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HARDWOOD RECORD 



FMladelpliia Exchange Holds Reunion 



Tbo Pbiliidelphia I^umhormen's Exchange held its sooinl get-together 

 reunion and entcrtninniont at the exchange rooms on the last afternoon 

 ot the old yeai'. A large representation was present and after a Lucullian 

 luncheon in (JrifBth hall, a select vaudeville show was enjoyed. The office 

 and entertainment committee in charge is composed of .Tolin K. Lloyd, 

 chairman: Herbert I'. Robinson, F. A. Dudley, Joseph llyd.- :ind Kalpb 

 Souder. 



Monthly Meeting Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club 



The Lumbermen's Clnh ol Cincinnati hold its regular nionlbly meeting 

 at the Hotel Metropole, .January 4. an unusually large and enthusiastic 

 membership being out. General conditions were discussed and brought out 

 a very optimistic feeling among the lumbermen. All were firmly of the 

 opinion that the turning point for the better has been reached and that 

 within sixty days or sooner there will bo an excellent demand for lumber. 

 No one present bad any fear for the future and all statements were to the 

 effect that business already shows much improvement. 



The report of the river aud rail committee occupied much time. Guy -M. 

 Freer, tratfic manager of the Chamber of Commerce, was present and 

 reported result ot the recent conference at Chicago, to which meeting be 

 accompanied the club's special committee, consisting of lOmil Thoman. 

 B. F. Dulweber and Charles Morris. These gentlemen wilh others will 

 attend ail other meetings ot lumbermen and are prepared to offer testimony 

 to counteract the railroads' contention for further increases in freight 

 , rates on lumber from both southern points and from Ohio river crossings. 

 They believe that there is a good chance in co-operation wilh other lumber 

 club and association committees to hold down at least some of the pro- 

 posc-d advances. 



One important matter tlecided at this nii'eting was the enlargement of the 

 club's membership, a change in the constitution being made whereby retail 

 lumbermen can now be admitted as members. The mcmkersbip committee 

 expects to gain a nun:ber ot good Arms tor the roster. 



The club as usual will take a proniinent part in the coming convention 

 of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association wliicli will meet here at the 

 Hotel Sinton .January L*S and I'O. The (.'ntertainment eonimittre will have 

 elnb headfiuarters <lnring the convention for the reception of all visitors 

 and there will be plenty of cigars, etc., for the visitors, nie club's com- 

 mittee will also assist the association in tlie feature entertainment. Kvery 

 lumberman here will be a booster for the convention and do mII possilile f,, 

 make it the lug success it always Js. 



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With the Trade 



Harry Saxton Returns to Knoxville 



II. N. Sii\li>ii. I'oniirrly manager of thc> Ivncjxvllle .Saw -Mill Company, 

 linoxvillc, Tenn.. who left Knoxville when that mill was destroyed by Are 

 has returned and opened offlees In the East Tennessee Bank building. He 

 will export and ileal in general lines of lumber. Mr. Saxton has gained 

 a very close personal aetiualntance with nearly all of the foreign buyers 

 <iuring his business career, as he has made forty different trips abroad 

 in till' Inlerests of his former concern. Mr. Saxton states that at present 

 he is doubtful whether or not he will build his mill as he has a large 

 aoqualntiince among scuitbeni hardwood uutnufacturers and Is In position 

 to liMmllc harilW(»ods to advantage. 



Change in Mershou's New York Organization 



Hairy .1. Strong, fcirmerly iif Saginaw. Mich., who for several years has 

 been the |iersonal asslslant of .lohn 1). Mershon, will be in full charge 

 ot the New York office of that organization. William U. Mershon has sold 

 Ills interests and retired from the firm. The company's ofBces are located 

 at 1 Madison avenue. 



Mr. Strong's long experience peculiarly fits bim for his new position. He 

 lias madi' a great many friends in New York through his connection with 

 the I'orest I'roduets Exposition in 1SI14. At that lime Mr. Strong was in 

 continuous attendance at the exposition at the Grand Central Palace 

 explaining to visitors the various articles in the redwood exhibit. 



The ,Iohn li. Mershon liumlier Company is the exclusive eastern sales 

 agent for the I'aellli- Lumber Company and handles the stock of that 

 organization through Its various olliees and salesmen for all territ.iry 

 east of the Rocky Mountains, both In Canada and the Tnited States. 

 Carr Lumber Company Completing New Mill 



It is aniiounied by the Carr Luml.-er Company of X'lsgah forest, N. C. 

 that plans for the company's new mill at that point will lie ready about 

 the middle of .Tauuary. I'lans will provide for a plant with double the 

 capacity of the present mill. The Carr Lumber Company is cutting timber 

 from the famous George W. Vanderbllt estate under a delinlte contract 

 made some time agu. 



Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company Buys Arkansas Properties 



One of the most important transactions in this immediate territory 

 iu some time is the purchase by the Columbia Hardwood laimber Company, 

 Chicago, of the bankrupt properties of the Pemlscott Lumber Compnn.v! 

 near Proctor, Crltti^nden county. Ark. The consideration was $02,50(1 

 The properties ,„„..!st of 2,500 acres of tlmberlnnd. mostly oak and gum 



aud three sawmills. There is also a dummy railroad eouuectiug with the 

 Iron Mountain and a tramroad which makes direct connection with the 

 I'iver. This transaction was negotiated liy L. T. FitzHugh, attorney for 

 the purchasing firm. He is authority for the statement that the machinery 

 will be overiiauied at once and that operations will be resumed with the 

 <i|)enlng ot spring. The Pemlscott Lumber Company went into bankruptcy 

 aliout a year ago. Much local interest attaches to this' transaction for the 

 reason that it is understood that the Columbia Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 |iMn\ will I'pi'ii Mllic.-s ill Meiiiuhis. 



Henry Maley Lumber Company Constructing New Plant 

 .\itive preparations have been begun by the Henry Maley Lumber Com- 

 pany for its new plant at .Tackson. Miss. This company some time ago 

 decided Ihat It would remove its plant from Vazoo City to .Tackson. It 

 secured a site at that, point and it has put a force of men to clearing tills. 

 It has secured eleven acres of ground. It is stated that the mill at .Tackson 

 will be of practically double the capacity of that formerly at Yazoo City. 

 There was some discussion on the part of this company of operating at 

 both Vazoo City and .iackson. but it has been decided to transfer the 

 entire luaehinery of the company to .Tackson. This firm operates quite 

 extensively in Indiana, having mills at I'Jvansvllle. Kdlnburg and Columbus. 



Cincinnati Plant to Be Sold During Manufacturers' Convention 



Henry <'. Ezeklel. ri-iilt.\ lu-oker of Clnciniuitl. O.. announces that the 

 truslee's sale of the .Maley. Thompson Jt MolTctt Conjpany's hardwood 

 veneer and sawmill pbiiit at Cincinnati will take place on the lirsl day of 

 the Hardwood .Maniil'aiturers' .\ssoiiaIloii eonventlon at Ciuclunati on 

 .lunuary 2S. This sale will dls|)ose of real estate, concrete and brick 

 luiildlugs. electric drix'en inacliinery. Iioilers. engines, motors and the 

 entire eiiuipnient as an entirety. The sale will be hy sealed or open bids. 

 Property will go to the highest bidder without reference to former cost 

 or present value, .suliject to approval of creditors and confirmation by the 

 I'nlted States district court at a meeting to be bold in the office of the 

 Hon. Charles T. Greve. referee in bankruptcy. Sale will be opened at 

 .'! o'clock p. m. 



'Welsh Lumber Company Increases Yard Space 



The \VeI>h l.iiiiil'rr Cun paiiy. .Menijibis. Teiiii.. one of the newer con- 

 cerns of that i-iimiiiiiniiy. has taken over the offices and yards of the C. D. 

 Ileudrlckson liumlier Company. South Memphis, which Is adjacent to its 

 present yards. The company's offices were formerly iu the Randolpli 

 building. l>ut have been moved to the new quarters. 



C. ^1. Greene, formerly of Lee Wilson & Co. and the Coulsou Lumlier 

 Company, has been with the Welsh Lumber Company since the first of 

 the year. 



The nffiees of the C. I 1. Hendricksoli Lumber Ciuiipjllly will lie moved 



'liiwnlown from South Meniphis. 



Aberdeen Lumber Company Opens Chicago Office 



R. S. l'tli'.\'. Willi tiir se\eral years lias licen handling the business of 

 the Aberdeen laimber Company ot I'lttsburgh, Pa., In Chicago and ad- 

 jacent territory. Is In charge of the office at li> South La Salle street, 

 which has Just been opened by that company. The increasing volume of 

 business In this territory has made the establishment of such headquarters 

 necessary. 



Large Fire in Philadelphia Yard 



.\ terrible fire causetl. is the supposition, by a spark from a passing 

 locomotive, visited the extensive lumber yard of Charles Rste Company. 

 Inc.. Glenwood avenue and Twentieth street, Philadelphia, on the morning 

 of .Tanuary .">. The yard, which Is one of the largest in Philadelphia, with 

 its Immense drying sheds stocked with some of the rarest and most 

 valuable hardwoods ever collected and which for age, length and width 

 were remarkable, became an easy prey to the flames and was rapidly 

 consumed. The flames leaped across Glenwood avenue and down Twen- 

 tieth street and destroyed seventeen dwelling houses, causing altogether 

 an estimated loss of almut .'51,00(1,0(10. 



Camden Firm SulTers Loss by Fire 



C. B. Coles & Sons Company. I'xteiisive sasii and door and lumber con- 

 cern of Camden, N. J., was the unfortunate victim of a nearby fire on 

 .Tanuary S. It is supposed that a liglited cigar carelessly thrown on 

 the floor of the Kalghn's Point ferrybouse, started a fire running Into 

 a loss ot about .f500,000. The flames gutted the ferry building, destroyed 

 a large number of passenger cars of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad 

 Conipan.v adjoining, then spread to the Coles plant, a large part of whicli 

 was wiped out. causing a damage piaci>il at atiout $!.%(), 000. 



Half a Million Spent by Steams iu Freight; 



The magnitude of the business done by tlie Stearns Interests of Ludlug- 

 ton Is indicated by the sum paid out for freight for the year ending 

 November 30, 1914. The sum so expended appro.\Imates one-half mil- 

 lion dollars, or. to he exact, .$469,052.04. This amount, together with 

 the sum paid for labor during the past year, amounts to nearly one 

 iiiilliiin dollars. The amount paid out for freight covers the charges 

 on i:j.llO carloads both coming in and going out of Ludington. This 

 does not include several million feet ot lumber and 175,000 barrels of salt 

 shipped by boat. 



The inbound freight amounted to 7,918 ears divided as follows : Logs. 

 (■>,745 cars; coal, 445 cars; cooperage, 54 cars; miscellaneous. 72 cars; 

 lumber. 002 cars. This, with the exception of coal, represents raw mate- 



