HARDWOOD RECORD 



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W. W. Garrott was out of the city, which 

 was a disappointment, for he is an authority 

 on Indiana hardwoods and an interview with 

 him would have been interesting and instruc- 

 tive. 



To Indianapolis, via the Monon next; meet- 

 ing the trade there was like meeting old 

 triends, so cordial was everybody's greeting. 

 J. M. Pritchard of the Long-Knight Lumber 

 Company was first seen, and he reported busi- 

 ness as good and steadi'y improving. 



Mr. Talge of the Talge Mahogany Company 

 imparted some valuable information in the 

 course of his conversation, and gave it as his 

 opinion that outside of Central America and 

 the West Indies the true or Spanish mahogany 

 is not found. The Talge Mahogany Company 

 is famous for its line veneers and their "To- 

 basco Brand" is in constant demand. 



Bert F. Swain, who is known all over 

 the state as an extremely busy man, was act- 

 ually cornered long enough to get his opinion 

 of the hardwood situation. Although un- 

 willing to express himself very freely, he ap- 

 peared to be satisfied all around. Considering 

 his vast interests, it is safe to say that things 

 look very bright In Indiana. 



The F. M. Bachman Company, dealers in 

 veneers and hardwoods, said that although 

 they took many trade journals, they couldn't 

 do without the Record. 



The Indiana Sawed Veneer Company, J. D. 

 Maris, manager, will shortly move into its 

 new factory on the Belt railroad. Increasing 

 business necessitated this step and in the 

 future it will be able to handle orders with 

 dispatch. 



The Indiana Lumber & Veneer Company 

 has recently reorganized, and in future will 

 be known as the Indiana Veneer & Lumber 

 Company. O. M. Pruitt, president and treas- 

 urer, says new machinery will be installed 

 which will more than double the present out- 

 put of the plant. 



A comparatively new concern in the hard- 

 wood industry of Indianapolis is the Eagles- 

 field & Shepard Company. This concern is 

 growing very rapidly. The yard is especially 

 well arranged and stocked, and it is a pleasure 

 to visit it — the more so with Mr. Shepard as 

 guide and mentor. 



The Standard Dry Kiln Company, in addi- 

 tion to its usual output of kiln doors, is put- 

 ting out a new kiln door carrier. Mr. Elliott 

 very kindly explained this, and slated that it 

 is taking well on the market. 



Edward Girard of the National Dry Kiln 

 Company reported business in kiln doors as 

 somewhat better than usual. 



When visiting the Sinker Davis Company's 

 plant and meeting H. R. Bliss, manager, one 

 always feels as though among old friends, so 

 cordial is he. Although a very busy man he 

 always finds time for visitors, and this trait 

 is much appreciated. The popular "Hoosier" 

 sawmill machinery manufactured by this 

 company is known all over the country. 



N. A. Gladding of E. C. Atkins & Co., 

 Inc., received me in his usual jolly way and 

 himself acted as guide over the plant and 

 newly acquired property formerly occupied 

 by the Parry Carriage Company. 



Up at Crawfordsville is located the S. 

 Burkholder Lumber Company and "Sam" is 

 always hospitality itself. 



At Richmond, C. H. Kramer of the C. & W. 

 Kramer Company expressed the opinion that 

 the fall outlook was particularly cheerful. His 

 company is one of the oldest in the state, 

 having been formed when the Indiana lumber 

 industry was in its infancy, and is now known 

 as one of the largest handlers of hardwoods 

 in that section. 



At Edinburg lives another pioneer of In- 

 diana lumber history — Henry Maley. A visit to 

 him is always pleasant, the more so if the 

 caller also meets those two gentlemen who 

 conduct the hustling Evansville house, Claude 



Maley and Daniel Wertz, as did the Recoud 

 man the other day. Their invitation to "drop 

 in and see us when you are in town" will 

 surely be accepted. 



The Kirby-w i Company at Muncie re- 

 ports everything in good shape, and a look 

 around their yard convinces one that thej 

 fully prepared to fill all orders. 



R. J. Walton of Anderson was out of the 

 city, looking after his farming interests. 



Pulse & Porter at Greensburg are busy with 

 nil kinds of orders. However, Mr. Pulse found 

 time to talk a little while, and he certainly 

 has the faculty of making one feel at home. 



W. E. Talbert reports things in and aroim.l 

 Greensburg extremely lively — a condition 

 which will doubtless continue. 



The North Vernon Pump &. Lumber Com- 

 pany at North Vernon has recently com- 

 menced operations at their new Louisville, 

 K.v., mill. Oak will be the principal output. 

 W. N. Hess is in charge. A new departure 

 in sawmill yards is to be found there — that 

 of using derricks and the overhead trolley car- 

 rier instead of teams; this system is giving 

 good satisfaction and the Messrs. Platter are 

 to be congratulated upon the idea. — Mac. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The Bond Handle Factory of New Castle, Ind., 

 has resumed work again after undergoing a gen- 

 eral overhauling. The old machines have been 

 repaired and put in good condition, new ones 

 installed and the factory rearranged. A large 

 amount of handle timber has been contracted 

 for and orders already on hand promise a steady 

 winter's work. 



The plant of the Oregon Handle Manufac- 

 turing Company of Newberg, Ore., burned to 

 Ihe ground Aug. 18. The total loss is about 

 $1 2,000, only $2,000 of which is covered by 

 insurance. The company has not yet decided 

 whether or not the factory will be rebuilt. 



The Jones Lumber Company of Fackler, Ala., 

 has purchased the hardwood timber on 1,000 

 acres of land in their county, for which it 

 paid $30,000. The wood is said to be of ex- 

 cellent quality and the company will proceed 

 to cut it immediately. 



The Arthur Hardwood Flooring Company is 

 rushing work on its new plant in North Mem- 

 phis. It hopes to start operations within thirty 

 days. 



Fire recently destroyed a fine lot of finishing 

 and hardwood lumber belonging to the Wer- 

 heini Manufacturing Company of Wausan, Wis. 

 The loss was about $8,000, only half of which 

 was covered by insurance. 



The Camden Hardwood Lumber Company has 

 been organized at Little Rock, Ark., with a 

 capital stock of $10,000. E. C. Holmes is presi- 

 dent; John J. Price and J. ]'. Ililhurn. di- 

 rectors. They will conduct a sawmill and him- 

 ber business at Camden. 



James Stewart of Belleville, Mich., died Aug. 

 _•:; at bis home i" that city. Mr. Stewart was 

 i. ..rn in Scotland seventy-seven years ago. He 

 lias been engaged in the hardwood lumber busi- 

 ness at Belleville for the past twenty-live years, 



and at one time was a member of the Michigan 

 legislature. 



Tii.: standard Oak Venee't Works al John 

 t'ity, Tenn., has closed down for a Bhort time, 

 in order that improvement! in." tie made and 

 machines rej ..I 



The Crabtree Lumber Company has built a 

 very complete and up-to-'date sawmill near 

 Tuscaloosa, Ala., and has recently commenced 

 opera I ions. 



The hardwood mill at Rice Lake, Wis., is 

 doing a nourishing business. The Hice Lake 

 Lumber Company ■ property It If "wn a 



' ' mi. .nut of timber in that vicinity and 

 are running it to its full capacity. 



The Oliver Alining Company of Berrien, 

 Mich., has purchased from the Sage Land Com- 

 pany of Albany, N. v, 1,000 acres ol hardwood, 

 hemlock ami scattering pine in the vicinity of 

 the former place. 



E. K. Hughey of Bellevue, Iowa, president 

 ..t the Dorchester & Hughey Lumber Company. 

 lias recently bought up rarge tracts of hard- 

 wood and hemlock on Yellow river, in Wiscon- 

 sin, and will go mi., the woods early next 

 month to build camps and prepan for the 

 winter's logging. 



The Carlson Sash & Door Companj .n Minne- 

 apolis lost a large stock of veneer woods, ma- 

 hogany, expensive maples and other varieties 

 used in finer kinds of furniture by fire on Aug, 

 27. The loss was covered by insurance. 



The F. McDonnell Lumber Company of Co- 

 lumbus, o.. has recently purchased 10,000 

 of hardwood timber land in Tennessee and will 

 at once begin cutting it. 



A new branch of Hie Iron Mountain road, to 

 be known as the white river branch, will be 

 opened for traffic in a few weeks. It will ex- 

 tend from Carthage, Mo., to .Newport, All;.. 

 and will tap extensive hardwood forests in Ar- 

 kansas. 



J. A. McCoy of West 1 Dity, 0., is so sure of 

 better prices that he has four million hare 

 staves stored in his sheds awaiting an ad- 

 vance. 



The Ward & Hanson Veneer Company oi 

 city, Mich., one of the largest and most thor- 

 oughly equipped institution- of its kind in the 

 country, is installing a new roller drying ma- 

 chine 100 feet in length. 



At the receni session ol the Carriage r.uild- 

 ers' Institute in London it was announced that 

 stout English ash and elm will soon be un- 

 procurable and thai England will be obliged 

 to look to America for its future supply of 

 carriage and wagon material. It was cited 

 thai countrj seats were falling int.. the hands 

 .,f people who had mad.- their money in busi- 

 ness and do n..t i d to f.ll their timber for 



monetary considerations. The old county inag ; 

 nates who formerly held the seats used to have 

 frequent recourse to the sale of their timber 

 in oi'.l 'iic money other 



purposes. 



G. Sebaetz. Louis K I Prank Doerfler 



of III.' Con Trial ' 



... i company, recently tors i with 



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HardWood Netos. 



By HARUWOOD RECORD 



Chicago. 

 \ ITelger, treasurer of the Hackley- 

 Phelps-Bonnell Company of Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., and Hackley, Wis., was a Chicago vi 

 week. 

 George Zearing of Do Vails Bluff, Ark., and 

 if ilie Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company of 

 this city, was a local visitor last week and 

 left for a visit to his father at liis ,,1,1 home 

 at Princeton, 111. 



F. S. Hendricks. Hi of flic T. S, llendri.l 



Lumber I >any, Masonic Temple, has been ab- 



s ,.„i ii, .a i his desk for the last few days In 



Special Correspondents.) 



attendance at the bedside of hit has 



.. en seriously ill. 

 Frank \\ Empire Lumber t 



Buffalo, was a Chicago visitor last week. 

 Mr. Vetter was I by bis wife. 



Bollng Arthur Johnson's many friends among 

 1 1 .. [umber fraternltj him con- 



Mi-red 

 on Wednesday. Aug. 18, in 



Is Mrs, Rose Sbume dl of 



this .ity. Mrs. Job" active and 



capable young woman, and Mr. Johnson is to, 



securing the hand of SU. i 



