January '2'i. 1U18 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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^-< MISCELLANEOUS >■- 



The Pardee & Curtin Lumbi-r Company of Sutton, W. Va., will resume 

 work In the spring on the extension o! Its railroad to a point below Brock's 

 Ferry, giving service to SummersvUle. 



The Arkansas Oak Flooring Company, Pine Bluff, Ark., has started work 

 on an addition where will be manufactured material for cases, boxes, 

 crates or any dimension stuff. The plant will be In operation within sixty 

 days. 



The Kaye Carving Company, manufacturer of school and church fur- 

 niture, which has been located at Grand Kaplds, Wis., Is now moving to 

 Green Bay, Wis. The company burned out at Grand Rapids a short time 

 ago. 



At Androscoggin, Me., the B. C. Jordan Lumber Company has incor- 

 porated for J75,0O0, and at Whiting, Me., the Whiting Lumber Company 

 Is a recently Incorporated concern. 



The style of the L. M. Young Lumber Company of Boston, Mass., and 

 Bangor, Me., has been changed to the 1. M. Pierce Sales Corporation. 



The American Shipbuilding Corporation has been incorporated at 

 Alexandria, Va. 



The Kentucky & Tennessee Lumber Company at Somerset, Ky., has been 

 succeeded by Elmer C. Ballinger. 



The capital stock of the Dennis Lumber Company, Grajid Rapids, Mich., 

 has been increased from $30,000 to ?250,000. 



The Cassopolis Ladder Company has changed Its name to the U. S. 

 Woodenware Manufacturing Company and moved from Cassopolis, Mich., 

 to Three Rivers. 



=-< CHICAGO y 



Among Northern lumbermen who visited Memphis during lumber week 

 were George F. Kerns, Geo. F. Kerns Lumber Company, Fisher building, 

 Chicago, and J. W. Thompson of Rock ford. 111. 



Lawrence DcGoIyer, president of the Ward Lumber Company, Chicago, 

 was also in attendance at the Memphis meetings, having been South for 

 the past couple weeks. 



John B. L'tley and Glenn H. Holloway of the Chicago firm, Utley-Hollo- 

 way Company, were in Memphis during lumber week, and also visited 

 their new mills at Clayton, La., which will shortly be opened. 



Chas. Ransom of the Gayoso Lumber Company, Memphis, passed 

 through Chicago the early part of last week on his way back to Memphis 

 after a much delayed trip. Mr. Ransom stated that it took him sixty- 

 two hours to get from St. Joseph, Mich., to Chicago. 



A. M. Richardson of the A. M. Richardson Lumber Company, Helena, 

 Ark., was another southern traveller who got stalled by northern snow- 

 storms. He was one of the party of lumbermen who converted the evening 

 train from Chicago to Memphis into a lumbermen's special on Tuesday of 

 last week. 



A receiver has been applied for for the Republic Phonograph Company, 

 Chicago. 



John M. Woods of East Cambridge, Mass., T. M. Brown of Louisville 

 and Payson Smith of Minneapolis were among the prominent visitors to 

 the city within the last few days. They attended the meeting of the 

 board of governors of the National Hardwood Lumber Association here 

 and left on .Tanuary 2.3, accompanied by Frank F. Fish, secretary of the 

 association, for the Indiana hardwood annual held at Indianapolis, on 

 January 24. 



C. A. Bigclow of the Kneeland-BIgelow Company, Bay City, Mich., was 

 in the city this week In attendance at the board of governors' meeting of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association. 



=< MEMPHIS > 



The Smith-Carothers Lumber Company has secured an amendment to 

 Its charter providing for an increase in its capital stock from $10,000 to 

 $30,000. This Instrument, which Is signed by the principal incorporators, 

 has alrcody been filed with the proper authorities for recording. 



The DeSoto Hardwood Flooring Company has recently filed application 

 for an amendment to Its charter, seeking an increase in the capital stock 

 from $iJO,000 to $1.')0,000. This Is in accordance with action taken by 

 the stockholders at the annual meeting held here January 8. All of the 

 old officers were re-elected as follows : John W. McClure, president ; R. A. 

 Taylor, vice-president and general manager, and George O. Frledel, secre- 

 tary-treasurer. 



The Adams Machine Company, Corinth, Miss., according to W. T. 

 Adams, president, has almost recovered from the Are which severely dam- 

 aged its plant several weeks ago and will be able to operate at normal 

 capacity In the near future. .This U one of the largest machine companies 

 In this part of the country. 



The Wynne Cooperage Company is building a hoop plant at Wynne, 

 Ark., which will be ready for operation as soon as the weather permits. 

 The company Is controlled by business men from Anderson, Ind., who were 

 Induced to come to Wynne by the Commercial Club. 



W. H. Russe of Russe A Burgess. Inc., and R. L. Jnrden of Penrod, 



Jurdeu & .McCowen, Inc., left MempblK January lU for New York, where 

 they will attend the annual of the National Lumber Exporters' Associa- 

 tion. They loft curly In order that they might have a day or two la 

 Washington. R. II. Darnell and other members of the association left 

 for New York several days later. 



John M. Pritchard, who came to Memphis to attend tlie annuals of the 

 gum and oak associations, and who was elected secretary of the successor 

 to these organizations, the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, 

 has returned to Washington to resume his duties as manager of the 

 Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau. He was given leave of absence 

 by the new association for the period of the war. Interesting Informa- 

 tion given by him In regard to the needs of the government, directly and 

 indirectly, for lumber will be found in the report of the annual of the 

 Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association published elsewhere In this Issue 

 of the Hardwood Recokd. 



W. A. Ransom of the Gayoso Lumber Company, who Is one of the mem- 

 bers of the Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau agreeing to give two 

 out of every six weeks of their time to the affairs of that organization, has 

 gone to Washington for his period of service in that connection. 



Practically all the out-of-town lumbermen who attended the annuals held 

 here during "Lumber Week" have returned to their homes. They al) 

 declared tliey had had a royal time, that Memphis 'had discharged her 

 duties as host in a most charming manner and that the annuals had set 

 in motion machinery which would accomplish vast good for the hardwood 

 lumber industry in general and that would greatly advance the cause ot 

 uniform inspection in particular. 



=•< BUFFALO >- 



Some thirty vessels, mostly from Buffalo, are to be sent from the 

 Great Lakes to the ocean next spring, it is reported. The names of the 

 vessels are not yet known. This will further handicap the iakeshlpplng 

 trade, but none of the boats taken are expected to be from the lumber 

 fleet. Some of them, however, have ordinarily carried a large number of 

 shingles, though the movement during the past season was much smaller 

 than for years. 



W. G. Palmer, Inc.. North Tonawanda, has been quite active recently Id 

 manufacturing munitions needed by the government. The force of em- 

 ployes has been increased from 50 to 200. On account of the expansion 

 of the business in war supplies, additional space has been taken at the 

 plant of the Palmer Lumber Company, in Rochester, where additional 

 machinery has been installed. 



Some of the Jamestown, N. Y., furniture factories have been unable to 

 keep in operation recently, because of the scarcity of cars. Fuel has also 

 been scarce. Most woodworking plants in this section have found the 

 fuel problem a hard one to solve. 



The scarcity of coal has turned attention to wood for fuel and an oc- 

 casional load of wood Is seen on the streets. In this city this industry 

 has been almost entirely laid aside. Wood even for fireplaces was hard 

 to get and commanded fancy prices. The people are now sorry that for- 

 ests have not been better preserved, but instead of undertaking their 

 protection now the prospect is that they will be cut down more ruthlessly 

 than ever. Trips across the state show many handsome forests of small 

 trees, which have of late been protected and considerably Improved In 

 appearance and value. 



It is now in order to talk about the farmer's woodlot, something which 

 every farmer wishes he had. Many a semi-abandoned farm in New York 

 state would be much more valuable in timber than under cultivation. 



The Olean (N. Y.) Planing Mill Company filed a petition in bankruptcy 

 In Buffalo lately, with liabilities of $22,163.24. Assets are $55,075, of 

 which $44,000 is represented by real estate. 



Orson E. Ycager was recently elected president of the Buffalo auto- 

 mobile club, which is the largest organization of the kind in the world, 

 with a membership of over 4,000. 



R. D. McLean of the McLean Mahogany & Cedar Company, has been 

 spending several weeks In the South. He has been looking after the ship- 

 ment ot an export order in hardwoods. 



:< PITTSBURGH >-= 



J. C. Llnehan & Co. Is the name of a new wholesale concern here or- 

 ganized by J. C. Llnehan, F. A. Gallagher and T. M. Harrington, all of 

 this city. Mr. Llnehan was formerly secretary of the old Llnehan Lum- 

 ber Company, one of the best hardwood men In western Pennsylvania. 

 Mr. Harrington was formerly with the Western Lumber Company of this 

 city. OflJces will be established at once. 



J. H. Hackenburg, formerly assistant purchasing agent of the Pressed 

 Steel Car Company, and well known to every wholesale lumberman In 

 Pittsburgh has been promoted to purchasing agent of that concern to 

 take the place of H. J. Gearhart who died a few weeks ago. 



J. F. Balsley, formerly well-known hardwood wholesaler, of this city 

 with E. T. Morton and A. C. Stickell of Conncllsvllle, Pa., have organized 

 the Fayette Mine Car Company, capital $50,000. The company will 

 manufacture mine cars on a large scale and will take over the factory 

 of the former Fayette Lumber Company at Connelisvllle. 



Joshua Sykes, for many yeors one of the best hardwood lumbermen In 

 northwestern Pennsylvania, died last week at his home at Conifer, Jeffer- 

 son county. Pa., aged eighty-five years. 



