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HARDWOOD RECORD 



nificenl section of hardwood and yellow pine 

 limber lands In Mississippi, and will prove an 

 important factor in their development. 



Following thi recent announcement thai thi 

 Fourche River Lumber Company and the 

 Bryant Lumber Company, which were al dag- 

 gers' points for about :i year and a half, had 

 decided to arbitrate, comes the approval of 

 the chartei of the Fourche River Vatlej ,y- 

 Indian L*erritorj Elailroad, which is to be con- 

 structed in Perry county, Arkansas. The 

 trouble between the two companies originated 

 the fight foi a charter foi .1 railroad 



over practicallj te. imong the 



terms of the agreement il was decided that 

 one-fifth of this road should be constructed 

 each year until completion bj the Fourche 

 River Lumber Company. The latter company, 

 in return for certain rights of way, has agreed 

 tndle eh,- timber and lumber of the Bryant 

 Lumber Company over 11 ad at a stipu- 

 lated price. The most important reature In 

 1 ^ setl lemi nl is 1 he certainty that thi 

 will be built. 



The E. Sondheimer Company, which has 

 offices in the Randolph Building, has under 

 consideration the establishment of lumbei 



yards .ti Memphis. No decision has yet I 



reai bed, though a member of the firm 

 this matter will be settled within 

 thirty days. The yards of the eompanj 



loi ati .1 .'i C hi . and the • loseness of 



Cairo to Memphis is the stumbling block In 

 th,- waj ol establishing yards at Memphis. 

 Max Sondheimer, president of the compa 



1 pari of last week looking after the mills 

 and othei Interest ol thi company in the 



South 



George C. Ehemai Bennetl .v Witti 



returned fr a trip to Chicago. He w:is Im- 



. d « nl, the bright outlook for a 

 rade In thai cltj Hi the \ lew 



thai there will be a demand sufficient to ink.- 

 up all the lumber In the South available foi 

 shipment tins fall, and that pit..- will be well 

 maintained, with the possibility of Impro 

 mint. 



The l.ee Lumber Company has filed a lull 

 •11 chancer} here against Olson & Lesh 



tors, to secure the payment of a hill of 

 95 Th. complainant sets forth that 

 mint has been demanded and refused, and 



therefore .1 di c tot tins amount togi 



with Interest and costs, is prayed. 



A meeting ol the Lumbermen's Club ol 

 .\lem], his has been called to consider tie ad 

 t/isabllity of taking action in connection with 

 the stationary engineers employed In this 

 city. The union having control of this class 

 ,t labor desires to have none nut licensed en 

 glneers employed. The Business Men's Club 

 has held a meeting in connection with the 

 proposition and tie lumbermen feel that some- 

 thing should I,,- done by them one waj 01 the 



th. r 



The local offices of tie Hoyl .v w lin 



Manufacturing Company, the Hoyt & \v lin 



Cypn any and thi Goodland Cypress 



Company, which are located in the Randolph 

 Building, will bi : temporarily to New 



York City. 



J. W. Thompson, president of the .1. W. 

 Thompson Lumber Company, has returned 

 from a recent trip to Indiana, where he wont 

 io lisit his father. 



.\lr. McClure, of Thompson & AlcClure, Is 

 in N< « Mexico visiting a brother, who has 

 gone to thai country for his health. The two 

 will no 1 to Dcming, X. M„ and 



thenci to Phoenix, Ariz. 



when preparations for the fall activity are 

 being made. 



Thos. \v. Frj of the 1 has F. Luehrmann 



Hardwood Lumber Company has returned 



flop, a pleasant sojourn at Charlevoix, Mich., 



has entered upon his duties with his cus- 



tomary vim and energy 



Geo. E. Raithel of the Geo. I-:. Raithel Manu- 

 facturing Company is at Sturgeon Bay, Mich., 

 with Mrs. Raithel. enjoying a short respite 

 from the cares of business. 



Another busy man who has gone away to 

 spend a tow days fai from the madding 

 crowd is J. s Garetson of the Garetson- 

 Greason Lumber Company. Ho wont to Vir- 

 ginia Beach with his familj for a short visit, 

 and from there he will make a round of thi 

 principal business centers and places of pleas 

 tire before coming back to this city. Mr. 

 Garetson litis boon a very busy man th,- past 

 year, and his vacation is certainly a weli- 



rned 



Anions- the visitors to this market tin pasl 



few days was .1. s Buford, of James Buford 



a Son, Mandevllle, Ark., who handles con- 

 siderable oak lumber in addition to the yel- 

 low pine he cuts it his own mill, lie was on 

 his way southward, and reported busim 



111 brisk down his way. 



Bonsack Lumber Company is sending 

 .111 some unique advertising matter these 



the latesl being a finely lithographed 

 blotter and a strange looking sheet, covered 

 with mysterious hieroglyphics, which also 

 bears the following Legend: "This is Mr. 

 Meyer's laun.lt> bill (the Chinaman wants his 

 moie G 'Ins to him when he calls on 

 ■on tomorrow or day after. ' There are tev 

 more popular representatives on tie road than 

 int., Meyer, win, has long been identified with 

 thi. Bonsack Company, and hi will undoubt- 

 edly h ' ■ II In 1 tin- ad 



, il'onl. 



St. Louis. 



Members of He hardwood fraternity are still 

 returning from summer resorts and taking 

 up the threads of business where they left off. 

 There is considerable stir in many ot! 



Wausau. 

 w A. Engel, who has been acting as sta 

 agent 11 Marshfteld to, the Wiscon I 

 Central Rallwaj Company, has decided to quit 

 railroading .md n,, into the hardwood busi- 

 ness, lie is Interested in yards at Splil 1 



wis., tun 1 - he closes up his busl- 



,1 Matshtieid will taki en actl pari 



.11 il- ait, 1 11 ot 1 tern. 



In. order to 1 mmodati tie demand for 



space, Incident to tie rapid growth of its 

 business, the Roddis Lumber ,v Veneer Com 

 pany of Marshfleld litis broken ground tm 1 

 addition to its factory. The addition 

 will )„■ three stories high, ::.'.\i"s 1. . 1 in di- 

 mensions. Tie- second Hour will lie used ex- 

 clusively tor finishing quarter-saw ad oak ve- 

 in. 1 othei fancy wood. Improved ma- 

 ry will he installed and. more attention 

 given io finer lines of work in tin- future. 



A cut of two oonts on the tariff rat, for 

 lumber from Inland towns of Wisconsin to 

 lake shore ports has been made by the stati 

 railway commission as its first accomplish- 

 ment in the work for which it was created. 

 'I'll, law mil I. ..,, mis effective September 1. 



a great deal of complaint has been hoard in 

 years from lumbermen regarding railway 



tariff rates, and they hope that lie- two-cent 

 out is bill one of several steps in tie right 



direction. Officers of th" railway linos who 

 have conferred with the railway commission 

 declare that there is indication that the com- 

 mission is dealing fairly with the companies 

 and will thoroughly investigate complaints that 

 are made. A number ,,f other changes that 

 will affect lumber shippers are under con- 

 nl, ration. 

 Louis Salzman ot lie firm of Brehmer & 

 Siii/.man, Wausau, died recently, after several 

 months' illness. He served on the city eoim- 

 1 il at different times and at the time of death 

 t member of the board of education. In 



company with Mr. Brehmer he three years 

 ago built a hardwood mill west of the city 

 on Big Rib river and tret with success in 

 the enterprise. - 



The Wisconsin & Michigan Railway Com- 

 pany is proving a good customer for a num- 

 ber of th- hardwood dealers of the north- 

 eastem part of the state. Besides many new 

 depots along its lines, tie company is build- 

 ing a large hotel, dancing pavilion and power 

 house at tie Holmes Island resort. The finish- 

 ing used in th" hotel shows a wide variety 

 of woods, tie different rooms being finished 



in different w is Curly maple, oak, ash. 



cherry end Several other finishing woods at. 

 used, giving ,, \oi\ handsome effect. 



Caleb Williams, one of Manlnette's pioneei 

 residents, has offered tin- chamber of com- 

 merce of that city two five-acre tracts of land 

 for factory sites, free of any east. The con- 

 ditions be imposes are that two factories, em- 

 ploying one hundred men each, must be se- 

 cured to locate on the sites He also agreed 



to give .in additional five acres, providing nini 

 other men will give tin equal amount. The 

 peopli of Marinette ami Menomonee are mak- 

 ing .1:1 extra effort to gel woodworking insti- 

 tutions into their cities to take the place of 

 the pine cutting mills, which are yearly be- 

 . fewer in number and moving to other 

 points, taking with them a great many work 

 mi 11 



Hardwood men ,-t the lake ports who havi 

 eastern orders to tilt are complaining at pres- 

 ent because of a scarcity of lake freighters 

 to transport their st.,cks. 



Superintendent T. 1'. Eldridge of the Prai- 



11. .in 1 hi.n divlsii f the ('.. M. & St. P. 



Ry, is in possession of a curiosity as a re- 

 minder of early daj railroading in Wisconsin 

 While in I. one Rock a Pw days ago. a hot, 



in. in 1, resented tie superintendent with 

 pice of white oak which was once part 01 

 on. ot th. rails used on the first Richland 

 Ci 'ter railroad, before Iron or steel rails w. n 



ssibilitv in that part of the state. Th. 



oak tails wit. used forty years ago on the 

 inn from Lou. Rock to Richland Center, ami 

 locomotives and cars passed regularly ovei 

 1 tor t.ii \eais 'I'll, piece presented t. 

 Alt. Kin! nlc, is .,- sound and perfect to. la 

 1 when laid forty years ago, and. if anything, 

 appears to have hardened with age. It is tin 

 inches wide and i hie, inches high, and will 

 he hung in He new owner's office with the 

 group picture >.t the first railway conductoi 

 ..I Wisconsin. 



'I'll.- lew ..tie, building of tin Robbing 

 Lumber Company of Rhinelander is com- 

 pleted and is .1 model structure. The interior 

 1 1 hi up into different sections and compart 

 incuts and no two are finished alike. Tin 

 finishing woods used axe bird's-eye maple, oak 

 ami tamarack and different effects are pro- 

 duced by the various paints used. The pri- 

 vate office is finished in natural wood, bird's- 

 . ye maple, every piece perfect and without 

 blemish, being used. The stenographer's room 

 is finished in tn.ipl. . steel colored paint has 

 ben used, which produces a marble-like ef- 

 fect. Tin- main rooms show how well tarn 

 in 11 k can he utilized for interior work. It can 

 be made to so closely resemble oak that il 

 lakes an expert 10 tell the difference. Ever, 

 room in the office is an advertisement it, 

 itself, all of the woods used In the construc- 

 tion ol the building being carried in stock 1. 

 the company. The company is constructing 



i .on, i.t. power house, 32x46 feet in size 

 W'le n completed another engine will be added 

 giving an increase of fifty per cent in powet . 

 which will be transmitted to the mill by wit, 



able. 



The .lank. & Welse Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Wausau, has purchased an additional 

 factory site and will proceed to erect new 

 facton buildings thereon. The companj 



