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HARDWOOD RECORD 



April li), I'.iKl 



Sll« B4zT2 



Made in St. Louis 



Photograph of American Walnut Rotary Cut Panel 

 produced in our Veneer Plant. We also manufac- 

 ture built-up stock of every description used in fur- 

 niture and fixtures in any thickness, consisting of 

 nicely figured Quartered Gum and Oak, Mahogany, 

 Plain Oak, Yellow Pine, Red Gum, Birch, Ash, Elm, 

 Sycamore, Soft Maple, Plain Gum and Cottonwood. 



For particulars, please zvrite 



St. Louis Beisket & Box Company 



ESTABLISHED IN 1880 



an opiwrtuDlIT to itudr the charter of tbc excluDge anil the cluiracl«r 

 iif llir work of tlir illfTtTrDt rommlttOM. 



Thi'n- will l>c nnutlii-r full nu-otlug of the dlvlnlon withio a wr«k or 

 ti'U ilnyn. 



=-< ARKANSAS >•= 



J. S. ICiulf uf rinv lUulT Iirn rrccntly purrliahi^l a tmrt of hnnlwoo<l 

 llnibrrlnod Id Llnrolu county from Cnplain It It. Illr« of Vamcr, ami la 

 now inuvlnc hU Kawmlll from llnywood to Vnrncr. Ilo px|h-<Iii tu linvr the 

 mill, which haK a dally ca|uiclty of I'O.OOO fo't. In o|M<ratlon b.v April IS. 

 Vlf trnrt conliilnH 2.100 n<'n-«. Twrnly mm will l>c rniployid l>y tho mill. 



II. I. timvi'H of IliK'na VUtii l» tilnuiilni; to rktubllith a hardwood rawmlll 

 nt .Mc.Ncll In thi- next fi'W wim'Uk. 



Thi' .\rkaili'lphl» MIllInK i'<im|inny of Arkndi'lphln U pn'parlng to Inclall 

 a new hnrdwo'Hl sawnilll nt Spiirkmnn. Thi- iilll will Imvo n dnily rnpaclty 

 of a.'i.ono foot, nml will employ forty or llfty men. Thla company U al*o 

 pInnnliiK to hulld a line of rnllroad from Spnrkman went, acrona the 

 Oiinchitu river, into Clark county, throuKh one of tho beat tlral>erland 

 HiTllonii of the xlate. 



The (irii'f llrolhers CooperaRe Company of Ohio han (lied certlflcote of 

 iiii-orpomtlon with the ftecrelnry of »tate of ArknnKaH and been llrenneil to 

 do biiKlni'Hii III thiH state. The company nainml U. II. VoKel aK ItH Rlate 

 iiRont. 



The Chess ft Wymond Company, Ixiulsvllle, Ky., stave manufacturer 

 with InrcG Interests and several stave mill plants In Arknniuis. has recently 

 purchased 10.000 acres of while oak llmlierlnnd In Van lluren county. 

 .Vrkansas. and will work the timber thereon Into staves at the company's 

 plant at Kensett. .\rk. 



-=•< MILWAUKEE >■= 



The NonBrenkable Toy i Oiiipniiy of .Mil .viiiikne has been lncorporate<l 

 with a rapltnl stock of $0,000 by Mans Schuctr.e, Frank Droessel and 

 Joseph Ciipunn. 



The Montfort Lumber Company of Montfort. Wis., lios been Incorporated 

 with a capital slock of .?20.000 by J. L. Ritchie, D. Eastman, O. M. Eastman 

 and Li. I). Enstninn. 



The Kiel Wooden Ware Company of Kiel, Wis., has increased Its capital 

 stock from $100,000 to $200,000. 



The Northern Tiiiiber Products Company, a Minnesota corporation with 

 :i capital stock of Sl.l.OOO and Interests of $1,000 in Wisconsin, hos Hied a 

 statement to transact business in the Badger state. 



Edmund J. Bach, president of the Abel & Bach Company, trunk manu- 

 lacturers of Milwaukee, died In Silver City. New Mexico. March 2S. nt the 

 ise of thirtyelKht years. Mr. Bach went South about a year and a half 

 ago because of 111 health. lie Is survived by his mother, three brothera 

 and five sisters. 



The Wachmuth Lumber Company of Boyfield. Wis., has installed con- 

 siderable new equipment in its mill shop, including a new acetylene weld- 

 ing and cutting machine of latest design. 



The Wisconsin Railroad Commission has ordered the Chicago. Milwaukee 

 & St. Paul Railroad to refund to the Kieckhefer Box Company of Milwaukee 

 $878.92. the amount alleged as the overcharge on sixty-flve carload ship- 

 ments from Milwaukee to Richland Center. Berlin and Chilton. Wis. 



The P. B. Tales Machine Company of Beloit. Wis., well-known wood- 

 working machinery concern, has awarded the general contract to John 

 Schneiherg of Beloit for the erection of Its new machine shop. The struc- 

 ture will be of brick and steel construction, two stories high and 283x205 

 feet In dimensions. Considerable new wootlworking equipment will be In- 

 stalled. 



The Bain Wagon Company of Kenosha. Wis.. George A. Tule. secretary. 

 lias completed plans for the erection of a new warehouse of brick and mill 

 construction, four stories high, 75x200 feet In dimension, costing about 

 .$5.'>.O00. 



The Wood County Cooperage Company of Grand Rapids, Wis., Is prepar- 

 ing plans for the erection of a new plant to be built during the cominK 

 summer. 



The bureau of standardization of the Citizens' Bureau of Municipal 

 ICdlciency of Milwaukee has begun the standardUing of materials likely to 

 be used In the various city departments, preparatory to the proposed 

 establishment of a city purchasing agent, and one of the first investigations 

 is that of lumber. It has been discovered that many times the city de- 

 partments buy the wrong kind of lumber for a spncillc purpose and one of 

 the Drst steps has l)een taken by Willis Pollock, head of the bureau, who 

 has appealed to the Northern Ilemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Abbo- 

 ciation for the grading rules and also for reports on the engineering qualities 

 of the timber. 



The Hardwood Market 



.< CHICAGO >- 



143 Arsenal Street 



ST. LOUIS. MO. 



The partial return of fair logging conditions In the South brought out 

 considerable quantities of gum, which seem to be moving In good volume 

 lo the Chicago market. All together the local hardwood situation, par- 



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