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F. W. MOWBRAY, MOWBRAY & ROBINSON 



O. ROBINSON, MOWBRAY & ROBINSON. 



W. KADINA, 



W. RADINA & CO. 



a mill of 25,000 feet daily capacity at Inver- 

 ness, Miss., sawing gum, oak and ash; two 

 mills of 25,000 feet capacity at Buckeye, 

 Tenn., sawing oak, poplar and chestnut; 

 also a yard at Hartsville, Tenn. It has a 

 large yard at Hopkins and McLean avenue 

 in this city. The company's line is ge'neral 

 hardwoods, including yellow pine and Cot- 

 tonwood. It makes a specialty of poplar 

 panel stock. 



The Stearns Lumber and Coal Comp'my 



On the fifteouth floor of the Uuion Trust 

 building is located the office of the Stearns 

 Lumber and Coal Company, of which J. S. 

 Stearns is president; W. T. Culver, vice- 

 president and general manager, and E. L. 

 Stearns, secretary-treasurer. The company's 

 manufacturing is done at Stearns, Ky., 

 where it operates a mill with two band 

 saws and a gang saw, with a capacity of 

 about 50,000 feet per day. A general line 

 of hardwoods is handled. J. 0. McCloskey 

 i:! the local manager for the company. 



The New Kiver Lumber Company 

 On the eleventh floor of the Union Trust 

 building are the offices of the New Eiver 

 Lumber Company, a recently organized and 

 wealthy enterprise. The officers are H. C. 

 Yeiser, president; C. F. Hofer, vice-presi- 

 dent; J. E. Blaine, secretary; W. H. Hop- 

 kins, treasurer. The company owns 60,000 

 acres of timber land on New Eiver and has 

 installed the most approved machinery. At 

 Norma it operates a band mill with three 

 saws, with a capacity of 100,000 feet per 

 daj', while at New Eiver its mill, equipped 

 with a band saw and gang saw, cuts 50,000 

 feet per day. Spurs from the Tennessee 

 railroad run up into the lands and the com- 

 pany has its own tracks through the tim- 

 ber, all logging being done by rail. The 

 concern specializes in oak and poplar. 

 The J. W. Darling Lumber Company 

 On the sixteenth floor of the Union Trust 

 building are located the offices of the J. W. 

 Darling Lumber Company, of which J. W. 

 Darling is the head. The concern began 



business eight years ago and makes a 

 specialty of cottonwood and gum. It manu- 

 factures the greater part of the lumber 

 handled, operating mills in Louisiana and 

 yards at Joppa, 111. E. C. Gilbert of the 

 company looks after the sales department, 

 while J. W. Darling attends to the buying, 

 manufacturing and shipping. 



The St. James Cedar Company 



On the fourteenth floor of the Union Trust 

 building is the office of the St. James Cedar 

 Company, of Detroit, Mich., of which B. A. 

 Scott is president. The local office is in 

 charge of Arthur S. Dennis and Omar Far- 

 rell as managers. The company specializes 

 in ties and wholesale lumber. 



The Hardwood Lumber Company 



The fourteenth floor of the Union Trust 

 building is also the location of the offices 

 of the Hardwood Lumber Company, of which 

 J. H. P. Smith is president; W. P. Heyser, 

 vice-president and treasurer, and H. F. Wil- 

 liams, secretary. The company handles all 



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