HARDWOOD RECORD 



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New Hardwood House at Cairo. 



The Uyan-I.usk LimiluT ("nnipjin.v is the name 

 of a new hardwood johhing house, with olfice 

 and assembling yards at Cairo. 111. The com- 

 pany is made up of W. r. Uyan and Frank H. 

 I-usk. Mr. Ryan has long been associated with 

 the K. Sondheiraer <'omi>any of Memphis as 

 Jiuyer. and Mr. Lusk is the son of George H. 

 I.usk of the Nye. Lusk & Hudson (Company ot 

 'I'lioi-p. Wis. The members of the company have 

 e.xcellent reputations and ample caidtal for their 

 requirements, and while they will handle a gen- 

 eral line of southern hardw'oods their specialty 

 will lie red gum. 



Lumber for Manchuria. 



During iniKJ i.,simi.(Iiiii fcit of .\mericau lum- 

 licr was imported into Newchwang. the value 

 being $38,730 gold. The total lumber imported 

 ji mounted to 17.497,S57 feet, vaine $3II2.(UI6 

 .gold. The bulk of the trade during the year 

 was captured b.v the Japanese, who. by their 

 ^M'eat activity and nearness t)f supply, had things 

 practically their own way. The major part of 

 I hi- .Tapaijcse lumber imported came from Korea 

 and cannot be classed with Oregon pine, being a 

 cheaper wood in every way. In constructing 

 buildings American lumher is always used in 

 the heavier work and the .Japanese lumber, be- 

 ing somewhat cheaper in price, is used in the 

 lighter framework. In the construction of for- 

 eign buildings all window frames, sills, doors, 

 mouldings, etc.. are generally ordered from 

 >lhanghai. 



In view of the fact that a large trade in im- 

 ports !n that locality is hound to ensue from 

 now on. it is considered advisable that reprf- 

 sentatives of the more important goods of Amer- 

 ican import be personally en the Held to look 

 -Mfter the interests of their American employers. 



The Old Plane Tree of Cos. 



Un the island of Cos, in the Kgean .sea. there 

 stands, jealously guarded, a huge plane tree 

 measuring nearly eighteen yards in circumfer- 

 ence. It is surrounded by a podium, or raised, 

 platform., breast high, doubtless huilt to support 

 the trunk of the tree after it had become hol- 

 low and weak from age. The lower branches 

 are still well preserved and have been shored up 

 b.v pieces of antique columns, over the upper 

 \'nds of which the branches have grown like 

 <'nps in consequence of the pressure of their 

 <iwn weight. 



Close by the tree is a solid marble seat, which 

 is said to be the chair of Hippocrates, the father 

 <if medicine, and it is supposed that he taught 

 the art of healing from that seat. He was born 

 at Cos 4G0 B. C. This gives a clew to the 

 age of the celebrated plane tree, which must 

 be considerably more than 2.000 years old. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



Over 1.000 acres of oak, spruce and hemlock 

 in West Virginia have been purchased by the 

 Schaeffer Lumber Company of Irwin, Pa. Mills 

 will be built in the near future. 



The Thompson & Ford Lumber Company, 

 which is building a new factory at Sour Lake. 

 La., has decided to rut in a hardwood mill at 

 once. The company owns timber lands capa- 

 ble of producing 100,000,000 feet of hardwood 

 lumber. . 



The Beach City Lumber and Manufacturing 

 Company of Beach City. O.. has removed its 

 factory and business to Piedmont, O.. and 

 will hereafter be known as the Piedmont Lum- 

 ber and Manufacturing Company. 



Scientists claim to have discovered that the 

 wood of the linden tree, which is very soft, 

 gives more heat in burning than any other 

 variety, fir standing next, after which comes 

 pine. It has been the common belief that 

 hardwoods afforded more heat, but hard oak 

 possesses 8 per cent less heating capacity than 

 linden, and red beech 10 per cent less. 



J. S. Emigh. a prominent mill man who 



operates a large hardwood plant at McArthur, 

 Ark., is preparing to establish headquarters at 

 Pine Bluff and locate a big mill near Alt- 

 heimer. He will employ a large number of 

 men. 



The Veneered Door and Finish Company has 

 been incorporated to enter business at Athens, 

 O.; it is capitalized at $50,000. W. M.. G. A. 

 and F, B. Kurtz and D. W. Peoples and F. O. 

 Shelan are the incorporators. 



The plant of the Charleston <W. Va.) Lum- 

 ber Company, recently destroyed by fire, is to 

 be rebuilt. The loss was $20,000, covered by 

 insurance. 



The locution of a big hardwood sawmill at 

 Bunkie. La., hinges upon securing satisfac- 

 tory rates to competitive points, and the mat- 

 ter has been put up to the Texas & Pacific 

 road. The sum of $50,o00 will be spent n.i t.ie 

 mill if satisfactory rates are secured. 



The Arkansas Oak Company, capitalized at 

 $50,000, has filed its papers with the secretary 

 of state at Little Rock. Charles R. Hartung is 

 president. 



The latest in railroad ties is a combinatiott 

 of wood and metal, which of course it is 

 claimed, solves the present difficulties sur- 

 rounding the tie proposition. The amount of 

 wood used is quite small and yet is sufficient 

 to impart the needed elasticity which the steel 

 ties lack. The steel tie is the same length 

 as the wooden one. and consists of steel chan- 

 nels Ave inches deep. The wood used is in the 

 shape ot bearings, which are two feet long, 

 eight feet wide and six deep, forming a solid 

 foundation for the rails. The tracks are spiked 

 in the usual manner. The wooden bearings 

 becoming damagi?d by use may be replaced 

 by the removal of one bolt without disturbing 

 the tie. This combination is such that the 

 life of the tie is greatly prolonged, as the wood 

 does not come in contact with the ground. 



Consul General J. P. Bray reports that a few- 

 months ago the first cargo of Japanese lumber 

 ever shipped to Australia was landed in Mel- 

 bourne and met with such a ready market 

 that a further shipment has just arrived and 

 there seems every probability of a permanent 

 business being established. The cargoes con- 

 sist of pine, oak. ash and basswood, in logs 

 of various sizes squared by the ax only, and, 

 it is said, can be landed in Australia at a 

 lower figure than other imported lumber. 



The Pioneer Hardwood Company, Wagoner, 

 I. T.. has succeeded the Field-Reynolds Lumber 

 and Cooperage Company of that place. 



-A 217-acre cypress brake near Buckner, La., 

 nine miles from the main line of the St. Louis 

 c& Iron Mountain railroad, recently passed into 

 the hands of James W. Quinn and James L. 

 Hale of Memphis. Tenn., for a consideration 

 of $35,000. It is estimated that more than 30,- 

 000,000 feet of choice cypress will be cut from 

 this brake. 



The mill being erected by the Baldwin Cy- 

 press Company at Bayou Sale. La., on the line 

 of the Southern Pacific railroad, is nearly com- 

 pleted. It will be operated in connection with 

 the company's other mill at Baldwin, La, 



The Hartzell Handle Company, with an 

 authorized capital of $10,000, has been incor- 

 porated at Memphis, Tenn. 



The Wisconsin Hardwood Square Company 

 of Glen Flora. Wis., has been succeeded by 

 the Noble Brothers Lumber Company and 

 will operate hereafter at Park Falls, Wis. 



The Hardwood Novelty Company, with 

 headquarters at Durham. N. C. has been in- 

 corporated with a capital stock ot $100,000. 

 Incorporators are W. A. Erwin, R. J. Fragen. 

 A. Crumpacker, R, L. Lindsey. J. E. McDow- 

 ell, W. J. Driswold, A. E. Lloyd and K. P. 

 Lewis. 



The National Lumber and Woodenware 

 Company, recently incorporated at Cairo, 111., 

 to succeed the Carey-Halliday Lumber Com- 



pany, has increa.sed its capital stock to $250,- 

 000 and erected a new plant. 



Pine Bluff, Ark., may be the location of the 

 IJexter Handle Manufacturing Company's op- 

 erations in the future. The company is con- 

 templating combining its three mills, located 

 at Dexter and Campbell, Mo., into one large 

 operation to be located at Pine Bluft. 



The officials of the Canada Woodenware 

 Company ot Haiiipton, N. B.. are thinking 

 seriously of locating at Fairville, N. B. W. J. 

 Drown, manager of the company, states that 

 it would cost $5|0OU to build in Fairville. The 

 company employs a large force of workmen 

 and would be a desirable addition to any 

 city. 



C. Winders, C. E. Woods and others are the 

 incorporators of the American Churn Manu- 

 facturing Company, recently organized at 

 Meridian. Miss. The concern is capitalized 

 at $16,000. 



The Washing Machine and Wringer factory 

 of R. M. Balls at Muncie, Ind., was recently 

 transferred to Nathan Leisure, president of 

 the First National Bank of Elwood. Ind. Mr. 

 Leisure expects to operate the factory just as 

 it has been in the past. Walter M. Clark, 

 formerly office manager, will continue in that 

 capacity, as will also the former superintend- 

 ent of the factory, D. L. Wood. One of Mr. 

 Leisure's sons will have general charge of 

 the plant. 



C. M. Barnes, G. E. Rieff, Robert M. Bur- 

 gess, Peter P. Kiel, Frank L. Weaver and 

 Alphert J. Kennedy are the incorporators of 

 the Kiel Manufacturing . Company, recently 

 incorporated with $15,000 capital stock. The 

 company will manufacture washing machines, 

 washboards, wringers and other wood spe- 

 cialties. 



The New Rochelle Woodwoi'king Company 

 has been incorporated at New Rochelle, N. Y., 

 with a capital stock of $15,000. 



The W. E. Dillard Manufacturing Company 

 has been incorporated to manufacture han- 

 dles and spokes at Petersburg, Va. ; capital 

 stock $25,000. 



The entire interests of the Cypress Lum- 

 ber Company at Gest and Dalton streets, 

 Cincinnati. O.. was recently purchased by 

 E. L. Edwards of Dayton. Mr. Edwards has 

 been contemplating the establishment of a 

 hardwood branch at Cincinnati for some time 

 and is to be congratulated on taking advan- 

 tage of so excellent an opportunity to enlarge 

 his business as was offered in the sale of 

 the Cypress Lumber Company's property 

 there. Mr. Edwards' main office will still be 

 at Dayton and he will be in position in the 

 future to take care of orders for anything in 

 the way of plain or quarter sawed oak, wal- 

 nut, poplar, ash, chestnut and cypress. 



A new concern has been organized by resi- 

 dents of Banks, Ark., to be known as the 

 Southern Hardwood Manufacturing Company; 

 capital stock $10,000, 



The H. A. Green Woodworking Company 

 has been incorporated with $100,000 capital 

 stock to do a general business in woodwork- 

 ing. The company's headquarters will be at 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



The Screen and Cabinet Manufacturing 

 Company has been incorporated with $50,000 

 capital stock; headquarters will be at At- 

 lanta, Ga. 



The Carrollton Novelty Company is a new 

 concern recently organized at Carrollton, Ga,, 

 with $10,000 capital stock. 



Des Moines. la., is to be the home of the 

 Uncle Sam Washer Company, recently in- 

 corporated with $20,000 capital stock, to man- 

 ufacture washing machines. 



The Michigan Door Company has been or- 

 ganized with $50,000 capital to engage in busi- 

 ness at Lansing, Mich. 



The National Table and Manufacturing Com- 



