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HARDWOOD RECORD 



items, l>ut there is a large volume of Itusiness 

 imdei- way. Tliis is tlie feature lluit lias imiuced 

 mauufacturei's to resume after haviiis iK-eu closed 

 tlown for an almost indetinile ])eriod. The pro- 

 uuctiou is not yet of normal proportions for 

 this territory. Init indications are thai it will 

 very nearly reach the average by the end of tlie 

 year, especially if production is increased as 

 rapidly during the next seven or eight weeks as 

 during the past similar period. 



Bank clearings in Memphis durins tlii' past 

 week were as large as ever shown ftir tiiis pe- 

 riod and those of the preceding week were also 

 of i\-eord proportions. Clearings at Little Hock 

 and Hirminghum recently have also been of very 

 large proportions. There is every evidence that 

 the business situation south is very wholesome. 

 There has been some slowing down in the steel 

 and iron industry and yellow pine is not moving 

 as rai)idly as the manufacturers would like to 

 see it. These ar.^ aljout tlie only discords in an 

 otherwise very harmonious situatiA. 



The railroads are still having some dithculty 

 in furnishing all cars needed liy lumber shippers 

 in Arkansas. It is notable, however, that there 

 has been some tendency toward an improvement 

 in this respect during the past fortnight. It is 

 now stated that the Iron Mountain, Cotton Uelt 

 and Rock Island System are able to furnish 

 about seventy-tive per cent of the cars ne.eded, 

 whereas a fortnight ago they could not furnish 

 more than twenty-five to thirty-five per cent. 

 The lumbermen themselves admit that there has 

 been considerable improvement, but they are still 

 short of cars and. during the recent period of 

 maliiiity to secure cars, it was necessary for 

 them to cancel somi' of the orders they had 

 hooked. The clima.x of the cotton movement has 

 already been passed and it is expected that this 

 fact will operate very largely in favor of lum- 

 ber shippers. 



The Three States Lumber Company is oper- 

 ating only one of its hardwood mills. This is 

 located at Winchester, Ark., and is devoted ex- 

 clusively to cutting cypress. The coi"pany has 

 made no preparation whatever for resumption at 

 its big mill at Burdette or at the other plants in 

 Memphis territory. 



The Clements-Stevens Lumber Com[)auy has 

 tiled an amendment to its charter, wliereby its 

 capital stock is increased from .$10,000 to .flT,- 

 500. This company was organized here only a 

 short time ago. 



The Darnell-Taenzer Lumber Company has re- 

 sumed operations at its second mill in South 

 Memphis, whicii has been idle for some time. 

 The company is making no preparation to re- 

 sume at its mill at Round Pond. Ark., which has 

 been idle for several years. 



The East End Hardwood Lumber Co.nip.an.i- has 

 been granted a charier under the laws of 'L'en- 

 ntssee. It will have a capital stock of .$10,000 

 and headquarters at Memphis. 



Contract for the reconstruction of I lie Imild- 

 ings of the Utilf Cooperage Company at Texar- 

 kana. Ark., recently destroyed by Are, has been 

 let and it is expected that t,!ie work will he 

 completed in about thirty days. The machinery 

 to replace tliat destroyed by fire nas already lieen 

 ordered and will be installed as soon as the 

 buildings are ready therefor. 



Engineers are busy locating the route for the 

 extension of the Arkansas, Louisiana & (iulf 

 railroad, which is to be run by way of I'ine 

 Bluff, Ark., northward from Hamburg to Ilaaen. 

 All arrangements have been made for financing 

 the extension of this road. <ieneral Manager 

 .T. N. Parker is authority for the statement that 

 the work will begin not later than January 1. 

 The extension is 1H."> miles and will be one of the 

 most important jiieces of railroad construction 

 undertaken in Arkansas since the completion of 

 the Missouri & North Arkansas. When com- 

 pleted the road will run from Monroe, La., to 

 Hazen, and connection will he made at the lat- 

 ter point with the Rock Island, I'ine Bluff has 



raised a bonus of .$10tt,0no to secure the passing 

 ot the extension through tliat city. The road 

 will run through a magnilicent timber section 

 and will furnish facilities for its development. 



Tlu' Rock Island System has opened ils new 

 lerminals at Ilurlbut, Ark., Just across the river 

 IKmi Memphis. Ihese terminals have been c<in- 

 slructed at a cost of between .$17o,0oo ami 

 .VL'iMi, 0(1(1 and \»ill greatly facilitate the Rock 

 island S.\ stem in handling its cast-bound tr.illie. 

 The Erisco System has made arrangements witli 

 the Rock Island whereby its east-bound trathc 

 will also be handled through the same yards. 

 'I he new terminals were opened last Monday 

 inornin.g. 



The Illinois Central lailciad has reopened its 

 industrial ofhce in Mempliis, which was discon- 

 tinued during the tinancial depression. (i. 1'. 

 Harper is in charge. It is the specific purpose 

 lit the industrial otliee to secure new industries 

 iiir the Illinois Central System in the South, and 

 Mr. Harper states that he will cooperate with 

 the Business Men's Club and with otlier organi- 

 zations in Memphis which are seeking to secure 

 in w industries for this city. 



Five cars of steel rails have been delivered to 

 (be Wisconsin-Arkansas Lumber (.'ompany al 

 Waldo, Ark. This is the Hrst shipment of rails 

 lliat will lie used in building six miles of truck 

 whicli this company will construct to facililale 

 the handling of its timber. The headiiiiarlers 

 1)1 the eomiian.i' are located at Malvern. .Vrk. 

 11 i;* iinerating in (he timber region around 

 Waldo. 



Lumlier interests in Arkansas are much pleased 

 with the fact that the St. Louis. Iron Mountain 

 .*t Soutliwestern will take over a iiumbfr of short 

 roads in that state. They are all of the opinion 

 (hat a great deal better service will be maiu- 

 lained on these lines under the management of 

 llie Iron Mountain than has prevailed under the 

 local regime. A meeting of the stockholders of 

 the St. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern will 

 be held in St. Louis to vote on this propositiou, 

 but it is regarded as a certainly tliat the short 

 lines will h^ consolidated with the parent road. 



S. B. Anderson of the Anderson-Tully Com- 

 pany. W. R. Barksdale of the Barksdale-Kellogg 

 Lumber Company and W. H. Russe of Russe & 

 Burgess. Inc.. are the lumbermen who will serve 

 iin the coramitte:^ appointed by the Business 

 Men's Club of Memphis to advertise the city in 

 every way possible. The committee consists of 

 forty uiemhers and it is expected they will have 

 about $,'iO,000 to spend. The Business Men's 

 Club some months ago took over the work which 

 had been carried on by the old Memphis Indus- 

 trial League, which was organized specifically 

 for the purpose of attracting industries to tliis 

 city. This work has been in the hands of .Tames 

 S. Warren, industrial commissioner, and he will 

 lie materially aided h.v the committee of forty. 

 It is the intention of the committee to advertise 

 -Memphis in the most systematic and tlioroiigb 

 manner ever known. 



The T. B. Laycock Manufacturing i'ompany of 

 Indianapolis. Ind. ; Belknap Hardware Manufac- 

 turing Compan.v of Louisville, Ky. ; the Standard 

 Eurniture Company of Nashville, and the (^lym- 

 pia Chair Company of Martinville, Ind., nave 

 arranged to establish a distributing depot at 

 Memphis wdiich will be in charge of E. L. Mc- 

 Clure. The officials of the various companies 

 spent some time in Memphis recently perfecting 

 plans to this end. A large warehouse has al- 

 ready been secured. The several firms manufac- 

 ture hardware and lumber products and will be 

 able to do business together without competing 

 with each other, as they manufacture different 

 forms of the same product. A number of other 

 cities made efforts to secure the distributing 

 depot, but Memphis was chosen on account of its 

 I'cntral local ion and also on account of its splen- 

 did transiiortation facilities. 



W. I). Kilpatrick, a Michigan capitalist, has 

 leased several acres of ground from the Chicago 

 Mill & Lumber Company at Marked Tree, Ark., 



and will at once establish a large lioop and stave 

 lilant at the latter point. Thi? machinery has 

 already been ordered and it is stated that the 

 enterprise will be in operation by the first of 

 the year. 



(ieorge D. Burgess of Russe & Burgess, Inc., 

 has returned from a business trip to Louisiana. 



W. B. Morgan, secretary ot the Anderson-Tully 

 ( iimpany, is at home again after a business trip 

 (u New Orleans and St. Louis. 



.1. W. Dickson, president of the Valley Log 

 Loading Company, the name under whicli the 

 old Memphis Log Loading Company and the 

 \'alley Log Loading (.'ompany have been con- 

 solidated, is authority for the statement that 

 this company handled intc Memphis during Oc- 

 Inlier about T.'iO cars of logs and that this month 

 il will bring fully 700 cars, mostly oak and ash. 

 All of this timber is being brought to Memphis 

 over the lines of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley 

 road. The cars average about 4.000 feet each, 

 which gives some idea of the amount of timber 

 handled by this company. There is a givat 

 di>al of timber being brought in that this com- 

 pany does not touch, with the result that the 

 receipts may be characterized as quite full. 



C. L. Wheeler of J. W. Wheeler & Co., Madi- 

 son, Ark., slates that the big mill of the com 

 pauy a( that point is still idle and that the ri- 

 cent rainfall was not heavy enough to enable 

 it to resume operations. This firm has about 

 :;. 011(1,0011 feet of high-grade logs awaiting a sat- 

 isfactory water stage tor transportation to its 

 mill. 



The Lee Wilson Lumber Company states that 

 all of its mills in this territory are in operation 

 ami tliat business shows improvement over a 

 short time ago. 



The .1. W. Thompson Lumber Company repoii-; 

 a very satisfactory run of orders and is doing ii 

 good business. All of the mills with which this 

 company i.s identified in any way are operating 

 ou full time. 



The liellgrade Lumber Company is running 

 its big mill at Belzoni. Miss., on full time and 

 says that it is meeting with a very good demand 

 for ItsoutiJUt. 



.1. 1'. Hanna of the Wiborg & Hanna Company 

 of Cincinnati. O.. spent some time in Memphis 

 this week. 



.\nother recent visitor lo the Memphis markei 

 i.' Gardner I. .Jones of the .Tones Hardwood Com- 

 pany of Boston. 



NASHVILLE 



John B. Kansniu and Jiibn W. Love, two of 

 Nashville's prominent Uimliermen. together with 

 a number of other leading business men of the 

 lity. are having all sorts of trouble in wrestling 

 with the problem of a new Y. M. C. A. building 

 for Nashville. It was proposed to erect the 

 building on a lot on the corner of Seventh 

 avenue, North and Union streets, but the city 

 came along and condemned thirty-five feet off the 

 rear of the lot for a boulevard and thus ren- ■ 

 dered it too small, in the .iudgment of the com- 

 mittee, for the purposes of such a Y. M. C. A. 

 building as Nashville should have. The com- 

 mittee met a few days since and decided there- 

 fore to sell the site and go into the market for 

 another one. which will probably be announced 

 soon. 



John S. Denton, another of Nashville's well- 

 Kiiown lumbermen, has recently been appointed 

 ihairniau of the finance committee of the city 

 (oiincil. 



An interesting visitor to the city a few days 

 since was K. S. Harrow of the (iardner Wood 

 Company in the Elatiron building. New York. 

 This company has mills in Louisiana and 

 makes a specialty of the unique "Gardner wood 

 process," which consists in inoculating the 

 standing tiijiber any desired color by a secret 

 treatment He states that this company is now 

 coloring WQOd some forty-seven tints. 



