HARDWOOD RECORD 



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• ailed on representatives of the various depart- 

 ments, who responded to the following toasts ; 



"The Pioneers." J. T. Dowling ; "This Office 

 End." X. A. Gladding ; "The Second-Story Back." 

 Milllam Breunan ; "The Alley View." Albert 

 JWeredith ; "Over the Board." Frank Wells ; 

 "Eddy Street Gang," Krank Kingsley ; "The Out- 

 look." H. C. Atkins. 



Of particular interest were the greetings from 

 Mrs. E. C. Atkins, presented hy N. A. Gladding 

 and -.eceived with a rising yote of respect ; and 

 Ihe invitation of H. C. Atkins, who requested 

 the presence of the Pioneers as a body as his 

 guests at a picnic to be given next summer on 

 liiR country estate. 



This most pleasurable and beneficial evening 

 closed with the reading of a toast to the Pio- 

 ueers, put in vcr.se by a daughter of one of the 

 <.ld members. 



Big Foreign Shipments 



A shipment of shafting, safety collars, coup- 

 lings, bearings, pulleys, hangers, pillow-blocks, 

 etc., are in readiness at the factory of the 

 Dodge Jli.nufacturlng Company for a long .1our- 

 ney to Valparaiso. Chili. The goods are crated 

 and weigh about 100,000 pounds. The customer 

 is the Braden Copper Company, and the ma- 

 terial will be used in a new mill under course 

 of construction in Chili. 



A short time ago the Dodge people shipped 

 eleven carloads of heavy power transmission ma- 

 chinery to Moji. .Japan, for use in the Imperial 

 8teel Works, owned and operated by the Japanese 

 government. The total weight of this was 313,- 

 000 pounds. As individual items there were 

 several heavy belt wheels, including one 264 

 inches (22 feet) in diameter with 72-inch face, 

 bored 25 inches to fit the main engine shaft. 



From time to time, other shipments have 

 gone to Bombay and Buenos Ayres, Cape Town 

 and Christiana. Copenhagen and Calcutta. Kobo 

 and Caracas. London and Lima, Mexico City 

 and Montevideo, Moscow and Melbourne, Sydney 

 and Singapore. Vienna and Valparaiso and other 

 cities. 



Export business is today a big item with the 

 Dodge Manufacturing Company. 



Tree Trading Offers Advantages 



German nurserymen have oome to recognize 

 the value of larch .seeds from Jlontana, and have 

 placed extensive orders in that state. In return 

 the town of Guelph, Ont., has ordered from the 

 tlerman trade sufficient white pine seedlings to 

 plant a hundred and sixty-eight acre tract be- 

 longing to that municipality. 



It has been recognized in Germany for some 

 time that the conditions of their forests could 

 best be improved by introducing valuable spe- 

 cies from other countries, though it has always 

 been a common understanding that trees would 

 flourish much better on their native soil than 

 any other habilatiou. As an instance of the 

 wisdom of the new order of things the successful 

 transportation of Norway spruce, Austrian and 

 Scotch pine from across the ocean and their 

 successful planting in this country might be 

 <uted. Several American species, among which 

 arc Douglas fir. black walnut and some of the 

 other large western firs, have been extensively 

 planted in Europe and show a flourishing growth, 

 with good prospects for future returns. In the 

 West the eucalyptus, an inhabitant of Australia, 

 is an example of successful naturalization. 



Years ago the common American white pine 

 was taken from this country to Europe, where 

 it has attained such vast commercial importance 

 and been planted in such numbers that the Ger- 

 man niirserjmen often are able to deliver seed- 

 lings in. this country at a lower rate than they 

 can be secured on this side of the water. The 

 same course of events will probably result from 

 the introduction of western larch in the foreign 

 market. In requesting shipments of the seeds 

 of this tree the Germans instruct that only the 



choicest and healthiest seeds be collected when 

 ripe this fall. An enterprising nurseryman in 

 the Flat Head Lake region has made a proposi- 

 tion to- the foreign buyers in which he proposes 

 that they exchange seeds of some of the de- 

 sirable German shrubs for the larch seed which 

 he will furnish, he believing that he can create 

 a considerable market for the German species 

 in this country. 



According to reports from Guelph the planting 

 which they contemplate will serve the purpose 

 of protecting the town's water supply by suit- 

 able forest cover over the springs from which 

 the supply is drawn. Besides, the trees will 

 serve the purpose of a public park and in the 

 future will servo as a source of revenue to be 

 derived by cutting firewood. Abroad, the mu- 

 nicipalities and state governments largely own 

 the forested areas, a scheme which not only 

 puts the community on a self-sustaining basis 

 but insures a permanent timber supply. Plant- 

 ing in this country other than for purely dec- 

 orative purposes has scarcely been thought of 

 until recent years, and any indications that 

 such plantations are being carried on on a more 

 extensive scale will undoubtedly be welcome to 

 advocates of conservation. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Coss Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 Lima, C, was recently organized by F. B. 

 Coss with a capital stocli of .?5.000. 



A new concern to enter the lumber manu- 

 facturing business at Mobile. Ala., is the 

 Mobile Column Company. The capital stock 

 is $30,000. fully paid. Among those interested 

 are R. R. MacGregor, F. A. Handley and I. J. 

 MacGregor. 



The Falls County Lumber Company, Lott. 

 Tex., was recently incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $20,000 by J. T. Davis. W. L McRey- 

 nolds and J. L. Mankham. 



The Chesapeake Lumber Company is a new 

 concern at Charleston. "W. Va.. to own stand-" 

 ing timber, manufacture lumber and operate 

 saw and planing mills. It is capitalized at 

 $10,000. The incorporators are Han-ison B. 

 Smith, R. M. Price, I. L. Jewell, C. Q. 

 McFarland and E. W. Adams, all of Charles- 

 ton. 



The F. S. Crannell Lumber Company was 



recently incorporated at Albany, N. Y., with 



a capital stock of $80,000. The directors are 



Francis F. and Charles R. Crannell of 



'Albany. 



The Hagerstown Spoke & Bending Works, 

 which has done a large business at Hagers- 

 town, Md.. for several years, has gone into 



bankruptcy. The trustee states that the claims 

 will all be paid and the stockholders will get 

 30 cents on the dollar for their stock. 



Articles of incorporation were recently filed 

 by the Spokane Hardwood Floor Company of 

 Spokane, Wash. The company is organized 

 by Cesar and Herman Schneider and Joseph 

 Schisel. 



The Brittingham & Young Company recently 

 sold its business at Gray Mills. Wis., to the 

 Nuzum-Hunter Lumber Company. 



The Alexander Box Manufacturing Company 

 has been incorporated at Indianapolis. Ind., 

 with an authorized capital stock of $10,000. 



The Clinton Wagon Stock Company, capi- 

 talized at $25,000, is a new concern for Clin- 

 ton. Mo. 



The St. Louis Basket & Box Company of St. 

 Louis. Mo., has recently increased its capital 

 stock to $500,000. 



The Vallient Shingle & Handle Company of 

 Vallient. Okla.. was recently incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $12,000. 



The Kauffman Buggy Company at Miamis- 

 burg, O., is succeeded by the Kaufman 

 Vehicle Manufacturing Company. 



A new concern to enter the handle business 

 is the Montpelier Handle Company of Mont- 

 pelier, Ind.. capitalized at $10,000. 



It was recently announced that the Sikes 

 Chair Company of Buffalo, N. Y.. which at 

 present has a large plant in Clinton street, 

 will build a large six-story manufacturing 

 plant on Spring street, just above Clinton 

 street. About $60,000 will be expended in the 

 new structure. 



The Northwestern Lumbering & Cooperage 

 Company of Gladstone, Mich., is planning to 

 build one of the largest hardwood flooring 

 mills in the country. It will be 100 by 350 

 feet in dimensions and will be started in the 

 spring. It is expected that a large number of 

 men will be employed. The opening of the 

 new plant will prove a big Ijoom to Gladstone. 



Fire of unknown origin recently totally de- 

 stroyed the factory of the Portland Manufac- 

 turing Company of Saint John. Ore. The 

 steamer Sacajawea, which was moored at the 

 dock alongside the building, was also de- 

 stroyed. The loss is estimated at from $50,000 

 to $100,000. Amount of insurance carried is 

 unknown. 



The Gulf City Hardwood Company of Mobile, 

 Ala., recently increased its capital stock from 

 $5,000 to $20,000. 



Articles of incorporation were recently filed 

 by the Little Rock Axe Handle Company of 

 Little Rock, Ark. The capital stock is placed 

 at $50,000. 



Hardwood JVeWs, 



(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special Correspondents^ 



CHIC AGO 



Leslie C. Stevens, secretary and general man- 

 ager of the Haynes Bros. Company of Cadillac, 

 Mich., well-known retail and planing mill in- 

 stitution, died on Tuesday, March S. Rheuma- 

 tism of the heart was the immediate cause of 

 Mr. Stevens' death. He was an old-time em- 

 ployee of the Cummer Lumber Company of Jack- 

 sonville, Fla., and eventually became secretar.v 

 and general manager of the Haynes Brothers 

 Company of Cadillac. He was a very forceful 

 and successful business man and had many 

 friends throughout Michigan. 



The Record was honored with a call on 

 March S from A. J. Auger of Auger & Son, the 

 well-known lumber and pulpwood house of Que- 

 bec, Canada. Mr. Auger was accompanied b.v 

 the Record's old friend, Owen M. Bruner of the 

 Owen M. Bruner Company of Philadelphia. 

 These gentlemen are making a little business 

 and social trip through this part of the country. 



J. D. Bolton, sales manager of the Hayden 

 & Westcott Lumber Company, Railway Exchange, 

 Chicago, returned on Saturday from a month's 

 business trip iu the South and East. Mr. Bolton 

 is very optimistic over immediate business pros- 

 pects. 



E. D. Galloway, president of the Galloway- 

 Pease Company, now located at Saginaw, Mich., 

 was a Record caller on March S. Mr. Galloway 

 states tha* George L. Humphrey, the secretary 

 of the company, who has never been active in the 

 enterprise, is now about to interest himself in 

 the sales end of the business. Mr. Galloway 

 expects to spend a large portion of his time at 

 headquarters at Johnson City, Tenn., taking 

 care of the company's four saw mills near that 

 point, while Max L. Pease, vice-president of the 

 company, will have charge of the Poplar Bluff, 

 Mo., mill of the company. Mr. Galloway regards 

 the removal of his headquarters to Saginaw as a 

 very desirable one. 



The Record's old friend, Prank T. Sullivan, 

 is now making his headquarters at Buffalo, N. 



