HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Veneers 



Re-drying Veneer 



Should every manufacturer of built-up 

 panel have a re-dryer, is a question on wliich 

 there is little ground for argument. Every 

 consumer of veneer ivho makes glued-up stock 

 is just as sure to receive more or less veneer 

 that is not dry enough to glue up when he 

 receives it, as he is sure to receive the veneer. 

 No drying system, however perfect, can dry 

 it dry and keep it so in all conditions of 

 ■(veather in all climates. 



Using as an illustration veneer that is 

 manufactured in the South during the win- 

 ter and spring months, dried bone dry, loaded 

 in a dry car, and shipped to the northern 

 markets, it is found that it is as sure to ab- 

 sorb moisture equal to the moisture in the at- 

 mosphere through which the car travels in 

 transit as anything can be sure, and when it 

 reaches the buyer, who glues it up and then 

 finds that it was not in condition to be 

 glued, he blames the manufacturer, when in 

 reality it is not the fault of anyone. 



A one-section machine, such as the Phila- 

 delphia Textile Machinery Company builds 

 for re-drying veneer, is ample for the average 

 panel builder and the average furniture manu- 

 facturer, and the operating cost of such a ma- 

 chine is so small as compared with the value 

 that no user of veneer can afford to take 

 chances on using veneer that is not thoroughly 

 dry. 



The Proctor dryers for drying veneer di- 

 rect from the knife are almost indispensable 

 to the manufacturer who desires to be up- 

 to-date, and they are just as valuable as a 

 re-dryer and just as essential in the factory 

 of every manufacturer of glued-up stock as 

 they are essential to the manufacturer of 

 veneer. 



The Philadelphia Textile Machinery Com- 

 pany, of Philadelphia, Pa., will be glad to send 

 a representative to show you one of its ma- 

 chines in operation at the nearest point to 

 you. 



New Wisconsin Basket Plant 

 Beaumeister & Son of Eockford, Wis., 

 have recently put into operation a basket plant 

 at that place. It is stated that this plant 

 is a very interesting one, and most of the 

 baskets produced here are made from hard- 

 wood of various kinds, maple being in favor. 

 In the manufacture of baskets the logs are 

 first taken to the plant and sawed to the re- 

 quired lengths. They are then boiled for 

 twenty-four hours in a cement tank and then 

 taken to a special basket lathe where full 

 length strips are peeled from the surface. 

 The thickness of the strip depends on the 

 size of the basket to be made, which varies 

 from one-one hundred twentieth to three- 

 eighths of an inch. The strips come from the 

 machine like big sheets of paper and are 

 later split lengthwise in the required width 

 for the splints. These splints are woven to- 

 gether and bent to the required form for 

 lunch, market or bushel baskets. The finish- 



ing of the baskets is all done by hand, with 

 other strips nailed on for stays. The Beau- 

 meister plant turns out from 40,000 to 50,- 

 000 dozen baskets of all kinds and sizes, per 

 year. 



The basket factory at Logansport, Ind., 

 has been closed down for repairs. It will 

 be given a complete overhauling and all the 

 machinery put in good condition. 



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A new veneer consumer is the Keach Fur- 

 niture Company, which was incorporated at 

 Hopkinsville, Ky., with $42,300 capital 



stock. 



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The Mississippi Manufacturing Company 

 was recently incorporated at Crystal 

 Springs, Miss., with a capital stock of $50,- 

 000. The company will manufacture baskets. 



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The basket plant of F. C. Eiley, "Washing- 

 ton, D. C, recently suffered a $750 loss by 



fire. 



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The Holland basket plant, Holland, Mich., 

 owned by C. E. Klink & Co., has resumed 

 operations after a closedown of several 

 weeks for repairs. The plant is now in 

 good running condition and has better facili- 

 ties than ever for turning out baskets. 



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The Helena Hoop Company, Helena, Ark., 

 advises that it is erecting a ne77 veneer 

 plant in West Helena, where it will cut oak, 

 gum, elm and Cottonwood veneers. The com- 

 pany expects to have the plant in operation 

 within sixty days. The business will be 

 operated under the Buckeye Veneer Com- 

 pany, but not as an incorporated company. 



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The Eing Furniture Company, Kerners- 

 ville, N. C, has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $50,000 for general manu- 

 facturing purposes. 



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The Florida Package Company, Florida, 

 N. Y., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $80,000 for the purpose of manu- 

 facturing baskets, crates and packing cases. 

 James F. English of Florida is interested. 



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The Letts Box Veneer & Cooperage Com- 

 pany of Oklahoma City is planning the 

 erection of a new cooperage and veneering 

 plant. The new structure will be 60x100 

 feet, two stories high, and will cost about 



$20,000. 



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The Elmore Veneer Company of Elmore, 

 O., has definitely decided to build a basket 

 tacking plant at Oak Harbor and Fort Clin- 

 ton, O. The material will be gotten out 

 at the Elmore plant and shipped to those 

 places. Building has already been com- 

 menced on the plant at Oak Harbor. 

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The Paducah Veneer & Lumber Company 

 has sold its plant at Paducah, Ky., to the 



Lucas Land & Lumber Company. Only re- 

 cently the Lucas Land & Lumber Company 

 doubled its capital stock and decided to re- 

 move its headquarters from Waverly, Tenn., 

 to Paducah. A company will use this plant 

 for the manufacture of cigar boxes and thin 

 lumber of all kinds. It owns about 40,000 

 acres of timberland in the northern counties 

 of Tennessee and operates about a dozen 

 woodworliing plants, including sawmills, 

 stave factories and box plants. 



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The Superior Veneer & Cooperage Com- 

 pany, as well as the Great Lakes Veneer 

 Company of Munising, Mich., are cutting 

 timber along the Marquette & Southern 

 railroad. The Superior company operates 

 its mill only during the summer, while in 

 the winter it conducts logging operations. 

 The plant includes a band-saw mill of 35,000 

 feet daily capacity, a stave mill of 35,000 

 feet daily capacity and a veneer machine of 

 60,000 feet daily capacity. The Great Lakes 

 company has three veneer machines and 

 manufactures about 8,000,000 feet of veneer 

 and thin lumber yearly. It employs 45 men. 



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The Marshall Manufacturing Company of 

 Marshall, Tex., has announced that it will 

 establish a plant at that place to manu- 

 facture boxes, crates and baskets. A. M. 

 Cleveland is president and manager of the 

 company. 



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The Peterson Art Furniture Company of 

 Faribault, Minn., has recently been in- 

 corporated with a capital stock of $20,000. 

 The new company is building an addition 

 to the factory which it has purchased, and 

 will equip all its machines with electric 

 motors. Buffets, desks, library tables, piano 

 seats, magazine stands, and music, record 

 and smoking cabinets will be manufactured 

 by the company. 



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Graham Brothers of Tuekerman, Ark., 

 last week sold to a veneer company of 

 Indianapolis one hundred standing oak trees 

 at a price of $30 each, or $3,000 for the 

 lot. These trees were the true white oak 

 variety, commonly known as fork leaf 

 species, and will average three or four logs 

 to the tree, and the logs, it is said, will 

 average 600 feet deep. The sale and move- 

 ment of this timber is a reminder of the old 

 days when such timber was plentiful, but 

 the record-breaking price also brings to 

 mind the fact that such timber is rapidly 

 becoming a thing of the past in Arkansas. 

 It is stated that these trees grew on less 

 than thirty acres of land. The movement 

 of this timber will cost several thousand 

 dollars, but even at the high price paid 

 for the trees the buyers will no doubt 

 realize a handsome profit. 



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The Moos Biver Lumber Company, Mc- 

 Keever, N. Y., has recently put into opera- 

 tion its new veneer mill, equipped with the 

 latest Coe cutting and driving machinery. 



