HARDWOOD RECORD 



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J. F. Knox of Beyer, Knox & Co., from his 

 mills in Pascola. Mo., is able to report that 

 the water is out of the way and the business 

 of turning trees into lumber is going on at a 

 good rate. The new headquarters turns out 

 oak mostly. 



A good lot of oak is coming north for the 

 Standard Hardwood Lumber Company, al- 

 though the yard is pretty full of it, as usual. 

 The mills of the company in the south are 

 turning out a good supply of poplar, much of 

 it five-quarter. 



The yard of O. E. Yeager is furnisliing quite 

 an amount of good poplar cut to about a 

 quarter inch for veneer backs. There was an 

 inquiry for 250,000 feet of it in one lot, which 

 was rather more than most dealers wanted to 

 furnish. 



A. Miller finds that basswood lumber is high 

 these days, but he alwajs has it, having stuck 

 to it when others gave it up on account of 

 the price, and he is laying in a good stock 

 of it for the fall trade, which is sure to be 

 good. 



The dock yard of T. Sullivan & Co. is pre- 

 paring to make a showing of the leading lake 

 hardwoods, especially elm, birch and black 

 ash, that will meet all demands for the fall 

 and winter trade, which is sure to be good. 



There Is a long line of cars in the yard of 

 the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, un- 

 loading oak from the recent shipments up the 

 Ohio, and this, with a good outward demand, 

 keeps everybody very busy. 



I. N. Stewart has been on a trip to his old 

 home in Canada by automobile this month, 

 but business in yard has gone on as usual, 

 the report of sales of cherry being especially 

 satisfactory, 



' F. W. Vetter finds that the demand for 

 most hardwoods has improved lately and has 

 a new lot of cypress in assorted widths com- 

 ing in to help meet his trade. 



Saginaw Valley. 



A large quantity of hardwood timber is 

 handled in the Saginaw Valley. Not only is 

 the 60,000.000 feet manufactured here mar- 

 keted, but interior mills and those along the 

 line of the Mackinaw di\'ision of the Michigan 

 Central and Detroit & Mackinac roads con- 

 tribute as much more to the stock handled 

 here. Local dealers buy lots of manufactured 

 lumber at the mills and some of it comes to 

 the valley and is handled by local dealers, 

 while some of the mill firms handle and mar- 

 ket their own stock. A good deal of the 

 maple goes into flooring and a number of 

 million feet this season and last has been 

 converted into timber for structural work, 

 bridges and harbor improvement work. 



White Bros, of Boyne City have placed 

 on the market about 30,000 acres of mixed 

 timber, largely hardwoods, lying east of the 

 Mackinaw division, and a number of Bay 

 City firms are negotiating for it. White 

 Bros. ha\'e recently closed a million dollar 

 deal for Oregon timber and they intend trans- 

 ferring their attention largely to the Pacific 

 coast. Their railroad will be extended no 

 farther east than Gaylord, its present ter- 

 minal, and they will not lumber the timber 

 east of that point. The timber can be easily 

 reached by rail and brought to the Saginaw 

 river. 



The Kneeland-Bigelow Company will shut 

 down the mill a few days for overhauling and 

 minor repairs and it will then resume opera- 

 tions day and night for another year. Mr. 

 Bigelow says that general business is good. 

 The stock cut by this mill was sold at the 

 beginning of the year. The mill cuts maple, 

 beech, birch and some elm and ash. The 

 company is negotiating for a large block of 

 timber north, although it has fifteen years' 

 stock yet In sight, running day and night. 



Valley parties are negotiating for a large 

 block of the Ward timber on the 78,000 acres 

 owned by the estate along the line of the 

 Ward road, recently purchased by the Van- 

 derbilts and is now operated by the Michigan 

 • -"entral. It is calculated that the greater por- 

 tion of this will come to this river to be 

 manufactured. An effort has been made to 

 induce manufacturers to come to the Sag- 

 inaw river and establish a charcoal iron fur- 

 nace. Not in all the Northwest is such another 

 vast supply of raw material accessible In 

 the form of hard timber, while the facilities 

 for moving the stock are um-ivalled. Half a 

 dozen wood alcohol and by-product plants 

 could easily be taken care of in this district. 

 The Alpena excelsior plant burned Satur- 

 day, involving a loss of $20,000, with only 

 $4,000 insurance. 



The stave mill of the U. S. Cooperage Com- 

 pany at Hessel was also burned. The plant 

 was totally destroyed as well as the building, 

 an inexpensive structure, the machinery and 

 what stock was in the mill. 



The M. Garland Company has shipped the 

 machinery outfit for the Keys & Warboys 

 hardwood mill, being built at Tower. The 

 mill will cut about 50,000 feet a day. 



The Richardson Lumber Company's new 

 mill plant at Bay City is progressing finely 

 and the company expects to be ready to begin 

 .rawing in October. 



S. G. M. Gates, fifty years engaged in lum- 

 l.iering at Bay City, and still operating a saw 

 mill and cutting several million feet of hard- 

 wood annually, was stricken with paralysis 

 a week ago and for a time his condition was 

 critical, but he is now slightly improved. 



The experiment of manufacturing maple 

 lath undertaken by the Kneeland, Buell & 

 Eigelow Company a year ago, proved a suc- 

 cess, and the company is putting out a large 

 number of them. They are utilized largely 

 for crating purposes and they make fine 

 crates. The company has sold a number of 

 million pieces this season. 



W. D. Young & Co. are turning out a lot 

 of hardwood lumber and flooring, and have 

 kept their plant humming day and night. 

 This firm has also been negotiating for 

 another large body of timber up the line of 

 the Mackinaw division. 



Last week a large quantity of fine oak tim- 

 ber was shipped from Bay City to Kingston. 

 The vessel took out 19,500 cubic feet, but 

 picked up some of it at West Michigan points. 

 That shipped from this river was mostly rock 

 elm. 



Grand Rapids. 



The Manufacturers' Building Company, 

 owners of the new furniture exhibition build- 

 ing, has increased its capital stock from $70,- 

 000 to $125,000. The new issue of stock will 

 be used in the construction of an addition to 

 the building, which will be carried through 

 to Division street, practically doubling the 

 floor space. 



Grand Rapids was never in more prosper- 

 ous condition as a furniture market than 

 now. The owner of the Auditorium build- 

 ing, corner of Ionia and Fountain streets, will 

 let the contract in a few days for remodeling 

 and enlarging this structure, making it six 

 stories, and fitting it up for furniture exhi- 

 bition purposes. The Leonard buildings. Ot- 

 tawa and Market streets, are also to be fitted 

 up for furnitui-e this fall, or as soon as the 

 refrigerator plant can be removed to the new 

 factory that is being built on Clyde Park 

 avenue. 



Furniture manufacturers have obtained very 

 fair results during the sales this month. It 

 has not been a big season because of late 

 crops and rather full stocks in dealers' hands. 

 The east has bought conservatively of the 



high grade stuff, and the coast states, Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon and Washington, have not 

 sent many buyers to the market for the reason 

 that the freight blockade has resulted in late 

 arrivals of stock ordered many months ago, 

 and they are now in shape to take on more 

 goods. Liberal buying has been done by the 

 south and the central states. 



John W. McDonald, vice president of the 

 Evans & Retting Lumber Company, was 

 quietly married to Miss Elizabeth Hannifin at 

 Cincinnati July 5. The bride was formerly a 

 telegraph operator at Duluth, Minn., and 

 there seems to be a tinge of romance con- 

 nected with the affair, since the news was a 

 surprise at the offices of the company here. 

 After the ceremony Mr. McDonald continued 

 on his business trip south. 



A recent report of the state factory in- 

 spector shows that about 2,000 people are 

 employed in the thirty-two mills and fac- 

 tories at Cadillac, very few of whom are boys 

 or women. In addition there are four large 

 lumber camps within a few miles of the city, 

 where three to four hundred men are em- 

 ployed the year round. Cadillac is also head- 

 quarters for a number of other firms whose 

 mills are adjacent to the city, for which Cadil- 

 lac Is the outfitting point. 



The Stow & Davis Furniture Company of 

 this city has increased its capital stock from 

 $60,000 to $150,000. The question of new 

 buildings is to be decided at the next annual 

 meeting. 



The Federal Veneer Company, capital $30,- 

 000, of this city and Cedar, Miss., has been 

 incorporated, the chief stockholders being 

 John F. Conant of Milwaukee and Walter 

 Clark of the Michigan Trust building. Grand 

 Rapids. Mr. Clark has merged his veneer 

 and panel business in the new concern. 



Thomas Friant of White & Friant. the well 

 known lumber firm, has returned after a six 

 months' tour of Europe. He was accompanied 

 by Mrs. Friant. 



The Ludington Woodenware Company of 

 Ludington has secured a new supply of ma- 

 terial for its pin mill, 130,000 feet of logs from 

 near Bass lake, and the plant is again in 

 operation. 



A cement railroad tie has been invented at 

 Jackson, Mich., that Is attracting attention 

 in railroad circles. It is an 8-foot tie, and 

 by the use of cable loops In the center Is 

 made practically unbreakable. It will be 

 shown next month in Chicago, at the con- 

 vention of roadmasters. 



Indianapolis. 



With the organization of the Hickory Han- 

 dle Company of Attica, It Is announced that 

 the concern will take over the plant and busi- 

 ness of the handle factory in Attica, which 

 has been operated by the South Bend Wood 

 Turning Company. Articles of incorporation, 

 showing $15,000 capital stock, have been filed 

 and the directors are William Calvert, Clem- 

 ent B. Isley, R. Ray Allen and Robert R. 

 Dave. 



H. H. Phillips, for many years In business 

 at Hardinsburg, has been succeeded by the 

 Brown, Martin & Phillips Lumber Company, 

 which was recently organized. It Is under- 

 stood that there will be no change in the 

 general management of the company. 



Plans are being made by the Rockwell - 

 Wabash Furniture Company to build and 

 equip a large furniture factory at Michigan 

 City. J. H. Orr is the resident agent of the 

 company in Michigan City and has the plan 

 for building and equiping the plant In charge. 



Fire of unknown origin partially destroyed 

 the yard and mill of the Wyatt-Smith Lum- 

 ber Company at Camden on July 14. J. P. 

 Smith, a wholesale lumber dealer with offices 

 in this city, is interested In the company. 



