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HARDWOOD RECORD 



;ind wine packages. The demand fur the i>ast 

 I'ortnight for beer kegs has been heavy, and 

 Ihe plants producing beer kegs are busy. Jleavy 

 casks, chip tanks and general tanks for brew- 

 ers and distillers are nut in demand at this 

 season of the year. 



The box-making industry has toned down from 

 the strong demand of the spring, and merchan- 

 dise cases are only in fair demand, with a steady 

 trade in standard size boxes. Special oases are 

 only in nominal demand. Box lumber of all 

 classes continues plentiful and prices extremely 

 low. Lumbermen are ra<'ing a problem in the 

 low grade iiuestion, as the stocks continue to 

 increase. 



President Cliff S. Walker of the Kayou Land & 

 Lumber Company is again radiating his whole- 

 some smile. Mrs. Walker has completely re- 

 covered from her recent illness and Cliff i.s as 

 liappy as a bridegroom. 



The Cincinnati Furniture Exhibition Building 

 opened its doors to furniture buyers at the 

 buildings at Ninth and Broadway la.st week. 

 The first furniture exposition ever held was in 

 Cincinnati over thirty years ago, and the city 

 at that time was recognized as the leading fur- 

 niture manufacturing center of the West. While 

 a success from the first, dissension crept in 

 and the expositions were discontinued, only to 

 b(! taken up at Grand Rapids and Chicago, where 

 they have since grown to enormous proportions 

 and very successful. 



The Roj' Lumber Comjjany is now occupying 

 its new otficc building at the yards on McLean 

 avenue and Bank street. 



Frank Scott, formerly T. 1'. Scott & Co., will " 

 occupy his new yard at the foot of Dayton street, 

 ,ibout the first of August. The new plant is 

 more convenient for railroad siding than the old 

 place at York street and McLean avenue. 



B. A. Kipp, the receiver of the Standard Mill- 

 work Company, has introduced numerous im- 

 provements at the factory and is getting the 

 best results out of the great plant at the mini- 

 mum of cost. The plant is running full capacity 

 with a fair volume of business. 



The recent trouble of Secretary Lewis Poster's 

 automobile has not in the least shattered his 

 nerve, and he is Just as fond as ever of presiding 

 over the steering gear of a rapid gas wagon. 



The demand of the automobile trade for 

 high-grade poplar continues to be very good, and 

 there is every indication that the demand will 

 be a feature of the market for some time. The 

 carriage and wagon-making industry continues 

 to be very active. There is a demand for wagon 

 box boards. I'oplar is the only feature in the 

 activities of the hardwood market at present. 



Cypress building material is in good demand, 

 especially for flooring and siding. The demand 

 for tank slock is rather light. 



Sam and Fred Conn of the Bayou Land & 

 Lumber Company, are both in the South, looking 

 after their timber holdings and the mill plant at 

 Itta Bena, Miss. The business at tue Iwal office 

 is looked after by sales manager George Hand. 

 ■'Business is fair," he says, "and we are getting 

 our share of what is doing." 



The receipts and shipments of lumber by rail 

 show a large excess of building lumber in the 

 reports for the past month. The figures of the 

 car service bureau show that the tonnage of 

 lumber is up to the normal point. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



.Matthews, in charge of the Michigan business, 

 was in the city a few days ago on business. 



Thp Cob Carriage Company has discontinued 

 Ihe manufacture of carriages, expecting to de- 

 vote its entire attention to automobiles, which 

 it began to manufacture about two years ago. 



The local IIoo-Hoo baseball team has ac- 

 cepted a challenge from the Memphis, Tenn., 

 lumbermen's team. The game will be played in 

 Indianapolis some time during August. 



With an authorized capitalization of .flSjOOO, 

 tile Wildwood Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized and incorporated at Fort Wayne. Those 

 interested in the company are Lee .T. Niuden, 

 Fred B. ShoalT, Herbert W, Lang, .Tesse A. 

 Green and G. L. Knight. 



MEMPHIS 



E. H. Greer of the Greer Houghton Lumber 

 Company is taking a vacation in Jlichigan. 



The Dalton Lumber Company suffered a small 

 loss by fire on July 10. 



Monte Beaver of the Fort Wayne Lumber 

 Company, Fort Wayne, was a visitor in the 

 city recently. 



S, P. Matthews, manager of the South Arkan- 

 sas Lumber Company, has returned from an 

 estensivc business trip tlirough tlu' South. S E. 



The weather during the past f^nir lu- five 

 days has been more favorable in the Jlemphis 

 territory, but, taking the last fortnight as a 

 whole, conditions have l)een very far from sat- 

 islactory from the standpoint of the hardwood 

 lumber manufacturers. There were almost in- 

 cessant rains for a number of days during this 

 period and the ground is now so wet that it 

 is well-nigh impossible to make any progress 

 in getting out timber. Some of the millmen 

 were fortunate in securing a large supply of 

 timber earlier in the year and they are, there- 

 fore, able to continue operations steadily. But 

 in all cases where manufacturers have had to 

 depend upon current logging operations they 

 are in very unsatisfactory shape for the rea- 

 son tliat this work has practically stopped. 

 This condition is causing not a little forced 

 curtailment and some members of the trade 

 here point out that the scarcity of timber 

 is likely lo prove a strong factor in the 

 course of prices this fall. Some of them 

 have no hesitancy in saying that they do not 

 .see how there can be any decline in view of 

 the fact that the outlook is so poor for any- 

 thing like normal production during the next 

 few weeks. 



There is nothing at ail rushing about the 

 demand for hardwood lumber. Some of the 

 exporters here say they are doing a satisfac- 

 tory business through some of their outlets, 

 but domestic business is quiet. However, it 

 is a rather striking fact that most members 

 of the trade here are able to keep bu.sy. They 

 are fortunate in having secured orders .some 

 time ago, which are now being filled. So far 

 at: current business is concerned, there is not 

 much doing. There was quite a lull around 

 the first of July on account of the fact that 

 consumers and hardwood interests were taking 

 inventories. There has been some slight in- 

 crease in the number of inquiries during the past 

 few days and most of the trade are of the 

 opinion that there will be a normal summer 

 business and that conditions this fall will be 

 good. There is nothing in the situation to 

 cause manufactuiers to wish to accumulate 

 large supplies of lumber, hut they are going 

 ahead with the production as if they expected 

 a reasonably good business. There are only 

 a few cases where there have been stoppages 

 of mills because of the desire not to accu- 

 mulate too much stock. 



S. B. Anderson, accompanied by Mrs. .\n- 

 derson, has left Memphis for New York, whence 

 they sailed for Europe about the 20th of this 

 montli. At New I'ork they were joined by A. 

 W. Wells and A. D. Kent, both of whom are 

 directors of the Anderson-Tully Company, and 

 wlio were also accompanied by their wives. The 

 party will .spend about two months in Euroiie. 

 A large touring car will be carried over and 

 much of Eiurope will be seen from this. 



The Indiana & Arkansas Lumber & Manufac- 

 turing Company, Marianna, Ark., has purchased 

 from R. Block, W. M. Block and others aliout 

 3,000 acres of timber laud neer JIarianna. The 



consideration was $50,000. The same property 

 changed hands about three years ago at $:«.- 

 <ii;), thus showing an enhancement of about 

 $17,000 in that time. No announcement has 

 been made by the purchasing company as to 

 its plans In connection with this property. 



The 'Vandenboom-Stimson Lumber Company, 

 which was recently incorporated here with a 

 capital stock of $2.),000, has opened its office 

 and yards in New South Memphis and is now 

 engaged in the handling of hardwood lumber 

 at wholesale. It proposes to make a specialty 

 of oak and ash with, particular reference to 

 quarter-sawn stock in the former. The com- 

 pany has taken over the interests of Harry 

 Stimson and the Crescent Hardwood Lumber 

 Company. Mr. Stimson was formerly connected 

 witli the Ryan-Stimson Lumber Company, but 

 in September, 19(10, he went into business for 

 himself. He will have the title of resident 

 manager in addition to being secretary and 

 treasurer of the company. J. IL Vandenboom, 

 Jr., is president. 



The Kyan-Weigant Lumber Company has made 

 application for a charter here. The capital 

 stock is .$10,000 and it is the purpose of the 

 company to engage in the general lumber busi- 

 ness. The incorporators are James J. Ryan, 

 J. F. Weigant, Ralph May, Frank May and 

 Walter Ilolzgrafe. 



The Southwestern Veneer Company, which has 

 recently established a plant for the manufac- 

 ture of veneer at Cotton Plant, Ark., has be- 

 gun work. The -management proposes to keep 

 the plant in steady operation. 



Tlie Southern Seating & Cabinet Company, 

 Jackson. Tenn., has recently completed a dry 

 kiln. In which there is 7,500 feet of steam 

 pipe. It required 120.000 bricks to build this. 

 The kiln will be used for treating the raw ma- 

 terial which is used by the company for manu- 

 facturing its various products. 



The Jackson Carriage Company, Jackscm, 

 Tenn., will engage in the manufacture of auto- 

 mobiles. The officials of the company have 

 Just reached this conclusion. The machinery 

 has already been ordered and the plant will be 

 placed in operation at an early date. The Jack- 

 son plant will be operated as a branch of the 

 Southern Motor Works, which recently moved 

 from Jackson to Nashville. 



The Michigan-.\rkansas Lumber Company has 

 just about completed Its new lumber mill at 

 Nettleton, Ark., and this will be placed in 

 operation within the next few days. The plant 

 will cui: about .SO.OOO feet of lumber daily. 

 This company owns a large timber tract a few 

 miles from Nettleton and facilities have al- 

 ready been provided for bringing the logs from 

 the forest down to the plant. Chief among 

 these facilities is a very long spur track wliich 

 connects with the principal road running through 

 Nettleton. 



Thomas W. Ballard of BIytheviile. .\rk., has 

 purchased from C. A. Simmons & Co. and J. 

 Hayden the plan .nnd other holdings of these 

 gentlemen. The former operated a mill and the 

 latter yards. It is the intention 'of the pur- 

 chaser to consolidate the two. Simmons & Co. 

 had a large planing mill in connection with 

 their business. It is estimated that about .$10.- ' 

 000 is involved in the tran.saction. Both tlie 

 plant and yards are located at Conway, and 

 Mr. Ballard will move his home to that point 

 in order to be close to the base of operations. 



S, S. Morris. Denver, Colo., who was re- 

 cently appointed as general superintendent of 

 the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley in Memphis, suc- 

 ceeding W. S. King, resigned, has arrived and 

 taken up his new duties. Prior to coming 

 to Memphis Mr. Morris was superintendent of 

 the northern division of the Colora;do & South- 

 ern, a Ilarriman line. He announces that there 

 will be no changes in his operating or office 

 force. 



Memphis stands fourth in the percentage gain 

 in building operations for the first six months 



