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on Blue creek. W. Va., hemlock and oak mill 

 at Hosterman. W. Va., and two circular mills 

 on Coal river, W. Va., should give the com- 

 pany an ample supply of lumber for some 

 years to come and will naturally increase its 

 already large business. W. T. Schnaufer is 

 president and general manager and H. G. 

 Chamberlain secretary and treasurer of the 

 company; under their direction the business 

 has developed from a very small beginning 

 into one of the large and influential hard- 

 wood firms of the country. 



Vehicle Stock Operation. 

 T. T. Green of Newport. Ark., has recently 

 begun operations in wood wagon material and 

 hardwood lumber, producing at that point a 

 considerable quantity of this material. Mr. 

 Green, who has had long experience in the 

 lumber business, has represented as traveling 

 buyer and inspector a number of the largest 

 wagon manufacturers throughout the country. 

 By reason of his practical experience in the 

 production of this material, as well as his 

 knowledge of the requirements of the trade, 

 he will undoubtedly attain a measure of suc- 

 cess not usually achieved by operators of saw- 

 mills. Mr. Green has been engaged in the 

 lumber business in Arkansas for the past ten 

 years and is well known to the trade. 



1857-1907. 

 The Hardwood Record is in receipt of a very 

 neat little watch fob in blue enamel bearing the 

 monogram "AAA" in red letters, sent with the 

 compliments of E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc.. the 

 famous saw manufacturers of Indianapolis. This 

 company has enjoyed a prosperous existence 

 for nearly fifty years, having been organized 

 in 1857. They are celebrating by the use of a 

 gold seal on all correspondence, and have in 

 mind a pleasant anniversary surprise which 

 must not be publicly announced just yet, al- 

 though friends and patrons may bear in mind 

 that they have "something up their sleeve." 



Hardwood Distillation. 



In a report on the quantity of hardwood 

 distilled and of the products, the Forest Service. 

 basing its computation on figures for the year 

 1905, states that the three states. Michigan, 

 Pennsylvania and New York, are in the lead. 

 Of all the other states Missouri ranks first. 

 The report says that it may therefore be stated 

 that the hardwood distillation industry is prac- 

 tically confined to these four states. The sixty- 

 seven plants reported from these states 659,770 

 cords of hardwood, with a total value of 

 $1,967,806. The products were 26,370.033 bush- 

 els of charcoal, 5,062,076 gallons of alcohol, and 

 S6.6S5.129 pounds of acetate. There were also 

 677.489 gallons of tar and oil. but, as a matter 

 of fact, these figures relating to tar and oil do 

 not even approximate the actual amount, but, 

 instead, represent only the amount saved and 

 refined, owing to certain characteristics of the 

 tar obtained from hardwoods, which make it of 

 low commercial value, most of it is used for 

 fuel, either in carbonizing the wood or in refin- 

 ing the liquor, and when so used no record is 

 kept of the quantity produced. 



Pennsylvania leads in the amount of charcoal 

 per cord, the results showing an average of S60 

 pounds, or 43 bushels. New York ranks sec- 

 ond, with 840 pounds, or 42 bushels. Michigan, 

 with but 680 pounds, or 34 bushels, is in strik- 

 ing contrast to the average production. In 

 number of gallons of alcohol produced per cord, 

 New York leads both Pennsylvania and Michi- 

 gan/ with an average of 11.6 gallons, followed 

 closely by Pennsylvania, with an average of 9.6 

 gallons. The average for Michigan is but little 

 more than half of either of these states, namely, 

 4.8 gallons. This may be due to the fact that 

 in New York and Pennsylvania the wood is car- 

 bonized almost entirely in retorts, while in Mich- 

 igan the brick kiln with direct fire is generally 

 employed. 



The Hardest Wood. 



Cocus wood is said to be the hardest known 

 wood. It is used in the manufacture of flutes, 

 clarinets and other musical instruments. It 

 produces a rich and powerful tone. The desert 

 ironwood tree is also exceedingly hard. It has 

 a black heart so hard when well seasoned that 

 it will turn the edge of an axe, and even pre- 

 sents great resistance to a well-tempered saw. 



J. N. Woodbury. 



The Hardwood Record recently called atten- 

 tion briefly to the new connection formed with 

 E. B. Lombard by J. N. Woodbury. Mr. Wood- 

 bury is a valuable man to have associated with 

 any concern. He has practically spent his 

 life in the lumber business, beginning in 1SS5 

 with Thomas Jones of Union City, Ind., and 

 being buyer and inspector from 18S9 to 1893 

 for Litchfield Bros, of Boston. During a part 

 of 1893 and for some years afterwards he was 

 American representative for Theodore Franke 

 of Berlin. Germany, and then for several years 



J. N. WOODBURY, OF CHICAGO. 



sales manager for the Jefferson Sawmill Com- 

 pany of New Orleans. Later he went to St. 

 Louis, where he was manager of the lumber 

 department of the Ozark Cooperage Company. 



Mr. Woodbury has secured good results in 

 every position he has occupied and his wide 

 acquaintance among the trade and intimate 

 knowledge of the details of the hardwood 

 business will make his services of high value 

 to the house with which he is now associated. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



YV. J. Pwyer. II. A. Lage. J. A. Malmlund. 

 R. E. Cochrane and D. H. Scholl, all of Los 

 Angeles, Cal., are the directors in the new Co- 

 operative Hardwood Floor Company of Los An- 

 geles. The company is capitalized at $10,000, 

 of which amount $1,640 has been subscribed. 



The new flooring mill which the Manistee 

 Planing Mill Company is erecting at its plant 

 at Manistee. Mich., is nearly completed, and the 

 company expects to begin the manufacture of 

 maple flooring on a large scale in a few weeks. 

 Twenty-five men will be employed at the outset. 



The machinery, lumber and made-up stock of 

 the Akron Woodworking Company of Akron, O.. 

 which concern was lately consolidated with the 

 Smith-Snyder Company of Sandusky, have been 

 shipped to the plant of the latter company and 

 with the addition of considerable new machinery 

 makes one of the finest woodworking factories 

 in Ohio. The industry will give employment 

 t.i 150 nun. and grille work, interior finish and 

 a fine line of bookcases will be manufactured. 



The company will be capitalized at $150,000. 



The work of clearing the site of the Gerber 

 & Strable plant at Reed City, Mich., which was 

 recently destroyed by fire, is well under way, 

 and the erection of the buildings for the new 

 Reed City Veneer & Lumber Company will begin 

 shortly. The company is capitalized at $50,000 ; 

 $25,000 has been paid in. $10,000 being sub- 

 scribed by Reed City business men. It is ex- 

 pected that the plant will be in running order 

 in about three months. 



X. Paquette of Lachute, Canada, has pur- 

 < based live acres of land at Lyons, Ky., on which 

 will be established the plant of the Paquette 

 Dimension Stock Company. About fifty men will 

 be employed and a 150-horsepower boiler and a 

 100-horsepower engine will be installed in the 

 new factory, which will work up ash, hickory, 

 dogwood and persimmon. 



Business men of Ladysmith, Wis., will give 

 ten acres of ground for the site of the new 

 lumber and veneer factory which will be located 

 there. The company will expend between $15,- 

 000 and $35,000 on its plant and give employ- 

 ment to seventy-five men. The company has 

 10,000,000 feet of standing timber in the vicin- 

 ity of Ladysmith. The .excellent railroad facili- 

 ties offered by the town promises to make the 

 new enterprise a profitable one. 



The D. J. Murray Manufacturing Company is 

 rebuilding the Fred Cary sawmill near Mem 

 phis. Tenn., recently destroyed by fire. 



The Spier & Dierkes Cabinet Manufacturing 

 Company has been incorporated at St. Louis, 

 Mo., with $10,000 capital stock, by Charles 

 Spier, Robert H. Dierkes and Anton Nothey. 



The Muncic Wheel & Jobbing Company of 

 Muncie. Ind.. has just received 65,000 hickory 

 hubs and spokes from the Yokely Spoke & Han- 

 dle < 'ompany of Yokely, Tenn. This company 

 has still a number of large orders to fill for the 

 Muncie concern within the next few months. 



The Topeka Casket & Furniture Company has 

 been incorporated with $30,000 capital stock to 

 manufacture caskets and furniture. A large 

 plant will be erected in North Topeka. 



Reedcr & Sollars have recently started opera- 

 tions in their hardwood mill at Somerville, 

 Tenn. The factory has a capacity of 8,000 to 

 10,000 feet a day, and oak, gum and cypress 

 will be manufactured. 



The Texas Tie & Lumber Company has been 



incorporated at Houston, Tex., with $100,1 



capital stock. The officers are W. G. Burcb- 

 lield. president ; H. M. Holleman, vice president, 

 and H. H. Hyde, secretary and treasurer. The 

 company will erect a modern mill at Corrigan 

 on the. Houston East & West Texas railroad. 

 The first work will be the delivery of a half 

 million ties, which are already sold under con- 

 tract. Enough timber has been secured to op- 

 erate the mill for the first year. The company 

 has secured a patent tiemaking machine which 

 has attracted considerable attention among the 

 lumbermen of the city. The mill is the creation 

 of President Burcufield. In addition to making 

 ties it will also be used in working up lumber 

 stripped from .the sides of the logs in making 

 the ties. 



The Ahnapee Veneer & Seating Company. Al- 

 goma, Wis., recently filed an amendment to its 

 charter, increasing its capital stock from^ $35,000 

 to $100,000. 



Axel W. Carlson and Gus W. Westbloom of 

 Ely, Minn., have purchased property at Supe- 

 rior, Wis., on which they will erect a boat 

 building plant. They already operate a .small 

 shop at Ely, but their business has outgrown 

 accommodations and the new factory is a neces- 

 sity. Canoes, rowboats and launch hulls will 

 be given especial attention, but boats of a more 

 substantial nature can be manufactured if re- 

 quired. 



Williams Brothers Company of Cadillac, 

 Mich., is building an addition and installing 

 new machinery in the department devoted to 

 the manufacture of last blocks, ten pins and 

 billiard cues. Operations will of necessity be 



