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Manor, near Bradford-on-ATon, and emigrate. It may also be mentioned 

 tbnt the gate pillars of this residence are still crowned with pyramids of 

 shrapnel shells in their original spherical shape. 



Reduction in Mahogany Bate 



Otis A. Felger of the Felger-Robbins Company, Havana, Cuba, and Grand 

 liapids, Jlich., has been instrumental, through his protest to the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission, in reducing the rate on mahogany lumber 

 shipped from Gulf ports to Grand Kapids from 33c to 26c on a minimum 

 of 30,000 pounds. 



With the former rate in effect the company had difficulty in getting 

 the mahogany manufactured at its Havana mill to Grand Rapids, but 

 with the uew rate can compete with mahogany from other centers. 



The Havana mill is now working sixty hours a week and doing a good 

 business. 



A New Walnut Discovered 



It is reported that a new species of walnut has been discovered in 

 MeNico, and that botanists have named it Jui/lans mexicana, which in 

 English means Jlencan walnut The tree is said to be large, shapely, and 

 abundant, and the wood fully ec.ual to black walnut in grain and figure, 

 while the color is more like Circassian walnut. The discovery is said to 

 have been made in the little-known region of southern Mexico. Further 

 Information is desirable before final opinion c.in be formed concerning this 

 new wood. There is another Mexican walnut which has long Iseen known 

 {Juf/t'Jns rupesli is). It overlaps into Texas, New Mexico, and .Arizona. 

 The tree is small, but the wood is fine, and resembles black walnut. It 

 would appear that the new discovery is something different. 



White Pine Whittling Sticks 



A former popular custom seems to have passed away. The white pine 

 whittling sticks are no longer heard of as a small but appreciated part of 

 lumber shipments from yard to factory or from mill to yard. 



Civilized men like to whittle and there is no wood known that whittles 

 better than good white pine, unless it is pencil cedar. It was once a 

 custom with shippers of white pine to throw a few sticks of this wood into 

 the car for the men at the other end of the line to try their knives on 

 during the hours of meditation on Sunday afternoons while sitting about 

 the premises. No charge was made for the sticks. They went in as a sort 

 of thank offering for the customer who bought the lumber. 



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Hardwood l^ews l^otes 



=-< MISCELLANEOUS >= 



The City rianiug Mill of Dallas, Tex., was destroyed by fire on Novem- 

 ber 12. 



Robert E. McQuay has commenced the manufacture of hardwoods at 

 Richmond, Va. 



The Land & Timber Company has been incorporated at Escanaba, Mich., 

 with $50,000. 



The Wisconsin Veneer Company of Rhinelander, Wis., it is advised, will 

 reorganize December 1. 



It is reported that plans are under way for the erection of a planing 

 mill at Culver City, Cal. 



The International Comfort Chair Company has started business at Bos- 

 ton, Mass., with $25,000 capital stock. 



The Hardwood Lumber Company recently began business at Newark, 

 N. J., In the wholesale hardwood line. 



The Waetjen-tngram Veneer Company has been incorporated to operate 

 at Des Arc, Ark., with SIO.OOO capital. 



The .State Association of Tie Manufacturers and Dealers was formed at 

 Little Rock, Ark., on Monday, November 9. 



The F. W. Lombard Chair Company of I'Ttchburg, Mass.. will rebuild its 

 factory which was recently destrojed by fire. 



The St. Louis Furniture Workers' Association, St. Louis, Mo., has 

 Increased its ?50,000 capital stock to $100,000. 



It is reported from Cheraw, S. D., that the Hickson Lumber Company's 

 mill at Dixie, S. D., was destroyed by fire recently. 



The Southwestern Cooperage Company will erect a factory building at 

 Fort Worth, Tex., for the manufacture of barrels. 



It is stated that the new plant of the Georgia Basket & Crate Company 

 of ThomasvlUe, Ga., is about ready tor operation. 



The authorized capital stock of the Tri-State Casket Company, which 

 has been incorporated at Kendallville, Ind., is $20,000. 



According to recent announcements the Blewett Manufacturing Company 

 of Spokane, Wash., will begin the manufacture of harvesters. 



It is reported that A. B. Newman of Pine Bluff, Ark., recently took 

 over the property of the Triangle Lumber Company of that place. 



.L E. Eacchler of Goderich, Ont., is having plans drawn up for the erec- 

 tion of a furniture factory at that point, which will cost $50,000. 



The International Refrigerator Company of Little Rock, .\rk., has been 

 chartered by the secretary of state with a capital stock of $30,000. 



The mill of the Hallett Manufacturing Company of Mobile, Ala., was 

 destroyed by fire November 10. The loss is reported to be $'25,000. 



The American Show Case Company is the style of a recently incorpo- 

 rated Columbus (0.) concern which will operate with $35,000 capital. 



The Dominion Tie Company has started business at Dover, Del. This 

 is an incorporated concern with an authorized capital stock of $100,000. 



The Spooner-Campbell Company has started business in New York City. 

 The company is capitalized at $40,000 and will manufacture farm imple- 

 ments. 



The Hallett Manufacturing Company, Mobile, Ala., Will install sawmill 

 and handle manufacturing machinery to make 15,000 feet of lumber and 

 G,500 handles a day. 



It is reported from Malvern, .\rk., that the Band Veneer Company, 

 which has been operating at that place, has recently been incorporated 

 under the same name. 



The Gold Medal Camp Furniture Company of Racine, Wis., is prepar- 

 ing to erect modern buildings in place of several old structures and doubt- 

 less will be in the market for new machinery. 



The Babcock Lumber & Boom Company, one of the operating interests 

 of the Babcock Lumber Company of I'ittsburgh, ra., and located at Davis. 

 W. Va., was visited by a severe fire a few days ago. 



The Wolke Furniture Company has filed articles of incorporation with 

 the Kentucky state capital and will operate at Louisville manufacturing 

 furniture. The company has a capital stock of $50,000. 



It is reported that the Wisconsin Refrigerator Company is contemplating 

 removing its operations from Eaii Claire to some other locality farther 

 south. The company is looking over propositions in North Carolina and 

 Virginia. 



The Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association of Jackson, Tenn., is 

 negotiating with two woodworking plants located in Canada and Ohio, 

 which have been making Inquiries for operating such an institution in 

 Jackson. 



James A. Carlson, S. W. Smith, C. W. Catlin, John Weinman, Cal 

 Wolfard, A. Peterson, B. C. Taber, C. A. Dooley and N. N. Metcalf have 

 organized the United Furniture Manufacturing Company at Tort Alle- 

 gany, ra. 



The Knoxville Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Knoxville, Tenn., 

 is preparing to build an addition to its present woodworking plant and to 

 remodel its wareiiouse. New machinery to manufacture silos will be in- 

 stalled iu the latter structure. 



-< CHICAGO >• 



F. R. Gadd. vice-president of the Wisconsin Lumber Company, returned 

 to his oflices in the Harvester building after traveling through the South 

 the past two .'ind a half months. He is rather optimistic as to the general 

 outlook through the South. 



C. E. Davis, representing the Mengel interests at Louisville, Ky., spent 

 several days in Chicago during the past week. 



Tliomas Montgomery of Marshall & Montgomery, timber merchants of 

 Liverpool, England, spent several days around the Chicago trade last week. 



Fred Mowbray of the Mowbray & Robinson Company, Cincinnati, O., was 

 in Chicago lasl week on a business trip. 



W. M. Milne, president of the I'hilippine Hardwood Lumber Company of 

 Los .\ngeles, Cal., was in Chicago for three days of last week on a mis- 

 sionary tour in the interests of his Philippine hardwood lumber. 



George Hancock, who is selling dry kilns manufactured by the Grand 

 Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich., said, while in II.\rdwood 

 Rkciihd oHices last week, that he found a most acceptable tone among the 

 trade which he called on. 



Bnrdis Anderson, general manager of the Old Dominion Veneer Company, 

 North Emporia, Va., sold some satisfactory orders for veneer in Chicago 

 last week during a visit of a few days. 



George R. Thamer, president of the I^nipire Lumber Company of Chicago, 

 died a few days ago after a sliort illness. 



The Pariis Upholstering Company has recently been incorporated to 

 operate in Chicago to manufacture furniture and cabinet work. Its capi- 

 talization is $2,500. 



W. E. DeLaney, president of the Kentucky Lumber Company, Lexington, 

 Ky., stopped off at Chicago for a few days last week, visiting the trade. 



W. H. Wcller, secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of 

 the United States, Cincinnati, O-., was busy in Chicago the past week In 

 the interest of his organization. 



Roy E. Pickrell of the Pickrcll Walnut Company, St. Louis, Mo., favored 

 Haiedwood Rkc<ikd with a call last week. 



William Pricchnrd of J. W. Wheeler & Co., Memphis, Tenn., and Madison. 

 Ark., was a recent visitor in the Chicago trade. 



F. J. Knny of the Williamson-Kuny Mill & Lumber Company, Mound 

 City, III., called on the Chicago trade lately, and reports business looking 

 somewhat improved. 



