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HARDWOOD RECORD 



the Foster-Winchester Lumber Co. of this 

 city, was in Grand Rapids June 5 on a short 

 'business trip. 



Fire has destroyed the sawmill of the Gor- 

 bam Bro,s. Co, at Mt, Pleasant, with loss of 

 about $12,000. The water supply pumps were 

 put out of commission, which necessitates a 

 shutdown of the entire woodworking plant, 

 employing- nearly 200 hands. 



The 15th wedding anniversary of Mr, and 

 Mrs, John F, Ott, the well known lumber 

 Tnanufacturer of Traverse City, was observed 

 in that city June 2 and proved to be the 

 prettiest social function of the season. 



The Grand Rapids committee of the Michi- 

 gan Forestry Association held an enthusiastic 

 meeting in Chas, W, Garfield's office June 4 

 and discussed the importance of securing 

 effective legislation for preventing and con- 

 trolling forest fires in the state. Prof, Roth, 

 state forest warden, will spend most of his 

 summer vacation in the state reserve lands, 

 looking after the establishing of fire lines. 

 Three fires started in the reserve during May 

 and two of them were put out before any 

 damage was done, while the third burned 

 over about 100 acres, but happened to be in a 

 section where there were few young trees to 

 be injured. 



Most of the refrigerator plants of the state 

 are working to their full capacity. The 

 Alaska Co, of Muskegon Heights will turn 

 out 50,000 refrigerators at the close of the 

 fiscal year, July 31. During May 66 carloads 

 of lumber were unloaded at the plant. The 

 company has just received the first shipment 

 of 1,000,000 feet of ash bought at Manistee 

 last winter. 



The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company 

 expects to start the manufacture of billiard 

 and pool tables and balls at its Muskegon 

 factory in September, The new factory 

 buildings require a million and a half feet 

 of lumber and the builders state that the 

 market price of this lumber has advanced 

 $5,000 since the contracts were placed less 

 than a year ago, 



L. L, King, for many years with the J, E, 

 Greilich Co, of Traverse City as estimator, 

 has accepted a position with the W. H, White 

 Co, at Boyne City, 



The CartierChapman Co,, manufacturers of 

 sleighs, cutters, etc, at Ludington, after be- 

 ing in operation less than two years has found 

 it necessary to erect larger buildings and the 

 capacity of the plant will be doubled. The 

 main addition is 60x160 feet, and there is a 

 new machine room and blacksmith shop 50x50 

 feet. 



Hardwood logs loaded on barges are being 

 brought down from Drummond island this 

 summer by the Ludington Woodenware Co, 



George A, Hume of Muskegon has returned 

 from a trip to the Hume-Bennett Lumber 

 Company's properties in Fresno county, Cal, 

 The company has rebuilt the smaller mill 

 and it is in operation, cutting 75,000 feet 

 daily, while the new mill, with cutting capac- 

 ity of 100,000 feet, will start up about June 10, 



Indianapolis. 



There is no change in the carpenters' strike, 

 which has been on here since May 1, The 

 carpenters demand an increase of wages from 

 S'Vz to 42% cents per hour, which the con- 

 tractors refuse to grant. As a result over 250 

 carpenters are on strike, while painters and 

 machinists, to the number of 150 each, are 

 also out. The strike is having little effect on 

 building operations, as many non-union work- 

 men have been put at work in place of the 

 strikers. 



In discussing the high prices prevalent on 

 all kinds of lumber, Sam Eurkholder, the well- 

 known lumber dealer of Crawfordsville, Ind,, 

 says that people are too much inclined to 

 blame the lumbermen for high prices, "As a 



matter of fact," says Mr, Burkholder, "the 

 lumber dealer can not help the high prices, 

 "^''hile he is now getting from SO to 100 per 

 cent more for lumber than he did five years 

 ago, he is also paying from 200 to 300 per 

 cent more for stumpage. So it is in reality 

 the farmer or timber owner who has trees to 

 sell who gets the real benefit of the high 

 prices," 



The sawmill of Jacob Raab at Raab's 

 Corner, Ind., was recently destroyed by fire, 

 with a loss of $1,S00, and only $500 insurance. 



The plant of the Star Carriage Company of 

 Rushville, Ind., has been removed to Hunting- 

 ton, where the owners were offered a building 

 and a bonus. 



On the night of May 29 fire of unknown 

 origin damaged the lumber yard of Henry Ma- 

 ley of Evansville, Ind., to the extent of $75,- 

 000, There was but $15,000 insurance carried 

 by the firm. 



The sawmill belonging to James Everson of 

 Crawfordsville, Ind., has been purchased by 

 Hill & Robinson of Flat Rock, Ind.. for $2,350, 

 Mr, Hill will remove to Crawfordsville to as- 

 sume active management of the mill. Hill & 

 Robinson own several sawmills in Indiana, 



Asheville. 



At an ad.lourned meeting of hardwood manu- 

 facturers of western North Carolina, held at 

 the Battery Park hotel here Saturday after- 

 noon, May 26, the Asheville Lumber Exchange 

 was permanently organized, oflicers elected, 

 and other business of importance transacted. 

 Although the Asheville Lumber Exchange is 

 an independent association it will co-operate 

 with the Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion of the United States and may eventually 

 be consolidated with that organization. The 

 meeting was called to order by W, T, Mason: 

 Louis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, was made tem- 

 porary secretary. The minutes of the previous 

 meeting held at the Swannanoa Country Club 

 when the organization of the Asheville Lum- 

 ber Exchange was determined upon, were read 

 by Dr, C, A, Schenck of Biltmore, Dr, 

 Schenck outlined his conference with the 

 Southern Railway officials relative to freight 

 rates and said that the Southern was willing 

 to make reasonable concessions if certain 

 shipping regulations were complied with, A 

 motion was made that a committee from the 

 Lumber Exchange be appointed to attend the 

 meeting of the Freight Agents' Association at 

 Lake Toxaway June 10, The motion pre- 

 vailed and a committee composed of Dr, 

 Schenck, chairman, and Messrs, English, 

 Fisher, Hutton, Hobbs, Hall and Wood was 

 appointed. 



Mr. Winchester of the Committee on Per- 

 manent Organization, made a report recom- 

 mending that the name of the association be 

 the Asheville Lumber Exchange, A constitu- 

 tion and by-laws were submitted, approved 

 and adopted. 



Officers for the exchange were elected as 

 follows: W. T. Mason of Asheville, presi- 

 dent; John M. Burns of Asheville, vice-presi- 

 dent; A, F, Hall of Asheville, secretary and 

 treasurer; directors for two years, G, N, Hut- 

 ton of Hickory and W, N. Woodbury of 

 Murphy; directors for one year, E. E, Quinlan 

 of Waynesville and G, L, 'Wbod of Asheville, 

 Honorary members were elected as follows: 

 Judge J, C. Pritchard of Asheville, M. 'V, 

 Richards of Washington, D. C. ; J. F, Hayes 

 and J, H, Caine of Asheville, 



A resolution was adopted inviting the Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association to hold its 

 next meeting in Asheville. 



Among those attending the meeting were: 

 J, O, Foering, H. W. Fry, F. C. Fisher, J. M. 

 Burns. R. H. Johnson, W. T. Mason. A. F. 

 Hall. A. H, Winchester, C, E, Gordon, J. E. 

 Dickerson, A, J. Combe, G, H, Hutton, E, H. 



Hall, C. A, Schenck, "Wta, Stevens, F, L, 

 Winchester, L. M, Ewbank, J. A, Murray, J. 

 M, English, W. H, Wilcox, C, H, Hobbs, Burt 

 Mason, A, Buchanan, J. L. Clute, L, C. Wil- 

 liams. F. A, Fuller, J. E. Hawthorne, A, R. 

 Stimson, W, K, Merrick, J. C, Tarkington, 

 W, J, K, Osborne, Lewis Doster, W. G. 

 Chandler and J, H, Caine. 



The Asheville Lumber Exchange will hold 

 two meetings annually and other meetings 

 upon the call of the president. The principal 

 object for which the association was formed 

 was to further the cause of uniform grading. 



Nashville. 



The Jamison Manufacturing Company has 

 been organized here with a capital stock of 

 $50,000. The incorporators are: H. D. Jami- 

 son. Robert Dyas. R. Houston Dudley, E. J. 

 Shepherd, E, M. Shepherd and T, S, Sims, 

 Mr, Dudley has been elected president of the 

 concern, Mr. Dyas is vice-president, Mr. 

 Jamison is secretary and general manager, 

 and E. J. Shepherd is treasurer, A full line 

 of up-to-date furniture will be manufactured. 

 The company has a large warehouse and fac- 

 tory in North Nashville convenient to the 

 Illinois Central and the N, C, & St. L, Rail- 

 way. 



The Palmetto Manufacturing Company, a 

 concern recently organized in Nashville to 

 manufacture axe, hoe and broom handles, 

 brackets, etc., has the following officers: W. 

 H. Cooper, president; William Lowndes, vice- 

 president; W. H. Hicklin, secretary and gen- 

 eral manager. The directors are: L, D, 

 Matthews of Arkansas City, Ark,; William 

 Lowndes, Birmingham, Ala,, and Dr, H. T. 

 Campbell, W. H. Hicklin, John S, Woodall. 

 John H, Samuel and W, H, Cooper, The 

 company has secured a brick structure in 

 North Nashville on the L, & N. and the 

 Illinois Central tracks. Machinery is now 

 being installed and the concern proposes to 

 begin operations in the near future. 



The Nashville Association of Carriage and 

 Wagon Makers met this week at the rooms 

 of the Board of Trade in regular session. An 

 invitation was read setting forth a request 

 from the National Association of Vehicle 

 Makers urging an attendance at the next 

 annual convention to be held in Atlanta. Ga,, 

 during October, 1906. The Atlanta "Vehicle 

 Club also requested that the Nashville manu- 

 facturers take in their exhibit. The Nash- 

 ville carriage and wagon manufacturers will 

 arrange to send delegates to both, 



R. J. Darnell of Memphis was in the city 

 recently purchasing hardwoods, poplar being 

 the principal item sought. 



The American Hardwood Lumber Company 

 of St. Louis is establishing a large lumber 

 yard at Dickson. Tenn. The plant will be in 

 charge of John M. Smith, the well-known 

 lumberman who recently had such a dis- 

 astrous experience with the Creelman inter- 

 ests of Chicago. The company proposes to 

 buy and ship all classes of marketable lumber. 



Farmers in this section are making com- 

 plaints about the unusual number of bugs 

 and insects that are infesting the trees this 

 summer. They declare that the seventeen- 

 year locust, which is the most dreaded of all 

 pests, is on hand in large numbers. The 

 Tennessee Department of Agriculture has 

 been appealed to for information as to how 

 to get rid of the bugs, 



A special from Mount Sterling, Ky,, states 

 that the boiler in the plant of the Lyons 

 Company near Frenchburg blew up, killing 

 three men and fatally injuring three others. 

 The financial loss to this sawmill is also 

 reported heavy, 



A recent visitor to Nashville was G. H. 

 Gross, superintendent of telegraph for the 

 Illinois Central Railroad. Mr, Gross came to 

 Nashville in company with his assistant, B. 



