March 25. 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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steamer Baltic. The vessel has already arrived in New York, so that Mr. 

 Wright is now in this country. He is expected to visit Baltimore and call 

 on some of the exporters here, notice to this effect having been received. 



Drawings for the new building the Baltimore Lumber Company has 

 decided to erect on a lot at H23 East Baltimore street, this city, the back 

 of which adjoins the rear of the corporation's place on Watson street, have 

 been completed and estimates for the construction work will be asked 

 this week. The building will have four stories and will be of brick. It 

 will take up a space 25 by 160 feet, extending to Watson street. 



Plans of the J. L. Gilbert & Bro. Lumber Company for the utilization of 

 the tract of about nine acres at Garrison Lane and the Pennsylvania rail- 

 road have taken shape and the preliminary work is being done. The plans 

 include a main building of brick 100 by 120 feet, which will be equipped 

 with woodworking machinery ; a lumber shed 120 by 122 feet and approxi- 

 mately 45 feet high ; a boiler house to supply the steam for heating and 

 dry kiln purposes, a spray system to guard against fire, and other Improve- 

 ments. 



Rich Bros., manufacturers of furniture and baby carriages at 7 East 

 Pratt street, are looking for larger quarters to take care of the needs of 

 a growing business. They expect to increase their working force by 40 

 hands and Install machinery of a value of $10,000. 



M. S. Baer of Richard P. Baer & Co., hardwood producers and dis- 

 tributors, has gone to visit the sawmills operated by affiliated companies 

 at Mobile, Ala., and Bogalusa, La. Both plants are now running, and It Is 

 considered desirable for members of the firm to keep in close touch with 

 operations in view of the situation prevailing in the lumber trade. 



Harvey M. Dickson, secretary of the National Lumber Exporters' Asso- 

 ciation, who has been confined to bed at his home in the Albion, for over 

 two weeks with an attack of grip, shows considerable improvement, and 

 it is believed that he will be on duty again soon. 



COLUMBUS 



The authorized capital of the Star Planing Mill Co. of Akron has been 

 increased from 125,000 to $100,000. 



The Cincinnati Door and Sash Co. has been chartered with a capital of 

 $200,000 to manufacture doors and sash as well as millwork. .\mong 

 the incorporators are W. G. Layer and A. P. Peters. 



The Southern Pine & Hardwood Co. of Cincinnati has been chartered 

 with a capital of $10,000 to deal in all kinds of lumber. Among the 

 Incorporators are C. A. Roy and L. E. Schleinhauf. 



The J. T. Weybrecht Sons Co. of Alliance has been incorporated with 

 a capital of $125,000 to deal in all kinds of lumber and timbers. Incorpo- 

 rators are B. P. Weybrecht, John W. Weybrecht, Mary E. Weybrecht, 

 Walter F. Hine and E. W. Diehl. 



The Erie Lumber & Supply Co., of Sandusky, Ohio, has purchased the 

 equipment of the old Schopfle Lumber & Manufacturing Co., and is moving 

 It to the mill on McCuen street. 



The Smith Lumber & Supply Co. is the name of a new concern opened 

 at 1845 East Long St., Columbus, by A. H. and G. D. Smith, taking over 

 the former mill of the Columbus Woodworking Co., which has moved into 

 a larger plant. A. H. Smith, the senior partner, was formerly employed 

 by the Columbus Woodworking Co. 



Rapid Progress is being made on the new retail and wholesale lumber 

 yard of the H. C. Creith Lumber Co. at Fifth avenue and the Big Four 

 tracks. A large warehouse with a capacity of 1.000,000 feet of lumber 

 is being erected as well as a large office building. The spur from the main 

 line of the Big Four has been completed. It is expected to occupy the new 

 plant soon after April I. 



CINCINNATI 



Guy McDonald, for many years connected with the Turkey Foot Lumber 

 Company at Huntington, W. Va., is now representing the hardwood de- 

 partment of the Chicago Lumber & Coal Company of Memphis, Tenn.. in 

 the Cincinnati territory. 



A romance dating back to school days culminated on March 14, when 

 Clarence E. Doppler, treasurer of the Johnson-Doppler Lumber Company 

 of this city, and Miss Dorothy Egan, daughter of a prominent Cincinnati 

 business man were married. Following a reception at the home of the 

 groom, the newlyweds departed on a honeymoon trip through New York 

 state. They will reside in Westwood, a suburb of Cincinnati. 



Robert A. Fenton and George Rodefeld, for many years connected with 

 the Cincinnati Sash and Door Company, have organized the Queen City 

 Sash and Door Company, which has been incorporated for $25,000. The 

 company, which will conduct a wholesale Jobbers' sash and door business, 

 has elected Mr. Fenton, president, and Mr. Rodefeld, secretary and treas- 

 urer. A warehouse will be operated in the West End. 



The W. H. Settle & Company has changed its name to the Settle Lumber 

 Company and incorporated with a capital of $60,000. The officers are : 

 W. H. Settle, president ; George L. Wright, vice-president and genera! man- 

 ager, and George W. Clephane, secretary and treasurer. The company is 

 one of the oldest lumber concerns in Greater Cincinnati. 



The Cincinnati Sash & Door Company, which has been operating as a 

 partnership since it was organized eighteen years ago, has been incorpo- 

 rated for $200,000. The incorporators are : W. G. Layer, A. B. Peters, 

 L. F. Ratterman, C. C. Sponsel and W. W. Ilartzell. A meeting of the in- 

 corporators will be held on March 28 at which time officers will be elected. 

 Work of rebuilding the company's plant which was virtually destroyed 

 by fire several months ago has been completed. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



J. B. Shick, Laporte, Ind., who was elected county commissioner of 

 Laporte county at the last election and who resigned because he could 

 not devote the necessary time to the county Job, has been succeeded bj 

 another man. Mr. Shick is president of the Indiana Molding & Frame 

 Company. 



Webster & Newman are building a handle factory at O.sgood and will 

 have it ready for operation about -\pril 1. They will put in machines 

 to turn out broom handles. 



The Murdock Lumber Company at Washington, Ind., recently suffered a 

 loss of about $25,000 when Are destroyed their planing mill and lumber 

 yard. Robert Murdock of Washington is owner of the mill. 



EVANSVILLE 



.Anton Brucken & Son, long engaged In the hardwood lumber manufac- 

 turing business in Evansville. has secured an option on a plat of grouud 

 at Henderson, Ky., twelve miles below here, and it is their intention to 

 erect a modern sawmill at that place. 



Gus E. Baunian of the Gus E. Bauman Hardwood Company has returned 

 from a southern business trip and reports trade conditions some better 

 than they were a month or two ago. 



The hub and rim department of the Rice Hub & Rim Company at 

 English. Ind., a few miles east of Evansville, has been purchased by 

 Alfred T. Turley, a hardware dealer, and James Blackburn, who for 

 several years was the foreman of the hub and rim company. A building 

 fifty by one hundred feet, with two stories, will be built for a factory. 

 The Rice company will enlarge its facilities for basket making, it is 

 announced. The company expects to greatly increase Its payroll during 

 the next year. 



Charles A. Wolflin, head of the Wolflin West Side Lumber Company, 

 has retired as president of the Evansville Nut Club and is now a member 

 of the board of directors of the organization. 



Activities will start in the logging camps along Green and Barren rivers 

 as soon as the flood is over along that valley. There is still a good deal of 

 timber standing in that section, and much of it will be cut during the 

 coming season and rafted to the Evansville mills. 



Claude Wertz of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company has returned from 

 a business trip in the northern part of the state. 



Sash and door men in Evansville report that their repair work has been 

 heavy for the past several months, due to the tact that many old homes 

 and other buildings are being remodeled and overhauled. 



It is expected that the Rockport Planing Mill Company at Rockport, 

 Ind., will erect a new plant this year to take the place of the mill that 

 was destroyed by Are several months ago. 



Plow manufacturers of Evansville report their plants operating with a 

 little more than one-half of the normal force. The outlook for business 

 is better than it was this time last year. 



WISCONSIN 



The Kiel Woodenware Company of Kiel, Wis., has filed amendments to 

 its corporate articles, increasing the authorized capitalization from $200,- 

 000 to $400,000. The new issue will be used for the general development 

 of the business and to accommodate the growth since the capitalization 

 was increased from $100,000 to $200,000 in April, 1916. The concern was 

 founded in 1892 with $12,000 capital. Fred Duccker is vice-president and 

 general manager, and Henry G. Mesch, secretary. 



The Milwaukee Mill Work and Fixture Company is a new corporation 

 organized at Milwaukee with 300 shares of non-par value common stock 

 and $10,000 preferred stock, to engage in the general manufacture of mill- 

 work, cabinets, fixtures and other woodwork. The incorporators are Henry 

 Wandt, Jr., 1008 Thirty-seventh Street ; Lester M. Scheck, and Oliver L. 

 O'Boyle, attorney, 221 Grand Avenue. 



The Excel Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, maker of billiard tables, 

 millwork, cabinets, office furniture and furniture specialties, has plans for 

 a two-story addition to its factory, 3402-3406 South Pierce Street. It will 

 be 40 by 110 feet in size and is to be ready about June 1. Considerable new 

 machinery, motors and other equipment will be needed. Lily S. Neumann 

 is secretary and treasurer of the company. 



The Boscobel Realty Company has been Incorporated at Boscobel, Wis., 

 with $10,000 capital as the first step in the rehabilitation of the old Bos- 

 cobel Table Company, which has been idle for a long time as the result of 

 difficulty in obtaining an adequate working capital. The Incorporators are 

 H. O. Holt, Charles A. Blair, H. E. G. Kemp and John T. Ruka, all local 

 men designated as a stockholders' committee on reorganization. 



The Mattefs Brothers Company of -•kntigo. Wis., has completed plans 



