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H-i^CRD W ODD, R E C OitD 



_,j,,,As an , eyjdeixce -of the tcoDsei'vation policy of 

 yf-bB. railroad^ tlie Lonisyjlie. : i.& NasUvlUe is 

 ^^lllanting catajpaon allaTailable spots, along its 

 line. Near Lagrange,, a ^ubiirb of , Louisville, it 

 has suc(:eeded, in a I'ew, years, in raising quite 

 a sizable lot o£ catslpa^ and tboy will be large 

 eiiougli in a short time to be used; lor. ties. Ibis 

 policy has been adopted by most of the rataOAds 

 of the country. . .i : -;.--. ' ■- 



\j^. Judge Charles -iloore of the New Ysrk -.Traffic 

 -glub wiU.,ma|>e ^n.address before the Louisville 

 Tfafflc^a^id Transportation Club , a.t its annual 

 .fpe.eting. Many of the hardiwwd Ltriub' members 

 . Jtiplopg to the traffic organization. 

 .,, ...Ow.ing to ,the Xact that the "belt line" of the 

 , JCentucky and Indiana Bridge & Railroad Com- 

 vPany touches most of the lumber plants of the 

 city, the hard,wood men were interested: by the 

 fiUng of amended articles, of ipsorporation: al- 

 lowing jt to increase Its.i^eope. Jt; .is .lunder- 

 stood -that .the company, wiIl,,^tend.JtS:-ti:acUage 

 ^nd in;pr,pve. ijts ,e5uisment;getierally: n-.-'.i 

 ^j, .'Xhop^h .it looks ^s -if ;the_ good .roads, a mend- 

 ,'mei^t fo the state constitution, ;one :o-f ■ the meas- 

 ures ,,^hich the lumber, interests ,o£. the ^tate 

 ,es()ec\ally. favored, wag;,iost at . the November 

 ..clectjpn, its, leaders say that there is sti.llv a 

 ..ph^fice.for, it, apd-ifha.t if it; did go down-t<>i.<Je- 

 feat, the agifiit,i(in ,,^',111 be started in ;; its favor 

 all, over i^gain, i.inj-. -,: -.tn-: ,■>:'. t: --.tiuy.r'.l 



ftiver improyepjent .^^ a, thipg ,TChiBh the- Lum- 

 bermen, evei;ywhere are urging, apd the improve- 

 ment of ..fhejiOhjp and its tributaries, is consid- 

 ered .to be. of; first, imppvtance by Kentuckians 

 engaged, in the lumber business. The annual 

 report of the ^l^ief of engineers at Washington 

 shows that a good deal is being doue in this 

 direction. At Louisville the dam has nearly been 

 completed, and when it is finished there will be 

 a nine-foot stage between here and Madison, Ijjd. 

 The Kentucky river, which is a .great chanjael 

 lor logs, has had $3,000,00y exo^nded on it, 

 and lock No. 13 is now.heing complete. afld,, the 

 Big, Sandy, river has been improved by the con- 

 struction of three locks and their accompanying 

 dams, interest in this sort of work is sug- 

 gested by the enthusiasm with which the state 

 has taken hold of the plans for the National 

 Rivers and Harbors Congress at Washington 

 next month. The two commercial organizations 

 of Louisville have called a mass meeting at the 

 Gayety theater for December 2, when it is ex- 

 pected to make plans for sending a delegation of 

 , 500 to the convention to fight for the Ohio river 

 .improvemet^t. , Delegates have been appointed not 

 only f(;ofn;,LQUisvilI§,i but from every city of 

 cpDS9;(luenpe ,alopg, the Ohio on the Kentucky 

 .side,:,, , In, additiopi.the governor; bap apjjfliflted 

 . lielegjite^ to i;epresent. the, state at Jtargft,... Q<,..C. 



Mengel of Louisville is one of them. ...,:,,.; 

 -ii3 -^Iifi-ja '.s-Ai .Tgiiija oO i-j-ic-'V i!i > 



BRISTOL 



'^ ^'eVerai'^h'eW 'miihs ai-e''beiri^' erected, 'in this 

 ■^^ctiAn. " F..'''K.''B'r'adsliaWi"' formerly of'; the 

 " Untted State's Spruce Company' of 'Siiirion,"Va., 

 ''whi^'fr.as;iri''Bf-.isfel.'this week, is fculid^ng a band 

 ■ mril near fcrwlh, Tteiin., wiie're lie owns 'a"2b,'O0O- 



acre boundary of fine timTier; ' 'i"he' mill is' sit- 



'liiited tfoar' tfteMlne'of the CafWrria; 'CllhcAfield 



■•'& Ohm I'sUWad.-' Th*^"^Hbna'k(T ' tumbe'l' -^.'om- 



^Kliani'-"is biiildlng' flliTe' Mfis- at Hfbiiaker, 'Va., 



' aH 4an* mHls. wUlte*- J.'*. Wilkinidn of^'Bristol 



will put ii i new'trflU in-T%'eSt''Vlrgihia', Where 

 ■)'ihei has. receiitly, added. to his "timber.' possessions. 

 iil,';31ouaherty i&: Hill laf Morristown, iTenn., ihave 

 Tijnst' puTchaisea./ a..iii5.ti00' tract iOfillmbeir- from 

 ;;Janies tMa3»;iii ht'ils' situa.ted/i in.iiieigS: county, 

 '.'iTennesseeiJiianiJsiiaEy iibe deTelooed byj /the .ipnr- 

 L ichasersii:! ;>Li!:n.ii :> .?;-'M!i;i vi bti-nn^. H'j// 

 ;ij<; GiiAIoa-ton'/of the:Morb<iia-E6w^isr:&;!Will8y Llim- 

 •I'Beaj Company .of.ilhisi city 4s::licre:l(rainj:Grimd 

 uitnpids, Mttih. -Mis wanpany Lis. rapidly, dlsposiug 



:eff the rcdiKhgrslbock jpif.the'. HolSton 'VilUeor a'ail- 



road, running out of Bristol, n since ^oit ;cloSed 



dowp tjbe Bristol band mill. It has sold a large 

 number of the logging cars to ,the Rockcastle 

 Lumber : Company of this city,. ' which were 

 shipped to West Virginia, 'iltihas six locomo- 

 tives which will be sold. 



The RockEasrIe CtlHIBEr^CBBipirny of Bristol 



h» L Ju i it iilijc ed id orcJetVAr -Ihe ^LLUUd Climax 



locomotive, i nado hy tbo ^c» aH A lanufacturing 



Copipany.of Corry, P^,,, for the ileek, Ky., mill, 



..which was started ,las(;.,^pek, ,, ,.^ . 



The Tug., River Lumber Coippapy is gunning 

 its big Cherry mill regularly and iSi cutting 

 about 800,000 feet a .rgonth. The mill broke all 

 records last week whep; ft,.put 45,000 feet. The 

 Wise: county tiuiber will be cut out in about 

 , twelve, ipopths, as. there- is oqlj about 12,000,ppo 

 fcef . 4e£t stapdjag. , ,, . ^,,, , , ,, , ,; 



J, W. .,bi^§pder£ei- of th^,,J. '^. bifenderier 



Lumber Company of rhiladelphia and t)ie Laurel 



Lumber Con^gany,. operating near Bristol, was 



, , a ..yisitof op the lop^l ,tparket last, week. .The 



company':S mill at Laui'el.has been idle for, some 



'.,t'™«-! '.;".. '.:: ■,; .-v j -::! ,' .1: .,, ', .i. .". 

 . , C- Js'.;, Hawl^uj^, of ,3lfl£field, ,W, Va.,, district 

 representative ,of ,E. Stringer Boggess of Clarks- 

 burg, W. Va,, was in Bristol this week and 

 reports business moving along well, with excel- 

 lent prospects for spring trade. 



SvaJter Johns, buyer for the Wm. H. Perry 

 , Jjumber Conapany of Cincinnati, spent several 

 ,days, in Bristol last week and left some orders 

 for hardwood stocks to be shipped at once. 



J. H. Mathews of the Mathews Lumber Com- 

 pauy of Macon, Ga., and the Stetson Lumber 

 Company of Arlington, Ga., was a prominent 

 visitor in Bristol last week. He reports busi- 

 ness moving along well jn the lumber industry 

 in Georgia, . ,, , . 



■The, Gllmpre-Ilankin, Company ,ias been or- 

 ; ganized, at .ffayeitesyiile, N. Q., to dp, a, general 

 ;.lumber lousiness., ;.,;);ii,;: ;,-.i; .■,,;;,;.. ., 



"Business , is not ,as good .as we had thought 

 it \ypuJil be by this time," said George W. 

 Peter of t^ie- Peter-McCain Lumber Company. 

 'However the outlook for next year is especially 

 good." 



B. B. Burns of the Tug River Lumber Com- 

 pany, Irving Whaley of Whaley- Warren Lumber 

 Company and I". W. Hughes of Price & Heald 

 were among the Bristol lumbermen who spent 

 several days last week hunting, 



Among the buyers on the Bristol market last 

 week was W. W. Dempsey of Johnstown, Pa. 



ASHLAND 



James Kitchen, manager of'th^ Standard 

 ■'ridiiing Mill & Bflilding Company, reports a good 

 business. - Tb^ Company now has on hand more 

 'contracts than it will be able to take care of 

 for some time. It is furnishing a large amount 

 bf the lumber for vario^is residences and business 

 buildings under course of construction in this 

 -'city and a ttumher' of contracts in surrounding 

 viciirityj • ■ ' '■ ■ 



"■ "rii«'- W; H. -Dawklns Lumber Company con- 

 ■ ftnues^tott^erate its band mill at Ironton, Ohio, 

 lull tirfe, Afad 'has enoit^h logs to keep it running 

 ' until'' aboul! • th« "first' Pf the yehv. -More orders 

 ■'iit^e' tec^eiipfed ''for' panel and high-grade poplar 

 'than ciih be filrBiShed. Pricts have greatly ad- 

 H'anyed. •'Mi'.'''D!avvk'tfis'fs figuring ■on "buying more 

 "tlinber' In lOiO th-ari'tRis year In order to enable 

 -the company' to'stippl.v -inore stock and tabe-care 

 ■'o'f its"t*is'tomers- 'in' bettter shape. ' '-'•; ' 

 ' ' "O. '&:■' F.*iught,-"silWA ' mahager of 'the ^R. :&::?. 

 '■tunibftr'^'C6Aipany;''P'*t'iiWiafi,'0hi0i' was a husi- 

 ''ihefe tfalldr'itt bur cify 't%i's''?Veek, 'fcalli-ng on our 

 ■'•fcvdraf ' Witftef men ' Mr. Fad'ght 'sta tes the -lum- 

 ber -'tfesSii^fes' t'gJ'fereattJr' .imprpyfea'-iti ^Wsibaati 

 -'ahd -ttiit- 'hi'S- c64rTian}'':fitids'n- morft mffl-cult to 

 "^11 6i'defS-ipw'-tlian'it has' ifeea'-'for some time; 

 csp'eciaili,'--is 'Hl?a;'*l*ue of high-grade 'and panel 

 strict' toplal^, fiftiJ a^ 'Aveli: 'liifeh -grades in plain 

 and quartered oaH!'"'"''' •'■ "'■ . • ■ 



W. L. Watson : of the J. ■ W. Mahan Lumber 

 Compaay, Mahan, -W.' -Va.,. has ^returned to the 

 company'si -plant at Jlahan aftera few days' stay 

 in the city.'- Mr. : Watson states evei-ything is 

 running very satisfactorily and -orders' received 

 will enable the- company to -ship .stock: as; -fiaist 

 as it is ready... - : -- -' ': ' ' 



R. E. Elmer'and Mr.- Fisher of- the Fearon 

 Lumber &/Veiieer Company, IrPntoni- Ohio, were 

 business callers in our city, en route to' the 

 'mountains tjtrai business i -trip. The company 

 closed its mills :thig^wee3\ for an indefinite, length 

 of time and will- 'm&ke extensive .repairs, put- 

 ting ip' new boilers, ov^ns.'etc It'advises. .busi- 

 ness satisfactoi'y. and bright prospects- for-.lOlO. 



W. A. Cool'-.M -W. A. LIool. & Son, Cleveland, 

 -Ohio,- spent 'a few' days- in our city this week. 

 •Mr. Cooi gives encouraging reports on lumber 

 markets in Cleveland au:d states that his com- 

 pany- is,: receiving a large amount of business. 

 I'rlces have materially advanced. i. ;.-' ;- 



The Whisl'er- & Scearcy Company;'.. Ironton, 

 Ohio, closed its mills this week;; haning isawed 

 'OUt the present supply- of logs. riMr. McConn of 

 the' company ad-vises good business. /and [ says 

 orders are being received at advanced prices..: n 



L. C. Smith of the Cranor-Smith Lumber ■Com- 

 pany, Prestonburg. Ky., was a business visitor 

 in our city, returning from a trip- to Lincoln 

 county, Kentucky. - This company owns, - and 

 operates a number of mills :in -the Big -Sandy 

 district. -;;< . i-.-.- . !-; , - -■ 



Lewis Dostet; secre^acy. <o4 : the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association: of the United States, 

 was a business visitor- in Ashland this week in 

 the interests- of the association. From here he 

 went to Bluefleld,' W. Va.. and various other 

 large lumber manufacturing centers before re- 

 turning to his office in Cincinnati, Ohio. - ; : 



The Breece -Manufacturing Company, (New Bos- 

 ton, Ohio, whose .plant was destroyed- by fire, has 

 placed contracts for rebuilding at once. The 

 work will he rushed through: as, fast as possible, 

 so as to enabW the company to- begin operations 

 at- a very early date. tAt thetime of theiflre 

 it was enlarging the 'plant and- iacreasing Its 

 capacity in order to take carenof t-he increased 

 amount of business received. ;.The. Three :;States 

 j\IahufacfurLng Company, Kenova,-. W. Vs., is 

 allied with this -comirany and manufactupes the 

 best of oak veneers, both plain and quartered. . 



ST. LOUIS 



., , Tb'e, recent, strike at several of the bast St. 

 Louis Planing mills ; has/ pratticatly ended.' The 

 niills are running open 'sli'bps, . the Cause 'of the 

 strike. "Union or noh-unioil connections "ai'e' ig- 

 nored by ,the mahagers and many of the 'old 

 hands haive returned' to work and have aiiCepted 

 the inevitable. 



J. S.Garetsdn of (he Gai'etsorn-Greasen EAtmber 

 Cpmimny lias bee'p'''appdiffted to "the- Missouri 

 Forestry Commission liy G'o-i'.' Hadley in' i)lace of 

 W. W. Dings, who resigned When he remov^ed to 

 Chi,cagb. As'Mr. Dings was'one of the officers 

 'of the Garetsbn-fereflsoii liiimber Company, the 

 selection 'of Mr! Gat'Stsotf 'ie'ejSs ^fhe aippolntment 

 in the company. ''" ' ' "• ' "''' '•' 



E.'L.' Page, 'manager'of -the hardwood depart- 



inehit 'ofthe' Alf. Bennett Lumber Compaa-yv says 



that'a'^&tisfacfcii'i^'' trade IS' being' db'Dei and- no 



•froutjdr-is'elperiep'ced in 'making shipiaeats,' as 



the car shortage is "not afiectlfig -the.. lifaeB"ton 



■"which 'the firm's mills are sif dated' tb: an jr ex- 



'"te1it'.""Alf. -teetrnett,' the: president' 'of the eQm- 



-' 'iririyi-'fs'^'down id TeSas atid A'rkaiisae,- visltrng 



""'tlie -bayfon,' SprlB* anO'-Toda mills, and"wiH be 



''ib'seirt until 'aboiil DedeiWber'l.' ' Mrs. Bennett 



' and tlieir"-nttlfe' datfgtitei""ln'e ^'WJth 'him. .iThe 



' Wa'iWi'gb'r Hyt-Une of'theJ feills U«s:!ftrranged for a 



little --sbtoing trlj)'' foi Mr.- .and' Mrs. Bennett 



'vMhlte'tlipj- are In'Toras, firr 'Mr. JJenlett iaiquite 



'■^.iif spoftsman ahd'MrstdOtnnett is an-Lexpentrwlth 



''■.¥-'iiin- The-'trtp^Srtll'^'be to the TMt ranch in 



