February 10, 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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place, until he made the connection with the Dudley conipnny. 



It Is Interesting to note that llermnu Katz. now vice-president ot the 

 Klel-Kadel I.umber Company, began his career with the E. Sondhelmer 

 company, of which his uncle was at that time vice-president. Mr. Kat/'s 

 official title at that time was "assistant office boy to Mr. Thompson." It 

 was at that lime.when they were ilrawlng salaries of hve dollars a week 

 from the company that employed them, that they began to plan how some 

 day they would go Into the lumber business for themselves and build up 

 a big Institution like the one which was then giving tUeni employment. 

 The years which have passed since then, though the time has not been 

 very long, have sufficed to wit- 

 ness the realization of the 

 plans which the office boy and 

 his assistant worked out at that 

 time; and the experience seems 

 to prove that two things are 

 necessary to the successful 

 fruition ot a plan : first, it must 

 be reasonable, and second, it 

 must be developed in a practical 

 way. 



Personal energj-, foresight and 

 perseverance have a great deal 

 to do with success in any enter- 

 prise, but there is often a great 

 deal depending upon location 

 and geography. The situation 

 of the Kiel-Kadel Lumber Com- 

 pany at Memphis, Tenn., was a 

 piece of fortunate foresight. It 

 Is a center that attracts business 

 because of its advantages. This 

 Is particularly true in regard to 

 white ash in which this com- 

 pany specializes. The supply is 

 In reach and it is of the highest 

 quality. Memphis is the natural 

 center for that business. White 

 ash attains its greatest perfec- 

 tion in the states tributary to 



that city. One-half of the whole supply of ash lumber In the United States 

 is cut in Tennessee, Kentucky, .Arkansas. Mississippi and Alabama, and the 

 natural gathering point is Memphis. 



These were some of the advantages which the Riel-Kadel Lumber Com- 

 pany foresaw and tooJi advantage of in planning and buildiug up its 

 business. 



The protographs illustrating this story were taken especially for H.ird- 

 WOOD Recouu. In illustrating a business such as that ot Kiel-Kadel it 

 must be remembered that in specializing in ash Impressive quantities are 

 not attained such as exist in the general trade. If though an attempt 

 is made to form a mental comparison between these soiled alleys of ash and 



PART OF ALLEY LOOKING EAST TO LOADING DOCK AM) .MILL 



the slocks of ash commonly found In the southern yard a more comprehen- 

 sive idea ot the magnitude of Rlel-Kadel's ash business may be realized. 



A Bottle Neck to Be Uncorked 



With the tirrltlc cohgestiou in New York harbor, the price of lighter- 

 age has iHciimc almost Impossible, owing to the scarcity ot boats. One 

 operator said the other day he paid ?5U.OO for an hour and a half run, 

 and was glad to ilo It. Demurrage at five dollars a day would soon pay 

 the bill, and luasmui'h as the material had to be put on board the ship 

 which would sail in a few days, it meant action to get the lighter- 

 age, regardless of price. The- 

 result Is that everything about 

 the port ot New York Is on a 

 high basis. Looking at the 

 docks now one wonders what 

 has become of all the boats that 

 formerly were tied up some 

 times two or three deep. The 

 situation should surely Impress 

 upon the government that it Is. 

 necessary to open up the South- 

 ern ports for the delivery of 

 munitions and food stuffs for 

 Europe. That would not only 

 relieve the bottle-neck at New 

 York, but it would distribute the 

 cars so that Southern manufac- 

 turers could get shipments 

 North, and it would also greatly 

 accelerate the movement ot cara 

 and boats. It Is to be earnestly 

 hoped the governicent's consid- 

 eration of the sul >ct will be 

 taken in earnest, and that New 

 Orleans and Mobile and Pensa- 

 cola and Savannah and Galves- 

 ton and other Southern ports 

 will be utilized. Pressure to this 

 end is already being started by 

 Southern shippers. 



West Virginia Mill Fire 

 The Warn Lumber Coriicuatioii at lia.vwoocl. W. Va.. lost its store and 

 office by (ire recently. The loss was partially covered by Insurance. The 

 company is rebuilding at once on the foundations of the old building and 

 in the meantime Is occvipylng temporary quarters. 



National Meeting Date Set 



It has been decbled that the twenty-tirst convention of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 

 20 and -1. There has been some delay in naming the date as a deluge of 

 conventions nmile -quarters uncertain. The convention headquarters tills 

 year will be at the Congress hotel. 



LOADING OF WlllTi: .\SII UN RIELKADIX LLMllLU CO.MI'ANYS K.VST LOADING DOCK 



