The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-28

est in the business. and have participated
in the public meetings that have been
held, the purpose of which has been to
impress upon Congress the alarm with
which any tinkering with the lumber
tariff is viewed In the sections of the
country in which the lumber business
flourishes.
The lumbermen of Laurel have been
most active in the work of arousing pub
lie sentiment in this matter. F. G. Wis
ner, president of the First National bank;
DR.. r. p. Saunders president of the Com
mercial Bank and Trust company; +. R.
Gilehrist, president of the Gilchrist-Ford-
ney Lumber company, and others have
been conspicuous laborers and they have
reason to feel that they have done every
thing that was humanity possible to stir
up public sentiment throughout this part
of the lumber trade territory.
The Rittenhouse & Embree Co. of Chi
cago which recently closed its offices in
Hattiesburg in order to concentrate its
Mississippi business at Richton, where the
company has been putting it's newly ac-
CURED property in tirst-elass shape, is
now about ready to start operation on
full time and at full capacity. Mr.. Chand-
Ter, the general manager of the company
has been on the ground for some time
recently supervising the completion of the
machinery installment. The plant is the
same that was formerly operated by the
Richton Lumber company. The mill mas
a daily capacity of 1900 feet, and the
company has something like 25,0Oo,OOO feet
of standing timber, and is buying more
from day to day. The company has been
| installing u planning mill, dry kilns and
| other paraphernalia that will handle the
output of the mill very nicely. Mr. P.
M. Anderson will have complete charge
| of the mill.
A transaction of large moment to the
trade In east Mississippi has just been
closed at Shubuta, Miss, where the local
chancellor has confirmed the deal whereby
| the entire plant of the Kaupp Lumber
company passes into the possession OF the
Hiwanee Lumber company, under whose
! management the mill will be put in oper-
| alton Immediately. The Kaupp plant is
one of the largest in the pine belt. 1t
has a large sawmil planer and other
| equipment several miles of frst-class
| tram roads, an immense stumpage con-
tiguous to the Mobile and Ohio road and
all the other appliances of tirst-class
! lumber plant. The mill has been closed
|
| have gone abroad as to sales of the out
fit, only to be denied in turn. But the
contamination of this deal with the Hi
vance company has the confirmation Of
the court, and may, therefore, be regard
ed as positive and official.
| Another sale of the first Importance
that is advertised to take place on April
is that of the complete plant of the
West-King Lumber company at Waynes-
| boro. The sale rs to be made by E. r..
| Ballard, as special commissioner for the
| chancery court, and will cover the entire
! holdings of the West-King company,
which are immense, both as to extent
and value. There is a lease on timber
land which, upon being cruised by order
! of the court was found to estimate 52,-
0O0 900 feet, including the down timber,
oak, poplar and gum as well as yellow
| pine. There is a circular and gang mill
with capacity of 100000 feet daily, single
mill, dry kilns, planer, electric lights,
waterworks, II miles of logging road with
| equipment, hotel, storehouses, residences.
| The property will be sold in bulk and in
| parcels and the court will later pass on
| both sales. The linda Pine company S
plant, which recently has been over
hauled and enlarged, is now running at
| full capacity which Is in the neighbor-
| hood of $4,000 feet per day Some good
orders, principally for export, have been
! booked, and the prices are such as to
satisfy the m>agement for the present.
| Detailed maps and profiles of the pro-
| posed extension of the Vinegar Bend
| road to connect the Mobile and Ohio
and the Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City
are now being prepared by Mr.. M. Wright,
the engineer who has just completed the
survey The road is regarded as of no
little Importance in developing the trans
| portation interests of the southern part
| of this state and southwest Alabama 1t
| is expected ultimately to make connec-
ton with the Denny road running into
| Pascagoula.