The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-02
MIR. CREELMAN TALKS OF DEAL, Lumber Selling Interests
 Are Combined. WAS NO CONSOLIDATION Owner of Immense Plants
 Visits Montgomery. He Has Jast Closed a Contract in- voivins sl,ooo,ooo In New or- Ieaas--No Change In His Ala-
 bama Mills.

r. E. Creelnian, of Chicago, the veal thy lumberman and the greatest rhanu- facturer of hardwood lumber in the
 world. who spent yesterday in Mont. evening train. said that the report from New Orleans published In yesterdays Advertiser of the consolidation Of the companies in which he Is Interested, | with a capital stock of $20.0O0,000 was 8 mistake.
 r The consolidation. MT Creelman said. was merely a combination of selling | interests and the independence of the several companies and their internal affairs would in no wise be eHec- ted,
 Mir. Creeiman controls seven hard wood companies in five different states. | These companies operate thirty-three mills which cut millions upon millions of feet of hardwood lumber each year. The companies controlled by MT. Greet,
 man and the number of mills operated are: The F. E. Creelman Lumber | Company, Cairo Ills, nine. mills; The | Florida Lumber Co. Montgomery,
 eight mills; The F. H. Smith Co. St.
 Louis. three mills The w. R, Tucker
 Lumber Co. Chicago, three mills; The George E. O'Hara Cypress Co, Stam- | bout, La, five mills; The J. W. Strong
 Milling Co. Baton Rouge. Ia. four mills and the Evergreen Manufacturing Co.,, Evergreen, Ala, one mill. The mills operated by The Florida | Lumber Co. whose offices are in Mont | gomery, are at the following Alabama points: Bellwood, Creelman. Ever green, Red Level, opp, Florala, States | No EfYect on Alabama EIills.. | To a representative of The Adver- tiser MT. Creelman said he desired to emphasize the statement that the statement that the business transaction | in New Orleans Friday. would have
 absolutely no effect on his properties | in Alabama and that the offices and l yards in Montgomery would not be | effected whatever.
 '"The business of the Florida Lum-
 Der Company said MT. .Creleman will I continue to be operated. managed and
 handled from Montgomery, as it Is a
 Montgomery enterprise absolutely. l The main proposition which was
 closed in New Orleans Friday was the | agreement to establish selling agency | in that city for the combined purpose | of handling the output of our various | companies. The assets of each com I of that corporation. The prouduct of l the different mills will be handled
 through the consolidation of selling l interests. The combination Is about ] the same as the present cypress inter- ests of Louisiana and means nothing | more nor less than d central office for | selling the products of a number of l hardwood mills.
 You cannot too strongly point out
 that the individual corporations in
 which I am interested will retain their Individuality and their present assets. By consolidating the selling interests | of the products a very large saving
 can be made in the marketing of lum-
 Der. For example, the different inter
 ests that I control or own are contin-
 ually in sharp competition with each other which will be eliminated entire | ly under the consolidated selling plan. We are five times the largest pro- ducers of hardwood lumber in the United States and the centralizaton of
 selling interests has become necessary | with us.
 | Great Deal in Lumber. | When 1 was in New Orleans Fri
 day" Mir Creelman continued, q closed
 ing Company of Melville. La, to take
 it's entire output of cypress and ash
 lumber for ten years. This will amount
 to 20.O0O.O0o feet of lumber year.
 This is the largest single deal in lum-
 Der that has been made in the South
 In great many years as 1t will in
 volve the payment of about $4,0O0. 900" | Again MT. Creelman-- spoke of the
 Montgomery company which maintains
 offices on North Court Street and yards
 in West Montgomery. He said the only
 changes in contemplation was the in-
 crease of the business which is con- stantly growing.
 Last week" said MT. Creelman. rthe Florida Lumber Company of Montgom-
 eery purchased the Evergreen Manu featuring Company, of Evergreen. con siSttng Of large saw mill and veneer
 works and large holdings of timber tn
 that section. It was a cash transac-
 tion and we will begin the operation
 of the plant immediately. It was pur | chased from business and professional
 men of Evergreen who established it
 some time ago"
 Mir Creelman added that the Ala
 bama mills of his company weSe cutting
 about 15,00O, 900 feet of lumber each
 year and that their capacity was being | increased.
 l He reached Montgomery at 6 o'clock
 yesterday morning, spent busy day
 at the offices of the Florida Lumber Company. and left at 6:S0 o'clock yes
 terday evening for his home in Chi
 cago. He expects to return to Mont Igomery next month.