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to the loaded rolling stock. They -went back 

 to the cremated mill with the rest of the 

 employes and Jake. Just as they got within 

 sight of the band saw rigged up beside the 

 track Jake took his megaphone and carried 

 on a conversation with the employes who were 

 at work upon it. 



' ' Look out, ' ' he said, ' ' we are coming, 

 and don't want to run onto you without a 

 word of warning. ' ' 



narily of six or seven pieces. The bent 

 rims, I understand, are generally preferred, 

 because they contain fewer joints. In 

 ■wagons, carriages, and similar four-wheel 

 conveyances the hind pair of wheels are 

 larger than the front pair — a fact due to 

 certain causes that will be apparent on a 

 little thought and need not be entered into 

 in an article the object of which is to con- 

 sider the wagon from a wood standpoint. 

 Wagon poles may be either bent or straight, 

 and the same is true of the "hounds" or 

 device holding the inner end of the pole 

 rigid. 



Wagon timber passes through a number of 

 severe inspection tests when it is in the 

 hands of a reliable maker. It is generally 

 cut into dimension stock at the mill and 

 then allowed to air-dry in the yards of the 

 manufacturer for a period of from one to 

 three years, according to size and thickness 

 — and, it may be added, according to the 

 business principles of the maker. From the 

 lumber yards it goes to the dry room. 



After all the parts are assembled the 

 painters commence their work, and the well- 

 informed buyer knows that the painting of 

 a vehicle is a matter of prime importance. 

 Wagon painting is not the interminable 

 process employed in the manufacture of 

 carriages and automobiles. Applying four 



coats to the box and three to the gearing 

 is a common practice in high-grade work, 

 while it is known that many wagons are 

 simply dipped. Box bottoms are painted by 

 good makers with the same care that they 

 expend on the sides. Xot only the top but 

 the bottom of the box bed is painted, and 

 the tongues and grooves likewise pass 

 through the painters' hands. So carefully 

 is the good wagon or carriage painted that 

 the tyro cannot tell where wood leaves off 

 and metal begins. The paint and varnish 

 form a preservative material, protecting the 

 wood and metal from contact with the ele- 

 ments. Why the box of a farm wagon is 

 always painted green, and the gearing red, 

 is a question to which the only answer given 

 is "Custom." 



This brief description applies in a gen- 

 eral way to farm wagons, dump wagons 

 and carts, hand-carts, trucks, vans, delivery 

 wagons, etc., etc., but of course the different 

 uses require considerable variation as to 

 construction. When we consider the high- 

 class delivery wagon, such as is used by the 

 more exclusive department stores of our 

 great cities, we have a vehicle that in details 

 of painting, of design, and general construc- 

 tion, more closely resembles the carriage 

 than the wagon. Carriages will be treated 



mother article. 



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Jake Willett's Railroad Bandmill. 



When Jake AYillett was getting out a con- 

 tract for several trainloads of oak lumber in 

 Ducktown last fall his bandmill went up in 

 smoke. After the incident was over the only 

 thing that was left in the vicinity was a 

 log railroad and a thirty-six-inch band saw 

 that was stored in a shed three minutes ' 

 walk from the conflagration. 



But Jake did not feel blue. No, he did 

 not even try to damage his person with a 

 firearm. He just lit up his countenance with 

 a smile and with the aid of several employes 

 moved the old band saw to the side of the 

 raUroad. 



Leaving the& to rig up the apparatus he 

 invited the remainder of the employes to take 

 a trip with him on the log road and directed 

 the locomotive engineer to back the train, 

 consisting of fourteen cars, into the log local- 

 ity. The engineer did as directed, but thought 



Jake somewhat under the weather mentally. 

 He whistled his way along the route until 

 he reached the backwoods. Then he paused 

 in the journey. 



Jake was the first to jump off the train, 

 and as he did so he requested his employes 

 to pile oak logs on each car and to fix and 

 adjust them just as though each car were a 

 log carriage. He cautioned them to fix each 

 one securely so it would not drop off and 

 fall on people's feet and hurt them. 



' ' The sorrow over losing his property has 

 damaged his think locality," said the fore- 

 man; "I feel sorry; let us weep to show him 

 that we are perfectly sincere in -our 

 thoughts." 



"All right," said the inspector. 



So both cried copiously until the train was 

 ready to return to civilization. Then wiping 

 their eyes upon some cotton waste, piled on 



OOK OUT, WE ARE COMING" 



Then getting off the rolling stock he ran 

 ahead on foot to see how his plan would 

 operate. Then he motioned the engineer to 

 pull the train hither. The engineer, in com- 

 pliance with his request, pulled wide the 

 throttle in his place of business. The loeo- 

 . motive at this made a lot of boisterous re- 

 marks and labored swiftly up to the band saw. 



When the first log car passed said saw 

 it did not ignore same. No, it leaned out in 

 such a manner that the log which was re- 

 posing on the car bed had its side sliced off. 

 It was sliced off in just the same manner as 

 it would have been had it been traveling on a 

 carriage. 



