HARDWOOD RECORD 



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R. V. Fletcber of Chicago. A number of prominent hardwood lumbermen 

 here appeared as witnesses for the petitioners but the cases were handled 

 by J. H. Townsbend, general manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic 

 Association, and J. K. Walker, attorney for that body. Both sides have 

 been requested to file briefs and It is probable that no decision will be 

 handed down under two montbs. The Bellgrade Lumber Company, through 

 Its petition, is seeiung to secure a rate of eleven and ten cents on all 

 shipments of hardwood lumber from points above and below the main 

 line of the Soutlicrn Railway in Mississippi to New Orleans. These rates 

 are at present applicable only to Cottonwood and gum. The Anderson- 

 Tully Company, through its intervening petition, is seeking a rate of 

 eleven cents on all kinds of hardwood lumber from Memphis to the 

 Crescent City. The present rate is eleven cents on eottonwood and gum 

 and twi'lvi- rents on all other hardwoods. One of the principal arguments 

 advanci il I'V the pititioners was that rates from Memphis and intermediate 

 points I. \. \\ (Ml ans are entirely too high as compared with rates 



obtai - ' 1 ii;c>, Cincinnati and other points making use of the 



Illln.ii- ' II I hill. It was also charged that there arc numerous 

 Irrcs-'ula] il ir - u hh h ..light to be corrected. The :i(lvaiici'(l rates now in 

 effect WIT.' istaMishffi more than a year ago arnl ih i.n - m p. miens 

 represent really a reopening of the New Orleaii- M : 1 ■ n! ' I !' 



outcome is awaited with much Interest becausr • : n i- 1 1 - ' -i 



will he cBVcted I'or hardwood lumbermen in Mis-i iij'i iihI M.i, liii , 



=-< LOUISVILLE y- 



T. M i;ii.\, Ill' W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, has li.fii 



eleii. .1 . ! ..1 the Louisville Rotary Club, one of the LiuHiil: 



busiih I- : I III >ii~ of Louisville, which is unique in that It ailiiiiis hut 



one r. |ii. -' iii:iii\ ■ ni each line of business. Mr. Brown represents the 

 hardwood tradi,'. The local lumberman was also one of the first Louisville 

 visitors to the Forest Products E.\position at Chicago. 



D. E. Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills succeeded finally in obtaining 

 a release from his nomination for the presidency of the Louisville Com- 

 mercial Club. He was nominated without his consent, and protested that 

 he was not in a position to consider the office. It was finally decided 

 to relieve him, and Mr. Kline is now feeling more comfortable. 



The Edward L. Davis Lumber Company of Louisville has a fine stock 

 of walnut lumber, having put 200,000 feet on sticks recently. The com- 

 pany, in view of the general impression that walnut is a scarce commodity, 



hose using the wood. 

 I walnut is far from 

 .III concern handling 

 iv.l in stock, those 

 1 1 VI- enough to supply 



is intir.'sriMl in slunving this stock of materia 

 This li.ii-liiiL n 111. ii.it large, seems to inli.ai 

 belli'-' il 1,1 I 'I and that if a g.'iaial I 

 wnliii'i ■ I' I i-ially is able to cari'v -" 

 dealiii- i I III iM il ;i' the wood may be .■\|..'.'t.' 

 the di'iiiaiiils of the trade without difhculty. 



Tlie fire insurance situation continues to attract attention. Business 

 men are now trying to work out a compromise which will be acceptable 

 to the companies and the state and will bring back the underwriters ti 

 Kentucky. Tlio insurance people are taking a much more decided stani 

 since tlie Supreine Court decision in the Kansas case, which upholds thi 

 principb' ol rate-making by the state, apparently believing that it is neces 

 sary to use lieroic measures in order to prevent a flood of legislation o 

 this kind. The Louisville Hardwood Club is continuing to investigat. 

 rates, and has appointed a committee to get comparisons from other cities 

 The committee is composed of Edward L. Davis, chairman ; 



E. Norman, 



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C. C. Mi'iig.'l & Brother Company suffered from depredations by Mexican 

 soldiery, who invaded its logging camp in Quintana Roo, in Yucatan, 

 took a hit of commissary supplies, drove oft 400 head of cattle and stirred 

 things up ginerally. None of the employes of the company were injured. 

 It was I'.'portod that the Mexicans had taken possession of a lot of 

 mahogany logs, but this turned out not to be the case. Col. Clarence I!. 

 Meugel, president of the company, said that its losses would not exceed 

 $10,000. He added that the concern had about completed its logging 

 operations in Quintana Roo, which it was conducting by arrangement 

 with the Bank of Mexico and London, at Mexico City, and that there 

 was no danger of the logs being confiscated. The Mexican operation is a 

 short distance from British Honduras, where the company has been 

 logging for a number of years, and the men who were employed in 

 Quintana Itoo will be used at Belize, the Honduras port from which the 

 coiiii.aiiy li.i- III. 11 shipping all of its Central American logs. 



Stat. I ..I' t. 1 .1. E. Barton has been making plans for an investigation 

 of tlh Ilia. I, i.'.ii-t liorer, which it is reported is destroying an immense 

 nuiiili.'i' "1 tiii^. The black locust is a valuableWood for post and other 

 construction purposes, and the forester believes that a careful study may 

 show some means of checking the insect 



The .Tolin Fish Lumber Company of Somerset, Ky., which lost its mill 

 some time ago by fire, has completed rebuilding, and is now using its 

 new plant. 



Hardwood men will benefit by the enlargement of two Kentucky vehicle 

 plants. The George Bohon Company of Harrodsburg, which started 

 operations compara'Livi Iv i.'.'.'hlh. s.ems to have made a success of its 

 mail-order liuggy liusin -, a~ ii a ill put up a large addition and enlarge 

 its capacity niateriallj . I'll" .l"i a .T. Delker Company of Henderson, 

 which suffered the los,~ ..I its I'a.i'iiy by fire, has about completed rebuild 

 ing oil a larger scale, and will li.' ready for operations in the immediate 

 future. 



With such logs as these it is no trouble for me to 

 furnish the best of Wisconsin Hardwoods; I offer 

 for prompt delivery : 



15,000 ft. 1" winter cut basswood, 1st and 2iid 



15,000 ft. 1/2" hard maple, No. 1 common 



100,000 ft. 2" hard maple in log run 



3 0,000 ft. 2" maple No. 1 common 



■10,000 ft. 2" maple, ists and 2nds 



30,000 ft. iYi" soft elm, full log run, very nice 



55,000 ft. 3 X 4 maple hearts; 45,000 ft. 4 x 5 sound 



maple hearts 



15,000 ft. 2'/," rock elm No. 1 and 2 common 



20,000 ft. 2" rock elm No. 1 common and better 



7 5,000 ft. 1" birch No. 1 common and better 



150,000 ft. \l,i" birch No. 1 common and better 

 5 0,000 ft. lYz" birch No. 1 common and better 



Look these items over and ask for what you want 



C. p. CROSBY, Rhinelander, Wis. 



Stock List which we wish to move 

 at this time is as follows: 



12 cars 1" Ists & 2nds Clear Unsel. Birch 



4 cars 1" No. 1 Common Clear Unsel. Birch 

 2 cars 10 4 & 12 4 No. 1 & Better Birch 



5 cars 1" Ists & 2nds Clear Basswood 

 2 cars 1" No. 1 Common Clear Basswood 



10 cars 1" No. 2 & Better Hard Maple 



Tliis is dry stock, carefully manufactured, 

 and we are in a position to make prompt 

 shipment of any mixed grades or cars. 



Oelhafen Lumber Company 



TOIVIAHAWK, WISCONSIN 



