December 10, 1913 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



43 



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M. C. West, formerly a well-known lumberman of Nashville and 

 Monterey, Tenn., has accepted a position with the G. H. Barnes Hard- 

 wood Lumber Company of St. Louis. Mr. West has been assistant sales 

 manager for the Davidson, -Hicks & Greene Company of Nashville, and 

 formerly was with the ■WoodcliH Lumber Company at Monterey, Tenn., 

 a branch of J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co., Philadelphia. 



There are reports of increased activity of the lumber plants at Paris, 

 Tenn. Henry county, of which Paris is county seat, claims lumber 

 plants with a daily capacity of 120,000 feet, and eastern furniture manu- 

 facturers are said to have placed an order for all of the red and white 

 oak that can be obtained. 



The Supreme court of the United States has refused to grant the Louis- 

 ville & Nashville Railroad an Injunction against the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission order for reciprocal switching by that line with the Ten- 

 nessee Central at Nashville. Heretofore prohibitive switching charges 

 have been made on competitive business, ranging from .$5 to .$36 per car. 

 All shippers will be greatly benefited by reciprocal switching ou an 

 equitable basis, which is ordered. 



The H. H. Hitt Lumber Company, a large hardwood concern at 

 Decatur, Ala., will establish a general planing mill business at Chatta- 

 nooga, Tenn. The Decatur mills will furnish lumber for the plant. 



There has been marked increase in building activities in Nashville the 

 past few months. Building permits for the month of November amounted 

 to $107,216, against $33,653 for the same month last year. 



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The Louisville Veneer Mills is making a number of improvements in 

 its plant. A new hydraulic press is to be installed and all the glue-room 

 equipment is to be renewed. The business of the concern in all depart- 

 ments has been active of late, and the demand for its specialty, figured 

 red gum, has been especially good. Harry E. Kline, superintendent, is 

 doing most of the log buying. 



More logs have been coming into Louisville during the past few 

 months than for a number of years. The piles at local mills are impos- 

 ing and suggest that long runs are In prospect. The Highland Park 

 mill of the Wood-Mosaic Company has an immense lot of Kentucky 

 logs, and the Edward L. Davis Lumber Company is also well taken care 

 of in this respect. The Louisville Point Lumber Company is getting in a 

 world of logs by rail, in addition to rafts from the Big Sandy, and the 

 Louisville Veneer Mills has one of the best stocks of logs it has ever 

 accumulated, including figured red gum and fine plump poplar for veneers. 

 The C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company has a big supply of both walnut and 

 mahogany logs, and the Parkland Sawmill Company has been well 

 stocked. All of the local mills but one are running, and the log buyers 

 will be kept in the field for some time to come. 



Local walnut men, who noticed announcements In the trade papers that 

 the hotel Miami at Dayton, O., was finished in red gum, state that this 

 is a mistake, as the job is almost entirely American walnut. The main 

 floor is finished in that material, this including all the cigar cases and 

 other fi.Ktures, and the mezzanine floor is also trimmed in walnut. All of 

 the furniture in the 400 rooms of the hotel is made of American walnut. 

 There is some red gum used in the interior trim above the second floor. 

 George W. Hartzell of Piqua, O., furnished the lumber and veneers for 

 this work. 



New Albany, Ind., city authorities are preparing to'extend the lines 

 of the water system so as to provide fire protection for the new plant of 

 the Indiana Veneer & Panel Company. A new street will also be built to 

 the site. Work on the buildings has been begun. 



The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, which was appealed to 

 by the Louisville Hardwood Club, Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club and 

 other organizations to establish a reconsignment in transit privilege 

 following the withdrawal of this feature several months ago, has in- 

 dicated that it will do this. D. M. Goodwyn, general freight agent of 

 the company, has stated that the road has been endeavoring to work out 

 with other carriers a uniform plan for reconsignment in transit, and 

 that it is hoped that the matter will be disposed of shortly. The offer 

 of the members of the club to pay .$5 a car for the use of the privilege 

 met with the approval of Mr. Goodwyn, who has since put the same 

 proposition up to the Cincinnati club, to determine whether the lumber- 

 men of that market would be willing to accept a similar charge. 



J. H. Townsend, manager of the Southern Hardwood Traflic Associa- 

 tion of Memphis, was in Louisville December 7, and wag a guest at the 

 meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club. He gave the local lumber men 

 some excellent pointers regarding the proper organization of their pro- 

 posed traffic bureau. 



T. Smith Milton of the Churchill-Milton Lumber Company has bought a 

 new Cole eight roadster, with special top and finish. Mr. Milton has 

 been driving a Cole four for several years, and it has been considered 

 (especially by the police) one of the fastest autos in Louisville. The new 

 car will be less conspicuous in color, but equally powerful. Another 

 automobile buyer is Harry E. Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills, who, 

 after geting used to handling an automobile with the aid of a Ford 

 runabout, traded it In and is now sporting a handsome new Buick six 

 of the 1916 model. 



F. M. CUTSINGER 



SUCCESSOR TO 



YOUNG & CUTSINGER 



Manufacturers of 



All Kinds of Band Sawn 



Hardwood Lumber 



We Have Specialized in 



High Grade 

 Quartered Oak 



For the Last 12 Years 



Would Be Pleased to Have 

 Your Inquiries 



EVANSVILLE, INDIANA 



My books are open to 

 prove that every one of the 

 below logs with similar 

 pile immediately behind is 



Real Indiana White Oak 



The two piles contain 100,000 feet and not a log is 

 under. 24 inches. No other oak ever went through 

 my mill. 



Of course it is to my interest to get the highest 

 quality of lumber and veneer (hence greatest re- 

 turn) out of such raw material. 



Experienced buyers will need no further 

 reason why they should at least get in touch 

 with me. 



CHAS. H. BARNABY 



Manufacturer 



Greencastle, Indiana 



BAND SAWED LUMBER AND VENEEB8 



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