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HARDWOOD RECORD 



"sliffht changes" iu the draft which the shippers are disposed to regard 

 as inimical to an understanding, sinoo the changes, in their effect, woiiM 

 deprive the exporters of safeguards which they regard as essential to llieir 

 interests. Mr. Farber came to the t'nited States on his yearly visit 1o 

 confer at Mempliis with other ofhcers of the company which he rcprescnrs. 

 and it is his intention to stay over f(>r the annual meeting of the 

 X. Ti. K. A., wliich will take pUice at the Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati, Janu- 

 ary 2fi and 27. 



lOdward P. Gill, of Wni. D. Gill & Son, Inc., Philpot sti'oet, who has been 

 ill for some time and underwent several operations, shows no improve- 

 ment iind his many friends are much concerned about him. Recently sev- 

 eral blood transfusions have been made, causing the patient 1o rally for n 

 time, but hemorrhages have greatly weakened him. 



U. E. Wood, head of the R. E. Wood Lumber Company, has been on a 

 trip down South, which took him as far as the northern part of Georgia. 

 In the course of the journey, it is indicated, he also visited a tract of 

 tindier which may be ultimately acipiired by the company for develop- 

 ment. 



The Baltimore Consumers' Supply Company, a subsidiary of the Gulf 

 Cross Arms Company, of Montgomery. Ala., which manufactures wooden 

 cross arms for telegraph and electric light line piles, has acquired a plunt 

 site at Fairfield, on the south side of the harbor, and started work on a 

 factory which will utilize about fi, 000,000 board feet of lumber a year in 

 turning out the special product of the company. 



Plans for an addition to the plant of the American Woodworking 

 Corporation, which uses a considerable quantity of hnrdwoods, and op- 

 erates a factory at 5 Uhler's Alley, have been completed, and bids for the 

 construction of the huildinig have been asked. The addition is to be of 

 brick and steel, and to cover a space 94 by 12.5 feet. It will hnve three 

 stories and be equipped with the latest type of woodworking machinery. 



COLUMBUS 



E. S. Anderson, manager of the Grandview Lumber Company, which is 

 located in one of the suburbs of Columbus, reports the completion of a new 

 office building and enlargement of the mill. The capacity of the mill has 

 btH^n doubled. Mr. Anderson is of the opinion that the lumber business 

 will lie brisk after April 1 if not earlier. 



The White Oak Timber & Construction Company of Portsmouth, O.. has 

 tieen incorporated with a capital of $10,000 to deal in all kinds of timber 

 among other things. The incorporators are Hurry Gallenstoin. Jr.. George 

 Bemler, W. H. Moore, Horace L. Small ond Harry W. Walters. 



Ohio is soon to have its first forest presence, which will tie located in 

 Scioto county. Provision for this forest preserve and reforestation scheme 

 was contained in three measures adopted by the Ohio General Assembly at 

 the last session. A tract of 10.000 acres will soon be acquired on which 

 the reforestation program will be started. 



F. B. Pryor, sales manager of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, reports 

 a quiet time in the hardwood trade during the holidnys, but that is to he 

 expectetl. He fully expects an active trade in the spring and prrpnrations 

 have been made by the Ritter company to take care of the demnnd. All 

 of the company's mills are getting under full production. 



CINCINNATI 



C. P. Hagemeyer and Hall Hagemeyer, treasurer and general manager, 

 respectively, of the Tennessee Coal and Lumber Company, have returned 

 from an inspection tour of the company's timber properties along the 

 Oneida Railroad in Tennessee. During their stay in that territory they 

 completed plans for operating on a larger scale beginning about January 

 15. Hall Hagemeyer said the company will start off w^ith a heavy run 

 of poplar and follow it up with oak. 



M, G. Johnson, president of the Johnson-Doppler Lumber Company, is 

 recuperating from an attack of bronchitis which confined him to his home 

 in College Hill ff>r nearly a month. 



George Hand, president, and F. K. Linz, secretary of the Bayou Land 

 and Lumber Company, are at the company's mill at Bayland, Miss., tiiking 

 inventory and making preparations to resume operations soon after the 

 first of the year. 



The Breece Manufacturing Company of Portsmouth, O.. with Jnmes E.. 

 John T. and George W. Breece, are made defendants in a suit for alleged 

 infringement of a patent for making glue, brought in the United States 

 Court by the Perkins Glue Company of I-nnsdale. Pa. An injunction and 

 judgment for damages are asked. 



R. W. Lueius, manager of the hardwoud department of the Tennessee 

 Coal and Lumber Company, will join the sales force of the M. J. Byrns 

 Lundier Company, with offices in the Cnion Central Building, shortly 

 after Jnnuary 1. 



The Emory River Lumber Company, with headquarters at Lancing. 

 Tenu., increased its capitalization at Cohunbus, O., recently from $700,000 

 to $1,100,000. J. S. Walker of Cincinnati is president of the conmration. 



L. V. Kirkpatrick, president of the Kirkpntrick Luml>er Company, has 

 returned from a six weeks' tour of the South and reports that indications 

 for a better lumber business after Januai'y 1 are very encouraging. While 

 in the South. Mr. Kirkpatrick inspected the company's mills at Myrlb- 

 wond nnd Lisman. Ala. 



C. P. CROSBY 



Manufacturer atid Wholesaler 



Wisconsin Hardwood Lumber 



RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN 



RASSWOOD 



1" Xf). 1 & bfttpr ISO.OOO' 



1" No. "2 eommo?! oO.OCO' 



A/\ Xo. 3 common 54.000' 



"</4 No. 1 & betttr 40.0l>i»' 



r./4" No. 2 common 30.000' 



t:/4" No. 3 common 45,000' 



S/4 No. 1 common & better.... 5,000' 

 SOFT ILVPLE 



1 " loK run 85,000 ' 



1" No. 3 40.000' 



(i/J log nin 15,000' 



G/4" No. 3 5,000' 



BIRCH— A full sUDply. 



SOI-'T ELM 

 full log run 40.000' 



6/4" full log run 50.000' 



1" No. 3 ■I5.0n»' 



5/4" No. ?; can resaw 65.000' 



0/4" No. 3: can rcaaw 00,000' 



HARD XLVPLK 



1" log nir. 80.000 ' 



5/4 loe run 35,000' 



S/4" No. 1 & bptter 75,0OC' 



10/4 Xo. 1 common & better.. 25,000' 

 Other thlcltnesses and grades, if tle- 

 slr«ii. Send for full list. 

 1" to 2". In all grados 



Dry enormous amount of veneer 

 perfectly flat and pliable at mini- 

 mum cost, without checks or splits 



Proctor and Schwartz, Inx., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Thp himhiT ynrd of Ivlso.v Young and E. M. liufton. locatetl on the 

 Y. S. Burton farm, four miles south of Columbia, Ky.. on which was 

 stackpil 400,000 feet of hardwoods ami other woods, was destroyed by fire. 

 The lumber was valued at $15,000. 



The Wright-Kitchin Lumber Company, of Ashland, Ky., will establish 

 an office in this city shortly after .Tanuary 1, according to George Wright, 

 president of the company, who was in this city' recently in conference with 

 Jlr. O'.N'eill. of the Tennessee Coal and Lumber Company. 



LOUISVILLE 



In oi'der to eliminate <b>uble tax burdens amended articles of incorpora- 

 tion have been filed liy the C. C. llengel & Brother Co., reducing its 

 capital from .$2,000,000 to .flO.OOO. as taxes are paid by the Jlengel Co. 

 since the merger of the two corporations. However, in connection with 

 some old contracts, pending suits, etc., it is necessary to maintain the 

 old corporation for a time at least. 



It is reported from Columbia, Ky., that between S.jO.OOO and 400.000 

 feet of lumber on thy yards of Elsey Y'oung and E. M. Burton, on the 

 Burton farm, was burned on December 15. Insurance of only about $8,000 

 was carried. 



Reports from Irvine, Ky., indicate that large quantities of logs and 

 cut ties have been rafted out of Station Creek Camp to the Kentucky 

 river this fall on the big rises in November and early December. Trospects 

 are for better log supplies on the Kentucky and Ohio, where there are still 

 a number of mills which operate on river logs. 



W v. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. expect to start operations at the 

 Brasstiekl, Ark., mills shortly after the turn of the year. The Guin, Ala., 

 and Fayette, Ala., mills have been running for some time. 



.John Kittinger. al Gubser Mill, twent.v-five miles from Newport. Ky., 

 in Campbell County, is reported to have lost a small hardwood mill in a 

 recent $13,000 lire. 



A report from Catlettsburg, Ky., is to the effect that A. \V. Campbell, 

 f»2 years of age, hardwood linnbennan. die)! on Der-pnOuT at hi< h"!n'' in 

 that city. 



NEW ORLEANS 



Soniat & Dehlieux, Opelousas, La., have announced that they will start 

 their hardwood and cypress mill to operating immediately after January 

 1. During the recent depression in the hardwood market, the mill de- 

 voted practically all its time to the manufacture of cypress lumber to the 

 e\. lii-iirin .iT h:i r.lwoiids. I'.nt il has I'l-en announced by the nianagi'ment 



