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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 25, 1918 



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Iliiililiiig operations iu Indianapolis during January stnuk the lowi'st 

 level In the liistory ot the huilding department. Tlie total value ot opera- 

 tions was only .'(;i).s.072. compared with SSTO.nSo for the correspondius 

 perioil of tile iirevions year. 



=-< EYANSVILLE >-= 



Tile Evausville Luiiiljermen's L'lulj. at its newt mi-eting to be held Mareh 

 12. will discuss the summer outing. There Is some talk of calling ofif this 

 outing iu the Interest of conservatism of the steamboats. During the 

 recent freeze-up of the Ohio river and its tributaries, many valuable steam- 

 l)oats along the westerji rivers were wrecked by the ice gorges. Presi- 

 dent Worland is of the opinion that what Imats are left sbnuld lie kept 

 busy handling freight. 



The Karsch Lumber Co.. lliddlebnry. Ind.. capitalized at .flO.OOO, has 

 filed articles of inctirporation with the secretary of state. It will engage 

 in the lumber and building nuiterial business. Directors for the first year 

 are John H. Karsch, Ira KautTman, Herman \. Campbell, Fred \\. 

 Gampher and Robert W. Monger. 



The Evansville Furniture Manufacturers' Association has elected the 

 following otfieers to serve one year : President, W. V. Dixon, Evansville 

 Bookcase and Table Company ; vice-president, Gilbert H. Bosse, Imperial 

 Desk Compan.v : secretar.v and treasurer, Ernest A. Sehor. Karges Furni- 

 ture Company : directors. George (). Worlanil. Evansville Veneer Company ; 

 Harry Sable. Evansville Furniture Company : Henry Rusche, Specially 

 Furniture Company, and Charles M. Frisse, Globe-Bosse-World Furniture 

 Company. 



At a recent meeting of the directors ot the Owensboro Wagon Company 

 at Owensboro, Ky., a semi-annual dividend of three per cent was declared. 

 The past year was the best the company has ever had. 



J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company has been III for sev- 

 eral weeks, but at this writing is some better and hopes to tie able to go 

 to his ortice within a few days. 



The old planing mill and office building of the Cottage Bullillng Company 

 bave been torn down. The company reci'ntly moveil into ni'w (piarters 

 "0 South (iovernor street. 



Fire of unknown origin on January 30 ilestroycd the sash ami door build- 

 ing of the Kirby Wood Lumber Company at Muneie. Ind., at a loss esti- 

 mated at .$".0110 with pan Insurance. Most of (he contents of the build- 

 in:,' and two cai-loads of shingles were destroyed. 



-< MEMPHIS >- 



The Mailison lAimber Conipan,\, which has hft-u omstructin;; a hard 

 wood mill <if about 40,000 feet capacity at Tallulah, La., for (piite a while, 

 reports that this has been completed and phi<:f*d in operation. This com- 

 pany is capitalized at ^.'jO.OOO. Rudolph Sdndheimer of the K. Sond- 

 heimer Company, is president thereof. 



The Rrown Land & 'Timber Company, with headquarters at Uhinelander, 

 Wis., has opened offices in the Hank of Commerce and Trust Company 

 luiildiiiK here for the purchase and sale of s<>uthorn hardwoods. G. W. 

 Everts, formerly of Minneapolis, Minn., is in charge. It transpires in this 

 conne(litin that this cttnipany is already operatint? extensively in the 

 South anil that it is prepared to turn out iri.OOO.noO to 2n.()iio,000 feet of 

 southern hardwoods at its mills at Helena, Ark.. Chami)ion, Ark., and 

 i'astor Creek, La. It is establishing:: a loj; yard at West Helena. Ark., 

 capable of taking care of about 0.000,000 feet of logs. 



Lumber shippers here have been advised, through a telegram to J. H. 

 Townshend, secretary-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Associa- 

 tion, that they must secure licenses for the exportation of all hardwoods 

 with the exception of gum to Canada. These licenses are to be obtained 

 thr<jugh the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce at Washington. 

 This move is designed to insure that the Cniteil States will be able to 

 secure all the hardwood lumber needed in the successful prosecution of 

 the war. 



The Gayoso Lumber Company has about completed the overhauling of its 

 big hardwood plant at Memphis and plans to place this in operation in 

 the immediate future. Extensive Improvements have been made therein. 



The Anderson-TuUy Company is among the beneficiaries of the im- 

 proved river conditions. It has been able fluring the past few days to 

 resume operations at its mill in Memphis, at its big hardwood plant at 

 Vicksburg, Miss., and at the plant of its allied corporation, the Morgan- 

 West Box Company, at Madison, Ark. The Tennessee Hoop Company of 

 Memphis, in which the Anderson-Tully Company is interested, has also 

 been able to put its river craft in operation, thus insuring an adequate 

 supply of elm logs for the manufacture <>f hoops, heading and staves 

 of the slack variety. 



J. W. Wheeler & Co.. Madison, Ark., have been able to start up their 

 machinery after extensive repairs and improvements made while they were 

 unable, owing to the low stage of the St. Francis river, to secure ample log 

 supplies. They have an excellent log supply now and their facilities have 

 been increased. Among the improvements was the installation of equip- 

 ment »'nabling the company to Inirn its sawdust for fuel. 



W. A. Waddingtcm, general nuinager of the Valley Log Loading Coni- 

 liany, is rapidly recovering his health at South Pasadena, Cal., where he 

 went about a month ago. Early last fall Mr. Waddington suffered a 

 jiaralytic stroke and for a time his recovery was doubtful. Very flattering 

 rejtorts are reaching Memphis regarding his condition. 



Among the conspicuous visitors to Memphis at present is J. Crosbie 

 Foster of Williams. Richards & Co.. Boundary Place, Liverpool, who is a 

 guest of Russe & Burgess, Inc. His firm is engaged in the importation of 

 hardwoods exclusively, but he says that the question of tonnage is so 

 serious and that rates are so extraordinarily high that lumber importations 

 are quite restricted. He further declares that the government is the only 

 interest that is able to obtain anything like its requirements in the way of 

 lund>er and timbers and that, as a general proposition, importing firms, 

 as well as other lumber companies, have had their forces badly broken 

 by the drain made on their help by the demands for man-power at the 

 fnmt and behind the lines. Speaking of after-war conditions, Mr. Foster 

 expressed the view that there would prol»ably be some recession in prices 

 on harilwood Unnber as a result of reduction in transportation rates. How- 

 ever, he is n !ieliev<'r in the theory that demobilization is going to tie up a 

 vast quantity of tonnage and that the change from a war to a peace basis 

 can be accomplished only through a slow process of readjustment. He 

 bidds that there will be a large demand for lumber in England and Europe 

 :ift»'r the return of peace and is optimistic regarding the future of the 

 importing business despite the war clouds which are lowering so black at 

 ]iresent. 



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There has been a general improvement in traffic conditions in this sec- 

 ti(in within the past two weeks due to moderating weather, which has 

 relieved the -movement of coal somewhat, and enabled local shippers to 

 move much more lumber. One operator re])(n-ts that he has moved more 

 stock in ten days than he had moved previously in two months. The gen- 

 eral demand for all kinds of lumber is good, and orders are coming in 

 Ireely. There is a big shortage of labor all through the South, and many 

 of the mills are unable to obtain full crews, but at the same time there is a 

 shortage of logs, and shortage of cars in which to move them to the 

 mills, and the mill labor shortage is not being felt so much just now as 



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