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But the engineer in the meantime was 



carrying 



his vocation in the cab, with the 



result that almost in less time than it takes 

 to tell it the second, third, fourth and follow- 

 ing ears of logs were treated in the same 

 way. 



When the last or fourteenth car was reached 

 Jake said : ' ' Slow down, and back over the 

 route you have just come, engineer; trace 

 and retrace your locomotive footsteps past 

 the band saw until you have exhausted your 

 material. Meanwhile I will go and get a 

 drink. ' ' 



These instructions were complied with, and 

 all morning they worked, stopping only once 



to allow the engine to quench its thirst, and 

 for one of the workmen to brush the sawdust 

 and cull boards off the right of way. 



The contract for the oak specified that the 

 job be completed within two weeks. But the 

 employes were so tickled with the new way 

 of laboring that they sawed up all that was 

 needed in a week. The rest of the time they 

 spent in sulking because there was no more 

 rush work for them to enjoy just then. 



With the proceeds from the contract and 

 some insurance coin Jake rebuilt his plant, 

 putting in an automatic sprinkler for the 

 building and ice water for his employes. 



GuiDO D. Janes. 



Hardwood Grooved Cable Wheels. 



With the extension of rope driving sys- 

 tems the demand for grooved wheels has 

 increased. They are used not only for the 

 ropes, but for the block and tackle. There 

 are grooved wheels employed in several 

 other lines of mechanical work in shops and 

 mills. These grooved wheels are made 

 chiefly from hardwoods, although there are 

 metal forms, some compressed from wood and 

 paper pulp and others manufactured from 

 patented compositions. 



The grooved wheel has been in use many 

 years and no doubt will be employed for 

 many more. Fig. 1 shows a popular form. 



runs through the groove without properly 

 gripping the sides at times, resulting in 

 slipping. Hence this form of groove is not 

 so popular. When used, the ropes must be 

 tight, otherwise they are liable to slip. 



Then there is the full-open hardwood 

 groove as shown in Fig. 3. The bearing of 

 the rope depends chiefly upon the contacting 

 point at E. There is practically no oppor- 

 tunity for the rope to bind on the sides. 

 However, for generally light work, this style 

 of groove is used. There is not so much 

 wear and tear on the cable as in the V-form 

 of groove. 



The wheel body is turned down in the 

 usual manner in a turning lathe and then 

 the cutting of the groove is begun. There 

 are three principal forms of grooves. The 

 one in the first illustration is used frequent- 

 ly. In this shape of hardwood groove the 

 cable presses on the sides of the grooves as 

 at A and B. The greater the strain upon 

 the cable, the greater the gripping power 

 of the cable on the interior edges of the 

 groove. Hence this form is used very fre- 

 quently. However, some of the grooves are 

 turned out in half circle form, as shown in 

 Fig. 2. In- this type the rope rests evenly 

 and easily in the space with contacting sides 

 as at C and D. 



The cable has no opportunity to bind, and 



Some manufacturers construct the com- 

 binations in sides as shown in Fig. 4. Here 

 is exhibited one-half of the groove. The 

 dividing line is at the lowest point of the 

 V-form. By making a series of disks with 

 the tapering edges for forming the grooves, 

 the set may be bolted and a very substantial 

 wheel obtained. It is possible to make the 

 disks from specially-selected pieces of stock, 

 which would not be the case if the grooved 

 wheel were turned from a single piece. The 

 outside disk is turned with the proper 

 flange and hub, whereas the interior sections 

 are made flat and bolted. The pattern of 

 the bolts used for clamping is shown in the 

 cut. 



There are also sectional hardwood wheels 

 put up with the pieces made as in Fig. 5. 

 The sections are built up on a hub and bolt- 

 ed in a flange. Then after they are properly 

 fastened, the process of grooving is begun 

 and the grooves are turned. One of the 

 hardwood grooved' sectional wheels with bolt- 

 ed flanges is shown in Fig. 6. 



Still another type of hardwood grooved 

 wheel is showm in Pig. 7. This is one-half 

 of the wheel. The object is to furnish a 

 grooved cable wheel from wood which can 

 be clamped and undamped from a shaft 

 like the split pulley of common style. Hence 

 it is possible to put the two sides of the 

 hardwood grooved wheel over the line of 

 shaft, and belt the same securely there with 

 bolts passing through the row of bores 

 shown in the cut. The heads of the bolts 

 are sunken into the surface of the wheel 

 far enough to clear the ropes. 



Fig. 8 is another form of hardwood 

 grooved wheel, arranged for a system of 

 ropes. When the wheels are turned from a 

 single block, the wheel is necessarily lim- 

 ited as to size. It is not possible to get 

 blocks large enough in perfect condition for 

 turning a wheel. Hence only the small sizes 

 for light work are turned complete. 



Then there are wheels made from a solid 

 hardwood body as in Fig. 9 and clamped on 

 either side with the metal flanges represent- 

 ed by the dark portion in the cut. Usually 

 the wheel is built up regularly and carefully. 

 Then the grooves are cut and trued. Manu- 

 facturers of hardwood grooved^ wheels say 

 that business has greatly increased in re- 

 cent years. George Eice. 



Bequest for Cooperation. 



.\t tbe time it became necessary to enter com- 

 plaint before the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion to force the western railroads into a read- 

 justment of the rate on hardwood lumber to the 

 Pacific coast, a Hardwood Lumber Kate Associa- 

 tion was formed with an executive committee 

 consisting of George D. Burgess, J. W. Thomp- 

 son, James E. Stark and W. R. Barksdale, all of 

 Memphis. George D. Burgess w.is selected chair- 

 man : A. S. Foster, secretary and treasurer, and 

 W. A. Percy, general counsel. Suit was Died 

 June 26, 1907, and shippers are now at liberty 

 to file claims for overcharge on all shipments 

 made to the West since that date. 



When this suit was filed about thirty firms 

 constituted themselves not only plaintiffs, but 

 guaranteed the costs of it. However, since that 

 time seven of these firms have either failed or 

 gone out of business. This has resulted in the 

 committee's being short about $700 on the origi- 

 nal amount guaranteed for the expenses of con- 

 ducting the suit. The fliiancial situation of this 

 committee now is that it must raise something 

 over $1,000 to clean up the costs involved in the 

 case. There are so many leading hardwood op- 

 erators who are vitally interested in this trans- 

 action that it is certain they will take pleasure 

 in making a reasonable contribution to the com- 

 mittee to assist them in straightening up this 

 shortage. The suit was not brought on behalf 

 of the original parties to it alone, but has been 

 of such manifest advantage to the hardwood 

 trade at large that there should be no delay in 

 relieving Mr. Burgess and bis associates of this 

 burden of cost. As a matter of fact, the total 

 expense thus far has laid entirely on Memphis 

 lumbermen and a few Wisconsin operators. Con- 

 tributions, which the Record believes will be 

 prompt and generous, may be made either to 

 Mr. Burgess or to A. L. Foster, secretary and 

 treasurer, at Memphis. 



