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the carriage. If it is a wide board, tlila ou one edge and thick 

 on tlie other, it may lie ripped into two narrow boards, one of which 

 wUI pass as full thickness and the other as a thin board. Or, if 

 it is thin at one end, it can be cut to a shorter board of full thick- 

 ness and the thin end used for whatever it will make. A board 

 thick and thin, sent full length to the factory planer, will have to 

 dress down to the thinnest point to be good, and thus there is heavy 

 work for the planer and an unnecessarj' waste of good timber unless it 



is cut so as to eliminate the thin part and use it for something else. 

 One can dig up by patient and persistent study a whole string 

 of details of this kind, each of which may seem insignificant in 

 itself, but all of which make an important enough factor to be worth 

 including in a broader interpretation of the term, well-manufactured 

 stock. Attention to these things should pay just as well and just 

 as surely as it pays to make what the trade conimoiily terms well- 

 manufactured stock. J. C. T. 



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The Mail Bag 



Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD 

 desiring to communicate with any of the 

 inquirers listed in this section can have 

 the addresses on written request to the 

 IVIail Bag Department. HARDWOOD 

 RECORD. 537 South Dearborn Street, 

 Chicago, and referring to the number at 

 the head of each letter and enclosing a 

 self-addressed stamped envelope. 



B 365 — Has Cottonwood Box Boards to 

 Offer 



Des Moines, Iow.t, Dec. 12. — Editor Hardwood 

 Recoed : We will have about 200,000 feet of 

 iood Cottonwood box boards for sale, and we 

 would appreciate your putting us in touch with 

 a market for this class of material. 



The above inquirer has been supplied with 

 a list of a few concerns who would be inter- 

 ested in this material. — Editor. 



B 366 — Want Poplar Electric Casings 



In the Xovember 25 issue of Hardwood 

 Eecord an inquiry was carried regarding a 

 source of supply for poplar electric casings. 

 As it was not quite clear just what is meant 

 by this, the correspondent was requested to 

 give a little further information on this sub- 

 ject. Below is the reply. — Editor. 



Cincinnati, O., Dec. 12. — Editor H-vrdwood 

 Recoed ; We are in receipt of your favor of 

 Nov. 11, and regret to advise that we are not 

 ourselves in a very good position to say Just 

 what is required. From the inquiry wo have 

 from our customer, we understand that the stock 

 is wanted in widths of 1% inches. IH inches. 

 1% inches, 1% inches, 2 inches, 2V3 inches and 

 3 inches. A larger proportion of 1^2 inches and 

 a smaller proportion of 2i-i inches and 3 inches 

 tban of other sizes. 



The stock is required to be dressed all sides 

 and includes the necessary cappings as well as 

 casings, that is, the top is separate from the 

 body. We are not quite clear as to whether 

 the capping is not moulded in some way. 



We trust we may be successful in finding a 

 good supplier of these, with whom we can ar- 

 range some business. . 



B 367 — Wants Gum Veneers 

 Xew York, N. Y., Dec. 10. — Editor Haedwood 

 Recoed : I use large quantities of rotary cut 

 gum veneers % inch thick and 6 and 8 inches 

 wide. Can you send me the addresses of several 

 southern mills that could manufacture this sort 

 of stock, large plants preferred'.' 



luanking you in advance for the favor. 



The above party has been placed in com- 

 munication with a number of southern mills 

 manufacturing the stoclt desired. — Editor. 

 B 374 — Hickory Picking Sticks 



Liverpool. En;;.. Nov. 30. — Editor Hardwood 

 Recoed : We are asked to put in a quotation 

 for a quantity of the above, the sizes of wbicb 

 are to t)e 2 feet 10 inches long, IVi inches x 2 

 inches. We understand that it is the intention 



of the buyers to cut them up the middle, that 

 would mean we presume, % inch x 2 inches, or 

 1 inch X l'/2 inches. Perhaps you may bave had 

 a similar experience, and know what they mean. 

 However, we shall be glad if you will get us a 

 price, and the time of delivery. 



No quantity is mentioned, so we cannot give 

 .vou any lead in this direction. All they say is — 

 that each piece must be perfect, and any wbieh 

 does not come up to this strict demand, will have 

 to be put out, as it would be useless. 



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The above firm has been given a list of 

 several manufacturers of hickory dimension 

 stock, — Editor. 



B 368 — Wants Oak Dimension Stock 



Grafton, Wis., Dec. 13. — Editor Haedwood 



Recoed : We are in the market for ten cars oak 



dimension stock of the following sizes : 



l?4xl%xl9, 



1 x3 xl6, 



1 x2i4xl6. 



B 369 — Has Black Gum to Dispose of 



Breading, W. Va., Dec. 11. — Editor Haedwood 

 Recced : Can you give me any information as 

 to consumers of log run black gum? This stock 

 is band sawed and can furnish it in any thick- 

 ness. 



Any information relative to above will be 

 greatly appreciated. . 



The foregoing correspondent has been ad- 

 vised that the material he wishes to market 

 is consumed in the manufacture of hubs, 

 boxes, mauls, etc. — Editor. 



B 370 — Seeks Bone Dry Hickory 



Newark, O., Dec. 13. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : We are in the market for about 75,000 feet 

 of bone dry 4 4 hickory, grade of common and 

 better or firsts and seconds, Tositively no log 

 run. 



We would thank you for anything you could 

 do for us in this matter. Company. 



The above inquirer has been advised of 

 several sources of supply for hickory. — 

 Editor. 

 B 371 — In the Market for Dimension Stock 



Port Washington, Wis., Dec. 13. — Editor 

 Haedwood Record : We are in need of oak, ash 

 and hickory dimension stock of all sizes in large 

 quantities. . 



B 372 — Wants Specialties for Export 



Toronto, Ont., Can.. Dec. 12.- -Edit ..r Hard- 

 wood Record : Can you put us in touch with 

 any manufacturers of broom handles, dowels, 

 skewers and shovel handles, suitable for the 

 English market, who are in a position to fill 

 large orders ? 



We are told your paper circulates largely 

 among this class of trade and would like to see 



a copy of it. ■ I^td. 



B 373 — Seeks Source of Supply for Dimen- 

 sion Stock 



Elora, Ont., Dec. 11. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 oed : Would J ou kindly send us the address of 



any manufacturer in the United States who cuts 

 dimension hardwood, and oblige? 



& Co. 



A list of manufacturers of dimension stock 

 has been sent the above correspondent.^ — 

 Editor. 



B 375 — Record Lake Shipments 



A prominent New York liardwood concern 

 maintaining an extensive branch at Buffalo 

 reports an unusual amount of hardwood lum- 

 ber shipped ou the lakes during the past year. 

 A portion of the letter from this concern 

 says: 



Buffalo, Dec. 14. — Editor Haedwood Record : 

 We have had a very successful year here with 

 our new yard in Buffalo. We now have a ver.v 

 complete electric remanufacturing mill and what 

 we consider a very up-to-date hardwood lumber 

 yard. We handled on the Great Lakes this year 

 about 19,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber and 

 still have one steamer, the "Picans," to arrive. 

 This steamer will close our season on the lakes. 

 Hamiltox H. Salmon & Co. 



B 376 — A Correction 

 Hartford, Conn., Dec. 13 — Editor Haedwood 

 Record : Your postal calling our attention to 

 item on page 45 of the issue of December 10 

 is at hand. 



The Hartford Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized since 1889 and the company mentioned 

 in your item must have been organized in some 

 other state, as our secretary of state would 

 not allow an organization of another company 

 under the same name as ours. 



The Haetfokd Lcmbee Co.. 

 Per Wm. J. RiLEy, Treasurer. 

 This should have read Hartford, Vt. 



Prolonging Life of Crossties 

 The Forest Products Laboratory at Madison. 

 Wis., has published bulletin 118, which should 

 be of much interest to railroad men. It is a 

 summary of various publications dealing with 

 timber treatment to hinder decay, which have 

 been issued in recent years by the government. 

 It is stated also that much has been taken from 

 unpublished reports, and to that extent the bul- 

 letin is new. Three phases of the subject are 

 discussed : Treating the wood with chemical pre- 

 servatives ; protecting the tics from mechanical 

 wear ; and the use of sawed in place of hewed 

 ties. It is claimed that by these three means 

 the enormous consumption of crossties in the 

 United States can be reduced by at least one- 

 half, with a yearly saving to the railroads of 

 at least $16,000,000. 



In 1909. the railroads of the United States, 

 including steam and electric, bought wooden 

 crossties to the number of 123,751,000, at a 

 cost of ?G0,320.700. Thirteen per cent of these 

 were purchased for new construction, the others 

 were used for renewals. On an average for the 

 whole United States, 358 ties per mile were re- 

 moved from tracks and were replaced by new 

 ones. The average cost per tie, exclusive of 

 labor of handling, was 49 cents, or a cost to 

 railroads of $175 per mile, which for the whole 

 country amounted to $52,500,000. That heavy 

 expense was paid by the railroads to make good 

 the losses by decay and mechanical wear. To 

 produce the ties for renewals it was necessary 

 to cut about 710.000 acres of tlmberland, averag- 

 ing 150 lies or 5.000 board feet per acre. 



