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about the middle of October, at which time the Barber factory will re- 

 sume operations for the season. A record handle production is anticipated. 



The F. Eggers Veneer Seating Company, Two Rivers, Wis., is working 

 on a large contract to furnish veneer parts for airplanes for an eastern 

 concern which is building aircraft for the government. 



The Chas. W. Fish Lumber Company, Blrnanjwood, Elcho and Antlgo, 

 Wis., has practically completed the season's millrun at the three plants 

 and will continue to employ as many of its workers who wish to remain 

 during the fall and winter in the erection of a new planing mill at the 

 Antlgo mill. A six per cent bonus on wages for the season has been given 

 all men who were In continuous employment. 



The Menominee River Boom Company, Menominee, Mich., recently com- 

 pleted the sorting of logs, which marked the conclusion of its operations 

 after an existence of more than a half century. The 1917 drive consisted 

 of 15,600,000 feet of logs. The best record made by the company was in 

 1889, when 668,000,000 feet were driven down the Menominee river. The 

 retirement of the Alenominee Boom Company at this time is due to the 

 fact that sawmills in Marinette and Menominee are now getting their win- 

 ter cut of logs by rail, as most of their timber holdings are so far from 

 streams that it is cheaper to ship all-rail than transport logs to the rivers 

 and drive them down to the mills. 



The Kingsbury-Henshaw Company, Antlgo, Wis., has resumed operations 

 in its sawmill after a ten-day layoff, during which the supply of logs was 

 brought up to the requirements until the end of the season, which will be 

 about November 15. Advantage was taken of the recess to make needefl 

 replacements and repairs to the mill and equipment. 



The Tawkey-Bissell Company, Wausau, Wis., has made so much progress 

 in the construction w-ork on its new planing mill at White Lake, Langlade 

 country. Wis., that it is now hoped to have the new facilities in operating 

 order by December 1. The new sawmill at White Lake has cut nearly 

 8,500,000 feet of lumber since being opened, the daily average being 160,000 

 feet. The mill force numbers 250. The company intends to operate only 

 one logging camp of its own next winter, having arranged with jobbers tor 

 the remainder of its supply. 



The Langlade Lumber Company, Antigo, Wis., is erecting a new dry 

 shed just south of its planing mill. It will be 54x200 feet in size. The 

 company is providing twenty cottages for its employes. 



C. A. Cowee has joined the Brooks & Ross Lumber Company, Wausau, 

 Wis., as office manager. Mr. Cowee was for several years principal of the 

 Wausau Business College and is an expert accountant of note. 



J. W. Thayer, logging jobber, Viroqua, Wis., has shipped his equipment 

 to Ballou, Ashland county. Wis., and looks forward to a heavy cut of 

 hardwood and other timber during the next Ave or six months. 



The John H. Kaiser Lumber Company, Eau Claire, Wis., has issued a 

 call for woodsmen and is making other preparations for winter work in the 

 woods at Stinson .Spur, just east of Winter, Wis. 



The Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Two Rivers, Wis., has purchased 

 the Chester (Pa.) plant of the Keystone Type Founders Company, which 

 is withdrawing from the field. The Chester plant will be continued tor the 

 present, but later will be consolidated with the Two Rivers works, which 

 will be enlarge<l as soon as conditions become more favorable. 



Ernest Bruemmer of Bruemmerville, Wis., sawmill operator, has sold 

 160 acres of fine timberland in Florence county, to E. J. Krause, Algoma, 

 Wis., who will establish a camp at once and cut the timber on a jobbing 

 basis. 



The .\merican Chair Company, Sheboygan, Wis., has practically com- 

 pleted work on a large four-story factory addition, the first three floors of 

 which will be used for storage and warehousing and the fourth story as a 

 finishing department. 



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

 the removal of its plant into the old sawmill in that city, purchased re- 

 cently and completely rebuilt for pail and basket manufacture. The capac- 

 ity will be increased about 50 per cent. 



The Sturgeon Bay (Wis.) Fruit Package Company has purchased much 

 new equipment, including a Merritt plate drier ; double-end tenoning ma- 

 chine : an automatic crate stapler and tour automatic quart-box staplers. 

 This will enable the company to increase its season's output to 250,000 

 complete crates. The plant opened for the season during the first week of 

 October and is prepared tor a record-breaking production. 



A new shipbuilding plant which will construct frame and steel ships for 

 ocean service will be established at Green Bay, Wis., by Carl Hartmann 

 and associates, who have purchased a site, 350x500 feet, on the Fox river. 

 The plant is to be ready by July 1. 191S, and is assured of sufficient busi- 

 ness to keep it bus.v until well along in 1920. 



The Kenfleld-Lamoreaux Company. Washburn, Wis., box, crate and veneer 

 manufacturer, has decided to employ girls and young women in its yards 

 and factory in an effort to offset the depletion of its working force by the 

 demands of the war. It is practically impossible to obtain male help, 

 while the demands upon the company are growing steadily. Among the 

 large contracts being executed is one with the DuPont Powder Company, 

 Barkdale. near Washburn, for explosives containers. 



The J. S. Stearns Lumber Company, Odanah, Wis., is preparing to start 

 work on cutting about 40,000,000 feet of hemlock and other timber on the 

 Bad River Indian reservation, which will keep the Odanah mill busy for 

 at least two full seasons. The Stearns company was the successful bidder 

 for this timber under a call for bids issued recently by the commissioner of 

 Indian affairs, Department of the Interior. 



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