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the business since its stai't about five years ago. The company has been 

 prosperous, and with its increased capital and facilities it will reach out 

 further than ever before. The three men in control are hustling young 

 men, which reflects great credit on the judgment of the late Clifford S. 

 Walker who organized the business and put these men in active charge 

 from the start. 



Wisconsin Lumbermen Object to More Frequent Pay Days 



At the hearing held May 20, before the senate committee on education 

 and public welfare, at Madison, Wis., on bill No. 1,112 A, which provides 

 for more frequent pay days for workmen, employers In practically every 

 line of trade were present to voice their opposition to such a measure. 

 The measure was presented by the committee on labor as a substitute 

 to the Minkley weekl.v pay day measure. The lumber interests were strongly 

 represented at the hearing, as were the railroads. The lumbermen ob- 

 jected to the provision of the bill principally because it would compel 

 them to carry the cash into lumber camps far removed from cities, in 

 creasing not only the cost of paying off the men but increasing the danger 

 from hold-ups and the weather. Among those present were W. 1^. 

 McCuUough, secretary-treasurer of the Brooks & Ross Lumber Company, 

 Schofield ; W, A. Holt of the Holt Lumber Company, Oconto : representa- 

 tives of the D. Heinemann Lumljer Company, Wausau ; the Tigerton Lumber 

 Company, Tigerton; R. S. Kellogg, secretary of the Northern Hemlock and 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. Treasurer Jones of the Chicago & 

 Northwestern, Superintendent P. C. Eldridge and Paymaster Flack of the 

 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Superintendent Potter of the Soo line, 

 C. S. Thompson, representing The Bucyrus Company and A. F. Gallun & 

 Sons of Milwaukee, and E. D. Miller representing the Brotherhood of 

 Railway Conductors, also appearefl against the bill. Mr. Jones said that 

 his company's payroll included 60,000 men and amounted to $30,000,000 

 a year. At present it costs twenty cents per man per month to get the 

 money to the men promptly on pay day, and is a big task. Assemblyman 

 Minkley of Milwaukee, and A. S. .Merz, representing the Brotherhood of 

 Locomotive Firemen, appeared for the bill, arguing that more pay days 

 make the workmen more provident and independent and charging larger 

 companies with objecting to more frequent distribution on account of 

 using the money for a longer time themselves. If It were better for the 

 men or they desired it, Mr. Jones said that his company would change 

 to two pay days a month, regardless of cost. 



Hardwood for Tie Plates 



There is published in the May 10 issue of the Railway and Engineering 

 Review of Chicago a detailed description of the construction, application 

 and purpose of a wooden tie plate which is being experimented with, ap- 

 parently successfully, in European countries, most notably in France. 

 The article contends that, while railway engineers in this country have 

 perfected to a marked degree the various appliances entering into modern 

 rajlway construction, they do not place anywhere near the stress upon 

 accurate installation of these appliances that European engineers do. 

 The tie-plate in question is an instance of this efBciency. It is designed 

 for the purpose of distributing the load uniformly over the surface of 

 the tie and, because of the manner of its construction, providing a cushion 

 which necessarily makes riding much more comfortable. In addition, it 

 strengthens the cross section of the tie and if the tie is properly im- 

 pregnated with preservative material, it eliminates the waste from 

 mechanical wear to a considerable degree, as only the plate and not the 

 whole tie is replaced after wearing. 



A cut of the plate is shown herewith. It will be seen that It is really 

 only a hardwood disc and, as now planned, it is intended to manufac- 

 ture these discs or pads from oak, beech and hornbeam. The alignment 

 of the pads is very precise, the hole for the screw spikes being bored 

 with great accuracy and care. The seat of the pad is concave and it is 

 filled with a hot tarry mass, into which the pad is twisted, which mass 

 provides the cushion and also absolutely prevents decay in the joint. 



Lumber and Forestry Exhibit at Philadelphia 



The first public exhibition of the I'eunsylvauia Forestry Assoeiatiou 

 was held in Horticultural hall, Philadelphia, May 20 to 24, This as- 

 sociation was founded in June, 1SS6, its purpose being to disseminate in- 

 formation in regard to the necessity and methods of forest culture and 

 preservation, and to secure the enactment and enforcement of proper 

 forest protective laws, both state and national. The officers are : Presi- 

 dent, John Birkinbine ; vice-presidents, Robert S. Conklin, William S. 

 Harvey, James C. Haydon, Albert Lewis and Samuel L. Smedley : gen- 

 eral secretary. Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock ; recording sec- 

 retary, F. L. Bitler ; treasurer, Charles E. Pancoast. 



The exhibition was free to the public, and the attend- 

 ance both in the afternoon and evening was large. Much 

 interest was manifested by the visitors in the displays, 

 which in many eases were elaborate, covering every 

 phase of forestry from the tiny seedling to the full 

 grown tree. The evening of May 19, the formal opening 

 of the exhibition was devoted to a private view of the 

 display, admission being only by special invitation. 



Addresses and lectures by the leading professors of 

 the various forestry associations and colleges, with illus- 

 trations by lantern slides, moving pictures, etc., of forest 

 life and lumbering, were among the interesting features 

 during the week. The section which comprised the whole 



front of the building was devoted to the Lumbermen's Exchange of Phila- 

 delphia, of whose exhibits the famous Flemish room was most interesting. 

 It was constructed entirely of yellow pine, finished to resemble the almost 

 black Flemish wood, and served to show the potentialities of yellow 

 pine in coustructiiral work, flooring, indoor finishing etc. It was con- 

 tributed by the Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association of St. Louis. 

 It formed a part of the World's Fair Exhibit in St. Louis, also was shown 

 at Jamestown and Norfolk : has been on display over thirty times, and 

 is still in first class condition. Another exhibit of this association shows 

 cross sections of yellow pine trees, long and short leaf variety, the density 

 and strength of this timber for structural material, paving blocks, etc. 

 Invitations were sent by the association to all the architects, builders, 

 painters, etc., in Philadelphia, to examine this exhibit. A representative 

 in charge demonstrated the quality of the wood and answered various 

 questions as to texture, finishing, durability, etc. The Yellow" Pine Manu- 

 facturers' Association represents approximately 350 of the leading yellow 

 pine manufacturing plants in Arkansas and Texas, east through Georgia 

 and south to the gulf. 



Exhibit B. Potlatch Lumber Company, through Owen M. Bruner Com- 

 pany, contributed twenty-five crates, consisting of Idaho white pine, rough: 

 clear larch flooring vertical grain ; larch mouldings, including 1.000 

 pieces Vz"^'>%" wide, 10" long, S-IS. Samples white pine were given 

 away as souvenirs. 



Exhibit C of West Coast Manufacturers' Association, through Hall 

 Eros. & Wood, consisted of a collection of v'arious sizes of No. 1 fir step- 

 ping, sanded ; slash grain fir, S4S sanded, cross section fir veneer logs, etc. 



Exhibit D. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company exhibited several pieces 

 of hemlock flooring and clear spruce. Owen M. Bruner Company, in its 

 exhibit, showed six sections of spruce, cedar and hemlock logs. 



Exhibit E. II. II. Sheip Manufacturing Company exhibited some red 

 cedar, chestnut core, cherry bloi'king. plain oak flooring, quartered oak 

 tiooring, two miniature piles of luml>er. first showing how- lumber should 

 be properly piletl and. second, how it should not be piled ; also, two sam- 

 ples show'fng loss by saw knife kerf — one by band saw, other by circular 

 saw. This exhibit was in charge of .Mr. Trouth of the Sheip house. 



Exhibit F. Charles M. Belts & Co., Philadelphia, had charge of Buffalo 

 exhibit, consisting of numerous boards of different varieties of California. 

 Michigan and Idaho white pine, gray fir bevel siding and Washington 

 spruce bevel siding. 



Exhibit G. Showed finished and unfinished samples of Cuban, African. 

 Mexican and East India mahogany. African .mahogany veneers and teak- 

 wood of Samuel B. Vrooman & Co.. Ltd.. Philadelphia. 



Exhibit II. John E. Llo.vd of the William M. Llovd Company, Philadel- 

 phia, had charge of an elaborate display of long and short leaf yellow pine, 

 edge grain yellow pine Uooring, flat face yellow pine flooring, maple floor- 

 ing, Pennsylvania hemlock. West Virginia spruce. North Carolina and 

 Tennessee white pine, bundles of loose Washington cedar and white cedar 

 shingles, spruce lath and samples of cypress. 



Exhibit I. R. B. Rayner & Co. exhibited some No. 1 heart cypress 

 shingles. 



Exhibit J. A panel made of over forty varieties of wood, which was 

 on exhibition in Paris and at other fairs, was exhibited by the Lumber- 

 men's Exchange of Philadelphia. 



Exhibit K. Horace A. Rec'Vi'S, Jr., Philadelphia, exhibited a case of 

 twenty varieties of hardwood all cut at one mill in West Virginia, one 

 piece quartered white oak being %-inch thick, 30 inches wide, b feet long. 



Exhibit L. J. Randall Williams & Co.. Philadelphia, had on display 

 thirty to forty samples 3-inch long .\ikansas short leaf pine, showing 

 flooring, ceiling, base moulding ami finish. 



Exhibit M. Five doors showing special veneer finish exhibited by 

 Charles F. Felin & Co.. in charge of Amos \. Leslwr of this house. 



Exhibit N. Photographs of Washington cedar, spruce and fir trees. Van- 

 couver Island. British l!olumbia, were shown by J. liaudall Williams & Co. 



The committee in charge of the Lumbermen's Exchange section was com- 

 posed of J. Randall Williams, Jr., chairman ; Isaac N. Troth, Amos Y. 

 I,esher, B. Franklin Betts and John E, Lloyd. 



In the main hall of the building, the <]isplay of tlie I'ennsylvania De- 

 partment o£ Forestry, Harrisburg, which was a most elaborate and in- 

 teresting one, consisted of a case of forestry instruments; twenty-eight 

 log specimens; 121 species of seeds; bud collection; leaf exhibits and leaf 

 charts ; seedlings taken from state reserves ; coniferous and hardwood 

 seedlings from one to four years old ; four cases of forest insects, ex- 

 hibit of Economic Zoologists of Pennsylvania ; eases of photographs show- 

 ing work and condition in state forestry; map of state reserve; publica- 

 tions, and a relief map of Pennsylvania 4x7 feet in size. 



The exhibit of the Pennsylvania State College was interesting and in- 

 structive — coniferous and hardwood seeds ; views of forests ; a miniature 

 sawmill complete in every detail. In wood sections, rough and i)olishe<l 

 ends of commercial woods were slievvu : varieties of woods and logging 

 tools : saws of every description from the factories of E. C. Atkins ^: 

 Co.. Indianapolis. Ind.. and from those of Henry Disston & Son. Inc.. 

 Philadelphia. As a comparison with modern invention, an old time up- 

 right saw was exhibited. 



HARTlWOOD TIE PLATES AS USED IN IIIROI 



