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HARDWOOD RECORD 



a short time ago J. N. Penrod, representing himself and the Abhotr 

 estate, hought the interest of E. T. Bennett in this firm, takins over 

 the entire stock of lumber and the site and plant. Immediately fol- 

 lowing this transaction, Mr. Bennett began operating the plant under 

 lease and is doing so at the present time. The purchase on the part of 

 the Anderson-Tully Company was made directly from J. N. Penrod and 

 associates. It is understood that Mr. Bennett will continue to operate 

 the plant for the present, particularly until he has cut up the timber 

 he has on hand. It is understood that, after this lease expires, the 

 Anderson-Tully interests will operate the mill in connection with their 

 other sawmill and their various box manufacturing enterprises in this 

 city. The purchase price has not been made public. 



East St. Louis Walnut Company to Resume Operations 



The East St. Louis Walnut Company, which was compelled to close 

 down at the commencement of the European war, because about ninety 

 per cent of its business was export, has resumed operations. It is manu- 

 facturing stocks for army rifles. The contract calls for .'iO.OOO pun- 

 stocks and together with other walnut pieces amounts to about $G0,000. 

 An Eastern concern placed the contract and it is generally understood 

 that the order comes from the English army. 



Demonstrates the Utility of Mesquite for Novelty Woodwork 



R. S. Brooks, operator of a box and crate factory at Fowlerton, Tex., 

 recently made some demonstrations of the utility of mcsquite for specialty 

 woodwork. He had made up an array of special items, including trays, 

 smokers' sets, goblets, drinking cups, match-holders, etc. lie has also 

 experimented with this wood for certain parts for furniture and for 

 flooring. Mr. Brooks is going more fully into this proposition and expects 

 to make something of it. 



Death of WUliam Pool Brown 



William Pool Brown, one of the pioneer lumbermen of the Central 

 West, and one of the best-knowr hardwood men of the country, died at 

 his home in Indianapolis, December 10, 1914, after a long siege ot Illness. 

 While Mr. Brown had not been perfectly well 

 for several years, his condition did not become 

 serious until about ten days before the end. At 

 that time an anemic condition which had been 

 the chief source of trouble for some time became 

 more pronounced, organic functions were inter- 

 fered with, and he sank steadily. 



The funeral was held Saturday, December 

 12, at Madison, Ind., his old home. Where he 

 had been in business for a quarter of a century. 

 The funeral was largely attended by friends 

 and associates, and flowers and telegrams of 

 sympathy to the relatives came from all over 

 the country. 



W. P. Brown was a native of Dumfries, Scot- 

 land, and was born in 1S41. He came to the 

 United States with his parents at the age of 

 four. His father was a farmer near Madison. 

 Ind., and Mr. Brown grew up close to the land, 

 and in touch with agricultural and timber de- 

 velopment. His liking for the lumber business 

 caused him to enter that trade as a young man 

 and he was continuously in it for the remainder 

 of his life. 



In 1S73 he formed the firm of Dow & Brown, 

 which was famous in the black walnut business. 

 The concern first ran a floating sawmill up and 

 'down the Ohio river, being one of the most 

 prominent in this business, which is now almost 

 a memory. Later a big mill was established 

 at Madison, and the lumber manufacturing busi- 

 ness was carried on here without interruption until 1896. During the 

 greater part ot this time walnut was a feature of the business, though 

 later on. when the walnut vogue began to diminish, a general hardwood 

 trade was developed. 



In 1896, when the firm was dissolved and the Madison plant closed, 

 Mr. Brown became a pioneer in the development of eastern Kentucky, 

 opening up timber all along the Lexington & Eastern between Lexington 

 and Jackson, Ky. This territory at that time was almost a wilderness, 

 and the road established new stations tor the lumberman as he located 

 at one point after another and developed the timber of the region. Mr. 

 Brown was practically the first hardwood man to see the immense pos- 

 sibilities of eastern Kentucky, which is now being developed to the 

 full by means of the numerous railroads which have since been built 

 In that territory. Until 1900 Mr. Brown maintained his headquarters 

 In Madison, at that time going to Indianapolis. His eastern Kentucky 

 -business continued for eight years, or until 1904, when the Louisville 

 .business of W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company was established with 

 bis sons, Martin and Graham. In the meantime an Indianapolis yard 

 bad been established by Mr. Brown, and this was conducted until 1910, 

 when his health first began to break. He never lost his interest in the 

 business, however, and followed the development ot the Louisville con- 

 cern, which has become one of the leaders in the country, with close at- 

 tention until the last. 



THE LATE WILLIAM POOL BROWN, I.N'DIAX- 

 APOLIS, IXD. 



Mr. Brown had a very attractive personality. While quiet and un- 

 assuming, he won many friends with his clean-cut honesty, his simple 

 life and his genial disposition, lie was of a kindly and friendly nature, 

 and at the same time a keen business man, who could see opportunities 

 and knew how to follow them up until they were fully developed. He 

 was continuously successful in the hardwood business, and was able to 

 meet changing conditions as they presented themselves. 



The business of The W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company will be con- 

 tinued by his sons. 



Death of George Henke 



George Henke, president of The George Henke Company, C8 Beekman 

 street. New York, N. V., died on December 2 after an operation for intestinal 

 trouble. Mr. Heuke was the president and founder ot this institution, 

 which is the manufacturer of "Lorac," a preparation used for the preven- 

 tion of checking, splitting and rotting of logs. 



Mr. Ilenko had become very well known among sawmill and veneer mill 

 owners all over the country, as be personally had gone into their plants 

 to demonstrate his process. 



It is supposed that the business of The George Henke Company will 

 lontinuc as usual. 



Takes Over Whiting Interests 



The Graham County Lumber Company has been organized to take over 

 the interests of the Whiting Manufacturing Company in Robinson county, 

 North Carolina, and it is expected that the company's band mill at .ludson 

 will soon be in operation. Walter Buell of Bay City, Mich., who makes his 

 headquarters at Judson, has charge of the operations of the new company. 



Get Together Conferences Started by Steams Employes 



The foremen of the Stearns Salt and l.iiml>cr Company, Ludington. 

 Mich., have inaugurated a series of "get together" meetings for this 

 winter, the first of which was held Monday evening, December 7, 1914, 

 in the new hall recently erected in the mill yard. These meetings are a 

 continuation of the efficiency meetings which 

 w-ere held last winter and which were productive 

 ot very gratifying results. The following de- 

 partment heads were present : Foster LaBar, 

 general superintendent ; Malcolm E. Miller, man- 

 aecr department of safety and eflicioncy ; Charles 

 Engstrom. foreman, green lumber yard ; George 

 P. Crocker, sawmill superintendent ; Charles 

 Hamilton, lumber yard superintendent; N. M. 

 .Tcnsen, night sawmill foreman ; Charles Mar- 

 quette, coopershop foreman ; John Matson, salt 

 packing foreman ; John Moore, heading mill fore- 

 man : II. Smoke, stave mill foreman; W. H. 

 Taplin, planing mill superintendent ; Joseph Ze- 

 ber, salt department superintendent. 



Foster LaBar was elected president and Mal- 

 colm E. Miller, secretary for the coming season. 

 The principal subject under discussion was 

 "Plans for Improving Conditions in the Various 

 Departments." The work for the winter was 

 outiini'd with ,a great deal of enthusiasm and 

 it was decided to hold the meetings twice each 

 month. Arrangements have been made to have 

 several talks by men representing concerns 

 closely allied with the lumber industry. A rep- 

 resentative of the Simonds Manufacturing Com- 

 pany will give a stereopticon lecture on the man- 

 ufacture of steel products, and in the course of 

 his talk will trace the development of the raw 

 material into the finished product ot the Sl- 

 niouds .Manufacturing Company. 

 Mr. Thompson of the Standard Oil Company will lecture on the forma- 

 tion and distillation ot oils. Other lectures will follow which will be 

 iiighly interesting and especially \aluable from an educational standpoint. 



Railroads Charged With Law Violations in Export Rates 

 ^Vith reference to the indictments returned by the Federal grand jury 

 in New Orleans against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for alleged 

 violations of the Elkins act, the following statement was Issued by the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission : 



The Louisville & Nashville, like common carriers generally in the South, 

 has two sets of rates applying on many commodities from interior points 

 to New Orleans and other Gulf ports. First, there are the domestic rates; 

 then there are export rates, whicli are somewhat higher. Tlie present case 

 deals with the practice of the Louisville & Nashville in permitting export 

 shipment of staves to move over its route from .\lal>ania points to New 

 Orleans at domestic rates. The rate on staves from Mobile to New Orleans 

 "to shlpside for export" is nine cents, while the rale "for depot delivery" 

 is seven cents. 



Our investigation disclosed that it was the common practice for shippers 

 to bill shipments of staves from Mobile to >'ew Orleans, consigned to an 

 individual at that point. Upon arrival, the consignee was notified by 



