HARDWOOD RECORD 



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U. E. Yeager is still finding plenty of SPneial 

 linidwooda fi-om Oliio eastward and sontliwaid 

 and is not .-nnong those wlio call trade nniet. 

 as Ills monthly totals ai-e large, the sales well 

 l)alaneing the receipts all thc> season. 



The mill business of (J. lOlias & lirothiT keeps 

 np fine, as the city is doing a l)ig lol of huild 

 lug and will need all the doors and linish that 

 can he turned oul for some tine'. The Klias 



ndll is equippi'd for ilnini; all ehissi..; of ho\lse 



const nictiou. 



The hardwood exchanjie j;a\c up its moi'ting 

 Sept. 2H and made the "seeinf; liuffalo" trip 

 with the Chamber of Commerce, going the round 

 of the city. 



The lumber exchange gave a dinner (let. H to 

 Frank 1". Parry, attorney for the State Itilities 

 Commission, who outlini'd the aims and the 

 powers of the commission and appears to have 

 satisfied the shippers tiiat uiueh is to be dom- 

 f(n' them very soon in the line of straightening 

 (Hit railroad complications. Almost every lum- 

 berman in the city was present. 



Saginaw and Bay City. 



It was a question after the destruction <if the 

 line plant of W. Ii. Viuiug & Co.. on the night of 

 Sept. i; last, if the lirm would rebuild on the 

 present site, even if in Ray City at all. owing 

 to utterly inadequate water facilities for coping 

 with fire. Mr. Y(uing was in lOurope and no 

 one hei'e was autliorized to quote him. He 

 came home a few days ago when it leal;ed oul 

 that he had contracted with the American Wood- 

 working Machinery Company for equipment for 

 a plant to be erected at Haakwood. Cheboyg.-ni 

 county. The Hoard of Trade and Common Coun- 

 cil, however.- got after Mr. Young and by pledg- 

 ing such facilities as he asked for induced him 

 to change his mind and he consented to remain 

 in Bay City. A large force of men are at work 

 on the grounds and the plant will be rebuilt as 

 (luickly as [xissible and on a larger scale than 

 before. II will employ 4.~>0 hands. The camps 

 up north engaged in getting out logs will he 

 kejit at work. The fire was a serious one by 

 reason of the interruption to business .-it a 

 lime wllen the fir'in was vei-y bus^v. Aliout T.~i 

 per cent of the flooring put out by the firm goes 

 ahr()ad and they had large orders booked ahead. 



tjardner, reterman & C<t. of Saginaw, operat- 

 ing a saw and stave mill at (tnaway. have taken 

 a contract to cut sri.dOO.ddd feet of hardwood 

 logs at the rate of o.OtiO.OOl) feet annually for 

 the Lobdell & Church Company, tiardner. reter- 

 man & Co. are enlarging the caitacity of their 

 mill aiul installing new machinery, and havi' 

 ererted 1.."iiiii feet of tramway. 



.1. \V. Mctlraw of Kay City has established a 

 large lan-tahie sawmill on the South Braucli of 

 AuSable Iliver. some d."i miles from Ba.v City, to 

 manufacture several million feet of hardwood 

 limber into lumber. Mr. .MetJraw owns a num- 

 ber of thousand acres in thai vicinity whicli is 

 fjiirly well stocked wilii hard timbe!-. 



After being Ihorotighly overhauled tln^ Knee 

 land-Bigelow Company's mill has resumed opera- 

 lions on a day ami night s<-hednle. It requires 

 a train lo;id of logs every day to keep Ihe^ijanl 

 itinning. 



Tlie annual car famine is be.ginuing to make 

 its appearance in the valley. The Michigan t;en- 

 Iral Comitany is desperately short of cars for 

 hauling logs and lnml)er i)r<Mlucts on its .Macki- 

 uaw division, running nortli from Ray (.'ity to 

 .Mackinaw, and draining the most extensive tini- 

 lier area in tile lower t)eninsula. This line does 

 an immense business in limber. It hauls more 

 Iban Idd cars loaded with l()gs to Ray Cit.v and 

 Saginaw every day. besides nuinufactured lumber. 

 II will have hauled by tlu^ end of the year, since 

 .Ian. 1 last. i:!ii.(MHi.no(i f|.ei of logs. 



Kailway men are expecting a shortage of cars 

 also for moving lumber mit of the Saginaw val- 

 ley during the fall and winter. 



The fiooring itlants are doing a good business 

 with orders coming along freely and prospects 

 for a good winter. The slight easing (ill' in this 

 line awhile ago has passed and the tone of busi 



ness is better. The destruction of Young & Co.'s 

 plant will cut down the volume of fiooring busi- 

 ness materially in the valley. 



Grand Bapids. 



The .loni's iV: Creiii flooring plant at Dighton 

 is turnini; oul rn>in 1 s.dno to L'l'.ddO feet per 

 day. 



1). A. r.lodgetl aud taniily have lelurned from 

 .Mackinac island aud will spend the fall ami 

 early winter mcmths in their drand Hapids home, 

 .lohu llulnla. fourteen years ago a miner at 

 Ishpeming earning yj a day. is in)W one id' llii' 

 largest hardwood operators and farmers in upper 

 Michigan. He has l.."i(l(P acres of land in Baraga 

 county under cultivation, and has some O.tjtlti 

 acres of timber land, liesidi's operating a saw- 

 mill, wagon shop, lilack"<niith shop and ci'eam- 

 ery. 



The program thai is being arranged for the 

 coming annual meeting of Ihe Michigan Forestry 

 Asso<'iati(m to lie lu'ld al Saginaw Nov. 1"J and 

 IH will incluile fipics of special interest to lum- 

 bermen. Kconomies In modern logging opera- 

 lions will be discussed by some of the prominent 

 lumbermen of the state, including \V. C. \Vin- 

 cbesti'r of this cily, \V. II. ^Vhite of Boyne City 

 and \V. R. .Mershou of Saginaw. At the open- 

 ing session Charles \V. (iarfieid of this city and 

 I'rof. Uoth. stat4' forest warden, will give ad- 

 dresses, wliicb will be followed by the annual 

 message .if I'residiiii .1. II. Rissell. Detroit. 

 Taxation methods will then he discussed by Dr. 

 R. E. Kernow of Toronto and others. Fire losses 

 will be consiilercd In the aflcrnoon. the sub-top- 

 ics inrluding •■( ■<un[iclling Lumbermen to Clean 

 I'p."" aiul "'I'lie Warden System of Minnesota, 

 New York. Canada and Michigan." Profs. Beal 

 and I'cttit of the State Agricultural College will 

 speak of insect enemies in the woods and other 

 topics of special interest will he presented. 



A number of improvements have l)een made 

 at the Mc.Manus saw'mill. I'etoskey. including a 

 new (emenl power Intuse. ne\\' boiler and stack 

 and meclianical feed for both boilers. Thi' steam 

 l)ower at the mill has been doubled. 



The i'etoskey block factory is being operaleil 

 to nearly its full capacity and Manager Broman 

 says the outlook for the year is ver.\- briglit. 

 TMie compau,\ loutinnes to buy timber land, 

 tbougli its 'Present holdings are sufficient to keep 

 the ijiant i-unning for several years. 



'I'hc ICIectric Land aud Development (_'om- 

 pauy. composed largely of .Manistee capitalists, 

 has plans foi- ccuistructing four dams on the 

 .Manistee River, ranging from :',7> lo 4(i-foot lieads. 

 \\'<n'k on the Tyler dam. in tJreenwood township. 

 \^'exfor<l county, has begun and the electricity 

 geuiuated will be transmitted to surrounding 

 towns for light and power purposes. 



Furniture factories in (Irand liapids aud 

 thrimghont the state are all busy. The chair tac- 

 torles at (irand Ledge and Otsego are behind 

 ot-ders and ari' operated overtime. 



(liaud liapids has a new furniture concern, 

 tile Michigan Desk Company, capital .f.'iO.oiKi. 

 under the management cd' .1. Arthur Whitworth. 

 which Is manufacturing otfiee desks at the corner 

 of Canal aud Newberry streets. Mr. \Yhitworth 

 was f(Mnierly manager of the (Jrand Rapids Desk 

 Company at .Muskegon Heights, and lias as.so- 

 elated with him here some of the leading busi- 

 ness men of the city. 



The Ilaucbett Swage Works of Big liapids. 

 up to this time composed of Yolney II. Ilanchett 

 and his son. Arthur K. Ilanchett. has been reor- 

 ganized liy admit ting Lcuiis B. Ilanchett as a 

 member. The new member of the company came 

 from Chicago at the time the business of Rich 

 & Son was acquii-ed. The capital is fixed al 

 :f l."a(.(MU). 



I'lato. Kenwick & Co. of Ranyton are fixing 

 nil their logging sleighs and equipment prepara 

 hoy to ri-moviug to Creen Bay. Wis., where they 

 will agaiu engage in lumbering operations. 



(Jrobhiser & Crosby, table manufacturers of 

 Sturgis. have increased Ihi'fr iviiiital stock from 

 .•s-J.-), 11(10 to |."i(J,0()U. 



Indianapolis. 



.\ h.'aiiug .)u a proposed ad.justmrni and 

 I c|ualizati(ui of all classifieil freight ra;es is in 

 progress here before the Indiana Uailnaid Com- 

 mission. It is prohahle that the hearing will 

 lontinue lor some time, as the subject is a 

 broad one and will require the taking of much 

 cvidciu'c rr.uu trafiic men and shippers. The 

 latter are hopeful that as a result the' rates 

 between Ibis city and p<nnts within the state 

 will III' road.iusted. thus making faiivr I'ompeti- 

 liori liciween Indiana and outside deabu's and 

 manufacturers. 



T'here is to be a c-oucericd eftca-i on the part 

 of the government and the Indiana Board of 

 I''orestry to end the apparent wa^sti' of hard- 

 wood lumber at Indiana sawmills. With this 

 cud lu vii'w. Albert II. I'ierson. representing 

 I be rnil(>d States Deiiartment cd' Agriculture, 

 has arrived and will begin an investigation of 

 thi' state's timbcu' supply and llic mclbod by 

 which it is handled at sawmills. 



The Scheloi^y Table Ccunpauy. i;vausvillc. is 

 asking bids for the construction of a u.w ]ibiui 

 in ihat city and the installaii.m of m.w ma 

 chinery. About three weeks ago the company 

 was incorporated for the purposi' of manufac- 

 turing tables and desks. 



With the departure of .Tosepb (Jlqibaut. a 

 I.cuiisville lumber dealer, for home the passing 

 of the timber supply in one more Indi.ina county 

 is noted. Mr. Oliphant has been buying exten- 

 sively for his company iii liarthcdomi'w county 

 and It is said then- is no timbi'r left in tlie 

 county worth bothering with. 



Tile Anderson-Smith Lumber Company has 

 bei'n organized at Franklin with .fKi.iinii capital 

 and articles of inc'orporalion have been filed. A 

 general lumber business will be conducted by 

 the company, which is composed of (ieorge W. 

 I'iederstui. Itoscoc^ W. Payne and Frank F. 

 Suiith. 



.\rlhur T, Walker, manager of the Wist Terre 

 Haute Lumoer Company, died al Ihe home of 

 bis parents in Danville, ill., on SepI, l'.;. ii,- 

 was twenty-four years olil and had been III 

 about two weeks from brain fever. 



Cov. .1. Frank llanly and liis private secre- 

 tary, Fred (Jemnier. have purchased a hardwood 

 timber tract near Seymour. The tract consists 

 of I'L'.'l acri's. aliout ItMi acres of wdiicli is said 

 to be in Hue hardwoods. A sawmill will b.' 

 moved from a tract owned by the governor near 

 this city and the timber will be cut immediately. 

 Tile Sinitli Deckworth Planing .Mill Company 

 of Crawfca-dsvilb' Is preparing to build a two- 

 story brick and concrete planing mill so i,.ef 

 wide and Hid feel long, in order lo aceoimuoila I e 

 its increasing business. 



S. F. Reel, living on the line of the old i:iie 

 canal in southern Indiana, has fouuil that the 

 bottom of the canal is lined with heavy white 

 laik timbers of ia'st (piality. They are of large size, 

 about 10 by I."i inches, and In a peifect state of 

 iiri'scrvation. Thi' timbi'rs will probalily be 

 luade into railroad ties. 



I.alun- triaibles in the Tell-(_'ity furniture fac- 

 tories are still occupying the attention of (ieorge 

 W. I'urccil. state labtu- commissioner, of this 

 city. \ peculiar situation was discovered when* 

 one woman said she feared to Join a union be- 

 cause hcu- minister told her she could not join 

 a union and go to a happy hereafter. .Men 

 working in the factoiies receive about .fT a week 

 and wimien about 07 ci'uts a dozen for caning 

 chairs. Some 20(l laborers havi' gone to Kvans- 

 ville. while about sixty have gone to Owensboro 

 Ky. 



Smith P>rothers of Creeusburg hav<' bought a 

 gasoline autounibile truck foi- use in Ilieir local 

 delivery work. So far as known this is tlie first 

 lumber concern in the state to experiment with 

 niidor vehicles, although automobile companies 

 have spent much time trying to interest them. 



The Dyni's Luinbei- Compaii.i- has sold its yard 

 aud iilant .-it .Maryland and Shelby streets to a 

 construction company and will locate elsewhere 

 iuimediately. About one year ago the lumber 

 ciMupany bmight a tract between Twenty-ninth 

 and Thirtieth streets along the .Monon railroad 

 anil will put in a large, modern luuiber yard 



