July 2.-. 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Galloway-Pease Company's New Plant in Operation 

 l^ast week the wheels wore turned over of the [uodel new plant of the 

 <iallowaj-Pcasu Company at Poplar Bluff. JIo. It will be recalled Jhat 

 the plant of thih. company, which operated under the name of the Quercus 

 Lumher Company, was totally destroyed hy fire a few months ago. Plans 

 were iniuiodiatel.v put into effect for rebuilding, and the new structure 

 with all its equipment has been completed and is now operating ou good 

 time. 



The plant consists of a model structure with an .8' single band mill 

 with 14" saws. The capacity is expected t(i be aliout 40.000 feet of oak 

 per day. It is equipped with Filer & Stowell heavy machinery with 

 72" edgers and is built with the expectation oi' jiutting in a re-saw when 

 business conditions warrant increasing i)roduction. The detached brick 

 boiler lionse is equipped with Casey & Hedges marine type of boilers and 

 with Houston, Stanwood & Uanible heavy mill type of engine. 



The company has endeavored, and its endeavors wore crowned with suc- 

 cess, to build a first-class mill, not with the idea of producing large 

 quantities but in order to make possible continued production of the best 

 quality of lumber that can be gotten from the company's unusually good 

 timber. 



Violin Made of Old Wood 



D, E. Eggleston of liilldale, .Mich., has made a violin of material col- 

 lected from various sources. The front of the violin is of cedar importe<l 

 from Italy, the back of curly maple, taken from an old shelf in a store 

 which wa.^ over fifty years old, and therefore thoroughly seasoned. Other 

 parts arc made of maple, taken from the rafters of a barn, where it had 

 been for over thirty years. No mention is made of any spruce, whicli 

 wood is commonly supposed to be essential in the construction of high- 

 class violins. 



A Dogwood Timber Yard 



What may be the first exclusively dogwood timber yard in existence was 

 recently established at Barboursville, Ky.. by V. Fontaine of Itrevard, N. C. 

 Dogwoofl is used for shuttleblocks, and it is collected over a wid(^ area, there 

 not being enough in any one locality to warrant operations for lumbering 

 this wood alone. The billets are cut here and there and are shipped to 

 manufacturing points where thoy are made into slnittles. The majority of 

 shuttles are about seventeeri inches long, but man.v different sizes are made. 

 IVrsimmon and dopwood are the best two shuttle woods of this country. 

 Turkish boxwood ranks higher, but it is too costly for ordinary use. 



More Efficient Business Statistics 

 Secretary Redfleld has at thi' ri'quc-st of the rnmmittee on statistic^ 

 and standards of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States started 

 actively at work toward compiling statistics of direct benefit to business 

 rather than of mere informative character. The committee held a meet- 

 ing in Washington, D. C, .July 14, and Dr. Frank R. Itutter, assistant 

 chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, spent a part of 

 the day explaining the present methods and the plans for improvement. He 

 dwelt particularly on the question of export and import statistics. It is 

 generally known by those who have used these statistics in the past 

 that they were open to criticism and that the percentage of error could 

 only be approximated, due in large part to statutory provisions and lack 

 of adequati' appropriations to employ a sutlicient force. Some of the 

 proposed cluinges may require new legislation by congress, but in the 

 meantime a concerted effort is being made to clarify reports and eliminate 

 all unimportant matter. The object is to have less voluminous and 

 intricate data prepared, but instead, more facts that will directly aid 

 business men. 



Hardwood l^Jews Notes 



=■< MISCELLANEOUS >■= 



Harvey Hogg has been appointed receiver for the Richland Lumber 

 Company of Pine Bluff and Humnoke, Ark. 



The Hodell Furniture Company of Shelbyville, Ind.. suffered a loss by 

 lire recently. 



The T. E. Morrison Hardwood Tic & Timber Company has been incor- 

 porated at Shreveport, La. 



E. G. Willson, president of the Willson Manufacturing Company, Apple- 

 ton, Wis., died recently. 



The New Cabinet Company, Evansville, Ind., has filed a petition in 

 bankruptcy. Liabilities are $61,352.45 and assets $28,167.48. 



The Vincennes Furniture Manufacturing Company, Vincennes, Ind., was 

 damaged by a storm recently. 



The Mell-Viall Lumber Company, with headquarters at Reading, Pa., 

 recently opened a plant at Kane, Pa. 



The North Fork Lumber Company has been incorporated at Boyer, 

 W. Va., with $300,000 capital stock. 



The Rippetoe Contracting Company, Charleston, W. Va.. has increased 

 its capital stock to $10,000. 



It is reported that the Kelley Handle Company will open a factory at 

 Blytheville, Ark. 



George B. Cox has become sole owner of the Midland Chair Company, 

 Michigan City, Ind., and has instituted action to take it from the 

 Teceivers. 



The Kellar Wagon Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis, Minn., re- 

 cently suffered a loss by fire to the extent of $4,000. 



The Gayoso Lumber Company of Memphis, Tenn., has increased its 

 capital stock from $100,000 to $150,000. 



Chas. J. Hagen of .\ppleton. Wis., has sold his lumber and box factory 

 to S. A. Konz. also of Appleton. 



Harry .1. Williams, vice-president of the Washita Lumber Company 

 and Waddell-.lones Lumber Company of Morgan City. .\la., died recently. 



The Union Panel Company has been incorporated at Rockford, III. 



The MaCracken-.Vugustine Company of Maioy and Benton, Iowa, has 

 been changed to the Augustine Compan.v. 



The Hauch & Lang Carriage Company, Clex'cland, O., has changed its 

 name to the Baker, Ranch & Lang Company. 



The Georgia Veneer Company has been incorporated at Dublin, Ga. 



The Strable Manufacturing Company, Saginaw, Mich., has changed its 

 name to the Strable Lumber & Salt Company. 



-< CHICAGO >- 



tieorge O. Worlaud, secretary and treasurer of the Evansville Veneer 

 Company, Evansville, Ind., spent last week in Chicago on a combination 

 honeymoon and business trip. Mr. Worland was married a few days 

 l)eforo coming to this city and spent the week here putting in his morn- 

 ings on business and afternoons with his bride. 



Charles W. Talge, president of the company, and W, C. Calhoun of the 

 Frost's Veneer & Seating Company, Shebo.vgan, Wis., who was formerly 

 interested in the Evansville Veneer Company, were in the city at the 

 same time, leaving for Evansville while Mr. Worland was away. 



M. L. Pease of the Galloway-Pease Company, Saginaw, Mich., was in 

 Chicago on business all of last week. 



F. B. Robertson of the .VndersonTully Company, Memphis, Tenn., spent 

 several days in Chicago last week. 



C. A. Bigelow of the Kneeland-Bigelow Compan.v, Bay City, Mich., was 

 in the city in atti-ndancc at the hearing before the Federal Trade Com- 

 mission on Monday and Tuesday. 



Association secretaries in the hardwood field who attended the hearing 

 were J. C. Knox of Cadillac, Mich., and O. T. Swan of Oshkosh, Wis. 



R. B. Goodman of the Goodman Lumber Company, Goodman, Wis., also 

 attended the hearing. 



.1. II. Himmelberger, Cape Girardeau, Mo., president of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United States, was in the city on 

 association business last week. 



O. H. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., was 

 in Chicago this week on business in connection with that company. 



Forest Service men who passed some time in Chicago the past week 

 were Chief Forester H. S. Graves, Assistant Chief Forester W. E. Greeley 

 and C. W. Gould. Mr. Graves was here on his way to Ala.ska, Mr. 

 Greeley to attend the Federal Trade Commission hearing and Mr. Gould 

 passed through ou his way to Portland, Ore., where he will have charge of 

 the office of investigation. 



H. S. Sackett, also of the Forest Service, who has charge of the direct 

 work in connection with the present investigation of lumber now being 

 carried on by the Service, says he has working with him two new Forest 

 Service men, J. F. Thompson and Quinc.v Randies. 



Clarence W. Griffith, timber estimator of Memphis, passed through 

 Chicago last week on his way west. 



Hardwood Record has received a recent copy of the official bulletin of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association. This contains the new mem- 

 t)ership directory. Also contains notation of the new committee as re- 

 cently announced by President Babcock. The bulletin notes a total of 

 12,472,647 feet of hardwoods inspected on original inspection by associa- 

 tion inspectors during the month of June. 



The Chicago Store and Ofllce Fixture Company has been incorporated 

 at Chicago with a capital stock of $20,000. The incorporators are Chas. 

 F. Stade, Chas. Runge and Herman F. Keller. 



The National Oak Flooring Company has been Incorporated at Chicago, 

 111., with $100,000 capital by Harry Goodman, William R. Swissler and 

 Harry A. Pillman. 



Mathias J. Jacobs, secretary of the Adam Schillo Lumber Company, 

 Chicago, died recently. 



The Robert Maisey Lumber Company has been incorporated at Chicago. 



< NEW YORK y- 



E. E. Eaton, local wholesale dealer In domestic hardwoods, recently 

 announced that he has been given the selling agency for T. T. Adams & 

 Co., manufacturers of hardwoods. Richmond, Va. He will handle the 

 output of the Adams mill in New York. New Jersey and Connecticut. 

 The Adams company operates a band mill in North Carolina, cutting prin- 

 cipally poplar, oak and chestnut. 



Frederic H. Doyle, wholesale hardwoods, is just back from a trip to 

 the manufacturing sections of North Carolina, West Virginia, Ohio and 

 Tennessee. He did some good business and is very optimistic over 

 future prospects. Mr. Doyle found the manufacturers firm in the opin- 

 ion that the depressioij was near an end and consequently there was no 

 eagerness to move stocks at present range of prices. It is generally 

 understood that hardwood supplies are not over plentiful and a quicken- 

 ing in demand is sure to see a brisk advance in prices. 



