HARDWOOD RECORD 



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A Correction 



In the last issue of Hardwood Record there 

 appeared an article on the minute structure of 

 poplar as compared with cucumber. In this 

 article there were two errors which were over- 

 looked in editing the copy. The inscriptions of 

 the two cuts stated that the sections shown are 

 radial, whereas they are tangential. The other 

 error occurs in the classification of the types of 

 wood which come under diffuse-porous woods 

 rather than ring-porous wood, as stated in the 

 article. 



Grand Rapids Case Appealed 



The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, re- 

 cently judged guilty of granting rebates to Grand 

 Rapids lumber companies, has already carried its 

 case to the court of appeals. One of the compa- 

 nies involved, the Nichols & Cox Lumber Company, 

 has practically decided to follow the same course, 

 but it is probable the decision of the upper court 

 will be awaited before proceeding with the bal- 

 ance of the cases. 



A New Louisville Concern 



Owensboro interests have for some time been 

 busy in the establishment of a new hardwood 

 house in Louisville and are about ready to open 

 up a wholesale yard which will be operated by 

 the Kentucky and Indiana Hardwood Company, 

 a new corporation controlled b.v Owensboro capi- 

 tal. The address of the new company will be 

 2307 Standard avenue. Parkland. 



Th^ work of receiving and piling new lumber 

 has been going on for some little time, and the 

 office building is already erected. Herbert Bau- 

 man of Owensboro will be in charge of the busi- 

 ness, and it is contemplated that in the fall 

 G. A. Bauman will also come to Louisville to as- 

 sist him in his work. 



Goes With the Gayoso Liunber Company 



W. H. Greble. who has been associated with 

 the Tliree StiUes Lumber Company of Memphis. 

 Tenn.. for eighteen years in the capacity of 

 sales manager, announces that he has associated 

 himself with the Ga.voso Lumber Company of 

 that place in a similar position. Mr. Greble has 

 a wide acquaintance in the trade and among 

 hardwood consumers, and Is desiroas of extend- 

 ing to the consuming trade the benefit of his- 

 tnowledge in the hardwood business. 



Change of Address 



The H. H. Hitt Lumber Company of Falkville. 

 Ala., announces the removal of its general offices 

 to Decatur. Ala. ; this change having taken place 

 on July 10. 



The H. H. Hitt Lumber Company has become 

 one of the leading hardwood manufacturing con- 

 cerns in the South, and has attained an enviable 

 and country-wide reputation in this particular 

 line. The concern owns a considerable amount 

 of high-grade hardwood stumpage in the South 

 and is equipped with modern mill facilities for 

 its proper and prompt manufacture. 



The advertisement of this concern appears 

 on another page of this issue H.vrdwood Record, 

 and might well be watched with interest by con- 

 sumers of its product. 



Canadian Building Operations 



Reports from the Dominion o£ Canada estab- 

 lish the fact that there was an expenditure of 

 approximately .$70,000,000 for building in twenty- 

 seven of the leading cities of the Dominion during 

 the first six months of 1912. This is an increase 

 of .?16.000.000 for the corresponding period of 

 1911. which represents twenty-eight per cent. 

 Toronto had the largest total building record 

 of $13,000,000, which was an increase of eleven 

 per cent. The largest percentage of gain oc- 

 curred in Edmonton, where an increase of 376 

 per cent was noted. The smallest percentage 

 occurred at reterhorough. which added onl.v one 

 per cent to its building record, but this was far 

 less than any others, the average Iwing upwards 

 of a hundred. Of the total only four cities 



showed a decrease and two of these were in 

 cities of comparatively small population. 



Growth of Baldwin Locomotive Works 



It was recently announced that the Baldwin 

 Locomotive Works of Philadelphia will soon en- 

 large its plant at Eddystone, Pa., for the build- 

 ing of the big locomotives for American rail- 

 roads. By so doing the space in the buildings 

 in Philadelphia can be used for the filling of for- 

 eign orders and those of smaller type. The com- 

 pany recently received an order for fourteen loco- 

 motives of the Mikado type for the Denver & 

 Rio Grande railroad, calling for an expenditure 

 of $1,000,000, and fifteen for the Central Rail- 

 road of Georgia. The company is also working 

 on a contract for eighteen small locomotives for 

 shipment to Japan. The success of the Bald- 

 wins obtaining so large a portion of the specifica- 

 tions now before the locomotive builders is re- 

 garded by the management as sufficient grounds 

 for the prediction of a brisk and uninterrupted 

 season. There are employed today at the Bald- 

 win works 14.000 men, which is only 5,000 less 

 than the enrollment in the great boom time, 



A Successful Organization 



It is interesting to note the number of Ger- 

 mans who have entered the veneer and lumber 

 business in this country and have made good. 

 Invariably the German who makes good does so 

 in a decided and very evident manner. One of 

 the most striking cases of this character is that 



GEO. F, KRETSCHMER, SOUTHERN VENEER 



MANDFACTDRING COMPANY, 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



of Geo. F. Kretschmer of the Southern Veneer 

 Manufacturing Company of Louisville, Ky. 



This gentleman came to the United States in 

 1S83 as a cabinet maker, and in the intervening 

 period has learned the veneer business and built 

 for himself a business of excellent proportions and 

 standing. Mr. Kretschmer began his connection 

 with the veneer business in 1884, at which time 

 he started with the E. D. Albro Company of 



Cincinnati in the capacity of veneer matcher. 

 He subsequently became foreman in the Spanish 

 cedar department, but left this company in 1889 

 to go with the Louisville Veneer Mills. He was 

 later associated with the Kentucky Veneer 

 Works in a general advisory and sales capacity. 

 He was with them until January 1, 1907, at 

 which time he started the Southern Veneer 

 Manufacturing Company, a jobbing proposition. 

 He shortly built a veneer warehouse, and soon 

 afterwards Installed machinery in the building, 

 since which time the company has done a large 

 manufacturing business. Its sales have shown 

 remarkable progress every year, and although 

 set back by a fire the third year of its opera- 

 tion, has attained very considerable proportions. 

 The present plant is modern in construction and 

 equipment, which includes a band mill, two 

 veneer saws, one textile dryer, one slicer and all 

 other necessary equipment. During the five years 

 in which the concern has been operating its sales 

 have increased from $35,000 a year to $120,000 

 a year. 



The company buys foreign and domestic logs 

 and also flitches when necessary, and has avail- 

 able considerable stock of veneers from other 

 m.anufacturcrs. The company cuts principally 

 quarter-sawed and sliced oak, mahogany, birds- 

 eye maple and figured gum, to which the trade 

 mark "Sovemanco" has been applied. During the 

 last eight months the company has added a com- 

 plete joining and taping outfit, and is running 

 to capacit.v right along. 



Hardwood Manufacturers ' News 



During the month of July a general meeting 

 of the inspectors of the Hardwood Manufactur- 

 ers" Association of the United States was held 

 at "West Virginia and Kentucky mill points for 

 the purpose of schooling the inspectors in the 

 different classes of material. Another meeting 

 is to be held in the Mississippi valley district 

 so that the inspectors ma.v familiarize them- 

 selves with stocks peculiar to that locality. 



After the meeting in West Virginia, all of the 

 inspectors were given their instructions for the 

 different localities, and left with a feeling that 

 they had received a uniform interpretation of 

 technical rules. 



Secretary Doster reports that several of the 

 large mills in the membership of the association 

 are entirely out of low-grade material, and that 

 orders for this class of stock are being received 

 rapidly. 



Philadelphia Concern Gives Outing 



J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co., owners of the Wood- 

 cliff Lumber Company, Monterey, Tenn., report 

 steady trading and regard the outlook promising. 

 J. Gibson Mcllvain. Jr.. who takes a personal 

 pride in the Woodclitf proposition, is much 

 pleased with the work being done there. The 

 compan.v has increased its timber holdings by 

 nearly a thousand acres of good, large, thrifty 



PLANT OF SOUTHERN VENEER MANUFACTURING COMP.VNY. LOUISVILLE, KY. 



