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HARDWOOD RECORD 



m orders as is usual for the midsuramer in- 

 ventory period. 



H. C. Busliirlc. sales manager of the General 

 Lumber Company, reports a very strong market 

 in hardwoods. He says orders from manufac- 

 turers are coming in better and that prices are 

 ruling very firm. 



.T, A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company 

 reports active conditions and firm prices in 

 hardwoods. He says dry stocks are light and 

 there is no tendency to weaken in any respect. 



H. M. Hayward of the M. A. Hayward & Son 

 Lumber Company says the hardwood iriarket has 

 not changed from the previous fortnight. Orders 

 are coming in well, especially for hardwood floor- 

 ing, and prices are ruling firm. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The cabinet works, planing mill and lumber 

 mill of the Ross Brothers Lumber Company at 

 Waynesville were recently destroyed by fire, the 

 loss being .$12,000, on which there was no in- 

 surance. 



Fred C. Gardner, treasurer of E. C. Atkins & 

 Co., was recently appointed receiver for the 

 Atlas Engine Works and will offer the property 

 f('r sole .July 29. 



C. E. Mathis has resigned as cashier of the 

 rcew Orlr-iins, La., branch of E. C. Atkins & Co. 

 «nd has returned to this city as cashier for The 

 Avory Company. 



The Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Com- 

 pany at Pouth Bend is erecting the largest dry 

 kiln in the state. It will be four stories high. 

 600x244 feet, and will be of concrete construc- 

 tion. The cost will be .$300,000. 



With an authorized capitalization of $5,000 

 the W. R. Drinkard Veneer Company has been 

 organized and incorporated b.v W. R. Drinkard 

 of the Drinkard-Dungan Veneer Company, H. J. 

 Barnard of the Central Veneer Company and M. 

 Drinkard. 



,T. F. Bird. .1. S. Roehne and C. W. Smith have 

 organized the Southern Indiana Bending Com- 

 pany at r)epauw and will conduct a bending and 

 lumber nianufacturing business. The company 

 has been incorporated witli an authorized capi- 

 talization of $10,000. 



O. D. Ilaskett has been made a member of the 

 local board of managers to arrange for the Na- 

 tional Conservation Congress to be held In this 

 city in October. The board has opened head- 

 quarters in the TallK)tt block. 



E. C. Atkins & Co. have presented a dinner 

 gong made from saw steel to the Cheeryvale 

 fresh air farm conducted by the Indianapolis 

 News. 



MEMPHIS 



Weather conditions throughout this territory 

 during the past fortnight have been favorable 

 for work in the woods. The rainfall has been 

 comparatively limited, and there has been very 

 little interference with logging operations. The 

 Valley Log Loading Company states that the 

 suppl.v of logs offered for loading is reasonably 

 full, and that it is doing a very satisfactory 

 business. Most firms have timber enough to 

 keep them in steady operation and in some in- 

 stances a supply is being accumulated for later 

 needs. lUnder these conditions the production of 

 hardwood lumber is making good progress and 

 indications are that there will be a return to 

 something like normal relations between supply 

 and demand in the near future. 



The car situation continues good. Most firms 

 here say that they are able to secure all the cars 

 needed for the handling of shipments of lumber, 

 but reports are being received from points in 

 Mississippi to the effect that the car shortage 

 Is somewhat pronounced and that the service Is 

 not by any means satisfactory. So far as the 

 local situation is concerned, the most serious 

 ■complaint of the lumbermen is that the Illinois 



Central Railroad Company is not placing cars 

 promi)tl,\' for loading and is also slow in moving 

 them after they have been loaded. Complaint Is 

 also made that it is very difficult to trace cars 

 which have been shipped over the Illinois Cen- 

 tral road. 



W. H. Greble has accepted the position of 

 sales manager for the Gayoso Lumber Company, 

 having recently resigned a similar position with 

 the Three States Lumber Company. Mr. Greble has 

 had a very wide experience in the handling of 

 southern hardwoods and also brings to his new 

 position a splendid acquaintance with the hard- 

 wood trade of the country. The Gayoso Lumber 

 Company has been expanding during the past few 

 months. It owns timber lands In Mississippi 

 from which the timber is being cut and manu- 

 factured into timber for its account. It has 

 also opened yards at Cairo, 111. Mr. Greble will 

 have charge of the sales end of the business at 

 both Cairo and Memphis. 



M. B. Cooper has succeeded Mr. Greble as 

 sales manager for the Three States Lumber 

 Company. Mr. Cooper was connected with the 

 company for several years at Its mill at Bur- 

 dette. Ark. For the past several years he has 

 been located In the Memphis ofiices. He has had 

 considerable experience In the hardwood bust- 

 unss. and his manj- friends are predicting that 

 he will give a good account of himself In his 

 new work. The principal ofllces of the Three 

 States Lumber Company are maintained at Mem- 

 phis, with W. A. Gilchrist in charge. 



Work has already been hiegun on the plant of 

 the Chickasaw Cooperage Company at Bing- 

 hamton, and will be rushed as rapidly as pos- 

 sible. This company Intended to double the 

 capacity of Its plant at North Front street and 

 Sycamore avenue, but It abandoned this Idea on 

 account of the inability of the city authorities 

 to give any assurance of protection from high 

 water. The present plant is subject to overflow 

 and the company decided that it would not build 

 another plant where it would be handicapped 

 during periods of high water. Tlie new plant 

 is to be used largely for the manufacture of 

 tight heading and staves, while the old plant 

 will be used principally for finishing purposes. 

 All stock of the company will be kept at the 

 new plant. Some of the machinery has already 

 been purchased for the addition, but the man- 

 agement Is holding hack on some of it in order 

 to watch certain experiments which are now 

 being made. It is the desire of those In control 

 to make the plant as up to date as possible. 

 A number of prominent lumber firms at Mem- 

 phis have, through the Memphis Freight Bureau, 

 filed a petition with the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission, alleging discrimination against Mem- 

 phis on shipments of lumber from originating 

 points in Mississippi and Louisiana, Readers of 

 H.4EDWOOD Record will recall that a few years 

 ago the railroads in question put into effect an 

 advance of two cents per hundred pounds on 

 lumber shipments from points in Mississippi and 

 Louisiana to Cairo and other Ohio river cross- 

 ings. The yellow pine association fought this 

 advance and finally succeeded in having it de- 

 clared unreasonable by the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission. It was therefore discontinued. 

 About the time this advance was made effective, 

 advances were also put Into effect from Louis- 

 iana and Mississippi points to this city. This 

 rate is still In effect, whereas the other advance 

 has been discontinued. It Is therefore alleged 

 that Memphis is discriminated against as In 

 favor of Cairo and other Ohio river crossings. 

 Chicago and other northern markets. 



George C. Brown & Co., Memphis, have filed 

 the necessary papers with the Arkansas author- 

 ities, showing that they have $90,000 of their 

 capital stock of $150,000 employed in that state. 

 Although this firm has its headquarters In Mem- 

 phis, Its principal point of milling operations Is 

 at Proctor, Ark., where It completed a big band 

 mill some months ago and where It acquired 

 about 6,500 acres of hardwood timber land. The 

 papers In question show that F. R. Stratton has 



been named for service in Arkansas, with head- 

 quarters at Proctor. 



Much interest is felt among lumbermen over 

 the announcement of the letting of contracts 

 for repairs of all the breaks In the levee system 

 of the Mississippi valley, growing out of the 

 recent flood waters in the Mississippi. Major 

 Clarke S. Smith is authority for the statement 

 that the work Is to be completed by Dec. 31, 

 and that the government has reserved the right 

 to employ sufficient men to accomplish this work 

 by that time If the contractors themselves do 

 not have large enough forces therefor. Lumber 

 interests at Memphis have extensive timber lands 

 and other holdings in the territory subject to 

 overflow and it is because of this fact that there 

 is so much interest felt in this work. Some of 

 the most prominent lumber and wood-working 

 enterprises in the St. Francis valley in Arkansas 

 as well as in the territory around Beulah, Miss., 

 had their plants overflowed as a result of the 

 breaks in the levee systems which are now to be 

 repaired. 



A. L. Foster, for years assistant treasurer of 

 the J. W. Thompson Lumber Company, and a 

 most prominent worker In the Lumbermen's Club 

 of Memphis, has been appointed general agent of 

 the Hartford Life Insurance Company, with 

 headquarters at Memphis. 



BVANSVILLB 



Bedna Young and Claude Maley of Young & 

 Cutsinger and Maley & Wertz were in Louisville 

 last week attending the milling-in-transit hearing 

 held there on .July 17 by Special Examiner Hill- 

 yer for the Interstate Commerce Commission. 

 They were accompanied by T. C. Hanley and W. 

 S. Partington from their respective offices. They 

 also attended the hearing held there on July 25, 

 when the subject of the milling-in-transit tariff 

 of the Louisville and Nashville railroad was dis- 

 cussed. Some important developments are ex- 

 pected from these hearings and the result Is 

 being watched closely b.v local mill men. 



J. W. Bertrand of the Henry Maley Luml)er 

 Company of Yazoo City, Miss., accompanied by 

 his wife, paid a visit to friends and relatives 

 here recently. Mr. Bertrand said prospects were 

 bright for a good season for his company. 



Members of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club 

 are invited by President Albert Starbuck of the 

 Pike County Racing Association to attend the 

 third annual meet to be held at Petersburg, Ind., 

 ,luly .'O to August 2. 



NASHVILLE 



The Talbot Furniture Company, capitalized at 

 •S.l.i.OOO, has been formed here by V. B., W. E. 

 and D. W. C. Talbot, T. M. Camphell and T. G. 

 Kittrell. The company will manufacture and deal 

 in furniture, operate sawmills and deal in lum- 

 ber and lumber products. 



Gillelaud & Co. propose to locate a $10,000 

 plant at Clarksville, handling all kinds of tim- 

 ber. 



A good delegation of local members of the 

 trade attended a week end fishing trip last week 

 to Camp Lively, the summer home of C. M. Mor- 

 ford, vice-president of the Nashville Lumber- 

 men's Club, near McMinnville. 



Baker, .Jacobs & Co. have sold 250,000 feet of 

 fine quartered oak to Wister, Underbill & Nixon 

 of Philadelphia. 



The Althauser- Webster-Weaver Lumber Com- 

 pany will have its big hardwood mill at Parmley- 

 ville. Ky.. In operation about August 1, with a 

 daily output of 15.000 feet. Most of the output 

 will go to Cincinnati. 



The Southern Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of this city has replaced and equipped the 

 buildings recently destroyed by fire. It has also 

 purchased 5,400 acres of fine timber land in 

 White county and will erect mills for the de- 

 velopment of the property. 



