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HARDWOOD RECORD 



the latter concern Includes a good office build- 

 ing, two lumber sheds and 600 feet of dockage. 

 The Madison company will take possession at 

 once, and expects to be in position to transact 

 local business before this Issue of the Recobd 

 Is oft the press. 



The Brittingham & Young Company reports 

 that it is doing a large business, and finds con- 

 ditions very satisfactory. It carries large 

 stocks of hardwood lumber at various mill 

 points both north and south, and has recently 

 purchased the season's cut of the mill of T. N. 

 Okerstrom at Port Wing, Wis., consisting of 

 5,000,000 feet of white pine, 2,000,000 feet of 

 hardwood lumber, and 2,000,000 lath. 



The excellent reputation which has always fol- 

 lowed the output of handles from the plant of 

 Hartwell Brothers at Chicago Heights will un- 

 doubtedly be maintained in the new line which 

 one of them has elected to enter. 



Petition in Bankruptcy Filed. 



William H. Wood, a lumberman of Cambridge, 

 Mass., has filed a petition in bankruptcy show- 

 ing his liabilities to be $478,400, and assets 

 $216,000. About half the liabilities are repre- 

 sented by endorsed papers, while $4,G65 repre- 

 sent taxes, and $109,381 are unsecured. The 

 assets Include real estate, encumbered, $84,500 ; 

 $11,316 cash: $8,106 in notes and bills, and 

 $45,000 stock In trade. 



The number of unsecured creditors Is about 

 seventy, the principal among whom are the fol- 

 lowing concerns, with amount due each: W. D. 

 Noyes, Boston, $2,826 : St. Croix Paper Company, 

 Boston, $2,150: Wyman, Allen Lumber Company. 

 Boston, $5,190; Rutus Deerlng Company, Port- 

 land, Me., $1,025 : Shepard, Morse Lumber Com- 

 pany, Boston, $1,281 : \V. L. Clement Lumber 

 Company, Greensboro, N. C, $1,050 : F. H. Tudd 

 & Son, Calais, Me., $3,000 ; Jones Hardwood 

 Company, Boston, $3,916 : U. M. Blckford, Bos- 

 ton, $2,836 : J. E. Henry & Sons Company. Lin- 

 coln, N. U., $35,6.")3 : James Murchle & Sons 

 Company, Calais, Me., $5.794 : Deerfleld River 

 Company, Wilmington, V't., $5,070. and the 

 Dwlght Lumber Company, Detroit, Mich.. $2,310, 

 ail for promissory notes, and the Northern Lum- 

 ber Company, St. Johnsbury, Vt. $4,373, for 

 merchandise. 



An Unusually Fine Cuban Mahogany Log. 

 In reviewing a recent hardwood sale held by 

 C. Leary & Co. at Liverpool, the Timber Trades 

 Journal states that the feature of the gathering 

 was the great request for Cuban mahogany, 

 and the strong competition which occurred 

 among buyers to secure this wood. The highest 

 figure realized was obtained for a fine log of 

 Cuban growth containing roe and mottle, 15 

 feet long and about 24 inches at the butt Bid- 

 ding was spirited and protracted, and the victor 

 in the contest for possession of the handsome 

 specimen secured it for 17s 3d. A statement 

 was made at the sale that the above-mentioned 

 price Is a record for the last fifty years, but 

 the Journal believes that within the last twenty- 

 six or seven years a log of Cuban mahogany 

 about 15 feet long and 24 to 30 Inches In 

 width brought at public sale 21s per foot, and 

 solicits Its readers to verify this contention If 

 possible. 



New Hardwood House at Chicago Heights. 



C. L. Hartwell & Company is the name of a 

 new hardwood concern which will engage in the 

 manufacture. Jobbing and exporting of lumber, 

 wood stock and woodenware at Chicago Heights, 

 III. The company intends to specialize in the 

 hardwood line for both domestic and export 

 trade. 



C. L. Hartwell, the head of the new company, 

 has bad long experience In the manufacturing 

 line from the stump to the finished product, 

 baving been engaged for many years in the 

 manufacture of handles. He is thoroughly fa- 

 miliar with lumber, dimension material, wood 

 stock, turned work, etc., and consequently is pe- 

 culiarly fitted to give his customers the best 

 there Is In grades, quality, workmanship, etc. 



Memorial to President Cleveland. 



Last month the San Jacinto National Forest, 

 covering portions of Orange. San Diego and 

 Riverside counties. California, was renamed the 

 "Cleveland National Forest" in honor of Presi- 

 dent Cleveland, who established it. together with 

 twelve others. In 1897 : by the same proclama- 

 tion this great timber tract was consolidated 

 with the one known as the Trabuco Canyon Na- 

 tional Forest, and both now stand a perpetual 

 monument to the foresight and conservative pol- 

 icy of Air. Cleveland. 



On signing the proclamation making the above 

 clianges. President Roosevelt addressed the fol- 

 lowing communication to Mrs. Cleveland : 



A Triple Drum Sander. 



The accompanying illustration represents 

 the J. A. Fay & Egan Company's improved 

 triple drum Sander. It Is designed with a 

 view of overcoming all undesirable features 

 associated with machine-sanded work, such 

 as snake-lines, furrows and waves, faulty 

 feed, frequently causing veneered work to be 

 sanded through, concaved or dubbed cornered. 



The success of this plan is secured by the 

 oscillating movement of its three drums lat- 

 erally across the material. The drums carry 

 three grades of sandpaper: the third, or last, 

 being the finest, gives a finish to the work, 

 after which it is dusted thoroughly by a rap- 

 idly revolving brush. When the sandpaper is 

 worn out the drums can easily be re-covered 

 by any practical workman. They are equipped 

 with a device for placing the sandpaper about 



IMPRt>\ Kl) 



■'.My Dear Mrs. CIcvelaud : It has recently 

 been my privilege to sign a proclamation chang- 

 ing the name of the San Jacinto National Forest 

 to the Cleveland National Forest. May I express 

 to .vou the great pleasure It gave me to take that 

 action— a pleasure mingled with a keen sense 

 of the loss to our country and to our citizens 

 in the death of President Cleveland. 



"On February 22. 1897. President Cleveland 

 signed the proclamation creating the San Jacinto 

 Forest Reserve, in southern California. The 

 date. February 22. was no mere accident, since 

 the signature of the proclamation was timed to 

 coincide with the birthday of our first president. 



"President Cleveland was one af the first to 

 T'co^nlzc the need of forest preservation, and 

 ilic crenllon of the San Jacinto and other forest 

 reserves, with a total area of 25,686.320 acres, 

 was one of the results of his foresight in this 

 direction. 



"Thronghout his life he took great Interest in 

 conserving the natural resources of the nation, 

 an! I particularly regretted his Inability to at- 

 tend the meeting of governors in May, because 

 the meeting was in part the fruit of the seed he 

 had sown years before. 



"The name of Grover Cleveland will always 

 be prominently Identified with the movement to 

 protect tbc forests of the United States, and It 

 seems to me eminently fitting that one of the 

 forests which he created should bear his name 

 throughout all time. 



"Sincerely yours, 



"Theodore Roosevelt." 



A. FAY &. EGAN 



them and giviitR it the proper tension In the 

 shortest possible time— a point of advantage 

 not found on any other sander of this class. 



The feeding mechanism consists of eight 

 powerful rolls— four above and four below the 

 platen. The frame carrying the upper feed 

 rolls can be elevated automatically or by hand 

 wheel to receive material up to eight inches 

 in thickness. The rolls are driven by a train 

 of heavy expansion gearing. Insuring a perfect 

 steady feed. 



This is the only sander whose upper feed 

 rolls and bed can be elevated above the drums 

 to give access to them In case they should 

 need repairing. All levers and hand wheels 

 are convenient to the operator. In conclusion 

 it may be said that this machine practically 

 finishes the work ready for the filling room oi 

 for varnishing. 



Further detailed particulars concerning this 

 machine may be obtained by addressing the 

 J. .\. Fay & Egan Company. 414-434 West 

 Front street. Cincinnati. C. who will be glad 

 to send you full description by return mall. 



Economical Working of Lumber by the Use 

 of the Wedge Platen. 



Experience has demonstrated that wherever 

 possible It Is advisable to work lumber face 

 down with the top and bottom beads cutting be- 

 fore the matchers. The matching la then gauged 

 from the finished or fare side, the chips fall 

 from the face, and the face cut being fixed, the 

 surplus stock is removed from the poorer side 

 by the top head- It being acknowledged that 



