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HARDWOOD RECORD 



.March 10, U)1S 



Modem Hardwood Operations 



Tlie Gayoso Lumber Company of Mompliis, Teiin., is one of 

 the widely known and sul)stantial Inmbor concerns of the South. 

 It has been in business in that city twelve years and has kept pace 

 with the development of that jirosperous rffjion and contributed 

 to its success. 



The company first opened a plant for business in Memphis in 

 March, 1906, and at that time was capitalized at $50,000. It pur- 

 chased ample yard space in .South Memphis along the main line of 

 the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad, thereby exhibiting excel- 

 lent foresight in planning for the future and the business expan- 

 sion which the future would bring to that growing region. 



When the company located at Memphis it rcprfsentiMl tlie busi- 



TOP TO BOTTOM — ( 

 THE WOODS. 



1) LOG LO 

 (3) LOGS 



.\DER .\T WORK. (2) LOG TAKD IN 

 ARRIVING AT MEMPHIS MILL. 



TOE I'.U; MEMPHIS MILL 



ness formerly conducted by the Ransoms at Nashville, Tcnn. At 

 the time of the move to Memphis the officers of the company were 

 John B. Eansom, president; Arthur B. Ransom, vice-president; W. 

 A. Eansom, secretary and general manager, anfl Charles R. Ean- 

 som, treasurer. Now, after a period of twelve years, W. A. Ean- 

 som is president, and C. R. Eansom secretary and treasurer. 



When the business was carried on at Nashville years ago it was 

 concerned with hardwoods, for which Tennessee has always been 

 noted. 



The establishment 

 of the business in 

 Memphis was well ad- 

 vised. That city is 

 the natural center for 

 the hardwood busi- 

 ness of a large section 

 of the South. Its fa- 

 cilities as a manufac- 

 turing and distribut- 

 ing point have been 

 thoroughly establish- 

 ed. Twelve years ago 

 when the Gayoso Lum- 

 ber Company located 

 there, the importance 

 of MemjAis as a hard- 

 wood metropolis was 

 not quite so well 

 known as it is at pres- 

 ent, but even at that 

 time the city's place 

 in the lumber indus- 

 try was assured. 



C. R. R.\XSOM. SECY.-TREAS. 



