February 10, lOlS 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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factorlps In Sliplbyville imist close In a few days If coal Is not available 

 by ibat time. 



The plant of the ISanta Furniture Company at Ooshen, Inil.. has been 

 closed for more than a week as a result of a fuel shortaKe. 



Septimus II. Smith, sixty-one years oM. owner and pulillsher of the two 

 trade magazines. The Woodirnrkcr and Vcncrm, died In Indianapolis last 

 week after a short Illness, lie had been a resident of the rit.v for f()rly- 

 llve years, and had ronduoted the two majiazines for thirty-tive years, lie 

 Is survived by a wiilow and two daughters. Mr. Smith was prominent in 

 business eireles. anil formerly was a member of the board of directors 

 of the Indianapolis Chamber of Conimeree. 



=-< EVANSVILLE >= 



M, P. !It*lfri(h, prosidcnt and general iiiHDager of the Helfrkh Mann- 

 farturin}; and Lumber Company, recently dosed a deal for llie timbered 

 tioldin^ ot" the Ewald Rollins Mill Company of liouisvllle, Ky. The land 

 bought is in Lyon and Trigg counties, Kentucky, a few miles below here, 

 and the eonsideration is reported to have l)een for $100,000. The tract 

 of hmd bought lies in the Cumberland river valley and is said to be one of 

 the finest in Kentucky. 



The Hail Spoke Company. Doolittle Mills. Perry county. lud.. managed 

 liy James R. Hail, is now running at full capacity, working on large gov- 

 ernment orders for oak and hickory spokes that will keep the plant busy 

 for si'veral weeks. 



It is announced that Nix Brothers, manufacturers of wagons and other 

 vehicles at Poseyville, Ind.. will soon erect a new factory. 



David James, pioneer sawmill operator of Frankfort. Ind.. died of 

 pneumonia recently. lie was expose<l in a severe blizzard and lived but a 

 few days after going to bed. He is survived by a family. 



The Mogul Wagon Works. HopkinsviUe. Ky., recentl.v received a large 

 government order for wagons and trucks, and since then the large factory 

 has been working at full time. 



tieorge O. Worland. secretary of the Evansville Veneer Company, and 

 B. F. Von Behren. president of the Von Beliren Manufacturing Company. 

 have been chosen directors of the Evansville Manufacturers' Association 

 for the ensuing year. 



Fire on January 15 destroyed the plant of the Crrcr-Wilkinson Lumber 

 Company at P^ranklin, Ind. The loss, estimated at about $10,000. is 

 covered by insurance. It is believed the fire originated in the boiler room. 

 Most of the lumber in the plant was saved. 



Fire of a mysterious iirigin recently damaged the plant of the Owens- 

 boro Planing Mill Company, Owensboro, Ky. The loss is partly covered 

 by insurance. 



On January 21 a fire originating in one of the dry houses of the Globe- 

 Bosse-World Furniture Company caused a damage of about $10,000, with 

 insurance. Owing to the heavy snow on the ground at the time, firemen 

 were handicapped in fighting the flames. On the next night, fire of a 

 mysterious origin in the varnish room of the Bockstege Furniture Com- 

 pany was confined to about $1,000. Both the GIobc-Bosse-World and the 

 Bockstege companies have recently had labor troubles in their plants. 



During the recent rise in (Ireen river much floating property was in 

 danger, and many logs and railroad ties were saved nfter hard work. For 

 the first time in many years heavy ice gorges formed in (Jrecn river, and 

 when they passed out more than two million dollars worth of floating 

 property in the mouth of Green river was in danger of being swept away. 

 Luckily all the crafts were saved. The Ohio river has been frozen over 

 ft»r more than two months. 



=•< LOUISVILLE >= 



Louis Wymoiid. head of the Chess & Wynmnd Company. Louisville, has 

 been visiting his daughter at Beaumont. Tex., anil handling some business 

 matters at El I'aso, having spent a niontii or nufre in Texas since the 

 first of the year. 



The closing order of the Fuel Administration was rather a lucky thing 

 for the National Hanie & Chain Company of New Albany, Ind., as on 

 Monday of last week the roof of the plant collapsed from the weight of 

 Rnow. Ordinarily there would have been sixty men at work, but only 

 four people were in the office and no one was injured. The loss. Including 

 damage to woodworking and other machinery, was estimated at $5,000. 



For the first time In several years the Owensboro. Ky., Wagon Com- 

 pany has paid a dividend, this being a three per cent semi-annual dlvidencl. 

 which was paiil in January. The board of directors report<d that IIMT 

 was the most successful year the company has ever experienced, and the 

 outlook for 10LS Is still brighter. This company has been working on some 

 good war contracts, which have resultcil In the plant being kept I»usy 

 all year. 



T. M. Brown of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, Louisville, 

 and Tom Christian, sales manager of the Wood-Mosaic Company, New 

 Albany, Ind., were recently in Chicago, where they attended a meeting of 

 the vehicle manufacturers' association. In order to obtain a line on the 

 possible vehi<-le requirements of lumber and woodwork In liHS. 



.\nnf)uncement has been made at Paducah to the effect that the Southern 

 Hardwood I, Timber and Tie Company, a Kentucky corporation. Is dissolving. 

 and Is now winding up Its business. 



At Tompklnsville, Ky.. W. I>. White, a large mnnufacUirer of axe 

 handles, has announced the recent purchase of a tract of standing hickory 

 timber in Monroe county, this timber being sufilelent for the requirements 



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HICKORY 

 Oak and Ash 



Dimension Stock for 

 All Purposes 



Gainesville and Gunntown Florida 



Union & Planters Bank Bldg., Memphis, Tenn. 



General Sales and Export Office 



1 1 Broadway, New York City 



Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 

 — We Manufacture 



Elm Ash 



Maple Walnut 



Gum Cherry 



Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



4 cars 8/4 A'o. 1 com. rf better Elm; 1 car 12/4 .Vo. 1 cotn. <t 

 better Elm; 1 car 4/4. 8/4, 12/4 Log Run Plain Siicamore; 2 

 cars 4/4 Is <f 2s Sap Gum; 1 oar 4/4 Xo. 1 com. d better Quar- 

 tered Red Oak: 1 car li4^4 — 5 — 5V. Quartered White Oak 

 Strips; 1 car % Is <f 2s Plain Oak. 



At Two Band Mills 



STRAIGHT or MIXED CARLOADS 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



Mutual Fire Insurance 



Bett Indemnity at Lowest Net Cost 

 Can Bo Obtained From 



Boston, Mass. 



Tha Lumbar Mutual Flra Insurance Company, 



Yhs Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, 



Mansfield, Ohio. 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Indiana Lumbermen'a Mutual Insurance Company, 



Indlanapella, Ind. 



The Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, 



Van Wert, Ohio 



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