HARDWOOD RECORD 



R. S. Maddux, the new cliiof forester of Tc-nii.^sspe iiml.-r Uie Stale 

 Geologieal IJepartment, has been invited to adilir^^ ih.. Nashville Lum- 

 bermen's Clul) at the next regular meeting. Mi. \l:i,i,iiix ;i^siinied his 

 office Septen-.ber 1, and announced It as his |hi|i-i i,, irriaim waste 

 land, and co-operate with the lumber interests in ili. i ..nsrrvation ot 

 forests. Dr. A. II. Purdue, State Geologist, has also l.reu invited to talk. 



There is a fairlj- active demand lor oak lloorlng. The Nashville Hard- 

 wood Ii'loorlng Co., one ot the interests ot John U. Ransom & Co., reports 

 the largest business for August of any month of the year. 



.lohn B. Ransom & Co. have purchased the plant and rights of the 

 Merchants' Wire Bound Box Company, and will operate Ihi- plant in 

 connection with their large box faetorj-. 



Davidson, Illcks & Ci u r mv report that the statement that 



their mill in Kenlress I .1 ilown on account of the Kuropean 



war was erroneous. Ai i i ihe company it was snld that the 



plant had only cbisi.l 1.11,;. in;! 1,, repairs, and is now in operation 



lin. 



=-< LOUISVILLE >: 



' Ofllces are in the Keller 

 [ly are experienced lumbcr- 

 iicern. .Mr. Fullenlove was 

 for the past six or seven 



The Slemmi'IcMl & fulli ih-.. i . mi .,u: n. - 



ville with .fid. (Mill caiiH. I I , I . h ,L 



lumber business. i:. r -in 1 in. h 



is vice-president and '11 :i .1 IniLnim 



The company succeeds liic .•^i<'iniiielen I.unib 

 tlnue the business ot the lalti'r without chan.g 

 building. All of the members bf the compa 

 men, and success is predicted for the new co 

 with the Louisville Point Lumber Company 

 years. 



The Louisville rinrdwood Club has returned to its "winter quarters," 

 the Seelbach liotel, after hav:ng had its weekly dinners and business 

 meetings at the various resorts in the country around Louisville. The 

 club did not miss a meeting all summer, in spite of the fact that the 

 weather was exiremely li..t and business was hardly as active as usual. 



The hardwoiKi .1 nn.n i^n ,,,1 i,e six years old. closing Its year 



November I. I>ii,i 1 1 -n. , lield cIo.se to 300 Ineotings. Those 



who have bebi 11 1 : 1. ini during Ihc club's existence are: 



A. K. Norman '( ih. NMihin l.imii.rr Compan.v. T. M. Brown of the 

 W. P. Brown & .Sons Luml)er Company, Edward L. Davis ot the Ed- 

 ward L. Davis Lumber Company, and Stuart R. Cecil ot the Booker- 

 I'lcil Lumber Compan.v. who holds the position at present. 



Louisville lumbermen are much disturbed over the announcement that 

 southern carriers are to attempt to increase rates on lumber to Ohio 

 river crossings, and will probably Join with the manufacturers in other 

 southern markets in a protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission. 

 The fact that the rates are now as high as the traffic will bear will 

 be pointed out to the commission. It is proposed to make a minimum 

 increase of one cent all along the line, and then to increase this by 

 bringing cotlonwood and gum up to the oak and other hardwood rates. 

 Iium men. who are gelling their product to a position where it is being 

 widely used, will make an especially hard fight to retain the present 

 differential, it is believed. The proposed advance was predicted several 

 tncmths ago, as the railroads intimated that as soon as the rate cases 

 ilieii before the commission were decided, tliey w^ould file new tariffs 

 r Hiving considerably higher rates on lumber. 



.1 lui Churchill, president ot the Churchill-Milton Lumber Company. 

 <>! Louisville, is reported to be planning the organization of a racing 

 slaMe. Mr. Churchill is a member of the family for which the famous 

 eninse in Louisville. Cburchil! Downs, was named, and comes naturally 

 by bis liking for the thoroughbreds. 



The Ohio Valley Tie rouipnny of I.oiiisvilli iln \.,.liville (Tonn.) Tie 

 Company and tlie llaiiis Tie ('<im|,aii.v . I'n 1 nn. liave asked the 

 Interstate Ccinimeree Cniniiiis-iinn to ri;i.liii-i i.ii " lies from Guthrie 



and Lancaster. Ky.. to Louisville. Kvan-vill .mil 1 iiuinnati, on the 

 ground that the present charges are unreas.mal.ly liii;b The Louisville 

 & Nashville is the defendant line. 



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■ in this market as reported by the Merchants 

 I cars against 18.402 ears in August last year. 

 This shows a loss In receipts this year ot 1.132 cars. Shipments of 

 lumber by rail during the month of August this year were 11,90.5 cars 

 while during August, 1913, the shipments were 12.729 cars, a loss last 

 month of S24 cars. 



.Vrrnrrlnu- to the monthly letter sent out by Frank G. Boyd, secretary of 

 ilii i;iiiMiim Industries Association, there was an Increase in biiildiiiL; 

 n]" I linn I- c-ompared with la.st year, but business is still very ciniei. 



of 23 per 



'.iiil.liir^ ejM rations In St. Louis show an incr 

 Illy of Ibis year, as compared with the sam 



loss of ."> per cent for the first seven montl 

 lilb the same period last year. The 23 per 

 !t. Louis for .luly does not indicate that building is on a boom, inas- 

 auch as .July 1913 was considerably below the noi-mal for this city. 



E. W. Petrie, late of the Louisiana Red Cypress Company, and later 

 ifith the Byrne-Renfro Lumber Company, 

 isslstant sales manager of the Robert Kamm Lumber Co. 



The Prendergast Lumber Company has moved Its ya 



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