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Baxter Lumber Company, and in addition to a general planing mill busi- 

 ness, for wlilcli the plant is alread.v equipped, a box department will bo 

 Installed. ' The general planing mill business will begin operations about 

 .Tanuar.v 1 and the box department about February 1. Machinery has 

 been ordered for the latter department and delivery is expected in thre? 

 weeks from the time of formation of the company. From $10,000 to 

 .$20,000 have been expended in new equipment and machinery, principally 

 in the box department. One hundred men will be employed by both 

 departments. 



The company will manufacture, in addition to boxes and regular i)la-ilng 

 mill stuff, cabinets for sewing machines and phonograplis. (inished in tli'- 

 white. It is announced Ihat Mr. Ilitt will be actively in charge of Ihe 

 entire operations at Chattanooga, although he and Mr. Burch will con- 

 tinue to make their liome at Decatur, for the present at least. The 

 purpose of the new institution is to do a general retail lumber and 

 planing mill business and conduct a wholesale box business. The yard 

 will contain all kinds of higli-grade lumber for local use. It is stated 

 this Chattanooga plant is only the first of a system of retail yards which 

 the Ilitt interests liope to install in several southern cities. Other cities 

 are already under consideration for plants of a similar character whicl; 

 will embrace the installation of the niost modern delivery service for the 

 retail trade. 



W. W. Lindsay 



William Wallace Lindsay, secretary-treasurer ana manager of the 

 Ilatten Lumber Company of New London, Wis., died at New London on 

 December 0. His death instantlly followed an attack of heart trouble 

 which occurred while .Mr. Lindsay was in the office talking to his brotlier 

 Robert. 



Jlr. Lindsay was the son of .Vrthur and Letetia Lindsay and was born 

 on a farm near Manawa, Wis., ,Iuly 17, 1872. He was raised on the farm 

 and graduated from the Little Wolf High School, later becoming identified 

 with the Little Wolf Uivi^r Lumber Company, wliertT he was associated 

 with N. II. Ilatten and his father and l>rotliers in the office. In lOOli he 

 removed to New London and was married in the same year to Miss 

 Harriet McCuUough of .Tanesville. Mr. Lindsay was prominently ideu 

 tified with public affairs, having served several times on the board of 

 education, as alderman and as a member of the Light and Water Com- 

 mission of New London. He was active In the Citizens' Lecture Course 

 committee and was one of the executive committee of the Advancemetit 

 .\ssociation. Mr. Lindsa.v was also an active church man. being asso- 

 ciated with the Metliodist church of New London. Fie was also president 

 of the First National bank. 



Wolfert-Booth Lumber Company 



The latest firm incorporated at Little Itock. .\rk.. is the Wolfert Booth 

 Lumber Company, which took out papers of incorporation early in rhe 

 month with a capital stock of .'f.5,000, fully paid up. The cotnpany wiil 

 have offices in the State Bank building and will engage In the wholesaling 

 of car and bridge oak and general southern hardwoods. 



J. S. Wolfert is president. J. H. Maassen, vice-president, and Edwin 

 Booth, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Wolfert is an old time millman and still 

 retains hardwood manufacturing interests in .\rkansas. He will be the 

 active man in the business. Mr. Maassen Is connected with the Fullerton- 

 Pow'eli Hardwood Lumlier Company of Sotith Bend, 

 Ind.. as southern representative, and Mr. Booth is 

 connected with the Chicago Lumlur & Coal Cou!- 

 pany at the Farrell. .\rk., plant. 



A Rosser That Works 



The .7. .\, Weber Company, 1456 Oakwood street, 

 Toledo, 0.. is the manufacturer of the rosser, illus- 

 tration of W'hich is shown herewith. This machiut* 

 has long since ..passed the experimental stage and in 

 some cases has been operating with remarkable suc- 

 cess for several years. It is now installed in a con- 

 siderable number of well-known sawmills. 



The principle of the rosser is that it operates 

 ahead of the saws to remove mud, ice, grit, pebbles 

 and similar material. It is designed for all types 

 of saw. hoop and handle mills, and to be used espe- 

 cially on muddy, icy and gritty logs. 



The rosser cuts a path the depth of the bark one- 

 half inch wide while the log is moving toward the 

 saw. thus removing ail obstacles to sawing without 

 any loss of time. In other words, the rosser will 

 clean the log just where and when it is needed. It 

 greatly saves the main saw, reduces the expense in 

 the filing room and saves the great expense of peel- 

 ing or chopping the bark from the logs. In many 

 cases it improves the quality of the stock. 



The rosser arm works automatically and is con- 

 trolled by the sawyer's knee or hand, whichever is 

 most convenient to the operator. By pushing the 

 lever to one side the rosser arm lifts itself to the 

 frame and is automatically throw-n out of gear. 

 Then by pressing lever in opposite direction the arm 



lowers to log and automatically takes action again. The ro-iser will ride 

 over any log regardless of size or shape and will also mount over knots 

 and immediately follow right back on log. The depth of cut is controlled 

 by the rope Indicated liy sawyer's hand, as sliown in the illustration. 



Royer Wheel Works to Be Reorganized 



The Uoyer Wl I Works <'oiniiany. .\urora. lud.. were bid in at a public 



auction sale at Aurora last week by Louis T. More of Cincinnati, repre- 

 senting large creditors of the company. The plant was sold as a going 

 concern by received .loseph C. Small to Mr. More for the sum of $60.1.51). 

 The wheel works have been in the hands of a receiver for two years. The 

 company will be reorganized at once and the business continued. Mr. More 

 said that the conditions under which the new company would operate 

 wotilcl be very favorable and that plans for the extension of the business 

 were under contemplation. The new company will be organized as an Ohio 

 incorporation. 



Diamond Iron Works Adding New Customers Right Along 



The Dfamond Iron Works, Minneapolis, Minn., mauufacturers or mill 

 and transmission machinery, send Hardwood Record the following list of 

 installations of various equipment as manufactured by that company : 



The Texas Company of Houston, Tex., has recently purchased a. 48" 

 lUamond double anvil hog for its mill at Morgan City, La. 



Rusk Box & Furniture Company of Hawkins. Wis., is installing a 32" 

 circular saw splitter built by the Diaiuond Iron Works. 



The Scott-firafT Lumber Company. Duluth, .Minn., is Installing a 10"x36' 

 steam fi'ed furnished by the Diamond Iron Works. 



The (ioodman Lumber Company. (.Joodman, Wis., has equipped Its car- 

 riage with the latest model of track offset manufactured by the Diamond 

 Iron Works. 



.lordan River Lumber Company, Gulfport, Miss., has ordered three 4S" 

 six. arm Diamond clutch pulleys to drive its band mills and edger. 



The Poplarville Sawmill Company, Poplarville, Miss., is installing a new 

 line of live rolls furnished by the Diamond Iron Works. 



Th(' Diamond Iron Works of Minneapolis. Minn., are furnishing a com- 

 plete outfit of machinery and transujission for the new lath tnill for the 

 Cloquet Tie & Post Company, Cl(>quet, Minn. 



The Finger Lumber Company, The Pas, Man., has purchased the ma- 

 chinery for a new log haul-up from the Diamond Iron Works. 



Large Car Company Dismisses Receiver 



Signalizing the lifting of the receivership of the Barney & Smith Car 

 Company, Dayton, Ohio, the whistles of that great industrial plant kept 

 up a merry tune for some time December l.i. This is one of the 

 greatest plants in the Middle West and a great boon to Dayton. Its 

 troubles were caused by damages sustained by the Ohio flood of 19i:i. 

 The report filed with Judge Snediker by President-Receiver Eastabrook 

 shows that there are orders on hand and work under way insuring an 

 income sufficient to meet all debts and obligations. The amount of cash 

 on hand November 15 n^as $427,i:!6.75, and the accounts and bills receiv- 

 able amounted to $220,.'!20. By the issuance of debenture notes to the 

 amount of .'SOOO.OOO the company was enabled to wind up the reccivershin 

 under which the plant had been operated since .lune. lOl.'S. In the appli- 

 cation for discharge, Receiver Eastabrook stated that sixty-seven and n 

 I'alf per cent of the claims of the unsecured creditors had been paid. 

 There is now due unsecured creditors .$716,100.38, of which 93.39 per cent 

 is represented by creditors who agree to accept the face of their claims 



.\ LOG ROSSER WHICH HAS PROVEN IT CAN DO THE WORK 



