HARDWOOD RECORD 



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dore M. Plummer, lias made a contract with .'i 

 mill al Knoxville, Tenn., for 1,000,000 tee! of 



poplar and chestnul 1 lelivered before the 



flrsl ol Jtilj The l' er will be shipped to the 



,- pany's • ustomers direct. 



Among the purchases made last week by the 

 Teckemeyer & Wetiinger Lumber Company was 

 250,000 feel of choice cypress. The companj also 

 lias a very good stock of plain oak and other 

 desirable woods and is gradually getting in shape 

 to take care of a brisk spring business. 



The Garetson-Greasou Lumber C pany. on 



account of recent heavy rains, has been forced 

 to slmt down iis mills ai Campbell, Mo. The 

 company is building, as the weather will permit, 

 b mile and a half of tram road to supplj this 

 mill As tu trade conditions, Secretary W. W. 

 Dings says thai all hardwoods are in good call 

 and the demand for gum lumber is so active thai 

 he sells it readily at better than list price. The 

 company expects to be settled in its new offices 

 in t he Times building by Feb I 



.1. c. Collier and W. II. Rhomberg of the Carr. 

 Rider & Adams Company, Dubuque, towa, were 

 in St. Louis last week buying hardwoods. 



W. A. Bonsack of the Bonsack Lumber Com 

 pany reports the outlook for business during the 

 coming year as bright. His company last year 

 had a more profitable business than for some 

 time previous and from present indications 1907 

 will fully equal the standard of last year. The 

 only annoying feature of the situation is the 

 shortage of stuck. 



\V. It. Chevvis had a very satisfactory year 

 during 1906 and is looking forward tu an equally 

 active business for 1 '.hit. He is fairly well sup- 

 plied with all the hardwoods and has some very 

 choice walnut on hand, which he makes a spe 

 cialty. 



Marvin Crow of Crow Bros., who operate a 

 mill at Ellington, Mo., was a recent St. T.mtis 

 visitor. While the we1 weather has hindered 

 logging considerably at the linn's plant its mill 



is so situated that it can I perated even al 



high stages of water, and is now cutting yellow 



pine, oak and other hardw Is at the rate of 



10,000 feet a day. 



L. II. Brothers of Carnthers, Mo., who oper- 

 ates two hardwood mills near thai place, was 

 another prominent St. Louis visitor lasl week. 

 lie. inn. reports sawmilling conditions very bad 

 on account of the heavy rains. 



About the first of February the American 

 Hardwood Lumber Company will "pen an office 

 in Memphis. Tenn., in charge of F. B. O'Leary. 

 Mr. O'Leary has fur the past seven years ben 

 identified with (he company, flrsl as traveling 

 salesman and later holding a responsible position 

 in the St. Louis offices. For the past two years 



he has given especial attention ti rresponding 



having to do with buying, and il is in this direi 



tlon that his energies will I xpetnleil al the 



Memphis branch. The American Hardwood I.um 

 her Company is coming to he "tie of the largest 



operators in the c try. having offices at Nash 



ville, Tenn.. .New i'ork lily. Chicago, Meridian, 

 Miss., and Benton, Ark. and a large export yard 



111 New I ll'lcins. 



The si. Louis Maple ,\ (ink Flooring Com 

 pany has enough orders on hand t" give truth 

 in the statement that the outlook for spring 



business is exceptionally bright. Among 1 h 



ders recently taken was "in- from the contract 

 ors of the new Bixby building for 520,000 feci 

 in' 1JI4" face common maple flooring, of which 

 about i50,000 feci will i.e used in thai struc- 

 ture. 



According t" I.. M. Borgess "I s Ie & Hlb 



hard, hardwood consumers have not yet begun 

 in buy "ti an extensive scale, hut they are keep 

 ing in touch with the situation. Within the pasl 



two weeks buyers for larg isuming houses 



have visited St. Louis and made inquiries with 

 regard to good lots of stuck, sn that activity in 

 Inlying is expected shortly. The firm is on the 

 lookout for stock to round oul Us already well- 

 assorted line. 



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Nashville. 



The Kimmins Lumber C pany, "t which W. 



.1 cude is president and John B. Ransom a 

 large stockholder, has made application i" 

 change the name of the company t" the w. .1 

 Cude I. an, 1 ,\ Lumber Company and to Increase 



the capital stuck from $50, to $250,000. 



concern owns a large plain at Kimmins, T 

 and extensive timber interests in that section. 

 11 has grown s,, rapidly that an enlargement "i 



iis scope and operations was determined u] 



Hamilton Love of Love, Boyd & Co. has gone 

 In Miami. Fla., I'm' a slay of several we 

 Km- smile lime he has been a sufferer 1 



articular rheumatism and his health has 1 n 



seriously impaired on that account. lie has 

 tried many waters and remedies without avail 

 and now hopes that the balmy climate ,,1 mid 

 winter Florida will he beneficial. His services 

 in the meanwhile to the firm "i which he Is a 

 valuable member will he greatly missed. 



Several Nashville lumber concerns came near 

 being heavy losers in the high tide in the 



C berland, by reason of the act of some 



miscreants win. cut loose several line rails and 

 set them adrift in the river during the night. 

 The rafts, which were tied .lit along the east 

 bank of the Cumberland just above the city 



and were strung for more than a mile, were 



one after another released with the aid "t" a 

 knife. The logs were cedar and poplar tor the 

 mosl part and were the property of Lieberman, 

 Lo.veman >v- O'Brien, Davidson Benedict Company, 

 Southern Lumber & Box Company, standard 

 Lumber Company and the Cedar Tie ,\- Pole Com- 

 pany. As soon as the hiss of the property was 

 discovered the owners dispatched several small 



hunts down the rivet'. Sonic of I he logs had 

 Indued mi islands, but most of them were found 

 about forty miles below Nashville in mid 

 stream on their way to the nlii... The lumber 

 was worth more than $20,000. 



The Sewanee Planing Mills of Clarksvllle, 

 Montgomery county, have applied for a charter 

 The incorporators are: II. \Y. Kilter. Horace 

 Kilter. Austin I'eay and E. 1'. Morrow. 'the 



company sine Is the former firm of II. W. Kit 



icr & Co., and will manufacture a general line 

 of building material. 



Maurice Jacobs, presidenl of the .Newman 

 Land & Coal Company, which has large holdings 

 near Crossville, in Cumberland county, Tennes- 

 see, has gone to New York "ti a business nip. 

 This company, which was recently organized, 

 will begin the development of its property al 

 once. In addition to its large coal mining inter 

 esis the property is covered with much line titn 

 her which will he Cut for the market in the 

 hear future. 



It is probable that the Gentry Furniture Fac- 

 tory of Baxter, Tenn,. will he moved to llarts- 

 ville or Carthage in Hie near future. II is said 

 ihe timber supply at these places is more abund 

 ant. Employment will he given t" about sev- 

 en! V five men 



Oscar Daniel, a highly esteemed citizen of, 

 Dresden, Tenn,. was killed a few days since 

 while telling a tree at Unit plac, A projecting 

 limb struck him on the side and head, killing 

 him instantly, lie was 28 years "id and left 

 a wife and "lie child, 



T. I.. Kless. representing the Muesse Kins. & 

 Granl Lumber Company of Caruthersville, Mo., 

 has gone i" Clifton, Tenn. 1.. look for a loca 



tioi the hickorj mill his company proposes 



to establish there by March 1. The companj 

 owns about 8,000 acres of timber rights in the 



section. A planing mill will also he operated. 

 Shepherd Brothers of Shelbyvllle, Tenn,, arc 



■stablishlng a large spoke, huh and rim factors 



al thai place. It will he in operation si and 



will give employment to a large force. 



Waller ,v Porter, carriage manufacturers, have 

 moved into their new quarters at 119 and I'Jl 

 Fifth avenue, south. The factor} will emploj 

 about fifty men. 



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r. Ransom >v- Co., which has for many 



years been one of tin- largest lumber fin 



the South, has incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $500,000. Tic incorporators are: .lulin B. 

 Ransom, Arthur I'. Ransom, Marvin M, Kan 

 M.111, MeEwen Ransom and K. T. Wilson. John 

 l: Ransom Is presidenl of tie 1 new companj 

 and Arthur Ransom secretary and treasurer. 

 This will nut all'eel John B. Ransom's interest 

 In other concerns in which he is part owner. 

 Among other concerns in which Mr. Ransom 

 is largely interested are the Gayoso Lumber 

 Companj "I Memphis, W. .1. Cude Land & I. inn 

 her Company of Kimmins, Tenn., and Ihe Nash 

 ville Hardwood Flooring Company of Nashville. 

 Simon Lieberman, the veteran lumberman of 

 hville and a member of the firm "f Lieber 

 Loveman .x O'Brien, lias 1 1 reappointed 



Nash 

 man. 

 by May 



1 1I11, al h.li 



1 Incl em 



r Morris a 1 

 if Nashvill 

 previous t 

 merit has given genera 



Another Nashville 

 cently been honored is 

 ,,r Norvell .x- Wall; 



■ 1,111 lor ..I ihe hoard of 

 Me served with dis 

 onus and his re-appOlnl 

 1 satisfaction, 

 lumberman who has re 

 w. E. Norvell of Hie firm 

 Justice Norvell. who is a 



member of the Davidson County Court, has 



1 11 named as one ,,f a committee of six lo 



superintend Hi instruction of two big bridges 



ov.-r Cumberland river. The structure will cost 

 ,i,,s ■ i" a minimi dollars. 



The citizens of Newport, Tenn., are consul 

 eiine. a proposition looking lo ihe establishment 

 of a large chair factory al that place. A com- 

 mit! f citizens has I n appointed to solicit 



stock. It is proposed lhai the 1 pie of New 



port give about $20,000 and that the parties 



f,. North Carolina, who are promoting the 



scheme, give III 



Levi Mulegai 

 levlc 



balance, $40,000. 

 of Centreville, '1 

 vented 



lioni/.e Ihe Use 

 cost of fuel ill 



more power. 11 

 ville in the neai 

 in\ ill ion. 



The new Hun 

 Tenn.. which 



for some tinn 



replaces one thai was burned about a yeai ago 

 A s mil from Hopkinsvillc, Ky.. announces 



that He- recently incorporated Hopkinsvllle 



Lumber Company has bought out 



Of Wallace ,X Ade.ick. WhO llllVi 



lumber business there, togethei 



and stave mil I 



by ihe purchasing 



■tin., has in 



which he claims will revolu 



if steam power by cutting the 



uilf and al Ihe same time give 



will build an engine in Nash 



r future I" experiment with the 



ilop planing mill at Clarksville, 



is been ill course of colisl IIU'I "lull 



is now iii operation. The plant 



II 



the interests 



been running a 



with a planing 



New buildings are to he creeled 



firm of which K. II. He 



Treville 

 secrets ry 



s in, 



presidenl and .1. 

 The company 



Arthur Wallace 

 ; incorporated 



Memphis. 



The Brasfield-Thompson Lun r Company, 



[•ecentlj formed here with a capital stock of 

 $50,000, has perfected organization by the elec 



t|on of G 'ge M. I'.rasiiebl as president, and 



.1. W. Thompson of ihe .1, W. Thompson Lumber 

 Company as vice president. This company has 



purchased about 2,000 acres of hardw I timber 



lands from Ihe T. .1. Orr Laud & Lumber Com 

 pany near BiSCOe, Ark., as well as a large band 



sawmill. There will be some improvements made 

 in the plant, however, before this is operated, ill 

 order to facilitate the cutting "f lumber. .1- D. 



Allen, wli" has I n connected with the .1 W. 



Thompson Lumber Company for s.uue years, will 

 be iii control of the operation of the plant. 



'Ihe I'ottihoiio Taylor Company, with lead 

 quarters at Mobile, Ala . and engaged largelj in 



th,. exportation of hardw I and other lumber, 



has opened an office in Ibis city. 11 is in charge 

 f \v T. Cowers. Jr., and is located in the 



Randolph building. F. W- I'd i and s. K. 



Taylor are the members of the firm which lias 

 been doing business al Mobile for some years. 



The Lindsey r.u.lde Manufacturing Company, 



organized al Jackson, Tenn.. some time ag 



the purpose oi manufacturing school and 1 h 

 furniture and office aud bank fixtures, has just 



