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all the laws ho (■onsidm-od the Illinois Working- 

 man's Compensation Act the most drastic. He 

 stated that it eliminated the three defenses : 

 assumed risk, the fellow-servant act. and the 

 fellow employe's contributory negligence. He 

 stated that there was nothing <-ompuIsory about 

 the employer eoming in under the act. He could 

 either come in or stay out. but if he did nothing 

 in the premises he would come in automatically. 

 To .stay outside the act it was necessary for 

 the employer to file a notice with the Bureau 

 of Labor Statistics before May 1, in which case 



out from ten to twelve million feel ul' oak 

 veneer per annum. It is equipped with a 7-foot 

 band mill, a 100-inch and 76-inch Capital veneer 

 lathe, and a full lino of accessory machinery. 



The excessive freight rates contingent upon 

 the shipment of oak logs from Arkansas to the 

 Kansas City plant of the company, together with 

 a large increase in the oak veneer trade, caused 

 the Penrod Walnut & Veneer Company to lay 

 plans for the location of a plant further south. 

 Helena, Ark., was finally chosen as the most 

 appropriate location, on account of Its railroad 



HELENA, AltK.. I'l.ANT 01' THE PENRflD WAI.XIT & VENEER CO.MPANY. 



the three mentioned defenses would still be 

 taken away from him. He recited many other 

 details concerning the pernicious features of 

 the act. 



Frank F. Fish, secretary of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association, acting in behalf of 

 President Brown of the Louisville Lumberman's 

 Club, who was unable to he present, invited 

 every member of I he Chicago association to 

 attend the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association convention at Louisville, on March 

 6 and 7. 



The next speaker was F. A. Diggins of Cadil- 

 lac, Mich., president of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, who visited Chicago ex- 

 pressly for the purpose of addressing the organ- 

 ization. Mr. Diggins said he expected a splendid 

 meeting at the anntial convention of the asso- 

 ciation of which he is the head, to be held at 

 Chicago in June, and felt that the city would 

 uphold its previous reputation as a host. He 

 recited the achievements of the association, 

 especially on inspection matters. 



Other remarks were added by O. O. Agler, 

 chairman of the entertainment committee, and 

 .Tohn M. Glenn, secretary of the Hlinois Manu- 

 facturers' Association, after which the meet- 

 ing ad.)ourned. 



Broadening of Penrod 'Veneer Interests 



One of the strongest factors in the walnut 

 and veneer game and one of Kansas City's im- 

 portant industrial plants is that of the Penrod 

 Walnut & Veneer Company, which has been 

 maintained in Kansas City for the last fifteen 

 years. During that period the plant has turned 

 out over 75,000,000 feet of walnut lumber. It 

 is estimated that the annual walnut veneer 

 production of the Kansas City plant of this 

 concern at present is from nine to ten million 

 feet. In addition to this it does a business in 

 export walnut logs and walnut lumber, annually 

 lit about 2,500,000 feet. 



About two years ago it was decided to install 

 a 150-foot Philadelphia textile dryer, for oak 

 veneer, and since that time the plant has turned 



facilities ami the excellent supply of hardwood 

 stumpage easily accessible. Thirteen acres of 

 ground were purchased in Helena and the erec- 

 tion of the plant was started Nov, 1, 1911. 

 Work has been rushed on the construction and 

 the plant will be completed and ready for opera- 

 tion Mar. 15. 



The equipment of the new Helena plant con- 

 sists of a 106-inch and one 100-inch Capital 

 veneer lathe, each equipped with traveling 

 table; Capital choppers; Capital veneer hog 

 lor cutting up scrap veneer : 150 foot Philadel- 

 phia textile dryer ; 300 horse power Corliss 

 engine with a 150 K. W. generator and two 150 

 horse power high pressure boilers. A feature 



lU the plant will be direct drive throughout with 

 individual motors on each machine. For the 

 night load, a 60 horse power engine and 50 

 K. W. generator direct connected will be used. 



Other accessories to the plant are three steam- 

 ing vats, each 18 feet wide, 24 feet long and 12 

 feet deep. There is also an electric derrick of 

 71/i tons capacity, with a 70-foot boom which 

 will reach both switching tracks, the vats and 

 the dry-kiln. The company has its own siding 

 on the Iron Mountain and the Missouri & Nortlk 

 Arkansas railroads, thus assuring splendid trans- 

 portation facilities and promptness of delivery. 



The new Helena factory is 80 feet wide by 

 290 feet long, and the power house is 25 by 110 

 feet. The floors are concrete and the roof and 

 side walls of galvanized iron. 



It is estimated that the capacity of the new 

 plant will he about 25,000,000 feet of veneers a 

 .vear, all of which will be manufactured of south- 

 ern hardivoods, including ash, elm, cottonwood, 

 gum, oak and yellow pine. The company's sup- 

 ply of oak stumpage is large and of fine quality, 

 the white oak being mostly forked-leaf and cow 

 oak and red oak, the so-called ,vellow-butt, and 

 genuine red oak. It is the intention of the Pen- 

 rod Walnut & Veneer Company to specialize in 

 rotary cut oak as in the past. Several years of 

 close attention to this branch of the business 

 have resulted in a knowledge of the correct 

 method of production which will enable the com- 

 pany to produce a line of stock guaranteed to 

 be satisfactory. 



The Helena plant will be under the direct 

 management of Alexander Lendrum, for many 

 years manager of the Kansas City plant, and 

 Guy E. .Turden, formerly of St. Louis, who will 

 be Mr. Londrum's assistant at Helena. The 

 Kansas City plant will in the future be devoted 

 entirely to the production of walnut veneers and 

 lumber, and the general offices of the company 

 will remain at that place. 



Fire at Thomas Porman Company's 

 Heidelburg Mill 



On the night of Feb. 24, the line single band 

 sawmill plant at Heidelburg, Ky., of the Thomas 

 Forman Company, Detroit, Mich., was totally 

 destroyed by Are. The property was fully in- 

 sured, but the fire causes no inconsiderable loss 

 to the company owing to the interruption to 

 business. A full season's stock of oak logs was 

 either at the mill or on the way thereto, and the 

 company is undecided whether to rebuild, or to 

 ship the logs to some other point for sawing on 

 contract. 



KANSAS CITY, MO.. PLANT OF THE PEN KOD WALNUT & VENEER COMPANY. 



