HARDWOOD RECORD 



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of lawyers. Tho lumber interests of Wisconsin have to a large extent 

 gone in under tlie compensation law. 



A. E. Solie, Wausau, manager of the Central Wisconsin Traffic Bureau, 

 Is preparing a formal protest against the advance in rates on lumber 

 shipments, recently put into effect by several of tlie railroads. The 

 increased tariff applies from all Wisconsin and Minnesota points to 

 points in Indiana, Ohio, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West 

 Virginia and is scheduled to take effect on November 16. 



=•< DETROIT >= 



Fire destroyed a two-story building In one of the yards of the Grand 

 Rapids I.umber Company at Grand Rapids, causing a loss of $12,0U0. 

 Piled in the warehouse were 200 bundles of shingles and about 10,000 

 feet of lumber. 'ITje loss is covered by insurance. 



The Loud Lumber Company at Charles reports business good toward 

 the close of navigation. In addition to hemlock the company is shipping 

 beech and maple. The steamer M. Sicken recently delivered a full cargo 

 of beech and maple at Detroit. The Loud Company has received two 

 miles of rails which will be used in immediate extension of Its logging 

 branch into new tracts of timber. 



C. A. Grinnell of Grinnell Bros, operating piano factories at Detroit 

 and Holly, .Mich., and at Windsor, Ont., in discussing business says, 

 "Conditions are shaping up so that we will be forced into the wholesale 

 field whether we want to go or not. The demand for our products will 

 not allow us to abandon our Detroit plant as we anticipated after 

 starting the factory at Holly. We will have to enlarge the factory at 

 Holly." 



It is announced that the sawmill of the Eddy Lumber Company at 

 Lake Linden will suspend operations about November 15. Two large 

 logging camps have been opened. 



The Wilmot Chair & Seating Company is the name of a new Industry 

 started at Detroit by John F. and William H. Wilmot. 



The John D. Raab Chair Company's plant at Grand Rapids has resumed 

 operation on a 10-hour-a-day basis and is now operating with a full force 

 of employes. Officials of the company announce that there are orders 

 on hand to warrant such operation. 



Fayette S. Cable, president of the Cable-Nelson Piano Company, per- 

 sonally denies a report, given much publicity, to the effect that the com- 

 pany's plant at South Haven will suspend operations. The company 

 will curtail temporarily but only in the departments making cases. The 

 move is necessary to allow other departments to catch up on the work. 

 Mr. Cable further says that orders are coming in well, considering gen- 

 eral conditions. The usual dropping off of business at the holiday season 

 Is expected, but the present outlook does not forecast any marked slack- 

 ening of operations as compared with the same season in previous years. 



A jury in the United States district court at Bay City held the Sagi- 

 naw Wood Products Company of Gaylord. Mich., solvent in answer to 

 petitions of creditors that the firm be declared bankrupt. Investigations 

 by a receiver appointed by the court disclosed the fact that the company 

 is behind on orders and has a good business in the manufacture of hard- 

 wood specialties. The company's assets are about $lL'."i.O00 and liabilities 

 are comparatively small. Momentary inability to realize on collections 

 was responsible for the company's embarrassment. A receiver has been 

 appointed to conduct the affairs of the company until creditors are paid. 

 The firm employs about 125 men and is operating its plant steadily. 



The E. H. Stafford Manufacturing Company's mill at Sand Bay, near 

 Cheboygan, which has been idle for several months, will resume opera- 

 tions. 



The Auto Body Company is erecting a mammoth addition to its plant 

 at Lansing. Woodworking machinery will be installed as soon as It is 

 completed. The company has had a remarkable growth since Its forma- 

 tion a little over a decade ago and has several times enlarged its plant. 

 It Is now one of the big industries at Lansing. 



The D. A. Stratton Company's handle factory at Atlantic Mine. Mich., is 

 operating at capacity and does not seem to be affected by adverse condi- 

 tions. The company has men in the woods and Is shipping regularly from 

 its factory. 



The manufacture of chairs will be started In a small way by the 

 newly formed Vaoderbilt Chair Company, at Vanderbllt. Practical chair 

 men are interested in the venture. 



The North American Construction Company of Bay City has closed a deal 

 with the British government for 600 ready-cut houses to be 20x60 feet to be 

 used in housing Belgium refugees. The order will take about 7,000.000 

 feet of lumber and is a rush job. In addition to other plants throughout 

 the country the company is preparing one at Bay City. Much lumber 

 is being bought In northern Michigan, several cargoes having already 

 arrived at Bay City for the company. 



The Michigan Truck & Lumber Company at Holly reports business good. 

 The company's plant is operating overtime, to keep up with a contract 

 with a Detroit automobile company. 



In the present .season extensive additions and Improvements have been 

 made at the various Grand Rapids furniture factories that do not Indi- 

 cate a pessimistic view of the future. The Wilmarth Show Ca.se Company 

 has doubled the capacity of its plant, while the Grand Rapids Chair 

 Company, the John D. Raab Chair Company and the Silgb Furniture 

 Company hi(ve made extensive additions to their plants. Previous to 

 Improvements made this year, the Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company 



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