April 10, 1<I21 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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forced into the hands of receivers, has opeued a commission business in 

 the Ferris building, under his name. 



Shut down since February 13 the Auglaize Box Board Company of 

 St. Mary's, O., has opened with a full force of men. 



.Tohn Bartleson of Columbus, who has been representing the Goodyear 

 Lumber Company in Ohio territory, has changed his connection and is now 

 associated with the Dwight Hinckley Lumber Company of Cincinnati, cov- 

 ering central Ohio, West Virginia and Pittsburgh. 



The Screen-Strip Company of Akron has been chartered with a capital 

 of $25,000 to manufacture weather strips. The incorporators are Joseph 

 S. Hunt, T. E. Hunt, David W. Laughlin, A. O. Laughlin and H. A. 

 Norman. 



The Marion Lumber Company of Marion, C. has started to erect a large 

 shed, two stories high and 260 by 42 for storage purposes. This is being 

 huilt on Oak street. 



The Peter Kuntz Lumber Company of Dayton has purchased the yard 

 and good will of the J. I. Carter Lumber Company at Urbana. O.. and will 

 in the future operate it as a branch. J. I. Carter remains as manager. 



The Robert Hixon Lumber Company of Toledo has increased its author- 

 ized capital from .f200.000 to .$500,000. Robert Hixon is president and 

 W. L. Ilixon secretary. 



.\t the annual stockholders' meeting of the American Column & Lumber 

 Company, held recently, the following officers were elected : W. W. Stark, 

 president : M. W. Stark, vice-president and general manager ; E. M. Stark, 

 vice-president and treasurer, and E. E. Krause, secretary. 



F. B. Pryor, sales manager of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of 

 Columbus, reports a distinct better feeling in hardwood circles. This is 

 evidenced by the large number of inquiries and the fact that the majority 

 ■of inquiries now are live ones, ilanufacturing establishments are now 

 coming into the market and a steady improvement from this time on its 

 anticipated. Prices are still uncertain and irregular and there is quite a 

 spread noted. 



E. M. Stark, vice-president and treasurer of the American Column & 

 X,uinber Company, has returned from a business trip to New York, Boston 

 and Philadelphia, where he looked over the hardwood situation. 



W. M. Ritter. head of the company bearing his name, left early in .Vpril 

 on a business trip to Washington, D. C. and other eastern cities. 



The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company is operating the following mills on 

 full time : One side of the mill at Maben, W. Va. ; a single mill at Kirk- 

 patrick, 'W. Va. ; one side of the McClure mill at Fremont, Va. ; one side 

 ■of the mill at Proctor, N. C, and one side of the mill on Knox Creek', 

 Hurley. W. Va. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



' Ttie Paxton lumber yard of the Dix Lumber Company has been pur- 

 •chased by Joe Black of Sullivan, Ind., who will assume charge. He was 

 former local manager for the Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Company, 



The Nappanee Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Nappanee, has filed 

 notice that its capital stock will be increased from $28,300 to $300,000. 

 Of this amount $100,000 will be preferred stock. 



The Harper Buggy Company and some adjacent building at Columbia 

 City were destroyed by fire a week ago, causing a $150,000 loss. 



The Syracuse Table Company. Warsaw, has filed notice of its change in 

 name to Syracuse Cabinet Company. 



Because of the industrial depression last fall, the Kahler Company at 

 New Albany, Ind., closed its plant and has just resumed operations, 

 employing about ISO men, practically the same number employed before 

 the plant was closed. For the past two years the company has been 

 engage<l exclusively in the manufacture of bodies for automobiles. 



EVANSVILLE 



After having failed to secure a verdict in his favor, Edward R. Smith, 

 former owner of the E. Q. Smith Chair Company of this city, will attempt 

 a second time to recover alleged damages from Daniel Wertz. hardwood 

 lumber manufacturer, and Oscar A. Klamer, owner of several furniture 

 factories here. Smith is suing Messrs. Wertz and Klamer for damages to 

 the amount of .$.S0,000, and the case was recently tried on a change of 

 Tenue in the Gibson county circuit court at Princeton. Ind.. and after a 

 long deliberation the jury was unable to reach a verdict. The case was 

 liotly contested. Smith alleges in his complaint that he was defrauded 

 out of his interest in the old Smith chair factory here by the defendants. 



The building trades in Evansvllle have been idle since the first of April 

 with but a few exceptions. The contractors of the city notified the build- 

 ing trades on the first of the month that they desired to reduce wages 20 

 per cent and to this the workers objected and refused to accept the new 

 scnie. 



1). B. MacLaren. lumber dealer at Indianapolis, formerly engaged in 

 business in Ev.ansville, was here a few days ago on business. 



The Allen Wilkinson Lumber Company at Petersburg, Ind.. has a large 

 force of men at work enlarging its lumber plant, doubling the capacity of 

 the warehouse, building automobile garages and constructing a new plan- 

 ing mill. The Reel-Blue Lumber Company at Petersburg also is making 

 a number of improvements at its plant. The building sheds of the com- 

 pany are being doubled in size and capacity. 



George O. Worland will assist in arranging the annual Evansvllle 

 Exposition that will be held at Cook's Park here this year from Sept. 20 

 to Oct. 1. Mr. Worland, who is general manager of the Evansvllle Veneer 



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