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connection with tliis article. Of this cMini[i;iiiy W. O. Hughart. Jr., 

 of Grand Rapids, Mic-h., is prtslueut, and J. F. MeSweyn is the 

 eiBeient manager. 



C. L. Willey 

 C. L. Willey, the well-knowu Chicago fancy wood and veneer 

 manufacturer, has large interests in Memphis, including a model 

 and up-to-date double band sawmill and a very complete rotary 

 veneer factory. The Memphis department of Mr. Willey 's business 

 is handled by his son, C. B. Willey. as general manager, and J. D. 

 Laskey is manager of sales. 



Green Eiver Lumber Company 



In Xorth Memphis there is a concern wliosi^ methods are an example 

 of extraordinary care in securing high-class logs and manufacturing 

 and earing for hardwoods. As a result this company 's product is not 

 often equaled and rarely excelled. This is the Green River Lumber 

 Company, of which A. B. Nickey is president ; S. M. Niekey, secre- 

 tary, and E. L. McLellan, treasurer. Allied with the CJreen River 



Lumber Company is a second mill operated under the name of Niekey 

 & Sons; and a hardwood distributing business is handled under the 

 title of the Nickey Brothers' Hardwood Lumber Company. These 

 three institutions constitute a strong triumvirate of "Nickey inter- 

 ests. ' ' 



The Memphis Veneer & Lumber Company 

 This house has a sawmill and a very complete veneer plant at 

 North Memphis. The head of this institution is J. S. Houston of 

 J. S. Houston & Co., whose offices are in the Marquette building, 

 Chicago. In addition to his Memphis lumber and veneer business, 

 Mr. Houston is a large producer and handler of wagon stock. Asso- 

 ciated with him in the Memphis enterprise is James E. Stark, the 

 well-known lumberman of Memphis. 



Moffett, Bowman & Rush 

 The newest sawmill enterprise in Memphis, which, although it but 

 recently started operation, is already an important member of the 

 lumber fraternity of the city, is that of MoflEett, Bowman & Rush, 



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