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HARDWOOD RECORD 



will hold frequent meetings in -various parts of 

 the state. The lumber manufacturers are well 

 prepared to combat the spread of the anarchistic 

 and socialistic ideas of the organization, and are 

 also guarding their properties carefully to pre- 

 vent any repetition of the disaster at Grabow. 



Wood By-Products 



Excelsior has largely taken the place of straw 

 for packing purposes ; wood flour, ground from 

 spruce or pine sawdust, is one of the ingredients 

 of linoleum and dynamite, and ropes made of 

 wood fiber are coming into use in packing and 

 shipping furniture and other commodities. How- 

 ever, ropemaking from bark is no new thing. 

 Negroes in the South used basswood bark and 

 hickory withes for mule harness long ago ; and 

 the Indians of the Far Northwest make all sorts 

 of ropes, cords, baskets, wallets, and blankets 

 of the bark of cedar, while teamsters on the 

 mountain roads of California often use cedar and 

 redwood bark as a covering to keep down the 

 dust. 



A New Idea in Stumping Lands 



A concern in Spokane, Wash., the Economy 

 Stump Burner Company, is responsible for a new 

 and Ingenious Idea to facilitate the destruction 

 of stumps on cutover lands. The company 

 manufactures a machine which bores a hole 

 through the center of the stump down and 

 another slanted hole from the surface of the 

 ground into the stump, meeting the vertical hole. 

 The first hole is supposed to furnish a draft. In 

 the slanting hole an oil burner is inserted which 

 Is equipped with a wick so that the burning can 

 be regulated as desired. The burner is fed with 

 oil from a cup on the outside of the stump, the 

 flow of oil being carefully regulated so that it 

 works down into the roots. After ignition is 

 complete the burner is removed. It is necessary 

 to prevent the top of the stump from being 

 ignited as long as possible so as to concentrate 

 the heat in the lower part. 



It is estimated that each one of these burners 

 will use from one to three cents worth of oil in 

 destroying each stump. 



Hints on Fire Risks 



The usual line of good advice and pertinent 

 suggestions regarding the proper maintenance 

 of woodworking plants so as to insure as low a 

 Are insurance rate as possible, is contained In 

 bulletin No. 59, just issued by the Lumbermen's 

 (Underwriting Alliance of Kansas City. 



In the bulletin it is shown that while adjust- 

 ments have not been completed, the October losses 

 for the company will total about $19,500, mak- 

 ing the aggregate to date for the year a little 

 more than $100,000. The bulletin takes the op- 

 portunity of congratulating its subscribers on the 

 small loss ratio for the first ten months of the 

 current year, it equaling less than one-flfth of 

 the annual premium deposits. 



Subscribers are warned against too great a 

 feeling of security on account of favorable 

 weather conditions, which would lead them to a 

 laxity in cleaning methods or failure to supple- 

 ment the watch service in times of special 

 hazard. 



It is noted that most of the fires during the 

 month occurred between Oct. 21 and 28, at which 

 time a dry, warm and windy spell prevailed 

 pretty generally. A gratifying testimonial to the 

 efficiency of fire-flghting facilities of the sub- 

 scribers is seen in the early control of the con- 

 flagrations after their incipiency. 



Subscribers are warned against laxity in the 

 Inspection of steam jets in kilns. It has been 

 the experience of the Alliance that probably 

 twenty-five per cent of the kiln and fuel house 

 fires resulted from the impossibility of working 

 steam jets when it was necessary. The auto- 

 matic jet Is strongly recommended. 



A hazard In commissaries was noted in several 

 Instances. In one case a pile of hose in a ware- 

 house was discovered ablaze, and upon investiga- 

 tion after the fire was extinguished it was found 



that a rat had made its nest in the coil of hose 

 and had there accumulated quite a store of 

 matches, which, of course, resulted in a blaze. 

 It is suggested that the current supply of 

 matches, as well as the reserve stock, should be 

 kept in tightly closed receptacles which can not 

 burn or be gnawed. 



The hazard of smoking on plant premises has 

 received very general attention, and fewer cases 

 of violation of rules are now reported by field 

 men. Careless use of matches is a menace, how- 

 over, which is not being generally well safe- 

 guarded. It seems to be a frequent practice of 

 workmen to carry matches loosely about their 

 <-lotlung. and in many instances these are 

 dropped onto the floor, where they might very 

 readily start trouble. 



An unique fire took place in an Indiana build- 

 ing recently, at which time a small blaze was 

 discovered in the eaves. A bird had picked up 

 a lighted cigarette butt in the street and had 

 flown with it to its nest in the building, from 

 wliich a half dozen other nests were ignited. 



Defective flues are responsible for a large pro- 

 portion of fires at commissaries, olfices, hotels and 

 dwellings, and it is urged that all flues be built 

 of brick from the ground up. A brick flue built 

 on a bracket is by no means safe as the 

 inevitable settling of the building, even though 

 slight, is very apt to crack the mortar and leave 

 openings for sparks to escape between the roof 

 and ceiling. Bracket flues, however, can be safe- 

 guarded by thorough cleaning and by closing with 

 mortar any cracks or openings from which sparks 

 might be diverted. 



Wooden Pavement for Belgrade 



A side light on the war in the Balkans gives 

 the information that the streets of Belgrade, 

 capital of Servia, are to be paved with wood. 

 The streets were torn up when war was declared, 

 and the workmen dropped their tools and took up 

 the implements of war, leaving the streets im- 

 passable. It is reported that the labor of laying 

 the wooden pavement will be performed by 

 women. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The Herrick Casket Company of Lyons, Mich., 

 is closing out its business at that place. 



The Thomas Furniture Company is incorpo- 

 rated at Pontiac, Mich., with a capital of $25,000. 



The West Virginia School Furniture Company 

 has moved from Logan, W. Va., to Huntington, 

 W. Va. 



The Carter Furniture Company has been in- 

 corporated at Sanford, N. C, with $125,000 

 capital. 



A. H. Marsh has recently begun business at 

 Asheville, N. C, as a wholesale hardwood lum- 

 ber dealer. 



The Southern Hardwood Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated at Barton, Ark., with a capital 

 of $25,000. 



The Hardwood Finish & Supply Company has 

 been incorporated at Los Angeles, Cal., with a 

 capital of $50,000. 



The Jay Manufacturing Company of Jay, Me., 

 has been incorporated at $10,00 for the manu- 

 facture of novelties. 



The mills of the Woodstock Lumber Company 

 of Woodstock, N. Y., were burned recently with 

 a loss of $100,000. 



The Pioneer Furniture Company of Eau 

 Claire, Wis., has increased its capital from 

 $75,000 to $150,000. 



The Ozark Lumber & Construction Company 

 has been incorporated at Harrison, Ark., with 

 a capital of $25,000. 



The Evansville Desk Company, Evansville, 

 Ind., is planning an extensive addition to its 

 already large factory. 



The Hardwood Mill and Lumber Company of 

 Lena, Ark., is about to establish a new plant for 

 the manufacture of pencils. 



The Wisconsin Chair Company, Port Washing- 

 ton, Wis., announces an increase in its capital 

 stock from $500,000 to $700,000. 



The Varner Land and Lumber Company has 

 removed from Altheimer. Ark., to Geridge, Ark. 

 The postoffice address is Stuttgart. 



It is announced that the Standard Veneer and 

 Door Company, Beallville, Ind., has planned to 

 erect a $12,000 addition to its plant. 



The Boyce Lumber & Realty Company has 

 purchased a tract for $5,000 near Alfalfa, La. 

 The company has a mill at this place. 



The Muskegon Veneer Furniture Company has 

 been incorporated at Muskegon, Mich., with a 

 capital stock of from $50,000 to $100,000. 



The Hughes Manufacturing & Lumber Company 

 of Los Angeles, Cal., has sold out to the Southern 

 California Hardwood & Manufacturing Company. 



George E. Fuller and G. T. .Johnson of Oak- 

 land, Me., will shortly erect a new plant at that 

 place for the manufacture of broom handles and 

 chair stock. 



E. Stringer Boggess, wholesale lumber dealer 

 of Clarksburg, W. Va., has filed schedules in 

 bankruptcy, showing his assets to be $13,591.61 

 and his liabilities $49,504.05. 



Fire of unknown origin burned to the ground 

 the $10,000 heading plant of the Moscow Coop- 

 erage and Lumber Company at Moscow, Tenn. 

 The plant was insured for $4,000. 



The Crescent Furniture Compiiny of Evans- 

 ville, Ind., will shortly begin the erection of a 

 four-story furniture factory at that place which 

 will cost in the neighborhood of $18,000. 



A dry-kiln and 325,000 feet of lumber belong- 

 ing to the John L. Roper Lumber Company at 

 Oriental, N. C, were recently destroyed by fire, 

 and the green lumber shed was partly destroyed. 



The plant of the American Panel & Lumber 

 Company of Newport, Ark., has been purchased 

 by a sjndicate of Kalamazoo, Mich., men who 

 will remodel it for the manufacture of veneers. 



Fire which started in the finishing room of 

 the Clio Manufacturing Company, • maker of 

 kitchen cabinets and tables at Clio, Mich., de- 

 stroyed the entire plant. Loss, $12,000 ; insur- 

 ance, $4,500. 



The Alta Vista Consolidated Furniture Works 

 have been taken over by a syndicate of residents 

 of Alta Vista, Va. The plant will he remodeled 

 and upon completion will be opened to operate 

 as the Evans Company. 



The Butler & Langerin Company has started 

 business at Lansing. Mich., with $25,000 capital. 



The Nelson-Jacks Lumber Company was re- 

 cently incorporated at Shreveport, La., with a 

 capital stock of $25,000. 



The new addition to the plant of the Breece 

 Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of panels 

 at Portsmouth, O., will shortly be completed. 

 This addition embodies a building of brick con- 

 struction 50x100 feet in dimension. 



Spontaneous combustion was declared to have 

 been the cause of the fire which recently de- 

 stroyed the Anacoco Lumber Mills at Grabow, 

 La. Until recently this plant was the property 

 of the Galloway Lumber Company and was the 

 scene of the labor riot in which four men lost 

 their lives. 



In future the office of the Norfolk Lumher 

 Company will be located at 245-9 East One Hun- 

 dred Thirty-seventh street. Borough of the 

 Bronx, New York, where the company has opened 

 a warehouse. 



J. R. Shoupe & Co. of Longview, Tex., will soon 

 open a lumber yard at that place, where they 

 will handle both pine and hardwood as whole- 

 salers and retailers. They will also continue 

 their wholesale hardwood business as heretofore. 



It is with deep regret that the death of Joseph 

 Gardner, head of the firm of Joseph Gardner & 



