The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13


 The big lumber companies and syndi- cates have been devoting their attention of late to the development of their rail- road and other industrial plans, while their lumber interests have been rocking along at a lively gait, but without any special incidents. Since the adjournment of the legislature the construction of railroads through the piney woods has been carried on with feverish haste. There have been some significant con- ferences held. the outcome of which is matter for conjecture. The fact that President Goodyear of the syndicate bearing his name and President Peck of the Newman Lumber company and Mis- sissippi Central Railroad travelled togeth- CT from up north to this state, that they conferred together at Jackson, that they both found the roads in which they are severally interested pushing forward as fast as men and money could do the work, are taken by many to mean some thing. Maybe so, and maybe not.
 It is significant, however. that when President Peck made the first trip over the completed extension of the Missis- sippi Central that connects Hattiesburg with the Illinois Central at Brookhaven, he was accompanied by such moguls of the lumber world as Warehauser of Du- luth and Edward Hines off Chicago.
 The Mississippi Central has during the past two weeks thrown the first earth for it's Brookhaven-Natchez extension. and it has already got its grading done for a distance of five miles south of Hat tiesburg in the direction of Scranton and Pascagoula, with the general understand ing that there will be no cessation of this contract till the gulf coast shall have been reached. The Goodyears are build iuU pi oh al bo ro1IaU nf paa Fl river, and no further secret is made of their purpose to build into Jackson A week ago the Gulf and Ship Island Road completed it's gap between Mendenhall and Maxie, and that road now has a through service across a country where the developmental possibilities of the tim Der are practically unlimited.
 Turpentine Association.
 Fifty or more prominent turpentne manufacturers from the territory of Mis- sissippi, Alabama and Florida have re- gently held a meeting at Mobile and perfected the organization of the South ern Turpentine Operators association The organization will have for its object the controlling of labor and the adopting of a scale of wages to be paid in this district, as well as looking after other general interests of those engaged in the luIpclllHt DuSlitSS. w. L. NlC1OWdH WdS elected president, L. D. Springle, vice president and W. B. Patterson. secretary and treasurer. The organization will have branches in all parts of the gulf turpentne belt, the head office being at Mobile.
 The Gress Manufacturing company, making a speciality of car material and ship stock has recently reorganized it's Hattiesburg personnel, the company hay ing also offices and an extensive connec- ton at Triton, Ga. MT. M. V. Gress is now the president, F. J. Allen, vice presi- dent, and E. A. Hyde Is secretary and treasurer. The capitalization is s25,Oo0 The company has been doing well ever since it established it's offices in Hatties- burg.
 The Heawannee Lumber company of Heawannee Miss. has undertaken to solve the labor problem by getting a sup ply of experienced help from the north. A consignment of sixty-six men and five women, Norwegians, from Sharon. Pa, has just arrived. The company is put ting in a standard gauge logging road and enlarging the plant to fully double its present capacity, and is putting in a 1 planer and steam dry kilns, making it an , up-to-date mill in every respect.
 The Confederation Lumber company, which lately purchased the Lamb-Rowan mill and timber interests near Wesson, is now in full operation. The new com pany will erect a large saw and blaming mill in the suburbs of Wesson.. that town having offered them substantial induce ments to secure the location. Messrs. J. N. Cooke and Charles F. Grafton are giving their close personal attention to the enterprise.
 New Selma Concern.
 l The Summerfield Lumber company, is a new combination which has been formed at Selma, Ala. with the de- sign of erecting considerable mill