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HARDWOOD RECORD 



How to Keep Your Mill Running Full Blast 

 Every Day in the Year 



With the aiipioac'h ol wiuter many sawmill 

 iipevators rightly begin to feel uneasy lest they 

 iiequently find themselves short of steam during 

 the next few months. In some parts of the coun- 

 try the draft will be impaired on account of the 

 moist-laden air, while everywhere the fuel will 

 burn less readily than during the dry weather. 

 In the North the logs will enter the mill covered 

 with ice and snow and the sawdust and other 

 refuse will be liberally mixed with it. 



In the language of a delighted user, under 

 these circumstances the Gordon Hollow Blast 

 fJrate will bring "sweet sleep to a troubled mind." 

 as it is claimed to give as good results with wet, 

 green or frozen sawdust, etc., as a draft grate 

 ^ives with dry wood. 



So firm is the faith of the manufacturers of 

 the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate in this device 

 and so certain are they that anyone who has once 

 used it will never again consent lo he without 

 it, that they ship it out on approval, giving the 

 user thirty days after installation in which to 

 decide as to whether he wants to keep it or not 

 and paying the freight both ways if his decision 

 is adverse. 



Those on the Pacific Coast should address (he 

 I'uget Sound Machinery Depot. Seattle, Wash. ; 

 all others the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Com- 

 pany, Greenville, Mich. 



Argentine Places Large Car Order 



Minister C. H. Sherrill writes from Buenos 

 .\yres that the Argentine minister of public 

 works has just contracted with American bid- 

 ders for car equipment for the state railways. 

 He placed orders for eighty-one sleeping, dining 

 and kitchen cars, to cost $1,000,000 in gold, 

 with the American Car & Foundry Company, 

 while the Harlan & HoUingsworth Company re- 

 ceived an order for forty-one first class passenger 

 cars, to cost $400,000. The demand for cars 

 In this country is rapidly increasing, and these 

 two oi-ders will appear as an entering wedge 

 for the concerns represented. 



Cost of Forest Fires in 1910 



American Forestry for November states that 

 the information at hand as to the total fire 

 losses for the past season indicates that from 

 $175,000,000 to $200,000,000 went up in smoke 

 during those disastrous conflagrations. Of course, 

 an accurate estimate is impossible, and the 

 total" damage will probably never be known. The 

 amount of timber consumed or damaged with- 

 out the possibility of its utilization t)efore de- 

 cay is approximately equal to two years' cut 

 tor the entire country, or a total of 80,000,000,- 

 000 feet. Considering that about one-third of 

 the total volume of timber cut each year is 

 added to the forests by growth, it would take 

 six years of growth of the entire forests of 

 the country to replace the timber destroyed in 

 these fires. 



The actual expenditure necessitated by Are 

 fighting forces was $1,500,000. Figuring fur- 

 ther as to values, considering that $10 repre- 

 sents the expenditure in wages for the pro- 

 duction of 1.000 feet of lumber, the loss in 

 wages was $8,000,000. The article states that 

 this is equally true whether or not an equiva- 

 lent amount is spent for labor, in salaries or 

 for converting other forests into manufactured 

 products. It contends that in the long run 

 the reduction of forest stock below the mini- 

 mum required to meet current demands, means 

 a depression of the lumber industry, the curtail- 

 ment of the cut, and consequently a diminished 

 outlay for labor, with a corresponding loss In 

 wages. 



The details as to the losses suffered by the 

 government, are more complete than any others, 

 and it Is probable that the loss sustained by 

 stati' and private owners was almost three 

 limes that inflicted upon the nation. This esti- 



mate applies to the most disastrous fires of re- 

 cent date in the .N'orth woods, but for the entire 

 country indications are that private losses were 

 fully seven times as great as were public losses, 

 a condition which prevails in spite of the fact 

 that privately owned forests cover not more than 

 five times the area of the government timber 

 lands, and are more accessible. This condi- 

 tion can undoubtedly be attributed to the greater 

 (■Ificiency of the government facilities for fight- 

 ing fires, as well as to the fact that the greater 

 publicity of the private lands and the fact that 

 most of them are being operated, renders them 

 much more open to ignition. 



Countershaft Is mounted on the frame and can 

 be belted to from any desired direction. 



Further information concerning this machine 

 can be had by writing the manufacturer, J. A. 

 Fay & Egan Company, 414-434 West Front 

 .street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



A New Universal End Matcher 



The attention of our readers is called to the 

 illustration on this page of J. A. Fay & Egan 

 Company's new No. 248 Universal end matcher. 



This machine is designed to sort, butt and end 

 match flooring. It is a universal machine, 

 enabling the operator to sort and butt without 

 matching, or match without butting ; or, agaln^ 

 to sort, butt and match at the same time. The 

 flooring Is worked on edge and held in a sta- 

 tionary position by an automatic clamp, insur- 

 ing perfectly square ends. It Is never necessary 

 to turn the flooring end for end : therefore, 

 handling is reduced to a minimum. Each piece 



FAY & EGAN NO. 248 UNIVERSAL END 

 MATCHER. 



of flooring Is passed from one operator to the 

 other as it Is finished without Interfering with 

 the w-ork of either, thus facilitating the worls 

 and keeping the tables clear at all times. 



The machine will end match flooring from 

 % Inch to 114 inches thick and from 1 Inch to 

 ,") inches wide. 



Cutoff saws, grooving saws and tenon beads 

 are mounted upon a carriage, which reciprocates 

 upon a heavy vertical slide cast on frame, and 

 which is substantially gibbed to the slide, with 

 provision for taking up wear. A very heavy 

 worm and worm gear keyed to crank shaft In- 

 sures a positive steady movement to the car- 

 riage at all times. The whole mechanism — 

 saws and tenon heads — are entirely covered In a 

 manner that will not interfere with the opera- 

 tor's work. The top cover Is hinged, thereby 

 providing easy access to the saws and heads 

 when necessary to sharpen or remove them. The 

 grooving saw and tenon heads are adjustable and 

 are on Independent spindles. Both cutoff saws 

 arc on the same arbor, grooved to take out end 

 play. 



A frame supports the entire mechanism and 

 the machine Is self-contained in every way. It 

 is cast in one piece, having a broad base, insur- 

 ing rigidity for all working parts. 



Foreign Opportunities 



The Daily Consular .lud Trade Reports, issued 

 by the Bureau of Manufactures of the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce and Lalxn-. contain the fol- 

 lowing specifications from consular officers 

 abroad, listing Inquiries which they have re- 

 4 eived from foreign merchants from the various 

 articles mentioned. Specific details can be had 

 en application to the bureau. The reports are 

 ii\imbered and are as follows : 



0720. Lumber and Platinum Concessions. — A 

 copy of a communication from a business man 

 in Europe has been forwarded by the American 

 consul. This man offers valuable lumber and 

 platinum concessions to American capitalists, of 

 which he forwards a detailed description which 

 can be obtained by addressing the Bureau of 

 Manufactures. 



5728. Oflice Furniture and Appliances. — -An 

 American consular officer in the Eist reports an 

 inquiry for prices on filing cabinets, desks and 

 other office furniture of American manufacture, 

 stating that he is particularly interested in draw- 

 ing tables and cases for holding maps and draw- 

 ings. 



5763. Pianos and Player Pianos. — A report 

 from a Central American consul states that 

 there are no pianos or player pianos available in 

 his district, but that he believes sales could be 

 accomplished on these articles, and that he 

 would be pleased to receive catalogs from Ameri- 

 can concerns showing price lists, bo that he 

 could distribute them among prospective cus- 

 tomers. 



DSOO. Parlor, Dining Room and Bed Room 

 Furniture. — A- correspondent of an American 

 l)usiness firm in Africa is desirous of learning 

 the names of American manufacturers of par- 

 lor, dining room and bed room furniture of knock- 

 down design. 



.■5806. School Furniture and Supplies. — A 

 consular officer In South America writes that a 

 firm in his district wants to negotiate -with 

 American manufacturers of school furniture and 

 supplies, and that there should be a good de- 

 mand for this class of goods at that place. 



5807. Building Material. — An Italian con.sul 

 advises the department at Washington that a 

 merchant in his district wants to communicate 

 with American manufacturers of building ma- 

 terial. 



5813. Knock Down or Portable Houses. — The 

 consul at a Spanish city sends the name of a 

 firm at that place who deals in general build- 

 ing supplies and wants to negotiate with Ameri- 

 cans manufacturing knockdown or portable 

 houses. Correspondence should be in Spanish 

 only and should give full details and prices 

 f. 0. b. New York In the first letter. 



Fight Against Minimum Weight Increase 



Several months ago the It.-iih-oail and Trans- 

 portation Committee and Transportation Bureau 

 of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation took up the fight against the increased 

 minimum of 40.000 pounds on shipments moving 

 from points In the southeastern states to eastern 

 water competitive points, and has succeeded in 

 convlneing the carriers of the unreasonableness 

 of this increased minimum, and they have indi- 

 cated a wlllinsness to restore the 34,000-pound 

 minimum on ail kinds of lumber, but insist on 

 maintaining a 40,000-pound minimum on timber, 

 lath, shingles, shooks and crosstles. These water 

 competitive rates apply from various points In 

 the states of Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro- 

 lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Ala- 

 liama to stations known as eastern and New 

 England water competitive points, included in 



