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HARDWOOD RECORD 



is an opportunity to Introduce American goods 

 in competition, if styles are adapted to the popu- 

 lar demand. 



Furniture exported to China should be put 

 together with screws, not glue, and if possible 

 so that it may be knocked down for shipment, 

 freight being an important point in considering 

 prices. Many bent-wood chairs are used, even 

 by the Chinese, probably coming from Germany 

 or Austria. They retail in the ports from $1 to 

 $2 each, lower if bought in quantities. They 

 come knocked down and command a ready sale. 

 The more expensive upholstered chairs come 

 from Europe, while dining-room furniture of 

 all kinds is made locally, particularly the cheap- 

 er goods. Elaborately carved sideboards are the 

 rule, and many wealthy Chinese residents are 

 fitting up their dining rooms like the Europeans. 

 They are especially fond of gilded mirrors and 

 frames, and nearly all residences of Chinese offi- 

 cials now have their "foreign style" room. Local 

 carpenters are supplied with copies of British 

 and American furniture catalogues and they are 

 ingenious in making duplicates of selected illus- 

 trations. 



It might be possible to sell furniture in China 

 knocked down and unpainted or without uphol- 

 stering, though foreign goods usually attain-their 

 safe because of the superior finish and polish 

 which the Chinese seem unable to accomplish. 

 American furniture laid down at anywhere near 

 competing prices would certainly command a 

 sale, as locally produced articles lack uniformity, 

 the fitting of the parts is very poor and as nothing 

 but hand machinery is used the result is always 

 rough. Furthermore, the wood being badly sea- 

 soned, the productions are not of lasting quality. 



Furniture could not be sold by catalogue. The 

 way to introduce it would be to communicate 

 with local dealers tor their advice and forward 

 a selection of articles tor sale on commission. 

 The .system of -lash willi order" is not a satis- 



fa'Jtory oil- ill ,1. illii^ VMM) l-.|.;^ii In. 1 -iiants. 



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.■r.'il thr> r,_\ :.-■•' :..i . . II iiLrkong 



and Shaiii;li:M l;:iiil iii,_ i ..ihim lij, .1 : i,.- Ii.utsch- 

 -Vsiatiscbe Bank, and reputable business men 

 should be given such credit as would be extended 

 to men in similar lines in the United States. 



Description of a Well-Known Device. 



The name "Gordon hollow blast grate" Is so 

 familiar to every one connected with the manu- 

 facture of lumber that those who have never 

 seen the grate itself are perhaps curious to 

 know more about it. It is accordingly illustrated 

 herewith as applied to a single furnace of the 

 ordinary construction for the combustion of 

 sawdust. 



G is a galvanized elbow leading from the 

 blower to the blast-regulating gate E ; C, F, 

 cast blast pipe composed of heavy flanged sec- 

 tions securely bolted together, with asbestos 

 gaskets between ; D, D are sections of boner 

 tubing fitting into patent nipples H on the 

 pipe and corresponding nipples on the bottom 

 of the blast bars ; A, A, A are the blast bars 

 themselves ; and B, B, B and B are draft grate 

 bars. The blast bars are hollow inside, and 

 are provided with four or five "tuyeres," or 

 lids. In the cut, one of these tuyeres, marked 

 .1. has been removed from its seat. These tuy- 

 eres are about 7" In diameter and weigh 10 

 pounds each. In the periphery of the tuyere 

 is a series of notches, and through these notches 

 the air escapes from the chamber of the bar 

 Into the furnace. 



The construction of the tuyere and its seat 

 is unique. It is such that the top of the 

 tuyere Is always slightly below the top of the 

 bar Itself; that the tuyere cannot "cant" or 

 become accidentally displaced ; and that such 

 sawdust, ashes, etc., as may chance to enter 

 the blast outlets are immediately expelled again, 

 making the bar largely self-cleaning. 



It will be evident at once that as the tuyeres 

 are held In place by gravity alone. In case 



It is desired to increase or decrease the size 

 of the blast outlets, tuyeres of a different de- 

 scription can be readily substituted. It is also 

 an extremely simple operation to remove the 

 tuyere for the purpose of freeing the outlets, 

 from rust and other obstructions. 



The Gordon hollow blast grate is the only 

 "tuyere" grate made, this being one of the 

 patented features that has made it such a 

 phenomenal success. 



Another is the nipples that receive the ver- 

 tical connecting tubes. These are of such de- 

 sign that all-around-adjustable, air-tight, ball- 

 and-socket joints are secured at both ends of 

 the tube. 



While, as stated above, the form of tuc 

 tuyere and its seat is such that the bar is 

 largely self-cleaning, in the bottom of each bar, 

 at the front end, there is a large blow-out. 

 There Is therefore no possible chance for the 

 bar ever to fill up. 



The manner of operating the grate is obvious 

 from the foregoing description of the apparatus. 

 The air from the blower is forced Into the cast 

 pipe, ascends the vertical connecting tube, fills 

 the chamber of the blast bars and escapes 

 through the tuyere outlets into the furnace, 

 fanning the fire :uh1 greatly acccl.Tiiting com- 



MERITORIOUS BLAST GRATE, BUII^ BY 



GORDON HOLLOW BLAST GRATE CO. 



OF GREENVILLE, MICH. 



bustion. The gate E Is for the purpose of 

 adapting the volume and pressure of the blast 

 to the weather, the kind of fuel, its condition, 

 the amount of steam required, etc. 



Thnt the grate Is a success Is evident from 

 t'l ' "'"r \liact from a testimonial: "We 

 iry grates. Found It impossl- 

 Mi Put In your grate. Could 

 II ;i ii.lust and green slabs, using one 



less furnact', and keep steam 'popping off.' 

 Would not run a mill without them." 



Requests for further information should be 

 addressed to the manufacturers, the Gordon 

 Hollow Blast Grate Company, of Greenville. 

 Mich. 



Jack Steeley Still Doing Biisiness. 



Jack Steeley, who carries .an order boolt 

 with an illustration of a resaw. a hardwood 

 sawmill and all the equipment necessary to 

 satisfy the most fastidious hardwood lumber- 

 man, even to the band mill, walked Into an 

 Indiana Interurban car the Fourth of July, 

 and flopped down to a chorus of seven or 

 eight voices calling out. "Hello, Jack!"— evi- 

 dencing the fact that, being born in Indiana, 

 he knows most everybody In it. No doubt 

 this has something to do with the popularity 

 of the "Hoosler" .sawmill machinery made by 

 Sinker-Davis & Co. of Indianapolis. 



Getting a little personal, we asked Jack 

 how the self-feed rip saw, of which orders 

 now number Up to two or three thousand, was 

 selling. "Just like sugar and salt," he said. 

 "Hard times don't interfere a bit, for people 

 must have 'Hoosler' rip saws." And he kept 

 on giving us similar good news until we all 

 decided that panic or no panic, "Hoosler" 

 sawmill machinery Is half solil a buyer when 

 Jack comes In sight. 



IMiscellaneous Notes. 



Low water in the North Platte river will re- 

 sult in 5,000 ties and mine props belonging to 

 the Carbon Timber Company lying scattered 

 along the banks of the streams until next spring, 

 says a dispatch from Saratoga, Wyo. The com- 

 pany's drive of 1,500,000 ties and props was 

 caught by the recession of the spring fioods. 



Thousands of cords of cut pine and oak have 

 been reduced to ashes and great quantities of 

 standing timber burned near Carver, Mass., in 

 the recent forest fires. More than ten square 

 miles were burned over. 



The Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company has 

 been organized at York, Pa. ; capital, $5,000. 



The Ranger & Ayor Company at Bangor, Me., 

 has resumed operations in its veneer mill at 

 Foxcroft, and has orders which will run it day 

 and night for some weeks. About 1,300,000 feel 

 of logs have been purchased this season. 



J. H. Doyle of the Doyle Timber & Tie Com- 

 pany, Harrison, .\rk., recently purchased the 

 plant of the Harrison Handle Works. 



The Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Company 

 lately closed a deal for 2,2S0 acres of the finest 

 timber lands in the Ozark country. The com- 

 pany will establish a big lumber plant at Bran- 

 son, on the White river. The timber consists 

 of oak. pine and some black walnut. 



A fire at Tannersviiie, near Waubashene, Ont.. 

 .luly 1. destroyed 7,000,000 feet of lumber, 

 2,000,000 laths, 3,000 railway ties, 50,000 broom 

 handles, thirteen Grand Trunk cars and eleven 

 tram cars. The lumber was the property of 

 .\, G. Chew of Tannersviiie. 



The lartrost contract for lumber ever made in 

 Mi'\i. o, s(. dispatches say, was recently closed 

 liy ilic .National liaiiways of Mexico with Camp- 

 .. I] \ Saul IT of Durango, The material pur- 

 i li.l involves an expenditure of $1,500,000 by 

 liway company. All kinds of railroad 

 11 Involved, and delivery will be com- 

 1111 11. Ill at once. The firm owns a great tract 

 ui virgin forest in Durango. 



Japan has fine hardwoods ; the oak trees of 

 the north grow to large size. The next wood in 

 importance is ash, of which there are about 

 twelve varieties, two of which are specially 

 sought for at present, one having a beautiful 

 curly figure, and another an unusually wavy 

 grain. 



Lombard & RIttenhouse of Cheboygan, Mich., 

 have sold 100 cars of ties to Chicago parties 

 for a trolley line. They are shipping them out 

 as fast as possible. 



The Wisark Lumber Company, a concern of 

 Wisconsin and Arkansas, has filed articles show- 

 ing an increase of capital stock to $150,000. 



Consul General John P. Bray of Melbourne 

 reports that a large shipment of Australian hard- 

 woods. Including over 800 tons of railroad sleep- 

 ers, has Just been made from Australia to San 

 Francisco. As the woods are among the best 

 for railroad purposes. It is anticipated that this 

 shipment is the forerunner of many similar ones. 



The mills and yards of Wright Brothers, lo- 

 cated just outside Marinette, Wis., burned July 

 14, causing a loss of about $3.-j,000. All avail- 

 able means were used to put out the blaze, and 

 a bucket brigade succeeded In saving about $3.- 

 000 worth of hardwood lumber which would 

 otherwi.se have been consumed. 



A reorganization of the KIrby Lumber Com- 

 pany of Texas and the Houston Oil Company 

 Into the Southwestern Development Company, 

 with a capital of $32,000,000, is pending. 



The F. F. Krause Company has been organized 

 at Chicago, capitalized at $40,000. It will manu- 

 facture Interior finish and woodwork and deal 

 In lumber. 



The new flooring plant at Dlghton, Mich., 

 owned by Jones & Green of Big Rapids, was 

 blown up by a boiler explosion July 14. One 

 man was killed and the engine room entirely 

 demolished. The mill was considered a model 

 plant, and was erected over a year ago at a 

 cost of $30,000. It was engaged In turning 

 out flooring for Dennis Brothers of Grand Rap- 



