HARDWOOD RECORD 



of the Wiljorg & Hauna Company since it got into 

 tinancial ditiicultios a few years ago, is vice- 

 president ; and J. I). Serena is secretary. In 

 addition to tlie above named. C. (J. West of 

 Indianapolis, formerly of the Ault & Jacltson 

 ■Company of Cincinnati is associated witli it. 



Tile company lias on liand a well-as.sorted and 

 Iiigli-class stociv of all varieties of standard 

 liardwcjods and wili continue to manufacture and 

 produce tlie same type of luml)er for wliicli the 

 Koy Lumber Company at its miiis at Kentucky 

 has been famous for years. It will be recalled 

 that this company received the medal at the St. 

 Louis Fair for its exhibit of hardwoods, and thai 

 it was the only individual exhibit to receive 

 such a testimonial. 



July 4 at Somerville 



The lumberman mayor of Somerville. ^lass.. 

 John M. Woods, broujilit distinction upon him- 

 self, his town and the business in which he is 

 ongaged at the Independence Day celebration at 

 Somerville when the head of the nation was the 

 guest of honor. The Fourth was a gala day 

 for the Massachusetts town. There were many 

 strangers in the city and the number of people 

 v.'ho took part in the celebration was estimated 

 at I."t0.0lt0, nearly twice tlie actual population of 

 the place. It was the iirst time that a presi- 

 dent of the I'nited States bad visited the city. 

 and he was royally entertained with an elabo- 

 rfite parade, music, military maneuvers, etc. 

 The city was gaily decorated and every resi- 

 dent was interested and tooli part in the cele- 

 bration. Everything that was planned for the 

 pleasure and safet.v of the president during Lis 

 stay was carried out with great credit to the 

 city ofUcials, who by their hard work made the 

 occasion the great success it was. Mayor Woods 

 is working hard and with conspicuous success 

 to bring his city to the attention of the coun- 

 try and to bring it out from tlie shadow of the 

 great metropolis of Boston. 



A Way to Dispense with Trams 



i;. Von i'laieii oi Il.'.Mie City. .Mich., is buikl 

 ing a new sawmill in the northern peninsula 

 of Michigan and has announced that in con- 

 nection therewith he will incorporate a new 

 device, which will do away with trams in his 

 lumber yards. L"sually northern lumber yards 

 are equipped with a very expensive and com- 

 plex system of trams throughout the alleys, 

 which are necessary to facilitate high piling at 

 a minimum cost. These trams are always ex- 

 pensive, involving lieavy cost both for building 

 and repairs. 



Mr. Von Platen's plans contemplate stand- 

 ard gauge tracks on the ground in every alley 

 and delivering the lumber from the transfer 

 chains to flat cars mounted on a framework 

 some eight feet above the trucks. These cars 

 will then be switclied to the piles. By this scheme 

 lumber will lie dell\"red about, midway in the 

 pile height and much labor economy will be 

 effected in piling. 



Chicago Concern Opens Minneapolis Office 



Ipham it .\gler. prominent wholesalers if 

 hardwood lumber in the McCorhiick Building. 

 <"liicago, liavc established an oflice at Minne 

 apolis to further their business in the Twin 

 Cities and vicinity where they already have a 

 large and well established trade. O. (). .Agler, 

 manager of the concern, was in Minnea|>olis 

 recently with W. D. Bartell looking for a 

 suitable location for the branch. Mr. Bartell 

 has been with the firm for a number of years 

 and will represent it in the .Minneapolis dis- 

 trict, lie will be located at Ii4ii Lumber Kx- 

 < hange. where excellent accommodations were se- 

 cured. 



1 pliam & Agler are extensive handli'rs of 

 111 'iM hern and southern liardwoods. with good 

 mill connections in both sections. James C. 

 Walsh, sales manager of the concern, will be 

 enabled to look after the trade to much bet- 

 ter advantage with the assistance of Mr. Bar- 

 tell at the Minneapolis office than heretofore. 



Removal Notice 



Wliiic Brothers, well-known dealers in ma 

 liogan.v and hardwood lumber and veneers at 

 San I-'rancisco, Cal., announce the removal of 

 their oflice and yards from Spear and Howard 

 streets to Fifth and Brannan streets, San Fran- 



TKAIv I. DCS AT WHITE BliOS.' SAN FI'.A.N 

 CISCO YAKD 



( isco. At this new location the concern has 

 twice as much ground space as at the former 

 place, and with the care and thought given 

 the laying out of the new plant things are in 

 as nearly ideal condition as is possible. 



The sawing of Japanese oak has become quite 

 an important feature of' the work of the Whites 

 model iliill at I'etaluroa, thirty-seven miles from 

 San Francisco on an arm of San Francisco hay 

 known as Pctaluma creek. The logs are taken 

 as they are discharged overside from the trans- 

 I'acific steamers on lighters tip to the mill, as 

 th( water in tlie creek is not deep enough to 

 allow the vessels themselves to go up to the 

 pli:nt. The two accompanying illustrations show 

 part of a cargo of three-quarters of a million 



(tet of fine Japanese oak timber recently re- 

 ceived by the firm. 



White Brothers handle a wide variet.v of 

 hardwoods, including many rare imported woods, 

 and their handlings of teak are particularly 

 large. The firm imports its teak logs from 

 Siam and Java and it is the on!.y concern on 

 tlic Pacific coast which handles teak to any 

 extent. The small cut on this page shows a 

 part of the concern's present stock of this 

 wood. 



Mississippi Lumber Company to Manufac- 

 ture Hardwoods 



At Crandall, Miss., a new town establislied 

 by the Mississippi Lumber Company, with head- 

 quarters in the Railway Exchange, Chicago, 

 and big yellow pine mills at Quitman, Miss., 

 has been erected a model sawmill for the manu- 

 facture of hardwoods by the company. This is 

 a decidedly new undertaking for this well-known 

 southern pine concern. and will be conducted as 

 its hardwood department, and while a promi- 

 nent part of the general business of the com- 

 pany will be under entirely separate manage- 

 ment. 



W. S. Crandall. for whom the new town is 

 named, is manager of the new plant. The mill 

 is located on the Buckatunna liiver. fifteen 

 miles from Quitman on the Miifsissippi Eastern 

 r.ailroad, of which Charles F. Thompson of 

 Chicago, general manager of the company, is 

 the head. The town of Crandall already shows 

 prospects of becoming n thriving comniuuity. 

 It consists of the oflices of the company, the 

 plant, a commissary and a number of residences 

 for the employees. The mill is equipped with 

 modern machin<'ry and has a capacity of 

 ;-;ti,UOi) feet daily. Seventy-five men are em- 

 plo.ved, which number will he increased as trade 

 develops. An interesting feature of the plant is 

 the treating apparatus. Most of the company's 

 product will be subjected to the soda process, 

 especially the gum. This treating apparatus 

 is in use at but few mills in the South, so 

 that the Mississippi Lumber Company's product 

 wi.I go on tile market in better shape than 

 much southern stock. 



The company will cut principally oak and 

 red gum, and it owns enough timber of these 

 varieties accessible to the plant to keep its 

 mill supplied ten years or more. There Is also 

 on its property considerable oak of different 

 varieties suitable for dimension stock and some 

 \ery good poplar.' 



Moved from Memphis to St, Louis 



Till' J. S. \'au;;lin Lumber (^'ompany, which 

 has been carrying on a hardwood yard busi- 

 ness in Memphis for the past year and a half, 

 has recently decided to locate at St. Louis, 

 owing to the more advantageous freight rates 

 to most consuming territory and the fact that 

 St. Louis aflfords .1 big local consuming market 

 (or hardwoods. 



JAPANESE OAK LOCS ON LtOHTERS AS THEY WEKE RECEIVED 

 FROM 'IRANS PACIFIC STEAMERS FOR WIIITF BROS. 



JAPANESE OAK LOCS AT WHITE BROS.' MILL AT PETALtMA. 



CAL. TllWN OF PETALI'MA IN THE IIISTANCE 



