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HARDWOOD RECORD 



hardwood timber land north of the straits and 

 the plant is assured of a long run. 



The W. D. Young & Co. plant is very busy 

 being operated day and night, and the firm says 

 the demand for hardwood stocks has materially 

 Increased. 



Similar stories come as to the operations of 

 the Bliss & Van Auken plant at Saginaw, which 

 is exceptionally busy, and the Kerry & Hanson 

 maple flooring plant at Grayling. All signs of 

 the times, in fact, point to a successful year in 

 the flooring industry. 



At Au Sable the* H. M. I.oud's Sons Company 

 has contracted for a large quantity of maple for 

 Lake Erie points, 2,000,000 feet going to one 

 concern. 



It is estimated that the Sailing-Hanson Lum- 

 ber Company, recently reorganized at Grayling 

 with a capitalization of $850,000, has timber to 

 keep their mills at Johannesburg and Grayling 

 busy for thirty years yet. 



Grand Rapids. 



A bill to create a commission of nine mem- 

 bers, appointed by the governor, for the pur- 

 pose of investigating the forestry problems of 

 Michigan and to report to the next legislature, 

 was introduced at Lansing February 20. The 

 sum of $25,000 is to be set aside to meet the 

 needs of the commission of inquiry in starting 

 the state on a consistent and complete policy 

 with reference to handMng its delinquent tax, 

 denuded, waste and forest lands. The measure 

 was carefully prepared by Charles W. Garfield, 

 president of the Michigan Forestry Commission, 

 and it has the support of Governor Warner and 

 the administration forces of the legislature. 

 Iteing likely to pass, it is hope^i by the friends 

 of the forestry movement that the governor will 

 in his appointive work name men who have the 

 interests of the state, not of a political party. 

 at heart, and that the work may be forever 

 divorced from politics. 



N. Michelson, a well known lumberman of 

 Grayling, asks the citizens of Lake City to aid 

 him in his efforts to induce the Grand Rapids & 

 Indiana railway to extend its line from Lake 

 City to Houghton lake. Mr. Michelson will 

 build a saw and shingle mill on the Muskegon 

 river, in the vicinity of Houghton lake, this 



summer, and says that he will have 75,1 ,000 



feet of forest products to be hauled over the 

 road. He believes that the opening up of this 

 country will be of great advantage to Missaukee 

 county. 



A legislative bill has been introduced author- 

 izing the withdrawal from sale ■ of the lands 

 owned by the agricultural college in Iosco and 

 Alcona counties, and making an appropriation 

 for a forest reserve to be started on these lands, 

 which include thousands of acres along the Au 

 Sable river. II. X. Loud of the State Forestry 

 Association is author of the measure. 



R. G. Peters of the Feters Salt & Lumber 

 Company. Manistee, has brought suit by sum- 

 mons against Henry W. Carey of Eastlake to 

 force a settlement of Mr. Carey's business rela- 

 tions wjth the company. The Peters company 

 was established more than forty years ago and 

 has a high financial rating. Mr. Carey entered 

 the offices of the company back in the seventies, 

 and eventually became secretary and treasurer, 

 though his financial interests in the concern, it 

 Is stated, were never very large. Mr. Carey was 

 in Grand Rapids February 20, but declined to 

 discuss the suit. 



A. F. Anderson of Cadillac was in the city 

 February 21. 



F. E. Ranney of the Ranney Refrigerator 

 Company is president and chairman of the board 

 of directors of the Greenville Improvement Asso- 

 ciation, just organized in that city. 



Both houses of congress have passed the river 

 and harbor bill, which' provides for examination 

 of the Grand river at this point by United States 

 engineers to plan against recurrence of floods, 

 also the sum of $88,000 for deepening the chan- 

 nel for boa's below the city. 



Fire destroyed the plant of the Mancelona 

 Handle Company at Mancelona. Loss nearly 

 $18,000 ; insured for $10,000. The cut of tim- 

 ber was nearly completed in that section and 

 it is not probable the plant will be rebuilt 

 there. About fifty men were employed. 



Cadillac people had a jubilee February 13. 

 having succeeded in raising the $20,000 neces- 

 sary to supplement the gift of $10,000 made by 

 W. W. Mitchell for the erection of a Young 

 Men's Christian Association building. The 

 money was secured two days before the expira- 

 tion of the time limit, and Mitchell street from 

 end to end was full of enthusiastic people, who 

 burned red fire, powder, and shouted themselves 

 hoarse, the yell being : "Rip, rip. rap, roar ! 

 How about that twenty more? Did we get it? 

 Well, I guess. Right on time and two days less. 

 Now Will Mitchell has to pay ; Rah, rah, rah ! 

 Y. M. C. A." Mr. Mitchell was afterwards sere- 

 naded at his home. 



Cleveland. 



W. J. Fell, a prominent lumber and stone 

 manufacturer of Salt Lick, Ky., was here yes- 

 terday. 



F. J. Jeffries of the Chicago Car Lumber 

 Company, Chicago, and H. C. Horr, secretary of 

 the Tucker Woodworking Company, Sidney, O., 

 were among the visitors of the week. 



J. H. Jeuks, vice president of the Robert H. 

 Jenks Lumber Company, has been confined to 

 his home for several days, the result of an at- 

 tack of pneumonia. 



The National Association of Box Manufactur- 

 ers is in session here this week, with a large 

 ;ti tendance. 



Indianapolis. 

 The Long-Knight Lumber Company, one of 



the largest dealers in hardwoods in Indianapolis, 

 has the following to say concerning the hard- 

 wood market in that city : "All hardwoods are 

 in excellent demand at the present time and we 

 hare more inquiries for the stock we have on 

 hand than we have ever had before. We think 

 the outlook for trade is unusually bright. At 

 present we are not having any great trouble to 

 get cars, except in the South. 1 'rices are re- 

 maining steady." 



I 'reparations to run night and day because 

 of heavy orders on hand are being made by the 

 Batesville Lumber & Veneer Company at Bates- 

 ville. A dynamo has been installed for the pur- 

 pose of furnishing electric light and other im- 

 provements have been made in the plant. 



Stockholders of the Central Manufacturing 

 Company, Connersville. have elected W. B. Aus- 

 ted of Greensburg president of the company. 

 Announcement of an increase in capital stock 

 from $50,000 to $100,000 was recently made. 

 At the annual meeting a very profitable busi- 

 ness last year was reported. 



Probably in no city in the state is the effect 

 "I the car shortage felt more strongly than at 

 Shelby ville, where there are thirteen furniture 

 factories. At least twenty cars are needed a 

 Hay to ship the product of these factories, while 

 only five or six cars a day are available. Ware- 

 houses are filled to the top with furniture which 

 is sold and hardwood dealers are beginning to 

 feel the effect of the situation, as the factories 

 will no doubt have to limit their production be- 

 fore long from lack of storage and shipping fa- 

 cilities. 



The National Flooring Company has been In- 

 corporated in this city with a capital stock of 

 $1,500, and offices have been opened in the 

 Pembroke Arcade. I'. S. Brown, F. W. Waldko- 

 itter and W, s. Kimberlin are interested in the 

 company. 



Orders tor 102 Morris chairs have been re- 

 ceived from Sydney, Australia, by the National 

 Adjustable Chair Company of Greenfield. Re- 

 cently the company received a large order from 

 Venezuela, and during the last year has sent 

 large shipments to Egypt. Germany. France, 

 (bile. Italy. Japan ami china. 



A recent organization is that of the Shelby- 

 ville Woodworking Company at Shelbyville. The 

 company has taken a long lease on a former 

 elevator building which will be equipped at once 

 with new machinery. Directors are Harry Boeh- 

 ning, Jacob Rizer, George Kelley, Joshua Inman 

 and Andrew Clark. The capital stock is $5,000. 



John A. Reitz & Sons of Evansville, one of 

 the largest sawmill concerns in that part of the 

 state, suffered heavy loss by fire on the night of 

 February 14. Practically the whole plant was 

 destroyed at a loss of $50,000, only part of 

 which was insured. Steps will be taken to re- 

 build the plant at once and it is expected that 

 it will be ready for operation within a short 

 time. 



It is reported that the Dearborn Desk Com- 

 pany, with its principal offices in Chicago, has 

 closed a deal to purchase the plant of the ITnion 

 Cabinet Company in North Marion. The plans, 

 it is understood, include one of the largest desk 

 factories in Marion, with a specialty of office 

 and typewriter desks. 



The Grabill Lumber Company will conduct one 

 "i the largest institutions of its kind in the 

 northern part of Indiana, according to incorpora- 

 tion papers that have just been filed with the 

 secretary of state. The capitalization is $16,000 

 and the concern will be located at Grabill. Those 

 who have capital invested are Philip, C. C, D. C. 

 and Levi Sprunger, Julius Gehring and Daniel 

 Stucky. 



J. V. Stimson, one of the largest hardwood 

 dealers in southern Indiana, with headquarters 

 at Huntingburg, was elected vice president of 

 the Manufacturers Bureau of Indiana at its 

 organization in this city a few days ago. The 

 bureau has been organized for the purpose of 

 binding the 7,000 manufacturers of the state 

 more closely together for protective purposes. 

 The bureau will wage war on measures before 

 the Indiana legislature deemed unfavorable to 

 manufacturers. 



The plant of the Roachdale Novelty & Veneer 

 Company at Roachdale has just been sold, the 

 purchaser being Martin Cutsinger of Edinburg. 

 Mr. Cutsinger will improve the plant immediately 

 and greatly enlarge its capacity. The price paid 



for the plant, it is understood, was $1S. 



The plant is one of the largest in central Indi- 

 ana. 



Bristol, Va.-Tenn. 



R. E. Wood, president. G. L. Wood, general 

 manager, and J. H. Yost of the office force of 

 the R. E. Wood Lumber Company. Baltimore, 

 were visitors in the city last week en route to 

 the company's operations at Huladeen, Carter 

 county, Tennessee. They will also visit the 

 company's North Carolina operations before re- 

 turning to Baltimore. 



J. H. Bryan of the Bryan Lumber Company 

 is at Cranberry. N. C, looking after his com- 

 pany s mills in that section and hurrying for- 

 ward orders. 



The Paul W. Fleck Lumber Company is stock 

 ing its new lumber yards in South Bristol as 

 rapidly as possible and will soon have about 100 

 cars of lumber on hand. 



II. M. Iloskins has resigned as general sales 

 agent for J. A. Wilkinson and rumor has it that 

 he is organizing a new lumber concern to deal 

 in hardwoods for the domestic and foreign trade. 

 Mr. Hoskins is well known to the trade in the 

 East, having been in business in New York for 

 three years. He spent some time in London and 

 is well acquainted with the export trade. G. E. 

 Goodell, who has been with Mr. Wilkinson for 

 a number of years, succeeds Mr. Hoskins as sales 

 manager. 



Irving Whaley of the Tug River Lumber Com- 

 pany is contemplating a trip to the West Indies 

 and expects to sail from New York the early 

 part .it' March. 



C. W. Hiles. representing J. H. S. Clark & 

 Co., hardwood dealers of Newark, N. J., was 

 calling on the local trade last week and buying 

 hardwood. 



