■ l>ci-atlons Kiiiliiiiii: ilei'idctll.v active; twenty 

 'line cities show au increase vnryhi'^ from one 



■ ■> two hiHHlreil nn<l ninety per cent., and 



' wenty-twt> show a loss ranging from three to 



iity-nlne per cent. : in tlio apRrcgatc the dc- 



rease. as compared with October. 1906, 



iinounis til three and four-Ufths per cent. 



Octolwr. October. Per Per 



!■' 



IlallilliMi. ■■ lu.-.j.'.;. 



lllruiilisli:ii' 177.31;:; 



i;ihIi:im..>i- ::27.;k)5 



!I:il" 031.000 



1. :i^. 4.1I37.1.W 



.'Vi'InrKi 1. 2D.". 307 



i.ltliimwii; • 120.770 



> . 1 . 2,-..203 



r.7s.sio 



■ irnir 1.202.130 



-illltli 162.3M 



mud Kapi.l- 333.S72 



ll:irrl«blir-- Cl.O.'K) 



llorlfi.r.l . 109.970 



liiai»napi>lis 494.65!) 



Kansas »'il> 951.710 



! illle It'wk SG.GSO 



illsvlllf 291.71.'i 



l.w .VliKcl. ~ 1.020.704 



Mllwnilkf 1. 220.930 



Miiilu'iilw.lj- 927.115 



M.mplil> 2S1.S30 



Mnliile 41.0S9 



N:isIiTill.' 303.9S9 



Sciv Hav.-i, 1S4.02S 



Vinark 770.093 



\i'\v Orliaii- .109.304 



ManhatlaTi i!,3S4.710 



liroukl.vii 1.0.13.GG0 



Uronx 1.578.540 



Nov y..ik rj..107.910 



iirnnlla .".00.543 



l'liilailcl).]ii:i 1.703.905 



l'.it.Ts<ii 12o.,"i77 



I t.i _ 70S.461 



I ■ ... 1C.9M) 



!:■ i ^ 79.C,".0 



- . N. I .'.(.",.3. 0.37 



- - Jos.-|.l.. . S5.0S.S 

 ■. Ijjlli- .. 1.2S4.:lin 



Paul . 1.013.322 



- II Pran.i 4.900.4.30 



'^anlon 203. 0S9 



■ ikane 59G..TS5 



nth Ileiiil 75.105 



rai-use 051.002 



■ It I.ak. flly 223. 9W 



■ :• 1: 99.995 

 I M 2O3.04II 



Wi.rce.sliL 209.917 



\Vllkcsl.:iiii- 190.544 



1900. 



cost 



* 04I1.5S0 



S9.920 



279.374 



493.510 



5.219,009 



1,0SS,757 



243. 2S0 



25.200 



505.424 



1.510.S00 



243,475 



240.2S2 



SO. 250 



300.055 



571.170 



704.700 



40,505 



27S.920 



I.S.59,207 



1.204.947 



.S20.720 



271.000 



52,300 



139,084 



2OS,0SO 



990,448 



238.030 



3.834.705 



C.20S.73S 



1.513.755 



11.557,25s 



365,150 



4,379,000 



51,460 



1.107.331 



15.495 



110,875 



1.929.879 



82,485 



2,S,i3.97G 



751.204 



0.040.309 



244.070 



32S.345 



00,500 



270,722 



1S3,40<) 



r.4,soo 



204,305 

 122.015 

 107,903 



cent ceot 

 i:aln loss 



290 



20 

 33 



43 

 11 



23 



113 



4 



44 

 3 



12 

 3 



11 

 20 



29 

 00 



36 



30 

 33 



IS 

 10 



81 

 12 

 140 

 22 

 82 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



A Model Plant. 



William I!. .Mcr.shon A: Co. had iiiaiuitaciiiri'il 

 their band rcsaws for several years before huilil- 

 Ins their present shops, and thns itncw what 

 was required in tlie way of cranes, erecting 

 space, storage rooms, etc. Having Rood ship- 

 pins facilities at their command and ample land 

 on which to build, the.v were able to put tip a 

 model shop for the building of Mershon band re- 

 saws. 



The accompanying cuts show what can be done 

 in tlie way of building a modern and convenient 

 tnanufacturing plant if one iinows beforehand 

 practically what must be provided for, or the 



picted machines. Ttio photograph :;allcry Is 

 provided with a large north window, oppoiltc 

 which is the turntable on whkli the machines 

 are place so as to be properly ligliled. 



All the machinery Is electrlially driven and 

 the shop is equipped with modern tools through- 

 out, including lirown & Sharp milling machines, 

 Norton grinding machinery for grinding the 

 spindles of the resaws, as well as special grind- 

 ing machinery for finishing tlic large band 

 wheels. The boiler plant Is a model one, 

 equipped with a smoke consumer, so there- is 

 rarely any more smoke seen coming out of tli» 

 chimney than is shown in the photograph. 



m 



IMKUKiU MACHINE SIIOI' I'LANT WM. P.. MKUSIIOX & CO. 

 SAGINAW. MICH. 



:<1 



.$-IT.73S.lli2 S-in.«G4.i 



nalure of the product to be turned out. The 

 office is located on the first floor of that portion 

 of the building shown in the left of one of the 

 cuts. The draftinj? rooms are located on the 

 second floor. Adjoining the office, but separated 

 by hallways to fliniinate the noise and dust from 

 the office, is the machine shop proper, a partial 

 interior vijjw of which also accompanies this 

 article. 



The shop proper is 100 feet in length, fol- 

 lowed by two storage rooms, measuring; 100 feet 

 In length. IJeyond the store room is the new 

 power jilant, l~i feet square, in which are in- 

 stalled an .Vllis-Chalniers Corliss engine and a 

 Bullock generator. An 'I" .'.0 by 100 feet 

 serves as additional storage room for patterns 

 and linished machines, as well as for a photo- 



graph gallery for making pictures of the com- 

 On one side of the shop are railroad tracks 

 and switches from two lines of railroads: on 

 the other side are spacious lawns on which land- 

 scape gardening has been attempted in a mod- 

 est way. It is Mr. Mershon's idea that the out- 

 side of a shop should convey s<une idea of the 

 methodical and neat housekeeping which is car- 

 ried on within, and with true consistency he 

 has formed a model home for the manufacture 

 of his ideal resawing machinery. 



Cars of American make, built of teakwood. 

 have been furnished to Manila and other tropical 

 cities, because they are impervious to the in- 

 roads of certain insects and will wlthstaml cli- 

 matic conditions. 



G P.KoAPSirT. Vl'ilW PLANT OF WM. B. MERSHON & CO.. .SACINAW 



