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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Rock, Ark. It is capitalized at $20,000. G. O. 

 Cooley of Texarkana is agent. 



A few months ago tlie first cargo of Japanese 

 lumber ever shipped to Australia was landed in 

 Melbourne 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 consist 

 of pine, oak, ash and basswood, in logs of vari- 

 ous sizes squared by the ax only, and it is said 

 can be landed in Australia at a lower figure 

 than other imported lumber. 



Herman Kimmerow. Edward -McGlade and 

 Albert Ruthenberg are the incorporators of a 

 new concern which will engage in the manu- 

 facture of woodwork for banks, offices and 

 stores, furniture, sash, doors and all kinds of 

 finish at Cedar Falls. Iowa. The company has 

 leased largo quarters in the Monarch Stacker 

 and Feeder building and has already commenced 

 operations. A complete line of up-to-date ma- 

 chinery has been purchased, which will be in- 

 creased as necessity remiires. 



Work on the large plant which the Thompson 

 & Ford Lumber Company is erecting at Sour 



Lake. Tex., is progressing nicely and the com- 

 pany expects soon to be able to begin opera- 

 tions in it. The mill will cut hardwood ex- 

 clusively and a complete line of fine stock will 

 be produced. The company also contemplates 

 building 150 houses for its employees in the 

 near future ; there will be in the neighborhood 

 of (idO of them. 



The I'remier Hardwood Company has been in- 

 corporated at St. Louis, Mo., with .$2,j,000 capi- 

 tal stock by Paul Brown, S. II. Wright and 

 Walter Ball. 



The Interstate Lumber Company has moved 

 to main offices from Wichita. Kan., to Benning- 

 ton. I. T., where it has extensive hardwood 

 interests. This will facilitate the handling of 

 business, as the offices will he nearer the mill- 

 ing operations. 



The Standard Veneer Door Company has been 

 incorporated to succeed to the business of John 

 Frey at Archbold, O. Mr. Frey operated a large 

 planing mill and manufactured sash, doors and 

 interior finish on an extensive scale. The new 

 company will engage in the manufacture of 

 veneered doors exclusively. 



ing of the board, showing the rapidity with 

 which this organization is adding to its numbers. 



Hardwood NeWs. 



(By HARDWOOD SECOBB Special Correspondents.) 



Chicago. 



The Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany of South Bend. Ind., is establishing a 

 storage and distributing yard for southern hard- 

 woods at Evansville. and a similar yard for 

 northern hardwoods at Michigan City. Its gen- 

 eral offices and yard will be continued iu South 

 Bend, however. 



Bliss & Van Auken of Saginaw, Mich., are out 

 with the August installment of their unique 

 calendar advertisement. This time the Wolver- 

 ine cables a catchy message from Japan. 



Thomas W. llowlett, representing the Thila- 

 delphia Textile Machinery Company, the promi- 

 nent manufacturers of veneer drying apparatus. 

 was a caller at the Record office August 2. 



Walter Miiller of the well-lcnown importing 

 house of J. V. Miiller v^ Sohn, SOU VerlJinder- 

 strasse. Hamburg, Germany, will visit this coun- 

 try in the near future and expects to arrive 

 in Chicago the latter part of September. 



A. W. Dunn of Singleton, Dunn & Co.. ^7 

 Union street, Glasgow, Scotland, was a pleasant 

 caller on the Chicago trade August 1. 



The Lumbermen's Credit Association. 77 .Tack- 

 son boulevard, Chicago, and 116 Nassau street. 

 New York, is out with its July reference book, 

 which is even more complete and comprehensive 

 in its scope than previous issues. A large num- 

 ber of names have been added and ratings care- 

 fully considered. The service which the asso- 

 ciation is able to render lumbermen through 

 this medium is of inestimable value and few 

 offices are without it. 



The Chicago Car Lumber Company of the 

 I'ullman building, this city, is about to build a 

 planing mill and woodworking plant at South 

 Chicago, which it will operate in connection 

 with a distributing hardwood and yellow piue 

 yard. 



D. S. Hutchinson, formerly of the Nashville 

 Hardwood Flooring Company of that city and 

 now with the Arthur Hardwood Flooring Com- 

 pany of Memphis, was a caller at the Riocoud 

 office the early part of the week. Mr. Hutchin- 

 son and his family spent several days in the 

 city. 



J. W. Thompspu, the "'tall white ash of Mem- 

 phis," was a visttor to the Chicago trade the 

 first of the week. 



Edward E. Skeele of the Estabrooke-Skeele 

 Lumber Company of this city returned last 

 week from a two weeks' fishing trip at Lake 

 Mills. Wis. 



A. W. True Jf the True & True Company. 

 large manufacturers of doors in tliis city, is 



Ijnek in the harness again after an enjoyable 

 month at Casco Ray, Me. 



E. R. Van Buren has joined the forces of the 

 McCauley-Saunders Lumber Company of this 

 city to handle red cypress in the Chicago dis- 

 trict. Mr. Van Curen has for many years been 

 a member of the firm of Walter Shoemaker & 

 Co. cf Chicago and retired from that concern 

 to take up the new work. He is weU known 

 in the local trade and will undoubtedly make 

 good. 



Henry Maley. pioneer hardwood manufacturer 

 of Edinburg, Ind., was a Chicago visitor the 

 latter part of last month. Mr. Maley expressed 

 himself as well satisfied with conditions and 

 said that his customers are calling for his fa- 

 mous oak and other lumber about as fast as it 

 can be turned out. 



Allen O. Hayward cf M. A. Hayward & Sons 

 of Columbus, O., was in Chicago recently for a 

 few days on his way to Portland, Ore., where 

 he will locate permanently. Mr. Hayward is 

 the eldest son of Morris A. Hayward, head of 

 the Columbus concern, and resigned his connec- 

 nectlon wiih his father's firm to seek improve- 

 ment of his health on the coast. He intends to 

 study Pacific coast timber thoroughly and to 

 learn the business cf handling these woods from 

 the tree to the yard. 



C. L. Willey of this city, who has recently 

 established a large sawmill and veneer factory 

 at Memphis, was surprised to hear that persons 

 engaged in sinking an artesian well on the prop- 

 erty there struck oil. This discovery led to 

 more or less agitation among exploiters of such 

 properties, and even the purchase of some ad- 

 jacent land. 



James M. Schultz of Schultz Brothers recently 

 underwent an operation at the Michael Reese 

 Hospital, from which he is recovering nicely. 

 He has left for Mackinac, where he will rest 

 for a couple of weeks. 



A meeting of the Board of Directors of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association was held 

 in the as.sociation offices in the Rector building, 

 this city, July 2.5. There were present : W. H. 

 Kusse. Memphis, president ; O. O. Agler. Chi- 

 cago, first vice president ; Frank F. Fish. Chi- 

 cago, secretary, and Earl Palmer, I'aducah, Ky. : 

 Charles H. J'>arnaby, Greencastle, Ind. ; G. J. 

 Landeck, Milwaukee, Wis. ; J. W. Thompson, 

 Memphis, and Theodore Fathauer, Chicago, di- 

 rectors. Nothing of especial importance was 

 taken up at the meeting, the business b?ing 

 largely of a routine nature. Forty new members 

 were admitted to the association, all of whom 

 had «.pplied for membership since the last meet- 



Boston. 



William E. Litchfield returned last week from 

 a western trip. He left again the first of this 

 week for New York and the South. 



Charles C. Batchelder, treasurer of the Bos- 

 ton Lumber Company, is traveling through 

 Switzerland. He will return home about the 

 middle of September. 



W'. F. Conrey has succeeded Louis P. Collins 

 as superintendent and general manager of the 

 r»erryfield Lumber Company, Manchester, N. H. 

 Mr. Conrey comes from California, where he 

 has had a wide experience in the lumber busi 

 ness. Mr. Collins, who was obliged to give up 

 business on account of sickness, is still in very 

 poor health. 



Edward M. Fames of the Boston Lumber 

 Company reports that they have some Oregon 

 fir timbers en route from Oregon, which meas- 

 ure 36x36x70 feet. Mr. Fames reports the mar- 

 ket for chestnut poles very firm, and states 

 ihat Connecticut shippers are working farther 

 from the railroads, which incurs extra expense, 

 find prices are increasing. The market for native 

 oak is demoralized at present, as the large pur- 

 chasers are overstocked. Orders, where sizes 

 are easy, could be placed today at about $2 

 under prices ruling a year ago. 



John C. Barker. Hartford, Conn., died at his 

 home in that City July 21, at the age of 70 

 years. Mr. Barker for many years was engaged 

 in the lumber busines.s. 



G. W. Appleby of the Appleby Lumber Com- 

 pany. Jamestown, N. Y.. was a recent visitor in 

 this market. This concern is a large dealer in 

 hardwoods. 



A. V. Bartholomew, Greenwich. Conn., has 

 established a cabinet-making business in that 

 place. 



Among the recent imports from Calcutta and 

 Colombo of interest to the lumber trade were 

 massive logs of cocoa wood, measuring twenty- 

 five feet in length and weighing fully two tons 

 each. 



The following circular has been issued by 

 the Boston and Maine railroad, governing the 

 storage of lumber in Boston : 



"All cars of lumber not unloaded within 

 ninety-six hours after they are placed upon 

 the delivery tracks will be stored at the ex- 

 pense of the owner, unless orders are received, 

 within ninety-six hours from time of arrival 

 that track delivery is required, in which case 

 such cars wilt be subject to the rules of the 

 New England Car Service Association, from the 

 date of arrival. 



"Lumber, in carloads, will be stored by the 

 Boston & Maine railroad, until its storage ca- 

 pacity iy exhausted, at the following rates: 

 I'nloading. 20 cents per net ton ; minimum 

 charge. $3 per car; storage, 50 cents per net 

 ton per month or fraction thereof; mininiuip 

 charge, $7.50 per car. 



"In case lumber is held in cars for the con- 

 venience of the railroad, the same storage 

 charge will be made as applied to lumber stored 

 in the lumber sheds. All lumber is held at 

 owners' risk of fire." 



The Farrar-Jones Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated in Boston witli a capital stock of 

 ¥70,000. The incorporators are : George M. 

 Faulkner, Leonard A. Faulkner and Emma E. 

 Mullen. 



New York. 



The big fire which visited Coney Island last 

 Monday, entailing a property loss of $1 .r>00.00(*, 

 destroyed a large number of frame structures, 

 and it being at the height of the season, the 

 rush to rebuild, which was begun immediately 

 after the fire, is already providing a big volume 

 of business to the yards of the district catering 

 to that section. Coney Island is practically all 

 built of frame structures and the large area 



