HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The W. H. Dawkins Lumber Company states 

 that, considcriug the political situation, together 

 with other causes which have had a depressing 

 effect, business is very good for thlfi time of 

 the y?ar. A material improvement is noted over 

 August business. 



W. A. Berger of the W. H. Dawkins Lumber 

 ('ompany has returned from a business trip 

 through Ohio and Indiana. 



E. G. Rrown of the Long-Bell Lumber Com- 

 pany, St. Louis, Mo., was here last week in the 

 tirm's interest. 



The Whisler & Searcy Company of Ironton. O., 

 says it is doing a good business. Some excellent 

 orders for low-grades are going out all the time 

 and it is also doing a fine export business. 

 The Ironton mill is shut down on account of no 

 timber, but the Farmers' mill has a good supply 

 on hand. 



J. W. McCausey, Jr., representing J. W. Mc- 

 Causey & Co., Detroit, Mich., was in the city last 

 week calling on the dealers. 



J. W. Kitchen and S. N. Fannin of the J. W. 

 Kitchen I^umber Company were at their Hern- 

 don, W. Va., mills the past week. They report 

 that business is increasing, and more Eastern 

 buyers visit the market than for months past. 



The Wright-Kitchen Lumber Company is very 

 optimistic, September having- been a banner 

 month. Its mill is running on an eleven-hour 

 turn, in order to take care of the orders, which 

 are plentiful now. Car stock is in good demand 

 and switch ties are moving out freely. 



It is reported that a big land deal was re- 

 cently closed by John C. C. Mayo of Paintsville, 

 Ky., and Gen. Percy Haly of Frankfort, Ky., 

 whereby they have purchased 30,000 acres of rich 

 timber and coal lands in eastern Kentucky for 

 J400,000. The firm is a West Virginia corpora- 

 tion and will be known as the Haly Coal Com- 

 pany, and was formed lor the purpose of de- 

 veloping the rich coal and timber fields. 



R. M. Stephenson, representing the W. R. Van- 

 sant Lumber Company, has returned from a suc- 

 cessful two weeks' trip in the firm's interest. 

 This company reports a marked increase in busi- 

 ness, the month of September being especially 

 good. 



pany are located on Old Manchester road and 

 Wittenberg avenue. The company is a new 

 one, having been incorporated last June. The 

 ofBcers of the company are : Henry O'Neil, 

 president ; William Somerville, secretary, and 

 Fred A. Goebel, general manager. The piling 

 capacity of the yard is 5,000,000 feet. 



W. A. Clay, who has recently been appointed 

 sales representative of the Bluff City Lumber 

 Company of Pine Bluff, Ark., is out on the road 

 covering his territory, which includes portions 

 of Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska. 



George E. Walson, secretary of the Southern 

 Cypress Manufacturers' Association, at New 

 Orleans, was a recent visitor to the city. 



"Mont"' Borgcss, secretary of the Steele & 

 Hibbard Lumber Company, is out on a selling 

 trip through the North. He writes that there 

 is a fair demand for hardwood and that he is 

 getting a satisfactory number of orders. 



R. F. Krebs of the Krebs-Scheve Lumber 

 Company is back from a selling trip through the 

 northern hardwood consuming territory. 



The Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 

 Company is having a fair demand for red gum. 

 Red and white oak, as well as ash, is also 

 having a fair call this season. Prices are about 

 what they have been for some time. 



ST. LOUIS 



The total number of permits issued during the 

 month was 841, which was a slight falling off 

 from the corresponding month last year, when 

 S53 permits were taken out at a total cost of 

 $1,784,059. 



The following ;s the report of the number 

 of feet of lumber inspected and measured by 

 the Lumbermen's Exchange of St. Louis during 

 September, as compiled by the secretary of the 

 association, A. H. Bush ; 



Feet. 



Plain oak 2GG,008 



Quartered oak 51,473 



Yellow pine 22,420 



Gum 84.426 



Elm 72,142 



Cypress 80,366 



Ash 45,324 



Maple 71.623 



Cottonwood 18,387 



Poplar 12,877 



Magnolia 475 



Basswood 3,275 



Hackberry 771 



Spruce 17,914 



Hickory 6,989 



Total 760,470 



The Lumbermen's Club will hold its next 

 monthly meeting on Oct. 11. Secretary Kessler 

 cannot state at the present lime who will be the 

 speaker. It is expected that Fred A. Diggins, 

 president of the National Hardwood Lumber As- 

 sociation, will be a guest of the club at cither 

 the October or Novemi>er meeting. 



The dedication of the new offices and yards 

 of the Henry O'Neil Lumber & Land Company 

 took place Sept. 24. The new yards of the com- 



MILWAUKBB 



At a meeting of the creditoi-.s of the defunct 

 Milwaukee Seating Company, held recently, a 

 final dividend of 9.27 per cent was declared and 

 paid. 



J. H. Thickens of the Forest Products Labora- 

 tory at Madison, Wis., will have charge of the 

 pulp wood experiment station now being erected 

 at Wausau, Wis. Rapid progress is being made 

 In the work on construction and it is expected to 

 have the station completed by Nov. 1. 



It has been announced that F. A. Dennet, 

 president of the Wisconsin Chair Company of 

 Port Washington, Wis., will erect a large novelty 

 goods factory at Sheboygan, Wis. A site has 

 already been secured. 



The Wisconsin Railroad Rate Commission has 

 rendeied a decision in the case of the Brown 

 Lumber Company of Rhinelander, ordering that 

 the rate on shipment from Ladysmith and Weyer- 

 hauser to points in the southern part of the 

 state be reduced about 20 per cent. The Soo 

 line, St. Paul and North-Western roads were in- 

 structed to refund about $100 to the company, 

 representing the difference between the old and 

 new rates. The Omaha railroad has also been 

 ordered to refund to the W. H. Sprague Lumbe'r 

 Company of Washburn the sum of $143.12, as 

 overcharges on eight carloads of logs shipped 

 from Richard's spur to Washburn. A reduction 

 of the regular rate was also ordered. 



The Rib Lake Lumber Company has com- 

 menced the erection of a building to measure 

 40 by 80 feet in dimension. It will be of wood 

 on a concrete foundation and will be fully 

 equipped with drills, lathes, presses, forges and 

 planers. 



Building operations have been commenced by 

 the Anson-Gilkey-Hurd Company of Merrill, Wis., 

 upon the erection of a new addition to Its wood- 

 working plant. The new part will be 32 by 122 

 feet in dimension and will be used for the planer, 

 re-sawing and dovetailing departments. John 

 Heib, whose box and veneer plant was recently 

 burned at Merrill, is now connected with the 

 Ansou-Gilkey-Hurd Company. 



The Antigo (Wis.) Lumber Company will re- 

 build its sawmill at Antigo, which was destroyed 

 by fire two years ago. The new plant will have 

 a capacity of more than 50,000 feet each day 

 and building operations will be commenced at 

 once. It is planned to have the mill completed 

 so that the present season's cut can be sawed. 



An unsuccessful incendiary attempt was made 

 recently to destroy the plant of the Northern 

 Casket Company at Fond du Lac, Wis. The 

 blaze was discovered by the night watchman, but 



was soon extinguished with the aid of the city 

 fire department. It was later found that a por- 

 tion of the shipping platform had been soaked 

 with oil and it is believed that the work was 

 done by a discharged employe. 



Thompson Brothers Boat Company of Peshtlgo, 

 Wis., is planning the erection of a large ware- 

 house. This building Is made necessary by the 

 increasing business of the company which 

 necessitates a larger stock of completed models 

 being carried in stock. 



A company has been formed at Ida, Wis., for 

 the purpose of manufacturing a clothes reel, 

 which has been patented by S. O. Bestul of 

 lola. The company has commenced the erection 

 of a factory building and will start manufactur 

 ing the reels as soon as the building can be 

 equipped. 



Operations have been resumed at the plant of 

 the Gurney Refrigerator Company at Fond du 

 Lac, Wis. The plant was closed down as Is 

 usual for a time during the summer, but this 

 year the time was used in the erection of a 

 large addition. It is estimated that the capacity 

 of the factory can be Increased 25 per cent as 

 a result of the enlargement. 



United States Senatm- Isaac Stephenson and 

 II. J. Brown recently inspected the drive condi- 

 tions along the Menominee river. An automobile 

 trip was taken along both the Wisconsin and 

 Michigan sides of the stream and upon his re- 

 turn Senator Stephenson said that he was sure 

 the log shortage at Marinette and Menominee 

 would be over within the next week. Two of the 

 mills of the N. Ludington Company and of the 

 Stephenson Company were closed, owing to the 

 shortage. 



Through the prompt work of a number of the 

 employes, the plant of the Winnebago Furniture 

 Company at Fond du Lac, Wis., was saved from 

 destruction by Are recently. A spark from a 

 Ian on one of the machines set Are to a pile of 

 shavings. While an alarm was being turned in 

 the blaze was put out without serious damage. 

 Contracts have been awarded by the A. Streich 

 & Bro. Company of Oshkosh, Wis., manufacturer 

 of wagons, for the erection of a new four-story 

 brick warehouse building. The building will be 

 46 by 137 feet in dimensions, and besides the 

 four stories will include a seven-foot basement. 

 Operations have been commenced by the Eau 

 Claire (Wis.) Trunk Company in its new fac- 

 tory, recently completed. The new plant will 

 have a capacity four times as large as the old 

 one. To complete the work the capital stock of 

 the concern was increased from $30,000 to 

 $60,000. The officers are: President, W. E. 

 Wahl ; vice-president, F. Hoeppner; secretary, 

 William H. Hoeppner ; treasurer, George Hoepp- 

 ner. 



The J. W. Wells Company Of Menominee, 

 Mich., which recently completed the erection of 

 a large flooring mill, has commenced the erection 

 of a new sawmill 90 by 206 feet in dimensions 

 The building will be constructed of reinforced 

 concrete and will be strictly fireproof. The plant 

 of the Bird & Wells Company at Wausaukee, 

 Wis., will be abandoned and the company's inter- 

 ests will be centered at Menominee. 



The Mandt Wagon Company of Stoughton, 

 Wis., has commenced to install a new high horse- 

 power Corliss engine in its power plant. This 

 will be the second of these engines to be in- 

 stalled during the past few months. Both will 

 be used to operate the dynamos which generate 

 the electricity used for operating the individual 

 motors of the different machines throughout the 

 plant. 



The Muenter Manufacturing Company, maker 

 and jobber of furniture at Fond du Lac, Wis., 

 has filed articles of Incorporation with the secre- 

 tary of state. The company Is capitalized at 

 $15,000, with Otto R. Muenter, E. H. Cameron 

 and Hugh Cameron as incorporators. 



Th(' Wollaeger Manufacturing Company of 

 Milwaukee has secured the contract for furnish- 

 ing all of the wooden furniture to be used in 



