May 10. 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



39 



Reports from country shipping points in Kentucliy indicate that tie 

 buyers for the railroads are active again, and that a big movement of 

 ties is now on. At Cadiz,- a point in western Kentucliy, it was reported 

 that 100 cars were shipped in .\pril. 



Consuming factories appear to be operating on a more favorable basis 

 than heretofore. The furniture concerns are getting more trade, Judging 

 by the business coming to the panel factories, as well as the lumbermen. 

 Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz, Evansville, Ind., who was in Louisville 

 last week, said that the furniture houses there have been doing better, 

 and that many of them are now running close to full time. The imple- 

 ment and vehicle concerns are also increasing their output, a wagon 

 factory near Louisville reporting that last month was the largest on 

 record for it. 



J. E. Barton, state forester for Kentucky, organized the Interstate 

 Forest Fire Association last week at Jenkins, Ky.. getting Virginia 

 timber owners as well as those in that part of Kentucky into the organi- 

 zation, which it is expected will represent an acreage of 250,000. The 

 Consolidation Coal Company is one of the leading members. Another 

 meeting will be held May 25 to complete organization. .\ complete force 

 of patrols will be established to protect the valuable hardwood timber 

 from Are. 



=■< ST. LOUIS >• 



April receipts of lumber in St. Louis as reported by the Merchants' 

 Exchange were 19,065 cars of lumber received, as against 15,770 cars 

 during the same month in 1914, showing a gain this year of 3,295 cars. 

 Shipments were 11,087 cars, compared with 11,346 cars last April, a 

 decrease of 259 cars. 



Building operations for last month show a big falling off, when com- 

 pared with the same month last year. The estimated value of buildings 

 for which permits were taken out last month was .$986,719, while last year 

 the estimated value of permits taken out amounted to $1.7.'34,412, a 

 falling off of $747,693. The number of permits issued in .\pril last year 

 were 1,178, while the number issued during April this year were 1,110. 

 This indicates that while about the same number of buildings were 

 erected, there were more large buildings built last year than this. 



One of the warehouses of the Hafner Manufacturing Company, together 

 with the stock of sash, doors and blinds it contained, was destroyed by 

 fire April 26. The loss is estimated at $70,000. The lumber in the yard 

 of the American Hardwood Lumber Company caught on fire several times, 

 but the loss was trivial. Heroic work by the fire department prevented 

 it from being destroyed. In spite of the fire, there was no interruption 

 of business by the Hafner Manufacturing Company. A new and larger 

 warehouse will be built as soon as the insurance loss is adjusted. 



The stork visited the home of C. P. Jennings, manager of the hard- 

 wood department of the Berthold & Jennings Lumber Company, a few 

 days ago and left a little daughter, the second one in the household. 



=-< MILWAUKEE >-= 



The C. A. Kuhl Lumber Company of Milwaukee has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $26,000 by Charles A. Kuhl, .41vina Kuhl, August 

 O. Bublitz and Amanda Bublitz. 



The Badger Lumber & Manufacturing Company of Oshkosh, Wis., has 

 been incorporated with a capital stock of $20,000 by H. I. Boynton, Paul 

 Steinhilber and Richard Salzsleder. 



The Goethel Blow Piping & Ventilating Company of Milwaukee has 

 been incorporated with a capital stock of ?2,000 by Peter J. Smith, 

 Edward Smith and Kate S. Goethel. 



The Sporleder Manufacturing Company of West Allis, an outlying 

 suburb of Milwaukee, manufacturer of sash and doors and general wood- 

 work, recently filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the Milwaukee 

 federal court. Liabilities were scheduled at $65,749.28, of which $37,- 

 606.83 was secured and $25,300 unsecured. Assets were placed at 

 $61,807.11, consisting in part of the following : Buildings, $44,000 ; real 

 estate, $11,300 ; stock on hand, $2,000 ; debts due on open accounts. 

 $3,453.26. 



Doud & Sons of Winona recently placed their sawmill at Marsh, Wis., 

 in operation. The company has many millions of feet of timber to cut, 

 comprising hardwood, pine and hemlock. 



Charles Sell and C. C. Fritz were in Milwaukee recently purchasing 

 equipment for the new interior finish plant which has been erected at 

 Shawano. Wis. It was expected that the plant will be placed in opera- 

 tion early in May. 



Considerable new equipment, including a new Corliss engine, has been 

 installed in the plant of the Kewaunee Manufacturing Company at 

 Kewaunee, Wis. 



The Peshtigo Lumber Company at Peshtigo, Wis., has placed its saw- 

 mill in operation. Logs are being hauled over the Wisconsin & Michigan 

 railroad from Taylor Rapids, where the whole winter's cut was banked. 



The Wisconsin Industrial Commission has issued an interesting bulletin, 

 which shows that many lives have been saved as a result of the Wisconsin 

 movement for industrial safety. The bulletin cites the instance of one 

 manufacturer who reduced accidents in his establishment seventy-five 

 per cent the first year he carried on this campaign of education. The 

 average reduction has ranged from thirty to sixty per cent. 



The box factory building at Plymouth, Wis., has been leased by the 



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