HARDWOOD RECORD 



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ttompany. at Pine BliiBf, Ark., has been com- 

 pleted and is in readiness for operation. Thv 

 company was organized several years ago. How- 

 ever, tliere has Ijeen considerable delay in getting 

 the plant ready for operation. 



Building operations in Memphis during July 

 involved a total expenditure of $680,629, as 

 compared with .$.316,680 for the corresponding 

 month of last year, an increase of slightly more 

 than one hundred per cent. This is the best 

 record made for any month during 1912. 



The Sawyer & Austin Lumber Company has 

 sold 17,000 acres of land in Grant county, Ar- 

 kansas, to two hundred and fifty German fam- 

 ilies for a consideration of $150,000. The pur- 

 chasers are to settle on the property and use it 

 for cultivation. Land values have very radically 

 improved throughout Arkansas during the past 

 few years, and the sale of cut-over timber lands 

 is proving one of the most profitable sources of 

 revenue to manufacturers of lumber. 



Ellisberry & Brewster of Pine Bluff. Ark., 

 have purchased from 0. L. Willis of Little Rock. 

 3,200 acres of hardwood timber land in Lonoke 

 county, Arkansas. The property is located not 

 ver.v far from Kugland, Ark., on the new rail- 

 road from England to Stuttgart. The new 

 owners are planning to erect a mill at a point 

 convenient to this timber and to proceed with 

 ilje development thereof. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission has sus- 

 pended from August until November 29 the ad- 

 vance of one to one and one-half cents on lum- 

 ber rates from points in Arkansas. Louisiana. 

 Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Oklahoma, 

 to a number of destinations and particularly to 

 those in the Middle West. The roads in ques- 

 tion have been making an effort for several 

 years to put such an advance into effect but the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission has never given 

 its approval. Between now and November 29. 

 there will probably be arguments before the 

 commission on the part of both the railroads and 

 the shippers. 



Amon.g the most striking exhibits at the head- 

 quarters of the Memphis Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation is that showing the possibilities of red 

 gum. Among the products displayed are furni- 

 ture, ceiling, siding and other interior finish. 

 The wood takes an exceptionally splendid polish, 

 and the exhibit brings out this fact in rather 

 striking manner. The red gum exhibit is not 

 yet complete. It is understood that a fund of 

 about $1,000 has been raised for the purpose of 

 making it as educational and as instructive as 

 possible. 



The Reaves Timber Company has been organ- 

 ised at Helena, Ark., with a capital stock of 

 $100,000. It will engage in the sale and manu- 

 tacture of lumber and will also handle timber 

 lands. The incorporators are W. D. Reaves, IC. 

 C. Horner. .1. L. Horner and J. W. Thale. 



NASHVILLE 



Several of the leading spirits of the Nashville 

 Lumbermen's Club spent the week end from last 

 Friday until Monday, at the hospitable summer 

 home of Vice-President Charles Morford near Mc- 

 Minnvlllo. They went fully prepared for a fishing 

 trip and did full .lustice to the hearty hospi- 

 tality of their generous host. Those who com- 

 posed the party were : Hamilton Love, Willis 

 I'arris. T. B. Johnson. T. R. LeSueur, C. M. 

 Morford, C. E. Hunt, T. A. Washington. J. H. 

 Haird and S. C. Ewing. 



With $50,000 capital, the Bilbrey-Welch Spoke 

 Company will locate a large factory here as 

 soon as a proper site has been secured. Nego- 

 tiations have been in progress through the in- 

 dustrial bureau here for some time to this end. 

 J. C, Bilbrey. a man of long experience' in this 

 business, and Mr. Welch, who is running a fac- 

 tory at Monterey, will be at the head of the 

 new enterprise. 



The Wilkinson-Matthews Company, with $50,- 

 Ofo capital, which owns timber interests in 



Washington county, will locate a large plant 

 at Damascus. Va., for the purpose of making 

 hardwood novelties. J. H. Matthews is presi- 

 dent of the company and G. M. Warren is secre- 

 tary. 



Fire of unknown origin destroyed the planing 

 mill and stock of fine lumber of the John Lewis 

 I'laning Mill Company at Glasgow, Ky., entail- 

 ing a loss of $15,000, on which there was $9,000 

 insurance. 



By an amendment to its charter, the East 

 Sparta Saw & Planing Mill Company has 

 changed its corporate name to the Cumberland 

 I. umber. Company. 



BRISTOL 



The I'eter-.Mi » "ain l.mulier Company will put 

 its band mill in Bristol into operation this week. 

 The company has finished the construction of a 

 new logging road in the Ilolston mountains and 

 has available a two and a half .years' cut of 

 timber. The company purchased a large tract 

 of timber in Carter county, Tennessee, a few 

 weeks ago. but will not develop it until t*he 

 Holston mountain timber supply is exhausted. 



The Wilkinson-.Mattbews Lumber Company was 

 organized here last week by Ellis 11. Wilkinson 

 of the J. .\. Wilkin.son Lumber Company and 

 others, with an authorized capital stock of $50,- 

 1100. The company will at once take over the 

 plant and business of the Beaver Dam Manu- 

 facturing Company at Damascus, Va., which in- 

 cludes a $-10,000 plant. Mr. Wilkinson will give 

 Ills personal attention to the new business and 

 will have offices at Damascus, Va. 



The Black .Mountain Lumber Company will 

 soon start its new mill at Bluff City, Tenn., 

 eleven miles south of Bristol. The company 

 owns a large area of timber in the Holston 

 mountains and is building a logging road to get 

 out the logs for the new mill. 



There were a number of eastern hardwood 

 buyers on the Bristol market this week. They 

 left some nice orders tor fall shipment, and 

 report that the prospects for improvement in 

 business are now ninih brighter tliau for some 

 time past. 



The Norfolk and Western Railroad has just 

 purchased a controlling interest in the Vir- 

 ;;inia-Carolina Railroad, heretofore owned by W. 

 i:. Mingea. This road extends from Abingdon, 

 Va.. into a rich timber section, and its hard- 

 wood lumljer tonnage is greater than that of 

 any road of its size in the South. It will now 

 be extended eastward to Wilkesboro. N. C, 

 where it will connect with the Southern, and 

 westward into the Russell county coal fields. 



The J. A. Wilkinson Lumber Company is run- 

 ning full time and reports a better outlook for 

 trade during the coming fall and winter. The 

 company's export business this .year has been 

 the heaviest in its history. 



J. J. linger of this city is now operating a 

 mill in rnicoi county, Tennessee, where he has 

 purchased a large area of timber land. 



LOVISVILLB 



The retail store of the Wood Mosaic Company, 

 hardwood flooring manufacturer, w'hich was in 

 operation on Fourth avenue for about a year, 

 lias been closed, the agency having been trans- 

 ferred to the Brecher-Buck Company of Louis- 

 ville. 



The sawmill of the North Vernon Lumber 

 Company in Louisville has been closed. It has 

 not been announced whether operations will be 

 resumed later or not. The headquarters of the 

 (Oinpany are in North Vernon. Ind. 



Harry Kline, superintendent of the Louisville 

 Veneer Mills, and log buyer for the company, 

 discussed that feature of the business at a recent 

 meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club. He 

 believes that prices are too high, and that buyers 



are to blame, as they have bid against each 

 other so regularly that the timberman naturally 

 takes advantage of their willingness. 



A meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club 

 was held at Devil's Kitchen on the Taylorsville 

 road, recently, a chicken dinner being dispatched 

 under the shade of the trees. The Louisville 

 Boat Club was the scene of last week's meet- 

 ing. Smith Milton of the Louisville Point Lum- 

 ber Company arranging lor the meeting there, 

 as he is one of the pillars of the boat club. 

 The latter recently opened its cafe, and it did 

 itself proud for the lumbermen. 



Louisville lumbermen have beeu shown forms 

 of the Southern Weighing & Inspection Bureau 

 which will be used in case the new milllng-in- 

 transit regulations devised by the railroads are 

 made effective. Reports must be made of all 

 incoming tonnage and all cancellations, and 

 *redit slips applying on transit movements will be 

 issued by the bureau, while reshipping certificates 

 must be filed by shippers to get the refund. 

 Four different kinds of forms are provided. It 

 is generally believed that they will go into effect 

 shortly. 



ST. LOUIS 



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The report of the St. Louis building commis- 

 sioner for July shows an increase of $361,599 in 

 estimated cost of buildings authorized in July 

 over the same month in 1911. The total esti- 

 mated cost of new buildings which number 594 

 permits, and alterations which number 412 per- 

 mits, is $1,724,665 as compared with $1,363,066 

 for July, 1911, 



The Wilson-Reheis-Rolfes Lumber Company, 

 with a capital stock of $200,000, filed a petition 

 for dissolution in the St. Louis Circuit Court on 

 July 23. The company, according to its petition, 

 organized in 1906 with the capital stock fully 

 paid. The signers of the petition aver that the 

 debts of the corporation are paid. 



Guy B. Fulton of the Chas. F. Luehrmann 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, who has been West 

 on a vacation, has returned home. 



F. C. Harrington, connected with the Thos. E. 

 Powe Lumber Company, has cause for rejoicing, 

 as his home was visited by the stork recently, 

 and a fine boy was left as the result of the 

 \isit. 



W. W. Dings of the Garetson-Greason Lumber 

 Company, after being operated on in one of the 

 local hospitals for appendicitis, has recovered 

 and is now recuperating at his country home. 

 Glencoe. near St. Louis. He will remain there 

 until he is able to get back at work, which will 

 be in a couple of weeks. 



The Western Screen & Door Company filed 

 articles of incorporation a few days ago, with 

 a capital stock of $10,000, fifty-seven per cent 

 of which is paid. The company will manufac- 

 ture and sell screens, screen doors, sash, etc. 

 The incorporators are E. N. Meek. M. L. Inglish, 

 W. H. Freudenburg. Dr. R. O. Butts and E. C. 

 Snell. 



DETROIT 



Bert Allan of Allan Bros., dealers in hard- 

 woods, has returned from a two weeks' vaca- 

 tion which be spent at Cedar Point. O. Mr. 

 Allan reports that trade in hardwoods is very 

 satisfactory. 



John I>odge. secretary of the Dwight Lumber 

 Company, reports that the factory is very busy 

 turning out oak flooring. He says that in- 

 creased inquiries and orders are coming in from 

 the East and that recently the mill has been 

 running an eiaht-day week, working two nights 

 a week. Mr. Lodge sa.vs that while the trade 

 in oak flooring is good, but little is being done 

 in maple flooring, owing to peculiar market con- 

 ditions affecting this wood. 



The Thomas Forraan Company mill on Kivcr 



