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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Ash import*; consisted almost exclusively of 



round lou's with the bark, whicli arc usod in tho 

 wa^on (carriage), boat Imildlnji. and furniture 

 industries, etc. It must be said of this kind of 

 wood that only osportations of logs of as tough 

 a quality as possible, in dimensions of 10 inches 

 ind upward in diameter, can be recommended. 

 The imports of logs were 9.789. comprising 0.000 

 cubic meters (211. SS7 cubic feet), and 1.0G6 

 planks, etc., comprising 00 cubic meters (1. 70.5. 72 

 cubic feet). 



Hickory imports, also, cousistL-d almost ex- 

 clusively of round logs with the bark, which are 

 used in the carriage building industry and for 

 manufacturing hammer handles. Logs should be 

 exported of tough quality and white color, with 

 as little of the brown heart as can be found, in 

 iliuicusions of 10 inches and upward in diameter. 

 The imports were 2,220 logs aggregating l.^OO 

 rubic meters (-1.5. 90S. 3 cubic feet). 



After having been unpopular for a number of 

 years, tue imports of red gum decrease from 

 year to year. The majority of Imports consisted 

 tif planks ; however, round logs, freed of the 

 i)ark, as well as hewn logs, were imported for 

 the manufacture of veneers. Planks and veneers 

 are used in the furniture industry. The im- 

 ports were ^'.iO logs, aggregating 470 cubic 

 meters (10.597.81 cubic feet), and 52.026 planks, 

 aggregating 1,578 cubic meters (55,725.720 cubic 

 teet). 



Cottonwood is imported almost exclusively in 

 lilanks, and is partly used as a substitute for 

 poplar. Imports amounted to 41,044 planks 

 totaling 770 cubic meters (27.192.11 cubic feet). 



Logs are chiefly received consigned, although a 

 finv importers make firm purchases and sell the 

 goods on the local market. Planks, etc.. arr* 

 partly purchased by the importer from the 

 American exporter, and are partly sold by local 

 agents of American exporters for the account of 

 the firm they represent. They are also exported 

 on consignment. [Hamburg importing firms with 

 whom the consul suggests correspondeucc m:iy 

 l)c s'curcd from the Bureau of ManufacniiHs/l 



New Addition to Otis Manufacturing I Ian': 



In the course of a month or six weeks Ibe <)li< 

 Manufacturing Company of New Orleans expects 

 to have completed an addition which will doubb' 

 the size of its present plant. When the new 

 structure is e4)mpletcd. the working force will 

 be almost doubled, and the output will bo in- 

 creased over fifty per cent. Ilusiness has bccu 

 increasing at such a rapid rate that this now 

 addition was made necessary. The plant at 

 present occupies aliout six squares of ground. 

 and the c<uupany employs a force of nearly 2iin 

 men. 



It is estim;i1e(l that tlic tntai iiuprovcuituls 

 will cost about .$;'.O.0OO. The finishing touclu-- 

 have just been put on the new dry-kiln, wliich 

 at one operation e.in dry 10.000 feet of ma- 

 hogany. It is kept tightly closed during the 

 process of drying and a constant tempcr;iiiirc 

 of about 100 degreijs is raainlained. 



Most of the mahogany used by lie' utis Manu- 

 faetui'ing Company is shipped from Honduras 

 and Mexico iuu\ thence direct to the Otis booms, 

 where it is washed and insin-cted before it is 

 sawn. 



The Otis Manufacturing Company is one of 

 the largest importers of mahogany in the United 

 States, there being a total of only five such con- 

 cerns in the country. The Otis Manufacturing 

 Company also ships a great deal of its finished 

 product to all parts of the world. The plant is 

 exclusively owned by the Otis family. 



New Cincinnati Hardwood House 



A new hardwood concern has recently been 

 formed under the name of the Snook-Veith Lum- 

 ber Company at Cincinnati. O.. with a capital 

 stock of $100,000 to manufacture and wholesale 

 hardwoods. The concern will be beaded by (;. C. 



Snook, witii Albert Veith as his associate. Both 

 of these gentlemen were previously connected 

 with the Lockland Lumber Company, The former 

 'IS secretary and general manager. Mr. Snook 

 has purchased six and one-half acres of land 

 with 300 feet fronting on the Carthage Pike. 

 On this ground, which is considered about the 

 I'est location outside of the city limits, will be 

 i>uilt a storage «hi_'d. besides a $50,000 mill which 

 will be added Liter. 



Mr. Snook is widely known to the lumbe!* 

 trade, having beeu twenty-nine years in the serv- 

 ice of the Lockland Lumber Company. He in- 

 tends to proceed at once with the plans so as to 

 have tb(^ plant iu oiperaiiou as st.on as possible. 



New Ciicular Saw Sharpener 

 The new autematic circular saw sharpener 

 placed on the market by the Covel Mauufae- 

 Miring Company of l^*ut<>n Uarbm-. Alicli.. nml 

 illustrated herewith, is wilboui a dnubl the 

 easiest, most efiieient running circular rip saw 

 sharpener manufactured, as il is eepiipjted with 

 all of the latest improvements, making it a per- 

 leet running machine. It is equipped with the 

 < 'ovel new improved Idler attachment, by meaus 

 nf which the vibration of the luachine is reduced 

 lo a minimum. 



All waring parts an lari:' ;itid well pr<ipiir- 

 1 ioned. insuring long wi-ar. ;iud rhe adjust! U'.: 

 bandies, wheels, etc.. are i-onvenit utly arranged 

 Tor the heuefit of the operator. The inacbine 

 lia^ :ill the u-'cessary adiii^f tiieiits fnr a l:ii-.:e 



ran./e cf paw teeth and is adjustable in the 

 most simple and satisfiictory manner. 



The most important features of the machine 

 :.re the feed arm pivoted at the extreme bottom 

 of the frame ; cut gears of coarse pitch ; con- 

 necting rods of liberal size. The front clamp- 

 ing spring is furnislicd extra strong, so as to 

 hold the large rip saw iu place when fed 

 by finder. The rest on saw is wood, which is 

 adjustable, giving more or less tension on the 

 saw as required. 



AH moving parts are equii-ped with dust less 

 oil hole covers and j(juinal boxes with large oil 

 reservoirs. 



The capacity of the riit '^aws is twelve to 

 eighty-four inches; three spi*eds to emery wheel, 

 and two to feed mechanism. 



German Flooring Methods 



The liECoitP is in receipt of a copy of a letter 

 addressed to the AVood Mosaic Company of Roch- 

 i.-ster. X. Y.. manufacturer of parquetry, by Dr. 

 (.'. A. Scheiu-k. diredor of the Biltmore Forest 

 School, which is now in winter quarters in 

 (Jermauv. Tlie Idler treats of the tierman 

 methods of manufacturing parquetry and im- 

 pregnating flooring with colophony. 



In speaking of the methods of manufacture of 

 parquet strips. Dr. Scheuck says : "Tlie German 

 parquet strips are usually short pieces, ^^2. l.'j. 

 18 and 20 inches long and 1 inch thick. These 

 strips do not I'eceive a tongue and have the same 

 lirofive nil the four edges, this grcove beini: niic- 



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122 CIRCULAR SAW SHARPENKR MANUFACTC RKH BY THE COVEL 

 MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF BENTON HARBOR. MICH. 



