NoTember 25, 1920 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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in operation, which will put in 2,500,000 feet, and the remaiuiler of the 

 supply will be purchased from jobbers. The plant has a fair run ot orders, 

 which are enabling it to keep in operation at nearl.v full caijacity. 



The Konz Box & Lumber Company. Seymour, which lost its plant by fire 

 some time ago, has completed plans for the erection of a new factory, 

 which will cost about $30,000. It will be two stories high, 42 by 55 feet 

 in size, equipped for the manufacture of boxes, crating stock, tubs, etc. 

 The tub department is a new enterprise. The new factory will be con- 

 siderably larger than the one which was burned. It will be operated b.v 

 steam and plans call for a power plant. The bu.siness Is owned and man 

 aged by S. A. Konz, who maintains a large plant of a similar nature at 

 Appleton, Wis. 



The Averill-Mau Lumber Company of Chetek, Wis., has beeu iucor- 

 porated, with a capital stock of ?50,000, to manufacture and deal in luni 

 ber, etc. The incorporators are C. K. .\verill, August C. Mau and William 

 A. Mau. 



The Phoenix Manufacturing Company, Eau Claire, has Increased its 

 authorized capitalization from $250,000 to $750,000. It is one of the 

 largest manufacturers in this country of sawmill machinery, logging and 

 loading equipment, and appliances for the lumber industry generally. The 

 capacity ot Its plant has been undergoing expansion for more than a year, 

 and this work will be continued in 1921 to handle a steadily increasing 

 volume of business, foreign as well as domestic. 



The J. H. Kaiser Lumber Company of Eau Claire has completed the work 

 ot rebuilding its mill and factory, following a serious Are which nearly 

 wiped out the plant last July. The mill was placed in operation on Novem- 

 ber 8 and the planing mill will be ready to absorb the output early in 

 December. 



The Below Sawmill Company of Marinette, a $500,000 corporation 

 organized some time ago to take over the extensive interests of Hiram B. 

 Below, formerly of Stanley, is completing extensive rebuilding work and 

 new construction on the site of the old N. Ludington mill, which for years 

 was operated by the Isaac Stephenson interests. The acreage of the 

 former Hamilton & Merryman mill site and yards also was acquired 

 recently, making a total of more than sixty acres for the factory and yard 

 operations of the Below company. In addition to modernizing the large 

 sawmill, the Below company is erecting a large woodworking plant, dry 

 kilns, planing mill, flooring mill, warehouses, storage plants and auxiliary 

 buildings. The Below company's wholesale and retail distributing inter- 

 ests at Wells, Mich., Muskegon and Detroit are being abandoned in order 

 that attention may be concentrated on the Marinette operation. According 

 to Mr. Below, reports of connections with the Ford interests of Detroit 

 are not true. 



Meyer Brothers of Florence, logging jobljers, have increased their hold- 

 ings of timber acreage by the acquisition of four forties. The tracts will 

 be actively logged during the coining winter. Practically the entire input 

 already has been spoken for by sawmills in northeastern Wisconsin. 



The Hardwood Market 



CHICAGO 



The almost complete lethargy of the hardwood market continues at 

 Chicago. The purchase of ties by the railroad companies represents 

 almost the only really active feature of the market. The sellers here arc, 

 of course, getting some business ; a car, or two or three cars, at a time ; 

 but this is coming from only those consuming plants which are in abso- 

 lute need of stocks. Those woodworking plants that are still operating 

 have no inclination to acquire stocks to cover suppo.sed future require- 

 ments, and in addition to this a number of plants have closed down to 

 await an improvement in conditions. Furniture plants which two months 

 ago had enough business on their books to keep their wheels buzzing for 

 two years have had to close because of the large number of cancellations. 

 Many plants are working on short time. The failure of several large 

 phonograph cabinet plants is reported and others are doing virtually no 

 business. Lumbermen are now looking forward to the coming of the 

 new year, when they anticipate that the furniture and other woodworking 

 plants will enjoy a revival of business to an extent at least comparable 

 with normal pre-war demand, and will, therefore, quicken their operations. 

 This will mean a rehabilitation of the hardwood market, they believe. In the 

 meantime the sellers are awakening to the fact that it will do them little 

 good to continue shading prices, as the buyers will take lumber at no price, 

 unless they urgently need it. Because of .the general curtailment of pro- 

 duction, both in the north and south, it is reported that stocks are far 

 below what would be necessary to fill a normal demand. 



BUFFALO 



The hardwood yards all report business as quiet and they are not look- 

 ing for any great Improvement until after the first of the year. Buyers are 

 unwilling to !>dd much to their inventories during the next few weeks. 



BRODHEAD-GARRETT CO. 



CLAY CITY, KENTUCKY 



Manufacturers of 



Hardwood Lumber 



White and Red Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Maple and 



Basswood our specialties. Our stock is very soft 



in texture and of uniform color. 



DRY KILN AND PLANING MILL FACILITIES 



Manufacturers 



of 



Southern Hardwoods 



Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co. 



MARKED TREE, ARKANSAS 

 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 



May we quote you on 

 our present stocks of 

 Southern Hardwoods 



Oak Poplar 



Chestnut Ash 



MANUFACTURERS 



BAND mills: 



rAYETTVILLE .TENN. 



BASS.ALA. 



FAITETTVILLE ,TEHK. 



Tennessee Red Cedar 



I.AR0MAT1C) 



Basswood Maple 



Elm Walnut 

 OTHER HARDWOODS 



