July 1©, 101.1 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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was changed to that of tho Charcoal Iron Company o£ America. G. J. 

 Webster, general manager of the company, has announced that the plant 

 at Asbland will be remodeled and placed in operation not later than 

 October 1. Logging operations at Mellen, Glidden and other points will 

 start soon. 



The business of the Thomas Driver Sons Manufacturing Company, 

 sash, doors and general interior woodwork, has been taken over by Sin- 

 clair X. Driver, one of the sons who has been connected with the enter- 

 prise almost since its organization. The stock held by John M. Driver 

 has been taken over b.v his brother, who now becomes sole owner of the 

 plant and business, .Tohu M, Driver, who has been with the Driver con- 

 cern for the past forty years, most of the time as secretary-treasurer, has 

 retired, and the following officers have been elected ; President, Sinclair 

 M. Driver ; vice-president, 1*, H, Greer ; secretary-treasurer. Miss Clara 

 Driver. The business was first organized by the late Thomas Driver in 

 1868. 



E. G, Vail has been elected president of the Gurney Refrigerator Com- 

 pany at Fond du Lac, Wis,, succeeding Mrs, Florence Peck, whose death 

 occurred rei'eutly. Other officers were elected as follows, at the recent 

 meeting of the directors : Vice-president, G, .-V, Knapp ; secretary, II, O. 

 Winkler. Mr, Vail, the new president, has been vice-president and general 

 manager of the concern for the past two years and was formerly sales 

 manager of the Fairbanks-Morse Manufacturing Company. 



The Standard Garage & Machine ComiJany of New L(jndon, Wis., re- 

 cently installed a new machine in the plant of the Ilatten Lumber Com- 

 pany of New London fov jointing saws. The machine Is said to be 

 something entirely new and the conii)any may take up the manufacture 

 of the equipment on a large scale. 



O. T. Swan, Oshkosh, Wis., secretary of the Northern Hemlock & Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association, is preparing an exhibit of commercial 

 woods of Wisconsin for the national museum at Washington. It is to 

 include articles made from these woods, showing the evolution from tree 

 to product. The e.xhibit is also designed to demonstrate the utility of 

 woods grown in Wisconsin and Michigan and to illustrate the finish 

 they take. 



.\t a recent meeting of the directors of the Employers' Mutual Liability 

 Insurance Company of Wausau, Wis., an organization with which nian.v 

 lumber concerns are affiliated. Neal Brown of Wausau was elected presi- 

 dent to succeed W. C. Landon, well known lumberman, who resigned 

 because of the fact that he is about to leave the state. A. C. Downing 

 of Milwaukee was chosen a director. The other officers of the company 

 were re-elected as follows : A. Hirshheimer, W. W. Vincent, W. E. Brown. 

 Karl Mathie. M. A. Wertheimer. vice-presidents: II. .T. Hagge. secretary; 

 B. F. Wilson, treasurer. .\ dividend of ten per cent was declared. 



The regular quartei-ly meeting of the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' .-Vssociation will be held in Oshkosh, Wis., .Tuly 29 and 30, 

 these dates having just been selected. The mornings will be devoted to 

 business sessions and the afternoons and evenings to entertainment, 

 including a banquet at the .\thearn hotel, a boat ride on Lake Winnebago 

 and the Fox river and an automobile ride to interesting points nearby, 

 Oshkosli lumbermen and sash and door manufacturers will act as hosts 

 during the gathering. 



The Hardwood Market 



< CHICAGO >• 



Chicago is still under the cloud of the building strike, although recent 

 efforts indicate definite action that may result in arbitration of this 

 question for settlement in the near future. The tie-up of building mate- 

 rial supply plants of all kinds has been practically completed, the result 

 being that the building situation is now at a standstill. One promising 

 feature has developed during the last week, namely, returning- to work of 

 the 5,000 iron workers who have been on strike for some little time. This 

 will mean that a great deal of skeleton work in large structures will be 

 advanced to a point where it will be possible to finish the interiors by 

 the time the other workers' controversy is over. W^ith the return to 

 work simultaneously of various artisans employed in the buil,ding trade 

 there should be quite an activity in building construction before the 

 winter months come on, particularly with those structures which can be 

 put under I'oof before weather conditions forbid outside work. 



The factory trade is moderately busy, although there is no particular 

 advance in price or demand in hardwoods going into factory uses. This 

 removal of the interior finish and flooring trades from the lumber mar- 

 kets has been a serious holdback for a great many companies which ordi- 

 narily ship large quantities of stock to local trade. 



There have been several good-sized orders placed by the railroads in 

 the last two or three weeks, the railroads' policy generally being to go 

 as far as commensurate with ^their judgment of business conditions in 

 the way of purchases. 



The seriousness of the situation as far as individual firms in the 

 local trade is concerned is somewhat mitigated by the attitude taken by 

 local bankers, who realize the situation and are in accord with the 

 policy of closing down the Industrial plants. They seem to appreciate 

 that to arbitrarily limit credit at this time to companies would mean 



J. K. WILLIAMS 



A. T. WILUAMS 



Williams Lumber Co. 



(MANUFACTURERS) 



WHOLESALE 

 HARDWOOD 



LUMBER 



Band Mill Planing Mill Dry Kiln 



Fayetteville, Tenn. 



We manufacture PLAIN and QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, ASH, CHESTNUT and 

 other HARDWOODS 



Our Specialty is Quartered White Oak 



We Manufacture Dimension 

 Stock — Hickory a Specialty 



