known «s the MeKenzle Lumber and Coal Company. The company at 

 Delaware. O.. Is called the McKenzle Lumber Company and the one at 

 Waldo, O.. the McKenzle Lumber and Timber Company. The Incorporat- 

 ors In each of the companies are William McKenzle, John S. McKenzle, 

 Frank E. McKenzle, C. TV. McKenzle and Presley II. Salb. 



The announcement Is made that the Crescent Lumber Company, which 

 has bad its general offices at Marietta, O., for a number of years, will 

 remove to Lexington, Ky. The company has extensive Interests In Ken- 

 tucky and West Virginia. 



The Trimble Cypress Company of Cincinnati has purchased a sawmill 

 at ISoblnwood, Miss., which will be operated from the Cincinnati office. 



J. W. Campbell has been appointed receiver for the Ira King Lumber 

 Company of Sardinia. O., upon the application of creditors who claim the 

 corporation is Insolvent. 



.\t Warren, O., the Culver Lumber and Building Company has opened 

 in the wholesale business recently. 



The Scott Lumber Company of Martins Ferry, O., has purchased the 

 stock of the H. M. Kothermund Company of the same place, and will 

 consolidate the two yards. 



R. W. Horton, sales manager for the central division of the W. M. 

 Ritter Lumber Company, says trade in hardwoods has been quite active 

 during the past fortnight. Yards are probably the better customers at 

 this time. Factories are also buying better and furniture concerns are 

 now in the market. The price list is generally well maintained and no 

 cutting of prices is being done to force trade. Shipments are coming out 

 better. Hardwood stocks In the hands of mill owners are not large and 

 the same is true of retailers' stocks. 



John K. Gobey of John R. <!obey & Co. says trade in hardwoods is 

 all that could be expected under the circumstances. There is a good de- 

 mand for all varieties and grades and prices are generally upheld. The 

 prospects for the future arc good. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports an improvement 

 in the hardwood trade all along the line with shipments coming out 

 better now. 



Manager Ilodil of the Virginia Lumber Company is another of the 

 hardwood jobbers who believes there will be a marked improvement in 

 the hardwood demand in the near future. 



The Gilliam Process Company of Columbus has been Incorporated with 

 a capital of ?10,000 to deal in lumber by C. G. Thompson, R. L. Gilliam, 

 H. H. Davis. C. W. Thompson and J. Teegardin. 



A loss of JLj.OOO was caused to the plant of the Defiance Box Company 

 of Defiance, O.. by fire recently. 



The Akron Lumber Company of .\kron has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $12."i,000 by John II. Dellenberger. H. .\. Dellenberger, John 

 H. Dellenberger, Jr., and David II. Morgan. 



■< INDIANAPOLIS >- 



The Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Company, Crawfordsville, has noti- 

 fied the secretary of state It has dissolved its corporation. 



.\ modern factory building is to be erected immediately by the newly 

 organized National Gate Company at Rushville. 



Notice of a change in name of the .\dams-Carr Company to the Adams- 

 Rogers Company has been filed with the secretary of state. 



Creditors of the Laporte Cabinet and Molding Company, Laporte, have 

 filed a petition In the United States Court In this city asking that the 

 company be adjudged bankrupt. 



The Lyman Brothers Company, manufacturer of picture frames and 

 moldings, lost its plant in east Ohio street by fire on the night of Marsh 

 12. The loss was about $35,000 with $18,000 insurance. The plant was 

 a new one, having been occupied last summer. 



In an opinion handed down recently, the Indiana Supreme Court held 

 that the employers liability law of 1911, which does away with the 

 fellow-servants' rule as a defense where there are more than five em- 

 ployes, is constitutional. This law also does away with contributory 

 negligence as a defense in many cases. The decision was of special Inter- 

 est to every employer of labor In the state. 



O. D. Haskett of the O. D. Ilaskett Lumber Company, who was 

 recently elected president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, has 

 announced his committee appointmi^nts. which Include' many Identified 

 with lumber Interests. W. W. KnlKht of the Ixjng Knight Lumber Com- 

 pany has been placed on the committee on arbitration and street and 

 .sewer Improvements ; II. C. .\tklns of E. C. .\tkins & Co. on the advisory, 

 emergency, relief, membership and track elevation committee ; Caleb S. 

 Eaglesfield of the Eaglesfield-Stewart Company on the committee on 

 municipal expenditures; Nel.son A. Gladding of E. C. Atkins & Co. on the 

 committee on municipal expenditures ; John II. Talge of the Talge Mahog- 

 any Company on the committee on state and national legislation; L. H. 

 Grlswold, a lumber broker and M. S. Iluey of the Capitol Lumber Com- 

 pany on the committee on good roads; 'I". R. Lewis of the Burnet-Lewis 



MEMPHIS 



Tschudy Lumber Co. 



MAM I A< II Kl.lt- (II' 



St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 



SPECIALS 



For immediate shipment 

 Bandsawn. Dry. 60'' 14 and 16 foot long. 



150,000 ft. 1" 1 and 2d Clear Plain White Oak. 



25,000 ft. 2" 1 and 2 Clear Hickory. 



50,000 ft. 2" No. 1 Common Hickory 



100,000 ft. 1" Yel. Cottonwood Box Boards & Panel. 



ADDRESS CORRKSP()Nni;Nr-F, TO GENERAL OFFirE 



Doo republic Bldg. KANSAS CITY, MO. 



Wholesale Manufacturerfl and Exporter* 



RED GUM 



SAP GUM 



COTTONWOOD 



CYPRESS 



ASH 



PLAIN OAK 



Aiif J jT-j-t QUARTERED OAK 



All tirades and J mcknesses ^ HIPKORY 



We make a specialty of mixed cars 

 of Sap and Red Gum, One-half t* 

 Two inches thick. 



SOFT ELM 



SYCAMORE 



Manufacturers Seatherfl ffaint woods 



Quartered Oak a Specialty 

 Memphis Tenn 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



GARDNER & HOWE 



ENGINEERS 



Clarence W. Griffith ""V^Sr^uii^Y"' Memphis. Tenn. 



The Mossman Lumber Co., 



"anufacturers f 



in and quartered red | 

 I white oak, ash, gum | 



JWnA poplar. :: :: :: :: I 



ALSO FULLY EQUiPT DIMENSION l» 



IVIeniphis, 



