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a dozen othtTs which have hardly auy rail 

 IlDL's would be opened up. The Wasioto & Black 

 Mountain Kaili-oad, which is backed by a $50,- 

 OOO.Oiiu company, is believed to be under con- 

 struction by the Louisville & Nashville. Re- 

 ports of railroad construction for 1909 show 

 that in K-ntucky S8.5 miles were built and 

 that for 1910 the prospect is that 110 miles 

 will be built. Most of this is in the eastern 

 part of the state. A new railroad just opened 

 is the Madisonville. Hartford and Evan.sville. 

 It is in western Kentucky. 



(.longressman Swagar Sherley is reported as 

 declaring that Congress at this session will ap- 

 prove the general plan for the improvement of 

 ■ the Ohio river, and will undertake to bring 

 about a nine-foot stage the year round from 

 I'ittsburg to Cairo by authorizing a system ot 

 continuous contracts, appropriating at the rate 

 of over *5,000,000 a year for twelve years 

 until the work is finished. 



The official slogan of Louisville i.s, "A Place to 

 Live." The commercial organizations have de- 

 cided upon it and asked all the business men of 

 the city, including the lumbermen, to have it 

 printed on their letterheads and envelopes. 



-Vinety-four permits, representing an outlay of 

 lf79,4o7. were issued by the building inspector 

 during- December. There was a considerable de- 

 crease December. 1008. showing 127 permits with 

 an estimated value of .fl:>9.44a. 



The Kentucky Land. Lumber & Mineral Com- 

 pany has been incorporated here with a capital 

 stock of .$20,000. It will trade in coal and 

 timber lands, sell and buy real estate and cut 

 timber. The stockholders are .1. Levi, J. C. 

 Iloskins and S. R. Wolf. 



In order to dissolve partnership, the Brand- 

 stetner Planing Mill Company of Covington has 

 been put into the hands of a receiver, \V. A. 

 Uabc. whose bond has been fixed at $10,000. The 

 company had a disastrous fire about a year 

 ago. 



According to estimates made by members of 

 the Hardwood Club, receipts of hardwood lum- 

 ber here in 1909 amounted to about 310,000,000 

 feet, of which 10.000.000 feet were mahogany. 

 About that much mahogany was shipped out of 

 Louisville to consumers, and about 200.000,000 

 feet of other hardwoods were shipped out, the 

 remaining 100,000,000 feet being used in box 

 making and in the building trade. These figures 

 include the receipts of oak, poplar, chestnut, gum 

 and Cottonwood, and, while probably not more 

 than approximately correct, they give an idea of 

 the extent of the market. 



ST. LOUIS 



The committee appointed at the recent meeting 

 of the Lumbermen's Exchange of St. Louis, com- 

 posed of Thomas E. Powe of the Thomas E. Powe 

 Lumber Company. E. F. Krebs of the Krebs- 

 Seheve I^umber Company, and Edward Wiese of 

 the Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company, to draw 

 up resolutions opposing the Bridge Arbitrary, 

 has sent the following resolution to the City 

 Council ; 



City of St. Louis, December 24, 1009 — To the 

 Honorable Council of the City of St. Louis : 



At the ailnual meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange of St. Louis held at the Missouri 

 Athletic Club on December 21 the following 

 resolutions were adopted : 



■Wheras. The Lumbermen'.s Exchange of St. 

 Louis was organized tor the purpose of foster- 

 ing the business interests of St. Louis, and of 

 upliolding the lumber industry, and 



Whereas. It is the opinion of the inembers 

 of this exchange that the so-called bridge 

 arbitrary is detrimental to the commercial in- 

 terest of the city, be it 



Resolved, That the Lumbermen's Exchange 

 of St. Louis hereby endorse the action of the 

 City Council in its stand to abolish finally and 

 forever the so-called bridge arbitrary and de- 

 mand that the commercial interests of St. 

 Louis be put on a basis, equal to that of any 

 other city in the country: and further, be it 



Resolved. That the city should not grant anv 

 special privileges to the Terminal Railroad 



Association, until the arbitrary is completely 

 abolished. Thomas E. Powe, 



Edward W. W'iese, 

 Roland F. Krebs. 



Amoug the new lumber companies in St. Louis 

 and located in the Wright building is the liobin- 

 son Lumber Company. The company is a big 

 yellow pine dealer, but also does a good .sized 

 hardwood trade. 



The following hardwood lumber dealers .joined 

 the Lumbermen's Exchange of St. Louis during 

 the year 1909 : J. M. Bullard Lumber Company, 

 Brewer-Laidley Lumber Company, Thomas E. 

 Powe Lumber Company, ^\■halcy Lumber Com- 

 pany, Tilden Lumber Company. Lorraine Lumber 

 Company. O. II. Semple, International Hardwood 

 Lumber Company, Kelly K. Chandler aud the Alf. 

 Bennett Lumber Company. 



E. L. Page, (he manager of the hardwood lum- 

 ber department of the Alf. Bennett Lumber Com- 

 pany, is going right after business, and a big 

 increase? is being shown in the volume of the 

 sales during the past few months. Alf. Bennett, 

 president of the company, while on a recent trip 

 through the South, made several new connections 

 with hardwood mills. 



E. M. Cain has opened up an oflice in the 

 LaSalle building, under the name of the E. M. 

 Cain Lumber Company. Mr. Cain was formerly 

 connected with the O'Neil Lumber Company. 



<;. II. Barnes of the G. H. Barnes Hardwood 

 Lumber Company returned from (luite an ex- 

 tended business through the South just before 

 the holidays. He reports conditions as being 

 (juite satisfactory. Business with him is fairly 

 good, when one considers that the new year has 

 Just begun. 



The Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 

 Company gave a most satisfactory report on its 

 business during the year just past. Sales were 

 yuite good and prices obtained were as good as 

 could be expected. It looks forward to a good 

 .year during 1910 and is in fine shape to meet all 

 calls that may be made. 



.1. I!. Massengale of the Massengale Lumber 

 Company, while he says business was quite good 

 during the past year, there was much chance for 

 an improvement and he believes the improvement 

 will make its appearance during the present year. 



George E. Ilibbard, vice-president of the Steele 

 & Hibbard Lumber Company, is pretty well 

 pleased Vi-ith the volume of business done l)y the 

 company during the past year but looks forward 

 to a great year during 1910. Last year was one 

 of the b^st that the company even- had in the 

 way of sales. 



After quite an extended trip through the South 

 on a visit to the mills of the company, Charles E. 

 Thomas of the Thomas & Proetz Lumber Com- 

 pany is back home and says conditions are 

 looking good. lie reports the mills are cutting 

 freely, when weather conditions will permit. 



MILWAUKEE 



'X'he Cooper & Maxson Lumber Company, 

 wholesalers of Jlilwaukee, is being dissolved. 

 W. E. Cooper, president of the company, has 

 opened two suites ot offices at 1306-1307 Majestic 

 building and is carrying on a general wholesale 

 lumber business under his own name. G. M. 

 Maxson, secretary, is engaged in the wholesale 

 business at 915 JIajestic building. The Cooper 

 & Maxson Lumber Company was organized a few- 

 years ago to take over the wholesale business 

 formerly carried on by W. E. Cooper. 



The Cooper & Hughes Lumber Company or 

 Ne.shotah has increased its capital stock from 

 $25,000 to $70,000. The company has com- 

 pleted the erection of new sheds. 



United States Senator Isaac Stephenson, while 

 at Marinette during the holiday recess, started 

 his sawmill, the N. Ludington mill. No. 1, on 

 another season's sawing. This is the fifty-.second 

 time that he has performed a similar service and 

 it Is a record unequaled in the Wisconsin lum- 

 ber business. 



The \A'isconsin Bark & Lu'mber Company oi 

 Antigo has changed its name to the Antlgo 

 Lumber Company and increased its capital stock 

 from $75.00(j to .1200.000. 



The Crane Log & Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated at Crane by George D. Puffer, F. D. 

 Abell and T. E. Ryan, with a capital stock 

 of $25,000. 



G. Stanley Mitchell, retired lumberman Aid 

 capitalist of Milwaukee, died on January 3, aged 

 sixty years. He had been engaged in the lum- 

 ber business at Stevens Point in former years 

 and retained important lumber interests in Wis- 

 consin and Michigan. 



All of the large sawmills at Wausau, in- 

 cluding the Barker & Stewart Company's plant, 

 the Alexander Stewart Lumber Company, the 

 Mortenson Lumber Company, the Schubring Lum- 

 ber Company and the Brooks & Ross Company's 

 mills, will be iJlaced in operation this month. 



The Plymouth Veneer Company has been in- 

 corporated at Plymouth with a capital stock of 

 $50,000 for the manufacture of veneer for fur- 

 niture and interior finishings. A new three- 

 story factory building will be erected. 



The sawmill at Park Falls, owned by the 

 Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company of Marsh- 

 field will be placed in operation at once. The 

 season's cut will amount to 8,000,000 feet. This 

 concern is operating its plant with a full force 

 of 250 men. 



The foundation work for the new sawmill 

 of the Diamond Lumber Company of Green 

 Bay has been completed and the superstructure 

 work will soon be started. The plant will 

 replace the one destroyed by fire some months 

 ago. 



II. P. Dutton, for the past seven years sales 

 manager of the Worcester Lumber Company 

 of Chassel, Mich., has resigned to become north- 

 ern manager of the EstabrookSteele Lumber 

 Company of Chicago, with headquarters at Mari- 

 nette, Wis. 



A. C. Miller, formerly general sales agent of 

 the Manitowoc branch ot the American Seating 

 Company, has identified himself with the Fond 

 du Lac Church Furnishing Company of Fond du 

 Lac. 



The Raymond Log Loader Company ot Mari- 

 nette has made arrangements for the continual 

 manufacture of its log loader at the plant of 

 <he Stevens Manufacturing Company. 



The headquarters of the Northwestern Lum- 

 ber Company have been moved from Eau Claire 

 to Stanley, the location ot the company's plant. 



The Robbins Lumber Company of Rhinelander 

 has completed the construction of the grading for 

 seven miles of logging railroad. 



The West Milwaukee car shops of the Chi- 

 cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company 

 have Just closed the busiest year in its history. 

 Box-cars to the number of 5.685 and other pieces 

 of freight equipment were turned out, as well 

 as 90 locomotives. Nearly 70,000 freight cars 

 were repaired at the shops. 



The sawmill ot J. Jennings & Co., at New 

 London, has been placed in operation. 



The Allis-Chalmers Company of Milwaukee is 

 furnishing the entire electrical and sawmill 

 equipment to the Union Lumber Company of 

 TTnicm Mills. Wash., for installation in the first 

 lumber mill on the Pacific coast to be operated 

 with electric motor drive. 



WAUSAU 



An effort is being made to interest local capital 

 in an enterprise which it is proposed shall be 

 established in Marinette. The proposition is to 

 build a factory for the manufacture of small 

 wooden articles from the poorer grades ot lumber 

 and timber and the waste of saw mills. 



The iilant ot the old A. W. Stevens Company 

 in Marinette has been purchased by the Stevens 

 Manufacturing Company at public auction and 

 the reorganized concern will manufacture hard- 

 wood products. 



