March 25. 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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" THEO. FATHAUER CO. I 



1428 CHERRY AVENUE | 



Telephone Diversey 1 824 | 



HARDWOOD LUMBER I 



YARD 

 CHICAGO. ILL. 



Direct Shipments in 



CAR AND CARGO LOTS 



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an fxpert in handling portable saw mills, having had many years ex- 

 perience, and when he manufactures lumber the successful selling of it is 

 assured. 



L. H. Shaffer of the L. II. Shaffer Lumber Company, has just purchased 

 a large boundary of timber and expects to operate it at once. He makes 

 a specialty of oak and has a large number of orders booked for future 

 shipments. 



Walter McCabe has been busy as usual handling a large block of switch 

 tics and cross ties and reports business very good with his concern. 



The last convention held in Cincinnati of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association was attended by 80 per cent of the Knoxville Lumbermen's 

 Club and the report given by each of the lumbermen who attended was 

 very flattering to the Cinclnuati lumbermen who acted as hosts. Walter 

 McCabe said that it was the first convention he had attended and if it 

 was an index of all other conventions he would never be absent from any 

 more. 



The Lumbermen's Club of Knoxville holds its regular bimonthly meet- 

 ings and has derived much good from the organization and the spirit 

 of co-operation among all the wholesalers in Knoxville was never better 

 than at the present time. 



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Contracts have been let for rebuilding the burned sections of the 

 plant of Voss Table Company of Louisville, which suffered a flre a few 

 weeks ago, the total damage to that plant and the Embry Box Company, 

 and Embry Lumber Company, running over $50,000. Contracts have also 

 been let by the Palmer & Hardin Manufacturing Company for rebuilding 

 furniture plant and equipment recr-ntly burned In Portland. 



The Holly Ridge Lumber Company, Louisville, operating sawmills at 

 Meeker, Monroe and Holly Ridge, La., has purchased an additional hand- 

 mill at St. Landry, La., taking over the plant of the Climax Lumber ('<ini- 

 pany, at that point. This mill has a dally capacity of aliout 50,00(1 feet, 

 which with that of the other three mills gives the company a fairly large 

 hardwood production capacity. This concern also has a wholesale de- 

 partment at Mobile. 



Members of the Louisville Hardwood Club and other lumber and timber 

 interests of the state, as well as the woodworking Interests and employers 

 in general, are much relkved over the action taken by the legislature in 

 killing the proposed eight-hour law before the house, which had passed its 

 second reading, and which was b<'< oming of a dangerous nature. A drastic 

 measure of this kind would have greatly handicapped the manufacturers 

 at a time like this, when labor can hardly be olitalned at nny price. 



The Louisville Br.inch of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association 

 is planning to secur^ larger quarters and iucrease its operating force due 

 to having recently taken in several new members, among whom are the 

 Evansville Band Mill Company and Evansville Veneer Company, Evans- 

 ville, Ind., and I. B. Wilcox Company of Louisville, with mills at Sun- 

 flower, Miss. The Louisville organization held its monthly meeting on 

 March 19, at which time these concerns were accepted. 



The Louisville Hardwood Club at its second March meeting, held on 

 March 19, discussed at some length the present government requirements 

 and probable future requirements, which at present are principally for 

 use in wagoD, truck and aeroplane manufacturing. It was shown that 

 the thicker stocks of oak. ash. some hickory and poplar are the principal 

 items other th.".n walnut and mahogany which have been in big demand 

 for months. Inspection of hardwoods, and manufacturing stunts on get- 

 ting the best cuts for thick stocks, were also discussed. Present at this 

 meeting as guests were Mr. Hagerman of the National Veneer & Lumber 

 Company. Indianapolis, and Howard Shedd of the Detroit office of the 

 Holly Ridge Lumber Company. 



The Winchester Lumber & Manufacturing Company of Winchester, Ky., 

 recently lost its plant and yard stocks in a fire, which destroyed all of 

 the mill buildings, dry kilns, etc. The loss is placed at ?G0,000 to $70,000, 

 with insurance on the mill of $25,000. When first discovered the fire was 

 breaking through the roof of the furniture manufacturing plant, but could 

 not be controlled due to shortage of fire equipment, another flre having 

 broken out at the same time in a residence district. 



The outlook for sales of hardwood flooring and Interior trim Is not 

 especially bright at this time, as from all indications building this season 

 will be restricted largely to plant additions, new industrial plants and 

 building of medium priced or cheap residences. So far there has been 

 very little activity shown in the building trades, in spite of good weather, 

 and most of the work that Is coming out is for warehouses and plant addi- 

 tions of one kind or another. 



That thieves in Louisville have grown overly bold was shown a few 

 days ago at the plant of the Smith Cooperage Company, when a thief 

 entered the office during the noon hour and cleaned out the cash box, 

 while the bookkeeper had stepped out Into the plant for a minute or two. 



Indications are that several of the recently organized lumber companies 

 and concerns holding tlmberlands In eastern Kentucky will shortly be In 

 liosltlon to start developments, as the coal Interests in several districts 

 have managed to get the railroads to start work on new branches, which 

 will open up territories which have been closed in the past. In the 

 Wliitcsburg <llstrict, principally In Letcher county, a number of branch 

 railroads are now being constrnited Into coal and tlmberlands. 



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