HARDWOOD RECORD 



and assisted in building up the Ijusiness until it 

 WIS known from one end of the world to the 

 other, and the name of Disston had become a 

 synouym for the acme of excellence in saws. 



Later Mr. Disston represented the company as 

 salesman and built up a personal acquaintance 

 with the hardware trade of the entire country. 

 In 1894 he was made secretary and general man- 

 ager — duties which he consented to resign to 

 others but a few weeks ago. 



A widow and two sons and two daughters sur- 

 vive Mr. Disston ; the children are Henry C, 

 S. Horace, Mrs. Charles CoUoday Allen and Miss 

 Edna Disston. The funeral was held June 30 

 from the family residence, 1609 North Broad 

 street. Philadelphia, and Interment was at Laurel 



W. B. Mershon Relates Experiences in Tree 

 Planting. 



W. B. Mershon of Saginaw, Mich., who is aid- 

 ing the movement to reforest a large tract in 

 the northern part of the state, recently gave out 

 an interesting interview for publication, in which 

 he said ; 



"We first went into it as a matter of sentiment, 

 but are now governed by the commercial side, 

 with the added satisfaction of knowing we are 

 benefiting the public at large. A good many 

 years ago fifteen or twenty of us bought the 

 Wingleton property, about 1.700 acres of land west 

 of Ludington, where W. D. Wing has been conduct- 

 ing a lumber operation for years. We bought it 



for the 



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A Continuous Feed Glue Jointer. 



The J. A. Fay & Egan Company, 414-434 West 

 F'ront street, Cincinnati. Ohio, after long and 

 costly experiment have produced a continuous 

 feed glue jointer that has proven a wonder, 

 because of its excellence of work, ease and 

 quickness of adjustment, and rapidity of feed 



The frame is cast in one piece, absolutel.v 

 rigid, and is constructed so that the entiri> 

 mechanism is completely enclosed. A very im- 

 portant feature in its construction is that all 

 the bearings are oiled from the outside without 

 stopping the machine. 



The feed consists of a traveling chain, com- 

 posed of detachable links, which is provided 

 with a gib running full length — not part way 

 only — insuring perfect alignment. The chain 

 runs over two octagon wheels, one at each end 

 of the machine with finished faces, and flanged 

 at lower edge to support the chain. 



The feed is driven by a three-step clutch cone 

 operated by a lever close at hand, and the 

 power is transmitted by large bronze worm 

 wheel running in oil, with ball bearings at end 

 thrust, absolutely noiseless. 



There is a hand wheel on each end. They 

 adjust the housing to various thicknesses of 

 stock. On the bousing are nuts, the full length. 

 These nuts hold in place as many steel rollers 

 which give pressure to the stock being worked. 

 The rollers are each mounted on independent 



NO. i;i7 co.NTixuors feed glue jointer, 



MANUFACTURED BY J. A. FAY & EGAN CO., CINCINNATI. 



that was worth anything at that time had been 

 taken off ; a few young pines were growing 

 around the little lakes and on the plains so- 

 called scrub oak or red oak was growing, but 

 not of much size. 



"Had we at the time planted the land with 

 Norway pine the property would have been worth 

 $100,000 today, for the scrub oaks in the eighteen 

 or twenty years we have owned the property have 

 become of good size, big enough to make railroad 

 ties, and the lilllv iiinr< tl];ii wnc nn.iuKlilir lakrs 



have now I ni.' j.i ,niir;iii\ mri ( ii:iiii:,i.i.' lim 



her, and fori'st m-..\uli li;i^ ,|,.\ ..|,,|i, ,i i,. -n- ii .m 

 extent that a ijli^>lu,:.;raijb taken ut thr luuilily 

 shows a wonderful improvement over one taken 

 of the same place years ago. 



"Three years ago we put out 5,000 Norway 

 and white pine on this property, and two years 

 ago we put out 13.000 more. The Norways are 

 hai'd to get, but white pines are easily obtained. 

 This year another planting was made, so that 

 our lotal now for three years is 51.800. Those 

 planted two years ago have grown well. This 

 is forestry undertaken by a few gentlemen who 

 have chipped in, so to speak, to defray the ex- 

 pense." 



housings and backed up by tempeied spun 

 holding the stock firmly in place. 



The cutter heads are located in the cent 

 of the machine lengthwise one on eithei side 

 They are mounted in heavy housings having 

 vertical, horizontal and angular adjustments 



For detailed information, write the minufn 



Removal of Headquarters 



llir II li. Smith Machine Company lUj, 

 III 1,1 ii.i> I 111, i-s of woodworking machinery who 

 li:n., iiiiiiiiiiin. d an extensive branch establish 

 meii "I, ' nil -II. ,t. Chicago, for many \eais 

 hav i : 1 ili.'ir local headquarteis to a 



very I; I I i , ^lory double store at 63 and 



65 Wl.sI \\ ,1. I.ii;,i,.u street, and in addition em- 

 ploy the basement of 07 West Washington street. 



The new establishment, which has been fitl,',l 

 up with admirable taste, also affords general 

 office headi|vi.-u !■ I - f,,r tb" Chicago manager. 

 Thomas R. Miiiin .mil L;i\,.s room on the va- 

 rious floor.s I'll III,- 'li |il;i\ 'if a comparatively 

 full line of tin « '" ,1\\ 'Hkiii^' tools manufactured 

 by the company. 



MARTIN. MANAGER H. B. SMITH 



M.VCIIINE CO.'S CHICAGO BUSINESS. 



The H. B. Smith Machine Company are spe- 

 cialists in the production of woodworking ma- 

 chinery for the sash, door, blind and furniture 

 trades, but in addition make a complete equip- 

 ment of planing mill machinery. 



A picture of the new store is herewith shown, 

 as well as a photograph of the popular Chicago 

 manager, Thomas R. Martin. Mr. Martin has 

 been engaged in the woodworking machinery 

 business for so many years that he has the per- 

 sonal acquaintance of practically every user of 

 woodworking tools in the middle West. Beyond 

 this, he has a personal popularity that is almost 

 country-wide. He will be pleased to receive calls 

 from his friends at the new address, or to have 

 them say "Hello" to him over 'phone "Main 

 1190." 



