September 10, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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city square. Footings will be made strong enough so that additional 

 stories can be built later as they are needed. A two-story fireproof garage, 

 86x110 feet, will he erected in the rear of the larger building. 



Three suits to recover more than $26,000 for the creditors of George 

 H. and Harry D. Riemeier, doing business as the Riemeier Lumber Com- 

 pany, hanl;rupt, have been filed in the United States district court at 

 Cincinnati by Paul C. Connolly, trustee in bankruptcy for the lumber com- 

 pany. It is charged that the Eiemeiers paid the moneys sought to Mrs. 

 Julia A. Riemeier and Miss Almo Riemeier with the interest to prefer them 

 over other creditors. The suits were tiled against Mrs. Riemeier, Miss 

 Riemeier and Mary Stolting. 



Fire, August 24, caused an $18,000 loss at the plant of the Lake Shore 

 Saw Mill and Lumber Company, Cleveland. The mill and a large stock 

 of lumber were destroyed, part of which might have been saved had not 

 firemen been delayed by a plugged Are hydrant. Fire marshals are in- 

 vestigating. 



At the age of eighty-one years. William Duhlmeier, Sr., pioneer furniture 

 manufacturer of Cincinnati, died August 29 at his home in that city. 

 Unti: fourteen years ago he was president of the Stille & Duhlmeier Fur- 

 niture Company, manufacturer of furniture. Of the five children who sur- 

 vive, two sons, William Duhlmeier, Jr., and Charles Duhlmeier are in the 

 wholesale lumber business in Cincinnati as Duhlmeier Brothers & Co. 



The Ohio Lumber Company, Donaldson, has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $20,000. William G. Baldwin is president ; W. W. Vos- 

 burgh, vice president, and Harvey E. Webster, secretary and treasurer. 



George H. Knepper has sold his interest in the Montpelier Hoop & 

 Lumber Company, Montpelier, to George Mcintosh. 



The Stryker Boat Oar Lumber Company, Stryker, has been succeeded 

 by the Campbell Lumber Company, with headquarters at Bryan. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Co., reports a good demand 

 for hardwoods, especially from factories. Concerns making boxes and fur- 

 niture are now in the market. Prices are firm all along the line. Ship- 

 ments are coming out fairly well. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company, says trade in West Vir- 

 ginia hardwoods is good and prices rule firm. 



=-< CLEVELAND >= 



The August outing of the Cleveland Lumber Club was held Saturday, 

 September 1, at Dover Inn, nine miles west of Cleveland. Thirty-five 

 members motored out. 



.\mong the latest Cleveland lumber enterprises is the Wickliffe Lumber 

 Company, organized by the same interests in control of the Glenville Lum- 

 ber Company, the East Cleveland Lumber Company and the Collinwood 

 Lumber Company. Among the organizers are H. A. Pittner, Fred Cramer 

 and Steven Cramer. 



Regarding the general lumber situation in Cleveland, J. V. O'Brien said : 

 "Yards are all heavily stocked and prices are holding firm. Host of the 

 Cleveland yards anticipated the car shortage this fall and got their stocks 

 in early. This accounts for the large stocks so early in the year." 



The efforts of the carpenter's union to unionize the woodworking shops 

 in Cleveland has seriously affected the Peters Millwork & Lumber Com- 

 pany, whose goods have been picked upon for a union boycott as an enter- 

 ing wedge. The millworking plants, however, claim that this procedure is 

 against the agreement entered into with the labor unions following the 

 recent lockout of building trades. A concerted effort will be made to 

 bring the unions to stand by this agreement. 



The Campbell Lumber Company, Bryan, O., has taken over and will 

 operate the Stryker Boat Oar and Lumber Company of Stryker, O., head- 

 quarters to continue at Bryan. 



Oil cooperage continues to be a large part of the tight cooperage done 

 in Cleveland, although other lines are about normal. Demand for pork 

 barrels has dropped oft recently. Slack coopers find business satisfactory. 

 There is no especial demand for this type of cooperage due to the war 

 except the demand for fruit containers, which is a little above normal. 



Contractors are having difiiculty securing material for the new boiler 

 house of the Cleveland Cooperage Company, and as a consequence it will 

 probably not be finished until November 1. It was scheduled to have been 

 completed May 1. It was held up two months by the lockout in the building 

 trades last spring. 



Neither coopers, box makers, mill working plants nor lumber handling 

 establishments have noticed any particular dearth of labor due to the draft. 

 While many have been called for examination the exemptions have been 

 numerous, principally on the grounds of dependency, and the men called 

 to the colors have not seriously Injured the working force of the plants. 

 The principal loss in men has been among the teamsters. The main labor 

 difficulty at the present is in securing steady common labor. 



The Buckeye Box Company is doing considerable work on clothing crates 

 and boxes for government clothing orders now being filled in Cleveland. 

 Several million dollars' worth of clothing is now being made for the army 

 and navy in Cleveland factories and Cleveland box makers are securing their 

 share of this box work. 



The steamer Stevens of the .\merican Box Company will continue to 

 bring in box lumber from the northern lake ports until the closing of 

 navigation. Every box company in Cleveland has more stock on hand at 

 present than at any previous time in anticipation both of high prices and 

 bad freight conditions. 



=•< INDIANAPOLIS >= 



Max Leckner of Indianapolis, assistant advertising manager for E. 0. 

 Atkins & Co., and Miss Faye Harris, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. 

 Harris of EUettsville, Ind., were married recently at the bride's home. 



Charles Brown, owner of extensive hardwood lumber interests at Churu- 

 busco and Columbia City, Ind., died suddenly of heart trouble recently at 

 his home at Churubusco. He was forty-two years old. His body was taken 

 to Columbia City, Ind., for burial. A widow and two sons survive. 



The Baldwin Tool Company of Virginia has established a branch factory 

 at North Manchester, Ind., to employ about thirty men in the manufacture 

 of shovel handles. 



The J. Frank Smith Lumber Company of Mulberry, Ind., has been incor- 

 porated with a capitalization of $10,000. The company will conduct a 

 wholesale and retail business. Directors of the company are Michael J. 

 Gilmartin, J. Frank and Emma J. Smith. 



The Stout Furniture Company of Brazil, Ind., has been incorporated 

 with a capitalization of $.'i0,000 to manufacture all kinds of furniture. The 

 directors are Arthur L. Stout, Charles C. Rhetts and Samuel E. Stout. 



The Plainfleld Lhmber Company of Plainfield, Ind., is preparing to sur- 

 render its charter. 



A sawmill owned by John Cunningham, near Acme, Ind., was recently 

 burned, the fire destroying about 10,000 feet of hardwood lumber. 



=-< EVANSVILLE >= 



The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's' Club 

 will be held at the new Hotel McCurdy on Tuesday night, September 11. 

 William S. Partington of Maley &. Wertz, who took over the temporary 

 secretaryship of the club upon the resignation of Mertice B. Taylor, looks 

 for a good attendance as most of the local lumbermen will be back from 

 their vacation by that time. Mr. Partington will be elected permanent 

 .secretary of the club and several other important business matters will 

 come up for discussion. President George O. Worland has been conduct- 

 ing a "still hunt" for new members during the summer months. A tempt- 

 ing luncheon has been promised. 



John A. Reitz & Sons report that trade is active. Their plant has been 

 started up after being closed down most of the summer. They have an 

 abundant supply of logs on hand that was brought here in raft from 

 the Green river section in western Kentucky. The business outlook is 

 quite encouraging for the hardwood lumber manufacturers of this section 

 and the firm is looking for a nice fall and winter trade. 



The Globe-Bosse-World Furniture Company's plant is being operated 

 steadily with a large force of men and reports from the South and South- 

 west where a great deal of Evansville furniture is sold say that the trade 

 outlook is exceedingly bright at this time and it is expected a large 

 volume of trade will come to this city from those sections during the 

 next six months. 



A few days ago the timber on the 340-acre farm of George Sorgius in 

 Pike county. Indiana, about thirty-five miles north of Evansville, was sold 

 to J. V. Stimson, the well-known hardwood lumber manufacturer at Hunt- 

 ingburg, Ind., the consideration being $5,000. The timber will be cut and 

 hauled to the Stimson mills at Huntingburg. The tract is said to be one 

 of the finest to be found anywhere in southern Indiana. 



Maley & Wertz recently purchased a tract of timberland in this (Van- 

 derburg) county a few miles west of Evansville. The timber has been 

 cut and hauled here by the teams of the company. Between 20,000 and 

 ■30.000 feet were secured from the tract. 



The new plant of the Cottage Building Company being erected at the 

 corner of Governor and Canal sti-eets will be completed and ready for 

 occupancy about November 1. The present plant of the compau.v will 

 then be abandoned. The new planing mill will be about the same size 

 as the company's present mill and in addition there will be a wareroom 

 60x100 feet. The warehouse is now practically completed. The new 

 mill and oflice building is 60x150 feet and is of brick with mill construc- 

 tion and a frame roof. The cost of the new plant will be over $12,000. 



The Wemyss Furniture Company, which was recently organized here, 

 has started up and is now being operated steadily with a large force of 

 men. E. D. Wemyss, president and treasurer of the company, was for 

 a number of years connected with the Southern Telephone Company of 

 Indiana in this city. Among the directors of the company are Daniel 

 -i. Wertz of Maley & Wertz, Charles Hartmetz, secretary of the Evans- 

 ville Dimension Company ; Robert R. Williams of the Indiana Tie Com- 

 pany and William H. McCurdy, president of the Hercules Buggy Company. 



A daughter has been born to the wife of W. Paul Luhi-ing, of the Wolfiin- 

 Luhring Lumber Company here. Mr. Luhring for a number of years was 

 Hoo-Hoo vicegerent snark in the southern Indiana territory. 



.4n addition to the Reddinger Furniture Manufacturing Company in 

 this city has just been completed at a cost of about $25,000. It is a three- 

 story factory building, 60x200 feet and is of brick and mill construction. 



The Imperial Desk Company which recently finished the building of a 

 new addition, reports the export business improving all the time. Gil- 

 bert H. Bosse, secretary of the company, announced a few days ago 

 that in the event of a slump in domestic business after the European 

 war the company will have enough export orders to keep the plant in 

 full operation for a long time. 



Plow manufacturers in Evansville are looking for a busy season during 



