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HARDWOOD RECORD 



C. L WILLEY, CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS 



C. B. 



WILLEY, JL\NAi;EIt C. L. WILLEY'S 

 MEMPHIS OPERATIONS- 



J. D. LASKEY. SALES MANAGER C. L. Wlb- 

 LEYS MEMPHIS OPERATIONS 



Club of Memphis. Allied with Mr. Major in his successful jobbing 

 business is Steele & Hibbard of St. Louis. The office of the S. C. 

 M.ajor Lumber Company is located in the Randolph building. 



C. D. Hendrickson Lumber Company 



Another hardwood jobbing hou.se with headquarters in the Ran- 

 dolph building is the C. D. Hendrickson Lumber Company, of which 

 C. D. Hendrickson is president and M. H. Price secretary and treas- 

 urer. This company has achieved an enviable reputation since itj 

 advent in Memphis and has acquired a satisfactory list of cus- 

 tomers. 



James E. Stark & Co. 



The yards of James E. Stark & Co. carry a stock of hardwoods 

 that is one of the largest in Memphis. This institution is owned by 

 James E. Stark, details of whose history are recounted in the article, 

 "Builders of Lumber History," elsewhere in this issue. Mr. 

 Stark was one of the pioneers in distributing hardwood in the Mem- 

 phis district and is well known not only to the local trade but to 

 lumber buyers generally throughout the country. 



Vanden Boom-Stimson Lumber Company 



The big hardwood distributing yard in North Memphis adjoining 

 James E. Stark & Co. 's place is that of the Vanden Boom-Stimson 

 Lumber Company. Of this concern J. H. Vanden Boom, Jr., is 

 president ; J. H. Vanden Boom, Sr., vice-president, and Harry S. 

 Stimsou, secretary and treasurer. This is one of the best located, 

 appelated and stocked yards in Memphis. The yard was originally 

 owned by the Crescent Lumber Company and was comparatively re- 

 cently taken over by Messrs. Vanden Boom and Stimson. Mr. Stim- 

 son is well known and was formerly associated with the Ryan- 

 Stimson Lumber Company at Memphis, and for many years has 

 been associated with his brother, J. V. Stimson, in hardwood produc- 

 tion in Indiana and Kentucky. 



Other Yards 

 Large Memphis yards are also owned by Moore & Ferren, the 

 W. A. Stark Lumber Company, J. M. Pritchard Lumber Company, 

 and others. The Butfalo Hardwood Lumber Company of Buffalo, 

 N. Y., also carries a large stock of hardwoods at Memphis, which is 

 one of its chief distributing points. 



F. McSVVEYN. MEMPHIS SAWMILL 

 COMPANY 



J. H. VANDEN BOOM, JR., VANDEN BOOM- 

 STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY 



HARRY S. STIMSON. VANDEN BOOM-STIM- 

 SON LUMBER COMPANY 



Men Prominent in Memphis Hardwood Lumber Affairs 



