HARDWOOD RECORD 



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rresident Williams in a few appropriate re- 

 marks welcomed the members and guests and 

 then turned the balance of the program over to 

 the House Committee, which was composed of 

 C. O. Shepard and C. W. Bronson. The vaude- 

 ville entertainment was splendid and included 

 seven high-class acts. Applause greeted every 

 effort and a general feeling of good fellowship 

 prevailed throughout the evening. 



The club now has a resident membership of 

 125 and a non-resident membership equally as 

 large. The club's chief object is in having a 

 special place for lumbermen to en,ioy their noon- 

 day luncheons. 



Defiance 28-Inch Baud Sawing Machine 



The cut shown in connection with this article 

 represents the new patent 28-incli band sawing 

 machine, manufactured by the Detiance Machine 



matic machines and skilled workmen, and will 

 be found a most desirable tool for piano and 

 organ factories, pattern work and woodworkers 

 in general. 



The frame is handsomely designed, cast in one 

 piece with cored center, making it very sliffi and 

 reliable, and a broad floor base to stand on. 

 The wheels are 28-inch diameter, li-i-inch face, 

 covered with pure rubber bands, ground true 

 after fitting to the wheels and given a running 

 balance. They are supported upon ground steel 

 spindles of large diameter, running in long 

 bronz self-lubricating bearings of the reservoir 

 system. The upper wheel is provided with a 

 screen safely guard, and the lower one is cov- 

 ered with solid iron disc to protect the operator. 



The tension device maintains automatically a 

 uniform tension to the saw-blade, so that light 

 or heavy sawing in hard or soft wood can be 





DEPIANCE 28-INCH BAND SAWING MACHINE 



Works of Defiance. O. This machine contains 

 many patented features and improvements. 

 Every detail of construction embodies the high- 

 est grade of workmanship, rendering it the 

 smoothest running and handiest machine of its 

 kind offered. It is built by the use of auto- 



accomplished without fear of the saw-blade 

 breaking or running off the wheel. The table, 

 which is made of iron, in one piece planned per- 

 fectly true, is 24 inches x 28 inches and can be 

 instantly tilted to any angle to 43 degrees for a 

 conical or bevel sawing. The saw guides are of 



patent non-friction type, and will not heat or 

 injure the saw. The tight and loose pulleys arc 

 10-Inch diameter, 4-inch face, speed 700 revolu- 

 tions per minute, with a loose pulley constructed 

 with sclf-oiling reservoir hub and bronz bear- 

 in.gs. Each machine is lurnished with one 

 %-iucb band saw bl.Tde. brazing tongs and vice, 

 with the necessary oil cups and wrenches. One 

 liorse power is required to drive this machine, 

 which occupies ;Mx46 inches of space. 



The machine will take the material 12 Inches 

 ihick and under, and the saw blade used is 14 

 feet, 10 inches long. 



Anyone interested in this nuichine or desiring 

 furdier information re.gar(llng it can address the 

 Deliance Machine 'Rorks, Defiance. O. 



Building Operations for January 



Olhcial reports from fifty cilies scattered 

 throughout the United .States ns compiled by 

 The American Contractor, Chicago, show an 

 aggregate gain of one per cent for .January, 

 1911. as compared with January, 1910. One- 

 half of the cities show losses of from 1 to 02 

 per cent and the rest show gains from ." to ST.? 

 Iier cent. Gains of over fifty per cent were 

 made as follows : Cincinnati, 7.5 per cent ; 

 Cleveland, 100: Columbus. 83: Detroit. 74; 

 Hartford, 91 ; Knoxvllle. GO ; Manchester, 185 ; 

 Newark, 04 ; New Haven, 87.5 ; Manhattan 

 Borough, 87 : Portland. Ore., 58 ; Seattle, 60 ; 

 Syracuse, 151 ; Worcester. 218. The particu- 

 lars will be found in the following table : 



Jan., Jan., 



1911. 1910. Per Cent 



f'if.v. Cost. Cost. Gn. Lss. 



nnltiTjKire $ 460.166 ? 976.300 .. 52 



liinnuishnin 270.000 180.S4S 42 



IlriiliTi-port 87,420 79.385 10 



KuffiUo 274.000 418,000 .. 34 



riiattanooga 56,452 57,045 .. 1 



C.iieiiKO 3.133,200 6.054,000 .. 48 



Cinrinnati .=145,350 :309.975 75 



('levflaml 564.122 281.6.59 100 



Cohnnbus 123.189 67,265 83 



Dallas 178.289 3S0..'')65 .. 53 



Denver 267.225 449.300 . . 45 



Des Moines 16.875 61,:«4 .. 72 



Detroit 1.249.800 717,355 74 



Dnluth 63.082 97.225 .. 35 



liranrl Uaplds 72,375 i;S,S70 



IlartfonI 192.255 100.1.55 91 



liiiliiinapolis 186.265 273..5S5 .. 31 



Kaiis:is City 373,010 54:5,876 .. 31 



KiiMWille 40.975 24. .^06 66 



'.itil. Knck 76.717 SO.SSO .. 11 



r.Miiisville 1.38.817 271.9.5G .. 48 



Mriiuliester 22.727 7.965 135 



Milwiukee 255.775 180.195 41 



M.'innliis 846.725 1.294. 1,S2 .. 34 



Minneapolis 286,280 002.395 .. 62 



Nashville 64,082 92,.591 .. 30 



Newark 938.691 •IS2.S77 94 



•New Haven 1,012.325 liij.015 S73 



New Orleans 114,035 :;17,,'-.I18 .. 32 



Manhattan 13,670,777 7.291.470 87 



Brooklyn 1.1.36.765 1.913.400 .. 40 



Bronx 609.600 2.680,450 . . 77 



\i.w York 15,417,142 11,891,320 29 



Oklahnina Citv 303.280 538.178 .. 41 



Omalia 322.700 287,630 . . 12 



I'at.Tsen 72.893 147,037 . . 54 



liuUi.lelphla 2,597,460 2,131,775 21 



!'iil>liiirs 594,065 576,925 3 



PcMlHid. Ore 990,616 624.110 58 



Sf. I.nuis 1,355.655 1,461,000 .. 7 



•Salt Lake Citv 66.400 897.400 .. 92 



S-an .Vntcuio 1.52,390 199.151 .. 23 



Si-niiitnn 71,713 97,805 .. 21 



Seattle 506,000 1,274,975 60 .. 



Svraeuse 406,450 161.933 151 



Taco'iia 94.141 113,344 .. 10 



•r,,l,-,l.. 105.306 84.700 24 



W.ivliinEton 1,278.952 1,041,774 22 .. 



WIlkos-Barre 95.003 70.324 35 



Worcester 298.810 93,760 218 



Total .$36,639,200 $.36,284,279 1 .. 



•Salt Lake City issued one permit of $800,000 

 January. 1910. 



American Logging System in Malaysia. 



Consui-General .Tames T. DuBois of Singapore, 

 writes : 



In the great hardwood lumber tracts of 

 .Malaysia many concessions are being granted, 

 and in most instances the American system of 

 logging is being adopted and American machinery 

 used. One company has a concession thirty-four 

 miles long and ten miles wide on a heavily 

 wooded island, upon which a large amount of 

 American machinery is being installed, and the 

 entire concession will be operated on the Ameri- 

 can syr;teni. .S^)me of tlu^ finest hardwoods 



