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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Louisiana, where he entered into a deal to take 

 the output of a large mill at Eunice, La. The 

 :ompany bought the stumpage of 10,000,000 feet, 

 which will be cut under its direction. The mill 

 ivas formerly known as the W. E. Jelks & Son's 

 jperation. Mr. Bard reports a tendency to ad- 

 pance prices in the South and he believes that 

 [his tendency will soon be reflected in Ohio. 



J. H. Heyl of the J. H. Heyl Lumber Company 

 returned recently from an extended business trip 

 rhroughout the South. 



C. T. Nelson, head of the C. T. Nelson Column 

 Company, reports quite an increase in orders 

 since the weather became more favorable. He 

 )elicves that business will continue to improve. 



TOLEDO 



The first lake shipment of lumber of the sea- 

 ion came in last week. It consisted of 265.000 

 eet of hardwoods on board the steamer W. J. 

 ;;arter, and was consigned from Alpena, Mich., 

 the rhoonix Box Company of this city. 



W. S. Booth of the Booth Column Company 

 s In Philadelphia on business this week. The 

 ;oncern reports that trade is picking up all 

 ilong the line, and that not only have local 

 lales greatly increased but that a strong demand 

 las come in from all over the country for porch 

 lolumns. 



A deal of considerable interest to hardwood 

 lealers in this section was recently consummated 

 I'hen the Hocking Valley railway was taken 

 iver by the Chesapeake & Ohio. George W. 

 Stevens was elected president of the newly or- 

 ;anized company, succeeding Nicholas Monserrat, 

 ind Frank Trumbull of New York was chosen 

 hairman of the board of directors. About $260,- 

 100 will be expended in improving Toledo ter- 

 Dinals in the near future. 



The David Lumber Company is finding a brisk 

 lemand for its entire hardwood output, and the 

 wo Michigan mills of the concern are kept un- 

 isually busy supplying the demands of the 

 rade. They are at present engaged in cutting 

 lak, elm. basswood and ash, and are barely able 

 supply the demand from factories for. these 

 naterials. 



The piles of sawdust at the old Mitchell & 

 iowland lumber yards are again burning, and 

 he eastern portion of the city has been envel- 

 iped in a dense cloud of smoke for days as a 

 esult. This has been a source of much annoy- 

 mce tor years, and no solution has ever been 

 vorkod out whereby the Are could be efCectually 

 irevented. 



One of the finest carloads of oak ever shipped 

 nto Toledo was unloaded at the Big Four Hard- 

 >ood Company's yards last week. It consisted 

 if Inch boards ranging in width from 18 inches 

 o 34 inches, and perfectly clear. Eighty per 

 ent of the car was 16 feet in length, ten per 

 ent 14 feet long, and not a board was less than 

 2 feet. The company makes a specialty of 

 landling high-class stuff. Manager Roberts of 

 his company is at present absent on a business 

 rip to West Virginia, and other southern points. 



An overheated boiler at the plant of Wald- 

 utter & Kahlenberg, chair manufacturers on 

 'Inewood avenue, Toledo, caused a serious blaze 

 Saturday, which threatened to destroy the entire 

 ilant Prompt work on the part of the fire 

 lepartment kept the damage down to $450. 



The N. D. Hale handle factory at Ashley, 

 )hIo, was totally destroyed by fire, entailing 



loss of $25,000. The origin Is unknown. Fifty 

 aen were thrown out of employment, and it is 

 bought the plant will not be rebuilt. 



Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Chesbrough will sail on 

 iprll 6 for a tour abroad. The objective point 

 fill be Oberammergau, where they will witness 

 he Passion Pl^y. Mr. Chesbrough is one of the 

 argest timber and lumi}cr dealers In this section. 



William T. Hubbard Is In Detroit for a few 

 lays on business connected with his large local 

 i'holesale hardwood yard. 



A stretch of fifteen acres of valuable hard- 



wood timber was destroyed by fire on the farm of 

 Callie Coe Shaw near Tiflin, Ohio, last week. 

 Several hundred farmers made an ineffectual ef- 

 fort to stop the flames, which died out after 

 reaching a water filled ravine. 



The Toledo Bending Company reports a light 

 business aside from the repair department, which 

 Is very busy. The output of the concern con- 

 sists of carriage and wagon stock, and the auto- 

 mobile industry has made deep inroads in this 

 class of trade recently. 



"Business is getting better with us all the 

 time," said Frank Spangler. "We are special- 

 izing in cypress and bay poplar at present. 

 Cypress has been very strong and the supply is 

 not plentiful. Bay poplar, being not so well 

 known, we have had to create a market for it, 

 but we have now worked up a nice trade. The 

 automobile business is leading all other indus- 

 tries.'* 



MEMPHIS 



Weather throughout the Memphis territory 

 during the past fortnight has been ideal for the 

 production of hardwood lumber and splendid 

 progress is reported in every direction. There 

 have been some few mills which have not been 

 in operation, but these have been the exceptions 

 which have proven the general rule of activity. 



Bank clearings In Memphis during the month 

 of March broke all previous records for that 

 month by several million dollars. As compared 

 with last year there was a gain of more than 

 $9,000,000, or practically 40 per cent. As com- 

 pared with 1903 there was a gain of a little more 

 than 100 per cent. Building operations during 

 March were about $45,000 ahead of the corre- 

 sponding month last year, while reports from 

 Little Rock and Birmingham both indicate rec- 

 ord-breaking bank clearings and building opera- 

 tions. The railroads are enjoying a most satis- 

 factory volume of business, and they make no 

 secret of the fact that lumbermen are giving 

 them more than their share of tonnage. The 

 Iron Mountain reports that during the month 

 of March It handled nearly three times as many 

 lumber shipments as during the corresponding 

 month last year, and some of the other railroads 

 indicate that their gain has been very pro- 

 nounced as compared with any March for recent 

 years. In fact, some of the lumbermen them- 

 selves say that they have done more business 

 during March than they ever did. 



The box factory of the Morgan-West Box Com- 

 pany, at Madison, Ark., which has been closed 

 down for repairs for about two weeks, has re- 

 sumed operations. The plant has been put in 

 first-class condition. 



The band mill and veneer factory of R. J. 

 Darnell, Inc., in South Memphis, resumed oper- 

 ations this week after a shut-down of about a 

 fortnight, due to changes in the trackage to its 

 timberlands. It was Impossible under the cir- 

 cumstances for the firm to secure all the timber 

 it needed, and the plant was thrown temporarily 

 out of raw material. This firm has materially 

 increased its timber land holdings by the pur- 

 chase of 10,000 acres in Tunica county, Miss. 

 This new tract adjoins a tract of about 7,500 

 acres already owned in that section, with the 

 result that the new acquisition gives the firm 

 practically 17,500 acres in one body. The timber 

 on this tract will be brought to Memphis and 

 developed at the plant of the firm in this city. 

 The mill of the Darnell-Love Lumber Company 

 at Leland, Miss., is running on full time. 



The McLean Hardwood Lumber Company is 

 running its big band mill and resaw in New 

 South Memphis on double time. It is working 

 both day and night. The supply of timber on 

 hand is ample for the present, and the company 

 does not anticipate any special difficulty along 

 this line. j 



The Anderson-Tnlly Company has been oper- 

 ating its mill and both of Its large box factories 

 here recently, but one of the box factories will 



close down this week. However, the firm Is 

 working at full capacity at Vicksburg, its box 

 factory and both of its mills at that point being 

 on full schedule. 



Indianapolis capitalists have secured a site at 

 Dickson, Tenn., on which a large mill for the 

 manufacture of finishing material will be estab- 

 lished. The enterprise will necessitate the ex- 

 penditure of a large amount of money and the 

 employment of a number of both skilled and un- 

 skilled laborers. 



Max Sondhelmer, president of the E. Sond- 

 heimer Company, is authority for the statement 

 that business is more satisfactory and that the 

 demand is larger than it has been for a number 

 of months. In fact, he states that his firm Is 

 doing an unusually satisfactory business, despite 

 the fact that it is depending on daily orders. It 

 is refusing to sell any lumber for forward ship- 

 ment, believing that prices will be higher later 

 on. Mr. Sondhelmer has recently favored one 

 of his banker friends in Chicago with his views- 

 on the hardwood lumber situation, and these 

 were very optimistic. In fact, Mr. Sondhelmer 

 thinks that there will be no difficulty in selling 

 from cover to foundation in the very near fu- 

 ture. 



The Meridian Planing Mill & Creosoting Com- 

 pany, Meridian,. Miss., will shortly resume oper- 

 ations. The plant was destroyed by fire last 

 September and has been practically rebuilt. 

 Concrete has been largely used in the construc- 

 tion of the new plant, and It is as nearly fire- 

 proof as it could be built. 



The American Cooperage Company of Helena, 

 Ark., has filed articles of incorportaion with the 

 secretary of state. The capital stock is $25,000. 

 John R. Livingston is president and Dale Welcb 

 is secretary and treasurer. 



The Earle Cooperage Company, Earle. Ark., 

 has also Incorporated, with a capital stock of 

 $10,000. C. T. Whitman is president and R. A. 

 Scott secretary and treasurer. 



There Is no doubt that the mill of the Dierks 

 Lumber & Coal Company at DeQueen will be re- 

 built and that it will be practically double the 

 capacity of the old plant which was destroyed 

 by Are. The financial arrangements have al- 

 ready been made through the execution of a 

 mortgage by the company in favor of the Amer- 

 ican Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago, tor $600,- 

 000. This instrument has already been filed for 

 record and Is secured by timber lands in Sevier, 

 Howard, Pike and Polk counties. 



The W. G. Baker Lumber Company, Heber, 

 Ark., has been granted a charter. The capital 

 stock Is $25,000. R. T. Martin is president and 

 Mortimer Frauenthal is secretary and treasurer. 

 Heber Is one of the best towns on the Missouri 

 and North Arkansas, the new road which has 

 been constructed in that state and which opens 

 to development a very large amount of hard- 

 wood timber lands. 



The Brown Lumber Company, of Paragould, 

 Ark., has filed an amendment to Its charter 

 whereby the capital stock Is Increased from 

 $15,000 to $50,000. 



Russe & Burgess, Inc., the Darnell-Taenzer 

 Lumber Company, the Green River Lumber Com- 

 pany, the Chickasaw Cooperage Company, the 

 McLean Hardwood Lumber Company and the 

 J. W. Thompson Lumber Company, as well as 

 other hardwood firms in this city, have been 

 awarded damages against the Illinois Central 

 and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad com- 

 panies in the form of reparation for the over- 

 charge of 2 cents per 100 pounds on shipments 

 of hardwood lumber from Memphis to New Or- 

 leans. It will be recalled that the old rate was 

 10 cents per 100 pounds and that an advance to 

 12 '■ents was made several years ago. The J. 

 W. Thompson Lumber Company and others 

 brought suit ifgalnst the Illinois Central, "aftd 

 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley , Railroad com- 

 panies, contesting the reasonableness of this 

 advance, and won a signal victory before the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission. After this 

 victory was won, the supplemental petition was 



