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leadiness for oiieiatlon by the middle of Decem- 

 ber. Within the past few months the firm has 

 increased its facilities for the manufacture and 

 prompt drying of veneers and now has a capac- 

 ity of a full car per day. 



J. F. Mclntyre of the Memphis A'eneer & 

 Lumber Company. North llcmphis, is authority 

 for the statement that all the veneer machines 

 this firm will install have already been set up 

 and that it is running at full capacity and is 

 finding a very satisfactory demand for its out- 

 put. This is the company which bought out the 

 holdings of the old Memphis Rim & liow Com- 

 pany in Memphis. 



The East End Lumber Company, recently in- 

 corporated with a capital stock of ¥10.tiOU. is 

 now erecting a hardwood mill cast of this city 

 which will cut between 2o,U00 and :'.."'i,ouu feet. 

 Furthermore, it may be stated that the plant 

 will be in readiness for operation by .January 1. 

 The principal incorporators are J. I'. Bailey of 

 the Valley Log Loading Company: iJ. M. Bailey. 

 an Arkansas lumberman, and N. A. Ilvirst, who 

 has been employed by local lumber lirms in :i 

 number of capacities. The plant will be located 

 on the L'uion railw"a.v ^Belt lino). 



The E. Mossman Lumber Company lias i)ur- 

 chased the site of the old Standard Box Com- 

 pany in the eastern part of the city and will 

 remove its plant to this city. It has its head- 

 quarters at Ft. Wayne and Evansville, Ind. 

 This is the third or fourth Indiana firm to de- 

 cide on removal to Jlemphis within the year. 



J. M. Brown and A. E. Silverthorne, who re- 

 cently purchased the controlling interest in the 

 Interstate Lumber Company, which has a large 

 hand mill at Columbus. Miss., and extensive 

 timber land holdings in east Mississippi and 

 west Alabama, are among the incorporators of 

 a new railroad which is to run from Winfield, 

 Ala., via Columbus, to some point on the Ala- 

 bama, Tennessee & Northern, probably Aliceville 

 or Dancy. These gentlemen, together with the 

 other stockholders, have already applied for a 

 charter and the announcement is made that, as 

 they have plenty of money for financing the 

 new road, this is to be completed by the end of 

 1911 at the latest. 



The announcement is also made that the 

 Goodyear interests have decided upon the exten- 

 sion of the New Orleans & (Jreat Northern in 

 an easterly direction about fifteen miles from 

 Columbia. Miss., In order to facilitate the de- 

 velopment of some of their extensive timber 

 land holdings in that section. Additional in- 

 terest is lent to this announcement because of 

 the belief that it foreshadows the removal of 

 the plant and yards of the I'earl Itiver Lumber 

 Company, a subsidiary of the Goodyear syndi- 

 cate, from Brookhaven to Columbia or George- 

 town, Miss. Work on the extension is to begin 

 immediately after the first of the year, the lo- 

 cating surveys having already received the ap- 

 proval of Mr. Goodyear, president of the New 

 Orleans & Great Northern. 



The New Orleans. Mobile & Chicago Railroad 

 Company has been formally chartered under the 

 laws of Mississippi, Alabama aud Tennessee and 

 has already taken over the Mobile. .Tackson & 

 Kansas City road, which runs from a point in 

 Tennessee through east Mississippi to Mobile. 

 The new owners have ample money behind them 

 and additional interest is lent to the change of 

 ownership of the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City 

 by the fact that the new management proposes 

 to extend the line farther north, probably to 

 Jackson, Tenn.. and to make other noteworthy 

 improvements in the property. 



The legal separation of the Rock Island and 

 Frisco Systems will, aside from the divorcement 

 of the offices aud forces that have been em- 

 ployed in this city, have little bearing on the 

 local situation. Lumber interests, however, are 

 pleased to note that there will be increased 

 competition, believing that this is more than apt 

 to result in even better service than afforded 

 under the consolidation of the two roads. 



Joe Ilattendort, who has been assistant freight 

 agent of the Illiuois Central, with lieadquarters 

 in this city, has been promoted to the office of 

 assistant general traftic manager, with headquar- 

 ters in Chicago, and it is understood that D. W. 

 Longstreet. who was in Memphis until about 

 eighteen months ago. will be returned here. 

 Mr. Ilattendort, while comparatively young, has 

 risen rapidly and his many friends among the 

 lumber fraternity are very much pleased over 

 the last promotion given him, although very 

 sorry to lose him from among their number. 



President W. K. Kavanaugh of the Mississippi 

 \'alley Transportation Company recently lauiicheil 

 with a capital slock of .flO.OtiO.iioii aud number- 

 ing among its stockholders aud incoriioratcirs 

 some of the leading business and professional 

 men of Memphis, addressed the Business .Men's 

 Club here during the past week on the plans 

 and purposes of this company. Mr. Kavanaugh 

 has becu a most important factor in the ad- 

 vancement of the cause of "fotirteen feet through 

 the valley," and he pointed out that the launch- 

 ing of the big carrying company he is backing 

 will tend to stimulate Congress to greater 

 iu-tivity in I'onncction with improving the Mis- 

 sissippi and thus hasten the day when the chan- 

 nel is deepened from the lakes to the gulf. He 

 also pointed out that the rehabilitation of steam- 

 boat service nu the Mississippi would be of 

 untold beuetir to evei-y city on the Mississijipi 

 auu In all the leiritory contiguous to this 

 mighty stream. lie insisted that the company 

 proposed to establish terminal facilities entirely 

 in keeping with its needs and the needs of the 

 different river cities and that the actual begin- 

 ning of operations would result in a decid(;d 

 decrease in rates on the heavier classes of 

 freight. Mr. Kavanaugh pointed out also that, 

 while the capital stock is $10,000,000, the com- 

 pany would begin its service when .fl, SOI, 000 

 was actually paid in. He stated that in Mem- 

 ['his alone the company would expend at least 

 .SloO,000 in terminal facilities. There were a 

 number of prominent lumbermen attending the 

 meeting addressed by Tresideut Kavanaugh and 

 the statentent may be made that they are en- 

 thusiastic over the. promise of rate regulation 

 held out by the company of whicii he is tlie 

 bead. 



The tjueeu t;ity Wagon tV; Manufacturing Com- 

 pany has been incorijorated under the laws of 

 Mississippi, w'ith headquarters at Meridian. The 

 capital stock is $10,000, and W. (!. Jackson and 

 others are the incorporators. 



Ther^ is bright prospect for the resumption 

 of the big plant of the New South Flow Works, 

 Columbus, Miss. F. D. Lundigan, Marion, O., 

 has secured an option thereon wliich expires 

 January 1, aud those who know him well ex- 

 press confidence in his exercise of the option of 

 purchase before its expiration. The plant is a 

 very large oue and quite an imporlaut con- 

 sumer of hardwood lumber. 



The Bayou .Meto Lumber Compauy has been 

 granted a charter under the laws of Arkansas, 

 with headquarters at Stuttgart. Its capital stock 

 is .SIO.OOO. Charles II. Odell aud others are 

 the incorporators. 



The LuhoUis Lumber Company, incorporated 

 under the laws of Indiana, is preparing to do 

 business in Arkansas, with headquarters at 

 Frinkley. A copy of its articles of incorpora- 

 tion has been filed with the Arkansas authori- 

 ties and John B. Jones, Brinkley, has been 

 named as state agent. 



The Luxora Cooperage Compauy of Cape Gi- 

 rardeau. Mo., has also filed a copy of its incor- 

 poration papers with the Arkansas secretary of 

 state and has named George E. Carter 

 of Luxora as its agent for that state. The com- 

 pany is capitalized at $40,000 and claims to 

 have $30,000 invested in Arkansas. 



The Huntington Wood Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Huntington. Tenn.. will engage in the 

 manufacture of boxes, crates and baskets at 

 Hope, Ark. A site has already been selected and 



\.ork on the plant will be begun as soon as the 

 n:a<-hinery arrives. The company will employ 

 ;ibout seventy-five iiersons. 11. F. McCrosky, 

 H hci will be general manager, has already re- 

 hioved from Huntington to Hope and will be 

 ill active charge of construction and operation. 

 ■The charter of the Ohio Handle Factory of 

 Jonesboro, Ark., has been amended so as to in- 

 crease the capital stock from $40,000 to $S0,- 

 < ni). 



When this issue of the IlAiiuwooD Record 

 reaches its readers Ulysses S. Lambert will have 

 ,]oined the ranks of the benedicts. Cards have 

 been out for some time announcing the ap- 

 proaching marriage of Mr. Lambert and Miss 

 l.ucile Jane Merriwether of this city. The 

 bride-to-be is quite iiopular in Memphis social 

 I ircles, while Mr. Lambert is well known among 

 the local hardwood fraternity aud has also a 

 w ide acquaintance among the general hardwood 

 trade. He is a member of the Nickey & Sons 

 Company and is also prominently identified with 

 the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis. The cere- 

 irony will be held at the Central Baptist church 

 uu the evening of December 8, 



J. W. Thompson of the J. W. Thompson Lum- 

 ber Company has recently returned from a busi- 

 mss trip to Chicago and other markets. 



W. B. Morgau of the Anderson-Tully Com- 

 pany has returned from an extended trip througli 

 Texas. 



Wick Ransom of the Gayoso Lumber Com- 

 pany is the proud father of a boy who arrived 

 at his home only a few days ago. "Wick" is 

 rather modest about the youngster, but "Brother 

 Charley" says it is the greatest boy of the age 

 and predicts that he will be able to go all 

 the day and night gaits of the lumbermen of 

 Memphis before he becomes very much older. 

 This isn't all "Brother Charley" says, but it 

 will give some idea of the high esteem in which 

 the latter holds his little nephew. 



The Lamb-Fish Lumber Company is working 

 its big band mill at Charleston at full capacity 

 :iud its other woodworking plants at that point 

 already completed are also going on full time, 

 its box factory at Chancy is handling a very 

 satisfactory volume of business also. This eom- 

 liany is now erecting the necessary buildings 

 lor its planing mill and dimension stock plant 

 a I (.'harleston and will later transfer its box 

 plant at Chancy to Charleston also, in line with 

 its plan of consolidating all of its manufactur- 

 ing enterprises at the latter point. 



A. G. Fritchey of the Lamb-Fish company is 

 leaving for the North and East and will be 

 gone for some time. He says, however, that he 

 will be back in time to make a strenuous effort 

 to secure enough votes to insure his election 

 as one of the "two-year" directors of the Lum- 

 bermen's Club, for which he was nominated at 

 a recent meeting. 



Mr. Ransom, father of C. R. and W. A. Ran- 

 som, was a guest of his sons in Memphis during 

 the past week. 



The Bellgrade Lumber Company, with head- 

 (piarters in this city, and with its big mill and 

 timber land holdin.gs at or in the vicinity of 

 Belzoni, Miss., states that there has been a 

 very decided change in the attitude of large 

 consumers of lumber and that there is not only 

 a mot-e active demand but that the indications 

 point to still further improvement. In fact, this 

 company reports that it has booked enough 

 orders already lo run until after the first of 

 the year, and that, owing to this fact and to 

 the belief of the management in still higher 

 prices, it has temporarily withdrawn its stock 

 trom the market. This is almost without prece- 

 dent for a number of months except in the 

 lase of some firms which have persistently re- 

 fused to sell their lumber during the depres- 

 sion in prices, and is regarded as highly sig- 

 nificant. 



R. J. Darnell, Inc., reports a very satisfactory 

 demand for its output. The firm is running 

 both of its big band mills here and its entire 



