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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 10, 1921 



A NAME that should be 

 on your inquiry list for 

 hardwood lumber. 



American 



Column & Lumber 



Company 



Brunson Bldg. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO 



OAK & HARDWOOD 

 DIMENSION STOCK 



Manufacturer* 

 of 



West Virginia 



SOFT 

 YELLOW 

 POPLAR 



PLAIN 

 WHITE 

 OAK 



PLAIN 



RED OAK 



QUARTERED 

 WHITE 

 OAK 



WHITE OAK 

 TIMBERS & 

 PLANK 



CHESTNUT 



BASSWOOD 



MAPLE 



HICKORY 



BEECH 



BUCKEYE 



BIRCH 



BUTTERNUT 



ASH 



CHERRY 



WALNUT 



SYCAMORE 



BLACK GUM 



HEMLOCK 



LOCUST 



IllllllllUlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllillillllllllllllllllllllli 



May we quote you on 

 our present stocks of 

 Southern Hardwoods 



Oak Poplar 



Chestnut Ash 



MANUFACTURERS 



BAND mills: 



TAYETTVILLE .TENN 



, BASS.ALA. 



FAVETTV ILIiE ,TEHK. 



Tennessee Red Cedar 



^JROMJTIC) 



Basswood Maple 



Elm Walnut 

 OTHER HARDWOODS 



In Louisville there were numerous new plants and additions, among 

 which were big improvements to the Wood Mosaic Company plant ; en- 

 largement of the Southern Veneer Mfg. Company, Louisville Point Lumber 

 Company, Mongel Company, Inman Veneer & Panel Company, Louisville 

 Cooperage Company and several others, while several of the local com- 

 panies secured by lease or purchase additional Southern mills, or opera- 

 tions In the state. 



ST. LOUIS 



In a recent issue of the "Builders' Bulletin," a periodicul issued by the 

 Building Industries Association of whicii A, Boeckler. president of the 

 Boeckler Lumber Company is president, an article said that the cost of 

 labor is what is keeping up building prices. It is said that there is no 

 other major influence can bring a marked reduction in building costs and 

 it is expected the cost of building will remain high for several years. 



Among all the materials used in building an inquiry developed lumber 

 alone is the only material which has materially declined in price since 

 the end of the war. 



In connection Avith the furniture men's announcement of putting out a 

 new style furniture after the first of the year, hardwood men are eagerly 

 awaiting the outcome of the furnitare show at Grand Rapids, Mich., and 

 hope this event may have the effect of starting up the furniture trade. 



WISCONSIN 



A new connecting link between the hardwood and hemlock tiniber region 

 in the vicinity of Crandon, Wis., and the general markets of the United 

 -States and foreign countries was established with the beginning of the 

 new year hy the formal opening of traffic by the Wisconsin & Northern 

 Railroad on a new extension from Appleton to Xcenah. where close con- 

 nections with the Soo Line is effected. Wisconsin & Northern freight 

 trains will connect at Neenah with time freight trains in either direction 

 on the Soo Line between Neenah, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac. Milwaukee, and 

 thus to all points south, west and east. The extension gives the Wiscon- 

 sin & Northern 119 miles of main line, connecting with the Soo Line about 

 six miles north of Crandon. It serves some of the largest logging and 

 lumber manufacturing communities. At Hollister is located the sawmill of 

 the Ehlinger Lumber Company, affiiliated with the W. .1. Campl)ell Lumber 

 Company of Oshkosh ; at ^\Tiite Lake, the Yawkey-P>issell Lumber Company 

 has built a large mill and over 200 homes in the past eighteen months. At 

 Neopit the Government maintains a large mill owned by the Menominee In- 

 dians, with approximately one billion, five hundred million feet of standing 

 timber available. There are other large wood industries at Shawano, Nichols, 

 Black Creek, Mackville and other communities along the line. Thus the 

 opening of the new extension is an event of major interest to the hard- 

 wood industry. 



The Top Company of America, established at Appleton about a year ago, 

 has I>een granted authority to increase its capital stock from $25,000 to 

 $100,000 for the purpose of increasing its capacity and output. It occu- 

 pies part of the plant of the Graef Manufacturing Company, and later in- 

 tends to erect and equip a factory of its own. C. L. Wiggin Ls presid'ent. 



The Chas. W. Fish Lumber Company of Elcho, Wis., operating five 

 large sawmills at Antigo, Birnamwood, Elcho and Crandon, announces 

 the acquisition of Oscar J. Swanson as chief accountant and credit mana- 

 ger. Mr. Swanson assumed his new duties Jan. 1. For two years he has 

 been assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Antigo. He will be 

 located at the general headquarters of the Fish Company at Elcho. 



The Brooks & Ross Lumber Company of Schofleld, Wis., at the close of 

 the year increased its authorized capitalization from $1,000,000 to 

 $1,500,0000 to accommodate the expansion of its logging and lumber 

 manufacturing business, in which hardwood production has an important 

 part^ 



The Phoenix Chair Company of Sheboygan, one of the largest manufac- 

 turers of fine furniture in the Central States, has taken up a new line of 

 production in the nature of novelty furniture. Including small nursery and 

 breakfast sets in ornate design to represent solders in uniform, animals, 

 and other figures intended to appeal to the interest of children. Each 

 article is a miniature of standard furniture. 



George L. Wactjen, head of George L. Waetjen & Company, 110-120 

 Reed street, Milwaukee, a large maker of veneers and panels, has been 

 appointed captain of the guard of Tripoli Temple, Nobles of the Mystic 

 Shrine, having Milwaukee as headquarters and the entire State of Wiscon- 

 sin as its jurisdiction. Mr. Waetjen has been for several years one of the 

 most active members in the ranks, contributing much to the growth of the 

 Temple from 2,500 members in 1917 to 4,200 at the close of 1920. 



The E. F. Wiockort Lumber Company of Neenah, Wis., has been granted 

 a charter. The new corporation has a capital stock of $125,000 and the 

 incorporators are Alfred H. and Harold E.* Wieckert and Arthur A. 

 Kuether, 



Articles of incorporation have been filed in behalf of the W. H. Bissell 

 Company of Wausau, which is chartered with a capital stock of $1,000,000 

 to buy and .sell real estate, timberlands, etc. The chief incorporator is W. 

 It. Bissell of Wausau, one of the leading figures in the lumber industry of 

 the North. 



The Wiscon.sin-Michigan Lumber Company has just placed in operation 

 its new sawmill at Eagle River, Wis., the nucleus of which Is a large 

 mill formerly located in Grand Rapids, Wis., and move* intact to the 



