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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Bennett & Witte. 

 The firm of Bennett & Witte is one of 

 tlie oldest hardwood concerns in Cincinnati, 

 having been established in 1884. Its prin- 



vf-ars. The present concern has in its em- This concern continued until January, 



ploy today a German, Henry Fredelake, 

 bent and furrowed with age, who has been 

 continuously in the service of the Wiborg 

 &- Hanna Company and its predecessors for 

 fifty-four years. Although a pensioner, 

 "Old Cap" presides over the kindling piles, 

 an autocrat in his realm, with the same 



HARRX r. WIBORG. PRESIDENT WIBOEG & 

 ■ HANNA COMPANY. 



cipals are W. A. Bennett and George C. 

 Ehemann, the former in charge of the Cin- 

 cinnati house, and the latter manager of a 

 branch office in Memphis. Their trade is 

 not confined to any particular section of the 

 country, their maxim being ' ' the place to 

 sell Inmlier is where it is wanted." The 

 purchasing business, as well as the manu- 

 facturing department, is governed accord- 

 ingly. Domestic and foreign affairs are 

 conducted along the line of giving the pur- 

 chaser exactly what he buys. No mixed 

 grades are sold even when the needs of the 

 customer require them. National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association rules govern their in- 

 spection and they are firm believers in the 

 usefulness of this svstem to the manufac- 

 turer as well as to the consumer and dealer. 

 The firm's output consists chiefly of gum, 

 Cottonwood, oak, cj'press, ash and poplar, 

 and it does a large export business. 

 The Wiborg & Hanna Company 

 The history of tlie Wiborg & Hanna Com- 

 pany dates back nearly three score and ten 



SAWMILL. WIBORG & HANNA COMPANY. 



constancy which characterized his service 

 when his arm was stronger and his step 

 lighter. 



Along about 1839 the firm of Wm. Hanna 

 & Co., composed of the estates of Capt. Wm. 

 Hanna and John P. Ha^na, started a saw- 

 mill not far from the present plant of the 

 AViliorg & Hanna Company. For fifty years 



STOKAUE SHELLS. LNLOADI.VG TRACK AND PLAN- 

 ING MILL. WIBORG i HANNA COMPANY. 



this firm did a flourishing business. A num- 

 ber of years later another concern was or- 

 ganized to mill logs under the name of 

 Lewis & Wiborg. About 1889 Lewis & 

 Wiborg and Wm. Hanna & Co. consolidated, 

 taking the narne of Lewis, Wiborg & Hanna. 



1890, when the organization was readjusted 

 under the name of Wiborg, Hanna & Co., 

 composed of H. P. Wiborg and John P. 



JOHN P. 



HANNA, VirE-PRESIDENT WIBORG & 

 HANNA COMPANY. 



Hanna. Later, in 1905, the new organiza- 

 tion was effected, the officers of the present 

 corporation being Harry P. Wiborg, presi- 

 dent; John P. Hanna, vice-president; and 

 A. Lloyd, secretary and treasurer. 



Until the year 1892 the concern did a 

 strictly wholesale business, at which time 

 a planing mill was established at Junction 

 City, Ky., where everything in the planing 

 mill line was manufactured. In 1900 this 

 mill was destroyed by fire, and the company 

 decided to build a model plant at Cincin- 

 nati. The work was completed about two 

 years ago, and lumbermen visiting Cincin- 

 nati rarely fail to visit and inspect this 

 great institution. At this mill is manufac- 

 tured house trimmings of poplar, gum and 

 cypress. The Wiborg & Hanna Company 

 makes a specialty of mixed cars, and han- 

 dles a wide variety of hardwoods. The 

 mills are equipped with machinery of the 

 latest and most approved type, and shipping 

 facilities are excellent. The yards co%'er 

 sixteen acres of ground, with 3,500 feet of 



A GENERAL VIEW OF THE EXTENSIVE HARDWOOD YARDS AND M! 



