HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Michigan hardwood men are much pleased 

 that the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- 

 tion at its recent Buffalo meeting recognized the 

 state by electing Edward Buckley of Manistee 

 and B. F. Thompson of this city to the direc- 

 torate. 



Arthur Rushforth. mahogany dealer of Liver- 

 pool, Eng., was in Grand Rapids recently, and 

 speaking of the wonderful timber wealth of the 

 African west coast, said : "It has been esti- 

 mated that to clear off the great forest east- 

 ward of the Gambia to the Cameroons would 

 load with timber 125 vessels of 4,000 tons 

 burden per week for a period of 200 years, so 

 that at the end of the harvest the portions of 

 the forest first cleared would again have at- 

 tained maturity." 



Bristol. 



Joseph P. Davis has returned from Midway. 

 Greene County, Tenn.. where he is operating 

 several mills. Mr. Davis stated that he was 

 cutting oak stock in large quantities, and was 

 well pleased with the prospects. 



Owen T. Jenks of the Robert T. Jenks Lum- 

 ber Company, Cleveland, Ohio, was in Bristol 

 last week in the interest of his company. Mr. 

 Jenks stated that his company was buying 

 stock in this section in large quantities and 

 that the outlook for good business is encourag- 

 ing. 



The R. E. Wood Lumber Company is getting 

 along nicely with its new operations at Stoney 

 Creek, Carter County. Tenn. The company now 

 has branch offices in the Spurgeon building in 

 this city, which are in charge of E. L. Warren. 

 The band mill, purchased by the company at 

 Knoxville, Tenn., has been set up and is In 

 active operation. 



George E. Davis of the George E. Davis 

 Lumber Company states that business with 

 his company is exceptionally good, and that 

 he is considerably behind with orders. Mr. 

 Davis has just returned from a trip on t>usi- 

 ness of his company. 



J. A. Wilkinson, the wholesaler, has made 

 a purchase of one of the finest pieces of resi- 

 dence property in Bristol. The property was 

 purchased from Judge William F. Rhea. 



Ohattanooga. 



The Fowler-Personett Lumber Company, which 

 was recently organized by stockholders of the 

 Case Lumber Company, is now running the mill 

 in North Birmingham, cutting about 20,000 feet 

 per day. The plant is splendidly equipped, hav- 

 ing a band sawmill and all modern improve- 

 ments. The new company makes a specialty of 

 oak, poplar, gum and ash. The officers chosen 

 were: William Fowler, Chattanooga, president: 

 J. T. Case, Rushville, Ind., vice president, and 

 George Personott, Rushville, treasurer and gen- 

 eral manager. 



The Alabama Coffin and Casket Company, re- 

 cently organized by G. H. Garmany, J. C. Mil- 

 ler and H. C. Smith, of this city, and A. M. 

 Russell, of Birmingham, with a capital of $50,- 



for the purpose of operating a plant in 



North Birmingham, has awarded the contract 

 for the erection of a brick building to cost 

 .$0,000. H. C. Smith, general manager of the 

 Chattanooga Burial Case Company, will man- 

 age the Birmingham plant, and about July 1 trie 

 local factory will be removed to Birmingham. 



The Chattanooga Lumber Company, which re- 

 cently erected a two-story brick building at 

 Whiteside and John streets, has moved Into 

 the new building. 



The Willingham Lumber Company has fur- 

 nished all the lumber material for the Crystal 

 Ice Company, which Is erecting here one of the 

 largest ice plants In the south. 



J. M. Ashton, of the Duncan-Ewing Lumber 

 Company of London, England, was a recent 

 visitor among local lumbermen. 



J. T. Case of Rushville, Ind.. president of 



the Case Lumber Company, was at the local 

 offices a few days ago. He was accompanied by 

 A. B. Irvin of Rushville, Ind., secretary of the 

 company. The latter is cashier of the Farmers' 

 National Bank of Rushville. 



M. M. Erb and J .M. Card, of the J. M. Card 

 Lumber Company, attended the convention at 

 Buffalo. 



A. E. Baird, of the A. E. Baird Lumber Com- 

 pany, of Nashville, was in the city recently. 



John Walls, of the Wood-Dickerson Lumber 

 Company, of Birmingham, was here on business 

 a few days ago. 



The Tennessee River Navigation Company has 

 announced that it will build another boat of 400 

 tons, to cost $16,000, which will run on the 

 Tennessee river between this city and Decatur, 

 Ala. 



Work has commenced on the Lookout moun- 

 tain tunnel and the Stevenson extension by the 

 Southern Railway. With the building of a draw- 

 bridge across the Tennessee river and the ex- 

 tension of local terminal facilities, these better- 

 ments will entail an expense of $4,000,000, and 

 prove of great benefit to the trade. 



Indianapolis. 



The McDonald Company, of Vincennes, Ind.. 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $50,000. for the purpose of dealing in lumber. 

 The directors are Marshall McDonald, Clare 

 McDonald. E. B. Edwards, Frank Gilchrist and 

 Harry E. Lewis. 



The Walnut Lumber Company has leased the 

 ground adjoining the yard on the north and 

 occupied by the Talge Mahogany Company. This 

 extra yard will be used exclusively for walnut 

 and was made necessary by the company's in- 

 creased business in this line. The Walnut Lum- 

 ber Company's yard is situated at 1321 Lewis 

 street, and is supplied with one of the largest 

 stocks in the city. 



The Standard Pattern & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, of Richmond, Ind., has been incorporated. 

 Capital stock, $5,000 : directors : Madison L. 

 Kirkman, John A. Schutz and Charles L. New- 

 comb. 



John Pritchard and W. W. Knight, both of the 

 Long-Knight Lumber Company, attended the an- 

 nual convention of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association. They, with D. F. Swain, 

 were the only Indianapolis hardwood lumber- 

 men to attend. 



The Lumbermen's Club will hold its regular 

 monthly meeting at the Commercial Club, Thurs- 

 day evening, May 25. W. H. Freeman, secre- 

 tary of the state Forestry board, will read a 

 paper on "Forestry." Several out of town deal- 

 ers are expected to attend, as about a dozen 

 lumbermen in neighboring towns were admitted 

 to membership at the last meeting. 



The Evansville Dimension Company, of Evaus- 

 ville, Ind., has recently incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $20,000 for the purpose of 

 dealing in dimension lumber. The directors are 

 William Heyns, Henry Winiberg. Charles Hart- 

 metz, John W. Heyns and Henry Heyns. 



One of the largest real estate transfers ever 

 recorded in Randolph county was that made 

 at Winchester, Ind., a few days ago, entering 

 the purchase of the estate of the late William 

 Moorman, which consisted of property in Win- 

 chester and Union City, and 1,000 acres of 

 land. A large portion of the farm is covered 

 with valuable timber, as the late owner would 

 never permit au ax to touch any of the trees. 

 James P. Goodrich and J. T. Moorman were 

 the purchasers, the price being $63,000. 



Ananias Baker, of Rochester, Ind., and the 

 member of the recent state legislature who cre- 

 ated such a sensation in his exposure of an 

 attempted bribe made by a representative of the 

 cigarette trust, was in Indianapolis last week 

 to call upon Governor Hanly. 



One of the must important additions to the 

 manufacturing and industrial euterprists of 

 Indianapolis will be the new plant of the Dier- 

 dorf Piano Company, which will soon be con- 

 structed here. The company was recently in- 

 corporated with a capital stock of $500,000 by 

 a number of prominent Indianapolis men. 



The third annual meeting of the Indiana Re- 

 tail Furniture Association was held in Indian- 

 apolis Tuesday, May 16, with an attendance of 

 more than one hundred retailers from over the 

 state. 



About fifty members from various parts of 

 the state were present at a concatenation held 

 at the Denison Hotel in Indianapolis, Saturday 

 night, May 13. Vicegerent Snark W. H. Mat- 

 thias had charge of the ceremonies. The ini- 

 tiates were F. A. Rice, George W. Dollarhide, 

 Edward Garrard, Le Roy Olcott. I. A. Thomp- 

 son, J. B. W'hite and S. M. Ponder, all of In- 

 dianapolis, and W. S. Moore, of Anderson. 



One of the landmarks of the northeastern part 

 of the city, the old Huey planing mill in Mas- 

 sachusetts avenue, near the "little depot." wilt 

 soon be torn down. The Capital Lumber Com- 

 pany, the firm which has operated the old mill 

 for some time, has already begun to move its 

 machinery and equipment to the West Side plant 

 of the company, located at West New York 

 street and the Belt railroad. There the two 

 plants will be consolidated. M. S. Huey, presi- 

 dent of the Capital Lumber Company, was a 

 member of the firm of Adams. Huey & John- 

 son, that built the Massachusetts avenue mill 

 thirty-three years ago. In 1875 the mill passed 

 into the hands of Mr. Huey and his son, work- 

 ing under the name of M. s. Huey & Son. 

 This firm continued until three years ago, when 

 it was reorganized and incorporated as the 

 Capital Lumber Company. 



Nashville. 



Nashville is rapidly becoming a center in 

 the stave market. The industry is an important- 

 one in this hardwood section, and the number 

 of factories is on the increase. Recently the 

 Hiram-Blow Stave Company opened offices in 

 the Arcade. The company is incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $100,000. and Nashville is 

 to be the operating and sales headquarters. 

 The officers of the company are V. J. Blow, 

 president ; C. J. Smith, general manager, and 

 J. McN. Wright, secretary and treasurer. The 

 company was organized for the purpose of 

 jointly operating a number of stave mills in 

 Tennessee and Kentucky. Sixteen mills will 

 be controlled and operated, for the concern 

 owns ten and has leased six additional ones. 

 Most of the mills that have been merged under 

 this one management were owned by Mr. Blow 

 and Mr. Wright, but other interests have also 

 been incorporated. If the present plans of the 

 new compauy arc realized, Nashville will be- 

 come the largest stave market in the entire 

 country. Mr. Blow is said to be the most ex- 

 tensive stave dealer in the world. He also has 

 large cooperage interests. Both Mr. Blow and 

 Mr. Wright have big interests in western 

 Tennessee. Mississippi. Louisiana and Arkansas, 

 and it is the ultimate purpose of these cap- 

 italists t" put all their mills into the new or- 

 ganization. 



One of the biggest timber deals on record 

 in this section has been consummated. The 

 Davidson-Benedict Lumber Company has pur- 

 chased from Hon. Joseph E. Washington 



i son county the timber rights on a tract 

 of virgin forest of 1,200 acres. The tract on 

 which the timber rights were sold is not ex- 

 celled anywhere. The consideration was $40,- 

 000. There are several million feet of oak, 

 poplar, hickory, ash and other hardwood 

 the tract and it will take two or three years 

 to cut out the timber. The purchasers will 

 erect a saw mill at once and proceed to clear 



