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HARDWOOD RECORD 



December 25. 192(> 



The CHICAGO 



APPROVED PORTABLE 



Watchman's 

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with its ipecial Waltham moTcment, its lock 

 stations and its superior quality throughout, is 

 especially desirable for mills and factories and 

 for either in-door or out-door patrol. 



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CHICAGO WATCHMAN'S CLOCK WORKS 



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 1526 So. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



FOR SALE 



Southern Hardwoods 



OAK, GUM, ASH, ELM, 

 MAPLE, CYPRESS, 

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Jerome Hardwood Lumber Co. 



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BAND MILLS AT 

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19 So. La Salle Street, CHICAGO 



hai'fhvood manufacturers, refused a compensation award to the bo.v. It 

 seems that the boy secured employment by stating that he would be 

 seventeen years of age in October, when he was not sixteen. He was 

 later injured In an accident, and endeavored to sue in open court. 



Thomas Matthews & Son, Inc., successors to the old firm of Thomas 

 Matthews & Son of Baltimore, Md., which has had an unbrolien existence 

 for about one hundred years, are about completing a planing mill and 

 plant to turn out mill work at their place in Westport, and the machinery 

 is being installed. The frame structure in which the equipment will be 

 housed measures about 24,000 square feet and the capacity is to be- 

 75,000 feet per day. The plant is being equipped to enable the corpora- 

 tion to talje care of its customers' needs in the way of dressed stocks. 



ST. LOUIS 



With the hope of stimulating the building of homes, a bill is to be pre- 

 sented to the next session of the Missouri legi-slature for a Mortgage Tax 

 Law. 



A bill of this sort was presented to the last legislature, but was 

 defeated by members from the farming communities. One of the reasons 

 now advanced that the bill be passed is that insurance companies are 

 raising the interest rate on farm loans. It is said that unless a law 

 of this sort is speedily passed it will soon become almost impossible to 

 attract fund.s for the building of city homes or the purchase of farm 

 lands. 



The Traffic Motor Truck Corporation, makers of traffic trucks, will begin 

 to operate its extensive plant here Jan. 3, with a view to resuming full 

 operations, according to a statement made by Guy Wilson, president of 

 the company. The plant has been idle tor four months, due to the general 

 business depression of last fall and summer. The concern normally 

 employed a large sales and office force and 1,200 men were engaged in the 

 manufacture of the trucks. This is taken as a hopeful sign by hardwood 

 men, as the automobile plants here are large consumers of hardwoods. 



Otto F. Thomsen. 38 years old, vice-president of the Thomsen Planing 

 Mill Company here, was instantly killed Monday, Deo. 20, when a Missouri 

 Pacific passenger train struck a truck which he was driving at the De Tont.v 

 street crossing. 



WISCONSIN 



The Below Sawmill Company of Marinette has resumed the operation 

 of its mill In order to cut up the present supply of logs. It will then close 

 down for about thirty days to facilitate the installation of a new resaw 

 and some other equipment. From the completion of these improvements 

 the plant is expected to be operated continuously through the spring and 

 summer months. The nucleus of the plant is the old Ludington sawmill. 

 During the summer and fall a large improvement project has been under 

 way to make this one of the largest lumber manufacturing plants in the 

 North. A large power house is being completed and a new flooring mill. 

 72 by 200 feet, and a planing mill, 60 by 300 feet, will be finished earl.v 

 next spring. Fireproof dry kilns, 80 by 90 feet, are ready to receive stock. 



The Eagle River Lumber Company at Eagle River is erecting an addition 

 to its power plant and boiler house to accommodate the enlargement of 

 the mill proper to a daily capacity of about 50,000 feet. 



The W. J. Campbell Lumber Company, Limited, of Oshkosh, has amended 

 its corporate articles to Increase the authorized capitalization from 120,000 

 to $200,000. 



The Handle Specialties Company of Ripon, which formerly occupied 

 part of the factory of the Ripon Toy Company, now out of business, 

 expects to begin manufacturing on an extensive scale in its new factory 

 by January 1. It took over the old Farmers' elevator at Ripon and recon- 

 structed and equipped it for producing a wide variety of hardwood special- 

 ties, principally handles. Officers of the company are : President. L. J. 

 Pynch ; vice-president, F. A. Babcock ; secretary and treasurer, E. J- 

 Burnslde. 



The B. Heinemann Lumber Company of Wausau, one of the largest 

 operators in the North, has increased its authorized capital stock from 

 .$200,000 to $1,500,000 to accommodate the growth of its business and 

 production. At the same time the Heinemann Brothers Company of 

 Wausau, an affiliated corporation, filed amendments to increase its cap- 

 italization from $50,000 to $125,000. 



The Tomahawk Steel & Iron Works of Tomahawk, founder, machinist 

 and manufacturer and repairer of logging and sawmill machinery and 

 equipment, has reorganized its official personnel following the retirement 

 of F, J. Callan, who is returning to his former home in Muskegon, Mich. 

 William G. Bauman has taken charge of the plant as vice-president and 

 general manager in his stead. WtUiam Drever continues as president and 

 Lenore Larson as secretary of the corporation. 



The annual report of the building inspector's department of the city of 

 Milwaukee shows that new building construction in this city during 1920 

 aggregated in value $15,061,436. compared with $20,067,193 during 1919. 

 The number of such permits issued this year was 4,555, against 4,534 last 

 year. The total valuation of all permits issued, including new construction, 

 electrical, heating, plastering, alterations, etc., was $20,070,601 this year, 

 compared with a grand total of $23,365,797 In 1919, Dwelling construc- 

 tion showed a very large decline this year in comparison witli l'.>19. permit.s 



