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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Hamburg Market for May 



Report from a large firm of wood brokers at Hamburg, Germany, states 

 that general business conditions during the month of May were fair and 

 all that could be expected. Prices in forest products were steady. The 

 report states, however, that though the political situation is more settled 

 than formerly, business conditions have not yet reached their normal 

 state. The prospects for the coming months, however, do not look 

 unfavorable. 



The demand for white oak in the Hamburg market continued active, 

 and returns for the better grades were very satisfactory. The report 

 states that the volume of business done would be larger if buyers were 

 not hesitating a little in consenting to pay higher prices. 



There was the usual good call for black walnut, especially for the 

 better grades. It shippers were not so reluctant in making offers, larger 

 transactions could be made. Common grades and culls were but 

 moderately asked for. 



During May there was a fairly good inquiry for sap and tnpelo gum 

 with firm prices prevailing. Trade was somewhat quiet in cottonwood, 

 although prices held. 



Illustrating an Excellent Gravity Lumber Carrier 



In the May 10 issue of Hardwood Record, on page 21, there was 

 described in detail a comprehensive and highly efficient method of han- 

 dling lumber on cars and in the yards by means of a ball-bearing conveyor, 

 requiring merely an incline to transport lumber and various other forest 

 products from one point to another. Since the publication of this story 

 the Mathews Gravity Carrier Company, of Elwood City, Pa., mentioned 

 in the article, has sent in an illustration wbicli appears on this page, 

 showing the construction and operation of the carrier njanufactured by 

 it and the efficiency and facility with which the conve,vor -transports 

 lumber from freight cars. 



The Mathews Gravity Carrier Company recognizes that such a con- 

 trivance must be absolutely accurate in order to be efficient. Hence, 

 the greatest care has been exercised in the design and construction of 

 this product, in order that it may be perfectly aligned and .stay in per- 

 fect condition. The carriers are of all-steel construction fitted with im- 

 proved ball-bearings. The supports are instantly adjusted for any level, 

 hence the conveyor can be arranged so as to transport lumber from any 

 point to any other point desired in a very economical and expeditious 

 manner. > 



New Cableway Skidder 



From Sunburst, in the Little Smoky mounlains of North Carolina, 

 comes the account of a new overhead cableway skidder particularly de- 

 signed for use in mountain logging. This machine is a radical departure 

 from all former types of cableway skidders, and Judging from Its reported 

 capacity developed over a considerable period of time is a very decided 

 improvement In machines for this difficult work. It was designed and 

 built by the Clyde Iron Works of Duluth, Minn., after long and careful 

 experiment. 



A great saving in time and cost is secured by the fact that this new 

 machine carries its trolley line on a special power-driven drum, and is 

 equipped with outhaul and setting lines, which carry the heavy trolley 

 line out under power. Thus the necessity for carrying this long, heavy 

 cable up the steep mountain-side by hand or animal power is done away 

 with. When it is lime to make a new set. all that is necessary with 

 the new machine is to cast off the trolley line from its anchorage, throw 

 in the clutch on the trolley line drum and wind the line up under steam 

 power at high speed. The ease and rapidity of the operation obviates the 

 necessity for a second trolley cable to be set while the first is being used. 



All linos on the new machine lead from different points on an inclined 

 boom, doing away with the thrashing and tangling of lines, which is a 



constant cause of breakage and wasted time on the older machines. This 

 boom is of steel and is secured by a trussed steel back-brace. 



The new skidder is self-propelling, having sufficient tractive power to 

 propel twice its own weight up a ten per cent grade. It requires a 

 crew of only six men, as against ten or twelve required with other cable- 

 way skidders of much smaller capacity. 



Under average mountain conditions the new machine developed a 

 capacity in excess of 2S,000 feet of logs daily, as afiaiost less than 8,000 

 feet for a big tower machine working under the same conditions. 



Two of these machines are in dally use at Sunburst, and on the strength 

 of the showing made by them another of the same type has been ordered 

 for the Little River Lumber Company of Townsend, Tenn., whose logging 

 conditions are similar to those at Sunburst. 



Married — Joseph P. Murphy 



H,\RDwooD Record acknowledges the receipt of an announcement from 

 Mr. and Mrs. .\lva Curtis Cochran, of Knoxville, Tenn., of the marriage 

 of their daughter. Iva Pearl Cochran, to Joseph P. Murphy, which occurred 

 at Knoxville on Tuesday. June 17. 



Mr. Murphy is superintendent of the Little River Lumber Company and 

 of the Little River Railroad, Townsend, Tenn., and is one of the most 

 competent, all-around railroad men in the country. His bride is one of 

 the charming and handsome belles of Knoxville. 



Hardwood Record wishes to heartily congratulate both the bride and 

 the groom. 



Want Further Hearing on Through Bills on Export Shipments 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic Hureau is making a strenuous effort 

 through John It. Walker, attorney, to secure another hearing before the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission in the case of the Anderson-Tuliy Com- 

 pany which involves the issuance of through bills of lading on export 

 shipments of Kimlx-r over the v>-est side lines by way of New Orleans. It 

 is understood deflnitely that the railroads and steamship companies have 

 been unable to reach an agreement regarding the issuance of through 

 bills and the absorption of demurrage charges at New Orh'ans by the 

 steamship companies at that point. June 23 was the date which was 

 fixed for the expiration of the agrcment as between the ste;imship com- 

 panies and the west side lines covering through bills and the absorption 

 of demurrage charges and, with the expiration of this agreement, matters 

 are in a highly unsatisfactory state for exports of lumber, cotton or 

 other commodities. The Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau is taking 

 this sub.iect up with unusual vigor at the moment. Conferences are 

 scheduled for the immediate future and heavy pressure will be brought 

 to hear upon the Interstate Commerce Commission to secure a ruling 

 similar to that handed down in the case of cotton shippers in Texas to 

 the effect that, if the steamship companies were willing to accept through 

 bills, the commission would force the Texas roads to issue such docu- 

 ments. There is not an exporter In this city nor a member of the South- 

 ern Hardwood Traffic Bureau who does not fully appreciate the value 

 and utility of through bills of lading as an aid In the handling of export 

 business and it is because of this fact and because of the apparent dis- 

 position of the roads to discriminate as between cotton and lumber that 

 the lumber exporters here are so determined to go after this matter and 

 bring the sul..iect to an issue. The matter has been allowed to remain in 

 abeyanci' for the past few weeks in the hope that the steamship cora- 

 panii's of .\ew Orleans on the one hand, and the east and west side lines 

 on the other, would be able to reach an agreement that would make it 

 unnecessary to abrogate the expiring terms. 



.MOUKUN METHOD OF UNLOAUING H'.MBER. 



CABLEWAY SKIDDER BllLT BY Cl.Vmo lUON WORKS, niLlTH. 



