HARDWOOD RECORD 



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At Mosinee is located the mill and offices ol 

 Joseph Dessert Lumber Company, one of the old- 

 est firms of the state. Louis Dessert, the present 

 manager of the company, was out of town. 



At Wausau, Wis., I renewed my acquaintance 

 with M. J. Colby of the Curtis & Yale Company. 

 Mi. Colby is known all over the state as one of 

 the foremost members of the lumber Industry, 

 being at present secretary of the Wisconsin Hard- 

 wood Association. He is looking very young just 

 now, having lost the heavy mustache for which 

 he was famous. While at Wausau I met W. W. 

 Russell of the Fenwood Lumber Company, one 

 of the best known salesmen of this popular com- 

 pany. 



At Ilatley. Wis., is located the plant of the 

 Porter Lumber Company. Mr. Porter was away 

 when I called, but 1 speut a very pleasant hour 

 at the mill and enjoyed it immensely, as the 

 plant is a modern one in every respect. 



Down the Northwestern Line at Wittenberg is 

 located the Viking Lumber Company with Carl 

 Jacobson as manager. To go into detail con- 

 cerning this plant and its efficient manager is 

 unnecessary, as both are so well known. Ai Wit 

 tenberg I also met II. Reisner of the Wittenberg 

 Laud Company. .Mr. Reisner is "the father of 

 Wittenberg." 



On the Northwestern I proceeded to Tigertow n. 

 where is located the mill and offices of the 



I adger i umber any. with II. W. St 



as president and manager. The Badger C 



Whit c !■ imii ri.". in add 



tn the mill at Tigertown, and is on 



largest producers of bardw i lumber In 



state Dhe prominence of th's companj is due 

 largely to tile efficient m n1 of Mr. 



Swanke, who rough business man. 



At New London is located the Hatton Lumber 

 Company, witli W. Dick in charge. Visitors are 

 always welcome ai tin' office of this firm and the 

 reception by Mr. Dick is courteous in everj re 

 spect. 



Away up the "Klondike Branch" of the North- 

 western Line at Soperton is located the new mill 

 of the Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Company, 

 with N. J. Quinlan in charge. This concern is 



ol :' iesl linns in the North Country, 



having been Ideated at Menominee, Mich., for the 

 past twenty years, and having only recently put 

 up its new mill til Soperton. When they finish 

 the planing mil) uow in process of erection this 

 plant will lie one of the largest and most com- 

 plete in the North Country. To M. J. Quinlan, 

 who is a gentleman of the old school, and II. II. 

 M craw, treasurer of the company, 1 give the old 

 toast of Rip Van Winkle. "Here's to your health 

 and your families' good health. May you live 

 long aud prosper I" — Mac. 



NeWs Miscellany. 



Australian Hardwoods. 

 The under secretary for public works of New- 

 South Wales, in his annual report, calls at- 

 tention to the rapid disappearance of the hard- 

 woods, one of the most valuable assets of the 

 country. The export trade has steadily in 

 creased during the last five years owing in a 

 great measure to the energy of the commercial 

 agents in South Africa. Europe and the Last. 

 The woods have secured a firm hold in South 

 Africa. Nearly 650,000 sleepers and 300 tur- 

 pentine piles have been shipped to that coun- 

 try, and Sydney merchants have orders on hand 

 at the present time for 350,000 superficial feet 

 of sawn timber for the mines and harbor boards. 

 The possibilities of future trade in this direc- 

 tion are most promising. England and the Con- 

 tinent, notably Germany, still continue to pur- 

 chase timber in large quantities from the State 

 for railway wagon construction and wood- 

 blocking, and the English railway companies are 

 commencing to take hardwood sleepers. India. 

 with its thousands of miles of railways and its 

 yearly extension of branch feeding lines, find- 

 ing itself yearly running short of native woods — 

 teak and sal, as well as other soft woods which 

 tbey have been using in past years — is now- 

 looking outside for suitable timbers for sleep 

 ers. aud western Australia has obtained a foot- 

 ing to no small extent as suppliers. Although 

 a little late, New South Wales has entered into 

 competition, and orders for 1115,000 sleepers for 

 three or four lines have been placed there. These 

 are only sample orders, and the Sydney tim- 

 ber merchants look forward to large and in- 

 creasing orders in the near future, when the 

 value of their hardwoods Is recognized by the 

 Indian engineers. The government has so far 

 assisted the producers in every reasonable way. 

 Trained timber inspectors have been placed by 

 the government tit the different timber centers 

 throughout New South Wales, who Inspect aud 

 brand the timber, and government certifi 

 are issued with each shipment for a nominal 

 charge, which are a guarantee as to quality to 

 both seller and buyer. 



the growing of a hybrid walnut timber suit- 

 for cultivation in the Pacific coast coun- 

 try. 



Mr. Burbank has been experimenting with 

 the Santa Barbara soft shell walnut, which 

 tree's peculiar habit of blossoming makes it 

 the most interesting- one with which the sci- 

 entist has to deal, as there are features in 

 the problem not usually found in other vege- 

 tation. Some years ago he produced a tree 

 which is said to be satisfactory to him and 

 which has been largely planted from San 

 Francisco Bay to the Columbia river. In the 

 course of his experiments he has produced 

 two varieties which he considers worthy of 

 saving and naming, both of which have de- 

 veloped a marvelous faculty for accumulating 

 wood; one of these he has named the Para- 

 dox, which is a cross between the Persian and 

 the native California walnut, and which has 

 attained a diameter of tw-o feet in less than 

 fourteen years. It is thought that the pres- 

 ent and prospective value of walnut will make 

 it a very desirable timber crop in the Cali- 

 fornia climate and soil. A commercially good 

 walnut tree which would be fit to reduce to 

 lumber in thirty years would doubtless pay a 

 larger revenue than ordinary farm crops. 



As is generally known, Pacific coast varie- 

 ties of trees which are called "hardwood" in 

 the East, are usually soft, check badly and 

 are otherwise unsatisfactory for cabinet work. 

 It is therefore to be hoped that Mr. Burbank 



has succeeded in the creation of a hardvi I 



that will be of commercial value for the deni- 

 zens of the coast country. 



Growing Walnut Timber. 



Burbank, the Californian who has achieved 



such wonderful results in the production of 



strange fruits, flowers and vegetables during 



the past few years, is now trying his hand at 



New Hardwood Plant. 



Burlington. Iowa, is soon to have a new- hard- 

 wood manufacturing plant added to the prt 

 long list. A sawmill with a daily capacity of 

 25, feet of lumber is in course of construc- 

 tion at i - el'' Work on structure is 

 progn Idly, and it will probably lie com- 

 pleted Aug. 1. The main building will be - 

 in) net and two stories high. The boiler room 

 is to be IS by 30 feet in dimensions. A rotary 

 saw has already been installed. 



Ample material to supply the mill for some 

 in come will lie furnished by the exte 

 timber tracts on Big Island and along the Illi- 

 nois shore from Dallas for several miles north, 

 on which the firm lias secured options. Elm. 



more timber will 



nufai i ured : the I pi oduct will be 



in i 'liicago. 



for a number of years has 

 i hardwood mill on Big Island, 

 and other parties with long experience in the 

 lumbei i prise. 



Secretary Southern Cypress Manufacturers' 

 Association, 

 irge E. Watson has been chosen permanent 



n'y "i' tin- recent i. ■ d Southern 



Manufacturers' As o ■ It b 



quarters in the LlveBl I -^ London & Globe 



ding, N'ew Orleans. Mr. Watson has been 

 long ai favorably known in the lumber trade 

 ni' thi !8l and has a very extensive ac- 



quaint 



Mr. Watson was born in I 

 His father was a manufacturer o ird iods at 

 i \i i ... vs here he got his < a ier ex- 



perlence. 



He has lie Lumber 



Exchange of St Louis, secretary of the St. 



Louis Hardw I ,v Lumber Manufacturers' Ex- 



change, assistant secretary or tie' House of Hoo- 

 Hoo, secretary of the Yellow Piners, and latterly 



GEO. E. WATSON, SECRETARY SOUTHERN 



CYPRESS MANUFACTURERS' 



ASSOCIATION. 



has been engaged in lie- yellow pine trade of 

 St. Louis. He has had ;m extensive experience 

 in the lumber business and was elected for the 



i i in n of secretary ol this new organization 



from numerous ot tier applii ants. 



On the evening Of .lime L'T a farewell dinner 

 was given Mr. Watson by the St. Louis lumber- 

 men, which function took place tn the Mercan- 

 tile Club. His friends gave him a rouclng send- 

 off, aud wished him the best ol' g 1 fortune in 



his new venture. Mr. Watson may he congratu- 

 lated in" 1 " itis new alliance .and so also may the 

 Soul hern Cypress Manufai pn for 



Imirablc selection for the post of secretary. 



The Renaissance of Graining. 

 It is only people who have reached the me- 

 rit' life who can recall t] unt- 

 of house finishing that pre- 

 i in their youth, which consisted in 

 ningr" handsome woods in pretended 1ml- 

 , of oak. walnut, m and other 



) re- 

 in, ni ol w ''""I In 

 ine that it was relegated to an unlami 



liar as it 



- . graining is actually coming Into 



common use again, and we may next expect 



a reC | hromo which was a 



cotemporaneous offense to good taste. 



