HARDWOOD RECORD 



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W. B. Morgan Moves to Pine Bluff 

 W. B. Morgan, secrclary of the AiKlorson-Tully Conipaiiy until a few 

 days ago, has goue to rinc Bluff, Ark., to take ibarge of the affairs of 

 the Morgan Veneer Company which was recently incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $100,000 and which is erecting a plant at that point for 

 the manufacture of rotary veneers from gum lumber. Mr. Morgan's 

 resignation became effective April 1 and he Is now at Pine Bluff. Much 

 pleasure Is expressed among his friends over the fact that, while Mr. 

 Morgan has accepted the presidency and general management of the new 

 company, he will retain his stock in the Anderson-Tully Company and 

 will likewise" remain a director in that corporation. It Is more than 

 probable too, that he will retain his position as a member of the governing 

 board of the Souvheru Hardwood Traffic Association, as a nuiubcr of thi- 

 directors of that body reside outside of Memphis. Mr. Morgan's family 

 will remain in Memphis for a time and then Join him at Pine Bluff where 

 they will make their future home. Mr. Morgan, in leaving Memphis, 

 carries with him the good wishes of an unusually large circle of friends 

 who have recognized his business ability and who arc predicting for him 

 a brilliant career in his new field. 



Broom Handle Factory to Operate 

 It is announced from South Pittsburg, Tenn., that the broom handle 

 factory recently started by the H. T. Haskew Lumber Company of that 

 city will soon be in operation. The machinery is pretty well installed 

 and a considerable number of new hands will be taken on. It is expected 

 that there is sufficient broom handle timber in the immediate neighbor- 

 hood of South Pittsburg to make possible the operation of a mill for an 

 indefinite period. 



Furniture Factory Damaged by Fire 

 Fire of unknown origin destroyed the dry kiln and stock room of the 

 Buckstaff-Edwards Furniture Company at Oshkosh, Wis., on Monday. 

 March 30. Considerable, damage was done to mahogany and hardwood 

 stoclss and the flames threatened the main buildings. Work in the fac- 

 tories was interrupted for only one day. The loss was fully covered by 

 iosuraace. 



The Stimsou '\reneer and Lumber Company 



The Stimson Veneer and Lumber Company which recently filed articles 

 of incorporation at Memphis, with a capital stock of $100,000, as an- 

 nounced in Hardwood Record, will be perfected as soon as the charter 

 has been received. The stockholders in this corporation are practically 

 identical with those in the J. V. Stimson Hardwood Company and it is 

 known that J. V. Stimson will head the new firm which has been organ- 

 ized for the specific purpose of operating the hardwood mill and veneer 

 plant recently purchased from the Willey interests in Chicago. This 

 machinery is located in North Memphis and has been idle for some 

 years. It was recently purchased by ,T. V. Stimson and associates. The 

 sawmill has already been placed in operation but it is cutting for the 

 J. V. Stimson Hardwood Company at present and will continue to do so 

 until the new company has secured a sufficient log supply of its own. 

 The veneer machinery has not yet beep started but it will be placed in 

 operation shortly in the interest of the Stimson Veneer & Lumber Com- 

 pany. R. V. Stimson, who recently came to Memphis from Chicago, will 

 be in charge of operations at the Willey plant. Much pleasure is ex- 

 pressed in hardwood circles here over the developments which have 

 resulted in the reopening of the band mill and veneer machinery, as the 

 plant is one of the largest and most complete in this part of the country. 

 The incorporators of the new firm are B. F. Katterhenry, J. V. Stimson, 

 H. V. Stimson, .\. M. Horton and D. L. Katterhenry. 



An Important Machinery Transaction 



One of the most important machinery transactions for some time was 

 the recent purchase of the Hanna-Brackenridge Company, Fort Wayne, 

 Ind., by the Wayne Machinery Company of that place. The officers and 

 directors of the new firm are : George H. Van Arnam, Nathan Roth- 

 schild, W. L. Fridall, A. N. Cruser, J. E. Elliott, sales manager, and J. E. 

 Monahan, factory manager. 



The business is to be carried on as a general machinery merchandizing 

 proposition, and the experience of the men iu charge, together with the 

 personnel of the board of directors should merit the consideration and 

 confidence of the trade. 



The business of the Hanna-Brackenridge Company was organized some 

 fifteen years ago, and this concern was widely known as a dealer in and 

 rebullder of second-hand machinery. 



The stock taken over by the new company consists of between 600 

 and 700 machines, including sawmill, planing mill, box, furniture, hoop, 

 stave, heading, wheel, wagon, sash, blind, engine, electrical and various 

 other kinds of machinery equipment, together with boilers, tools, etc. 



This stock Is to be largely reduced and the determination of the Wayne 

 Machinery Company is that each machine shall conform strictly to 

 representation. 



Ke'w Busse & Burgess Mill Burned 



The big new band mill of Russe & Burgess, Inc., which was built last 

 year to replace the old plant, was entirely destroyed by fire which or- 

 iginated in the engine room early Sunday morning. The loss Is esti- 

 mated at $">0,000, fully covered by insurance. The plant was located 



outside of the city limits and a long line of hose had to be stretched In 

 order to enable the firemen to fight the blaze. They succeeded, however, 

 in confining the flames to the mill proper, thus preventing a spread 

 thereof to the lumber owned by that firm as well as by other firms having 

 mills and yards in the North Memphis lumber district. 



Two representatives of the company from which the firm bought the 

 new machinery last year have already arrived in Memphis, in response 

 to telegraphic requests from the members of Russe & Burgess, Inc., 

 which is only another way of saying that immediate steps will be taken 

 looking to the rebuilding of the mill. Specifications are now being pre- 

 pared and the order will be placed with as little delay as possible. In 

 the meantime, the firm has made arrangements with the I. M. Darnell 

 & Sons Company and the Gayoso Lumber Company to do its sawing for 

 it, so that the fire will interfere very little with its business. 



This is the fifth lumber fire within the past year and, by a rather 

 striking coincidence, practically all of them have occurred on Sunday 

 morning. No importance, however, is attached to this latter fact. 

 Starts Veneer Plant in Arkansas 



The Purdy-Cooper Chair Company plant at Malvern, .\rk., has been 

 leased by H. A. and R. E. Van Deasen, late of Cotton Plant, who will 

 convert it into a factory for the manufacture of drawer bottoms, tanks, 

 cross-banding, center and face stock. These gentlemen who have had 

 twenty-five years' experience in their lines intend to begin work imme- 



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