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The Mail Bag 



B 179 — Seeks Crating Stock 

 Kokomo, Ind.. Feb. 5. — Editor Hardwood 

 Rkcord : Can you give me the address of some 

 reliable manufacturers who would Iw able to fur- 

 nish crating cut from gum or elm to the following 

 widths; 1x2". 1x214". lx2M!"— S feet and lon- 

 ger? . 



.\nyoiie interested in this inquiry can have 

 tlie address on application, by referring to 

 B 17y. — Editor. 

 B 180 — Suggests Teak for Coupe Sashes 



San Francisco. Cal.. Feb. 1. — Editor Hakd- 

 wooD Recokd : We note in your issue of January 

 25 in the "Mail Bag" department, an inquiry re- 

 garding material suitable for high-class window 

 stock for coupe bodies. Allow us to suggest a 

 wood which is superior, for the uses required, to 

 Mexican mahogany. East Indian mahogany or 

 any of the other woods mentioned. We refer to 

 teak.. 



Teak is a wood which is not affected in any 

 way by weather conditions — heat, cold, wetness 

 or dryness. For this reason it has been used for 

 centuries on ships for decking, railing, cabin and 

 stateroom doors, storm doors, etc. 



A good man.v of the highest class houses on the 

 coast have their window frames made of teak. 

 This is notably so of Los Angeles. One of the 

 leading architects of that city specifies teak for 

 window casings, sash, etc., in all his high-class 

 residences, public schools, etc. 



In the manufacture of teak logs only a small 

 proportion of clear lumber is obtained. This 

 leaves a large quantity of common stock available 

 for cutting up purposes. We believe it is Just 

 the thing your correspondent requires, and would 

 like to have you jiut us in communication so that 

 we can send them a specimen of this wood, quot- 

 ing prices, etc. . 



This letter is from a leading hardwood 

 manufacturing and jobbing house, which has 

 been supplied with the name of the inquirer 

 for the material named. — Editor. 



B 181 — Wants Reprints of "The Wood 

 Substitute Game ' ' 



Boston, Mass., Feb. 2. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record: In reference to an article in your issue 

 «f January 25 under the caption "The Wood 

 Substitute Game." Naturally we think you 

 would have quite a call for reprints of this 

 article, and if you contemplate getting it out in 

 circular form, would be pleased to have you sup- 

 ply us with 200 or 300 copies. In event that 

 you do not intend to reprint the article, we 

 would like to have your permission to do so, 

 giving you proper credit of course, if you will 

 kindly loan us the cuts, so that we can distribute 

 it among our agents. . 



This letter is from the leading office desk 

 manufacturing company in the United States; 

 that is, the concern has the reputation of mak- 

 ing the highest class office furniture. It has 

 been supplied with electrotypes of the cuts in 

 ■question, and been given permission to reprint 

 the article. — Editor. 



B 182 — Seeks Boxing Material 



Pittsburgh. Pa., Feb. :i. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Shall be pleased to consider any mills 

 you might suggest our corresponding with re- 

 garding sap gum, tupelo gum and cypress boxing. 



liave the address by writing Hardwood Eec- 

 ORD and referring to B 182. — Editor. 



B 183 — ^Wants to Market Sassafras 



Front Royal, Va.. Veb. 2. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : May I trouble you to put me in com- 

 munication with any manufacturers or whole- 

 salers who purchase sassafras lumber? There is 

 quite an extensive growth of this wood on the 

 government reservation at this point, which is 

 to be cleared off, and if it has any market value 

 I would like to dispose of it. . 



The foregoing letter is from the govern- 

 ment 's representative in charge of the Front 

 Eoyal Remount Depot. He has been given the 

 address of one wholesale house which recently 

 made inquiry of Hakdwood Record for a 

 source of supply for sassafras. Any others 

 interested can have the specific address upon 

 application, and referring to B 1S.3. — Editor. 

 B 184 — Effect of Record Campaign Against 

 Steel Cars 



Cincinnati, O.. Feb. 2. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Hardwood men returning to Chicago 

 from the convention of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, held here this week, refused 

 to accept the steel Pullman placed for their, serv- 

 ice, and insisted on a wooden car, which they 

 finally secured from the Pennsylvania. 



The above inquirer has been supplied with 

 the names of several sources of Supply for the 

 material mentioned. Any others wishing to 

 get in communication with this concern, can 



The same result obtained when a party of 

 limibermen sought passage for this convention 

 from Chicago, the first of last week. The Big 

 Four Railroad, which expected to haul this 

 crowd of lumbermen, was advised unless the 

 party could have a first-class wooden sleeper 

 that it would seek other means of getting to 

 Cincinnati, and failing in this, the party went 

 via the Monon and C, H. & D. R. R., which 

 exclusively employs high-class modern wooden 

 equipment. 



This is a forceful and concrete way of con- 

 vincing railroad companies that there still re- 

 mains a large elelnent of the public which 

 does not feel itself safe or comfortable in 

 steel Pullmans. If every lumberman in mak- 

 ing sleeping car reservations would insist 

 upon having a berth in a wooden ear, it would 

 contribute materially to the present campaign 

 against counterfeit wood substitutes. — Editor. 

 B 185 — Announcement of Merger 



Cincinnati, O., Jan. 29. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We have today sold out our entire 

 holdings in the Farrin-Korn Lumber Company to 

 the Farrin Estate, which will merge their various 

 interests under the name of the M. B. Farrin 

 Lumber Company. They take over all the assets 

 of our company and assume all contracts and lia- 

 bilities. 



C. F. KORN, President. 



F, A. CoNKLiXG, Secretary and Treasurer. 



B 186 — ^Interested in Steel Car Failures 



Traverse City, Mich,, Jan, 29, — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : Sometime ago you published sev- 

 eral articles with cuts showing the way steel 

 cars turned out in wrecks on some of the fast 

 trains. Wish you would send us a couple of 

 these articles. 



The Oval Wood Dish Cojipant. 



The above correspondent has been supplied 

 with. a complete set of reprints of the "Steel 

 vs. Wooden Cars ' ' articles. — Editor. 



B 187 — Seeks Reprints "Wood Substitute 

 Game" 



Wabash, Ind,, Jan, 28, — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Referring to your January 25 issue, 

 would like to ask the privilege of copying the 

 cuts and that portion of the article which per- 

 tains to the filing device business. We would 

 like to get same up in circular form referring to 

 it as being taken from the article in your valued 

 paper of January 25. and through the courtesy of 

 your good company, and would ask if such action 

 on our part would be agreeable and authorized 

 by you. If you are willing to do so. will be glad 

 to have you loan us the cuts which were em- 

 ployed in connection with the article, or we will 

 have new cuts of our own prepared. 



This is a matter of very great interest to 

 manufacturers of wood filing devices, and is one 

 of the best actual lessons and proof of the fact 

 that while steel is a conductor of heat and cold, 

 wood is not, and would undoubtedly help us in 

 the sale of our product to a considerable extent, 

 on account of the fact that many persons are led 

 to believe that a steel filing cabinet is fireproof. 

 Your courtesy in this matter will be highly appre- 

 ciated. 



Kindly send us fifty copies of your January 25 

 issue, as we would like to mail them to fifty of 

 our largest agencies throughout the United 

 States, sending us your bill for same arid oBHigei. 



This letter is from a leading producer of 

 office filing devices and fine cabinet work. It 

 has been supplied with the copies asked for, 

 together with electrotypes of the cuts, and has 

 been given permission to reprint the article. 

 — Editor. 



B 188 — Wants Small Dimension Oak 



Chicago, 111,, Jan, 31, — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : Kindly put us in touch with manufacturers 

 who can get out tor us half-inch oak in small 

 dimension sizes. We want a considerable quan- 

 tity. Cabixet Works. 



The above letter is from a leading cabinet 

 woods manufacturing house, which has been 

 supplied with the names of a few concerns 

 who might possibly be interested in the 

 production of half-inch oak dimension stock. 

 Any others interested in the possibilities of 

 effecting a sale for this class of material, 

 can have the address on application, bj' 

 referring to B 188. — Editor. 

 B 189 — Was Crocker's Opinion Influenced 

 by His Job. 



Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 30. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Beg to enclose herewith for your infor- 

 mation a clipping of an advertisement that has 

 appeared in many magazines, and which is a very 

 fair exemplification of the resourcefulness of the 

 steel worker in the matter of exploitation. I 

 recall the fact that when Crocker resigned his 

 place as fire chief of the city of New York, he 

 was reported to have said that having spent long 

 years in fire fighting, he proposed to spend his 

 remaining years in fire prevention, so far as he 

 would be able to do so. Whether or not he con- 

 templated employment with a manufacturer of 

 alleged fireproof materials I am unable to say, 

 but the connection between his statement and this 

 advertisement, in which he also says that his own 

 residence is being equipped with steel doors, 

 would be an interesting subject for investigation. 



The ad\ertisement referred to is that of 

 the Dahlstrora MetaUie Door Company of 

 Jamestown, N. Y., in which it quotes a strong 

 endorsement of ex-Fire Chief Crocker on the 

 subject of the steel doors and interior finish 

 manufactured by the Bahlstrom company. — 

 Editor. 



