HARDWOOD RECORD 



47 



The assets of D. Wilfson & Sons, furniture manufacturers at Howard 

 and Stockholm streets. Baltimore, were sold at receivers' sale on October 

 29. the continued illness of the senior member of the firm having made 

 a winding up of the business desirable. 



S. V. Petersen, representing: the well-known firm of I^aur. O. Petersen 

 of Copenhagen, Denmark, stopped in Baltimore last week on his way to 

 New Orleans, where he went to look after various matters connected 

 with his firm's affairs. 



=■< COLUMBUS y 



According to the report of the Columbus building department for the 

 month of October, there were 201 permits issued, having a valuation of 

 $649,220 during the month as compared with 271 permits and a valuation 

 of .'j!.590.00.") during October, lOl.'J. For the first ten months of the year 

 the department issued 2.400 permits, having a valuation of $5,502,480, 

 as compared with 2.. '540 permits and a valuation of $4,677,088 during the 

 corresponding period in 1913. 



Papers have been filed with the secretary of state reducing the capital 

 stock of the Dewey Stave Company of Toledo from $.'!00.000 to $:S0.000. 



Papers have been filed changing the headquarters of the Edwards Lumber 

 Company of Cincinnati to Dayton. Ohio. 



At Toledo, Ohio, the Gotshall Manufacturing Company has purchased 

 a site of seventeen acres on Derr street; upon it will erect a plant for 

 the manufacture of lumber and building equipment. 



The Creston Bending and Ladder Company of Creston, Ohio, has been 

 incorporated with a capital of $50,000 to manufacture wooden articles 

 by Albert Bihn, E. M. Veil. L. A. M. Pcjeau, M. B. Campbell and W. E. 

 Patterson. 



The Standard Post and Tie Company of Toledo has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $10,000 to deal in forest products by F. E. Gibbs, Dean 

 Hlggins. V. W. Brinkerhoff, V. N. Robinson and Marie Bacher. 



Suit has been filed by E. L. Edwards for a receiver for the Edwards 

 Luml)er Company of Dayton, Ohio. The court appointed Edward A. 

 Deam receiver, who gave bond in the sum of $10,000. The European 

 war is given as the reason for the receivership. 



The C. W. Benjamin Company of Sidney, Ohio, has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $5,000 to deal in timber products by C. W. Benjamin, 

 L. W. Crandall, A. J. Iless. H. K. Hess and E. L. Greene. 



The Ritchie-Wertz Company of Dayton, Ohio, has been incorporated with 

 a capital of $25,000 to deal in timber products by C. B. Wertz, J. E. 

 Ritchie, W. .T. Foleman. Carry Wertz and .Josephine Ritchie. 



The construction of a bridge across the Ohio river at Seiotoville, about 

 eight miles east of Portsmouth. Ohio, has been started by the Chesapeake 

 & Ohio Northern Railroad Company, which will build a new railroad line 

 connecting Columbus and Portsmouth. 



n. W. Horton. sales manager for the central division for the W. M. 

 Ritter Lumber Company, reports a fairly good demand for hardwoods 

 when present business conditions are considered. lie says buying is about 

 equally divided between factories and retailers and neither are inclined 

 to increase their stocks. Prices are fairly well maintained although some 

 cutting is being done to move stocks where they have accumulated. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports a better demand 

 for hardwoods, with prices showing more strength. 



— -< INDIANAPOLIS > 



W. .M. Fogarty has been appointed receiver for the Weigel Showcase 

 Company, the oldest concern of its kind in the state. 



Building operations in the city during October aggregated $337,689 

 as compared with $373,04,8 in October, 1913. 



Pire recently destroyed the mill of the Spencer-Barley Lumber Com- 

 pany at Marion. The loss was about $10,000, principally to machinery, 

 and was partially covered by insurance. 



A contract for a new plant 200x50 feet has been awarded by the Shel- 

 byville Wardrobe Company, Shelbyviile. to replace the plant destroyed by 

 fire last summer. 



The mill at Huntingburg of J. V. Stimson has reduced its running 

 time from twenty hours to ten hours a day, but no further curtailment is 

 expected at this time. 



James G. Young, one of the best-known lumbermen in southeastern 

 Indiana, died at his home in Lawrenceburg a few days ago. He was 

 sixty-four years old. 



T. N. Boicourt, president of the Beech Grove Lumber Company, has 

 organized business men of Beech Grove into the Beech Grove Boosters' 

 Club. 



=-< MEMPHIS >-- 



The plant of the American Car and Foundry Company at Blnghampton. 

 a suburb of Memphis, has resumed operations recently. This action was 

 taken by reason of an order from the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad. 

 C. A. Price, district manager, says that the forces employed will be 

 gradually incn ased until the dally output is up to ten cars. He is of the 

 opinion that still other orders for cars will be received in the near future 

 and is hopeful that it will be possible to keep this plant In steady 

 operation. This is the first car building undertaken by that plant since 

 the latter was seriously damaged by fire several months ago. 



Dispatches received here from Paducah, Ky., Indicate that the shops 

 of the Illinois Central at that point are running on full time with a 



nim«>nRinn StnrU W« *'" ""Pp'^ ^"^ "'"• CLEAR 



dimension OIOCK cuttings of .oft Kentucky O.k 

 or Poplar so that they will COST you coniiderably LESS 

 THAN the same cuttings if BOUGHT AS LUMBER. 



Make Us Prove It 



GARDNER WOOD COMPANY 



KI..ATIRON BI.no. 

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Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MANIFACTI KKK8 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar, Chestnut, Hemlock 



Band Sawed Stock RIDGWAY 



PENNSYLVANIA 



SITI.I, FACIMTIEB 

 •COMPLETE PLANING 



Harris Manufacturing Company 

 Johnson City, Tennessee 



"Harris'' Hardwood Flooring 



and Lumber 



PHIS 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



KEPORTiP INri.CliEn 

 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP. DETAIL ESTIMATES * WRITTEN RBPORT 



GARDNER & HOWE 



ENGINEERS 



Clarence W. Griffith °*^yr BuiMTtf"' Memphis. Tenn 



DUGAN LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturers 

 and Shippers 



MEMPHIS 



Hardwood Lumber 



TENNESSEE 



TSCHUDY LUMBER CO. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 



SPECIAL BILLS LONG STOCK 

 OAK, ASH and CYPRESS 



18 to 30 feet Sawed to Order 



MIU * Tards 

 MU.MI'HIS 



ADDRESS CORRESPONDKNCBTOGBNBRALOFnCI 



605 RepubUc Bldg. KANSAS CITY, MO. 



YANDEN BOOH=STI]HSON LUMBER COMPANY 



Manofactarers Soathern Hardwoods 



Red Qum a specialty 

 Memphis Tennessee 



