HARDWOOD RECORD 



30C 



W. B. Morgan, trensuvev, and Geuige W. Fooslie, 

 secretary. Jlr. Kobci-tson is well known to the 

 hardwoiid Uimber trade, having lieen for some 

 years a member of the Goodlander liobertson 

 LnmlicTr Company. Mr. Anderson Is president of 

 I lie .\nders()n-Tully Company and W. B. Morgan 

 is seeretarytreasurcr of the same corporation. 

 Mr. Kooslie has been for some years represen- 

 lalive of the leading lumber papers of the 

 I'liited States. The eompany will begin busi- 

 ness .Tunt^ 1 . 



New Orleans. 

 Two liundred boxmaliers employed in the 

 plants of the Central Manufaeturing & I.umber 

 Company and S. T. Alcus & Co. went out May 1 

 because their demands for a nine-hour day and 

 recognition of the union had been refused. Sixty- 

 live of these men were employed in the plant 

 of the first named company, while the remain- 

 ing I?..-, worked fur Aleus & Co. Trouble had 

 been brewing in these plants for some time, and 

 the walk-out was not altogether unexpected. 

 Tliere are fourteen of these box factories in the 

 city, but so far as is known no others have 

 as yet been affected by the strike. The New 

 Orleans Box Factory, on which demands had 

 been served, conceded what the men asked, with 

 the result that there was no strike in its fac- 

 tory. About .jiio boxmakers are employed in the 

 fourteen factories here. Two hundred of these 

 nre now on a strike, and it is expected that 

 iitliers will go out. The proprietors of the fac- 

 tories declare that they will stand pat and hold 

 out against the demand for recognition of the 

 union to the very last. 



A full statement of the liabililies and assets 

 of the W. A. Powell Lumber Company. Ltd., has 

 been tiled in the United States Circuit Court 

 here in accordance with an order issued by 

 .Tudge rarlange. The liabilities are given as 

 if494,(i4."i.02 and the assets are $;i8.3.tl4!).42. 

 showing a deficiency of .flii.s.niiri.liO. The .state- 

 ment of deficiency is supplemented by the fol- 

 lowing table: Apparent detlciency, .flOS.no.i.ilO : 

 \V. A. Powell. .$61,420.24: doubtful accimnts. 

 ,1!.H4.flo4.7S : stock not turned over to receivers. 

 ,$1,0110: estimated total deficiency. .|206..'i70.02. 

 Heavy rains throughout Louisiana recently 

 liave interfered seriously with the operations of 

 hmibermen and comparatively little has been 

 done by luirdwood men in the interior. Tlie 

 rains have been general and the precipitation 

 in the last two weeks has been exceedingly 

 heavy. Logging operations in a great many 

 instances have been suspended. The weather is 

 fair again, however, and it is anticipated that 

 the lumbermen in the interior will sboitly lie 

 able to get back to cutting stock. 



The Evart Lumber Company, which operates 

 a big mill in Calcasieu Parish, has just been 

 incorporated. Its capital stock has been fixed 

 at $T."i.iioO and the following are its officers : 

 .lames II. Simpson of Detroit. Mich., president : 

 W. E. Hooper, Chicago, vice-president: Ira T. 

 Sayre, Flushing, Mich., secretary and treasurer. 

 Advices here state that I. R. and .T. W. Adams 

 have purchased the interests of .1. M. Nugent 

 in llie Smith & Adams Lnmbei' Company of 

 'I'nril. in Catahoula Parish. The same persons 

 liave piu-cbased Mr. Xugent's interests in a liig 

 planing n'ill at Georgetown, in Grant Parisli. 



K. Chaniplain. a well known Mississippi 

 "lierator. has bouglil a big site on Fort Bayou, 

 in (he rear of ocean Springs, and will erect 

 (hereon a big box factory. He expects to estab- 

 lish a big plant and very soon put it in opera- 

 tion. 



Chailotte, N. C. 



The .1. Kaudall Williams Company of Phila- 

 delphia has about completed its splendid plant 

 at Salisbury, and within a few days it will be 

 running at full force. It will turn out lumber 

 Utv shipment to foreign as well as domestic 

 ports, and when contemplated additions are 

 made will be one of the most complete plants 

 in the entire South. A large force has been 



employed and when operations are well under 

 way both equipment and help will be largely 

 increased. Mr. Williams is expected from Phila- 

 delphia to take charge of the work temporarily. 

 An effort will be made to obtain an injunction 

 against .T. Middleby, Jr.. to restrain the sale 

 of 23.000 acres of fine hardwood timljer lands 

 near Itutherfordton. which is valued at several 

 milliou dollars. .Mr. Middleby sold the property 

 about six montlis ago to Governor Swanson of 

 Virginia and his brother, W. G. Swanson, who, 

 with I>. A. Ritchie, D. E. Cogbill, C. J. Argyle 

 and W. L. Clements, have organized the Broad 

 River Lumber Company. He now alleges failure 

 to pay interest and other breaches of contract 

 in consequence of which he has advertised the 

 lands for sale on May 18. The Broad River 

 Company, acting through Governor Swanson, has 

 for this reason agreed to ask for an injunction. 

 Tile lands In question extend through four coun- 

 ties and are the most valuable lumber and 

 mineral lands in North Carolina. They were 

 purchased for $l.jn.()00. .$10,000 being paid in 

 casii and a mortgage being given for the re- 

 mainder. When the first note for $15,000 fell 

 due in February it was paid, but no interest was 

 Included. The company answered Mr. Middleby 

 when he made complaint at first that they wovild 

 pay no interest until a re-estimate of the 

 lumber on the lands was made, alleging a short- 

 age in the first estimate of 100,000,000 feet, 

 asking that this allowance be made in favor 

 of them. This led to the foreclosure proceedings. 

 Manimolh operations are in progress between 

 Waynesville and Clyde. X. C. where the Waynes- 

 vllle Transportation Company is constructing a 

 twelve-mile flume which will serve seven saw- 

 mills. S. Montgomery Smith, who Is at the 

 head of the enterprise, means to make North 

 Waynesville an important manufacturing center 

 of the state. His company is building a large 

 planing mill, through which some (50,000 feet of 

 lumber will pass daily. The flume will serve a 

 section producing lo0.O(f:i,UO0 feet of lumber 

 and 200.0110 cords of cord and acid wood. Mr. 

 Smith owns a tr.act at the head of the flume 

 which contains 2r).000.000 feet of hemlock, 

 spruce and balsam and 12,000.000 feet of hard- 

 wood. The big sawmill which will be operated 

 is the first "gang" sawmill ever built in this 

 section of the state. Great things are held In 

 view by the company, and with the capital 

 behind It anil the erticient men who are pushing 

 it, tile Waynesville sectlim will doubtless become 

 one of the most important hardwood centers in 

 the lumbering district of North Carolina. 



The plant of the J. W. Watts Lumber Com- 

 pany at Stony Point, N. C. was damaged by 

 fire a few days ago. A large amount of fine 

 lundier was destroyed in addition to machinery 

 and equipment. The loss is estimated at ,$2,000. 

 .T. W. Crowell of Lexington, N. C, has estab- 

 lished a new hardwood business in Salisbury. 

 The> capital stock of his company at the begin- 

 ning of business is named at $30,000 with privi- 

 lege of increase. 



The plant of the Kings Mountain Lumber 

 Company, manufacturers of sash, doors and 

 blinds and woodwork of every description. Is 

 nearing completion. The officers of the company 

 are : W. A. Ridenhour, president : T. C. Mauney. 

 secretary, and H. F. Petter.son, general manager. 

 A carload of new machinery will be installeil in 

 the new factory. 



The plant of Asbury & Finger of this city 

 recently destroyed by fire will he completed at 

 an early date. Already work has commenced, 

 and within a few weeks the plant will be in 

 operation. The loss the firm sustained amounted 

 to aljont $22,000, large quantities of fine hard- 

 wood being burned as well as the entire ma- 

 chinery equipment. 



C. W. Jones, formerly of this city, has decided 

 to operate a hardwood plant In New Mexico. 

 He recently made purchases of timber in that 

 state and expects to begin operating a plant 

 within a few weeks. He reports fine qualities 



of hardwood, and exceedingly liigh prices in 

 tlie West. 



The High Point Planing Mills Company has 

 been charteied with a capital of $2.'i,000. M. B. 

 Smith and others are the incorporators. 



President Hotchkiss of the Dare Lumber Com- 

 pany of Binghamton, N. Y.. has announced 

 that he will soon begin the erection of mills at 

 Elizabeth City, N. C. The company owns 1(>7,000 

 acres of fine timber lands lying between Croatan 

 sound and the Alligator river in Dare county. 

 This property has been in litigation for a num- 

 ber of years, which has held back the building 

 of the mills which have long been contemplated. 

 These encumbrances have been cleared away 

 and plans are about matured for the erection of 

 mills for the development of the property. The 

 daily output of the mills will be 150.000 feet. 

 .\hout 300 hands will be employed. U. Gilpin 

 Smith is now in the North buying machinery 

 for the new mills. Active work is expected to 

 begin within a few days. 



Kramer Bros. & Co.'s establishment at Eliza- 

 beth City, the oldest plant in that section of 

 tlie state, is being extensively improved. These 

 additions are being made with the hope of being 

 able to handle the large orders which are being 

 hooked daily from all over the country. This 

 large concern shipped the first load of dressed 

 lumber from the eastern part of the state to 

 rhiladelphia. This was the beginning of a repu- 

 tation which lias constantly broadened since the 

 establishment of the business and wliich was 

 never more evident than just at present. 



A certificate has been issued by the secretary 

 of state for the dissolution of the Waccamaw 

 Land and Lumber (Company of Wilmington. 

 This is one of the largest lumber companies in 

 (he state, being capitalized at $1,000,000 and 

 backed by prominent .Micliigan hardwood men. 

 The company owns about 200, 000 acres of timber 

 land in Columbus and Brunswick counties. The 

 gi-antiug of tlu^ privilege of dissolution does not 

 mean that the company is going out of busi- 

 ness, however. The Waccamaw Lumber Com- 

 pany, backed by practically the same capital, 

 will own and operate the establishment here- 

 after. Extensive improvements are looked for. 

 The Tyrrell Manufacturing Company will soon 

 begin operating Its new circular sawmill on the 

 Scuppernong i-iver near Columbia. X. C. Tiie 

 lilant will manufacture all kinds of lumber, the 

 daily output lieiug about 30,000 feet, which will 

 he increased as logging and shipping facilities 

 are improved. B, F. Duncan is the principal 

 spirit in the movement. 



The McEwen Lumber Company of .\zalea, N. 

 ('., Is installing an up-to-date planing mill, a 

 much-needed addition to its large plant. The 

 company expects to begin operating within sixty 

 days, manufacturing hardwoods. W. B. JlcEwen 

 is president : I'. R. Moale, vice-president ; Her- 

 man Meader. treasurer, and A. H. Cobb, secre- 

 tary. 



The Whiteville Lnmher Company has filed an 

 amendment to its charier increasing its capital 

 stock to $250,000. The plant is situated at 

 (joldsboro. X. C. 



The Hope River Lumber Company lias been 

 chartered at Durham, N. C, with a capital of 

 $50,000. 



The Cochrane Show Case Company of Cliar- 

 lotte recently filled an order for Secretary Pruner 

 of the State Agricultural Department for cases 

 to be used at the Jamestown Exposition to 

 <iintaiu North Carolina exhibits. This is one of 

 tlie leading hardwood factories of this part of 

 tlie state. 



The Dixon Luiulier and Veneer Company of 

 Rose Hill. X'. C, has been chartered with a 

 capital of ,$100,000 : William J. Hall and others, 

 stockholders. 



The Linville Lumlier Company of Pineola. X. 

 ('., which has been operated for a number of 

 years by John T. Xagle and others has recently 

 consolidated with a number of hardwood con- 

 cerns operating in the vicinity of Bristol, Tenn., 



