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Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD desiring to communicate 

 with any of the Inquirers listed in this section can have the ad- 

 dresses on written request to the Mall Bag Department, HARD- 

 WOOD 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 467 — Wants Cocobola and Ebony Logs 



Toledo, O.. May 21, — Editor IlAnDWOOU Rfxord : Wp are in the markft 

 for cocobola and ebony in the log. Can you give us the names and ad- 

 dresses of reliable brokers in the tTnited States and abroad? 



Manufactcbixg Company. 



The writer of the above letter has been supplied with information 

 covering sources of supply for these logs. Any others intereftetl in 

 the inquiry can have the address of the writer on application. — 

 Editor. 



B 468 — Seeks Preventive for Log Checking and Splitting 



North Wales. Pa., May 21, — Editor Hahdwood Recokd : Kindly advise 

 what you have to offer in the way of a solution for the prevention of 

 checking, splitting and rotting of lumber. We I)elieve it would be ad- 

 visable to cover the ends of 10-4. 12-4 and 16-4 planks and squares with 

 some substance that would prevent same from cracking up. 



O. M. Weber Company, Inc. 



To the above writer lorac, manufactured by The George Henke 

 Company, 68 Beekmau street, Xew York, has been recommended as 

 the material believed to be the best known for the purpose named. — 

 Editor. 



B 469 — Seeks Market for Sawdust 



Montgomery. Ala.. May 21, — Editor Hardwood Record : Kindly ad- 

 vise it you know of any market for band sawn poplar sawdust or band 

 sawn oak sawdust in car lots, Lumber Company. 



The writer -of the above letter has been advised that while we 

 know of no specific market for sawdust, a large quantity is employed 

 for horse bedding, packing and in the form of wood flour for the 

 manufacture of dynamite, powder, and for other purposes. Anyone 

 interested in a source of supply can have the address of the above 

 concern on application. — F.ditor, 



B 470 — Seeks Market for Canadian Birch Timber Limits 



Montreal. Que,, May 27.— Editor Hardwood Record : The writer is 

 Interested in options in birch timber limits which can be bought for 

 from one dollar to two dollars per thousand on the stump. It is pos- 

 sible to buy large areas of such timber, much of it from four to eight 

 miles from railroad. It will require quite a large capital to turn this 

 into lumber, but there will bo a large profit when this is done. If you 

 know of any one with capital looking for a birch timber proposition to 

 work up. I wish you would kindly put them in touch with the writer, 

 who is a practical lumberman and timl>erman, but lacks the necessary 

 capital to develop a proposition of this size in the proper manner. 



The writer has a ready market for all basswood and birch lumber that 

 can be produced in this section. • 



Anyone interested in securing native hardwood stumpage can have 

 the address of the writer on application. — EdithR. 

 B 471— Prevent Checking and SpUtting of Loblolly Pine Columns 



Bryson City, N. C, May 27. — Editor Hardwood Record : We manu- 

 facture solid bored colonial columns. For some time we have been ex- 

 perimenting with our native loblolly pine for this purpose. On ac- 

 count of the resin, turpentine and pine oil in them we lioil them in 

 water to get them in condition to take paint. Our customers say Ihey 

 check and split badly. Can you suggest any remedy or refer us to any one 

 whom vou think might help us out in this? 



Bryson City Pump Works Company, 



It has been suggested to this concern that it is likely that the 

 employment of steam under pressure in treating its columns, as prac- 

 ticed by the Kraetzer prcparator system, an apparatus manufactured 

 in Chicago, might constitute a panacea for its trouble,— Editor. 

 B 472 — Current Hardwood Prices 



Columbus, O., May 26, — Editor Hardwood Record: I submit below a 

 record of a' few recent actual sales of various items of hardwoods that 

 may constitute a guide of current values. These sales were as follows. 

 F, O, B, cars Toledo, O. ; 



Z cars 4-4 No. 1 common ash *;;.; 



4 cars 8-4 log run snuthi^rn beech 17 -,n 



4 cars 3 4 log run black gum ^ ' • " 



4 cars 4-4 sound wormy oak -„ 



Tt cars 4-4 No. 2 common oak 5^ 



."> cars ."i-4 No. 2 common A poplar ;;• 



2 cars 4 4 log run buckeye ;;, 



1 car 4-4 log run sycamore - 



2 cars 9-4 good bending cak .".1 



2 cars 6-4 log run elm 28.50 



2 cars 4-4 firsts and seconds plain red oak 60 



B 473 — Seeks Cherry and Poplar 



Camden. N. J., May 21. — Editor H.irdwood Record : We are in the 

 market for 4-4 No, 2 common cherry, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4 No. 1 common cherry ; 

 16-4 white ash ; 6-4 and 8-4 clear sap poplar. Can you give us the 

 names of any manufacturers who produce high-class lumber of these 

 kinds and grades? Lumber Company. 



The writer of the above letter has been furnished several possible 

 sources of supply for the stock sought. Any others interested in the 

 inquiry can have the address of the writer on application. — Editor. 

 B 474 — Seeks Copy 1905 National Hardwood Kules 



Sturgis, Mich., May 24. — Editor Hardwood Record ; Please favor us 

 with a copy of the old National rules of inspection as adopted in 1005. 

 In case you have no copy, can you advise where we could obtain one ? 

 We should greatly appreciate the favor at this time, 



Furniture Company. 



The writers of the above letter have been advised that so far as 

 we know the 190.5 National rules are out of print, and certainly are 

 out of use, and that we cannot supply them with the edition in ques- 

 tion. — Editor. 



B 475 — Seeks Oak Flooring and List of Veneer and Panel Manu- 

 facturers 



San Francisco, Cal., May 22. — Editor Hardwood Record : I am a stu- 

 dent of your valuable paper, and should like to have you supply me 

 with a list of manufacturers of square-edged and T, & G, oak flooring. 

 Also a complete list of manufacturers of elm veneer and elm panels as 

 well as of gum veneers and gum panels. . 



The writer of the above letter has been supplied with a list of oak 

 flooring maiuifacturers, and a small list of manufacturers of veneers 

 and panels named. Any others interested in developing a Pacific 

 coast trade in these items can have the address on application. — 

 Editor. 



B 476 — Seeks 4-4 Sap Gum Panels 



New York. N, Y,, May 22, — Editor Hardwood Record : Would be 

 obliged if you could furnish us with the names of some responsible 

 shippers who can make glued-up stock in 1 inch sap gum, . 



The writer of the above letter has been furnished with a brief 

 list of producers of sap gum panels. Any other manufacturers 

 interested in the inquiry can have the address of the writer on appli- 

 cation. — Editor. 



B 477 — Want Information About Wood Plour 



Muskegon, Mich.. May 27. — Editor Hardwood Record : We are in- 

 terested in an article appearing In tile May 25 issue of Hardwood 

 Record. The article referred to is on page 31 and entitled "The Wood 

 Flour Business." We manufacture school furniture and in the course of 

 manufactiH'e we have a good deal of hard maple sawdust, which might 

 be reduced to wood flour if there were sufficient inducement to justify the 

 additional expense of installing the necessary equipment. We produce a 

 matter of two or three barrets of very fine sawdust per day. which we 

 believe might pass for wood flour, providing it was diverted from our wood 

 blower system and separated from the coarser dust. We note that the 

 article states that in addition to the dynamite industry there arc quite 

 a number of other uses. 



We would appreciate any information that you might be able to give 

 us which would enable us to get in touch with the possible consumer of 

 wood flour and the equipment required for reducing ordinary sawdust to 

 wood flour. , 



Montreal. Que., May 27, — Editor Hardwood Record: The writer is 

 interested in a birch flooring plant near Montreal which cuts six million 

 or more feet of birch lumber a year. We naturally have lots of kiln- 

 dried sawdust, and I noticed in your last issue there was quite a demand 

 for this product in different grades. Now, where can we get a market 

 for it. what will it cost to regrind it If necessary, where are the markets, 

 and what is it worth? 



It you know anything about the question, kindly let me hear from yoa 



The writers of the above letters have been advised that the wood 

 flour of commerce is largely manufactured in Norway and Sweden 

 from sawdust which is first ground in old-f.jshioned mills such as 

 were used in the United States to grind corn and rye. The sawdust 

 is made very dry before grinding, and precaution is necessary to keep 

 it from igniting while passing through the mill. Germany and Eng- 

 land are large buyers of the flour and considerable of it is shipped 

 to the United States. It is worth about $10.00 a ton at the mill. 

 There seems to be no report of its manufacture in this country. 



Wood flour is used in the manufacture of djTiamite, linoleum and 

 artificial flooring resembling tilo. It is a substitute for cork in 

 linoleum, but is not considered the equal of cork for this purpose. 



