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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 10, 1U15. 



Kentucky Vcnccr Works 



HIGH-GRADE — WULL-MANUFACTUKtD 



Vcnccrs 



IN SAWEX) AND SLICEX* QUARTEJtED 

 WHITE OAK AND QUARTERED RED GUM. 

 OUR ROTARY CUT GUM AND TOPLAR 

 CROSSBANDING V"^J<JEERS ARE EXCEP- 

 TIONALLY GOOD. 



Louisville 



Kentucky 



Made in St. Louis 



Photograph of American Walnut Rotary Cut 

 Panel produced in our Veneer Plant. We also 

 manufacture built-up stock of every descrip- 

 tion used in furniture and fixtures in any 

 thickness, consisting of nicely figured Quart- 

 ered Gum and Oak, Mahogany, Plain Oak, 

 Yellow Pine, Red Gum, Birch, Ash, Elm, Syca- 

 more, Soft Maple, Plain Gum and Cottonwood. 



for particulars, please write 



St. Louis Basket & Box Company 



=-< MILWAVKEE >■= 



143 Arsenal Street 



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ST. LOUIS, MO. 



Till' Knlcki-rbockor Mill & Lumber Compiin.v or Mllwnvikvc bni) been 

 liu-..ri.oriitfU with ii cniilliil flock of IIO.UUU li.v 1'. C. KollnHkl, Hubert 

 (). Wolff !inil Krcii .\. Ijiiidfck. 



Iti'iiiUKc of till' illllkult.v of Ht'curlUR carit i<> trnniiporl lo«i« from lt« 

 Tiiylor Itaplds cumpM. lln.- iV;ilillKO Lumbir i'>iii|iiiiiy of IVsIiiIko. Win., 

 Ik now opi-rallnis Uh Hiiwmlll on only a dny nblfl. The mill liud been 

 o|><Tiillnc on both ii day unil nlsbt shift for Hwirnl nionlhH. 



.1. H. VounkiTK of AHhIiiiiil. \VI«., has pcrficli'd u niw cndlcRH chain 

 lomlInK I'llt. which iuih lici-n InnlnlU'd nnd plncid In operation ut ibc land- 

 hiK of the Spraguo Lumber Compnny'a hllp. wlicro It Is bf-lng uiii'd for 

 loiidlni; loifH and KhlDRle tlmbiT trmu tlif wnl t to car«, ri'Ody to be 

 huuk'd to the mills of the Konlleld-IJimortux Coinpany and I be Sprague 

 Lumber Company. The new loader Is opiTiilid by u twenty horsepower 

 eU'ctrIc motor. 



Sti'ps are being taken at Tiverton, Wis., for the erection of a plant 

 for the munufaclure of a new adjustable farm wai;on box. Invented by 

 l<ouls Boldli; & Sons. U. 11. Swanke has become Interested In the prop- 

 osition and In company with Mr. Uoldig and his son, Waldeniar KoldlK, 

 will erect a factory. Much of the equlpnunt has been purchased. The 

 new wagon box can be placed in elBht dlffirint positions without the 

 use of a single tool and can be used for a varlity of purposes. 



Tlie annual meeting of the Northwestern .Manufacturing Company of 

 Fori .\tkinson. Wis., resulted In the election of the following olllcers 

 and directors : President, G. W. Caswell ; vice-president, C. P. Good- 

 rich ; secretary and treasurer, N. B. Itemmel ; general manag<'r, C. W. 

 Reynolds ; directors, U. IL CurUs, W. D. James, A. It. Hoard, C. P. 

 (Jo'jdrich, L. B. Caswell, G. W. Caswell and C. \V. Ueynolds. 



The Nyborg Manufacturing Company, headed by J. C. N.vborg of Min- 

 neapolis, has completed plans for the erection of a plant at WIthee, 

 iVis., where a new type of washing machine will be manufactured, The 

 machine will be equipped with an oblong wooden tank of hardwood 

 construction. 



The Uatten Lumber Company of New London. Wis., Is now operating 

 its sawmill only on a day shift. The company has kept Its mill running 

 nights for the past three years. Most of the men employed on the night 

 shift will be retained in various departments of the plant. 



The Milwaukee county board Is considering plans for the erection of 

 a new chair facttry at the new house of correction. The plant will cost 

 about $75,000. 



TiiaL one out of ten Wisconsin workmen earns his living either In the 

 inidst of the lumber industry in northern Wisconsin or in one of the 

 woodworking trades connected with the lumber industry, Is shown In an 

 investigation conducted under the auspices of the Wisconsin State His- 

 torical Society. The Importance of this Industry has caused the society 

 to arrange an interesting display at the State Historical Museum, which 

 shows the various stages from the cutting of the trees to the finished 

 wooden product. 



The new Shawano Hub Company at Shawano, Wis., has Installed a 

 plug machine with a capacity of 18,000 to 20.000 plugs a day, and now 

 has Its equipment about complete. 



The veneer mill at liiiciiwood. Wis., employing most of the workmen 

 In the town, has closed down. It Is not known when operations will 

 be resumed. 



The Faust Lumber Con^.pauy of Antlco. Wis., recently completed the 

 sawing of its 1915 cut of logs, after having been In continuous opera- 

 tion since last February. About 8,000,000 feet of lumber was sawed 

 during that period. 



A record lumber arrival at the Milwaukee port was made last week 

 when the steamer Cream City and the schooner Harold brought in a 

 total of 1,570,000 feet, cut on .John's Island in Georgian bay, for the 

 .\ugust C. Beck Company, box and lumber manufacturer of Milwaukee. 

 The Cream City carried 570,000 feet and the Harold an even 1,000,000 

 feet. 



Walter S. Paddock, well-known manufacturer, banker and clubman of 

 Milwaukee, president of the Cream City Sash & Door Company of Mil- 

 waukee and the Iroquois Sash & Door Company of BulTalo, died at his 

 ho.ni- in Milwaukee on August 20 at the ago of fifty-two years. Mr. 

 Paddock was born in Ripon, Wis.. In 186.3 and passed his early life at 

 Markesan and entered his business career at Neenah. Later he moved 

 to Wood county, where he took over the management of the Sherry 

 Lumber Company, controlled by his uncle, Henry Sherry. In 1S!)0 Mr 

 Paddock came to Jlilwaukee, where, in company with .1. W. Cameron and 

 Henry Sherry, he organized the Cream City Sash & Door Company. Mr. 

 Paddock was a member of the Town nnd Blue Mound clubs and of 

 LaFayctte lodge, F. & A. M.. and Ivanhoe commnndery. He ts survived 

 by his widow, one daughter and three sons, one of whom, Donald M. 

 Paddock, Is connected with the Iroquois Sash & Door Company of But 

 falo. 



Wisconsin's new building code, as revised and adopted by the Wis- 

 consin Industrial Commission and published on August 21, becomes ef- 

 fective in its revised form on September 20. The code will be published 

 in pamphlet forru for distribution by the commission. It covers nearly 

 every imaginable kind of building construction and applies throughout 

 the state of Wisconsin. Its administration and enforcement Is to be car- 

 ried out largely through local odiclals. such as the fire chiefs and build- 

 ing inspectors, so the cost of Inspection will be kept at a minimum. 



Six thousand people watched the world's championship log rolling tour- 



