October 10, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



39 



The Hercules Buggy Company of this city, one of the largest concerns 

 In the United States of its liind. closed down a few days ago in order 

 to false the annual inventory. The plant will remain closed only a short 

 time. The company's order for auto trucks has increased daily within the 

 past several months and a large part of the business is now devoted to 

 this branch. 



A recent report from Terre Haute, Ind., stated that the slack barrel 

 cooperage establishments of that city are now working overtime with 

 Increased forces manufacturing barrels for the immense apple crop that is 

 being gathered along the Wabash river valley. One Terre Haute cooper- 

 age manufacturer was forced to turn down an order for 5,000 apple 

 barrels at this time because it was impossible to (ill it. The demand 

 for apple barrels at this time seems general throughout the United. States. 

 This same commission house endeavored to place a 5.000 barrel order 

 with a Louisville cooperage firm but was obliged to be satisfied with 2.000. 



J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company of this city, says busi- 

 ness conditions in the South and Southwest are looking up a great deal 

 and that the company's stave mills in Tennessee and Mississippi are being 

 operated on steady time. He says the demand for staves at this time 

 Is better than for many months past. 



The Wood Tilted Turret Lathe Company at Brazil, Ind., has recently 

 obtained some big contracts for supplying railroads In Australia and New 

 Zealand with lathes and are working two shifts besides subletting some 

 work to two other plants at Brazil. 



The Brinkerhoff Piano Company, at Brazil, Ind., started operations at 

 full capacity a few days ago and has orders enovigh on hand to keep the 

 plant running full time for several weeks to come. 



Charles A. Wolflin, manager of the Wolflin-Luhring Lumber Company 

 of this cit.v. reports a big revival In business. lie said the other day: 

 "It seems to me that the business tide has turned. In fact trade is a 

 whole lot better than it has been at any time this summer. Our planing 

 mill is being operated on full time and we are receiving a good many 

 nice orders. I believe that business will continue to improve right along 



=-< NASHVILLE ^= 



Allen Caruthers, formerly of Nashville, but now a New York attorney, 

 passed through Nashville recently en route to Cumberland- county to 

 make an inspection of large timber and mineral land property for the 

 South & West Land Company of New York. The land includes about 

 24,000 acres. The company makes a specialty of southern timber and 

 coal lands. 



W. P. Parker, formerly of Craggie Hope, Tenn., will build a stave mill 

 at Centreville, Tenn., and has purchased a tract of timber land, which 

 he will develop. 



=■< MEMPHIS > 



The Dugan Lumber Company will remove its offices shortly to suite 

 1415 In the Bank of Commerce & Trust Company building. The latter is 

 rapidly superseding the Randolph building as the home of lumbermen 

 here. Frank W. Dugan Is head of the Dugan Lumber Company, which 

 has a mill at Roundaway, Miss., and which also handles southern hard- 

 woods at wholesale. 



The Walnut Log & Lumber Company has filed application for a charter 

 here. The capital stock is $10,000 and it is announced that the new firm 

 will engage in the lumber and timber business. Among the incorporators 

 is J. H. nines, for a number of years identified with Earner & Ilines, 

 Inc., and more lately the head of the Hines Lumber Company and a large 

 shingle firm in west Tennessee. Whether the new company will establish 

 a mill has not yet been made clear. 



Work has begun on the new plant of the Beaumont Veneer Company 

 at Beaumont. Miss., which is to replace the one recently destro.ved by 

 fire with a loss of about $30,000. The new plant will be considerably 

 larger than the old. 



The Ruby Hardwood Company at Ruby, Miss., has sold Its mill and 

 other Interests, Including about 5,000 acres of land, to the Finlay Lumber 

 Company of Inverness. This tract contains oak, ash, gum and elm. The 

 new owner has already begun repairing the mill and will begin operations 

 shortly. 



The Laark Lumber Company, Laark, Ark., is preparing to resume opera- 

 tions In the near future. It ■will give employment to about 100 men 

 when It is operating on full time. This Is one of the plants in the South 

 which has been closed down for about 18 months. It Is owned and con- 

 trolled by capitalists of St. Louis and Detroit. 



The Anderson-Tully Company. Memphis, has opened an office in Chicago 

 at 1017 Lumber Exchange building. It is In charge of Harry M. Lesh, 

 who has been made representative of this firm In the Chicago territory. 

 The Anderson-Tully Company Is engaged in the manufacture of southern 

 hardwoods, veneers, box shooks and numerous specialties. It has a mill 

 and box factory at Memphis, as well as two mills and a box plant at 

 Vlcksburg, Miss. It also has a large veneer plant at Madison. Ark., and 

 it operates a number of veneer machines in Memphis, including one plant 

 which operates exclusively in the manufacture of built-up or three-ply 

 stock. 



The new plant of the Sunflower Lumber Company at Clarksdale, Miss.. 

 has just begun operations. This firm lost its hardwood mill at that 



CINCINNATI 



Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers 



OHIO VENEER COMPANY 

 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



Ze24-S4 C'ULKKAIN AVENOB 



C. CRANE & COMPANY 



Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, Oak & Poplar especially 

 Ouf location makes ponsihle quick deliver>' of anything in timbers 



and hardwood lumber 



DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. 

 Manufacturers YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



CK.VKK.AI. OKI-KF — .lACKSON, KY. 



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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 zurite 



St. Louis Basket & Box Comoany 



143 Arsenal Street 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



