HARDWOOD RECORD 



Is a probability tbat the film may run it immediatoly on completion of the 

 new plant, but whether it will do any considerable amount of cutting will 

 depend largely upon developmen'ts in the general situation between now 

 and that time. 



AnoUinr ih \ Memphis, that of the Green River Lumber 



Company, is ■< lil.tiou. It is equipped with one band saw 



and one rn -:u lown Its old stand several months a;o and 



the new mil: i I tn take Its place. The Green River Lumber 



Company Is coiilnjllrd l.y tlic N'iekey interests. 



The box manufacturers are continuing to do a very satisfactory business. 

 Their output Is much larger than at this time last year and they arc 

 quite busy with shipments. They are operating their plants on full time 

 as a general rule and report the demand quite satisfactory. Cooperage 

 Interests arc al.so doing a good business. The apple crop Is large and 

 there Is a big demand for < ci..p.ifiL,'r' material for the handling of sugar. 

 The flcur people arc :i! ' ' i on a somewhat liberal scale and 



altogelher, the slack ■- are finding quite enough to do to 



keep their plants eiu.i ily. In the box situation It may 



be noted that the den " ks Is rather more active than for 



veneers. For this reason, ilv r.- h;i< 1. in a disposition recently to cut down 

 production of veneers to some extent. 



The Ozan Lumber Company, Prescott, Ark., is operating its plant nt 

 only half capacity. One side of the mill has been closed down. A double 

 force is being worked, part of the men being employed half of the time 

 and the other part the remainder. The firm has laid off all Its timber 

 forces and its logging trains have also been discontinued for the present. 



Jno. M. Wrisii ,,, II,. Mi-.h Lumber Company, this city, has rciiirii.d 

 from an cslin i i. He went to ItufTalo. N. Y., his cM - 



and then tr:n: >i uicat part of the- Northivest, inclu'lnu :ii 



Canada and tli. i iiM.^: si ,i ^. Me says that business is not part i^ uhul v 

 brisk at the present time, but that the outlook in the latter territory i>i 

 good, owing to the high price being received tor grain and cauned goods 

 of all kinds. 



The Acme Building & Supply Company has made extensive improvements 

 In Its plant at Meridian, Miss. A new boiler has been installed and the 

 motive power has been very greatly increased. Four woodworking machines 

 have also been added. 



The Tallahatta Lumber Com.pany, Meridian, Miss,, has completed its 

 mill at Halsell, Ala. It has a capacity of about 100,000 feet pei- day. The 

 company has a good supply of timber available for its needsT 



=-< NASHVILLE >= 



T'.ie Evansville Lumli. m 



vllle, Memphis and I 



Nashville Railroad cs«, 



Turner, Day & Wn 

 factory at Lelper's l-.ni 

 the plant, which will tun 



at 



ash- 



lull lias app.nled to t 



111 a flgbt against the Louisville & 

 logs and the refund limit. 

 1 nisville has established a handle 

 ' ounty. R. M. Owen will manage 

 1-j dozen hickory handles daily. 



The Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company and the Tennessee Oak 

 Flooring Company report a good demand for oak fiooring. These com- 

 panies have been having a fine run of business, notwithstanding the 

 war in Europe. 



W. D. Sterrett of the United States Forest Service has been in William- 

 soc county to investigate with regard to the number of timber tracts 

 owned by farmers, large and small. The purpose of his trip is to en- 

 courage conservation and to bring the farmers into touch with methods 

 of securing the best values for their timber. 



The Louisville & Nashville Railroad has sent out notice of new regu- 

 lations allowing storage, assorting, grading, drying, dressing and re- 

 shipping of lumber at Nashville, including points on the main line from 

 Franklin, Ky., to Decatur, Ala., and also on the branch lines. 



New rates filed on lumber by the Louisville & Nashville and other 

 railroads in the Southeast to Ohio river points and beyond were the 

 principal subjects of discussion at the last meeting of the Nashville 

 Lumbermen's Club. The uew rates pro\-ide an increase of 1 cent per 100 

 pounds, or an average of about 9.6 per cent. T. M. Henderson, com- 

 missioner of the Nashville Traflic Bureau, was instructed to file a com- 

 plaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the proposed 

 increase. 



George W. Ransom, aged 72 years, died at the home of his daughter, 

 Mrs. Burton Frierson. at Shelbyville, Tenn., Sept. 16. Mr. Ransom was 

 in the lumber liusiuiss a large part of his life, and was the father of 

 probaiil> II MM 1 IT .iiiiiii lit fiiniil.v of hardwood lumbermen in the South. 

 The !■; I i: i; ...m w.k IiN oldest son. He was also the father 



of ■\- I 1- 1 >. It llir li'iol of the large John B. Ransom & Co. 



interost-, M r - i. ]::ii.m,iii. .Marvin Ransom and Samuel Ransom. All 

 of his sous aro prominent in tlie hardwood industry. 



=■< BRISTOL >• 



Charles F. Ilngan of this city, as trustee of the large estate of his 

 father. Col. Patrick Hagan, has .iust sold off several large boundaries of 

 the Ilagau timber holdings in Scott county, Virginia. The property lies 

 along the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroad and as a result of the sale 

 of the timber a number of new mills will be erected. The Dungannon 



nimf^nsinn SfnrU W<= «'" ^"PP'y y°" "'"' CLEAR 



lyimension oiock cuttings of soft Kentucky o^v 



or Poplar so that they will COST you considerably LESS 

 THAN the same cuttings if BOUGHT AS LUMBER. 

 Make Us Prove It 



GARDNER WOOD COMPANY ?;'k«''"'vokk."n"?: 



MEMPHIS 



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\\'bulC8aJe Mauufueturers and Kxpurlen 



RED GUM 



SAP GUM 



COTTONWOOD 

 CYPRESS 

 ASH 



PLAIN OAK 

 All Grades ar,d Thicknesses ^^^j^^g^Y^^*^ 



SOIT ELM 



SYCAMORE 



DUGAN LUMBER CO. 



a":d"s'Hrp;"err Hardwood Lumber 



MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 



TIMBER ESTIMATES 



HErORTS INCI.LIlED 

 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP, DETAIL ESTIMATES & WRITTEN REPORT 



GARDNER & HOWE 



ENGI.NEERS 



Clarence W. Griffith "'IVrmBui^iSef"' Memphis, Tenn. 



TSCHUDY LUMBER CO. 



M-\NUFACTIKERS OF 



St. Francis Basin Hardwoods 



SPECIAL BILLS LONG STOCK 

 OAK, ASH and CYPRESS 



18 to 30 feet 



Sawed to Order 



YANDEN BOOM^STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY 



Maoofactarers Sootbero Hardwoods 



A.sti a £ 



51 alty 



Memphis 



