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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10. 1921 



factory will be located at Clinton, Wis., where the company lias acquireil 

 the plant of the former Clinton Dairy Supply Company and will install 

 new machinery for woodworking and other processes. \V. .\. Kriii, S!I2K 

 VUet street, Milwaukee, is president and general manager. 



The Nickerbacher Novelty Company has been organized at .lanesville. 

 Wis., by C. R. Huffum, 1320 Kacine street, formerly connected with the 

 Samson Tractor Company. It has taken over tlie second floor of the build- 

 ing at IS North I'.luff street anil will install ctpiipmi'nt for the manufac- 

 ture of hardwood novelties, principally a woocleu cigar stand for home, 

 office, store and hotel purposes. .\ daily output of 100 stanils is planneil 

 at the start. After the holiday trade has been satisfied, several other 

 novelties will be put in production. 



The ,T. O. Nessen Lumber Company of .Manistee, Mich., has placed the 

 steamer N. .T. Nessen into drydock at the plant of the Manitcjwoc Ship 

 Building Corporation, Manitowoc, Wis., for general repairs and overhauling. 

 The yards also are rebuilding the steamer Arizona of the iioodrich fleet. 

 The wooden tug .1. H. Meyer will be fitted with an entirely new hull. Sev- 

 eral other contracts have been taken, which will keep the Manitowoc yard 

 busy at a fair rate of capacity until the opening of navigation in 1922. 



The Kib I.,ake Chair & Manufacturing Company of Kib Lake, Wis., has 

 perfecte<l its organizntit>n and started work November 1 on the erection 

 of a two-story factory. 40x8.5 feet, to be ready about .January 1. The com- 

 pnay is taking over the entire business of the Rib Lak,e Wood Products 

 Compan.v, many stockholders of which are interested in the new concern. 

 Officers have been elected, as follows : President. C. R. Claussen ; vice- 

 president, ,Iohn H. Schaack : secretary. George F. Rraun ; treasurer, .1. A. 

 Taylor ; directors. A. Wagner and W. F. Paget. 



The A. H. Rusch Sons Company of Reedsville. ilanitowoc county. Wis., 

 has amended its corporate articles to provide for an in<'rease in capitaliza- 

 tion from ,$2.5,000 to $50,000. The new issue will be ^ised to develop the 

 business, consisting of manufacturing and selling lumber, millwork, etc. 

 A. H. Rusch is president and Arnold Rusch secretary and treasurer. 



W. F. Crane, formerly of Stanley. Wis., and still operating a sawmill at 

 Jump River, has located at Chippewa Falls, Wis., and (»pened an office for 

 wholesale Uimber business and a yard for retailing. 



The Wisconsin Wagon Works, 113-123 South Blair street, Madison, Wis., 

 were damaged from .$40,000 to ,$50,000 by fire shortly after midnight on 

 October 27. The entire roof of the three-story factory was burned away. 

 Repairs are now being completed and operations will be resumed at once. 

 The concern specializes in the manufacture and repair of wagons, delivery 

 wagons, bodies for motor trucks, etc. R. A. Rott is general manager. 



The Knceland-McLurg Lumber Company of Phillips. Wis.. res\inicd the 



o,jeration of its big sawmill on Novend)er 1. after being idle since the early 

 part of May. The I'ntire plant has been overhauled and replacements made 

 in anticipation of ;in uninterrupted run through the wintiT and possildy 

 all of 1922. 



The Randidpb Wagon Works, Randolph, Wis., whi<h recently starteil 

 work on fo\inilations for a new factory, 1(KI hy 100 feet in size, has deferred 

 erection nf the superstructure until next spring because of the weather. 

 The building ami eiiuiimoiit arc jilanned on a scale to represi'nt an invi-st- 

 meut of .$:<.">. 0011 III $40, (Mill. Contracts for additional machinery probably 

 will not be placi-d until after .ranuary 1. William Gossink is secretary 

 and general nianager. 



The Standaril Manufacturing Company of Appleton, Wis., has starte<l 

 work on the erection of a new sawmill, to be 30 by 40 feet in size, on the 

 site of the old mill, which has been razed. New equipment will be installed, 

 to be ready by Fi'bruary 1. It will be a steam power mill, supplied from 

 the company's own plant, now being enlarged. When the new mill is com- 

 pleted any surplus capacity will be used to accommodate custom sawing. 

 The Vilas County Lumber Company of Winegar. Wis., suffered a loss 

 of several hundrcil dollars when the sawmill was entered during a brief 

 absence of the night watchman and the belting slashe<I to ruination. No 

 motive for the act has bi'cn founil. 



The Kneeland-.McLurg Lumber Company of Phillips. Wis., lias ri'Ci'ntly 

 made disposition of approxlniately 3.000 acres of cut-over tlmberland in 

 •Vshland county to Kmil II. Uauch of Ashland, who will engage extensively 

 in colonization work. 



Chris. Wunderlicli of Lily, Langlade county. Wis., suffered an estimated 

 loss of nearly ,$."i0,000 by fire on October 24. which wiped out the entire 

 yard, including 700,000 feet of lumber and 400 cords of slabwood. The 

 sawmill was saved after hard work. It was to have started sawing on 

 October 26, but the .vard Are delayed the resumption of operations more 

 than a week. On October 29 the yard of Wunderlich & Plueger in the town 

 of Ainsworth was badly damaged, together with the yard of the Wittenberg 

 Cedar Company. Wumlerlich & Pflueger had 350,000 feet of lumber cut 

 by a portable mill at the tracks ready for loading, and practically all was 

 destroyed. The Wittenberg company lost 600,000 feet. The total damage 

 is estimated at $40,000. 



The Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company of Racine, Wis., has resumed 

 operations after a month's idleness and is working a force of 125 men, 

 which is about the normal number. 



The Wisconsin-Michigan Lumber Compan.v expects to, reopen its sawmill 

 at Eagle River, Wis., on November 15, being encouraged by the improved 

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