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HARDWOOD RECORD 



August 25, 1917 



PALMER «& PARKER CO. 

 TEAK MAHOGANY noMFSXTr 



ENGLISH OAK iipupitdc DOMESTIC 



CIRCASSIAN WALDT VENtER» HARDWOODS 



103 Mediord Street, Charlestown Dist. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Wistar, Underhill & Nixon 



R«al Estat* Trust Building 

 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 



CHOICE DELTA GUM Dry and Straight 



NORTH CAROLINA PINE AND 

 WEST VIRGINIA HARD WOODS 



Capacity 300,000 Ft. per Day 



Conway, S. C. 

 Jacksonville, N. C. 

 Hertford, N. C. 



MILLS 



) Porterwood, W. Va. 

 [ Wildell, W. Va. 



( MUl Creek, W. Va. 



WiUson Bros. Lumber Co. 



MANUFACTURERS 

 MAIN OFHCE: PITTSBURGH, PA. 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



26Z4-S4 CMLKRAIN ATENDK 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak &. Poplar especially 



Our location makes possible auick riollvery •( anythlni la timber and hardwood 



lumber 



The Tegge Lumber Co; 



High Grade 



Northern and Southern 



Hardwoods and Mahogany 



Specialties 



OAK, MAPLE, CYPRESS, POPLAR 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



donated the site and local capital furnished a cash bonus of $5,000. F. H. 

 Piehl is manager of the mill. 



The Brumlic sawmill at Klondike, near Marinette, Wis., w.is destroyed 

 b.T fire recently, with a loss of $5,000 and no insurance. 



The D. E. Kiser Lumber Company has transferred its general offices 

 from Durand to Eau Claire, Wis., as a matter of convenience in handling 

 its affairs. 



Hirt Bros., Antigo, Wis., will convert their flour and feed mill at Deer- 

 lirook, Langlade cou;ity, into a box factory as soon as their new flour mill 

 in .\ntigo is completed about October 1. The firm operates a sawmill at 

 Deerbrook. 



The Hammer Lumber Company, Prentice, Wis., is erecting a new planing 

 mill, 32x50 feet, two stories high, with an engine room, 20x50 feet. 



The Tipler & Grossman Lumber Company. Green Bay, Wis., has broken 

 ground for a new sawmill and power plant near Long Lake, Wis. The 

 investment will be about $50,000, it is said. 



The Winnebago Furniture Manufacturing Company. Fond du Lac, Wis., 

 sustained an estimated loss of $15,000 on August 14, when fire originating 

 from spontaneous combustion destroyed the veneer and excelsior ware- 

 liouse. It will be rebuilt at once. 



The Rib Lake Lumber Company, Rib Lake, Wis., has resumed operations 

 in its sawmill after a 10-day shutdown for repairs and overhauling. 

 Work is progressing rapidly on the new planing mill, which will be oper- 

 ated throughout by individual electric motors. 



The Wisconsin Woodenware Company, Two Rivers, Wis., has completed 

 !ho removal of its plant into the former sawmill of the Two Rivers Manu- 

 facturing Company, where 27,500 square feet of Uoor space are available. 

 The mill has been entirely remodeled for pail and basket manufacture. 

 For the present steam power will be used, but the company Intends to 

 equip the plant with individual electric motor drive as soon as current can 

 be obtained. 



Charles L. Ainsworth, associated with the Weyerhaeuser Sales Com- ■ 

 liany, St. Paul, Minn., has been appointed to succeed his late father, E. L. 

 .\insworth, as secretary and treasurer of the Rutledge Charities and the 

 Hannah M. Rutledge Home for the Aged at Chippewa Falls, Wis. Mr. 

 .Vinswortb, like his father, has been engaged In the lumber business prac- 

 tically all of his life. 



The Republic Phonograph Company, Manitowoc, Wis., has been incor- 

 porated with $100,000 capital to manufacture wood and metal musical 

 instruments, cabinets, furniture, fixtures, etc. Eastern capital is said to 

 be behind the company, which is represented during organization by Frank 

 H. Keefe, T. C. McCuliough and .\lton Ripley of Manitowoc. A plant prob- 

 ably will be erected unless satisfactory leases of existing properties can 

 be made. 



The Wausau Box & Lumber Company, Wausau. Wis., has installed a 

 large centrifugal pump to supply water mains in case of fire emergencies. 



Kmery C. Hodges, Joliet, 111., inventor and patentee of the Sanitary 

 ISuilding System, has moved to Beloit, Wis., where be intends to establish 

 :t plant. 



The Schraufnagel Bros, sawmill at Glidden, Wis., was destroyed by fire 

 lit" unknown origin several weeks ago. It is said tliat it will not be rebuilt. 



The Flambeau River Lumber Company, Park Falls, Wis., is erecting a 

 large lumber shed, 56x128 feet, at Ladysmith, Wis. 



I'erley Lowe & Co., Peshtigo, Wis., have reduced the number of men at 

 their planing mill and yard, and only two machines remain in operation. 

 The stock of lumber is becoming low and from now on lumber shipments 

 from Peshtigo will be irregular due to the exhaustion of the supplies of 

 .some grades. 



Forest fires in the vicinity of Crandon recently did considerable damage 

 to the camps of the Keith & Hiles Lumber Company. 



The Hardwood JSdarket 



.< CHICAGO >• 



Chicago is still much in the throes of war readjustments. "Business — 

 But Not as Usual," could very well be adopted by this big center which 

 so quickly feels every war-time vibration of the inuntry in its campaign 

 "f preparation. But the consumption of goods goes steadily on, and 

 except in those specialized or rather limited lines which cannot lend 

 themselves so readily to anything but the luxuries or the semi-luxury, 

 decided strength is the prevailing condition. The fall rental season has 

 revealed a decided paucity of new accommodations and suggests the 

 possibility of sutHcieul increa.ses in rents to make more attractive re- 

 newed l>uilding iu the spring oven with inflated rosts. Altogctlier there 

 is not enough in the way of now indications or ilcvolopmonts to suggest 

 any change of moment. 



=-< BUFFALO > 



The hardwood market shows a good amount of activity so far as the 

 demand for factory stock is concerned. Certain large concerns with war 

 orders arc buying a lot of lumber tor use in the manufacture of airplanes, 

 antomoliile truck.s, \essels fur ocean tratfie and nuniernus other luirposcs, 



All Three of Ut Will Be Benefited if You Mentio-. HARDWOOD REf HRD 



