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MAKDWOOU RECORD 



iiuiiibor ot years beon pvoniliiently Idoiitlftod with tlio liiuiiwood Industry 

 111 tills section and, pivvlmis In cninlnu; to Kllitiiliotliton, at Uonti'voito. 

 \V. Va. lie Is snrvlved by Ills widow and two sons Hunter 1., and liar 

 low S. Pixon. II.- leaves a lar>;e estate, lie was well known In Inin 

 ber eli'eles in the lOast, wliere le- I'oniiei'ly had Iniporlaiit eonneetioiis. 



•flioio Is little doliij; at this time anioiiK the mills of Iliistol, except one 

 or two planUiK nitlls. The Ininhernien hero arc "takliiB It easy." to use 

 the expression ot one of them, until luislness pli'ks up, which they think 

 Is not far distant. 



One of the Inrsesl luniher punhascs lliat has been made In Ibis section 

 In a Ions while and one that Is liuporlant, In view of existlnj: business 

 conditions, was made by Knseiu' Calyoii of the KuoxvMle Lumber & Manu 

 tacturlns Company. II ecn-iNIs ..f s.-\ ,-ii tr.'iln loads, or H.'i cars. 



=■< LOUISVILLE >. 



The Louisville Hardwood Club heard a most Interesting and enllirliten- 

 lug talk recently on the operations of the Keilernl reserve law by Henry 

 D. Orinsby, cashier of the National Hank of Kentnck.w the largest bank lu 

 Louisville. Mr. Ormsby ileserlb.Ml llie law Itself. Incidentally saying that 



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the Aliliii'h Vri'i'liiml nicasmv. Its ininirilliili' predecessor, had proved Its 

 vahio. ami that tlie issue of i-inorsriicy i*urreiu'.v iiudor it iiad (iiuloulitodly 

 inrvi'iiti'd a very serious sKiiation diirliiR tlie past fall, lie said tliat one 

 of (lie liciielits of tlie new law is tiie i-eicuse of over .•521)0,000.0110 of eur- 

 reney whleli has lieri'tofore heeu i<ept as reserves hy various hanks. The 

 reserve iinilt lias heen reduced l>y tlie inensure, enaldiiiK tliis great amount 

 of money, whleli in many eases has iieeii kept in tlie vaults, to lie put to 

 use. lie also predleted that lumliennen and otiier huslness men would 

 ultinirtteiy he .saved a sreat deal of money hy reason of making; all elieeks 

 ot hanks memliers of the I'^ederal reservi^ system wortli par anywhere li> 

 the eouiitry, thus eliminating; eolleetion eiiarfies. The lumbermen listened 

 witli keen Interest to the address, and folhtwiny: II Mr. Ormsliy answen'd 

 a uuniher of qu'^stions relative to various uliases of the new hanking 

 system. 



Some talk of the estnhllshmeni of a Irallle Inireau iiy loeui luiiilieniien 

 has heen solng the rounds of late as tlie result of the numerous railroad 

 rate matters wliieh the hardwotul trade has had to eonstder. Louisville 

 Is one of tile few iarjie cities In tills section of tile country wlileli is with- 

 out a central Iraliic oiKani/ation, and tlie lack of such a proposltiou has 

 licen keenly IVll. T. Smith Milton of the t"'hiirclilli-Miilon l.umher Com- 

 pany is one of the most enrnesi aiivt>c:ites of a trallie hureau. and lias 

 proposed that the luniher trade start the proiiositiou and take it up with 

 other huslness men. He hcilives that II would lie easy to raise .?."i,000 a 

 year for the support of the enterprise, inasmucii as tlie henents to he 

 lierlved would he very much In excess of this .sum. 



I'orcstry matters have heen put prominently ht*fore th.' pnlillc of late liy 

 reason ot the aBKiesslvc work wliicli the state forestry departmeut. of 

 which ,1. E. narton Is head, has done in IlKhtiuK the llres which have 

 hroken out In number in eastern Kentucky, rntil tlie past year or two 

 there was no oi'Kaiii'/.ed methods of handling H'e llres and they did sreat 

 damage, whleli. liowever. was in'ver made tlie sultject of statistical stiulv, 

 so tli.Tt it was Impossllile to deteriiiiiie Just binv much the state was Itisinj;. 

 His records for the llrst eleven months of 11U4 show that there have iieen 

 101 fires, costing tlie state $100, 000, Inasmuch as the loss heretofore has 

 heen much greater, on account of the ahsenee of organized opposition to 

 the tires, it Is evident that the state has been sud'ering a great loss every 

 year througli the destruction of timber. 



Or. account of the persistent light which it lias had to make against 

 the l.tuitsvllle & Nashville Kallroad to seciiri* what it regarded as tolerable 

 eomlitituis, the Ohio Valle> Tie Company of Louisville was giMier:illy con- 

 gratulated on Its success In its damage suit against tlic railroad, the court 

 of aitpeiils having handed down a decision atlirining a Judgment in favor of 

 tile company for $.'it!,871. The tie concern alleged that the railroad was 

 trying to put it out of huslness, so that If would have no competition 

 111 the purchase of ties along Its lines, and that it raised rates, refused 

 to furnish ears, refused to deliver cars to customers of the tie concern 

 and In other ways made carrying on its huslness n losing proposition. 

 The tic company, of which *'. I'. Hush Is president, has won cases before 

 the State italiroad Oominission, the Interstate Commerce Commission and 

 the civil courts, alt riMiniriiig tin- Louisville vV Nashville to charge 4mly 

 the lumber rate for carrying tics, and to funiisb ailequate accommoda- 

 tions. 



One ot the most Interesting social events of the year was the wedding 

 ot Miss Elizabeth Purrett .lenkius and Mr. Snniuel Cnstiemau Mcngel, 

 which took place Novcmlier 25 at the Fourth .\venuc Methodist church. 

 .\tter the wedding the couple left for North Carolina, and on their re- 

 turn they will be at home with Mr. Mengels parents, Mr. and Mrs, Clarence 

 U. Meugel. Col. Mcngel Is president of the C. 0. Meugcl & Bro. Company, 

 and Samuel Mengcl is connected with the concern. 



The Mutual Wheel Company of radurah, Ky., has filed a complaint with 

 the Interstate t'ommerce Commission against the Nashville, Chattanooga 

 & St. Louis and tile Illinois Central, alleging that .switching chargis which 

 an Imposed In transferring logs from its river landing to Its plant are 

 exorbitant. The total charge which the company Is paying is .f7 n car. 

 The company asks for reparation as well as an adjustment of the charges. 

 W". 1». r.rown. the retireil bead of th,' W. I". Itrowii & Sons Lumber 

 Company, was In Louisville Thanksgiving and ati' turkey with his sons. 

 Mart and (irahaiii Ilrown, at their ipartment in the Weissingcr-tlauiliert. 

 Tile otiier memliers of the family were als.t present, and the event was a 

 very delightful party. .Mr. r.rown is not enllrelj well, but enjoyed the 

 trip to Louisville very nuicli. 



=-< ST. LOUIS > 



Novcmher i-eceipts of lumber hy rail into Sr. Louis, us reported hy the 

 Merchants' Exchange, totaled l4,."iO:! ears. In .NovemI cr, H)i;!, the receipts 

 totaled H,lo2 cars, showing an Increase during Novemhcr this year of 

 71 cars. Shipments of lumber by rail In Noveml-i'r, 1014. were 0.702 cars. 

 In November, l',ii,'t, shipments were It.ltlis ears, a falling od" this Novem- 

 ber of 2,02S cars. 



In a letter sent' out last month by Cbarles K. 'JMiomas, cluiirman of the 

 traflic coinnilttcc of the Lumliermen's Exchange, some very liiiportanl In- 

 forjiiation was given to iiardwooil lumliermen. In the letter It was stated 

 that the rubiic Service Commission liad been asked hy the Missouri rail- 

 roads for a hearing in regard to pcriiiission to advaiue their schedules of 

 state rates, and the Public Service Commission set Decciuher first on which 

 the hearing was to be held. 



The hearing was licld as piT schedule and (inite a few local Imrdwood 



