February 10, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Manufacturers In Evansvllle report logs are rather scarce at present 

 but the sawmills are getting all they need for sawing purposes. The 

 river mills have thousands of logs cut and rafted along Green and Pond 

 rivers in western Kentucky, but they have not been bringing many logs 

 In during the past three months, for the reason that these mills have 

 not been running on full time. 



The shops of the Louisville & Nashville here that have been operated 

 only two or three days a week since last fall have started to run full 

 time after adding an extra force of workmen. It is expected they will 

 continue to operate full time for several months to come. 



Charles Wilburn, president of the Rockport Planing Mill Company at 

 Rockport, Ind., has returned from a business trip to Indianapolis and 

 the central part of the state. 



T. R. Wilson, log buyer for Maley & Wertz, has moved to this city 

 from Hanson, Ky. For the past several years Mr. Wilson has purchased 

 logs for Maley & Wertz. 



Jesse N. Smith, aged seventy-six years, who for many years was one 

 of the best known lumber dealers in western Kentucky, died at his home 

 at Glasgow, Ky. His death was due to the grip. The deceased is 

 survived by his widow and four children. 



The estate of the late Capt. Otto F. Jacobi of the Blount Plow Com- 

 pany has just been filed here for probate. The personal estate was 

 valued at $35,000 and was left to the two sons of the deceased. 



Frank M. Cutsinger, a well-known hardwood manufacturer of this city, 

 has returned from a business trip. He reports trade conditions look- 

 ing up. 



The Ohio river was on another rampage during the last week in Janu- 

 ary and the first week In February. This makes the fourth time In four 

 weeks that the Ohio river went over the 40-foot mark here. Green river, 

 that empties Into the Ohio river nine miles above here, as well as the 

 Wabash, White and Patoka rivers were out of their banks and many 

 families along the Wabash and White rivers were forced to flee from 

 their bottom homes. A good many valuable logs were lost. Several 

 sawmills along Green river were partly submerged by the flood, but It Is 

 not believed the damage will be great. The Ohio river came to a stand 

 here February 6 with about 42 feet on the government gauge. 



The furniture factories In Evansvllle, as well as many of the other 

 wood consuming factories are still being operated on full time and trade 

 has been active since the first of the year. Prospects are that trade will 

 remain brisk during the entire year. 



The plan of the Blount Plow Company to build a new factory here in 

 the spring has been temporarily abandoned. 



Stave factories are enjoying a very good run at the present time. 

 J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company here reports the com- 

 pany's stave mills in Tennessee and Mississippi being operated on full 

 time now. The outlook for future trade is very good. 



=■< MEMPHIS >-= 



Brown & Hackney, Inc., successors to the Mark H. Brown Lumber Com- 

 pany, have taken over a circular mill at Banks, Ark., and are preparing 

 to put this in operation at an early date. The company owns a large 

 amount of timber in that territory and is building a tram road to facil- 

 itate bringing out the logs. It is cutting timber at the rate of 35.000 

 feet per day, and as soon as a sufiiclent supply has been accumulated 

 the plant will be started. This company has recently very greatly in- 

 creased the scope of its operations. Just before the style of the firm 

 was changed a band mill was purchased at Little Rock and shortly there- 

 after a new band mill was placed in operation at Mounds. Ark., a short 

 distance west of Memphis. These added facilities make this company one 

 of the largest producers of hardwood lumber in this territory. Head- 

 quarters are maintained at Memphis. 



Walker L. Wellford, secretary of the Chickasaw Cooperage Company. 

 Memphis, has recently returned from Calvit. La., whore he opened a 

 branch mill with a capacity of 40,000 to 50,000 staves per day. The new 

 mill is located on a tract of timber owned by this company. This makes 

 three branch stave mills for the Chickasaw Cooperage Company, in addi- 

 tion to the branch barrel plant at Gretia, La. Headquarters of this com- 

 pany are at Memphis where a big plant is operated for the manufacture 

 of barrels. The company some months ago removed from North Front 

 street and Sycamore avenue to Binghampton, a suburb of Memphis, and 

 It is now profiting by this change of location, as it is not Interfered with 

 at Its new site by the high water in the Mississippi. It was impossible 

 to operate at the old location with the river as high as it is at present. 



The Illinois Central Railroad Company has recently begun the construc- 

 tion of a round house and machine shop at Dyersburg, Tenn., to cost 

 approximately $40,000. When these improvements are completed they 

 will bring the total outlay of the Illinois Central at Dyersburg during 

 the past year to about $100,000. 



Reports received from Paris, Tenn., are to the effect that the shops of 

 the Louisville & Nashville at that point are now employing a full force 

 of men for the first time in more than a year. There is also notable 

 activity ac the shops of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad 

 at Nashville, where at least 1,000 new cars are being built for that 

 system. The Illinois Central is proceeding with its Improvements at 

 Memphis, Including the building of car repair sheds to cost $200,000, 

 and there is marked activity at the shops of the various southern roads 

 as a result of the vast amount of repair work to be done and the in- 



F. M. Cutsinger 



Manufacturer of 



ALL KINDS OF BAND SAWN 



Hardwood Lumber 



My Specialty is High Grade 

 Quartered White and Red Oak 



Can furnish any hardwoods 



in either straight or mixed 



car lots. 



EVANSVILLE, INDIANA 



Have yo\i seen an> luii. 



'T~'HEY all grew right in Indiana where 

 ■*■ hardwoods have always held the 

 choicest farm lands. The best growth of 

 timber as well as the best yield of wheat 

 comes from good soil. The soundness of 

 the log-ends shows that they fed on the 

 fat of the land. My 



Indiana Oak 



comes from the same soil 



CHAS. H. BARNABY 



Greencastle, Indiana 



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