HARDWOOD RECORD 



and up-to-date in every respect and will have a capacity of from 40,000 

 to 50,000 feet of band sawn stock. The foundations have already been 

 completed and the machinery is being installed. It will be some time, 

 however, before the new plant will be ready for operation, approximately 

 September 1, according to W. H. Russe, president of the company. In the 

 meantime the firm is having its sawing done at custom mills and is going 

 ahead with its business without interruption. 



Work has already begun, too, on another hardwood mill in North 

 Memphis. This is being built by the Green River Lumber Company to 

 replace the old mill, torn down within the past few weeks to make room 

 for the now which is being erected on the same site. This is also 

 a band plant. The Green River Lumber Company is one of the firms 

 controlled by the Nickey interests which are operating quite extensively 

 in this city and section. 



Announcement is made that the Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Com- 

 pany, Morehouse, Mo., has established a plant at that point for the 

 manufacture of heading and staves and other similar products and that 

 a model town is being established in connection with the manufacturing 

 interests of this firm at that point. C. L. Harrison, one of the members 

 of this firm, is president of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion which was organized largely as a result of his initiative at Memphis 

 last November. 



The Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad Company, of which 

 U. E. Lee Wilson, of Lee Wilson & Co., one of the most prominent lumber 

 manufacturing firms in this part of the country, is president, has let 

 out a number of oflicials, including J. Burns, general manager. This 

 action, It Is stated, has been taken with a view to materially reducing 

 expense. A saving of some $15,000 a year will, it is said, result, though 

 there is some prospect that Mr. Burns, who alleges that he had a five- 

 year contract, may make an effort to secure his salary for this period. 

 Trouble with minority stockholders, who have threatened to go into the 

 courts to prevent the borrowing of additional money, is largely at the 

 bottom of the retrenchment policy adopted by the directors. L. C. Gaty, 

 who has been connected with the road for some time and who has seen 

 long service with Lee Wilson & Co., is now acting general manager, suc- 

 ceeding Mr. Burns. The Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern is an important 

 factor in the development of the timber resources of eastern Arkansas. 



A. C. Wilson of Guys. Tenn.. has purchased 1,492 acres of hardwood 

 timberland near Yazoo City, Miss., for a consideration of about $23,000 

 cash. He is one of the larger manufacturers of lumber in west Tennessee. 

 .\s soon as he has cut out his present holdings, which will be about the 

 first of next January, he will remove to Yazoo City in order that he 

 may develop his new acquisition. 



Contract's have been awarded for the construction of a stretch of 

 levee about 100 miles in length between Pecan Point and Peter's Land- 

 ing, both Arkansas places, and about 1,000 men and an equally large 

 number of teams are already at work thereon. R. E. Lee Wilson of Lee 

 Wilson & Co., and Roach & Stansil, both of Memphis, have about ninety 

 per cent of the work in hand. It is declared that this entire levee will 

 be completed by January 1, 1915. Lumbermen are much pleased with 

 the prospect of having an embankment between the two points strong 

 enough to prevent breaks during flood conditions. There are extensive 

 timber and lumber interests in the territory that will be protected by 

 this stretch of levee, much of which are owned by Memphis lumbermen. 



J. T. and J. R. Whitaker, owners of the firm of Whitaker Brothers, 

 Meridian, Miss,, announce that immediate steps will be taken looking to 

 the rebuilding of their spoke factory at that point which was burned some 

 days ago with an estimated loss of about $15,000. The machinery has 

 already been ordered and will be installed with as little delay as possible. 



The Milliken-James Hardwood Lumber Company of Indiana has taken 

 out a charter under the laws of Arkansas. Headquarters in that state 

 will be maintained at Arkadelphia and Isaac W. Milliken is named as 

 agent for service. The company has $50,000 in its business and an- 

 nounces that $40,000 of this will be used in Its operations in the 

 Rackensack state. 



John M. Smith, for a number of years manager of the mill and other 

 interests of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, Louisville, 

 Ky., at Dickson, Tenn., has acquired the mill of this firm, together 

 with all of the accessories at that point, including the good will. In 

 tact he has purchased everything with the exception of the stock of 

 lumber on hand. The mill will be operated by Mr. Smith under his 

 own name. In addition to conducting manufacturing operations, he 

 will also concentrate at Dickson all the hardwood lumber he can buy in 

 that section, distributing this at wholesale. 



Announcement is made that the Dierks Lumber and Coal Company, 

 which operated a hardwood mill at DeQueen, Ark., until it was destroyed 

 by fire several years ago, has perfected arrangements for the rebuilding 

 of this plant at Dierks, the terminus of the DeQueen & Eastern Rail- 

 road. The company will build a large plant and will give employment 

 to several hundred persons. 



Superintendent B. B. Tolson of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company 

 is authority for the statement that that road will shortly undertake work 

 at Jackson, Tenn., that will involve an expendiure of $600,000. This 

 includes the building of new machine shops and the extension of those 

 already in operation there. The road is planning the double-tracking of 

 its line between Jackson, Tenn., and Cornish, Miss., and the larger 

 facilities at Jackson are regarded as necessary to take care of the 

 resultant traffic. 



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Sheboygan, Wisconsin 



We have the following DRY stock and will make special in- 

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 100,000' 8/4" No. 2 and Bet. Rock 



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30.000' 8/4" No. 1 and Bet. Birch 



40,000' 10/4" No. 1 and Bet. Birch 



~" 000' 12/4" No. 1 and Bet. Birch 



30.000' 12/4" No. 2 & Bet. Rock Elm Birch is unselected Red ail 



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