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HARDWOOD RECORD 



AuKiiHt 2n, 1915. 



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Wnh the Trade 



Lamb-Kish Lumber Company Makes Another Big Shipment 



'lVi> buniln'il earn of otik liiinlMT. ai:i;r(-Kii(luK 2.r>tHt,(MH» fri't. tlu> larift-hi 

 ■■lil|>iii>'iit of nny kind of luirilwood ov<t iniuli' In iIiIh counlr.v. wiTo lomli'il 

 In (III' sblp StikrlKtail at tiiilfport hrtwi'iMi 1 |>, m. Wi'dni'Mtlny. July L'H. 

 unit li> p. in. Saturtlay. July :I1. 'I'lu' liimlv<>r i-amc frnm llic plant of llii' 

 ijiniU'F^Hli Luinbor iVmipanx, ('hnrli-Kton, Miss., and was slilppi'il via 

 tiulfport to London, iti'or^t- Land, inillU' uiiinaKi'r of titi- l.aiiili-l-'lsh 

 i*finipany. sup«>rlntriidi'd tin' slilpiiifut. Mr. I.an<I says that tlii' Slikt-lMttiil 

 n-nrlii'il tinlfport Wi'dnrsday niorninc and work was coniuiono'd on oni- 

 liatch at I p. ra. Wodni-sday, luit llioy wiTi' not nblp to start londlnK all 

 lintfln'S until :: p. tn. WVdni'sday. Tbis was tin- aliorli'Bt Icnetli of lime a 

 iK>at was ovor hold at Culfport for n slilpmcnt of this maenltudi-. Oni- 

 hundr)'<l and forty men won- oniplnyi-d In the task, working nitihl and day. 



Till' sti'aini'r Is of Norwo^liin ri'jrlstry. Is ;!,,'iOO tons ni't ri'jilstor and 

 Is said to !m» one of thi* lar»:i>st ships cvim' coniiUK to (;ulfport. 



Tills Is the second larui" car;;o of hardwood shippr-d hy the Lanih-Klsh 

 l.ttTutier Company through Cnlfport dnrinc iIh' last fi>w months, tlir otln-r 

 «hlpmi'nt baTlDR been of red guni. 



An Eastern Consolidation 



The Calhoun-Oordon (.'umpany of I'lilladi'Iphla, I'a.. announced II has 

 <-nusolidated wllb Wtn. D. (jlll & Son. Inc., with headipiartprs at i:ill 

 I'hilpot street, Baltimore, Md. At the same time, Wm. IJ. Gill & Son, Inc., 

 announce the copartnership consistlns of William I). Gill and ICdward I". 

 Gill, co-partnors, tradinic under the trade name of William l>. (^ilU & Son. 

 has been dissolved and that William D. Gill & Son, Inc.. a liody corporate 

 of the state of Maryland, has purchased all of ilie property and assets 

 l>eiunginfr to the former co*partuersl»lp and will henccfortli continue the 

 business formerly conducted by William I). (;ill & Son. 



St. Louis Basket & Box Company Will Increase Plant 



The St. I^ouls liasket & Ilox I'onipany, located at Sccnnd ami .\rsenal 

 streets, St. Louis, lias decided to erect an extensive addition to its already 

 larpe operation. The accompanying Illustration speaks for itself as 

 descriptive of what the new plant will be. The new buildinf; will have a 

 frontace of l.l" feet and a depth ot ITS feet, and will consist of four 

 stories. It will be completed October 1. The lirst floor will be equipped 

 with the most modern machinery for the manufacture of built-up stock. 



The second floor, south section, will be used as an offlce, covering a 

 space of 130 i 24 feet. These offices will be finished with panels of the 

 company's own make. The balance ot the second floor will be used as a 

 stock room for veneers and panels. The third and fourth floors will be 

 used for general warerooms. 



The building will be of concrete constrtiction, i.-ntirely fire-proof, and 

 when completed and fully equipped will mean an outlay of 5125,000. 



The St. Louis Basket & Bo.x Company was incorporated In 18.S0 and 

 for a period of some twenty years has been making built-up stock, gradu- 

 ally getting into high-grade work and has reached a point where it is 

 in position to please the most fastidious with Its high-grade veneers and 



panelH. Tlie company operates iwn inllln at St. I,ouIh, has Its own tiinlier 

 liolillnKN liisiirliig a supply for nuiiiy years In the future and In cnpltaliKi'il 

 at f.'iiiii.iMKi all pahl up. This new move Is lo enable It to laki' care of 

 inereiiHi-il (raiie wlien IniHlneKH In fully revivified. 



C. S. Powell Purchases Machinery and Buildings 



i'. .S. rowell, 1271) Itroiiflway, New Vork t'ii.\, wiko for years Imin done 

 an export and iloiiiesllc hardwocMl iiuslness, announces he luis purchased 

 (lie maehlnery and buildings and lease of tlie Illckson Liiinlier 4*onipan]r. 

 liaiikru|it, plant at Itnrtons Point, i'ortsmouth, \'a. Mr. rowi-II will con 

 tinue to slil|i rough and dressed hnnber for the export market as well ns 



the doiuestle market an<l liopes to eomnieiii peratlons during the next 



two weeks or Just as soon as lie has eoiiipli-ti'd (he Incorporation of the 

 company under the style liie C S. Towell Lumber Company, Inc. 



Mr. I'oweil also expects to move his general olliee to the plant at Nor- 

 folk and will discontinue the olllce at New Vork 



Stearns Company Holds Co-operative Meeting 



l-'or till' last eoupb- ot .\i-ars W. T. iiiU'T. vke-presldrnt and general 

 manager of the Stearns Salt & Lumber Company with Its many allied 

 interests in I<udlng(on, Mich., has nininiained a getiogether meeting for 

 tile execudve heads of (he various Siearns depardiieiits at Ludlngtoti. 

 The dinners have always been iiifornial and have had for tlo-lr purpose a 

 more sympathetic understanding by tin* heads of one di'iiarttnent of (he 

 problems and dllliculties of another, with the end that (hi' Stearns InterestH 

 today ofTer an iinequaled service resulting from an all |iervadlng spirit 

 of cooperation among its executive heads. 



During the summer months these meetings have not been regular, hut on 

 Saturday, August 14, Mr. Culver arranged for a resumption of these ge(- 

 (ogether meetings and had all of his factory men in attendance at ii 

 comfortable informal dinner at the Hotel Stearns in tlie evening. There 

 was not much alteiniit In the way of business discussions with the ciceji- 

 tion of a talk by Mr. Culver in which he emphasized the purpose of these 

 meetings. .Mr. Culver fliiiis to constitute every man, who lias any respon- 

 sibility about the plant, a Stearns salesman. Kven if he Is not directly in 

 contact with the consuming trade it is up to each man to see that the 

 best quality and service are hack of those representatives whose duty it is 

 to establish this personal contact with customers. The salesman knowing 

 that he is so backed can approach a customer with a great deal more 

 assurance than can the salesman who knows that he is simply talking 

 without being able to prove his assertions. 



Arrangements were made for the continuance of the sessions on a 

 weekly basis. Dinners will be served every Saturday night and arrange- 

 ments will be made to liave outside speakers talk on interesting topics. 

 Every encouragement will lie given to the men In the operation to develop 

 improvement in the Stearns organization. 



Furniture Plant in New Hands 

 The Kitchen Cabinet & Table Company of High I'oiul. N. C, has been 

 sold by referee in bankruptcy G. S. Ferguson to S. F. Wall, and operations 

 were resumed on Monday. August 16. The new owners have not as yet 

 incorporated, hut according to a report tills move is contemplated later. 

 It is also anticipated that it will be possible to enlarge the operation as 

 business warrants. 



HOW NEW PLANT OF THE ST. LOUIS BASKET ..<i BOX COMPANY. ST. LOl'IS, MO., WTLL LOOK WHEN COMPLETED OCTOBER 1. 



