HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Ind., and U. M. and .1. U. 1'. Smith of Parkers- 

 burg, W. Va., are the incorporators. 



Fire on the afternoon of Oct. 3 severely dam- 

 aged the bis plant of the Hammond Lumber 

 Company at Hammond. I.a. SpiirliS from a burn- 

 ing scrap pile set tiro to the blacksmith shop 

 and oil house, and before the flames were extin- 

 guished heavy damages had resulted. 



The new Labarre-Uiggs Company. Ltd., organ- 

 ized here about thirty days ago. has bought for 

 $108,300 a good tract of land in the vicinity of 

 Melville. La., near where it purposes to build 

 a new town. There were 10,830 acres in the 

 tract. G. J. Labarre of New Orleans is president 

 of the company. 



The Southern States Lumber Company has Just 

 filed articles of incorporation in this city. The 

 company is capitalized at $15,000. Charles W. 

 Robinson of the C. \V. Robinson Lumber Com- 

 pany is president, H. O. Dickinson is vice-presi- 

 dent and manager, and J. G. Rainwater is sec- 

 retary and treasurer. 



Advices from Shreveport, La., state that the 

 D. C. Richardson-Taylor Lumber Company, cap- 

 italized at $2,000,000, has filed articles, of in- 

 corporation at Shreveport. The company con- 

 trols valuable tracts of timber on which there I3 

 a great deal of hardwood. W. V. Taylor, a well- 

 known .Shreveport merchant, is largely interested. 



Minneapolis. 



Twin city men have recently invested exten- 

 sively in harilwood timber land in southern 

 Missouri. The tract will be developed and the 

 finished product marketed. The I'orbes-Everts 

 Lumber Company was incorporated last week, 

 filing articles with the secretary of state calling 

 for a capital stock of $200,000. every dollar of 

 which is paid in. .John E. Burcbard of St. Paul, 

 a prominent land dealer. Is president of the 

 company, and David D. Forbes, also of St. Paul, 

 is vice prcsideut. George \V. Everts, the well- 

 known hardwood wholesaler of Minneapolis, is 

 secretary and geni'r.-il manager. George B. 

 Graves of St. Paul is treasurer. The headquar- 

 ters will be in St. I'aul, but eventually the main 

 sales office will be located at Minneapolis in 

 connection with Mr. Everts' other enterprises, 

 the Works-Everts Lumber Company and the 

 G. \V. Everts I^umber Company. The new com- 

 pany has bought a tract of red and white oak 

 limber in liie vicinity of Van Bureu. Mo., on 

 the Frisco railroad, about l.jO miles southwest 

 of St. Louis. Oak is the prevailing Wood, but 

 there is also quite a little hickory on the tract, 

 it was purchased from the Northwestern Land & 

 Orchard Company of St. I'aul. Mr. Everts ex- 

 pects to go down to Van Buren about the last 

 of the month and superintend the erection of 

 two mills at Chicopee. the railroad station half 

 a mile from Van Buren. which will be the ship- 

 ping poiut. but as it is not a postoffice the head- 

 <iuarter.s and the selling olfice. for the winter, 

 will be at Van Biircn. It is the intention to 

 lease or sell the mills that are to be built, and 

 have the logging and sawing done by contract, 

 so as to leave the Forbes-Evert Lumber Com- 

 pany with only the selling end of the business. 

 The output will be mainly oak ties, timbers and 

 wagon stock. 



Local lumber demand continues good, due 

 largely to the way the building movement holds 

 up to the very end of the season. Building per- 

 mits ioi- September came to an estimated cost 

 of $753,525, compared with $711,525 la.st year, 

 and this brought the total for the year up to 

 $8,000,420. comp.ucd with $7.013. 5'.>0 for the 

 same nine months of I'.MXl. 



The I lobe Lumber ('om[)any of this city, hard- 

 wood, pine and hemlock wholesalers, has won an 

 important jiiece of litiuation. securing a $4,000 

 verdict from the I'iiie City Lumber Company of 

 I'ine City. Minn., after four trials. The suit 

 was fiver a coulract to sell the "season's cut" 

 of the Pine City Lumber Company for 1905. 

 svhich the Pine City company claimed was modi- 

 tii'il by a later verbal agreement. On this plea 

 I hey won Mif cast* at the third trial, but the 



plaintiffs appealed. The supreme court laid 

 down the rule that a written contract could not 

 be so modified by verbal understandings, and 

 sent the case back. The Hobe Lumber Company 

 had sued for $0,000 damages for breach of con- 

 tract, and on the fourth and last trial was 

 awarded $4,000. 



C. F. Osborne of Osl)orne & Clark, the well- 

 known wholesalers of this city, is back from a 

 vacation which he spent on his farm near Erie, 

 111., recuperating from an attack of nervous 

 prostration. Mr. Clark says that while in that 

 section of the country the crop will he a third 

 less than last year, it will bring perhaps sixty 

 per cent more in price per bushel, which will 

 even things up on the whole. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Northwest- 

 ern Hardwood Lumbermen's Association at the 

 Minneapolis Commercial Club on Sept. 23 was 

 addressed by George S. LoftuS, secretary of the 

 Minnesota Shippers' and Receivers' Association, 

 which is organized for the purpose of campaign- 

 ing for equal railroad rates and reductions in 

 them. He reviewed the work that has been done 

 in protecting the interests of the shippers, and 

 the movement has the hearty support of nearly 

 all the hardwood dealers. 



The Bousfleld Woodenware Company of this 

 cit.v is looking for a location in northern Minne- 

 sota where it can remove its factory and be 

 convenient to a supply of timber that will last 

 a number of years. 



Charlotte. 



The High Point (.\. C.) Buggy Company is 

 now doing a large business. The young hickory 

 logs are hauled in by farmers and transformed 

 into vehicle wheels of the finest quality. 



Considerable damage has been done a number 

 of lumber concerns in this state by fire within 

 the past few days. The lumber yard of Frank 

 Teeter, near Concord, X. C, was visited by fire 

 which destroyed the dry kiln, several lumber 

 shanties and 7.000 feet of well selected lumber. 



The shingle mill and barrel factory of W. B. 

 Ellis of New Bern. N. C. was burned, the loss 

 being about $40,000, with $3,000 insurance. The 

 origin of the fire is unknown. 



The excelsior department of the High Point 

 Veneering Company's plant at High Point. N. C. 

 was burned recently, the loss amounting to about 

 $3,000. with $1,000 insurance. 



The Sumter Lumber Company of Sumter, S. C, 

 suffered a considerable loss b.v fire recently. 

 Damage on the dry kiln is about $10,000, be- 

 sides considerable lumber. About 60.000 feet 

 of steam piping was destroyed. The loss is par- 

 tially covered by insurance. 



The Carolina ^lanufacturing Company, of this 

 city, has .iust completed the erection of a large 

 and commodious warehouse for the storage of 

 made-up material, mantels, sash, blinds, doors, 

 etc. The liiiilding is constructed of brick, three 

 stories high and cost $5,000. 



The Welbouru-.Xirheart Furniture Company of 

 Burlington. N. I'., lias been chartered with a 

 capital of $10,000 authorized and the privilege 

 of beginning with $3,500. J. M. Airheart, D. N. 

 Welbourn and others are the incorporators. 



The Orieutal Manufacturing Company of Ori- 

 ental. N. ('.. has received a charter with $25,000 

 authorized capital and the privilege of begin- 

 ning with $3,000. W. I. Moore. A. H. Stephens 

 and others are the incorporators. The company 

 will buy and sell lands, operate sawmills, etc. 



A charter has just been granted the Morris- 

 Vyne Lumber Company of North Wilkesboro, 

 N, C, at a capital of $100,000 authorized and 

 $10,000 subscribed, to buy and sell lands, main- 

 tain and operate planing mills, sawmills, etc. 

 The incorporators are L. C. Vyne. ,7. B. Norris 

 and others. 



The Thomasville Machinery Company of Thom- 

 asville. N. C. to deal in sawmill and all kinds 

 of machinery, has been chartered. Capital is 

 $10,000 autiiorized. $3,000 subscribed by .T. H. 

 Barnes i>f iiiizb Point. N, C. and others. 



One of the latest enterprises at Kershaw. 

 S. C. is a furniture factory, with a capital of 

 $5,000. S. W. Walsh is president; J. M. Car- 

 son, vice president ; T, L. Clyburn. secretary : 

 W. B. Threatt, treasurer. 



The schedule of the liabilities of the Thomp- 

 son Lumber Company of Greensboro. N. C, re- 

 cently adjudged bankrupt, has been filed with 

 the clerk of the United States court. The total 

 assets are estimated at $39,642.34, and its lia- 

 bilities at $37,521.83. C. W. Sapp is receiver 

 of the company. In a few days the creditors 

 will meet and a trustee will be elected, who will 

 wind up the business and report to the referee 

 in bankruptcy, G. S. Ferguson. 



A company is being organized at White Plains, 

 N. C. to manufacture vehicles. M. II. Sparger 

 is w-orking up the company. 



Wadesboro. N. C, is soon to have a furniture 

 factory. Mayor Brock has been soliciting sub- 

 scriptions to the capital stock and in a short 

 time secured $5,000. An organization will be 

 perfected soon and a charter applied for. 



A $15,000 chair factory is to be built at Ruby, 

 near ilarshville. N. C, in the near future. 



The Forest Furniture Company of North 

 Wilkesboro is building a three-story warehouse 

 at its plant. It will be used for storing the 

 finished goods. This company ships a great part 

 of its product to California. 



The Lindsay Chair Company of High Point, 

 N. C, receiver's sale case came up a few days 

 ago before Referee Ferguson in Greensboro, N. C, 

 and was raised ten per cent above the amount 

 placed on the plant at the former receiver's sale. 



A certificate of discharge has been issued to 

 the Ideal Furniture Company of High Point. 

 N. C. and also to the individuals, Messrs. Lance 

 and Bell, composing the partnership. 



The Southern Excelsior Company of Lexing- 

 ton, N. C. is a new industry for Lexington, to 

 begin operations at an early date. The capital 

 is $10,000 and Dermot Shemwell and others are 

 the incorporators. 



The Wendell Lumber Company of Wendell. 

 Wake county. N. C. has just been chartered with 

 a capital stock of $2,000. .1. T. Lea, R. C. 

 Sears and others are the incorporators. 



A. L. Tremain of Whiteville, N. C. has Just 

 gone to Maple Hill. Pender county. N. C, to 

 open up a lumber camp for the Cape Fear Lum- 

 ber Company of W'ilmington, N. C. The Cape 

 I'"ear people now have eight miles of railway 

 extending from Maple llill. where they own a 

 fine tract of timber. 



Toledo. 



The new rules governing the car service of 

 Ohio which were adopted by the state railway 

 commission went into effect according to sched- 

 ule, and shippers are now reaping the benefits. 

 These benefits are more pronounced perhaps in 

 nearly ever.v other part of the state than they 

 are in Toledo where the question of demurrage 

 charges has not for a long time been one of very 

 much annoyance. Toledo shippers have not been 

 in the habit of paying demurrage charges unless 

 they felt that the charges so made were just, in 

 which case they have paid them as a matter of 

 right and not because they felt that they could 

 be compelled to. For a long time there has been 

 what lias been known as the Toledo Car Service 

 .\ssociation in this city. What it is. or who is 

 back of it remains to be discovered. It assumes 

 absolute charge over all questions affecting the 

 car service and demurrage charges of the twenty- 

 two railroads entering the city, and from this 

 fact it is presumed that it represents a com- 

 bination of the railways for the purpose of fix- 

 ing ijrices and regulations upon tlie subject, 

 'i'his is not admitted, for to admit it would be 

 to admit a seeming violation of the Valentine 

 anti-trust law. which admission might prove 

 suicidal to the organization. For a long time 

 the bills lor demurrage charges were made ou< 

 in the name of the association which undertook 

 their eollection. but when the queries hecanie 



