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of steam. An eighth of an incli tliiekncss 

 in a urasket will greatly affect the quantity 

 used in the engine. 



If the cj'linder is in bad order inside, 

 there is nothing for it but a trip to the 

 uiaehine shop, a boring out and retitting 

 with rings. If it is all right, no serious 

 cutting anywhere, no worn-out rings, valves 

 in good order, no signs of waste, put the 

 engine together again, slow down speed and 

 turn attention once more to the boiler. One 

 can force the power of a boiler considerably 

 by adding hollow blast grates. How-ever, if 

 all these things have been tried and you are 

 still having trouble, it is time to make a 

 more specific analysis of the situation. 



Make a nicnioraniluui of all the conditions, 

 giving sucli information as size and kind 

 of boiler in use, how the walls of the fur- 

 nace are built, size and length of smoke 

 stack, size and number of steam pipes, and 

 whether or not pipes and top of lioiler are 

 protected or exposed. Then, after men- 

 tioning all the details of the boiler nml its 

 connections, give size of cylinder, length 

 of stroke of the engine, speed at which it 

 is operated, and outline its condition gener- 

 ally. Send a copy of this memorandum, to- 

 ijether with any other information you may 

 think necessary to the Hardwood Kkcord. 

 It may be that you will receive further sug- 

 gestions whicli will lie heljifnl. 



liut the ontput will be greatl.v incieased and 

 facilitated Ijy the erection of the plant. The 

 new barrel will doubtless take readil.v with the 

 trade, owing to its special advantages, which He 

 chiefly in the fact that the ends are separate 

 and the staves connected with wires, makinj; it 

 easy to fold and convert into the usual form of 

 barrel used for truck and produce. 



NeWs Miscellany. 



The Ottawa Forestry Convention. 



Un Tluusday, Jan. 11, there was held at 

 Ottawa, Ontario, a forestry convention, at 

 which were in attendance the majority of the 

 prominent lumbernien of the Dominion. Fore- 

 most among the participants were Senator Ed- 

 wards of Maine, H. M. Price o£ Quebec, Wil- 

 liam Little of Westmount, and .T. B. Miller of 

 Ottawa. During the proceedings Mr. Little se 

 verely criti<ised the policy of the Dominion 

 government for what he described as the waste 

 of the forest wealth of the province. Senator 

 Kdwards, in a paper, said that there were some 

 who took the pessimistic view that Canadian 

 forests were practically gone, but he tool; the 

 opposite view — that they were inexhaustible. 

 and that they were not destroyed. He Hrmly 

 believed that the forests could be saved and 

 restored to a great extent. lie believed tliat 

 iMmhermen could not possibly cut the natural 

 growth of the timber of Canada. He contended 

 that the railways had been among the chief 

 destroying agents of the forests, and greater 

 damage came from illegitimate settlement. He 

 stated that he could take his hearers within a 

 six liours' journey of Ottawa to a spot where 

 to clear a (ive-aere potato patch timber to the 

 value of ¥2,UIJ0.()0() had been destroyed. He 

 .Tdvocated the setting apart in the province 

 of Quebec of reserves for forestry purposes. 



J. B. Miller, president of the Ontario Lum- 

 bermen's Association, read a paper on "For- 

 estry from the Lumberman's Standpoint." He 

 gave It as his opinion that when a settler ap- 

 plied for an area of timber land it should only 

 he granted to him on condition that sixty per 

 <cnt of the land applied for was arable. lie 

 declared that the policy of the Ontario govern- 

 ment had not tended to encourage lumbermen 

 III attempt the preservation of timber. In 

 most localities they had been forced to cut it 

 olT as rapidly as possible to save it from the 

 ho-cailed "settler." The great bulk of pine tim- 

 ber area, In his opinion, should never have 

 been opened up for settlement. lie estimated 

 (hat the annual destruction of hemlock logs 

 bad been at least 50,000,000 feet, which meant 

 an economical loss to the country of fully ,$.'JUO,- 

 1100. He urged a system of replanting and was 

 L'lad to see that the public Is now coming to 

 .'1 realization that the Innibi-rnien are not the 

 ihlef sInner.H in destroying the forest, but that 

 Ibis r-rlme should be laid at the door of the 

 railroads and settlers. 



Dr. ('. A. Hchenck, the eminent forester ol 

 the risgah mountain ewlntc of George Vander- 

 bllt, delivered an address on the subject of 

 forestry, wlilib was an able analysis of the 

 |iroposltl»n and which was highly apprcclateri. 



The Forestry Association and Its friends, to 

 the Dumber of three hundred, held a bani|uci 

 Id the evening at the Itiissell House, presldeil 



over by Sir Wilfrid l.iuiricr, and at his riglil 

 hand sat Karl Grey. 



The sessions of the convention lasted into the 

 second day, and at the Friday morning's ses- 

 sion K. .7. Zavitz. lecturer on forestry in tin- 

 Ontario .\gricnllnral College, delivered an ad 

 dress. lie contended that both forestry and 

 agriculture depended on a rational trealmeni 

 of the soil. He was surprised to note tlie lack 

 of knowledge of the value of trees. There 

 were three reasons for iireserving the forests 

 of Ontario— aesthetic effects, iiroteciivi' inlluencc 

 and financial investment. 



'I'hc meeting was marked by a deep Interest 

 in the great subject involved, and by the pres- 

 ence of all the leading lumbermen of the Do- 

 minion. From present indications it looks as 

 though Canada might very soon lead the United 

 Stales in solving this great economic problem of 

 forest pi-eserva1 ion. 



The Louds of Au Sable Make Big Purchase, 



The H. M. Loud Sons' Company's interests 

 have recently been augmented by the purchase 

 from Paul Iloeft of 12,000 acres of timber land, 

 mostly hardwood, near Millersburg, Mich. The 

 company has also acquired the steam barge 

 Starke, the mills, docks, store and furthi'r equip- 

 ment of the Uoeft Interests, at a reputed cost of 

 .$150,000. The former owner of tiie property 

 has long been identified with tlie development 

 and history of his county ; he expects to operate 

 the tnill a year longer to clean up the stock on 

 hand. The H. M. Loud Sons' Company is the 

 principal hardwood operator on tlic Huron 

 shore between Al|ieua and Bay City, with large 

 sawmill and railroad interests at Au Sable. 



J, P. Sullivan Ltunber Company. 



The partnership existing between .1. I". Sulli 

 van and C. W. Martin, known as the Martln- 

 Sulllvan Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., was 

 dissolved .Tan. I.'i. ('. W. Martin retiring. The 

 .1. I'. Sullivan Lumber Company of which .1. 1'. 

 Sullivan is president. I'. II. Havesles, vice presi- 

 dent and treasurer and V. 3. Nolan, secretary, 

 has lieen organized to succeed the above concern. 

 By this move the capital stock has been Increased 

 threcfojd. which places the firm In position to 

 rarry much larger and better assorted stocks of 

 hardwoods than heretofore. The ollices at 1505 

 Tennessee Trust building will be retained, where 

 Increased facilities are at hand to transact a 

 wholesale business of large proportions In oak, 

 . ash, cypress, elm, gum and coltonwood. 



Folding Barrel Factory, 

 Oc'orgi; .Mllllgan of ( 'barlrsloo. S. (.'.. I he In- 

 ventor of a new self folding barrel especially 

 designed for triiek, recently announced plans for 

 the erection of a barrel factory, with a capital 

 of ,f75,000. The factory will be located near 

 Charleston and will have a large output. 'Ilie 

 barrels arc at present being made on orders. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The linn- Oak A\'a;;nn Conqtanx'. recent ly in- 

 corporated at Kansas City, Mo., with $25,000 

 capital stock, has began the erection of a plant. 



S. H. Kelsey &, Co. are erecting a large build- 

 ing at Crystal River, Fla., to be equipped with 

 up-to-date machinery for the manufacture of 

 liardwoods and veneers, cither circular or rotary 

 cut. Oak, asli. maple and American maliogany 

 will be cut into furniture veneer and hirUory 

 into wagon stock. The company will also 

 manufacture some cypress, basswood. gum and 

 fancy hard pine and will operate a local build- 

 ing materia! and lumber yard aiul novelty 

 works. 



'I'lie Peslitigo Lumber Company. I'esbtigo, 

 \\'is., is this year banking hardwood timber 

 from cars at a convenient point on the river, 

 which saves handling the logs twice, as was 

 necpssary in former seasons. 



A I'aducah organization known as the (!o- 

 limiliia .Manufacturing Company will operate 

 tlic plant of the Itex Manufacturing Company 

 al .Mechanicsburg, Ky.. manufacturing jiirtiire 

 frames, curtain poles, etc. 



I'^ L. Pegram is erecting a spoke and lianfUe 

 lactory at Stanley, N. C. 



The Barnett I^uraber & .Manufacturing Com- 

 pany has occn incorporated to succeed the A. J. 

 Krebs Lumber Comjiany at Birmingbam. Ala., 

 having purchased the entire interests of the lat- 

 ter concern. The capital stock is .$100,000. The 

 lirm will manufacttire interior linish, store and 

 otlice fixtures, sasli and doors, frames. Iioxes 

 and barrels. 



The Broadway Alanufacturing Company of 

 Leavenworth, Kan., recently purchased a tract 

 of land at Memphis. Tenn., on wliich will he 

 erected a factory for the manutaclure of all 

 varieties of hardwood flooring. It will be thor- 

 oughly equipped with the most improvid ma- 

 chinery required for this line of work and will 

 be ready for operation about the first of Mardi. 



.\ new building is i)elng erected at the Hoyt 

 & Bro. Company branch of the American Wood 

 Working JIachinery Company at Aurora, 111, It 

 will be two stories high and 02x140 feet in di 

 menslons, and will be used tor the housing of 

 new machinery which the company will carry 

 In stock and will alTord additional erecting 

 lloor space. 



A timber deal was closed In A'ermont a few 

 days ago whereby Davenport. Peters & Co. of 

 Boston, Mass., acquired 1.70U acres of laud in 

 the vicinity of Ludlow and Mount Holly, Vt. 

 The operating contract has been taken by H. B. 

 Clark of Boston. I,. G. Fullani & Sons Com 

 liany of Ludlow, manufacturers of chairs, will 

 purchase all the hardwoods and saw the soft 

 woods from the laiul. 



A new heading and stave fai'tory Is in opera- 

 tion at Monrocvllle, Iiul. 



A. IC. Harlan's axe handh' factory at Hen- 

 derson, Iowa, Is taxed to its capacity In taking 

 care of an luuisnnl rush of business. 



C'redltors of the Decatur Chair Company, De- 

 catur, III., filed a petition. .Tan. 15, asking that 

 the concern be declared bankrupt. The llaMII 

 lies. It Is claimed, are ,$115,000 and assets $.50,- 

 000. 



The Cincinnati Vemcr Company will soon be- 

 gin work on an oHice building al lis plant at 

 1275 West Sixth street. It will lie a twoslcu-y 

 brick structure 25x50 feel in dimensions. 



Martin Jcnson of Clay Banks, \\'is.. wlut owns 

 one of the finest- pleci's of hardwood land hi the 

 county. Is cutting maple nn<I hauling It to 

 .Mgoma. 



Fire siMiously damaged the iilani of llir Wis 



