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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Modern Hardwood Operation 



Riel-Kadel Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., White Ash Specialists 



Fehriiary 10, 1918 



Tbc KiclKaiU'l l.uinbci- ('(iiniii\ii.\ . 

 ■n-liite ash liimhi'i-. iind hy cniucntiatl 

 -every phase ami feature iif the inarke 

 pusitiiin has been sei'ureil. 



This Is one of the few eoneenis in 

 ash lumber. Most harilwooil operali 

 them In eourse of business, liut speeia 

 van lie attained, on n larce seaie, in 



The UielKadei Lumber Company' 

 located at Florida street and Speedw 

 ing at that location since r.lH. It 

 has no mill or mills outside of Mem- 

 phis, but its operations reaeli out 

 far enough on all sides to sei-ure a 

 lot of as tine ash as Is to be found 

 anywhere. It is not an easy matter 

 to secure large liodies of ash timber. 

 It does not grow in dense stands. 

 ^ike pine nr cypress, but is to be 

 sought in small groups of trees, or 

 more usually scattered singly 

 through forests of other hardwoods. 

 Tliough it would not be practicabii' 

 to buy large tracts of various kinds 

 of wooils. merely to get the ash that 

 grows In the mixture, yet the Reil- 

 Kadel Luml>er Company purchases 

 large quantities of ash stumpage in 

 a hundred localities within reach 

 of Memphis, but scattered over most 

 parts of the southern hardwood 

 field. 



The company prefers to bring the 

 logs to the Memphis mill, where the 

 sawing is done by experts and tb,- 

 lumber is assorted, graded and sea- 

 soned in the best possible manner, 

 lint it is not always practicable to 

 transport the logs such long dis- 

 tances, particularly when the trans 

 portation facilities may not be all 

 that could be desired. When log- 

 ging equipment is not available, the 

 company has the logs sawed at 

 various points and the lumber is 



, at Meiiipbts. Tenn.. specializes in 

 ng on this nuitei-ial. and by studying 

 •t anil the sources of supply, a strong 



this (Muintry that sijeclalizi's in white 

 handle stune ash which comes to 

 1 facilities are recpiired liefore success 

 hanilling this wood exclusively. 

 s main iiflice and selling otfice are 

 iiy. Memphis, and it has bei'n operat 



lirougbl n' 11 I" the .Miniphis plant, where it is sorted and assembled, 



each grade and thickness separately. A Ki)ecialty is made of piling the 

 lengths and widths best adapted to the consumers" rcMiuirements. 



For example, some of the trade requires stock 3 to 5 Inches wide In 

 clear strips : some (J to 8 Inches wide ; others to 10, and some 10 to 12 

 inches or wider. If only a llndted amount of stock were assembled at a 

 place it would not be practical>Ie to pile It to meet the requirenn.-nts of 

 customers: but It is easy to do so when large quantities are assembled. 

 Krom tills fact, it Is apparent how great is the advantage of bringing 

 together at one place, the run of nuiny small nulls, so that it can be 



sorted and piled, ready for shipment 



re(iuirenients of cus- 



A FEW PILES OF ASH SELECTED FOR AEROPLANE STOCK. 

 OUR SOUTHWEST LOADING DOCK 



ON 



to meet the 

 tomers. 



The ciemaoil for ash is now very 

 heavy and the supply is limited. 

 The airplane has brought a new 

 ilcmand, and It is an exacting de- 

 mand. The ordinary first and sec- 

 cpud stock does not contain more 

 than ten per cent material that the 

 airplam> nuuuifacturer can use. 

 Recently a buyer of such stock 

 sorted 3.2.50,000 feet of ash and 

 secured only 30(1. ciOO that was ac- 

 'eptable. 



The president of the liiel-Kadel 

 Lumber Company is J. Thompson, 

 and Herman Katz is vice-'president. 



Mr. Thompson was for five years 

 vice-president ot' the Dudley Lum- 

 ber Company of Memphis, Tenn. 

 'I'hat company handled a large 

 amount of white ash. Prior to his 

 c-onnection with the Dudley com- 

 liany he was connected with the 

 i;. Sondheimer Company. lie started 

 with that company as office boy in 

 10111 in Chicago, where the com- 

 pany was then located. In 1905 

 I he ccimpany moved from Chicago 

 to MiMiiphis, and Mr. Thompson ac- 

 compa;]ied his employers to their 

 new location. lie remained with 

 this company, filling various posi- 

 tions, by promotions from place to 



INTERIOR VIEW OF PRIVATE OFFICE. NOTE OLD ENGLISH FIREPLACE AND MANTEL WHICH IS MADE OF 3" ASH 

 LEFT TO RIGHT : MOSES KATZ ; HERMAN KATZ. VICE PRES. ; JOE THOMPSON, PRESIDENT 



