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The loss was about $800 and necessary repairs 

 will be made immediately. 



The Bosse Furniture Company at Evans- 

 ville will build a two-story brick addition. 

 34x100 feet, at its plant. A fireproof vault 

 will also be built in the new building. The 

 company expects to largely increase the ca- 

 pacity of its plant. 



Business of the Capital Lumber Company 

 has grown so much in the last two years that 

 the company is now operating four large 

 yards in this city. The company does a large 

 business in hardwood in addition to handling 

 general lines. 



Due to the similarity In names of the two 

 corporations, Oran M. Pruitt, president of 

 the Indiana Veneer and Lumber Company of 

 this city, has discovered that he paid the 

 taxes for the Indiana Lumber and Veneer 

 Company, of which he is also an officer. As 

 a result the county records show that the 

 former company is delinquent and a penalty 

 of $125 has been added to its presumably un- 

 paid taxes. The Indiana Lumber and Veneer 

 Company is really little more than a name as 

 the Indiana Veneer and Lumber Company 

 bought its plant and other property at 1101 

 East Twenty-third street a few months ago. 

 The Evansville Coffin Company of Evans- 

 ville has increased its capital stock from $25,- 

 000 to $35,000, and it is understood that ex- 

 tensive improvements are to be made at the 

 plant. 



The Indianapolis coliseum project is now a 

 thing of the past, the courts having decided 

 that it could not be built on the ground dedi- 

 cated to the city for market house purposes. 

 With the settlement of a bill of $11,338 to 

 the W. P. Jungclaus Company and a few 

 other minor details, amounting in all to about 

 $30,000. the scheme has been closed. 



According to the officers of the Interior 

 Hardwood Company, that concern will un- 

 doubtedly do the largest business in its his- 

 tory this year. Orders have been large and 

 the company has been able to make very 

 satisfactory deliveries due to the excellent 

 car service conditions that have prevailed. 

 Little difficulty has been experienced in get- 

 ting stock this season. 



Herr Bros.' spoke factory at Tell City was 

 seriously damaged by fire on July 18, the fire 

 originating in the furnace room. The main 

 building was gutted at a loss of about $5,000. 

 on which there was insurance amounting to 

 $1,500. Repairs will be made at once and 

 the business will suffer little from the fire. 



Bristol, Va.-Tenn. 



W. L. Fletcher of Columbus, O., who is 

 associated with H. A. McCowan & Co. of 

 Salem, Ind., was buying lumber in this mar- 

 ket last week. He reports business with his 

 company brisk. 



L. H. Goodwin of the Goodwin Lumber 

 Company of Butler, 'Johnson county, Ten- 

 nessee, was in the city on business this week 

 and left Saturday for a business trip to the 

 East. 



T. H. Carrier, head of the Adventure Lum- 

 ber Company of Johnson county, Tennessee, 

 is in Philadelphia on important business. 



The Patterson Lumber Company is install- 

 ing a big band mill in Greene county, Ten- 

 nessee. This company has about 40,000,000 

 feet of timber to cut and already has circular 

 mills in operation. "We expect to be in shape 

 to turn out probably 60,000 feet of stock a day 

 regularly," said President Patterson of the 

 company last week. "We will soon have our 

 band mill complete and ready for operation." 



The completion of the new branch of the 

 Southern along the Little Tennessee river in 

 Blount and Monroe counties, Tennessee, will 

 witness the inception of extensive develop- 

 ment of the timber resources in that section. 

 The timber along the line of the new road is 



now about all in the hands of concerns that 

 propose to develop it as soon as the road is 

 completed. The new line will probably be in 

 operation late this fail. 



Byrd M. Robinson of New York, who recently 

 resigned the presidency of the Chicago & Gulf 

 and Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City railways, 

 will, it is said, head a syndicate that will 

 carry on immense timber and mineral de- 

 \-elopmcnts in middle Tennessee. Mr. Robin- 

 son and Chicago associates already own a 

 large amount of timber and mineral lands in 

 that section and have constructed the Ten- 

 nessee railway, Harriman & Northeastern, 

 and other lines traversing the boundary. Mr. 

 Robinson formerly resided at Bristol and is a 

 frequent visitor in this section. 



The Babcock Lumber Company, of Ash- 

 tola. Pa., which some time ago purchased a 

 large boundary of timber in Monroe county, 

 Tennessee, is taking steps looking to the 

 manufacture of same on a large scale. 



W. S. Whiting of the Whiting Manufac- 

 turing Company of Abingdon. Tenn.. was in 

 the city on business last week. Mr. Whiting 

 reports business with his company brisk. The 

 Whiting Manufacturing Company is one of 

 the largest timber holders and lumber manu- 

 facturing concerns in this section. 



George E. Davis, head of George E. Davis 

 & Co., reports business unusually good with 

 his company. Mr. Da,\'is' concern is manu- 

 facturing hardwood stock for the eastern 

 trade on a large scale. 



The lumbermen of this section are grati- 

 fied with their special exhibit at Jamestown. 

 This exhibit is in the building of the Vir- 

 ginia Mineral and Timber Exhibits Associa- 

 tion, and is in addition to the regular Vir- 

 ginia timber exhibit. M. N. Offutt of the Tug 

 River Lumber Company and H. M. Hoskins of 

 the H. M. Hoskins Lumber Company have 

 charge of it. 



The Ralston -Wilson Lumber Company of 

 Bristol has five mills running on the Clinch 

 river. The company has a big cross tie con- 

 tract with the South & Western railway, E. 

 E. Wilson, manager of the Bristol office, has 

 just returned from a trip in Tennessee In the 

 interests of his company. 



The Hoo-Hoo annual at Atlantic City in 

 September will be largely attended by the 

 black cats from this section. T. W. Fugate. 

 vicegerent of southwest Virginia at Richlands. 

 already has the names of many of those who 

 will attend. 



H. M. Hill of Bristol has gone to Tamrosch. 

 Giles county, Virginia, to accept a position 

 with the East River Lumber Company. 



Cincinnati. 



After being idle for some weeks on account 

 of the recent fire the sawmills of the Maley. 

 Thompson & Moftett Company, at Eighth and 

 Evans streets, have resumed cutting. Tem- 

 porary sheds have been constructed over the 

 saws and the other machinery. The mill has 

 been running the past week sawing some 

 fine walnut logs received from Lexington, Ky. 

 Considerable quartered oak was also cut. 

 There are enough logs at the plant to keep 

 the mill running full time for some months, 

 and by the time the new structure is finished 

 the present stack of logs will be fairly well 

 diminished. Another raft of logs was floated 

 up the mill creek to within a short distance 

 of the mill and this has saved the firm con- 

 siderable money. The new structure is rap- 

 idly being completed, and if favorable weather 

 continues will be finished within the next 

 forty days. Thomas J. Moffett. president of 

 the company, was slightly Indisposed last 

 week and was away from the office for three 

 days. These are the first days Mr. Moffett 

 has missed for some time and he was greatly 

 missed. 



Chester F. Korn, of the Farrln-Korn Lum- 

 ber Company has gone on a week's trip to 

 Louisville and points in Indiana. He expects 

 to close up several business deals. 



Ferd Bosken of the Cincinnati Hardwood 

 Lumber Company, reports that his firm has 

 been cutting and selling considerable chestnut 

 during the past two weeks; prices on this 

 wood, although it is in better request, have 

 not been augmented. 



C. W. Bill of the G. W. Jones Lumber Com- 

 pany of Appleton. Wis., was in town recently 

 in quest of. maple and birch. His wants were 

 well supplied by various dealers. He said 

 that in coming through the state of Indiana 

 he found that the markets there were in 

 fairly good shape, considering the time of 

 year. 



William E. Delaney, general manager of 

 the Kentucky Lumber Company, has gone on 

 a business trip to Williamsburg. Ky., where 

 he will look after the company's mill. He 

 will return within a week. 



About 1.500 walnut logs from the farm of 

 D. F. Grazee at Lexington. Ky., were recently 

 shipped by the Maley, Thompson & MofCett 

 Company direct to European markets. There 

 still remain about 1.000 logs, the majority of 

 which have been shipped to Cincinnati and 

 put into market condition. These are fancy 

 walnut logs and high prices were received 

 for them from European buyers. 



The records of the Chamber of Commerce 

 for the year ending December, 1906, show a 

 handsome increase in the receipts of lumber. 

 Furniture also scored a big increase, while 

 vehicles were produced to about the same extent. 



M. B. Farrin of the M. B. Farrin Lumber 

 Company and the Farrin-Korn Lumber Com- 

 pany, has purchased a tract of land in Winton 

 Place for $10,000. The tract is used for stor- 

 ing lumber, but, if the present tenement house 

 laws are revised, it may be used as the site 

 of the proposed flats to be erected by Mr, Far- 

 rin for his employees. 



Sam L. Moyer of the Lumkenheimer Com- 

 pany left last week to visit the headquarters 

 of the company in the East. During his stay 

 he will visit all the important cities along the 

 Atlantic coast. 



John W. McDonald, vice president of the 

 Evans and Retting Lumber Company of Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., and Miss Agnes Hannifin, of 

 Duluth, Minn., were married here last week 

 by Rev. Michael Mulvihill. The couple left 

 the next day, but left no word as to where 

 they were going. 



B. E. Williamson, commissioner of the Re- 

 ceivers' & Shippers' Association and Thomas 

 J. Moffett. president of the Maley. Thompson 

 & Moftett Company, went to Indianapolis last 

 week and held a conference with the railroad 

 officials in regard to a new classification of 

 lumber freight rates. No information as to 

 what transpired has been given out. 



The annual banquet of the Cincinnati Lum- 

 berman's Club, held recently at the Altamont 

 hotel, was a very enjoyable occasion. A heavy 

 storm during the afternoon in some way 

 caused a congestion in the electric wires and 

 the management of the hotel was forced to 

 supply candles to illuminate the banquet 

 table, about which were seated about 123 per- 

 sons. The soft light of the candles gave a 

 peculiarly beautiful effect to the scene, and 

 the guests were sorry when the electric lights 

 were restored. Professor Shields spoke on 

 "Continuation Schools." advocating manual 

 training instead of an academic course in the 

 public schools. A. A. Andridge, in a brief 

 talk, also approved of the continuation schools. 

 The women present each received as a sou- 

 venir a beautiful silver flower holder. The 

 club suspended meetings for the summer with 

 the annual banquet. Meetings will be re- 

 sumed the first Monday in September. 



