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HARDWOOD RECORD 



hermen's Club, which will be given June 4, have 

 keen completed. The usual stunts have been 

 planned and committees appointed to see that 

 -all have a jolly good time. 



Lumber yards and box factories will have to 

 get an ordinance of permission before they can 

 he established within the city limits if a pending 

 •rdinance is pushed. If any of the present lum- 

 l>er yards are burned out, then an ordinance is 

 required before they again can operate. Box 

 factories and warehouses where old boxes are 

 stored for sale come under the same ordinance. 

 The bill for the enactment of this law is now 

 before the council. The violation of the law is 

 punishable by a line of from $100 to ?500. 



At a special meeting of the Lumbermen's Ex- 

 change, held on Wednesday, May 17, resolutions 

 on the death of J. W. Van Cleave were adopted. 

 Resolutions condemning the bill which has been 

 introduced into the council to regulate the estab- 

 lishment and maintenance of lumber yards, were 

 also adopted by the exchange. 



A (juiet, steady trade in hardwoods, especially 

 sum, is reported by the Waldstein Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



B. W. Blumer, sales manager of the Lothman 

 Cypress Company, is out on the road in the inter- 

 ests of his company. He is making a trip 

 through the North. He believes business will 

 develop soon, for Just at present conditions are 

 not quite as satLsfactory as they might be. and 

 business is quiet. This does not mean that the 

 aompany is not doing any business, for It is, but 

 there is not as much activity as there should be 

 at this season of the year. The bulk of the 

 •rders now coming in are from the retail trade 

 in Iowa and the northern section of Illinois. 



W. W. Dings, secretary of the Garetson- 

 •reason Lumber Company, is in Chicago at this 

 writing, looking after business. He said before 

 teaving that business was fairly good but could 

 ke better. 



Jacob Mossberger, president of the Mossberger 

 Lumber Company, reports business as large as 

 iw usually the case at this season of the year. 

 Mr. Mcssberger believes that there will be a nice 

 amount of business done before the summer 

 season sets in. 



There is a fair volume of business reported by 

 the Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company. Its 

 business last month was unusually good, and Mr. 

 Wiese of the company thinks that that accounts 

 :for the falling off this month, but believes it will 

 pick up later. 



E. L. Page, manager of the hardwood depart- 

 ment of the Alf Bennett Lumber Company, says 

 Miat the company is having its share of business. 

 Some right good sized orders have been booked 

 lor this month, and a number of big orders are 

 *o sight for the next few weeks. 



LITTLE ROCK 



A. committee has been appointed by the local 

 lumber concerns to meet with a committee from 

 the woodworkers of the city in an effort to ad- 

 just the differences between the employers and 

 the workmen without any serious difficulty. The 

 workmen have asked for a decrease of working 

 kours from ten to nine, without any decrease 

 in pay. 



During the past week an exhibit was main- 

 tained at the Auditorium Rink by a number 

 •f wagon and automobile concerns in connec- 

 tion with the display of the State Hardware 

 Association. Among the exhibitors were the 

 Stoughton Wagon Company, Gale-Hooper Com- 

 pany of Memphis, Ft. Smith Wagon Company, 

 Ft. Smith ; Milburn Wagon Company, and others. 

 Louis Koers of this city and the Little Rock 

 Carriage Company also had extensive exhibits. 

 Dealers report an unusual activity in the mar- 

 ket, and during the exhibit booked many large 

 •rders. 



The Morris Manufacturing Company of Little 

 Rock has been incorporated for the purpose of 



manufacturing sawmill machinery patented by 

 T. C. Morris of this city. The company is 

 capitalized at $25,000. Heretofore the machin- 

 ery has been manufactured in other cities. 



Louis Koers, one of tlie largest carriage manu- 

 facturers of the state, has recently returned 

 from an extensive market trip to ' the East. 

 He bought heavily in anticipation of trade con- 

 ditions continuing as they have been for the 

 past two months. 



For the past two weeks there has been more 

 or less demoralization in the mammoth shops 

 of the Missouri-Pacific Railway here, owing to 

 the strike of the machinists. However, the 

 company is handling the situation by the im- 

 portation of strike-breakers to such an extent 

 that no particular inconvenience to motive powei- 

 has been experienced as yet. An effort has beeu 

 made through the mayor, board of trade and 

 other bodies to effect a settlement by arbitra- 

 tion, and this is now before the officials in St. 

 Louis. 



A charter was recently granted to the Mc- 

 Crory & Beedeville Southern Railway Company, 

 which proposes to build a short line from Mc- 

 Crory in Woodruff county to Beedeville in Jack- 

 son county, a distance of fourteen miles. The 

 company is capitalized at $100,000. 



Creosoted blocks for pavement are growing in 

 favor in this section. Both Pine Bluff and 

 Little Rock are figuring on this material for 

 extensive improvements contemplated. 



Incidentally, the big creosoting plant at the 

 Ayer & Lord Tie Company is operating on full 

 time again, putting out material for the Iron 

 Mountain's, contract for double-tracking north 

 of this city. 



MILWAUKEE 



Reports received from New Richmond, Merrill 

 and Mellen state that heavy losses have been 

 suffered by the surrounding towns and villages, 

 10 say nothing of the timber lands, as a result 

 of forest fires lately. Recent rains, however, 

 have checked the fires to a large extent and it 

 is thought that the greatest danger is now past. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed w^ith 

 the secretary of state by the C. H. Krause Lum- 

 ber Company of Antigo. The concern is capi- 

 lalizcd at $15,000, and the incorporators are: 

 C. II. Krause, G. H. Wunderlich and Ralph 

 Krause. The company is erecting a planing mill 

 and supply house. The buildings will measure 

 4Sx90 and 36x64 feet respectively. 



Notices have been posted in the plant of the 

 Two Rivers Woodenware Company of Two Riv- 

 ers, which recently filed a petition in bank- 

 ruptcy, to the effect that the plant will be 

 operated under the management of the Wisconsin 

 Trust Company o£ Milwaukee, the trustee. An 

 order has been issued by the court for the plant 

 to be placed in o;)eration by the trustees and 

 $10,000 worth of logs, which the concern owns 

 in the northern part of the state will be shipped 

 to Two Rivers. 



The Wisconsin Fruit Package Company of 

 Crandon is increasing the equipment of its plant. 

 A large veneer cutting machine is being in- 

 stalled and when completed will make the third 

 machine of its kind in the plant. 



The Marinette & Menominee Box Company of 

 Marinette is planning to increase the size and 

 capacity of its plant. A large addition will be 

 erected during the summer and new equipment 

 will be installed. 



A fire, believed to have been of incendiary 

 origin, recently destroyed 35,000 feet of maple 

 logs, the property of the Goshaw & Harms Com- 

 pany at Drywood. Before the blaze was started, 

 oil had been sprinkled over the logs on the 

 rollway, causing them to burn with great speed. 

 The mill was saved, as the wind was blowing in 

 a favorable direction. 



The John Manser logging camp near the vil- 

 lage of Kelly was burned to the ground recently. 



the fire resulting from nearby forest firas. The 

 1( ss is estimated at $600. 



Plans are being made by the Mollne Plow 

 Company to expend $500,000 in making improve- 

 ments and additions to its plant at Stoughton, 

 the Mandt Wagon Company. Eight new build- 

 ings will be erected. The first will be a large 

 blacksmith shop and will be followed by two 

 immense warehouses. 



The large addition to the plant of the Sheboy- 

 gan Wood Turning Company of Sheboygan, 

 which has been under course of construction for 

 some time, is now completed. New machinery 

 has been installed and the part is being operated 

 in connection with the old plant. 



The Linderman Box & Veneer Company of Eau 

 Claire has received $32,000 in settlement of the 

 loss by fire of its plant. As yet no definite plans 

 for rebuilding have been made. It is reported, 

 however, that the concern is preparing to move 

 its plant to some other city nearer its source 

 of supplies, but a strong effort is being made 

 by the business men of Eau Claire to keep the 

 plant in that city. 



The Hanson Furniture Company of Janesville 

 has executed a mortgage on its $80,000 plant to 

 secure a $30,000 issue of bonds so that a new 

 factory addition may be erected. These bonds 

 are being sold for $100, $200 and $500, and 

 many of them are being taken up by employes 

 ol the company. 



The Jennings sawmill at Waupaca was totally 

 destroyed by fire recently. The blaze started in 

 Ihe boiler room and spread with such rapidity 

 that the fire department had a hard time te 

 keep the fire confined to the one building. The 

 loss is estimated at $15,000. 



The Curtis & Yale Manufacturing Company is 

 erecting a large three story addition to its plant 

 No. 1. The new part will be used for the car- 

 penters and wood carvers. 



The main drive on the Menominee river was 

 commenced last week. The water at the present 

 time is at as low a stage as it generally is dur- 

 ing midsummer and as a result, it is expected 

 that much difficulty will be encountered on the 

 drive. 



William Bachus. accompanied by his son, both 

 of Chippewa Falls, will leave June 1 for the 

 Holy Land, where they will begin a timber cruis- 

 ing trip along the River Jordan. The trip will 

 bo made in the interests of Virginia lumber 

 companies which are planning to erect sawmills 

 in Jerusalem if conditions are favorable. 



The Northwestern Lumber Company has pre- 

 sented the city of Eau Claire with a deed to a 

 strip of land running through its old lumber 

 yards in that city for the extension of Wisconsin 

 street to the railroad tracks. The company is 

 preparing to have the remainder of the land 

 platted and will then sell for factory sites. 



After a two weeks' shut down, during which 

 time an inventory was taken, the plant of the 

 Stoughton Wagon Company at Madison has been 

 reopened. 



A meeting oJ: log owners along the Wisconsin 

 river valley division of the Chicago, Milwaukee 

 & St. Paul road was held recently for the pur- 

 pose of deciding npon a plan for disposing of the 

 large numbers of logs which are scattered along 

 the railway right of way. As a final solutioB 

 of the problem it was decided to hold a sale and 

 sell the logs to the highest bidder. 



Taking advantage of a time when a large sup- 

 ply of lumber is on hand, as the result of last 

 winter's car shortage, the Bird & Wells Lumber 

 Company has closed its mill at Wansaukee for 

 a short period, during which time repairs will 

 be made. 



The R. Connor Lumber Company of Stratford 

 lias purchased the holdings of the Mosinee Log, 

 Land & Timber Company in the towns of Mosinee 

 and Emmet. The transfer includes over 30,000 

 acres of timber lands. 



The Fond du Lac Church Furnishing Company 

 of Fond du Lac has established a branch office 



