46 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



cinn'ali. St. Louis. Minneapolis aud Atlanta 

 branches were represented. Several addresses 

 were made during tlie various sessions, among 

 which was one by D. J. Campbell of the sales 

 promotion aud advertising force, who spoke iu 

 detail of the work done by his department. Mr. 

 Campbell seated that $50,000 had been ex- 

 pended during the past year in "spreading the 

 gospel" for the Dodge company. On the evening 

 of the last day, the branch managers were guests 

 of honor at a banquet at Hotel Mishawaka. 

 M. W. Mix, president of the company, presided. 

 A number of toasts were given, songs were sung 

 and throughout the evening a most enthusiastic 

 spirit prevailed. The Dodge orchestra fur- 

 nished the music. 



Interesting Statistics on the Lumber Indus- 

 try of St. Louis 



The following table, prepared by the Mer- 

 chants Exchange of St. Louis, shows the re- 

 ceipts and shipments of lumber at St. Louis for 

 the years 1908 and 1909. As will be seen there 

 was an increase in 1900 in the total receipts 

 by rail of 38,152 cars. By river 101,000 feet 

 more were received in 1909 than in 1908. Quito 

 a substantial increase is also shown in the total 

 shipments by rail in 1909, while in the total 

 number of feet shipped out by river in 1909 

 there was a decrease of 1,815,000 feet, 



RECEIPTS. 



Rail — cars. River — feet. 



1908. 1909. 1908. 1909. 



January . . . 8,218 10,423 8,000 



February . . . 8,419 11,394 143,000 



March 8,880 12,728 142,000 236,000 



April 9,802 12,812 152,000 657,000 



May! 9,684 12,380 355,000 176,000 



June 9,677 13,217 64,000 52,000 



July 11,622 14,738 430,000 183,000 



August 10,876 14,351 150,000 272,000 



September .. 11,190 15,462 214,000 223,000 



October . . . 11,510 15,539 90,000 134,000 



November .. 11,109 14,320 133,000 



December .. 12,628 14,403 75,000 124,000 



Totals ...123,615 161,767 1,956,000 2,057,000 



SHIPMENTS. 

 Rail — cars. River — feet. 



1908. 1909. 1908. 1909 



January . . . 6,512 7,309 



February .. 0.531 8,242 



March 7,5S.j 9,261 90,000 270,000 



April 7,597 9,669 140,000 93,000 



May 7,752 8,875 76,000 39,000 



June 7.308 9,495 49,000 47,000 



July 8,114 9,872 157,000 92,000 



August 7,838 9,948 152,000 55,000 



September .. S,212 10,558 203,000 76,000 



October . . . 8,449 10,125 269,000 93,000 



November . 7,707 10,153 119,000 51,000 



December . . 8,610 9,746 28,000 32,000 



Totals . . . 92,645 113,253 2,701,000 868,000 



The following is the report by months for the 



years 1908 and 1909 of the lumber inspected 



and measured by the Lumbermen's Exchange of 



St. Louis : 



1908, feet. 1909, feet. 



January 453.093 628,430 



February 419,206 574,349 



March 555,835 753,767 



April 850,000 593.944 



May 777,417 642,106 



June 386,000 463,205 



July 513,790 568.355 



August 539,645 521,535 



September 601,359 1,035.638 



October 672,295 663,683 



November 465,139 705,427 



December 642,834 574,248 



Totals 6,539,794 7,724,687 



The exchange inspected more oak in 1909 

 than any other lumber — 2,200,485 feet ; cypress 

 comes next with 1,209,439 feet: gum, 938,614 

 feet : quartered oak, 916,831 feet ; poplar, 886,576 

 feet ; ash, 603.692 feet, and cottonwood, 237,461 

 leet. 



Miscellaneous Notes 

 The Moline Pole & Shaft Company of Mollne, 

 111., has recently commenced operations in its 

 new plant with a small force of men. Manager 

 Laros of the company states that there is 

 enough material on hand to begin turning out 

 poles and shafts and that the working force will 



he increased gradually as the machinery is tested 

 and additional material is received, until the 

 plant is operated with a capacity force. 



The Naples Hardwood Lumber Company has 

 been Incorporated at Naples, Tex., with a capital 

 stock of $10,000 by G. H. Sibbell, A. B, Gallo- 

 w'ay aud \V. W. Robison. 



The receivers for the Boydton Lumber & Manu- 

 facturing Company of Boydton, Va., have adver- 

 tised the plant, together with ten acres of land, 

 to be sold at auction on January 18, 1910. The 

 plant has been rented since it went into the 

 liands of receivers and the machinery is in good 

 running order. 



The Rotzien-Furber Lumber Company, capi- 

 talized at $50,000, is a new concern for Minne- 

 apolis, Minn., organized by J. L. and Melva L. 

 Kurber, A. A. and Anna M. Rotzien and C. M. 

 Way, all of Minneapolis. 



The Honaker Lumber Company, builders of the 

 new town of Honaker, W. Va., is erecting a saw- 

 mill with a daily capacity of 150,000 feet. The 

 company will have its own railroad which will 

 be known as the Russell Fork Transportation 

 Company. 



The Hastings Cabinet Company of Hastings, 

 Mich., has filed a certificate with the county 

 clerk of increase of capital stock from '$30,000 

 to $60,000. Since the company started its fac- 

 tory here the working force has been doubled 

 and the business has increased remarkably. 



Knapp & Scott of Bay City, Mich., recently 

 received from the North twenty-nine cars laden 

 with hardwood logs. These are said to be the 

 finest seen in many a day. 



The Mutual Wheel Company, manufacturers of 

 carriages at Moline, 111., has recently established 

 a spoke factory at Paducah, Ky., its product 

 to be used in the Moline plant. 



The Phillips-Mahoney Company (Inc.) has 

 entered the lumber business at Portsmouth, Va. 

 Its maximum capital is $75,000; minimum, 

 $25,000. J. W. Phillips is president of the 

 company. A. N. Mahoney secretary and treasurer. 

 C. M, Phillips and M. T. Mahoney of Portsmouth 

 are also interested in the new concern. 



The Chicago Veneering & Hardwood Door 

 Company, capitalized at $10,000, has been organ- 

 ized at Chicago to conduct the manufacture of 

 doors and hardwood interior finish. The incor- 

 porators are D. W. Voltz, John L. Rodgers and 

 Edmond W. Froehlich. 



The Barry Lumber Company of Clarksville. 

 Tex., has recently been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $40,000 by J. D. Barry and 

 C. O. Bollmann. 



The Central Lumber Company's new plant at 

 Waupaca, Wis., is now enclosed and is being 

 Mishi'd to completion. A fine mill is being built 



and it will be as modern as the best machinery 

 can make it. Five planing machines will be in- 

 stalled besides surfacing, matching, molding ma- 

 chines, saws and other machinery. The com- 

 pany's headquarters are located at Oshkosh, Wis. 



The Brown Lumber Company has recently been 

 organized at Traverse City, Mich., with a capital 

 stock of $30,000. 



Fire recently damaged the offices and a portion 

 of the lumber belonging to the Covington Lumber 

 Company of Covington, Ky., to the extent of 

 $25,000. Loss is covered by insurance. 



The Vogel Cabinet Company, Manhattan, has 

 been organized to carry on a general cabinet 

 work business. The capital stock is $10,000 and 

 the incorporators are Jacob Schlesinger, John 

 Volk and William Weiss, all of New York. 



The Arpin Lumber Company of Bruce, Wis., 

 with headquarters at Grand Rapids, Mich., is 

 becoming prominent as a developer in northern 

 Wisconsin. It has built about forty miles Oi 

 railroad and a fine mill near Bruce. It will also 

 put in another large mill near Birchwood. 



The R. K. Williams Lumber Company, Rex- 

 ville, Hancock county, Mississippi, has recently 

 been capitalized at $50,000 by W. J. Gex and 

 R. J. Williams. 



Giiailan, Neill & Co. of May, Pocahontas 

 county. West Virginia, is a new concern to deal 

 in timber and lumber. The capital stock is $400,- 

 000 and the incorporators are A. R. Neill, Elklnb, 

 W. Va., and G. C. Hamilton, R. H. Morris, Oscar 

 Latt and C. J. Colburn of May. W. Va. 



The J. S. Stearns Lumber Company with offices 

 at Chicago, 111., and Odanah, Wis., has increased 

 its capital stock from $150,000 to $1,800,000. 



A. A. Parsons of Memphis, Tenn., and E. K. 

 Zimmerman of Ann Arbor, Mich., have purchased 

 for $250,000 all the interests of the Hardwood 

 Lumber Company of Aiken county. South Caro- 

 lina, and will begin active operations at once. 

 The purchase included 75,000,000 feet of hard- 

 wood stumpage, an up-to-date saw and planing 

 mill, creosoting plant, dry kilns and a large 

 amount of lumber in the yards. The company 

 will operate a steamboat line in connection with 

 its mill. The officers of the new company are 

 A. A. Parsons president and treasurer, F. E. 

 Fleming vice-president, and J. D. Parsons secre- 

 tary. 



The Cabinet Veneer Company of Greenville, 

 N. C, has recently increased its capital stock to 

 $100,000. 



The Jones & Woolfolk Lumber Company re- 

 cently commenced business at Hollow Rock, Tenn. 

 Its headquarters are located at Lexington. 



E. V. Babcock & Co., a well-known hardwood 

 lumber concern of Pittsburg. Pa., has recently 

 opened up an office In Cincinnati, 0. 



Hardwood JVeWs, 



(By HARD'WOOD BECOBD Special CoTrespondeiitB.) 



CHICAGO 



D. G. Courtney, the emiuent lumberman and 

 stave manufacturer of Charleston, W. Va., was 

 a Chicago visitor on December 30 and called 

 on the Record. Mr. Courtney reports trade 

 excellent and that his new Toledo enterprise, 

 the Big Four Hardwood Company, for which he 

 Is sponsor, Is doing a fine business. 



W. H. Hopkins of Cincinnati, manager of the 

 New River Lumber Company, was a Chicago 

 visitor on December 29 and secured some hand- 

 some contracts In the city. 



The Record bad the pleasure of a call on 

 December 29 from Ed A. Sprague of Cincinnati 

 and Harry E. Sheldon of Fremont, Ohio, repre- 

 sentatives of the Edward Hines Lumber Com- 

 pany. Accompanied by other salesmen of this 

 big company, while here they had a consulta- 

 tion with the principals of the concern over 

 trade conditions and policy for the opening of 



the year. Both Messrs. Sheldon and Sprague 

 had a big trade during 1909. 



Among the welcome callers on the Recoed, 

 December 28, was S. G. McClellan, manager of 

 the Newhouse Mill & Lumber Company, Gould, 

 Ark., and of the Gould-Southwestern railroad, 

 allied with the Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Com- 

 pany, this city. Mr. McClellan spent a few days 

 in town in consultation with his principals. 



T. S. Estabrook and B. E. Skeele of the Esta- 

 brook-Skeele Lumber Company, city, spent sev- 

 eral days last week In the northern peninsula 

 oi jNIichigan on a lumber purchasing expedition. 



The twentieth annual meeting the Illinois 

 Retail Dealers' Association and of the Illinois 

 Masons' Supply Association will be held at the 

 La Salle Hotel, Chicago, on Wednesday, Thurs- 

 day and Friday, February 16, 17 and 18. Im- 

 portant topics that will be taken up by these 

 associations this time are : "Trade Relations" ; 

 "Shall we pay for our lumber before we see it?"; 

 "Shall we accept twenty per cent of stock we 



