The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-26
Tobacco Notes.

10. Brictson of Deerfield called upon
dealers in this market Saturday.
Mcintosh Bros. close up their packing
operations for the season this week.
NJ. Fl. Soverhill of GAINESVILLE, who has
been quite ill for some time past, is still
confined to his bed.
G.. F. Tallard has been in the tobacco
section of Minnesota during the week
and receiving some purchases.
Mp. Strause, j. B. Howard, W. f.
Earle and J. P. Mooney of the American
Cigar Co. force at Madison were in town
on business Monday
Fl. S. McGiffin, late of this city, made
record at the GAINESVILLE golf grounds
last week, winning the consolation prize
in the state tournament there.
G.. f. Mabbett is sampling 1000 cases
of his 1900 packing for the purpose of
allotment and finds the tobacco coming
through the sweat in excellent condition
without any traces of damage.
One of the largest sales of lumber ever
made in the tobacco trade was effected
last week by w. S. Heddles, manager of
the Birmingham, Hixon Co., who sold
the bill of lumber for the new tobacco
warehouse to be erected by the Ameri-
can Cigar Co. successors to the Ameri-
can Tobacco Co.. at Sparta this season
on which work has already commenced.
The buildings, four in number, are of
solid brick, but the lumber bill alone
will amount to over $4,000, considerable
of it being of hard southern pine. The
order was SO large one that the COM
petition to secure it was unusually sharp
but the facilities which the Birmingham,
Hixon Co. have put them in position to
bring down the order, as they usually do
when they are permitted to figure on
jobs of such magnitude.
One of the largest tobacco storehouses
in the state is now under construction
for the American Cigar Co., as the bust
ness is now known, at Madison. The
building, which is of brick with slate
roof, is 300 feet long by IS feet
wide and will be divided into six fire.
proof departments each having capac-
ity of 1000 cases. The new warehouse
is located south of the present warehouse
in that city and is reached by another
siding and is to be used for storage only.
A platform will extend along the entire
length of the new building on which is
track so that cases can be transferred
from the sorting room of the old ware
house and run into any compartment of
the storage desired without being carted
or handled. The arrangement will be
something new in the methods of ware
house handling in this section.
The G.. l.. Culton tobacco warehouse
took temporary shutdown from Sat
| urday until Tuesday morning prepare
tory to change of work for the balance
of the summer. Up to that time the
"sizing;;" from this on for the next five
or six months it will be mainly s.stem-
ming" Manager Frank Cox has been
working a force of about seventy-fve
since Jan. 1st, and says that he can use
fully 100 on the new work if he can get
them. In recognition of his good quail
ties as a manager, his employees pre-
sented him last week with very fine
upholstered easy chair. = Whitewater
Register.
J. M. Thayer has leased the o. D.
Rowe warehouse for term of five years
Young & Newman. The lease goes into
effect November GAINESVILLE Gazette.
f. G. Borden is in the market for
trash and other damaged tobacco for
which he will pay one cent pound. To-
bacco may be delivered at. the ware
! house OF Whittet & Son. No. 8. 52tf.