August 25, l!)l(' 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



43 



We Are Prepared to Furnish 



PROMPT SHIPMENT 



on 



OAK TIMBERS 



Cut to 



SPECIAL SIZES 



Up to 16-Foot Le7igths 



JAMES E. STARK & CO., Inc. 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



BAND MILLS 



MEMPHIS, TENN., DYERSBURG, TENN. 



VENEER MILLS 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 



Miinufacturtrs of tlfe'lit and slack cooporaKc report that they have been 

 able to work their mills In the country, used for getting out bolts and 

 other rough material, on a larger scale during the past thirty days than 

 for more than a year. They frankly admit that this progress has been 

 the direct result of the increased supply of labor available for work in 

 the woods at these plants. Most of the help came from the farms where 

 i-rops had been laid by and it is expected that it will shortly return to 

 gather the cotton and corn. When it does return, it Is anticipated that 

 labor conditions will be worse than heretofore. The Increase in produc- 

 tion of rough material, however, already accomplished, means quite 

 a hit of this on hand against latter neeils. 



=-< LOUISVILLE y- 



At a recent meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club resignations were 

 accepted from U. R. May, secretary, and Preston Joyes, treasurer, both 

 men having filed applications as candidates for training in the .Artillery 

 Officers' Training School at Camp Taylor, and expecting to be called for 

 service. I^ater they were both informed that they had been turned down 

 on account of defective eyesight, but Mr. May later took the matter up 

 with General Austin, and expects to report in a few days. Mr. Joyes 

 expects to enter some other branch of the service. A. E. Engle, assistant 

 manager of the Louisville branch of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Asso- 

 ciation, has been named secretary, and Edward L. Davis of the Edward 

 L. Davis Lumber Company was named treasurer. 



In response to a request of the Louisville Board of Trade the Louis- 

 ville Hardwood Club has named Will Day of the Highland Park plant 

 of the Wood-Mosaic Company as lumber director of the Louisville divi- 

 sion of the War Industries Board, which Is in the Cincinnati zone. 



At a meeting of the Hardwood Club on Tuesday, August 20, held at the 

 Devils' Kitchen, much discussion was heard concerning probable traffic 

 conditions this fall. Barry Norman was of the opinion that there would 

 not be any serious car shortage this season. Other members believe that 

 the movement of cotton, cane, wheat, etc., from the South during the 

 next few weeks will result in cars being hard to obtain. It Is believed that 

 cars will be hard to obtain until the latter part of October, but the short- 

 age of last year is not anticipated, due to Improved conditions in the 

 East, and Federal regulations of business moving to seaboard. .\t the 

 present time cars are being obtained fairly well locally, but inbound lumber 

 from southern mills is moving slowly and much trouble is being experi- 

 enced in securing requirements. 



T. H. Payne, formerly manager at Sunflower, Miss., for the Ward Lum- 

 ber Company of Chicago, was recently In Louisville for a short visit. Mr. 

 Payne reported that the Ward company had cut out all of its lumber at 



.Sunllowei-. ami that the mill was idle at the present time, no arrange- 

 ments having been made for timber. 



The North Vernon Lumber Company, North Vernon. lud., with a plant 

 also at Louisville, Is making improvements at the Louisville plant, includ- 

 ing installation of a planing mill. Considerable equipment Is being installed, 

 including a double surfacer, resaw, ripsaw, and cut oflfs, this being in addi- 

 tion to the regular mill equipment, and largely for the purpose of manufac- 

 turing crating, ns well as taking care of local trade. The improvements 

 should be completed about September 1, when the concern will l>e in 

 position to surface two sides and resaw and cut specified widths. Both 

 iif the company's mills are again in operation after a six weeks' shutdown, 

 with about a half million feet of logs on the yards, and another half 

 million on track or transit. While oi)crating conditions are difficult the 

 company figures that it has logs on hand to keep It going until about the 

 first of the year before another .shutdown. A new tract has been opened 

 at Paris, Tenn., where about a million feet of logs will be cut, in addition 

 to the logs from 2,000 acres of stumpage at Dyersburg, Tenn. 



Louisville Interests have secured control of the Mound City Veneer 

 Mills, at Mound Citj-, III., the North Vernon Lumber Company having 

 recently secured a third Interest, while the other parties interesteci are 

 George L. Kannapell, formerly of the Parkland Veneer Mills, and C. E. 

 Talbott, formerly of the Parkland Saw .Mills Company. The plant is in 

 operation and is featuring the manufacture of gum veneers of all grades, 

 operating two rotary lathes, and having a log supply on hand to run 

 several months. 



Work has started on the new artillery cantonment at Stithton, Ky., the 

 general contract having been placed with John Griffith & Son Company of 

 Chicago. Lumber has been moving from the southern pine mills to this 

 camp so rapidly that much congestion Is being experienced Just now, 

 resulting in William Barr of Washington going to Stithton in an effort 

 to straighten out matters. The new cantonment will be known as Camp 

 Knox, named after General Henry Knox, who made history in the revo- 

 lutionary war as artillery commander under Washington. Locally the 

 trade Is securing very little business on the new camp, as practically all 

 material is coming direct from the South. 



Fred G. Jones of the Fred G. Jones Lumber Company, Louisville, on 

 August IT had a fine river launch destroyed by fire at Carrollton, Ky.. 

 while on a vacation trip to the headwaters of the Kentucky river. A 

 barrel of gasoline which took fire on the wharf was shoved into the river, 

 setting the harbor on fire, and communicating to the boat. Mr. Jones' 

 party returned to Louisville by rail. 



The first annual outing of the employes of the Highland Park and New 

 .\lliany plants of the Wood-Mosaic Company was held at Glenwood Park, 



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