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HARDWOOD RECORD 



agent. ^<. liyau of Indianapolis, Ind., sold its 

 intir^ stock of lumber on hand today and 

 closed its Cincinnati offices. 



mOIANAPOLIS 



J. 11. Andrews. 11. <'. .Julinsou and E. L. Han- 

 cock have oi-ganized the Seymour Wood-Working 

 Company at Seymour to manufacture furniture 

 and wood noveltits. The company has Ijeen in- 

 corporated with an authorized capitalization of 

 *15,00(). 



The National Conservation Congress will hold 

 its annual meeting in this city the first week in 

 October. Thomas K. Shipp of this city is secre- 

 tary of the congress. 



A reorganization of the Doco Veneer Company 

 has taken place. The company has changed its 

 name to the Ueco Manufacturing Company and 

 has been incorporated with an authorized capi- 

 talization of $40.(100. Those interested in the 

 organization are II. D. Kahlo, A. L. Wilcox and 

 W. Vi. Dark. The company will manufacture 

 and sell veneers. 



The Capitol Lumber Company has purchased a 

 tract of ground west of the belt railroad tracks. 

 near Tenth street and Brightwood avenue, and 

 will ultimately establish a new lumber yard and 

 mill. 



Hugh McGavin. A. G. Murdock and II. D. 

 I'effley are the principal stockholders and direct- 

 ors in the newly organized Murdock Veneer & 

 Lumber Company. The company is incorporated 

 and I'apitalized at $2.-.nO(i. 



EVANSVILLB 



The regular monthly meeting of thi' Evans- 

 ville Lumbermen's Club was held at the New 

 Vendome hotel on Tuesday May 14. After the 

 usual dinner the mei'ting adjourned to the 

 parlors of the hotel, where the business meet- 

 ing was held. On account of the absence of 

 Secretary Elmer D. Luhrlng, the minutes of 

 the previous meeting were read by I'mil Lulir- 

 ing. Mr. Luhrlng also read a communication 

 from John C. Keller, traffic manager of the 

 Evansville Manufacturers' Association, relating 

 to changes in rates on lumber to Ohio river 

 points which the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission had been asked to a\ithorize by an- 

 other market. Mr. Keller staled that he un- 

 derstood nothing had been accomplished as yet 

 along this line. It was proposed to send -Mr. 

 Keller to one or two other cities to gather 

 data necessary to take up with the commis- 

 sion the matter of getting an ad.1ustment of 

 rates that would do away witli the discrimi- 

 nation now existing against this city on ship- 

 ments from many southi'rn points. The mat- 

 ter was referred to the tratflc committee. I'resi- 

 dent D. H. MacLaren made a short talk on 

 credits among members of the club. There 

 being only one more meeting before the sum- 

 mer vacation, the question of where to hold 

 the annual outing was brought up, and the 

 matter was referred to the entertainment com- 

 mittee. Carroll L. Keck of Bloomington. Ind.. 

 vicegerent snark for southern Indiana, .was 

 present and addressed the meeting. Mr. Beck 

 suggested holding a concatenation of IIoo-Hoo 

 In Evansville some time this summer. After 

 much discussion it was decided to open the 

 fall meetings with a concatenation, which will 

 be held on Sept. 10 after the regular meeting 

 of the club. 



The Evansville Bank & Store Fixtures Com- 

 pany has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $r)(),000. A fa<-tory building lOOx'JOO feet, 

 two stories in height will !>•• erected at once. 

 .1. R. (ihormley. manager of the new concern, 

 will visit Chicago in the immediate future for 

 the purpose of purchasing the machinery for 

 the plant. 



The firm of Lelb & Art man, who operated 

 the lloekport Box Manufacturing Company, has 



I'.issolved partnership and the band mill at 

 Hockport has been moved to Metropolis, III. 

 -Mr. Artman has formed a connection with the 

 well-known firm of the Nichols & Cox Lumber 

 Crimpany of Grand Rapids. Mich., and the new 

 tirm will be known as Artman, Nichols & Cox. 



liiis already secured a tract of timber and a 

 plant will be installed. II. W. Doney of Camden, 

 and J. L. Barr of Mansfield. O., are the principal 

 owners of the new tirm. 



MEMPHIS 



The Mississippi river is rapidly falling at 

 Memphis and conditions are returning to normal. 

 There are some low places which are still under 

 water in this immediate section, but lumber in- 

 terests are experiencing less difficulty each day. 

 Practically all mills which were forced to close 

 down as a result of high water, have been able 

 to resume operations provided they have been in 

 position to secure the necessary supply of raw 

 material. 



The question of securing an adequate supply 

 of logs is about the most difficult one confront- 

 ing the local hardwood trade. Some of the 

 largest manufacturers in this city say that it has 

 been impossible for them to do any logging what- 

 ever, although they have extensive holdings of 

 limber lands. It may also be noted in this con- 

 nection that the greater portion of thi' supply of 

 timber already cut in the country during the' late 

 I'all and early winter has already been brought 

 in by either river or rail, with the result that 

 receipts in the near future must come largely 

 from timber cut more recently. 



There is no doubt that the production of hard- 

 wood lumber in the Memphis territory diu-ing 

 the past six weeks has iM'cn the smallest ever 

 known for a similar period. Some mills have 

 not been directly affected by the higli water, but 

 tliey have been indirectly affected by their inabil- 

 ity to secure all the limber needcnl. with the 

 rr'sult that the number actually in operation 

 has been small. That there has been a consid- 

 erable curtailment is proven by the fact that 

 stoi-ks of lumbi'r are gradually decreasing at 

 .Memphis and at many other points in this terri- 

 tory. In the meantime, the demand for hardwood 

 lumber is good and this means shipments on a 

 liberal scale. Some insist thai the scarcity of 

 slocks which is now developin;; will become even 

 more acute as the .season advances, and that 

 there will be very little relief until such time as 

 mills are able to operate so as to produce lumber 

 oil something like a normal scale. Even with 

 perfect weather conditions it is not antiiliiated 

 that stocks can lx> lilb'd any time jirior to 

 August 1. 



The plant of the American Car & I'oundry 

 Company has secured an order for tivc> hundred 

 lars for the New Orleans. Mobile & Chicago Rail- 

 road Company. This will be ttlled at the local 

 p'ant of the company, at Blnghamptou, a suburb 

 ol' Mimphis. The latter plant has been running 

 on partial time for the past few months and the 

 n-eelpt of this order is therefore quite welcome. 

 It. .1. Darnell of R. ,1. Darnell. Inc., Is author 

 ity for the statement that work will be rapidly 

 liushed on the construction of the Batesville & 

 Southwestern, which is being built from Bates- 

 ville. Miss., _to the timberland holdings of this 

 lirm. Very little work has been possible thereon 

 since early last Decemljer. This line connects 

 with the Illinois Central at Batesville, and will 

 be used principally for the development of the 

 timber land holdings of R. ,T. Darnell, Inc., which 

 aiuouut to approximately 20,000 acres. R. .T. 

 Wlggs. secretary and treasurer of this company. 

 is back at his ottice again. .Mr. Wiggs has been 

 ill with pleurisy for a number of weeks and his 

 many friends ari> congratulating him upon his 

 recovery. 



The Arkansas Lumber Company has sold to In- 

 diana capitalists 1,823 acres of hardwood timber 

 near Arkadelphla, Ark., for a consideration of 



.•(;4ri,ooo. 



The Barr & Doney Lumber Company has been 

 formed at Camden, Ark. It will engage in the 

 manufacture and sale of hardn^ood lumber. It 



NASHVILLE 



.1. M. Klrkpatrick of St. Louis, a lumberman 

 and wagon stock dealer, will operate here under 

 the Hrm name of J. JI. Klrkpatrick & Co. He 

 win not at present locate a yard here but will 

 ship directly from mills in Mississippi and Ten- 

 nessee. 



Lively trading continues to characterize the 

 weekly meetings of the Nashville Lumbermen's 

 Club. The fr.ansportation committee of this or- 

 ganization, headed by A. B. Ransom, has been 

 working ijuietly and systematically to secure a 

 proper ad.iustment of the milling-in-transit of 

 log arrangements with the Louisville & Nash- 

 ville railroad which has been under controversy 

 for some weeks, and the committee recently vis- 

 ited Louisville to discuss the matter with rail- 

 road officials there. It is stated that good prog- 

 ress has been made, and it is expected that the 

 matter will be ndjusteil to the satisfaction of 

 the trade here. 



T. R. Reynolds, successor to the Reynolds-Moss 

 Lumber Company of Hickman, Ky., has trans- 

 tirred his lumber business to the Hale Lumber 

 Ccuiipany. B. (!. Hale and two sous compose 

 Ihe puri'hasini; cnnipiuiy. and (Juy Hale is the 

 general manai:- i 



ST. LOUIS 



.\t a meeting of the lioard of directors of the 

 Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis, the following 

 resolutions were unanimously adopted : 



Hescu.vkp, That the thanks of this club be 

 extended to I lie -Hon. Charles Nagel, Secretary 

 of Commerci' and Labor, for his most interesting 

 ami instructive address lietore the members of 

 this club at Ihi-ir raontlily dinner held at the 

 rianters hotel in this citv on the evening of 

 .\lav III. Itil'J. and he it further 



Uksui.vkii. That Ibis club heartily indorses the 

 suggestion of the secretary regarding the ad- 

 vlsaliilitv of establishing and providing for a 

 National Board of Trade, and that the club 

 and its memlnu-s do whatever lies in its or their 

 power to CO operate in that direction ; and be 

 it further 



I{i:s(iT.vi:n. That a copy of these resolutions be 

 forwarded to Ihe Secretary of Commerce and 

 Labor at Washington. 



Thi- Lumbermen's Exchange of St. Louis 

 held its first noonday luncheons at the City club, 

 on May It'i. There was a good attendance and 

 Mayor Kreismann of St. Louis was the prin 

 cipal speaker. 



The Lumber Ri-presentafives Assoeiatiou, au 

 organization made up of salesmen and esti- 

 mators employed by St. Louis lumber dealers, 

 held a bamiuet and election of officers on May 

 :>. The offlcers elected for the ensuing year 

 were : President, William Stephan, .Ir., of 

 the Boeckeler Lumber t:'ompany ; first vice- 

 president, Chas. II. Obroek of the St. Louis 

 Lumber Company: second vice-president, Chas. 

 S. Eggeman of the Philip Gruner & Brothers 

 Lumber Company ; secretary, William ,1 O'Con- 

 nor of the Prendergast Lumber Company, and 

 treasurer, William H. Heusiek of the St. Louis 

 Lumber Company. 



LOUISVILLE 



,1. V. Stlmson of lluutingburp. Ind., was in 

 Louisville recently, and was entertained at a 

 meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club. 

 Mr. Stimson is distinctly optimistic, taking 

 the ground that those who have lumber 

 and resources not alTeeted by floods In the 

 Mississippi valley should make more money out 

 of their lumber than they have been able to do 

 for several years. He does not believe that it 

 will be possilile to do mudi in the way of pro 

 liming luiuber and having it ready for the 



