HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The I^ouisville & Nashville on January 1 incri-Jist'ti tho hours of work at 

 its shops at Now Decatur, Ala. These shoi)s ifor quite a while have l)een 

 operating four days a week and eight hours per day. making a total of 

 thirty-two hours per week. The proseut schedule calls for six days a 

 week of eight hours each, a total of forty-eight hours per week. These 

 shops eiiiplny aliout '2.'t(nt men when oiii'rnting at full capacity and the 

 resumption of operations on the incrensed scale is regarded as an ex 

 ceptioually favorahle development. 



T. .1. Turner is building his third liandle faetury at Marked Tn-e. Ark. 

 He has been very unfortunate heretofore, having lost his two other plants 

 T)y fire. His friends are congratulating him on i>eing able to put up the 

 third plant as he had no insurance on either of those iireviously burned. 

 The new plant, however, will be fully insured. 



The Soutliern Kngine :ind lioiler Works at .liiekson, Tenn.. have secured 

 an order involving aliout $25il,OHU and have ulready resumed operations 

 at full caiiacity. The management states that this order is large enough 

 to keep the plant in operation on full time for quite a while. It also calls 

 attention to the fact that there is more sawmill, railroad and general 

 l)usiness offering than has been the case for some time and it is inclined 

 to anticipate the ability on its part to keep its machinery fully employed. 



=•< NASHVILLE >-= 



Uichard N. Chestnutt. Sr.. formerly of Nashville, died at his home at 

 -Montgomery. Ala., after an illness extending over six weeks. He had been 

 in failing health for several years. Mr. Chestnutt was for many years con- 

 nected with the hardwood industry. He was a native of Mississippi, and 

 removed to Murfreesboro. Tenn., when a young man, where he was associ- 

 jited for many years with the firm of W. B. Earthman & V'o., who were at 

 that time among the largest lumber operators in this section. Later he 

 was in the lunil)er business in Nashville, and about eight years ago re- 

 moved to Montgomery. He was a man of quiet and unassuming disposition, 

 but intensely loyal to his friends, Mr. Chestnutt is survived by his widow, 

 one daughter and two sons. Omar and R. N. Chestnutt. Jr., are the sons, 

 l)oth of whom have been associated with their father in tlie lumber busi- 

 ness. The burial was at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 



Richard Nor veil, who has been for a numlier of years connected with 

 . the lirm of Norvell & Wnllace of Nashville, has been admitted as a junior 

 partner in the firm. He is a son of the senior juemher and a popular and 

 ■capable young lumberman. 



President Henderson Baker of the Nashville Lumbermen's Club in talking 

 for the outlook for 1915, said that the indications at the ofl5ce of his firm 

 are that business is improving materially. Mr. Baker said that his firm 

 had received several nice orders and that the attitude of the lumbermen 

 is that of hopefulness of better demand, and gradually increasing trnde. 



Building permits at Nashville for 1014 amounted to .$1,971,401 against 

 :^l,666,r.02 for 1913. Building operations fell off after the outbreak of 

 Avar, though for several months increase was shown. 



George N. Welch, a prominent lumber manufacturer, who has been 

 elected a member of the Tennessee Railroiul Comnussion, has assumed the 



duties of his position. 



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LOUISVILLE > 



Trnlhc matters have held the center uf the stage in Louisville during 

 the past few weeks, the advance in rates from the South having everybody 

 worried. H. E. Snyder of the Louisville Veneer Mills was sent to Chi- 

 cago December 28 to attend a conference of those interested in the advance, 

 representing the Louisville Hardwood Club. A meeting of the lumbermen 

 was held January 4 for the purpose of studying the case and going over 

 the evidence to I)e presented. The Louisville bearing is scheduled for Jan- 

 uary 19 and will be handled by Luther M. Walter of Chicago and John R. 

 Walker of Washington. 



An examiner of the Interstate Commerce Commission will be in Louis- 

 ville January 23 to take evidence in the complaint of the C. C. Mengel & 

 Bro. Company against a number of eastern roads, the basis of the com- 

 plaint being that cedar log rates are higher than those on lumber of this 

 or any other variety. The log rates are class rates, and those on lumber 

 are commodity rates, the inconsistency apparently having been overlooked 

 by the tralEc men. Reparation on a shipment is asked by the company. 



Mcmliers of the Louisville Hardwood CUib who attended the final meet- 

 ing of the year, held on December 29. agreed that prospects for 1915 were 

 much better than conditions immediately preceding had been. It was gen- 

 erally believed that the volume of business handled in the current year 

 will be from twenty-five to thirty per cent greater than last year, and that 

 prices would be correspondingly improved. 



Green Garrett of Winchester, Ky., who not only is a well-known lumber 

 manufacturer, but also is a member of tlie state railroad commission, is 

 of the oi)inion that the rate advances granted the eastern roads will help 

 i)usiness in general and that of lumber manufacturers in particular. "The 

 effect will be immediate, in my opinion," he said. "The eastern railroads 

 have been entitled to an increase in freight rates for a long time, and the 

 first effect will be to settle a question which has been hanging fire for 

 some time, and settling it in a way that will give the railroads a feeljng 

 of confidence. They are entitled to increased earnings, and will spend the 

 greater part of it for improvements. The railroads will undoubtedly 

 anticipate their increased earnings due to higher rates. That means that 

 they will immediately go into the markets and buy liberally to replace 

 their worn-out equipment, to make extensions, to buy new cars, rails and 



This Mill 



is devoted very largely to the manufacture of 

 Oak Bill Material 



In fact, we have studied this line of manufacture 

 so thoroughly that we feel confident we can tell 

 you anything you want to know about it. 



WE KNOW WE CAN FILL ANY 

 ORDER TOU WILL SEND US 



THE LEWIS DOSTER LUMBER CO. 



BLUEFIELD, W. VA. 

 Manufacturers and Wholesalers West Virginia Hardwoods 



Band and Circular mills at Waiteville, W. Va. Daily capacity 60,000'. 



SPECIAL PRICE 



FOR QUICK SALE: 



No. 1 Com. Hickory : No. 2 Plain Oak: 



8 cars 1>^" to 4" 5 cars 1" 

 No. 1 Com. Poplar: 



15 cars %" to 4" No. 1 Common Ash: 



No. 1 Plain Oak: 3 cars 2" 



20 cars l"to4" 1 car 23^" 



Goodlander-Robertson 

 Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



Yards and Cilice: 



Kansas Avenue Memphis, Tenn. 



