HARDWOOD RECORD 



JOE THOMPSON, MKXH'llIS. I'RESIIUCNT 

 TIIOMl'SOX-KATZ LUMBER COMPANY 



Riel-Kadel Lumber 



Company Changes 



Name 



Ih.- lU.l Kiidi'l Lum- 

 • . r rc.iii|paiiy Ims been 

 ii fu.lor lu tlic nouth- 

 crii hiirdwood business 

 fnr II lonslilcrablc perl- 

 oil, mill bas attained 

 h-niit prominence as a 

 >|ii'<'iallst In asb. 



Till- uriKlual orgnnlza 

 tl.iii wii» iiuiilc up as the 

 fiiriiur inline would In- 

 ill'iiti', but tbis was 

 rliiiiiKi'il about a year 

 iiKo when tbe present 

 iilIliiTS, Joe Thompson, 

 proKlilcnt, and Herman 

 Km/.. vice-president, 

 Iniik over tbe business. 

 Tlw Idcii of tbe change 

 (if niiiiie now to the 

 Tliiiiiipson-Kntz Lumber 

 roinimny Is merely that 

 tbe personnel may be 

 more truly represented 

 In the firm's style. It 

 Is i-iiipbnslzed that there 

 Is nhaolutcly no change 

 lu the personnel or pol- 

 icy of the corporation, 

 but merely a change In 



■:U.MAN KATZ, ME.MPUIS, VICE-PRESI- 

 DENT THOMPSON-KATZ LUMBER 

 COMPANY 



liotb pron 



t In the southern hard- 

 having been vlcc-presl- 



the Drm name. 



Xlr. Thompson and Mr. Katz a 

 wood Held. Mr. Thompson prior to June 1, 1917 

 dent of the Dudley Lumber Company. 



Mr. Katz Is a nephew of Moses Katz of Waus 

 his recent retirement vice-president of tbe E 

 Memphis. 



Mr. Thompson states that the company will continue to specialize In 

 white ash lumber in all grades and thickness, and special widths and 

 lengths also. He says further that his company caters to the requirements 

 of industries using specially selected white ash suitable for airplane con- 

 struction and repairs. 



The company maintains an assorting .vnrd at Memphis for the handling 

 of white ash and carries a good assortment of ash at many southern points. 

 Tbe company recently acquired a few very choice tracts of ash timber, 

 which It Is now op- 

 erating, the logs be- 

 ing manufactured in 

 Memphis. 



People once bearing 

 the name of this com- 

 imny won't forget It. 

 especially after bear- 

 ing the cable address. 

 "Tomkats," connected 

 with the name. 



Mr. Thompson and 

 Mr. Katz are In high 

 standing in southern 

 hardwood circles, and 

 deserving of all the 

 success that has come 

 and will come to tbclr 

 enterprise. 



Mengel Company 



Hard Hit by 

 U-Boats 



The C. C. Mengel & 

 Bro. Company, Louis- 

 ville, Ky., large im- 

 porter and manufac- 

 turer of mahogany, 

 has been rather unfor- 

 tunate during the past 

 year In connection 

 with having seagoing 

 vessels sunk. Shortly 

 after the outbreak of 

 the war this concern 

 started buying vessels 

 for its own use, and 

 in the fall of 1917 in- 

 corporated the .\xini 



OUR MASTER SAM C. .MENGEL. TORPEDOED JUNE 2 OFF NEW YORK HARBOR 



Transportation Com- 

 pany of Louisville, 

 heaaquartors at Axini, 

 British West Africa, as 

 a transportation com- 

 pany to handle its logs 

 In from .\frlca and 

 South America, band 

 ling general cargoes nut- 

 bound, and certain car- 

 goes besides logs In- 

 bound. The company 

 has also been hamlllii- 

 straight cargoes 

 other products Inbon 

 when it had the nc. 

 sary facilities. 



However, in a periiil 

 of thirteen monlli 

 starting with Mm> 

 1917, tbe company lii 

 lost two of its li ' 

 boats. In May, 1!117 

 the "Dlrlgo" was siih 

 marlned and sunk. On 

 June 2 of this year the 

 company's prize new 

 four-masted schooner, 

 the "Sam C. Mengel." 

 was torpedoed 175 miles 

 off New York harbor, 

 the crew being landed 

 by a Norwegian vessel. 



According to Capt. H. T. Hanson the vessel was boarded by the submarine 

 crew, as she did not have gun protection, and while tbe crew took to the 

 boats the Germans placed bombs In the hold and proceeded to blow her up. 

 The "Samuel C. Mengel" was valued at $17."),000, being a schooner of 915 

 gross tons, launced at Bath, Me., In 191G. The vessel was on its second 

 round trip, and was making an almost record run from West Africa, hav- 

 ing left there in April. The vessel was originally launched as an auxiliary 

 schooner, but her engines were later removed to insure more cargo room. 

 Losing two big schooners within thirteen months, at a time when bot- 

 toms arc in such demand, is a hard blow, especially for an inland con- 

 cern which fcas to depend on its own shipping to get Its raw products In. 

 At the time the vessel met with disaster she was carrying a big load of 

 cocoa for delivery at New York. 



Standardization of Wagons 

 The National Implement and Vehicle Association met on May 1 and 2 

 at Louisville, Ky., and 

 adopted certain stand- 

 tinl iiarts and dimen- 

 sions for farm wagons. 

 .\ summary of the re- 

 port Is given below. 

 The vehicles under 

 consideration are in 

 (he classes : Farm 

 wagons, valley wag- 

 mis, mountain wagons, 

 one-horse wagons and 

 farm trucks. 



The first class, 

 known as farm wag- 

 ons, are to be made In 

 four capacities : light, 

 1500 pounds; medium, 

 3000 ; standard, 4500, 

 and heavy, 6000. The 

 tracks of all measure 

 lifty-slx Inches from 

 center to center of 

 tires on the ground. 

 The standardization 

 goes Into effect not 

 later than January 1, 

 1919. Width between 

 stakes 38" ; reach, the 

 rictangular type only ; 

 n-ar gear, one for each 

 capacity and having 

 one high bolster ; 

 front gear, drop, slip 

 or coach tongue type ; 

 l)0.xes one width only, 

 to fit between the 

 stakes, with no foot- 

 boards. When sta- 



