HARDWOOD RECORD 



liiid work on it pushed tliroiigli thr factory 

 as a whole. 



The cutting of the liiiiilrcr to dimeusiou is 

 the first work which is done. It passes from 

 the fiit-off saws to the shapers aud on to tlic 

 planers, edgers and sand-papering machines, 

 which are operated by skiHed workmen, owing 

 to tiie fact tliat intricate designs must Ix 

 carefully worked out. The drafting rooms 

 of each factory usually furnish the designs 

 adopted by the purchaser, and as each lot of 

 fixtures is determined upon witli special ref- 

 erence to the store in which they are to be 

 placed, each contract usually brings uj) a host 

 of details peculiar to itself. Expert work at 

 the machines in cutting to dimension, shap- 

 ing .and grooving is therefore to be required, 

 and the operators in the factories are ex- 

 perienced men. 



After the stock leaves the machines, it goes 

 Into the hands of cabinet-makers, who join 

 the una.ssen)bled parts, still in their rough 

 state. After the unfinished piece has been 

 set u|i and carefully inspected, it is knocked 

 down and the parts distributed to the var- 

 nish rooms aud waxing departments. The 

 care with which the finish is applied is a fea- 

 ture of the manufacturing process, for this 

 dtteriiiines largely the appearance which the 



fixtures will make after being delivered for 

 use. The best lumber in the world will not 

 atone for poor sand-papering, varnishing or 

 waxing, and the manufacturer, therefore, in- 

 s.sts upon careful work in this dejiailtMenl. 



After the finishing process, as far as the 

 individual parts are concerned, is completed, 

 they are moved to another room, again to be 

 assembled and inspected. Defective pieces 

 are thrown out, even at this final stage, an.) 

 duplicates rushed through the factory. In 

 case the work passes the critical eye of the 

 inspectors, the final knocking-down process 

 is gone through and the parts wrapped care- 

 fully in burlap, each piece being crated indi- 

 vidually. The packing end of the business 

 gives an opportunity for the consiimjition of 

 a lot of low-grade lumber. 



The average man would be surprised to 

 karn how expensive store fixtures may be 

 made. A big department store in one of thf 

 larger southern cities was fitted out from 

 basement to loft by a manufacturer, whose 

 bill totaled a figure in the neighbnrliood of 

 $100,000. 



The material for this article was largely 

 supplied by E. Mansfeld & Sou. 621 EasI 

 Market street, Lonis\ine. Ky. 



G. D. Cr-UX, Jk. 



Veneers 



VENEEK MATERIAL 



The Census lUneau of tlie Department of 

 ■ Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C, has 

 issued u preliminary comparative report show- 

 ing tlie outlay for veneer material, botli do- 

 mestic and imported woods, during the calen- 

 dar year lf»09. During that year $S,977,.510 

 was expended as against $7,891,431 in 1908 

 and $(),4.?6,237 in 1907. There were 637 es- 

 tablisliments engaged in the manufacture of 

 veneers during 1909, which is an increase of 

 23.5 and 267 over the number reporting in 

 1908 and 1907 respectively. 



This industry has grown at a rapid rate 

 during rfcent years. The showing for 1909 

 disclosed not only a substantial increase in 

 the uumlier of mills, but also the fact that 



the industry has extended from thirty siates 

 in 1907 to thirty-four states in 1909. Nearly 

 three-fourths of the material consumed during 

 the year 1909 was reported from Illinois, 

 Michigan, Florida, Indiana, Tennessee, Mis- 

 souri, Arkansas, New York, Virginia. Nortli 

 Carolina and Kentucky, ranking in point of 

 (Quantity consumed in the order named. lib 

 nois, Indiana, Florida and ^licliiyaii alone 

 contributed nearly one-third of the total, show 

 ing that the industry is still, to some extent, 

 localized. .Although New York, Illinois ami 

 Indiana reported but 20.9 per cent of the 

 total quantity of material consumed ilurin.; 

 1909, their contribution formed 42. S |ier ci'ut 

 of the total cost of all veneer material <-jn- 

 sumed during that year. Tlii-^ is ihn' ili 



WOOD USED IN VENEER STOCK MANUFACTURE ; 1909. lOOS AND 1907 



Kind- 

 Total 



Domestic — 



Red sum . . . . 

 Yellow pine . . 



.\[aijle 



Cottonwood . . 

 Yellow ponlar 

 White oak . . . 



Bircli 



Xupolo 



Elm 



Basswood 



, 1900 V 



Quantity 

 (thousand loot, 



los scale). Cost. 

 435,981 .$S.n7T,.516 



, 190S- 



Quantitv 



(thousand feet. 



loa scale). 



:'..S2,54-2 



-1907 V 



Quantity 

 (thousand feel. 

 Cost. log scale). Cost. 



.$7,891,4.31 348,52:i $6,430,2 



. . .129, 

 . .. 48, 



30, 



2S. 



28, 



24. 



IS, 



16, 



13, 



Beecli 9, 



.... 6, 



.... 4, 



.... 4 



Red oali 

 Sycamore 

 Spruce . 



Ash -, 



Waluul 2, 



Chestnut 1 



Sugar pine 1 



Douglas flr 1 



All other 2, 



Imported — 



Mahogany lu 



Spanish cdar '< 



Maple 1 



Circassian walnut .... 



All otlier 1 



930 

 143 



444 

 842 

 826 

 ,742 

 643 

 476 

 254 

 715 

 950 

 661 

 404 

 111 

 71):; 



400 

 ,577 

 192 

 111 

 ,307 



,057 

 14(1 



,025 

 SO!) 



.519 



1.444.534 

 .•'.39.647 

 547.488 

 420.392 

 601.992 



1,336,527 

 :!.S,S,9S9 

 178.999 



2,s:;.462 



276,9:)0 



1 37.524 



213.248 



57,544 



55.662 



57.091 



160.452 



19.279 



22.541 



16.307 



35.002 



1.565.598 

 473.831 



15.400 

 257.531 



G5,4S0 



110.485 



42.342 



27.s,si, 



:i:'..9oi 



22,S9,s 



20,700 



17.769 



16.442 



12.714 



11,609 



,8.515 



4,449 



5,279 



5.415 



2.490 



5.176 



1.1 3,K 



942 



333 



3.080 



11,487 



6.55.S 



1.00(1 



17(1 



803 



1.253.411 



314,008 



413.811 



464.608 



172,5X3 



'.182,018 



255,056 



150.759 



205.602 



233.985 



1 19.763 



127.354 



70.944 



74.477 



47.729 



:U3.291 



14.1.S2 



17, .808 



5.192 



39,378 



1.478..364 



796.940 



14.000 



15.250 



10.900 



102,932 



32.45(1 



28.175 



33,174 



28,764 



2.". 872 



18.079 



15,097 



12,615 



13,561 



4,367 



4,629 



3,554 



6,060 



2.818 



3,952 



400 



"90 

 2,290 



0,722 

 3,922 



1,000 



1.068,897 



269,032 



394,914 



438,234 



615,43:; 



848,855 



281,099 



158,860 



191,741 



244,059 



56,164 



148,068 



35, .399 



95,239 



61.622 



278.197 



5,813 



1.620 

 39.181 



8;)9,695 

 284,115 



rectly to the fact that the manufacture of 

 veneers from imported and high-priced cabi- 

 net woods, especially mahogany, is to a large 

 extent centered in these states, Illinois alone 

 reporting more than half of the mahoganv 

 consumed during 1909, and New York fol- 

 lowing with nearly one-tliird. New York led 

 in the consumption of both Spanish cedar and 

 (•ii'cassian walnut, reporting more than three- 

 iifths of the total of each of these woods. 



The manufacture of veneers has been 

 mainly from imported cabinet woods and to 

 a limited extent from such domestic woods 

 as walnut, oak and birdseye maple. The large 

 increase in the total annual consumption is 

 made up chiefly of domestic woods, which are 

 converted into veneer stock, from which are 

 nitide baskets, berry crates, packing cases of 

 \tirious kinds, furniture, barrels, etc. It is 

 this branch of the industry which is widely 

 distributed and in which the growth is most 

 rapid. 



Among the niiilerials reported as con- 

 sumed during 1909 are found thirty-six spe- 

 cies of domestic woods and eleven of imported 

 woods, which makes a total practically equal 

 to the numlier of wood species utilized dur- 

 ii;g tlie same year in the United States as 

 lumber material. 



The preliminary comparative summary is 

 printed at the bottom of the first two columns 

 on this page. 



80,000 



Rare Woods for Windows 



The panels now being placed in the show 

 windows of H. J. (iutman & Co., of 419 

 South Fourth avenue. Louisville, Ky., are 

 rich and costl.v and unlike anything in that 

 i-ity. In fact, there are only two other 

 w-indows of the kind in the United States. 



Forty seven thousand pieces of rare woods 

 are inlaid in the panels, which are of Cir- 

 cassian walnut imported from the coast of 

 South Africa In- the C. C'. Mengel & Brother 

 t^'ompany. This wood is susceptible to an 

 extremely high polish and rich veneer. The 

 inlaid woods are ebony and holly, the cream 

 color of the latter forming a pleasing con- 

 trast to the dark color of the ebony. There 

 arc eight panels in each window, each 

 twenty-eight inches in width with a paneled 

 door, also of (Circassian walnut and inlaid 

 woods, for entrance. B. Mansfield & Sons, 

 of Louisville, were the designers and veneer 

 workers of this rich woodwork. 



The Puyallup Yeneer Panel & Door Coni- 

 paiiy of Puyallup, Wash., was recently in- 

 corporated with an authorized capital stock 

 of $311,000. 



* -» * 



The David Gilmour Door Company of 

 P>uft'alo, N. Y., which manufactures veneer 

 doors in gum, oak and birch, has opened an 

 office in the Ellieott Square building. The 

 company's out-of-town trade in the above 

 lines is rejiorted to be showing improve- 

 ment. 



