.'EXEER AND 



-T, STIMSO.N 



.UMBER COMPANY, MEMPHIS 



An Unusually Efficient Plant 



Some time ago. as was reported in Hakdwood Record, J. V. Stlmson of 

 Huntingburg. Ind., took over the C. L. Willey mill and property at 

 Memphis and organized the Stimson Veneer & Lumber Company. Mr. 

 Stimson has placed his son Robert in charge o£ this branch of his 

 business, and the younger Stimson has developed a plant that embodies so 

 many unusual features that Hardwood Record takes pleasure in presenting 

 this short sketch to interested readers. 



The entire property covers twenty-two and a half acres and is situated 

 in North Memphis on the Belt line. Ten acres of this property are on 

 unusually high ground, open to all prevailing winds and in the yards there 

 are laid 1,700 foundations with a capacity of 7,000,000 feet of lumber. 



The plant is also equipped with a covered loading shed with a capacity 

 of 1,000.000 feet and end-drying frames for thin stock also having a 

 1.000,000 feet capacity. In order to obviate (he necessity for losing time 

 on rainy days, all the drives have been filled with cinders or rocks, which 

 keep them in flrst-class shape even under the most adverse conditions. 



Regarding the mill, this is an excellently laid out plant and consists 

 of a double liand and resaw. Ample provision has been mSde for improve- 

 ments and additions as it might be deemed wise to make them. 



Of these mills one is a fast feeding equipment with a 12-inch shot-gun 

 feed, a 0-foot mill and a 12-inch saw. This mill has a daily capacity 

 of 45,000 feet of hardwood and is run on plain oak, gum and ash. The 

 other mill is strictly for quartered oak stock, is equipped with a 7-foot 

 mill with 10-inch saw and has a 9-inch shotgun feed and a capacity of 

 from 15.000 to 25,000 of quartered oak a day. 



One feature of the mill which is also unusual is the arrangement for 

 running cars of logs directly into the mill and unloading on the log 

 deck, which of course saves a very considerable amount of time under 

 certain conditions. The log yard is equipped with a Baldwin tractor 

 derrick for loading and unloading, and also with one 80-foot stationary 

 derrick to supply the veneer mill. 



Strips produced at the sawmills are sized according to widths and 

 lengths, a circular resaw being used for the necessary ripping. By thus 

 stacking the various sizes of narrow stock separately it is possible to 

 meet the demands for unusual wants expeditiously. 



To complete the boiler equipment the company is just now installing 

 a Dutch oven on each of its four boilers, this being of the Quinn com- 

 pany type. 



Regarding the sawmill offal, all of this is carried automatically with a 

 conveyer system to a roll of seven slashes and saws, where it is converted 

 into 14-inch fuel wood for domestic use. So far the company has been 

 able to dispose of all of this stock as fast as it can be cut. Of course a 

 hog is used but it is not fed as regularly as the average sawmill hog. 



In order to take care of the necessary resaw work a 7-foot Mershon 

 band resaw has been installed with a 12-inch blade. Regarding the 

 veneer mill, this is equipped with six concrete vats, one 100-inch Capitol 

 lathe, 76-inch Capitol lathe and a full complement of Capitol clippers. 



As to the drying, this is amply taken care of by a Philadelphia textile 

 dryer, and ample room on the second floor is provided to hang stock for 

 air-drying. .\11 drawer bottom stock is dried on sticks to insure flatness. 



The capacity of the veneer plant is about 75,000 feet of logs a day. 

 This plant is under the direct supervision of O. K. Quick, an experienced 

 veneer manufacturer. 



.\t the present time the Stimson Veneer & Lumber Company is working 

 a tract of 5,400 acres of hardwoods lying about thirty miles south of 

 Helena, Ark. The timber is exceptionally heavy on this tract and a 

 double-end four-line Clyde skidder and loader is used. The skidder has a 

 mechanical rehaul which makes the woods operation a steam proposition 

 throughout. 



Robert Stimson seems to be developing into a true son of J. V. He 

 resembles his father in a great many ways, in his mannerisms and 

 methods, and also in his appearance- Since his graduation from college 

 he has devoted himself exclusively to mastering the various details of 

 his father's business. His father has given him authority to carry out 

 his own ideas in the operation of the Memphis plant, which he is doing 

 both as to mill and office work, it being pleasantly located on a high 

 point of ground and tastefully arranged and furnished. 



New Company Chartered in Arkansas 



The Kurz-Downey Company of Arkansas was recently granted a charter 

 in that state for the purpose of manufactruing lumber and timber 

 products. The headquarters of the company will be at Helena. The 

 capital stock is $100,000, of which $60,000 is paid in. The officers are 

 W. F. Kurz, president ; N. I. Downey, vice-president, and A. C. Thompson, 

 secretary and treasurer. 



Oak Timber Purchased 



Announcement is made that a hardwood mill is to be Installed In 

 Leflore County. Mississippi, on a tract of 5,200 acres, chiefly oak, recently 

 purchased by James Pearson of Vicksburg, Miss., and G. H. Miller and 

 John E. Patterson of Chattanooga, Tenn. It is the intention of the 

 purchasers to erect a sawmill. They also expect to plat the land into 

 small acreage tracts, as it is cleared, and dispose of it to actual settlers. 

 The consideration was in excess of $100,000, 

 WiU Saw Hardwoods 



The machinery for a complete hardwood sawmill has been purchased 

 by the Crittenden & Lentz Lumber Company of Greenville, Miss., and 

 the work of erecting the mill will be begun at once. It is expected that 

 the plant will he in operation at an early date. It will he built near 

 Greenville. 



Stimson-Maunkhouser 



On Wednesday, June 17, A. F. Stimson of Huntingburg, Ind., youngest 

 son of J. V. Stimson of that place, was married to Miss Alma Maunk- 

 houser, daughter of the president of the First National Bank of Hunting- 

 burg. Mr. and Mrs. Stimson are now on an extended wedding trip and 

 upon their return will take up their residence in Huntingburg. 



This marriage is the culmination of a romance extending back through 

 grammar-school days, as the present bride and groom have been sweet- 

 hearts since that time. 



F. A. Stimson is now the active head of the Stimson interests at 

 Huntingburg. 



Death of a War Drum Manufacturer 



In the death of Anthony Miller in Spring Lake, N. J., early in June, 

 at the age of ninety, an interesting character passed from the scene. 

 He was a manufacturer of drums with which the Union armies were 

 equipped during the Civil war. In addition to making drums in his 

 factory, he shouldered bis musket and went 



the front with the 



