HARDWOOD RECORD 



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freedom, starting with the , settlement at 



Jann-stown, has I't-rmeatcd every coimtrv and 



is thf fundamental principle ou which the 



j'VeruuH'nt of the United States, the great- 



-t and most advanrod of all the great world 



; owers. is founded. This landing was an 



• vent which the most superficial thinker must 



• alize the importance of celebrating, because 



t the grim determined effort for the con- 



.leriug of great i-vils which this baud ex- 



iliitod. 



The lumber side .if the exposition is a 

 iiost extensive, varied and entertaining one. 

 Approximately :.'2.H00.U00 feet were used in 

 liiilding board walks, the enormous govern- 

 ment piers, bulkheads, hotels, war path build- 

 ings, and so on. The estimate shows that 

 lit of this quantity about 3,500,000 feet were 

 u<etl as pilings for the commercial and the 

 two great piers, and bulkhead surface 

 work around the concrete construction. It is 

 I'palling to think of the enormous waste 

 which will be entailed in destroying the ex- 

 hibiliou. 



The exhibits of hardwoods made by the 

 lifferent states and individuals are both ex- 

 haustive and comprehensive, and are a source 

 of education to even the most expert man of 

 the trade. Since it is more of a southern 

 exposition southern hardwoods predominate 

 as a natural consequence. 



Xorth Carolina, which abounds in hard- 

 wood, has an exceedingly handsome and taste- 

 fully arranged exhibit of its woods, in which 

 black walnut, white ash, black birch, yellow- 

 locust, white and chestnut oak, white gum 

 and white cedar form the larger part. White 

 and yellow pine, yellow poplar, Carolina hem- 

 lock and sourwood are also given much space. 

 In this exhibit, as in all the others of like 

 character, the woods are mostly in the form 

 of finished panels, with their rough forms 

 being placed next in line for comparison. 

 Thomas W. Smith, a lumberman and wood- 

 ■rker residing in Washington, has a very 

 tine exhibit in the Manufactures and Lib- 

 eral Arts Building, finished in handsome style, 

 with a wood mosiac door. 



In the States Exhibit Palace the Atlantic 

 Coast Lumber Corporation, well-known man- 

 ufacturers at Georgetown, S. C, have an ex- 

 hibit of rough and finished pine and ma- 

 hogany. 



Louisiana, in th«' States Exhibit Palace, 

 rivals all with her display of oak, a-sh, poplar, 

 walnut, gum and hiikory, and yields second 

 place to none. 



The well-known Sw;inu-Day Lumber Com- 

 pany, operating at < 'lay City, Ky., which pro- 

 duces much high-grade .stock, has a most ex- 

 eellcut representation of its wares here in the 

 shape of Kentucky river yellow poplar, which 

 ' has elicited much admiration. 



The Pratt-Worthington Company of Crof- 

 j ton, Ky., also has a handsome showing, their 

 booth being walled with panels of their prod- 

 ! nets, and inside it are exhibited both rough 

 and dressed panels of box elder, chestnut, 

 j black walnut, oak. mulberry, spruce and cedar, 

 ' whicli tliis firm handles. Thev also exhibit 



some Xo. 1 hickory wagon timber, which is 

 as fine as it is possible to find. 



The state of Vermont, while exhibiting 

 many of its native woods, has emphasized its 

 birdseye maple, for which it has a reputa- 

 tion. 



The -Vtlantic Coast Line Hallway has on ex- 

 hibit stumps of the different species of tim- 

 ber grown on its line, bringing into particu- 

 lar notice specimens of Florida oak, yellow- 

 pine, hickory and cypress. The Seaboard Air 

 Line has followed suit in an exhibition of th.> 

 butts of pine, cherry and oak trees. 



Eclipsing aU, possibly, is the exhibit gutii- 

 ered together by the Southern Railway, from 

 firms interested in the road as a conveyor of 

 their outputs. There is considerable com- 

 mercial timber cut along the Appalachian 

 chain of mountains, which are traversed by 

 the Southern, and a demonstration of the 

 uses to w-hich this is put are shown by to- 

 bacco boxes, furniture from birch, spokes, 

 hames and handles from second growth hick- 

 ory and ash. There is a display made by 

 the West Point Veneering Company, con- 

 sisting of gum, white oak, red mahogany, 

 white and curly pine, ash and poplar. The 

 Wood Mosiac Flooring Company of Xew 

 Albany, Ind., also has an excellent showing. 

 A curiosity of this exhibit is a chopping-bowl 

 ■iri}-2 inches in diameter, with a capacity of 

 -5^2 gallons. In making this bowl thirteen 

 other bowls were formed from the interior. 



The Santee River Lumber Company has 

 an attractive exhibit of stained samples of 

 cypress ceiling and flooring. 



Another exceedingly interesting exhibit is 

 that of the West Virginia Pulp & Paper 

 Company, showing the different processes 

 through which spruce passes in the manu- 

 facture of paper. 



There is a variety of other exhibits similar 

 to these which are worthy of mention, but 

 lack of time for investigation, and space for 

 description prevents their beauties being 

 elaborated upon at tlus time. Among them 

 are the exhibits made by the Chesapeake A: 

 Ohio Railway, the Richmond Cedar Works, 

 the West Virginia Timber Company, the Pu- 

 laski Timber Company and the Steigel Lum- 

 ber Corporation, all worthy of special notice. 



ITie Inside Inn, which has a capacity for 

 2,000 guests, is an enormous structure, con- 

 structed entirely of lumber, ana with quaint 

 old Virginia touches here and there, both in- 

 side and out, and is very interesting. 



The Yellow Pine Association has here its 

 famous "flemish oak" room, under the care 

 of Miss Allen, who has accompanied it on 

 many trips. It has come in for its full share 

 of admiration. 



The mechanical department is of equal 

 interest to many. .\ fine showing is made 

 by the Clyde Iron Works and by the S. A. 

 Woods Machine Company. 



The exhibit of the first house consists of a 

 practical demonstration on a special plot of 

 ground allotted by the Exposition Company, 

 of its McCiifford loader in actual operation. 

 There is a track shaped like the letter Y, up 



one side of which they take on a load of 

 logs, and on the other branch deposit them. 

 This famous machine was designed to re- 

 duce the handling of logs to as low cost as 

 possible, and it has been sold extensively 

 among the southern logging operations. It 

 boasts not only the ability of shifting its 

 own cars rapidly, but is so arranged that its 

 wheels can be raised up under the car me- 

 chanically, the full weight being thrown upon 

 shoes, allowing empty cars to be passed under 

 the machine and loaded, thus obviating the 

 necessity of shifting frequently. The ma- 

 chine can load and skid from 30,000 to 45,000 

 feet per day. Its loading capacity is 100,000 

 feet. 



The exhibit made by the S. A. Woods Ma 

 chine Company is also extensive. This firm 

 specializes on planers, matchers, moulders and 

 knife grinders. The chief features of its ex- 

 hibit are the knife grinder, planer and match- 

 er, which are shown. The matcher in particular 

 is interesting because it represents a culmi- 

 nation of effort towards perfection. Lum- 

 ber can be run through this as rapidly as fed 

 and will come out with a surface like glass, 

 needing no further attention for the best kind 

 of work. The grinder for knives is also a 

 leader in its class, operating accurately and 

 producing clean, even work. 



The exhibit made by the Simonds Manufac- 

 turing Company is the best this concern has 

 yet put up, and is a marvel of construction 

 and detail. 



The American Locomotive Works, the Bald- 

 win Locomoti\e Works, the Detrick & Harvey 

 Machine Company, the Cliiriax Manufacturing 

 Company. Cambria Steel Company, J. G. Brill 

 Company, A. B. Farquhar Company, the 

 Geiser Manufacturing Company, the Shelby 

 Steel Tube Company, the American Boiler 

 Economy Company, the Gibson Iron Works 

 and the Durable Wire Rope Company are 

 some of the other numerous exhibitors. The 

 International Ilarvester Company has per- 

 haps the most taking exhibit of all, in an old- 

 time log cabin, made by weaving together 

 sisal, standard and flax twine, and having the 

 interior of the cabin arranged according to 

 the custom of that time. 



Would space permit, description of other 

 details of much interest could be continued 

 almost indefinitely. A most striking evidence 

 of advancement in building is the two gov- 

 ernment piers extending out into the waters 

 of Uamiiton Roads L'.SOO feet, being con- 

 nected at their extreme ends with the longest 

 single span arch ever built — 150 feet long. 



The exposition in a great many of the finer 

 details eclipses all its predecessors. It should 

 be stated in refutation of many charges which 

 have been allowed to stand in newspapers and 

 periodicals, that with the time allotted, the 

 withholding of monetary- aid until the last mo- 

 ment, and the great drawback of delayed gov- 

 ernmental work, the Ebtposition Company 

 should be commended most highly and not 

 censoriously criticised by the general public, 

 for at present it is absolutely without a peer, 

 its landscape effects, wall of Virginia creep- 

 ers, buildings and government I'iers, outlined 

 at night with small electric bulbs, securing 

 for it a high position among others of its 

 kind. Geobge McBl.ue. Jr. 



