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will be operated by the Louisville & Nashville. 

 Construction forces aggregating 1,000 men are at 

 work. The construction ot the road has resulted 

 in timber lands in that region advancing in 

 value, increases announced being from .fS to $10 

 an acre. It is likely that the road will be com- 

 pleted by September 1. Announcement is made 

 that the Chicago, Memphis & Gulf railroad will 

 be extended from Tiptonville, Tenn., to Hick- 

 man, Ky., opening up considerable timber areas. 

 The extension ot the Kentucky Highlands rail- 

 road from Slillville to Versailles by the Louisville 

 & .\ashville will give an outlet for the Louisville 

 & Atlantic, and will enable lumber from eastern 

 Kentucky to be tbrough routed to this market. 



ASHLAND 



The W. 11. Uawkins Lumber Company re- 

 ceived a fairly good run of timber on the last 

 tide. In an interview with Mr. Dawkins, he 

 states that his company has secured a tract of 

 timber on Beaver Creek in Big Sandy, and has 

 begun operations on same. It is considered one 

 of the finest boundaries of timber in this sec- 

 tion, many of the trees measuring seven feet 

 ill diameter at the base. There is a great deal 

 more difficulty encountered in getting out tim- 

 ber now than in former years, for the most 

 desirable growth is now so far removed from 

 the main waterways that in a great many cases 

 logs must be hauled long distances over the 

 iMuuntains, a tramroad having to be built, and 

 u stationary engine maintained on the mountain 

 with which to haul to the creek, where splash 

 dams are constructed to splash the logs out 

 into the main creek, an expensive method but 

 modern logging. This company reports busi- 

 ness satisfactory. 



Vansant, Kitchen & Co.'s mill is in opera- 

 tion with enough timber for a good run. They 

 report an active demand for high-grade stock. 

 D. J. Taft of this concern has returned from 

 an extended stay in Florida. 



The Wright-Saulsberry Company says busi- 

 ness is satisfactory. Prices are good, with a 

 big demand for car stock and railroad tim- 

 bers. The company's boat from Parkersburg 

 dropped into its harbor a few days ago a fine 

 lot ot logs. .Mr. Wright says some of the pop- 

 lar is the best the company has had for years. 

 The mill is now running on a twelve-hour run, 

 with prospects for a steady run throughout the 

 jear. Charles J. Kitchen recently spent several 

 days at Parkersburg, W. Va., looking after tim- 

 ber. 



T. N. Fannin ot the Keys-Fannin Company is 

 home from a trip to his interests at Herndon, 

 \V. Va. Mr. Fannin Is well pleased with the 

 business outlook. 



Charles Getz of the Eastern Kentucky Lum- 

 ber Company at Anglin, Ky., was a recent Ash- 

 land visitor. Mr. Getz says his concern has 

 no cause for complaint, its mill is in operation, 

 a good prospect for a tide in the Little Sandy, 

 and inquiries and orders plentiful. 



The Standard Planing Mill Company reports 

 business satisfactory. The great increase in 

 buildings in Ashland this spring has materially 

 atl'ected this company's business, and the spring 

 and summer months promise to be very good. 



The Herrmann Lumber Company reports its 

 line of dimension stock and railroad ties moving 

 out well, and is satisfied with the situation. 



H. O. Hughart of Grand Rapids, Mich., was 

 a business visitor in Ashland recently. 



F. O. Clapp of Boston, the oldest buyer of 

 hardwood stocks, was in the city last week. Mr. 

 Clapp reports hardwoods stronger than he has 

 found them for years. 



The J. W. Kitchen Lumber Company reports 

 inquiries especially good in sap and No. 1 com- 

 mon, with prices satisfactory. J. W. Kitchen 

 is at present on a trip through Ohio in the 

 interest of his firm. 



Just at present the prospect for building in 

 Ashland is encouraging. Plans are under way 



tor a large fireproof hotel, several business 

 houses, etc., which indicate the spring and sum- 

 mer months will be busy ones. 



The last two weeks were very pleasing ones 

 to our millmen, as they were favored with the 

 best run of logs received out ot Big Sandy this 

 year and some very large poplar. 



The Dimension Lumber Company has closed 

 down after a few weeks' sawing, having sawed 

 out its present supply of timber. 



W. A. Cool of Cleveland, Ohio, was a recent 

 caller on our millmen. Mr. Cool is very opti- 

 mistic over present conditions and future pros- 

 pects. His company is handling a large amount 

 of fine poplar this year. 



William Eckman of the Licking River Lumber 

 Company returned to the mills at Farmers, Ky.,. 

 this week after a two weeks' struggle with la 

 grippe. Mr. Eckman reports business very good 

 and the mill running steadily, having on hand 

 at least six months' supply ot logs. 



J. H. Kester of the Southern Hardwood Com- 

 pany reports the receipt of a great number of 

 inquiries and a number of very desirable orders 

 at good prices. 



B. F. Searcy of the Whisler & Searcy Com- 

 pany, Ironton, Ohio, was -a business caller in 

 our city en route to Huntington, W. Va. Mr. 

 Searcy says business is good and its mills at 

 Farmers, Ky., and Ironton, Ohio, are both in 

 operation. The timber supply at its mills is not 

 as large as usual, but the company has a good 

 supply at its Farmers mills. Mr. Searcy re- 

 cently left for Parkersburg, W. Va., to look 

 after some of the timber which came out on 

 the recent tide. 



The Ironton Lumber Company, Ironton, Ohio, 

 is operating steadily now, sawing mostly oak. 

 Good reports come from the office. Prices hold 

 firm. 



The Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, Coalgrove, 

 O., reports business fine in all its departments. Its 

 domestic trade is very satisfactory. The export 

 trade also looks encouraging. The company re- 

 ceived a lot of logs on the last tide, due to its 

 fine splash dam above the Breaks of the Big 

 Sandy. 



ST. LOUIS 



The Western Planing Mill and a large stock 

 of lumber and finished products were recently 

 destroyed by fire, incurring a loss of about 

 ?;30,000. 



The Cain-Hurley Lumber Company was in- 

 corporated a few days ago with a capital stock, 

 fully paid, of $25,000. The incorporators are 

 E. M. Cain of this city, who owns 149 shares ; 

 John T. Hurley of Webster Groves, Mo., a St. 

 Louis suburb, 100 shares, and Eugene C. Slevin 

 of Ferguson, Mo., another suburb, one share. 

 The company will manufacture and deal in lum- 

 ber. 



Incidental to the above notice of incorporation 

 may be mentioned the fact that on March 17 

 Mr. Cain was married to Miss Mary Grace 

 Young ot this city. Immediately after the cere- 

 mony the bridal pair took the noon, train for 

 the East, where they will spend their honey- 

 moon. 



The Brewer-Laidley Lumber Company has dis- 

 folved and has been succeeded by the R. A. 

 Laidley Lumber Company. The new company 

 is occupying the offices of the former company 

 in the Fullerton building. It makes a specialty 

 of railroad timber, handling oak ties, piling and 

 car material. It owns two tie camps and two 

 more will be added in the near future. 



August H. Schnelle. president of the Schnelle 

 & Querl Lumber Company, and one of the old- 

 est lumbermen in the city, being seventy years 

 old, was found dead at 9 :30 on Saturday eve- 

 ning, March 12, in a downtown lodging house. 

 It is supposed that he had a sudden attack of 

 illness, probably heart trouble, and sought the 

 first shelter he could find. Mr. Schnelle was 

 lorn in Dayton, Ohio, in 1839, and came to 



•St. Louis when quite young. He leaves a wife, 

 son and two daughters. His son. August H. 

 Schnelle Jr.. is secretary of the Beckers-Schnelle 

 Lumber Company. Mr. Schnelle was active in 

 lumber trade meetings and local associations and 

 on Tuesday evening previous to his death at- 

 tended the meeting of the Lumbermen's Club 

 at the Jefferson. 



A flue business is reported by the Boeckeler 

 Lumber Company. This has been especially so 

 .xiuce the weather has become more pleasant. 

 The company has a very large local trade. 



Two large pieces of real estate were recently 

 purchased by C. F. Llebke, president of the C. F. 

 Liebke Hardwood Lumber Company, making him 

 the owner of a large tract ot land in the north- 

 ern section of the city, on part of which his 

 lumber yard is situated, and the tract comprises 

 some of the most valu.ible switching property 

 in the city. 



E. L. Page, (lie manager of the Alt Bennett 

 Lumber Company's hardwood department, reports 

 a splendid trade in the upper grades with a 

 good demand for lower. Mr. Page showed orders 

 for seventy-two cars of hardwood booked on one 

 day last week as evidence that business had 

 .started lively, and he says this is just a starter. 

 lie recently returned from the mills of the com- 

 pany at Turrell and Jonesboro, Ark., where he 

 went to hasten out some urgent shipments. He 

 reports conditions most satisfactory at those two 

 producing points. 



The Garetson-G reason Lumber Company re- 

 ports quite an improvement in the hardwood 

 trade during the past week or ten days. 



George E. Cotfrill, secretary of the American 

 Hardwood Lumber Company, says there is a 

 yuod demand for the better grades of hardwood 

 lumber in all items on the list and good prices 

 are being obtained. The lower grades are also 

 in much better demand than they were a short 

 time ago and prices arc quite Arm. 



The Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 

 Company is doing a steady business, a great 

 deal better than during this period a year ago. 

 It is having a particularly active demand for 

 sum, one of its specialties. 



George E. Hibbard, vice-president of the Steele 

 & Hibbard Lumber Company, says there is a 

 good demand for upper grades on all items on 

 ibe hardwood list and lower grades are also 

 being called for very freely. Better prices are 

 being obtained on both grades. 



The Lothman Cypress Company is having a 

 fine cypress trade and there has been quite a 

 stiffening in prices in consequence. According 

 to the reports that it has received from the 

 .South, the stocks there are less than normal. 

 Those well informed on cypress conditions look 

 lor one of the best seasons in many years. 



The monthly meeting of the Lumbermen's 

 Club of St. Louis was held at the Jefferson 

 Hotel, Tuesday evening, March 8. There was a 

 large attendance. Dinner was served at 6 :30 

 and the business meeting followed. The speaker 

 ot the evening was E. G. Lewis, mayor of Uni- 

 versity City and publisher of the Woman's 

 Magazine. He spoke on "The Subway," a pro- 

 ject he is planning to build and which will 

 extend from University City, immediately west 

 ot the city of St. Louis, to the down-town dis- 

 trict. His remarks were most enthusiastically 

 received. He also extended an invitation to 

 the club to visit University City and the plant 

 of the Woman's Magazine. 



NEW ORLEANS 



New Orleans' newest institution in the way 

 of a commercial organization, the Lumbermen's 

 Club, was formally organized at a meeting of 

 local lumbermen March 18. George E. Watson, 

 secretary of the Southern Cypress Manufac- 

 turers' .\ssociation, was elected to the presi- 

 dency. The other officers are as follows : First 

 vice-president, C. W. Robinson o£ the C. W. 



