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SAWMILL. KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY, WILLI AMSIiURG. KY. 



PLANING MILL. KENTUCKY LUMBER COMPANY. WILLIAM.SBCRG. KY. 



trackage. They are located between the 

 tracks of the C. H. & T>. R. E. and those of 

 the Big Four and B. & O. Southwestern. 

 The M. B. Faxrin Lumber Company. 



Prominent among Cincinnati 's great lum- 

 ber concerns is the M. B. Farrin Lum- 

 ber Company, a large producer of ash, 

 chestnut, cypress, poplar, oak and gum, and 

 of "Century" oak flooring. The present 

 company, consisting of M. B. Farrin, presi- 

 dent; William B. Hay, vice-president; and 

 W. J. Eckman, secretary, was organized in 

 January, 1901, succeeding the M. B. Farrin 

 Company, a concern which had been in the 

 field for more than twenty years. 



The company's plant covers about nine- 

 teen acres of ground, alongside of which 

 runs a half-mile of railroad siding. The 

 equipment is strictly up-to-date in every 

 particular. In fact, it has been the com- 

 pany's aim to maintain a model plant, in 

 which is installed every approved appliance 

 for manufacturing flooring, siding and fin- 

 ish. The grounds are enclosed with neat 

 fences, the buildings are large and admir- 

 aldy arranged and the oflice building is a 

 substantial structure of pressed brick. 



The planing mill is 450x70 feet, with a 

 capacity of 100,000 feet of poplar and 35,000 

 feet of oak flooring a day. The warehouse, 

 650x50 feet in dimensions, carries an aver- 

 age stock of 2,000,000 feet of oak flooring, 

 and 1,000,000 feet of poplar for export. The 

 dry kiln is of concrete, with a capacity of 

 800,000 feet. It is of special design, all 

 lumber brinrr dried by moist air, remain- 



ing in the kiln from five to six weeks, and 

 emerging in perfect condition. The com- 

 pany also kiln-dries poplar and hardwood 

 for the trade. The poplar beveled siding 

 sheds, 20x800 feet, carry an average of 

 about 3,000,000 feet of poplar beveled sid- 

 ing at all times. The main part of the yard 

 is paved with brick. The power is supplied 

 by a 600 horsepower Corliss engine. There 

 is a baled shaving factory with a capacity of 

 1,000 hales per da.y. Immense electric dyna- 

 mos furnish light throughout the plant. 



The company makes a specialty of expeit 

 stock and cabinet lumber, handling pop- 

 lar, oak, chestnut, ash, walnut and cherry. 

 About 40,000,000 feet of poplar alone is 

 handled. A stock of approximately 15,000,- 

 000 feet is carried at all times. The com- 

 pany operates at Valley View, Ky., on the 

 Kentucky river, two modern band mills. 

 The "Century" oak flooring manufactured 

 by this concern is well and favorably known 

 and finds a ready market in all parts of 

 the United States and Kurope. Recently a 

 single order from London called for five 

 carloads. 



Mowbray & Bobiuson. 



The firm of Mowbray & Robinson, com- 

 posed of two thoroughly experienced lum- 

 Ijermen, F. W. Mowbray and E. O. Robin- 

 son, is a foremost member of Cincinnati 's 

 hardwood fraternity. Mr. Robinson was for 

 fifteen years superintendent for C. Crane & 

 Co. Mr. Mowbray began his lumber career 

 with C. H. Brownell, at Peru, Ind. Later 

 he was employed by the Union Planing Mill 



Company, of (;hicago, where he remained 

 for two years, leaving to accept an impor- 

 tant position with C. Crane & Co., of Cin- 

 cinnati, where he remained njie years. In 

 April, 1901, the Mowbray, Robinson & Ems- 

 wiler Company was established, which con- 

 tinued successfully for four years, when it 

 was reorganized and the name changed to 

 Mowbr.ay & Robinson. 



Three yards, within a stone's throw of 

 the general oflices, along sidings of the Big 

 Four and the B. & 0. R. R., arc operated 

 liy this concern. Mowbray & Robinson deal 

 in all kinds of hardwood lumber, making 

 specialties of oak, poplar and ash, and ap- 

 proximately 30,000,000 feet of hardwood 

 lumber is handled yearly. The three yards 

 contain normally about 3,500,000 feet of 

 hardwoods. 



The Kentucky Lumber Company. 



The latest acquisition to Cincinnati's 

 hardwood contingent is the Kentucky Lumber 

 Company, whose general sales offices were 

 until recently located at Burnside, Ky. The 

 oflices were moved to the Queen City the 

 first of the year, and now occupy a com- 

 modious suite in the First National Bank 

 building. The Kentucky Lumber Company 

 was incorporated in 1884, and had then been 

 operating for twenty years. It is one of 

 the oldest lumber concerns in the country. 



IE FARRIX-KORN LUMBER COMPANY. 



I IlKSTER F. KOUN. SECRETARY AND TREAS- 

 URER. FARRINKORN LUMBER COMPANY. 



