December 25, 1915 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



47 



=•< LOUISVILLE >= 



Hardwood men report that the New York railroad embargo is holding 

 back a lot of business that would be moving otherwise. The freight 

 congestion in that market caused by inability to move goods shipped 

 for export has caused the carriers to shut down on inbound shipments, 

 and hence lumbermen are unable to take care of orders for delivery to 

 the Metropolis. 



John M. Woods of Boston, is the choice of Louisville lumbermen for 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association presidency, which will be 

 decided at the annual meeting next June. Mr. Woods was formally en- 

 dorsed at a meeting of the club held December 14. J. V. Stimson of 

 Memphis and Iluntingburg, Ind., is popular here, and was mentioned 

 for the honor, but he told local friends that he did not care to have his 

 name used in that connection. 



T. Smith Milton of the Churchill-Milton Lumber Company, is promis- 

 ing local lumbermen a Christmas gift in the form of a lumber traffic 

 bureau. Jlost of the details have been worked out, and the formal an- 

 nouncement of the way the proposition is to be handled will be made 

 before the first of the year, as it is expected to have everything in run- 

 ning order by that time. 



A pile of oak lumber looks a lot better to the average member of the 

 trade now than it did a few months ago. With consumers asking for 

 deliveries right along, and with prices hiking up every little bit, oak isn't 

 the down-trodden proposition that it has been. . Common oak is prett.v 

 near back on the normal basis of $30 at the river, and on that basis a 

 sawmill man has a chance of getting out without losing hi.s hide. 



Herbert Mengel, superintendent of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, 

 has returned from a trip to the "big town." He said that conditions in 

 the metropolis look favorable, and that demand for mahogany veneers, 

 as well as lumber and dimension stock, is improved. 



Work is being rushed on the new plant of the Hoosier Panel Company 

 of New Albany, as the new enterprise of the Indiana Veneer & Panel 

 Company is to be known. The company has been incorporated with 

 $30,000 capital stock by .\rthur L. Stout, -Arthur O. Binford and James 

 C. Bird. It is expected to have the plant running by April 1. 



H. E. Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills, and II. J. Gates of the 

 Louisville Point Lumber Company, president and vice-president, respec- 

 tively, of the Louisville Hardwood Club, are working on answers to 

 questions sent out by the Interstate Commerce Commission in connec- 

 tion with the proposed reclassification of lumber and forest products 

 generally. They will be sent in direct by the club, and it is understood 

 that the tenor of the answers will indicate that the local manufacturers 

 prefer that the classification remain generally in statu quo. 



A mystery that interested Louisville hardwood men, on account nf 

 the prominence of the man involved and his position as a lumber buyer, 

 was the disappearance of Henry F. Donigan, president of the Ken- 

 tucky Rim & Shaft Company, of this city. He was gone for ten days 

 before he was located in New York. It has been indicated that he will 

 remain there for some time. The local business has been having its 

 troubles, but is said to be in excellent shape financially, so that creditors 

 are not worrying over the outcome. A committee has been appointed 

 to operate the business for a time. 



The furniture factory at Preston and College streets, which has been 

 having the proverbial checkered career, is in new hands, the New Mission 

 Furniture Company having been organized with $60,000 capital stock for 

 the purpose of operating it, succeeding the Old Mission Furniture Com- 

 pany. Jacob Christ, who was formerly superintendent of the Wilson 

 Furniture Company of Louisville, is to manage the factory end of the 

 proposition. 



The retention of C. C. McChord of Louisville on the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission was highly satisfactory to hardwood lumbermen. Mr. 

 McChord is, of course, judicial and impartial, but the fact that he is 

 thoroughly familiar with the lumber business makes the hardwood men 

 feel that they have a friend at court who will look with sympathetic 

 Interest at their troubles and strive to give relief in every legitimaic 

 way. 



The activity of the furniture factories, as well as the panel plants 

 supplying them, is giving a chance to move a lot of low-grade hardwood 

 lumber which has been draggy for some time. The requirements of the 

 trade for corestock material will give a big stimulus to this end of the 

 business, and in fact has already done so to a marked extent. No. 2 

 common oak, for instance, is still a good buy at the price quoted, ami 

 will doubtless be purchased in considerable blocks by important users. 



Heavy rainfall over a big territory has filled the Big Sandy, Kentucky, 

 and other inland streams to overflowing, and incidentally has created a 

 big log tide. It is expected that the river mills will get enough logs 

 to run them through the rest of the winter, even it the January tide 

 does not develop. 



=-< ARKANSAS >-= 



The Major Stave Company of Ashdown beginning January 1. 191i>, 

 will operate a tignt barrel stave mill at Camden. Ouachita county. 

 Ark. The location of this plant is due to the efforts of the Camden 

 Chamber of Commerce Public Service Bureau. A contract with the own- 

 ers for the erection of the stave mill was entered into by T. J. Gaughan, 



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