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HARDWOOD RECORD 



April 23, 1917 



about three ilays a week and orders are. piling up in an alarming manner, 

 with prices ruling the best known for years in that section. 



Bond for-$10,000 was filed in United States district court here recently 

 by Edward G. Schriefer of Cincinnati, qualifying as trustee in bank- 

 ruptcy of the K. & P. Lumber Company, as successor to the late Philip 

 Eenner. 



The W. J. Jerry Lumber Company recently was incorporated at Lex- 

 ington, with capital stock of .$3,000. The directorate of the new incorpo- 

 ration is composed of the following lumbermen who are well known in 

 the northern Kentucky trade; W. J. Geary, M. K. Geary, H. B. Wolcott 

 and R. Wright. 



A number of prominent Cincinnatiaus. with sporting proclivities, are 

 planning, it is announced, to make a National Forest Reservation park, fish 

 and game preserve of Cumberland Falls. Ky. Senator Ollie James of Ken- 

 tucky and other prominent Iventuckians are backers of the movement. No 

 details have been given out as yet. 



Increased automobile facilities will be provided at Redland Field, Cin- 

 cinnati National League baseball park, it negotiations now under way 

 come to a satisfactory ending. Secretary of the club, Carl Finke. is trying 

 to arrange with the Dulwel>er lumber yard across from the present park- 

 ing place for a driveway through the yard which will sei-ve as another 

 outlet from the park and greatly relieve the present congestion. 



The Woodford Lumber Company has been Incorporated at Elkins, W. Va.. 

 for $20,000 by J. M. M'oodford, Preston Harmon, Cecil Gross and 

 C. A. Gross. 



The National Wheel Company, at Berrysburg, 0., recently announced 

 an increase in capital stock of from $33,S0O to $123,000. 



The Acme-Greaves Machine Tool Company was incorporated here re- 

 cently to take over the Acme Machine Tool Company and the Greaves- 

 Klusman Tool Company, both of Cincinnati. The incorporation is for 

 .'i;i,000,000. The incorporators are C. H. M. Atkins, B. B. Quillen, George 

 Landen, A. J. Jones and William A. Greaves. 



Considerable interest was manifested here recently when it was an- 

 nounced that the United States government was ready to or already 

 had placed an order for 13,000,000 feet of lumber, the majority of which 

 was to be soft pine, however. The contract calls for material snch as is 

 used in the construction of temporary army quarters. The destination 

 of the shipment was not inade public in the original advices received 

 here, and it was said that a bond was required of the dealers guaran- 

 teeing immediate shipment, the government to furnish the cars. It is 

 estimated that the lumber will cost approximately $100,000. War depar- 

 ment officials explained later that the lumber purchased was intended for 

 barracks along the Mexican l>order and at Honcduhi and was ordered 

 some time ago. 



The Fosdick Machine Tool Company, at Blue Rock and Apple streets, 

 in Cumminsville (Northside) is having plans prepared by the E. M. Chase 

 Company for the construction of a two-story addition, to cost in the 

 neighborhood of $15,000. 



< INDIANAPOLIS >- 



=>< EVANSVILLE >-= 



Fred C. Gardner, secretary-treasuier of E. »'. .\tkins vS: Kak. saw manu- 

 facturers of this cit.v, announced last week that work will be started im- 

 mediately on another extensi\e addition to the company's plant which will 

 cost about $70,000. The new structure will be 43x100 feet and will be 

 four stories high with a full-sized basement. An addition to the plant 

 which was 100x123 feet and four stories high, was completed only a few 

 montlis ago, bvit additional mantifacturing space already is needed. 



John Ferguson, eighty-three years old, one of the oldest and best known 

 lumbermen in the state, died suddenly ten (fliys ago. He Avas born in 

 Canada in 1SH4. going to Fort Wayne when he was twenty years old. 

 where he established the first large lumber yard in the city. He later 

 established mills at Ferguson Station, Ind. Eight years ago he estab- 

 lished the Ferguson Palmer Ijundier Company at Padueah, Ky., a business 

 which he controlled at the time of his death. He was one of the organizers 

 and the first vice-i)resident of the Citizens Trust Company of Fort Wayne. 



The Bockstege Furniture Company, Evansville, Ind., has increased its 

 capitalization from $75,000 to $130,000. 



The Indiana Saw Mills Company, Indianapolis, has been incori)orated 

 with a capitalization of $200,000. The directors are D. E. Sherrick, 

 Lester V. Vay, and Sumner Clancy. 



The Banta Furniture Manufacturing Company, Goshen, Ind., has been 

 re-organized with a capitalization of $30,000. The company expects to 

 increase its output and to place more men on the pay roll as soon as 

 additional equipment can be procured. William Charnley is president. 

 The company nmnufactures tables, dining roftni furniture, bed room furni- 

 ture, and musical instrument cabinets. 



Thomas A. F. Doan. of Beatty & Doan. Ossian, Ind., died .Vpril 13 after 

 ,1 short illness. He was born in England in 1843, coming to this country 

 as a boy. He became employed by planing mill companies at Ossian as 

 a young man, and later became a part owner in one of the largest wood- 

 working plants. 



The Marion County Lumber and Coal Company of Indianapolis has 

 been Incorporated with a capitalization of $10,000. Directors are James 

 H. Lang, W. E. Farnan and W. S. Kaehler. 



.\rticles of incorporation have been filed here by the Wemyss Furniture 

 Company, which will take over the building and property of the Evansville 

 Stove Works and operate a furniture factory, making a specialty of dining 

 room furniture. The company is capitalized at .'SIOO.OOO. .Vmoug the stock- 

 holders are Daniel A. Wertz of Maley & Wcrtz, W. II. McCurdy. Hercules 

 Buggy Company and Robert Williams of the Indiana Tie Company. 



The Evansville Lumbermen's Club has received a communication from the 

 Pacific Coast Lumber Association asking that some man be recommended 

 as a shingle inspector in this section and another man as a hardwood lumber 

 inspector. Elmer D. Luhring of the Wolflin-Lubring Lumber Compauy was 

 designated as the former and A. Dimmitt of Maley & Wertz as the latter. 



Mertice E. Taylor, secretary of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club has 

 announced that the club's summer outing will be held on the Ohio river on 

 Juue 12. The boat has not yet been secured, but will be soon. 



Daniel A. Wertz, Maley & V>rtz, William H. McCurdy. Hercules Buggy 

 Company, and A. F. Karges of the Karges Furniture Company have been 

 named as members of a committee by Mayor Benjamin Bosse to take part 

 in the campaign to raise $500,000 to bring Moore's Hill College here from 

 Moore's Hill, Ind. To this sum the educational board of the Methodist 

 Episcopal Church will add a half million dollars. 



Henry Mather, aged seevnty years, president of the Mather Bros. Com- 

 pany, dealers in building supplies, died a lew days ago at his home in Rich- 

 mond. Ind., death resulting from heart disease. He is survived by his widow 

 and two daughters. His concern Is one of the oldest in Richmond. 



The New Haven Lumber & Supply <'<]mpany at New Haven, Ind., filed 

 notice with the secretary of state a few days ago of the increase of capital 

 stock from $20,000 to $.33,000. 



William L. Houston, a timber man of Carrsville, Ky., a few days ago filed 

 a petition in bankruptcy in the federal court at Padueah, Ky., his liabilities 

 being listed at $30,000. No schedule of assets was filed. The liabilities 

 consist of amounts on notes on which he was surety. 



Charles .\. Woltlin of the Wolfiin-Luhring Lumber Company is interested 

 in a company that proposes to build a traction line from here to New 

 Harmony. Intl. ,\ survey of the line has bei-n completed and it Is expected 

 that actiuil construction will take place soon. 



.\t a recent meeting of the Evansville Furniture Jlanufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation a resolution was passed to the elTect that all men employed by the 

 members In factories here and who enlist for either the army or navy will 

 have their positions open to them when they return from the service. The 

 Evansville Manufacturers' Association passed a rescdution providing that 

 care be taken of the wives and children or other dependents of the men 

 who enter the military service of the government. 



The plant of the Murphy Chair Company at Owensboro. Ky.. has been 

 completed and men are now at work there making patterns and in a short 

 time the manufacture of chairs will begin. The company will employ a 

 large force of men. 



=< MEMPHIS > 



L. P. DuBose of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, one of the recent 

 visitors to Memphis, is authority for the statement that both sides of the 

 big double band mill of the couipany at Charleston arc out of commission 

 at the moment because of high water an<l log scarcity. He says, however, 

 that the management intends resuming operations in the next few days 

 and that it will run both night and day as soon as sufliclent logs can be 

 secured for that purpose. Mr. DuBose saiil that the demand for hardwood 

 lumber was all that could be desired but that the car shortage was 

 proving quite troublesome. 



R. J. Wiggs, president of the Darnell-Love Lumber Company, Leiand, 

 Miss., which is operating two mills at that point, has been here this week. 

 He reports a good supply of logs and in striking contrast with most of 

 the other out-of-town Inmbermen, says that his firm is receiving -nearly all 

 the cars needed for handling its shipments. Mr. Wiggs was secretary 

 and treasurer of R. J. Darnell, Inc., and the Darnell-Love Lumber Com- 

 pany before he and his associates purchased the saw mill, stocks of lumber 

 and other holdings of the last named firm from the estate of R. J. Dar- 

 nell, Inc. He is now living at Leiand. 



.1, S. Coppar, a contractor now serving the government, has been in 

 Memphis looking into the condition and position of the asli niarket. He 

 has accepted a contract from the government to supply $230,000 worth of 

 stretchers in the making of which ash will be used. He was in the local 

 market for about half a dozen cars and after leaving here visited other 

 ash centers. He said he could have secured a contract for double the 

 amount of stretchers but that he preferred to investigate conditions in the 

 ash market itself before taking on too mucli business involving this 

 material. 



The falling tendency of the Mississippi is resulting in a revival of the 

 handling of lumber, logs and other traffic |py water. Already within the 

 past few days two boats have passed Memphis enroute for Cairo with 

 large quantities of logs In tow. Sawmill interests in New South Memphis, 

 as well as along Wolf river north of the cily, are making use of the Missis- 

 sippi anil its tributaries for bringing logs to their plants. A return to 

 normal river traffic is anticipated within the next ten days. Tlie scarcity 

 of cars is expected to stimulate water transportation. 



