HARDWOOD RECORD 



attacbcd is as flangorous ns a bomb with a 

 lighted fuse. Nevertheless, tliere are a large 

 number oC boilers operating under Just such 

 conditions. How about yours? 



Of course, there is but one way to obtain 

 safe operation of a steam boiler, and that is to 

 Ixcep everything connected with its operation 

 in the best of condition, first, last and all of the 

 time. — Power and Tlie l-]ngineer. 



Wood for Rustic Work 



It is surprising how large a quantity of wood 

 is used in the mailing of rustic arbors, bridges, 

 seats and summer-houses. Around London alone 

 there are quite large numbers of persons engaged 

 in thi^ making of these, for all of which the 

 residents In small villas would appear to be the 

 principal purcliasers. 



'J'be timber most iu request is oak. fir, yew 

 •■iTiJ hazel, and the more crooked and burred the 

 wood is. the more it is in request and the better 

 price does it command, though, speaking truth- 

 fully, the profits to be derived from the purchases 

 of a rustic wood merchant are trifling and hardly 

 worth considering. Refuse branches often come 

 in capitally for the use of the rustic wood work- 

 er, so that, in the majority of cases, firewood 

 will turn out quite a quantity of useful wood 

 for the rustic worker. Peeled oak is much 

 sought after, particularly the smaller and 

 most crooked branches : while yew branches, with 

 the bark on, make a wonderfully lasting and 

 neat bridge or arbor. Rough spruce and Scotch 

 Hr, too, are in demand for posts for summer- 

 bouses, while for ornamenting the interiors of 

 boat-houses and tea-houses, hazels are much in 

 request. They are split in half and nailed on 

 I he framework in neat and pretty patterns. 



of wood only one other process remains — to turn 

 out the toothpicks fit for packing and shipping 

 to market. The veneers are fed into a second 

 machine supplied with sharp, rotary knives that 

 whirl at a very high speed, snipping tile veneers 

 into toothpicks at the rate of hundreds of thou- 

 sands an liour. 



Big Toothpick Crop 



According to an oHicial of the Department of 

 Ccinimerce and Labor, few persoHS have any idea 

 of the enormous quantity of wooden toothpiclts 

 annually turned out by factories in the United 

 States. The number of these is beyond calcula- 

 tion — thousands of millions each year.' Besides 

 those manufactured iu this country, toothpicks 

 in incredible numbers are imported, principally 

 from Japan, Portugal and Italy, out by far the 

 greater number used in the United States are 

 furnished by home factories. 



The state of Maine furnishes most of them. 

 It is iu that state that white birch, of which 

 the greater proportion of domestic toothpicks is 

 made, is found most in abundance. The wood in 

 question is preferred for the purpose because 

 of its softness and pliability which affords just 

 the amount of resistance requisite for a tooth- 

 pick. In Maine there are numerous mills, 

 equipped with costly and intricate machinery^ 

 whose entire industry it is to supply the United 

 States with toothpidis. And the industry is a 

 most ]irofitablo one. 



Although it is said the state of Maine pos- 

 sesses what is practically a monopoly of tooth- 

 pick manufacture, there are other mills, notably 

 In Vermont, New York and Massachusetts. 



White birch is not the only wood used, maple 

 and poplar as well being employed, but as birch 

 has the desirable quality of retaining its forest 

 odor and sweetness, it has the preference over 

 all other woods. 



The felling of trees to lie split into lootiipick 

 forms, of course, merely an incidental part of 

 the regular work of the Maine foresters. Though 

 no especial gangs are told off to select suitable 

 trees, the foreman will mark a tree that seems 

 adapted for thi- nuikiim of toothpicks, order it 

 cut down and put aside. The branches are 

 trimmed off, and only the bark is sent to the 

 mills. After the bark is skinned off the naked 

 trunk is run through a niacbine that severs it 

 into veneers, "veneers" being the technical term 

 for thin strips of wood no thicker than a piece 

 of blotting paper ami no wider than the length 

 of a tootlipick. 



When the trunk has been cut into these sheets 



American Ships May Be Exempted 



The Pacific coast lumbermen's proposition that 

 American ships be exempted from tolls when 

 using the Panama canal has advanced a step 

 towards success. ^rhe Senate committee on 

 inter-oceanic canals has attached a number of 

 important amendments to the Mann bill for 

 civil government of the canal zone. The most 

 important, perhaps, provides that tolls shall be 

 from .W cents to .^L.^O per ton. and that Ameri- 

 can ships need not pay any tolls except ships 

 iwned by railroads. The latter provision is a 

 iliroct blow at the Pacific Mail Company, which 

 is controlled by Southern Pacific interests. It 

 is further provided that ships using the canal 

 without toll ma.y be taken possession of by the 

 government at a fair valuation at any time. 

 The idea of this is to insure an adequate force 

 of auxiliar.v vessels in time of war. 



It is expected the canal bill will be reported 

 shortly and cortsidcred at the earliest oppor- 

 tunity. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



A new concern for Flushing. N. Y., is the 

 Wilkins-Hermaii Parquet Floor & Mantel 

 Company, capitalized at $50,000. 



The Central Screen Manufacturing Company 

 of St. Louis. Mo., has recently inci-eased its 

 capital stock from .$100,000 to .$200,000. 



The Petersburg Lumber Company has re- 

 cently commenced business at Petersburg. "W. 

 Va.. and has a capital stock of $25,000. 



The Terry Potter Lumber Company of Den- 

 ver. Colo., was recently incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $30,000 to do a wholesale lum- 

 ber business. 



A new concern to engage in business at Mil- 

 waukee, Wis., is the Eighth Avenue Lumber 

 Company. The company has an authorized 

 capital stock of $25,000. 



The Hickman Lumber & Planing Mill Coiu- 

 pany of Hickman, Ky., was recently sold to 

 C. T. Moss and T. R. Reynolds, who will con- 

 tinue to conduct the business. 



The Livingstone Lumber Company of Liv- 

 ingstone, Wis., has recently been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $15,000. Those inter- 

 ested are L. D. Eastman. W. B. & W. F. 

 Altman. 



The Buckhannon Manufacturing Company 

 of Buckhannon, <3a., is planning the establish- 

 ment of a plant for the manufacture of 

 cofTins and caskets. E. S. Griffith is jiresident 

 of this company. 



The Coosa Ijumber Company of Cadsden, 

 .\la., recently increased its capital stock from 

 $25,000 to $100,000. It has plans under way 

 for doubling the capacity of the plant located 

 at Griddles Bend. 



Wm. Queitt is manager of the Queitt Manu- 

 facturing Company, Whittier, N. C, which 

 was recently reincorporated with $25,000 capi- 

 tal stock. The company will erect a new saw 

 and planing mill sfion. 



The Porter it AVadley Lumber Company of 

 Louisville, Ark., was recently completely de- 

 stroyed by fire. The loss was estimated at 

 $75,000 with only $42,000 insurance. The plant 

 is already being rebuilt. 



The Thornville Wagon Company, Thornville 

 and Lynchburg, Va., has been incorporated 

 and will rebuild its factory which was burned 

 some time ago. The new factory will have 

 double the capacity of the old one. 



The Charlotte Lumber Company of Char- 

 lotte, Mich., recently purchased 10,000 acres 

 of timber land in Lewis and Perr>' counties. 

 Tenn., and will take immediate steps to install 

 sawmills, etc., for its develojiment. 



The J. F. Thomas Lumber Company recently 

 started business at Medford, Okla. Its capi- 

 tal stock is $15,000 and incorporators are J. F. 

 and M. E. Thomas and E. Harpstripe of Med- 

 ford, and W. E. and C. Thomson of Lake- 

 wood, N. M. 



The East Union Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company has recently removed its sales offices 

 from Brookhaven, Mass.. to the sawmill plant 

 at Hammond. La. F. M. Worley has been 

 appointed manager of the mill and sales man- 

 ager of the company. 



The Conder Vehicle & Furniture Company 

 is a new concern for Kershaw, S. C. It is in- 

 corporated with a capital stock of $10,000 and 

 has for its officers Lewis Conder. president; 

 .1. W. Powers, vice-president, and J. H. Mo- 

 berly, secretary-treasurer. 



A new concern to engage in the manufacture 

 of furniture is the Frank Clapp Company of 

 Toledo. O., capitalized at $30,000. The incor- 

 lioratoi-s are Edward C. Frank, George .1. 

 Budd. Arthur C. Budd, Harmon W. Clark, 

 W. Clapp and K. Southard. 



Bennett & Gilliam of Morgantown, N. C 

 are developing about 200.000 acres of timber 

 land in McDow-ell county, N. C, estimated to 

 contain 6.000,000 feet of poplar, pulp, tannic 

 acid and tan bark. A flume seven miles long 

 is being built down Curtis creek. 



Charles Ryker has recently opened a whole- 

 sale lumber business in rooms 6 and 7 of the 

 News building, Hutchinson, Kas. Mr. Ryker 

 is an experienced lumberman and will handle 

 yellow pine, cypress, hardwood, oak and other 

 southern woods, as well as a select line of 

 west coast products. 



The Miller & Donalme Company of South 

 Bend, Ind., one of the best known concerns 

 in northern Indiana, recently failed for $250,- 

 000 and is now insolvent, according to a peti- 

 tion filed by tire Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company asking for the appointment 

 of a receiver. 



The Dixie Hardwood Manufacturing Com- 

 pany was recently incorporated at Montgom- 

 ery, Ala., with a $3,000 capital stock. The 

 company will manufacture auto and wagon 

 spokes, cotton mill specialties and shuttle 

 blocks. C. H. Bartlett is president and secre- 

 tary-treasurer and J. T. Robinson is vice- 

 president. 



Tlie River City Lumber Company of Ports- 

 mouth,- O.. was recently incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $25,000. The officers of the 

 new company are .1. A. Salmon, president; 

 E. G, Nave, vice-president; H. G. Murray. 

 .Jr., secretary and treasurer. The above offi- 

 cers with S. C. Peebles and G. W. Curtis con- 

 stitute the board of directors. 



The Dare Lumber Company of Elizabeth 

 City. N. C, is planning to rebuild its big log 

 loading plant on Mill Trail Creek in Dare 

 county, N. C, which was recently destroyed 

 V)y fire. That plant was one of the most 

 modern log loading equipments in that section 

 and its new construction will put the com- 

 pany in shajie for a profitable conducting of 

 its operations once more. 



The mill of the Bird & Wells Lumber Com- 

 pany of Wausaukee, Wis., will continue to 

 operate there until June. The company has a 

 large suppl.>' of logs on hand and will con- 

 tinue to .saw until the supply is exhausted. 

 At that time the machinery will be taken out 

 and moved to Menomonie, where it will be 

 placed in the new steel luill of the J. W. 

 Wells Lumber Company. 



The American Handle Works of Parkers- 

 burg, W. Va., has recently been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $25,000 by H. O. 

 Steiner and others. The company has a plant 

 60.\75 feet, three and one-half stories lilgh, of 

 steel construction, with a capacity of about 

 300 dozen hickory tool handles per day. It 

 is expected that the plant will be ready for 

 operation about February 15. 



The American Wagon Company of Asbe%ille, 



