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HARDWOOD RECORD 



JaDuary 10, 1918 



Rt'tjulatiti/ uj luy nupitlij and lotc coftt fij haul- 

 ing are insured by water transportation. All 

 the Crcnshmc-Oary logs arc houled from the 

 ^ooods on their Oien cars and dumped at the 

 river hank for loading onto barges. 



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<it unusual gum. 



Modern Hardwood Operations 



Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



One of the most successful southern operations is that of the Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Com- 

 pany. It is successful because of the personnel of the organization, because of excellent tim- 

 ber, and because of experience in proper manufacture. 



While the general offices of the company are in the Bank of Commerce & Trust Company 

 building. Memphis, the mill, as is common with Memphis companies, is located at the timber 

 — to be exact on the Sunflower river at Richey, Miss. 



W. L. Crenshaw is president of this company ; C. L. Crenshaw, vice-president and F. E. Gary, 

 secretary and treasurer. 



The Crenshaw-Gary company has about 6,000 acres of excellent timber in .Sharkey and Wash- 

 ington counties, but at present is logging only on the Washington county tract, preserving the 

 Sharkey county tract (which is in close proximity to the mills) for such times as the Wash- 

 ington county holdings are unworkable because of floods or extremely bad weather. 



The company operates two modern band mills at Richey and bas unusually good facilities for 

 supplying them with logs. When logging on the Sharkey county tract, the logs are hauled di- 



SimpUfi/ing the logging problem. 



