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HARDWOOD RECORD 



The North Wisconsin Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company lias commenced operations at its saw- 

 mill at Hayward, running both night and day 

 shifts. 



The Smalley Manufacturing Company of Mani- 

 towoc is planning the erection of a large factory 

 building to be used in the manufacture of silos. 

 G. G. Mandt has severed his connection with 

 the Mandt Wagon Company of Stoughton and 

 the Moline Plow Works of Moline, 111., and has 

 become connected with the Wm. Galloway Com- 

 pany, of Waterloo, Iowa. 



The large saw and shingle mill of J. A. Porter 

 at Hatley, Wis., was recently burned, together 

 with about 50.000 feet of lumber. The loss is 

 estimated at about $20,000. 



John Beck, of Ashland, who is manufacturing 

 a patented refrigerator, the patent for which he 

 obtained recently, has received large numbers of 

 orders, and is working his plant to capacity. 



Plans are being made for rebuilding the large 

 sawmill of the Heineman Lumber Company, 

 which recently was destroyed by Are at Heine- 

 man. Efforts are being made by the citizens of 

 Merrill to have the mill erected near that city. 

 The new structure will be of the latest architec- 

 ture, constructed of reinforced concrete and 

 brick. 



William Little will open camps for the Ken- 

 field & Lamoureaux Lumber Company and the 

 M. H. Sprague Lumber Company on Ibe North- 

 em Paciiic line near Iron River. 



The C. H. Krause Lumber Company has pur- 

 chased the old Chris Wunderlich mill site at 

 Antigo, and will establish a lumber yard and 

 building supply business in the city. 



After installing many improvements and mak- 

 ing repairs, the New Dells Lumber Company's 

 mill at Eau Claire has been opened for the sea- 

 son's run. 



The Rice Lake Lumber Company's large saw- 

 mill has been opened for the season's run and 

 the smaller one, which has been operated both 

 night and day, will hereafter be run only days. 

 The D. J. Murray Company, manufacturer of 

 sawmill machinery at Wausau, is building sev- 

 eral additions to its plant and installing new 

 equipment. 



Dietrich & Brandt, who recently purchased the 

 Bonduel grist mill at Bonduel, will open a plan- 

 ing mill and lumber yard in that place. 



K. Jacobson & Co., of Racine, manufacturers 

 of woodwork, are building a large two-story addi- 

 tion to their plant. 



The M. J. Wallrich Land Company of Shaw- 

 ano, with capital stock to the amount of $700,000. 

 recently filed articles of incorporation with the 

 secretary of state. The company will take over 

 the Wallrich timl>er holdings in Shawano, Lang- 

 lade, Forest and Ashland counties. 



The E. W. EUis sawmill at Grand Rapids has 

 been placed in operation after being repaired and 

 remodeled for the season's work. 



The Plymouth Parlor Frame Company of 

 Plymouth has obtained a lease on the old Ried- 

 ling piano factory and will use it as a ware- 

 house. 



The heavy rains of the past few days have 

 been a boon to the log drivers, who have been 

 encountering no little trouble on account of low 

 water, resulting from the unusually early dis- 

 appearance of snow. 



Articles of incorporation of the Antigo Timber 

 Holding Company have been filed with the sec- 

 retary of state. The capital stock amounts to 

 $20,000 and tlii' Incorporators are: J. H. Worden, 

 E. P. Faust and O. G. Erickson. 



The New Stratman Vehicle Company of Dodge- 

 vllle reports a successful business for the month 

 of March, having disposed of lis milk wagons 

 during that time. 



The Northern Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 which has been operating a sawmill at Maple 

 lor several years, will move the equipment to 

 Minnesota after this season, owing to the deple- 

 tion of the hardwood forests. 



Much activity is being shown about the little 

 town of Rosholt since the Moore & Galloway 

 Lumber Company of Fond du Lac and the Hat- 



ten Lumber Company of New London commenced 

 logging operations there. 



Richard McGaCfney of Superior has obtained a 

 patent upon a nailless barrel hoop, which is said 

 to be a great improvement over the old-style af- 

 fair, and is attracting much attention among the 

 coopers of the state. 



It is reported that the Kaukauna Land, Timber 

 & Supply Company has refused a lx>nus of $30.- 

 OOO on the lands which it recently obtained in 

 Forest county. 



The Anson-Hurd Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company of Merrill has purchased a new 270- 

 horsepower engine to run its new box factor.v at 

 Merrill. 



Lumbermen throughout the northern part of 

 the state are having no little amount of trouble 

 owing to the great scarcity of cars. It is said 

 that if conditions are not bettered at once busi- 

 ness results might prove serious. 



The Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau 

 Claire has commenced building operations upon 

 its new factory building. It will be used for the 

 manufacture of the smaller machines put out by 

 the concern. 



The Beaver Silo cS: Box Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Beaver Dam has filed articles of incor- 

 poration with the secretory of state. The con- 

 cern is capitalized at $20,000 with R. J., A. C. and 

 Otto Klatt as the incorporators. 



The ofhcers and directors of the Minneapolis 

 Cedar & Lumber Company recently made a trip 

 of inspection through the different parts of the 

 plant at Rhinelander. 



A. L. Osborn, a wealthy lumberman of Osh- 

 kosh, has been appointed a member of the Wis- 

 consin State Fish Commission by Gov. Davidson, 

 to succeed Calvert Spensely. This is the first 

 time that the Fox river and its tributaries have 

 been represented on the commission. 



The large general store and offices of the I. 

 Stephenson Company at Well, Mich., were de- 

 stroyed by fire recently. Its sawmill at this 

 place, the largest this side of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, will be placed in operation about the last 

 of the month. The mill has a capacity of 350,000 

 feet per day. 



The Automatic File & Index Company of Green 

 Bay has received a bid to move to Milwaukee, 

 and the business men at the bay are now raising 

 a bonus of $7,000 to retain the concern. 



The Crocker Chair Company of Sheboygan is 

 planning the erection of another large additinu 

 to its plant in that city. 



The A. H. Stange Company will operate two 

 camps throughout the summer, one at Johnson's 

 Spur and the other at Stella Lake. 



The sawmill and yards of J. J. Konop at Way- 

 side were destroyed by fire recently. 



The Schroeder Lumber Company has cc;u- 

 tracted to saw 15.000.000 feet of logs in its saw- 

 mill at Ashland this season for the Stearns Lum- 

 ber Company. 



The Fond du Lac Church Furnishing Company 

 has commenced the erection of a modern fire- 

 proof double compartment dry kiln to take the 

 place of the one destroyed by fire March 6. 



B. A. Kipp of Milwaukee has started an action 

 against the Kiel Furniture Company for the col- 

 lection of $45,000 alleged to be due him on several 

 notes given at the time the company purchased 

 the business from him. 



C. D. Brower of Beaver Dam has purchased a 

 one-half interest in the Green Bay Show Case 

 Company and will in the future devote his time 

 to the new business. 



The H. L. Roe Lumber Company has taiien an 

 option on a large tract of timber land near 

 North Crandon and will send cruisers through 

 it in a short time. 



The Stearns Lumber Company has commenced 

 operations at its large mill at Washburn. 



some of the new cut should be dry and in the 

 market at an earlier date than usual. The 

 recent bad weather spell has not caused any 

 setback in sawing operations. 



The railroad situation is much improved la 

 the Northwest. Shippers have been able to clean 

 up orders that have been hanging fire, and cars 

 are now furnished with fair promptness. The 

 railroads and the switchmen have made terms, 

 the men have gone back to work and traffic is 

 moving nicely again. 



F. H. Lewis, the well-known Minneapolis 

 wholesaler of hardwoods and hemlock, is back 

 from an extended tour In the South and South- 

 \\'est. He had been gone since .January and his 

 trip took him first to Texas, where he visited 

 Dallas and San Antonio, and then went west to 

 Los Angeles, also calling at San Francisco, 

 Denver and Omaha. It was chiefly a pleasure 

 trip but Mr. Lewis kept an eye on business all 

 the time, and reports that he found things in a 

 thriving condition everywhere he went. 



D. F. Clark of Osborne & Clark. Minneapolis, 

 is absent on an extended business trip to the 

 Pacific coast, for the purpose of calling on 

 customers at points along the way. He is 

 expected home in a few days. 



P. R. Hamilton of the Minneapolis Lumber 

 Company and the Ruby Lumber Company haft 

 been enjoying a visit from Thomas Busby of 

 Toronto, Can., an inspector of equipment for the 

 Canadian Northern Railway Company. Mr. 

 Busby is a relative of Mr. Hamilton and came 

 up here after inspecting 800 new cars bought at 

 Chicago. 



SAGINAW VALLEY 



MINNEAPOLIS 



Wholesale dealers bore are pleased to receive 

 reports from the Wisconsin mills showing that 

 sawing has gone ahead successfully, and that 



Last year the Ifuron Shore and Detroit & 

 Mackinac Railroad mills manufactured 69,849,381 

 feet of hardwood lumber ; the Saginaw river 

 mills G2,7GS,602 feet, and the Michigan Central- 

 Mackinaw division mills 48,.366.028 feet, a total 

 of 180.984.011 feet. This is a good showing 

 considering the conditions of trade the greater 

 portion of last year. 



A considerably larger stock is believed will be 

 put out the current year as the trade is in 

 much better form all around. There is a better 

 demand for lumber and prices are considerably 

 Improved. 



W. D. Young & Co. of Bay City led Michigan 

 producers in the output last year, cutting 

 22.059,519 feet of hardwood lumber. The LobdeU 

 & Churchill Lumber Company of Onaway stands 

 second on the list with 15,400,000 feet to its 

 score. 



A large dealer in lumber remarked recently 

 that the boom in automobile construction is to- 

 be given credit for much of the good business 

 in hardwood stock. The extraordinary demand 

 tor hardwood flooring from Europe also doubtless 

 had something to do with it. 



C. A. Biseiow and John C. Ross attended the 

 recent annual meeting of the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association at New Orleans, La. 

 S. F. Derry of Miilersburg will start his mill 

 about the first of May for a thirty-day run 

 which will wind up the mill operations for the 

 season. He has 4,500,000 feet of old stock at 

 the mill to ship out. 



Assurance is given that operations will start 

 at Bay City soon for the erection of a large 

 wood alcohol and charcoal iron plant. The 

 timber on 100,000 acres of land will be required' 

 to stock it. 



The Kneeland-Bigelow Company and the 

 Kneeiand-Buell & Bigelow Company at Bay City 

 will advance the wages of their employes ten 

 per cent early in May. The payroll of the 

 concerns amounts to $110,000. 



.Ml hardwood mills in eastern Michigan are in 

 operation. A large quantity of manufacture* 

 lumber has been moved down from the North 

 by rail during the winter and early spring. 

 The H. M. Loud's Sons Company alone move* 

 110 carloads during March from An Sable. 



