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haustive record of each saw made, covering 

 all the essential details. 



Silver steel, from which all the Atkins 

 blades are manufactured, is prepared from an 

 exclusive formula, the constituent parts being 

 the finest elements obtainable, and so blended 

 that the highest efficiency is secured. There 

 are special formulas for each class of blade, 

 and certain specifications of manufacture 

 which must be adhered to by the steel work- 

 ers, each of which represents years of patient, 

 intelligent investigation and practical experi- 

 ence. Once a high standard is obtained it is 

 rigidly adhered to. Each order for steel is ac- 

 companied by given specifications and with 

 the positive condition that it shall be subject 

 to a variation of not more than 5 per cent or 

 it will be rejected. .\11 plates are analyzed 

 upon arrival and the analysis recorded, after 

 which they are classified according to their 

 several degrees of excellence. 



For the purpose of analysis the Atkins com- 

 pany maintains a thoroughly equipped labora- 

 tory for chemical, physical and microscopical 

 examination. Through the use of powerful 

 lenses each plate is examined for consistency, 

 a portion is then dissolved in acid and its 

 composition obtained. It has been possible 

 thus tar to know to an absolute certainty not 

 only the processes of manufacture that have 

 been used, but the exact proportions of each 

 constituent part. No "guesswork" is involved, 

 factorj- with its record card, on which complete 

 data is endorsed after every process through 

 which it passes. In the smithing department 

 no man is permitted to sene until after four 

 years' apprenticeship, and only then under the 

 most careful supervision. Thus uncertainty 

 is reduced to a minimum, and not only Is this 

 true in one department, but in all. Formerly 

 the process of tempering was guided entirely 

 by the eye of the furnace man, but the At- 

 kins process removed the least liability of un- 

 certainty in this direction. Through the use 

 of the pyrometer and other exclusive methods, 

 tempering becomes virtually automatic. Given 

 the size and type of plate, absolutely fixed 

 rules are applied, which are certain of re- 

 sults. 



Thus It will be seen that the duplication 

 of a former saw^a matter which means much 

 to the millman— means only a reference to the 

 very accurately recorded history of Its prede- 

 cessor, and the execution of similar processes 

 under like conditions. 



Miscellaneous Notes, 



On August 17 J. L. Strickland and others 

 held a very animated concatenation at Green- 

 ville. Miss., at which (ime eight kittens were 

 initiated Into the mysteries of Hoo-Hoo. 



The Wisconsin Veneer Company's plant at 

 Rhinelander Is now running with a full crew and 

 three machines in operation. 



W. H. Walker, a prominent lumberman of 

 Woodbury, Tenn., was killed last week by a 

 piece of scantling which flew out of the planer 

 in his mill. It struck him on the head, killing 

 him Instantly. Mr. Walker was one of the most 

 prominent men in the county In which he lived. 

 He was about fifty years of age. Ills wife and 

 a brother, J. B. Walker, survive him. 



The United States Chair Company's factory at 

 Corry, Ta.. was damaged by Are August 9 to 

 the extent of $25,000. 



The Portage Lumber Company of Portage, 

 Mich., has decided to suspend operations for the 

 present. A considerable amount of timber al- 

 ready cut will be hd'iled to Grand Marals and 

 sawn and this will conclude the company's 

 activities for the time being. 



The Empire logging road, known as the St. 

 Croix & Duluth. near Superior, Wis., has been 

 sold to the Mississippi, Hill City & Western 

 and will be removed to the hardwood district 

 around Hill City, Minn. 



The International Eucalyptus Association of 



California has filed incorporation papers, and 

 will engage in planting, growing and selling 

 eucalyptus land for the purpose of encouraging 

 the use of the wood as a staple market article. 

 J. A. Slaybaugh is removing from Kendall- 

 ville to Auburn, Ind., to establish a handle 

 factory. 



Fire recently destroyed the factory and equip- 

 ment of the West Virginia Door Company at 

 Parkersburg, W. Va., and for a time threatened 

 the entire lower section of the city. The loss 

 reached about $150,000. 



A forest fire recently raged near Boyne City, 

 Mich., for several days, covering more than a 

 thousand acres and destroying several thousand 

 dollars' worth of hardwood timber. 



The Saginaw Wheelbarrow Company of Sag- 

 inaw, Mich., has completed arrangements where- 

 by it will add a line of wood novelties to its 

 output, pushing the manufacture chiefly during 

 the portion of the season when the wheelbarrow 

 trade is dull. 



The Atwood Lumber & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany Is rushing work on its new sawmill and 

 manufacturing plant at Park talis Wis. It is 

 said that the company has about 900,000,000 

 feet of stumpage (yhich will be handled through 

 the plant — principally hardwoods. Aside irom 

 a saw and planing mill, a veneiir plant and 

 sash and door factory will be built. 



The Beaumont Nursery Company of San Ber- 

 nardino, Cal., will supply 1,000,000 young 

 eucalyptus trees for a Tulare concern to plant 

 upon 1,500 acres of land. 



Fire in Kellogg Brothers Lumber Company's 

 yard at Nekoosa, Wis., caused a loss of about 

 $2,000 recently. Several apparently incendiary 

 fires have been started in this yard of late. 



The plant of the Gale Chair Company at 

 Grandville, Mich., was damaged to the amount 

 of $20,000 a few days ago. 



The sawmill and lumber stock of the Chas. 

 Creek Lumber Company at Elizabeth City, N. C, 

 was destroyed by fire last month : loss, $5,000. 

 The S. A. Woods Machine Company of Bos- 

 ton, Mass., are furnishing new eguipment for a 

 number of plants, among them that of the Kaul 

 Lumber Company of Birmingham, Ala., and 

 Graves, Manbert, George & Co. of Buffalo. The 

 company has recently installed a planer and 

 two matchers for the John Schroeder Lumber 

 Company of Milwaukee, and filled an Important 

 export order for the Oriental Timber Corpora- 

 tion, Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. The latter is 

 a new concern organized to manufacture lum- 

 ber on a large scale, and operates both saw and 



planing mills, the latter equipped entirely with 

 Woods machines. 



The large mill and general store owned by 

 the Grandin Lumber Company at Eagle Rock, 

 Pa., were destroyed by fire August 15. The loss 

 is estimated at $25,000, and only by a hair's 

 breadth 1,000,000 feet of lumber stored near 

 the burning portion of the plant was saved. 



The lumber yard belonging to James A. Mar- 

 tin at Johnson City, Tenn., was destroyed by 

 fire August IS. The loss was about $25,000. 

 It is, thought the fire was of incendiary origin. 



Manufacturers of brooms are seeking out alder 

 timber in Washington, where there is an abund- 

 ance of it within a radius of three miles of the 

 town of Sultan, and it is expected that a broom 

 handle factory will be located there in the near 

 future. 



The Oss lumber mill near Swanton, Md., 

 was entirely destroyed by fire August 15. The 

 loss was about $5,000. 



The Lutke Manufacturing Company of Port- 

 land, Ore., has become affiliated with the Grand 

 Rapids Show Case Company, and eventually the 

 latter plans to absorb other similar enterprises 

 and increase its capital stock to about $1,000,- 

 000. The Lutke concern was the leader in Its 

 line on the coast, having been in the business 

 twenty-five years. 



The F. J. Shields Lumber Company, capital- 

 ized at $10,000, has been Incorporated at SL 

 Louis. ' 



T. J. Robinson, a lumber dealer of Little Rock, 

 has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with liabili- 

 ties of about $3,000. 



The I'erkins-Crichlow Lumber Company of 

 Rutherford county, Tennessee, has filed articles 

 of Incorporation. D. P. Perkins of McMechcn is 

 one of Its organizers. 



A new source of lignum vitiB supply has been 

 discovered by foresters in the Philippines, where 

 throughout the southern Islands trees of much 

 larger size than those of Jamaica have been 

 found, some of them running forty-five inches In 

 diameter, as against six to eight in the Ja- 

 maican forests. This wood is becoming scarce 

 and as it is very popular for certain purposes, 

 the new source of supply will be welcomed. 



The Berlin Machine Works, through W. H. 

 Payne of their Columbia, S. C, office, has re- 

 cently been awarded the contract from the 

 Waccamaw Lumber Company of Bolton, N. C, 

 for their entire planing mill equipment, constat- 

 ing of eight heavy planers and two band re- 

 saws. This equipment has the capacity of 

 handling the output of a mill cutting 125,000 

 feet per day. 



Hardwood JVeWs. 



(By HARDWOOD BECOBD Special Correspondents.) 



W. H. Russe and (Jeorge D. Burgess of Mem- 

 phis were among recent visitors to this market. 

 They were en route to Michigan for a vacation 

 among the lakes. 



rickle. Bell & Co., 14 Dale street, Liverpool, 

 England, are sending out a neat little card 

 bearing the legend, "Buy Now ! Send in your 

 ordrfi-s for mahogany, Circassian walnnt and all 

 fancy woods." 



J. S. Trainer of Trainer Brothers Lumber 

 Company left on August 12 with his family tor 

 two weeks' outing at Mackmac Island. 



John M. Dickson of the John M. Dickson 

 Company, Memphis, was a visitor among bis 

 friends in the Chicago trade a 'few days ago. 

 Mr. Dickson may not rebuild his recently burned 

 mill at Memphis, but is considering an Arkansas 

 location. 



T. J. Christian of Maley & Wertz, South Bend, 

 Ind., was in town recently, calling on the trade, 

 and left here to visit his customers in the Wis- 

 consin field. 



W. S. Darnell of the Darnell-Taenzer Lumber 

 Company, Memphis, was a caller at the Record 

 office August 16. Mr. Darnell was en route to 

 join bis family at Mackatawa Beach, Mich., 

 where they have a summer cottage. 



Walter H. Crlm of C. M. Crim & Son, manu- 

 facturers of hardwood at Salem, Ind., was a 

 recent Chicago visitor. 



Frank F. Fish, secretary of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association, Is making an eastern 

 trip in the Interests of bis organization. He 

 expects to visit all the large hardwood markets 

 of the East. 



B. W. Lord, manager of the Chicago Veneer 

 Company of Burnside, Ky., spent some days with 

 relatives in Evanston recentlj'. Mr. Lord was 

 formerly located at Robey street and Blue Island 

 avenue, but some years ago removed his plant to 

 Its present site. 



II. B. Leayitt, president of the Leavitt Lum- 

 ber Company, has been making a southern trip, 

 including a visit to the company's plant at Holly- 

 wood, Miss., which has been In operation about 

 two months. 



E. B. Lombard of the Railway Exchange has 



