HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Amount of lumber manufactured by Mem- 

 phis Arms outside of Memphis 266,471.934 5,42ri,14r> 



Amount of lumber bandied through Mem- 

 pliis yards, not included in amount 

 manufactured 87.031,105 2,7.8."). ICl 



Amount of Uinibor handled on direct ship- 

 ment from mills and yards outside of 

 Memphis, not included in amount manu- 

 factured 137,134,327 4,,';77,7tii> 



Total bandied by Memphis Arms 040,615,309 $16,871,317 



Amount of lumber exported from Memphis. 21,166,884 $ 708.445 



Amount of lumber exported from outside 



points 25.246.863 893.226 



(Fi.i^iires given for No. 3 and No. 6 



should also l)e Included in total amount 



given above.) 

 Amount of logs received in Memphis by 



rail 91.850.318 2.102.14(> 



liy river 43,540,956 502.369 



Total logs received 137.391.274 $ 2,604,713 



Aindiiui ;if wages paid iti Memi^bis .? 1.882,401 



Amoitiit of logs and bolts received at 

 .Memphis and manufactured into slack 



cooperage stock 7,040,936 172.UOii 



>. Amount of logs and rough material re- 

 ceived and manufactured by Memphis 

 Hrnis into vehicle and implement stock, 

 turned work and pump rods 19,738.067 473.i.tS4 



1. Amount of lumber consumed by furniture 



factories, coffin factories, box factories, 

 planing mills, flooring factories, etc., in 

 Memphis 80.218,517 l,G68,a3.S 



2. Amount of lumber handled by retail yards 



(mostly yellow pine) 111,209,000 2.001,757 



Tlie above fonnidable array of figures further emphasizes the 



RANDOLPH BUILDING HOUSLNG MANY LUMBER OFFICES 



' ' These roads reach the following states : 



"Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Kew Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, 

 ilissouri, Iowa, South Dakota, ^linnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indi- 

 ana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, 

 Florida, Virginia, District of Columbia, North and South Carolina, 

 Georgia and Colorado. 



' ' Thus by river and rail Memphis is enabled to gather the products 

 of the cotton and sugar cane fields and the forests of the South, 

 the granaries of the North and West, and the manufactures of all 

 the states, and to store, manufacture and distribute to the consumers 

 of the country at large. 



"As a general jobbing and grain distributing point Memphis, in 

 transportation facilities, is unexcelled." 



THE LUMBER INDUSTRIES OF MEMPHIS 



Readers of this article cannot fail to be impressed by the three 

 basic facts concerning the Memphis district: The -wonderful and 

 extensive timber resources, the splendid soil of the surrounding 

 country, and the unexcelled shipping facilities, both rail and water. 

 Economically, the location of Memphis is strategical: it is in close 

 pro.ximity to raw material and it is within easy reach of the markets 

 of the world. Aside from all this, the city is being builded by men 

 of strong character, ample resources and indomitable will. 



A veritable cordon of sawmills encircles the city and scattered 

 about the timber regions within a few miles are hundreds of others. 

 The sawmills of Memphis are supplied with logs partially from the 

 timber holdings of the sawmill owners themselves and partially 

 from direct purchases of logs from outside stumpage owners. These 

 logs are transported to Memphis by rail from the score of diverging 

 roads that penetrate the surrounding timber country or by barge on 

 the Mississippi river. 



The majority of the Memphis sawmills are single band mills and 

 compare favorably with the best types of hardwood factories in the 

 country. The Memphis Lumbermen's Club is authority for the fol- 

 lowing compilation of statistics on the quantity and value of the 

 lumber biLsiness in the city of Memphis, or controlled by Memphis 



firms outside the city: 



Total feet. I'lital value. 



Amount of lumber manufactured in Mora- 

 phis 



.129,978,023 



,? 4,083,; 



DR. D. T. roiiTEi; nrlLDING AT MKMrlllS 



