HARDWOOD RECORD 



C. CRANE & CO.'S EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS LOOKING FROM THE RIM oK 



'he Louisiana Hed Cypress Company 



n the eighteenth floor of the First Na- 

 al Bank building is the office of the 

 isiana Hed Cypress Company. The of- 

 s are R, H. Downman, president; F. 

 Dert, first vice-president; G. W. Dodge,' 

 nd vice-president; J. A. Hilliard, secre- 

 aud general manager. The company 

 ates nnmerous mills with a daily capac- 

 of 3,000,000 feet of lumber, 2,500,000 

 gles and 1,000,000 lath; making a spe- 

 ;y of red cypress. The Cincinnati of- 

 is in charge of S. Earle Grififen. 



Blackburn & Bolsei 

 1 Walnut street, a half block north of the 

 t National Bank building, is the Mercan- 

 Library building, wliere on the sixth 



floor is the office of Blackburn & Bolser. 

 The company is officered by J. E. Blackburn 

 as president; J. H. Bolser, vice-president; 

 H. O. Kapp, secretary and treasurer. It 

 handles general hardwoods and has yards 

 at Mountain City and Shouns, Tenn. The 

 local office is in charge of J. A. Bolser, vice- 

 presideut of the concern. 



Eichey, Halsted & Quick 



Next door to the Mercantile Library 

 building is the Traction building, on the 

 seventh floor of which is the fine suite of 

 offices occupied by Eichey, Halsted & Quick. 

 The firm is composed of S. W. Eichey, L. D. 

 Halsted and "Walter Quick. They handle a 

 general line of hardwoods and make a spe- 



cialty of poplar and oak. Only high-grade 

 lumber is handled by this firm. 



Midland Lumber Company 

 On the sixth floor of the Traction build- 

 ing are located the offices of the Midland 

 Lumber Company, the officers of which are: 

 M. Y. Cooper, president; F. H. Kinney, sec- 

 retary; W. H. Flinn, treasurer and general 

 manager. The company handles all lines of 

 hardwoods and specializes in oak and poplar. 



Illingworth, Ingham & Co. 



Crossing to the west side of the street 

 after leaving the Traction building, we come 

 to the office of Hlingworth, Ingham & Co., 

 exporters of hardwood lumber, on the sixth 

 floor of the Johnston building. The office is 



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