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HARDWOOD RECORD 



A. F. Hart, for the manufacture of kitchen 

 furniture. The cabinets will be made of black 

 ash in four different grades. 



P, W. Martin of Toledo, in a recent interview 

 in Detroit, said: "Hardwood limber is so hard 

 to got nowadays that twelve inch trees are con- 

 sidered large enough to cut and Lumbermen are 

 buying patches of trees as small as 100 acres or 

 Less, and are glad to get them. A lumber buyer 

 told me he recently bought the framework of ah 

 old building down in Ohio, paying 1." cents :i 

 foot for the timber, which was walnut. AH 

 walnut rails have been bought up and when an 

 old building N torn down the framework is 

 eagerly purchased by lumber dealers." 



The Vilas County Lumber Company met iu 

 Grand Rapids, January 15, and elected the fol- 

 lowing officers: President, John J. Foster: vice 

 president, Lewis n. Withey; secretary, \\ C 

 Winchester : treasurer, Henry Edema. The com 

 pany is operating in Vilas county. Wisconsin. 



The -Michigan Forestry Association will pre- 

 sent three bills at this session of the Legislature, 

 the most important one providing for the ap 

 pointment of a commission of twenty-one men, 

 including several slate officers, a regent of the 

 university, a member of the boa'rd of agricul- 

 ture, representatives of the school of mines and 

 of the state normal schools, and three practical 

 lumbermen, in look into forestry conditions in 

 Michigan and report their findings at tin- next 

 session of the legislature. Another bill author- 

 izes the appointment of a slate forester, salary 

 not to exceed $1,500; while the third measure 

 relates to the creation of an efficient lire warden 

 system. 



The business men and manufacturers of Boyne 

 City will hold a banquet January 30, at which 

 time plans will lie discussed for organizing a 

 hoard of trade, 



The first annual banquet of the Muskegon 

 Chamber of Commerce was held January li; with 

 over Jim guests present. President I'aul S. 

 Moon of the Moon Desk Company made the 

 opening address, while the leading speech by an 

 out-of-town man was by G, G. WhitwOrth of the 

 B.erkey & (lay Furniture Company. Grand Rapids. 

 Muskegon aims to have u population of 30,000 

 in 1910. 



Asheville. 



The hardwood men of Asheville and western 

 North Carolina are to make a determined effort 

 i" secure the enactment by the North Carolina 

 General Assembly now in session of a law com- 

 pelling the Southern Kailway Company to fur- 

 nish under penalty a sufficient supply of empties 

 and also to more speedily transport to their 

 destinations cars loaded with lumber. The 

 Asheville Lumber Exchange, representing the 

 hardwood industry in I his section of the state. 

 has taken the initiative and has had dra fted 

 by its attorneys a hill which with a letter has 



been mailed to every hardw 1 dealer in the 



state. The proposed legislation is fail to both 

 the hardwood men and the railroad. The first 

 section provides "that a penalty of $5 per day 

 is provided for failure of shipper or consignee to 

 load or unload cars promptly, and a like penalty 

 for failure of the railroad company to furnish 

 cars or move them with reasonable promptness." 

 A second important provision is "•that nil said 

 penalties are to be instantly payable and col- 

 li'' table at the station where the business is 

 handled." At present the railroads demand and 

 collect their demurrage and it is contended by 

 the hardwood men that ir is right that shippers 

 should be able to do the same without delay on 

 the part of the railroad. 



There, is a material shortage in hardwood 

 lumber in western North Carolina this month. 

 Itealers are unable to secure an adequate supply 

 and many orders are for the time unfilled. The 

 best grades are now inconstant demand and 

 there is less hardwood ready for shipment in 

 this section than ever before. Good prices 

 prevail. 



The Laurel Fork Lumber Company of this 



section is defendant in a damage suit for $5,000 

 instituted by Thomas It. Brown, a former 

 employe. The plaintiff alleges that lie received 

 sei inns and permanent injuries last October 

 while in the employ of the concern through the 

 negligence and carelessness of the lumber com- 

 pany and its servants. 



The Mason & Featherstone Lumber Company 

 is the name of a new firm organized here with 

 headquarters in the new Electric building. Tin' 

 mw company is composed of Bert Mason, son of 

 W. T. Mason, one of the best known and most 

 prominent hardwood men in this section, and A. 

 A Featherstone, Jr., a well known and highly 

 respected young man of this city. The inu 

 firm will handle hardwoods. 



Bristol. Va.-Tenn. 



The Boice Lumber Company has been orga u 



ized at Abingdon, Va.. by C. Boice, J. W. Bell 



and others. C E. Lloyd, Jr., of Philadelphia, 



formerly sales agent of the Cherry River B i 



& Lumber Company, is connected with the new 

 corporation and will have charge of its eastern 

 office, at Philadelphia. Mr. Lloyd was in Bris- 

 tol last week in connection with the organiza- 

 tion of the e.uiipain . 



The Whiting Manufacturing Company of ('al- 

 ter county, Tennessee, has increased its capital 



stock From $50, I to $500,000. 



The Wendall Manufacl uring < lompany has 

 been organized at Wendall. V C, and will build 

 a furniture factory near that place. 



The Sells Lumher & Manufacturing Company, 

 which was recently incorporated al Johnson 



City, Tenn.. with a capital stock of $50, is 



beginning the erection <>r planing mills near 

 CarneL'ie. 



"The car supply is much better in Johnson 

 county and on the Tennessee division of the 

 Virginia & Southwestern railway." said C. II. 

 Vial, a wholesale lumberman and manufacturer 

 of Mountain City, in Bristol last week. 



J. A. Wilkinson returned ibis week from an 

 important business trip to Chicago and i tic 

 East 



George II- Mell of Kane. Pa., was a visitor 

 in this section last week. 



Tie' Kitchen Lumber Company, which was re 

 cently organized by K. II Vansant, .1. W. 

 Kitchen ami others at Ashland, Ky., will shortly 

 begin the development of a 25,000-acre trad of 

 limber land lying in Graham and Swain coun- 

 ties, X. C. 



Cincinnati. 

 The Maie\, Thompson ».v Moffetl Company's 

 big mill, located on Kapid liiver Run al Delhi, 

 'Ohio, has been closed down owing to high water. 

 The water has swept over the yards, and while 

 no serious damage has as yet been done, there is 

 fear of the mill Moating away. To prevent this 

 the company has constructed a boom around it. 



■We have i n benefited and stand to lose." 



said T. .1. Moffett. "The flood enabled us to tow 

 a large number of ]oe S down the Ohio river to 

 the millcreek and then directly to the doors of 

 our mill, which has saved us considerable in 

 hauling expense. Approximately we were saved 

 $4,000, and if the Mood continues I suppose 

 when we sum up everything we will find that 



matters have been about evened up." 



The Daniel Maul Lumber Company of Gettys- 

 burg has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $40,000 by Daniel. Martha A., John 11.. John 

 M. Maul and Clarence J. Miller 



Gifford Pinchot of the Forest Service will 

 lecture on "Forestry" before the Lumbermen's 

 Club at tin' Business Men's Club Saturday 

 evening, January 26. 



The lumber yards of T. 1'. Scott & Co. were 

 flooded by the big rise in the Ohio river The 

 portion of the yard that is under water is 

 occupied by lumber on sticks. The offiee of the 

 concern, however, is still out of danger as it is 

 en an elevation. 



John Dulweber & Co. have been driven from 

 their offices by the flood. A large boom has 

 been built around the yards so as to preveril 



the loss of slock. Temporary offices have been 

 opened on the second floor of the Cincinnati 

 Soul hern Railroad building at McLean and 

 Western avenues. 



The following officers of the Furniture Club 

 were elected al their annual election: President, 

 Henry A Sprengard ; vice president, Carl Streil : 

 secretary i W, Uees ; treasurer, Henry Franke : 

 trustees, John Dornette, Jr.; D. C. Tappe, AY. 

 X. Hind. George Schutte and Henry Backer. 

 The establishment of a furniture exposition will 

 be considered al the February meeting. 



The Southern Lumber Company of Cleveland 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 



$25, by C. II. Prescott, W. II. Prescott, <>. 



W. Prescot t. 1". E. Kimball. Amos and Burl 

 Thompson. 



Joseph Niehatts, president of the Commercial 

 Carriage Company, who lias been ill at his resi- 

 dence for some weeks, is reported much im 

 proi ed. 



U. McCracken of the Kentucky Lumber Com 

 pany attended l he convention of the Indiana 

 Retail 1 >ea I ers' Associal ion al Indianapolis. 

 January 11. lie reported that the retailers of 

 that locality are willing to purchase poplar al 

 the prevailing prices for delivery in the spring. 

 He also said that the eon vent ion was run on 

 a strictly business basis and every one bad a 

 good time. 



The next monthly meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 club will be held at the Business Men's Club 

 Monday, February 4. 



M. C. Treworgy of the \. c. Treworgy Lumber 

 Company of Boston, Mass.. was in Cincinnati 

 recently purchasing hardwood lumber. He found 

 l he desired lumber very scarce, hut a few sabs' 

 weii' made. 



.1. A. Van Orsdel has resigned his position 

 with John Dulweber & Co. to go with Leland 

 i : Banning. 



E. Kuzer of the Jones Lumber Company of 

 Boston, Mass. was in Cincinnati recently pur- 

 chasing hardwood lumber. Owing to scarcity of 

 the desired stock he was unable to gel as much 



as needed 



K. Edwards, a prominent lumberman of Day- 

 Ion, visited the Queen City on a business trip 

 lately. He reported that lumber is very scarce 

 in 1 ia \ ton 



The Kentucky Lumber Company lias purchased 

 a tract of timber land within two miles of 

 its mill at Habersham, Tenn., which contains 



about 10,000,000 feet of cl :e oak, besides other 



hardwoods. The company will purchase a new- 

 band sawmill to work up the tract. 



K. M. Schantz, a lumberman of North Fair- 

 mount, has in practical working order at bis 

 mill a device which almosl does the thinking 

 for the dimension sawy r. The device measures 

 a plank just as soon as it is placed on the saw 

 bench without the use of a rule or figuring. 

 Ibe indicator is capable of showing 6,000 dimen- 

 sions, and is worked by a series of electric wires 

 and small light bulbs abou 1 one-quarter inch in 

 diameter. The saw guide has sixty of these 

 bulbs, one inch apart, which show the length 

 in inches, while at the left of the sawyer is an 

 indicator which shows the width in inches at 

 the same time. At a glance the sawyer can tell 

 what size can best be cut. and as he has a 

 number of different sizes marked by the bulbs 

 I here is little or no waste through defects in a 

 plank. Ky the use of this machine one swing 

 saw. with a sawyer and helper and boys lo carry 

 away and arrange stock, can do more work in a 

 day than can be performed by the methods now 

 in use in 'a whole week. The rapidity with 

 which this machine cuts up dimension stock is 

 astonishing. 



St. Louis. 



The St onei nan /earing Lumber Company, the 

 well known hardwood firm of this city, has re 

 moved to He Vails Bluff, Ark., where the com 

 pany requests thai all correspondence be ad* 

 dressed. 



The Plummer Lumber Company, through Theo- 



