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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The old company has been dissolved. The new owner was manager o£ 

 the mill for several years. 



The Sandusky Lumber and Box Company of Sandusky has passed out 

 of existence, when the stockholders voted to surrender the charter. 



The Safety Window Company of Cincinnati has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $10,000 to manufacture safety windows, by L. W. 

 Hlser, G. F. William, C. C. Kubfern, .Tohn Hart and Walter H. Tarr, Jr. 



At Utica, Sinsabaugh & McConnell have been succeeded by J. Sinsa- 

 baugb. 



The E. M. Blair Lumber Company has taken over the business of 

 James Cole at Newcomerstown, O. 



The Leet Lumber Company of Portsmouth, at the recent annual meet- 

 ing of the stockholders, showed a good report for the past year. The 

 company has branches at Sciotoville, Peebles, and at Wheelersburg, O. 



The Marks Lumber Company of Cleveland has been incorporated with a 

 capital of $10,000 to deal in all kinds of lumber. S. E. Marks, J. S. 

 Kohn, L. J. Kohn, L. M. Young and B. G. Landeman are the incorporators. 



At Jeffersonville, 0., the firm of French & Thomas has succeeded 

 Charles C. French. 



The Preble County Lumber Company of West Alexandria, O., has been 

 incorporated with a capital of .$5,000 by Peter Kuntz, Jr., Martin Kuntz, 

 C. F. Hill, J. S. Payne and R. E. Chambers. 



It. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company says trade in 

 hardwoods is showing a gradual improvement all along the line. Buying 

 Is about equally divided between yards and factories. Retailers' stocks 

 are light and with the approach of the spring building season they will 

 be compelled to increase stocks. Prices are rather firm at the levels 

 which have been maintained for some time. The outlook for the future is 

 brighter. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company reports an improvement in 

 hardwood conditions generally. 



=-< TOLEDO > 



president Booth of the Booth Column Company states that business In 

 columns is a trifle dull at present. The factory is well supplied with mate- 

 rials. Both prices and demand are somewhat low owing to the small 

 amount of building being done. The demand for automobile bumpers in 

 which this concern is also engaged is heavy and this department of the 

 factory is showing large gains. 



The Buckeye Furniture Company recently purchased the building occu- 

 pied by the company's store and factory at Monroe and Twenty-first streets, 

 the purchase price being about $4.5,000. The factory is to be enlarged by 

 the addition of another story. The store-room is to be enlarged also. 

 ITie improvements have been made necessary by the increased business 

 of the concern. 



The Skinner Bending Company reports a much improved business from 

 the standpoint of actual orders for stock. The West and Middle West 

 are showing the heaviest improvement and orders are coming in for wagon 

 stock. The buggy business still seems to be a little quiet. The company 

 Is increasing its operations and for the first time in weeks has been 

 enabled to operate its factory on Saturdays. Prices are reported some- 

 what low, but this is in a measure offset by the fact that stock Is plentiful 

 at fair prices. 



-< MEMPHIS >- 



Lunibermen here who own tinil>erland in Mississippi are very much inter- 

 ested In the outcome of the case of J. C. Johnston, revenue agent for 

 the stale of Mississippi, against R. J. Darnell, Inc. This involves the 

 question of the right of that state to collect taxes on standing timber 

 in addition to the land on which It is located. The case has been de- 

 cided In favor of the state in the lower courts but the defendants have 

 given notice of appeal and will carry the litigation to the supreme court 

 of MIssIssppI. There are a number of prominent lumber companies in 

 Memphis which own timbcrlands in Mississippi, including Russc & Bur- 

 gess, Inc., R. J. Darnell. Inc., The Bellgrade Lumber Company, Lamb- 

 Fish Lumber Company, Gayoso Lumber Company, Anderson-TuUy Com- 

 pany, and the Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Company. These firms are already 

 standing a very heavy burden of taxation under the Mississippi laws 

 and a still further addition on standing timber would be regarded by 

 them as a serious blow. The progress of the case will therefore be 

 closely watched and stubborn resistance will be oCfered. 



The Lamar Lumber Company, domiciled at Clyde, Miss., has made 

 application for a charter under the laws of that state. It is cap- 

 italized at $350,000. G. L. Ilawkes, V. M. Scanlan, and others are the 

 incorporators. 



W. T. Trice, Cotton Plant, .\rk., has recently purchased 17,000 acres 

 of timberland near that point from Dr. E. W. Groves, St. Louis. The 

 new owner Intends to establish sawmills at or near Cotton Plant for 

 the development of the timber on this property to the end that it may 

 be prepared for agricultural developments. 



The Puddephatt Furniture Manufacturing Company, Pine Bluff, Ark., 

 has recently gone into the hands of A. D. Foster, cashier of the Mer- 

 chants and Planters Bank, as receiver. This action on the part of the 

 stockholders was entirely voluntary. The failure of the bank of Pine 

 Bluff and inability to collect outstanding accounts are given as the 

 principal causes of the present troubles of the company. This was one 

 of the three furniture manufacturing companies doing business in 

 Arkansas and it had very extensive connections In Arkansas, Louisiana, 



and Missouri. Assets and liabilities are not given. Charles H. and 

 William Puddephatt were the principal stockholders. 



Dispatches received here indicate that a number of mills in Mississippi 

 have recently resumed operations or are preparing to do so with as 

 little delay as possible. Memphis correspondence to Hakdwood Record 

 has shown a considerable increase in manufacturing operations on the 

 part of manufacturing firms in North Mississippi. It appears now that 

 pine plants in the lower part of the state are beginning to show decidedly 

 more activity as a result of the improvement which has recently taken 

 place in the yellow pine market. 



It is reported that the Arkansas-Eastern Railroad, which is chartered 

 under the laws of Arkansas and operated by the Baker Lumber Company, 

 principally as a log road, is to be purchased by the Frisco and extended 

 to Earle, Ark. The timber from most of the land along this road has 

 already been removed and a large portion of the latter has been sold. 

 It has been the understanding of the purchasers that the road would 

 be developed and the hope is expressed that this will be done with 

 as little delay as possible. 



S. M. Nickey of the Green River Lumber Company has returned from 

 an extended business trip in the North and East. He reports the sit- 

 uation and outlook as very much improved. 



John McClure of the Bellgrade Lumber Company left Memphis last 

 week to attend an important meeting of the inspection rules committee 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber .\ssociation of which he is a member. 

 This meeting is for the purpose of adjusting inspection matters between 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association and the Federation of Furniture 

 and Fixture Manufacturers. 



=-< NASHVILLE >= 



Lumber shippers were gratified at the decision of the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, ordering reciprocal switching rates on competitive busi- 

 ness between the Louisville & Nashville and Tennessee Central. Hereto- 

 fore the two companies have had no reciprocal switching on competitive 

 business because of prohibitive charges. The usual rate on non-competitive 

 business is $3 per car, while the companies have charged on competitive 

 business rates of $5 to $3G per car. The decision will be of great benefit 

 to Nashville. 



.Johnson City, Tenn., reports more activity in lumber business. Sells & 

 Miller have purchased several hundred acres of land from David Glfford, 

 .and are having a plant installed to get out the timber. The I'ittsburgh 

 Lumber Company at Hampton, near Johnson City, reports plans to resume 

 operation on a large scale. The Kingsport Lumber Company at Johnson 

 City also reports plans to resume. 



The Cove City Lumber Company of Nashville has been incorporated, 

 with authorized capital stock of $150,000. The company owns about 8,000 

 acres of land in Craven and Jones counties. North Carolina. Morton 

 Butler of Chicago and John Toomey of Ilelenwood, Tenn., are the principal 

 owners of the company. The charter was taken out by R. Boj'te Howell, 

 M. B. Adams, E. E. Barthell, A. S. Britt and Ben Feldman. 



The Davidson, Hicks & Greene Company of Nashville says that the 

 recent report that the company had purchased 44,000 acres of land in 

 Franklin county was misleading. This land was purchased about one 

 year ago, and the company will develop It when business conditions im- 

 prove. 



The B. & M. Lumber Company of Nashville has surrendered its charter 

 of incorporation. 



=•< BRISTOL y- 



The Atkins Lumber Company of Atkins, Smyth county, Va., has com- 

 pleted its new mill and will put it into operation during March. The 

 company has built a twenty mile line of logging road and is already get- 

 ting out many logs for the new mill. 



A new purchase of timber has just been made by the R. C. Duff Lum- 

 ber Company of Duffleld, Va. The company has run its band mill at Duf- 

 fleld regularly through the winter and has done a large volume of l>usi- 

 ness. As soon as the present timber supply is exhausted the development 

 of the new area will begin. 



Charles F. Hagan of this city, trustee of the large estate of his father, 

 Col. Patrick Ilagan, has sold three important areas of timberland in 

 Scott county. Virginia, and as a result some new mills will be put in 

 operation early in the spring. R. T. Irvliie and associates are among 

 those who will develop sections of the Hagan tract. 



-V new mill will at once be established at Rye Cove, Va., by E. H. 

 Walker, who recently purchased a boundary of timber in Scott county. 



The Pittsburgh Lumber Company last week resumed operation of its 

 band mill at Hampton, Tenn., twenty-five miles south of Bristol. The 

 mill has a daily capacity of 50.000 feet of lumber and the company ex- 

 pects to continue to operate regularly. General Manager L. G. Gastelger 

 Is just back from the East and reports the lumber outlook as encourag- 

 ing. 



The Lovelady Lumber Company started its new mill at Jasper, Va., 

 last week. The company's plant at this point burned out some time ago 

 and it has completed at Jasper one of the largest plants in this section. 

 It is on the Virginia & Southwestern railway, near Bristol. 



The Cox Lumber Company will at once install a mill near Cllnchport, 

 Va.. east of Bristol. 



The Kingsport Lumber Company Is preparing to begin operation of 



