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HARDWOOD RECORD 



TOLEDO 



Wliilc tl.o moutli ii£ May I'.-II sunifvvliat Lclnw 

 wliMt was anticipated, so far as Imilding opora- 

 tiorjs wore funcei'ued, liai'dwood dealers liave no 

 faull to find witli seneral eonditions. as tlie 

 defieit was more than made up ]iy tlie iinnsually 

 brisk demand for faetory .use. lUiiiding opera- 

 tions picked up considevaljly tlie past week de- 

 spite had, rainy weatlter, and tliere is plenty of 

 optimism among local hardwood dealers, who 

 profess to see some splendid tnisiness ahead 

 which will probably last durins; tlie balance of 

 the season. Conditions are ahoiit ripe for n 

 change in the general situation, ami that change 

 will he for the better. 



A lar,gc lumlwr-carrying boat was just turned 

 out by the Toledo Shipbuilding Company. It 

 will be known as the Kdwln I>. I'Msher and has 

 a eaiwcity of 1,.-|01I.(I0() feet of lumber. It is 

 23G feet long, of 4lt foot beam, and is 17 feet 

 deep. The finishing touches will be put on 

 wit hill a few weeks. 



Twenty lumbermen of Tol.do were reci'utly 

 ■entertained at a bantjuet and social evenin.g at 

 the Business Men's Club by II. A. Conlin and 

 the (Joulet Lumber Company. 



Local hardwood dealers and shippers are mucli 

 interested in the recent developments in connec- 

 tion with the car demurrage fjuestion. w^bich f<.>r 

 a long time lias been working a gross injustice 

 in many instances. Tlie matter was the subject 

 of considerable discjission at the recent meeting 

 of the Ohio Shipper's Association at Columbus, 

 where the following resolution was adopted with- 

 out dissent : "T\"e reiterate our former position 

 regarding jurisdiction of car demurrage, believ- 

 ing that statutes, as amended, should give to the 

 Ohio liailroad Commission complete Jurisdiction 

 over all car demnrra.ge. inasmuch as it is not 

 connected in any manner with tlU' transporta- 

 tion feature covered by the tariffs of the various 

 carriers, and we recommend to tlie executive com- 

 mittee that it takes such action as may be neces- 

 sary to secure the adoption of tin- rules promul- 

 gated liy the Ohio Railroad Commission on all 

 traffic, irrespective of jjoints of oi-igiu or desti- 

 nation," 



The Napoleon Lumber & Handle Company, of 

 .\apoleon. O.. was recently incorporated by 

 Charles F. Ferguson. M. II. Ferguson, .lohn 

 Iiouty. Mrs. T. F. Iiouty and Ale.\. Bissoni'tte. 

 The concern has a capital stoi'k of .flii.ddii. 



Suit has been filed in the federal court at 

 Toledo by the Columbus (Jrove Lumber Company 

 of Columbus Grove. ().. a.gainst the Detroit. To- 

 ledo & Ironton railroad, asking for dama.ges to 

 the amount of .f.3t5.200 resulting from a fire origi- 

 nating Ironi sparks from a passing locomotive. 



One hundred citizens of Montpelier. o,, |iavi> 

 pled.ged themselves as security for a .vi .-..iiiiii biiui 

 for the \V. C. Heller Hox Factory of that city, 

 which was considering a pro|Kisitioii to remove 

 to llnntington, Ind. Tie- iilniit will ix- im|)i-o\ed 

 and enlarged. 



Clyde McLaughlin, a proniiiieiu young luniln-r 

 dealer at Fremont, O., was Joined in marriage 

 last week to Miss Catherine SI tickler of San- 

 dusky. 



Sumner 1'. Shelly was last week appointed 

 recc-iver for tlie Travis-l!ad.-ii l.inidH-i- Company. 

 The concern is a manufaclun-i- ..r liardwood lum- 

 ber, is capitalized at .fT.-i.oi'ii and owns among 

 other holdings valualile tracts of limlierhind in 

 .Missouri. Debts are said to b,. .$,-,4.11011 and 

 assets appro.'iimately .flDO.iliHi. 



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INDIANAPOLIS 



home in that city on May 27 at the age of 

 si.vty-eight. 



The II. Lanter Company, large manufaeturrr 

 of furniture, is building a four-story brick addi- 

 tion to its plant at a cost of .fi.s.iuKl. 



The Dodge Manufacturing Company, Misha- 

 waka. a few days ago establislied a new record 

 for the plant by cutting 30.0UU feet of hardwood 

 timber in one day. The average run of the plant 

 is from llJ.i.iliO to ] 7,000 feet. 



With an authorized capitalization of $l.-|,iloii, 

 the (1. W. White Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized at Martinsville. Tho.se interested in- 

 clude George \V. \^hite, II. B. White and Claud,' 

 Hill. The company will manufacture and sell 

 hardwoods and other lumber. 



Cnder the au.spices of the Indianapolis Trade 

 Association. l.'W local manufacturers and other 

 business men made a trade extension trip tbroiuli 

 northern Indiana, visiting thirty cities and 

 towns. .lune 1. 2 and 3. Business men of tie 

 iMaces visited were talked with and much liteia 

 ture advertising the business interests of In 

 dianapidis distributed. The party traveled in 

 four special interiirban cars and six automobiles. 

 Men identified with the lumber industry who 

 accompanied the party were; C. O. Rogers, o. T. 

 Haskert and C. C. Diasehell of tlie Adams-Carr 

 C(.nipiiiiy; II. T. Henliam. Finiik Wells and (;. 

 Luuuington of E. C. Atkins & Co.; C. II. .Mor- 

 rison of the Foster Lumber Company ; II. II. 

 MeCloud of the Greer-WUkinson Lumber Com- 

 pany; I'. S. Brown of the Interior Ilanlwooil 

 Compan.v. 



BRISTOL 



E. II. Greer has returned from .in extensive 

 bu.-iiness trip through Indiana, 



.Tolin Hillenbrand, who fouudrd ih<. .\nieriian 

 riiruitiire Company at Batesville. dird at Iiis 



\Villiani S. Whiting, in charge of all I tie opera 

 tions of tile Whiting Manufacturing Coinpan.\. 

 was a visitor in Bristol this week. From hei-e 

 be went to Abin.gdcm to look after his con - 

 pi-ny's band mill at that place. The Whitiiig 

 company i.s rapidly extending its already extiMi- 

 sive operations throughout this section liy io- 

 stalling additional jdants. 



1!. E. Wood of the R. K'. Wuoil Lumber Com- 

 pany of Baltimore, was in Bristol this week on 

 b.is retiiiii to Baltimore, from Buladeen, Car- 

 ter county. Tenn., where he paid a visit to his 

 company's band mill. He says he found things 

 iiioving along well, 



.T. Gibson .Midlvain. .Ir.. of ,1, Gibson Mcllvain 

 & Co., I'hiladelphia, and Ii. Ii. Hartlove, repre- 

 senting W, O. Trice of Baltimore, recently spent 

 several days with the local hardwood men. 



Consideraljle damage was sustained by the 

 lumbermen and timber owners of this section by 

 the destructive storm which swi-pt through this 

 section on .Tune 4. Standing timber was greatly 

 damaged, many trees being broken oft' or up- 

 rooted and many logs wa.shed away. The Bristol 

 Door & Lumber Company and the Stone-IIuling 

 Lumber Company both Iiad the large smoke 

 stacks at their Bristol plants blown down. 



Assurances that the steel rolling mills and 

 iron furnaces in Bristol, two big industries wlii. Ii 

 have been idle for many months, may be started 

 again within the next few weeks was given a 

 delegation of the Bristol Board of Trade that 

 called on General Manager .lolin I!. Newton of 

 the Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Company at 

 Roanoke, a few days ago. Mr. Newton said 

 his ciunpany expected to start its furnaces .gen- 

 erally in the South just as soon as the iron mar- 

 ket got in a little better condition. 



l^red K. Taxton and T. W, Lewis of tlie I'ax- 

 ton Lumber Company, have just returned from a 

 visit to the mills in western North Carolina and 

 rejiorf activit.y in manufacturing in that region. 

 One million feet of high-grade export oak, cut 

 to order, was purchased last week by .T. A. Wil- 

 kinson of this city from a large band mill 11 1 

 Mobile. Ala. He will use the entire stock for 

 his export trade. 



Mr, .Spearing of Shphens. .S|)earing & Co., of 



Look Haven, I'a., was a visitor on the Bristol 

 market this week and left some orders with 

 local lumbermen. 



The mills in this section are pretty well sup- 

 plied with logs. Most of them are in operation, 

 especially the larger plants, with enough orders 

 to carry them through the dull season. The car 

 supply is good. 



Lumbermen here are discussing on every hand 

 the new railroad measure before Congress and 

 the effect it will have on business in general and 

 the lumber industry in particular. The opinion 

 seems to be that it will have a disturbing effect 

 ill placing rates on a strictly mileage basis, 

 tliough it is not believed that it will be seriously 

 iletrimental to business, even at the start, if 

 at all. 



MEMPHIS 



Lee Wilson & Co. has awarded the contract 

 loi- a band mill which is to he constructed at Wil- 

 son, Ark., replacing the one burned there a few 

 months ago. It was secured by the McDonough 

 Manufacturing Company and work will begin 

 thereon at once. The band mill will have a 

 capacity of about 7.'5.000 feet per day and the 

 plant will be of steel and concrete construc- 

 tion, making destruction by lire practically im- 

 possible. The band saw and re-saw will be 

 driven by steam and the veneer machinery, 

 edgers. planers, trimmers and other equipment 

 will be motor driven. The plant when com- 

 pleted will be one of the most elaborate in this 

 .section. It is expected by the management 

 that II will be in operation by November 1. 

 I'll. r,.iupany. which has its headquarters in 

 Meiopliis. has been operating a circular mill at 

 Wilson for some time, cutting up the timber 

 whieli w-as in tlie yard before the fire occurred. 

 It was announced some time ago that the new 

 plant would he equipped with flre-flghting appa- 

 ratus, but this idea has beim abandoned since 

 the decision to construct the jilant of concrete 

 and steel. 



.1. F. Mclntyre. until recently vice-president 

 of tlie Memphis Veneer & Lumber Company, has 

 removed to I'lne Bluff. Ark., and is now en- 

 gaged in the construction of a mill at that point, 

 wliich is to be operated under the name of .1. F. 

 -Mclntyre & Son. The site for this jilant has 

 already been purchased and it is understood that 

 work on the mill will he begun at once. Tem- 

 por-iry offices have been established witli the 

 Saw,\cr ^; Austin Lumber Company at Pine 

 Blufl'. .Mr. Mclnt.vre is one of the best known 

 lumbermen in this city or section and extreme 

 regret is expressed in lumbe'- circles over the 

 fad that he has decided to remove from Mem- 

 pliis. I'rior to his connection witli the Mem- 

 phis Veneer & I,umber Company, Jlr. Jlclntyre 

 was manager of the Memphis Rim & Bow Com- 

 pany, which had extensive holdings in Mem- 

 phis and Mississippi. 



It is announced that the new electric unload- 

 ing docks of the Illinois Central at Nonconnah 

 Yards will be placed in operation by the 20th 

 of this month. Construction on these docks 

 has lieen pushed as rapidl.v as possible and 

 Memphis now has the distinction of having the 

 only complete plant of this kind in operation 

 on the entire system of the Illinois Central. 

 These docks are equipped with electrical cranes 

 of enormous iiower. which will be used in un- 

 loading direct from barges and steamboats cot- 

 ton, cotton seed, staves, logs, butts and other 

 freight into or on freight cars on the Illinois 

 Central. The work b.v machinery can be carried 

 on very much faster than by hand and for this 

 reason lumber and loggin.g interests are very 

 mueh pleased with the more extensive facilities 

 which have been provided. The Illinois Central 

 operates its own belt line and in addition to this 

 it lias phy.sical connection with the belt line 

 of the Tinion Railway. This is only another way 

 of saying that distribution to any of the receiv- 



