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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Lake Chai'lfs was selected as tbe next meetiuj; place, which was set 

 tor Thursday, November 19, so as to coincide with the lino lion meetlnp 

 ttiere. C. li. Mondy, of Lock, Moore &. Co., "Westhike, 1-a.. was named on 

 the oommlttee of the exchange. 



WISCONSIN 



The Hrewer MHmilacIurintr t'ntiipaiiy of .Manitowoc, Inr tiftecn y<'ars 

 niaiiufactiirins line turn i lure for the home, as well as piano heuehes. 

 optical fitting tahh-s and other speeiaiiies. is erecting: a new factory. HC 

 by 90 feet in size, to In- reaily aliout Novendier 1. All machinery will 

 be etjuipped with indivjilual electric nmtor drive, cvirrent being derived from 

 the municipal plant. The front of the factory will contain display rooms 

 for local merchandising. 



August J. Stange *»f Merrill, one of the most prominent linnbermeu in 

 Wisconsin, has recently moved his residence to LaCJrande. Ore., iu order to 

 exercise personal supervision of tlie management of the Mount Kmily Tim- 

 ber Company, in which he is a principal stockholder and ofticer. The brancli 

 uftice of tbe Mount Emily Company at Merrill will he continued. 



Articles of iucorpcu-ation have been filed in behalf of the Great LakeP 

 Lumber Company of Milwaukee, organized with $5,000 capital by Frank A. 

 Waters, L. B. Keene and F. W. Jones to do a wholesale and retail lumber 

 luisiness. 



The Sawyer-<iOodniau Company of Marinette, which has maintained a 

 sales office in Chicago for a long time, under the name of Kenneth Goodman 

 ('ompany. has con\'erte<l (be office into a direct factory branch. Accordingly 

 the cnncern has applied for and been granted a charter in Illinois as a 

 foreign corporation. The capital stock is ?500,000. of which $],SO00 is 

 employed in the Illinois business. The branch office is situated at 70K 

 Hailway Exchange Building, Chicago, with IT. S. Butts as representative 

 and branch manager. 



The Oelbafen-Mondeau Company is the name of a new corporation organ- 

 ized at Tomahawk, with a capital stock of $150, (HIO, to conduct logginu 

 and lumber manufacturing operations in northern Wisconsin. The incor- 

 porators are Andrew Oelhafen. Arthur R. Oelhafen and Xj. A. Mondeau, all 

 well-known figures in the Northern hardwood industry. 



The Ellis Lumber Company. 8sl Clinton street, Milwaukee, which sus- 

 tained an estimated loss of $75,000 to $100,000 by fire on October 4. has 

 been granted a permit to rebuild its factory and warehouse, the diinensinns 

 of which will be loO by 15o feet, as tiet'ore. The com-ern is a large manu- 

 facturer of porch swings, lawn furniture and does an extensive wholesale 

 lumber business. A. G. Ellis is president and general manager. 



The Strand Ski Company of New Richmond, specializing in the manu 

 facture of skiis. snowshoes. etc. is working on overtime schedule to fill 

 orders from all parts of the country and Canada. Nearly fifty men are 

 employed and tbe factory is so overcrowded that the concern expects to 

 build an addition for manufar-turing and warehousing. 



The LaCrosse Washer Company ttf LaCrosse. which ceased i)iodu<'ti«oi 

 early in 1917, due to the outbreak of the war, has determined tn re-engage 

 in active business and will reopen its factory January 1. on a sched\ile nf 

 about ten macdiines a day. The concern has nearly K,000 washers in 

 operation in tbe middle western territorj* and proposes to seek business 

 throughout the national and export fields. 



The Universal Toy Manufacturing Company is tbe name of a new 

 Milwaukee corporation organized with a capitalization of $oO.OttO l)y 

 Stephen Park. Jr., George F. Hayden and H. H. Hering, all of Milwaukee. 



William H. Schmidt & Sons Company, Wauwatosa, manufacturers of 

 Interior finish, sash, doors, millwork, etc., is building a two-story addition. 

 55 by 75 feet, of brick and mill construction, to be used for manufa<turing 

 and storage purposes. 



The Rust-Owen Lumber Company of l>rumniond has let contracts for 

 the-erection of a new building to be occupied as offices for the company and 

 the State Bank of Drummoud. 



The Ke-No Company, Sheboygan, Wis., mauufaeturer of furniture novel 

 ties and hardwood products, has plans for a $50,000 factory addition at 

 I'ennsylvania Avenue and East Water street. Work will start at once 

 and the new facilities will he ready for use before tbe close of the year. 



IT. J. Kankiiid and Michael .lorgeuson of Nelsonville, who have been 

 operating a small mill and retail yard ftu- several years, are exi>anding the 

 plant by the erection of a firepmof buibling. 80x48 feet, which will also 

 provide planing mill facilities. Most of the equipment will Ik* derived from 

 ihe former ndll of the Northland Lumber Company at .Velsonville. ac 

 'piired recently. 



The Northern Wondenware Company of Crandon has reci*ntly completetl 

 important improvements and i-nlargemonts. The entire mill drive has 

 been changed to individual electric motors, deriving current from a new 

 steam power plant instaHed in an adilitton to the mill. 



Otto Rauchschwalbe & Company. 1019-1021 Tenth street, .Milwauke.-. 

 are building a new interior woodworking plant and cabinet factory, 45 by 

 120 feet, on Thirtieth, north of Burleigh street. It will cost about Si'O.OnO 

 with complete equiiJment. 



Tbe Manitowoc Church Furniture Company of Waukesha, which has 

 iieen engaged in the enlargement and improvement of its fai'torj- for sevenil 

 iMODths, is ntiw starting on a power plant addition and making inquiry 

 for a new engine and generator of Increased capacit.v. 



Tbp P. B. Yates Machine Company of Beloit, originally known as the 



Berlin Machine Works, manufacturing woodworking machinery and equip 

 meat, has completed a large new foundry erected at a cost of nearly $150, 

 nO(>. This will enable the company to greatly expand its production, the 

 machine shops having undergone materia! expansion in tbe last two to 

 tliree years, making larger foundry capacit;^' necessary. 



The Columbia Novelty Company is a new institution established in 

 I'ortage to manufacture a Hue of diversified specialties, including lumber 

 calculators, highway maps, patented menu cards, directory cards, etc. It 

 has started productum and its salesforce is now covering the East and 

 South. A large mail order demand is reported for its products. 



Andrew Nelson, formerly superintendent in the body department of tbe 

 Mitchell Motors Company at Racine, and Christian Hansen, also of Racine, 

 have formed a partnership to engage in the manufacture of automobile 

 and motor truck bodies, cabs. etc. A factory building, t;o by 75 feet, is 

 being erected at 944-940 Washington avenue and will be reHdy about 

 December 1. 



The factory of the FolsomMiller Company at Markesau, manufacturing 

 domestic washing machines, has been taken over by a new corporation 

 styled the Runnels-Cumnnns-Emery Company of Milwaukee, organized with 

 a capital stock of $100,000. The new owners will resume operations at 

 once. The principals are D. E. Emery, Charles Cummins and Paul Run 

 nels. 



Articles of incorporation have been tiled by tbe Hales Timber Company 

 of Milwaukee, capitalized at $150,000 to deal in timber, lumber, lumber 

 products, etc. The incorporators are DeWitt V. Hales. Wauwatosa : DeWitt 

 Van Ostrand and J. K. Johnson, 775 Fifty-sixth street, Milwaukee. 



The Brooks & Ross Lumber Company of Schofield has started work on 

 tbe construction of a new concrete power dam to serve its hydroelectric 

 generating system, in place of tbe old dam built in 1845. when the first 

 sawmill was established on the Eau Claire River at this site. The Brooks 

 »t Ross Company has operated the mills since ISKX. At the completion of 

 tbe dam, some improvr-nients will lie made in The power plant and factor>- 

 and mill drive. 



The Eau Claire Wood Products Company has been incorporated with n 

 capital stock of $100,000 at Eau Claire, by S. R. Davis, W. J. Carpenter and 

 R. S. Strandness. According to Mr. Davis, an announcement detiiling the 

 aims and objects of the new corporation will be made somewhat later. 



The Bertram-Wright Lumber Company of Minneapolis, Minn., operating 

 twenty-seven line yards in Eastern Minnesota, Dakota and Northern Wis- 

 consin, has opened its twenty-eighth yard at Bruce, Wis. It will lie under 

 tbe management of Fred Apker, who heretofore was in charge of the 

 branch at Weyerhaeuser, Wis. At Bruce a warehouse, 56 by 120 feet, and 

 an office, 2(» by 30 feet, are under construction. 



The Rib I^ake Chair & Manufacturing Company is the name of a new 

 corporation organized at Rib Lake, with a capita! stock of $25,000, to take 

 over the entire business of tbe Rib Lake Wood Products Company. Four 

 expert furniture men are behind tbe new concern, which will extend the 

 line of products to include dining room, parlor and kitchen '-hairs and 

 other high grade furniture and hardwood specialties. 



The Waukesha Manufacturing Company of Waukesha, maker of cedar 

 chests and other furniture specialties, has executed a trust agreement in 

 favor of a board of five creditors, who will continue the business pending 

 a more definite financial arrangement. Unsecured creditors are represented 

 by A. J. Wetzel of tbe John Sehroeder Lumber Company, Milwaukee; M, R. 

 Bulgren. of the R. Connor Company, Laona. and several in other lines. It 

 is stated that tbe assets are worth $.s5.000 and tbe liabilities amount to 

 $83,000. 



The Dependable Baggage Company of Stanley, which recently passed 

 into the management of Frank S. Grubb, has completed rebuilding opera- 

 tions and is in regular production once more. The factory was badly 

 damaged by fire several months ago. The buildings have been recon 

 stnicted and new dry kilns )idde<i. Fifty operatives are employed. In 

 addition to making fifty five distinct styles of trunks and bags, the concern 

 also makes trunk panels and slats for the general trunk trade and has 

 added a new warehouse accommodating from five to six carloads of such 

 material. 



Tbe Scott iSi Taylor Lumber Company of Ashland is contemplating the 

 establishment of a new department for the quantity manufacture of a new 

 design of refrigerator or ice-box for the home, with larger sizes for lumber 

 camps, sawmill refectories and stores, meat markets, etc. .John Beck of 

 Ashland, designer of the refrigerator, has been granted letters ])atent. 



William F.. Ilennan T. and Uayniond W, Rediske, piincipal owners and 

 officers of the Interior Woodwork Ciuiipany. 519 Park street, Milwaukee, 

 liave taken over lundjer and luiilding material yards in St. Francis and 

 Cudahy. suburbs of Milwaukee. They will operate under two new cor 

 porate forms, one being the Cudahy Lundier & Supply Corporation, with 

 S75.O00 capital, and the other, the Badg4'r Lundier A: Supply Co.. with 

 .SIOO.OOO capital. 



The Merrill Wood Products Company, Merrill, is completing important 

 improvements in its plants to handle several big contracts, including one 

 for paper roll plugs from the Andrew Kaul, Jr.. Company of Merrill, manu- 

 facturer of hubs, spokes, felloes, etc. The plugs will be made from waste 

 from the Kaiil bub factory. The Merrill Wood Prndu<'ts Company has 

 built an addition and installed a self-feed rip saw, a cut-off saw. a new 

 automatic lathe and individual electric motor drive. The material used for 

 making the plugs is nmple. soft maple and birch, and usually comes in 

 37 inch lengths. 5 inches In diameter. Edges will lie used for crating stock. 



