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HARDWOOD RECORD 



upon. A large delegation of Memphis lumbermen 

 went to Nashville and, despite the def' nt of the 

 team they championed, they report a most de- 

 lightful time and are enthusiastic in tlj''ir praise 

 of the splendid hospitality afforded by the lum- 

 K'rmen of the little city on the Cumberland. 



LOUISVILLE 



yince hardwoud men ail over the country have 

 been demonstrating their ability in playing base- 

 ball, members of the Louisville Hardwood Club 

 have been wondering whether it wouldn't be pos- 

 sible tor them to get up a nine that could hold 

 its own. At the last meeting of the club the 

 ground was gone over and several stars pro- 

 duced. As the situation stands the team is in 

 embryo, but it is quite possible that the Cincin- 

 nati boys, tor instance, may receive a challenge 

 from Louisville. 



"Plow much does it cost to handle lumber?" 

 This important question which must be consid- 

 ered before piofits can really be talked about, 

 has been discussed by local members of the hard- 

 wood fraternity during the past few weeks. Of 

 course the amount per thousand feet varies with 

 the individual, due tQ difference in methods of 

 doing business, but it developed some profltable 

 pointers for everybody to know how his neighbor 

 handled the situation and how much it costs him 

 to do it. President A. E. Norman of the Norman 

 Lumber Company started the discussion in the 

 Hardwood Club, and his ideas were among the 

 most interesting given. 



The Hardwood Club is greatly interested in the 

 proposition for the establishment of a traflSc 

 bureau by the Commercial Club. The club has 

 received the report of the Transportation Com- 

 mittee, which was based on Information com- 

 piled by D. C. Harris, traffic manager for the 

 C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company and a member of 

 the committee, and will probahl.v adopt its recom- 

 mendations, liarry Norman of E. B. Norman & 

 Co. is also a member of the Commercial Club's 

 committee. Inasmuch as traffic matters are of 

 great importance to the lumber interests, local 

 hardwood men are pledging their support to the 

 bureau in the event that it is established. 



D. C. Harris, secretary of the Louisville Hard- 

 wood Club, has resigned his position, finding that 

 he was unable to give the time needed for prop- 

 erly attending to the details of the organization. 

 His efficient work, however, made his retirement 

 a matter of regret. G. D. Crain, Jr., who, as 

 correspondent for Hardwood Recokd, has been 

 chronicling the work of the club since its organ- 

 ization, was chosen to succeed. Mr. Haris. The 

 club intends to work up several "stunts" in the 

 near future and desires to have the secretary in 

 a position to devote considerable time to this 

 work. 



Hardwool interests in Louiiivill.- are expand- 

 ing, indicating the growth of the Louisville mar- 

 ket. The W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company 

 is now constructing at Dickson, Tenn., the head- 

 quarters of their southern buyer, John Smith, a 

 seven-foot band saw mill which will be com- 

 pleted by September 1, all the machinery having 

 been contracted for. Mr. Smith was in the city 

 a short time ago and went over plans for the 

 mill with the members of the firm. The Browns 

 are now handling an immense amount of south- 

 ern hardwoods and the mill at Dickson will bo 

 au advantage. 



The C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company is building 

 two big warehouses to be used for the storage 

 of veneers. The company is constantly giving 

 more attention to this department of its im- 

 mense mahogany business and has installed saws 

 and slicers for the manufacture of veneers. Every 

 part of the veneer end of the proposition is now 

 being handled at the South Louisville plant of 

 the company. 



In addition to these projects the Mengel Box 

 Company is constructing an addition to its box 

 factory at Hickman, Ky. The Mengel interests 



are about ready to take hold of the big mill at 

 Rayville, La., which will be operated through 

 the Richland-Parish Lumber Company. 



The Hardwood Club is much pleased with the 

 ivay its traffic matters are progi?essing. The re- 

 shipping rules for which it asked are now being 

 gone over by the railway executives, and will 

 shortly be submitted to the club through its 

 attorneys for approval. It is settled that recon- 

 yignment privileges will be put into effect here, 

 and the only question now being discussed is the 

 method. The Interstate Commerce Commission 

 Is now receiving answers to the complaints filed 

 Ijy the members of the club as to discrimination 

 m rates, and the commission is expected within 

 a few weeks to set a date for a hearing when 

 the evidence on both sides will be submitted. The 

 .ittorneys 'for the club hope not only to secure 

 better rates for Louisville, but also to force some 

 Df the railroads to refund the amount of over- 

 charges. 



Hardwood men here have received notice from 

 the Illinois Central Railway that the bonds which 

 It was announced would be required of shippers 

 using the average demurrage system will no 

 longer be asked by the Illinois Central. This 

 was good news to the lumbermen, who have to 

 a large degree refrained from using the system 

 on account of the cost of securing bonds. The 

 only roads which are insisting on bonds being 

 given are the Louisville & Nashville and the 

 Southern Railway, and there is reason to be- 

 lieve that they, too, will fall in line. 



The suggestion has been made by local traffic 

 • experts that the lumbermen could take advantage 

 of recent legal decisions to their distinct ad- 

 vantage, with reference especially to the handling 

 of claims against the railroads. It is pointed 

 out that eminent authorities now agree that the 

 I'aiiroads can be made to pay interest at the 

 rate of G percent on the amount involved in 

 claims w'hich they pay shippers, and that if this 

 Interest were required of them they would take 

 more pains to dispose of claims promptly. The 

 suggestion is made not so much to secure the 

 additional sum from the carriers as to compel 

 them to act promptly in the matter of claims, 

 which form one of the chief causes of delays 

 and annoyances in the lumber business. 



Edward L. Shippen of the Louisville Point 

 Lumber Company is in Canada vacationing. In- 

 dicating what he is trying to do, he sent to mem- 

 bers of the Hardwood Club a postcard bearing 

 the photograph of an enormous fish. Strange to 

 Bay, he did not make the claim that he had 

 c'aught it. 



Barry Norman of E. B. Norman & Co. has re- 

 turned from a trip to Mississippi, where he 

 tooked over some timber properties. He re- 

 ported the situation with his company quiet, 

 but is looking for an excellent fall trade. 



W. P. Brown of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lum- 

 cer Company came down from Indianapolis the 

 other day and spent a little while with his 

 "boys." He was looking and feeling unusually 

 well. Graham Brown is now at some of the 

 southern mills. Business with the firm is re- 

 ported normal. 



J. Spicker, sales manager of the C. C. Mengel 

 & liro. Company, is in the East on business for 

 the firm. J. C. Wickliffe, secretary of the com- 

 pany, whose recent return from Europe was 

 mentioned in these columns, commented upon the 

 trade there by saying that It is entirely differ- 

 ent from that in the States. "You never hear of 

 ft consumer buying direct from a producer," he 

 said. "The broker is the whole thing, not only 

 In the case of shipments from this country to 

 foreign lands but even when the lumber is of 

 domestic manufacture." 



Harry Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills is 

 receiving congratulations. He recently acted as 

 president pro tern of the Hardwood Club during 

 the absence of President Norman and displayed 

 such all-round executive ability that the club was ' 

 quite overcome. All of which goes to show that 

 he is a chip off the old block. The company's 



mill is working pretty nearly to its capacity and 

 business is good. 



A lot of fine stock has been arriving at the 

 ^?outh Louisville yards of the Ohio River Saw 

 mill Company and they have some fine lumber 

 piled there now. Shipments were reported by 

 Manager R. F. Smith to be up to normal. In 

 order to define the limits of his big 15-acre yard 

 Mr. Smith is having a fence built around it. 



The North Vernon Lumber Company expects 

 to have its Dyersburg, Tenn., mill going before 

 many days have passed. The machinery Is now 

 being installed, having been shipped from North 

 \'ernon, Ind., where the mill has heretofore been 

 operated. Business was reported rather quiet 

 by Manager Hess. 



The latter part of July and the first of 

 August are usually dull, said A. E. Norman, of 

 the Norman Lumber Company, and there is there- 

 fore no reason for being pessimistic over the 

 falling off of orders in the middle of the summer. 

 The new yard of the company will be doing busi- 

 ness by September 1. Mr. Norman has recently 

 purchased a fine residence from the Piatt estate. 

 It^ is opposite Central Park on Fourth avenue, 

 one of the most beautiful residence sections of 

 the city. 



Claude M. Sears of the Edward L. Davis Lum- 

 ber Company has lieen arranging the details of 

 a dinner to be held at "Devil's Kitchen," a "re- 

 sort oD the Bardstown road. The members of 

 the club will go out in automobiles, and it is 

 expected that the innovation will be greatly 

 enjoyed by the members. 



C. C. Mengel, vice-president of the C. C. 

 Mengel & Bro. Company, and head of the Mengel 

 Box Company, was chairman of a special com- 

 mittee of the Board of Trade appointed to investi- 

 gate the proposed merger of the heating and 

 lighting plants of the city. The board held an 

 open meeting to discuss the subject and finally 

 decided to take no action. 



W. A. McLean of the Wood-Mosaic Company 



will spend the next few weeks in Canada. The 



Highland Park saw mill of the company has 



. such a large supply 'of logs on hand that it is 



running day and night. 



The Lumbermen's Club of Louisville has given 

 up the ghost. It had been intended to be a sort 

 of general lumber exchange where all branches 

 of the trade could meet. The regent organiza- 

 tion of a retailers' association rendered it less 

 necessary, however, though it is intended to 

 attempt a reorganization early next year. W. C. • 

 Ballard was president^and J. Crow Taylor secre- 

 tar.v. 



Building has been going ahead here fairly 

 well. The report for July shows that 178 per- 

 mits were issued and that .$336,000 was spent 

 for buildings, as compared with 289 permits 

 and an expenditure of ?279,000 in July, 1909. 



Consumers of hardwoods in Louisville report 

 their condition good. The Kentucky Wagon 

 Manufacturing Company is making more wagons 

 than it has done at any time since the panic, 

 while manufacturers of vehicle accessories and 

 supplies say they are exceedingly busy. B. F. 

 Avery & Son are now installed in their new 

 plant and expect to increase their output of 

 plows considerably during the next few months. 



Henry T, Shaw, formerly well known In lumber 

 circles, died recently at the age of 66. He was 

 I onnected with the Astoria Veneer Mills and 

 Inter with the Louisville Sawmills Company. The 

 former failed and part of the plant was taken 

 over by D. E. Kline of the Louisvile Veneer 

 Mills. Later Mr. Shaw became an expert for the 

 Louisville Water Company. One of his sons is 

 I'orrest Shaw, a local lumber broker. 



Lumbermen are interested in the efforts of 

 Indiana state authorities to save the "Consti- 

 tutional Elm" at Corydon, Ind., where the capital 

 of the state was formerly located. 



The supply of cedar lumber is evidently get- 

 ting scarce, as it is reported that pencil manu- 

 facturers are buying up the cedar rails that 

 form the fencp.i around middle Tennessee farms. 



