May 10, 1'J21 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Appalachian Loggers Hold Congress 



Freight Rates, Reforestation, Utilization of Waste of Hardwoods 



and Improved Logging Methods Were Among 



Leading Topics Discussed 



Topics of vital importance to the logging and luml)or industry 

 in general, principal among them being freight rates, reforestation 

 and utilization of waste of hardwood lumber, came under discus- 

 sion during the sessions of the spring conference of the Appa- 

 lachian Logging Congress, on March 28, 29 and 30 at the Sinton 

 Hotel, Cincinnati. In addition preparations were made to combat 

 all legislation detrimental to the logging industry, in the five 

 states comprising the Appalachian region. 



During the three-day sessions the loggers carefully reviewed the 

 operations of their congress and considered methods of improving 

 its service during the coming year. Precedent was broken by the 

 loggers when Cincinnati was selected for the spring conference, 

 for it was the first time in the history of the organization that a 

 city north of the Mason and Dixon line had been so favored. 



Sentiment of the delegates was unanimous that the conference 

 was the most successful in recent years. The delegates' visit here 

 no doubt was a successful one, for it brought them in personal 

 contact with some of the largest purchasers and consumers of 

 forest products in the country. The conference was attended by 

 200 delegates, including lumber manufacturers from Kentucky, 

 Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. Ecpre- 

 sentatives of the machinery and supply houses were present to 

 acquaint the lumbermen with the latest appliances in their respec- 

 tive lines. 



The Entertainment Committee, which consisted of W. C. Cham- 

 pion, chairman; E. W. Meeker, H. F. Holt, E. M. Vestal and Paul 

 H. Gearhart, had prepared a variety of events which were highly 

 enjoyed by the delegates. 



Before the convention formally opened, a meeting of the Execu- 

 tive Committee, composed of F. G. Norcross, T. Sunderland, John 

 Eaine, C. L. Babcock, George N. Delaney, W. T. Latham, Andrew 

 Gennett, John F. Shea, L. D. Gasteiger and T. W. Hampton was 

 held in Parlor G. of the Hotel and Legislative and Mem- 

 bership Committees for the five states representing the organiza- 

 tion were appointed. The members of these committees and the 

 states they represent are: Landon C. Bell, T. M. Gathright, and 

 J. M. Paxton, Virginia; Henry Curtain, Peter Carroll and M. W. 

 Stark, West Virginia; Andrew Gennett, Frank Chapman and T. "W. 

 Hampton, North Carolina; C. L. Babcock, John Doomey and John 

 F. Shea, Tennessee, George Delaney, E. A. Robinson and W. A. 

 Kenny, Kentucky. These committees were appointed for the pur- 

 pose of obtaining new members and to protect the interests of 

 the logging and lumber industries from all legislation detrimental 

 to the trade in their respective states. The appointment of the 

 committees was the most important business matter transacted 

 during the period of the convention. 



Five resolutions were presented by the Resolutions Committee 

 of which T. Sunderland was chairman, but only four of the pro- 

 posals were adopted. The fifth which dealt with what constitutes 

 a purchasable log was tabled. There was some considerable dis- 

 cussion on the subject. Several members contended that this only 

 interested the contracting parties and was not of enough impor- 

 tance to justify the congress in adopting it. 



Four other resolutions were adopted. 



Gist of Resolutions 



One declaring that "it is impossible under existing rail rates 



for producers of hardwoods to dispose of the products of their 



mills without a loss," indorsed the efforts of the lumber traffic 



associations to bring about an adjustment of rates that will permit 



of the free and normal movement of hardwood lumber on the rail- 

 roads serving the. Appalachian territory. 



Another resolution "condemned and opposed as unfair competi- 

 tion" the efforts of the so-called old line fire insurance companies, 

 working through the National Association of local agents, to secure 

 the passage of legislation and otherwise "hinder and prohibit 

 reciprocal insurance." All members were urged to exert their 

 efforts to secure protection against such legislation wherever it is 

 being advanced. 



The executive committee of the Appalachian Logging Congress 

 was, by another resolution, directed to "take positive and vigorous 

 steps to stop the illicit manufacture and sale of whisky," by 

 bringing the matter to the attention of the prohibition enforce- 

 ment officials, both state and national, and assisting these officials 

 in all proper ways and to devise such further ways and means to 

 suppress this traffic as may appear proper and practical to the 

 committee. "r-^ 



In the preamble to this resolution it was declared that the manu- 

 facture of whisky has assumed the importance of a definite indus- 

 try in the Appalachian region and has become a positive menace 

 to the lumber industry of the section. 



Two of the other important resolutions passed had to do 

 with the improvement of the strictly mechanical phases of logging 

 in the Appalachian region. One of these applied to fuel saving 

 and the other to overhead cableway logging equipment. They 

 are as follows: 



Whereas, It appears that a considerable waste of fuel exists in the 

 .ivcrage operation of steam logging machinery, because of wet steam and 

 insulation, either InsufBcient or entirely lacking ; therefore be it 



Resolved : That the Committee on Power Logging Equipment be 

 requested to investigate and report at our Pall meeting on the subject of 

 steam economy, and particularly the following phases: 



(1) Costs, methods, and possible fuel economy of proper insulation of 

 exposed boiler and pipe surfaces in present standard equipment. 



(2) Methods and comparative costs, and economies, in improved steam 

 consumption. 



(a) Through use of dried steam without super-heating. 



(b) Through use of super-heated steam, 

 (b-l) By use of patented super-heaters. 



(b-2) By interior installation of main steam pipes with such exposure 

 to combustion gases as will secure moderate super-heating. 



It is suggested that the committee take up with the manufacturers and 

 report on the cost of such Interior location of pipe, as it relates to new 

 construction, also as to service for, and at what cost existing equipment 

 could be changed over, and as to whether this would be desirable or 

 advisable in preference to adding a patent super-heating device. 



Whereas, E. A. GasklU In an address of high engineering interest and 

 value has suggested certain modifications in designs of Overhead Cable- 

 way Logging Equipment for their general improvement, and particularly 

 to secure a one-car installation ; and. 



Whereas, The manufacturers in this field have shown In the past a 

 spirit of progressive Improvement, and will welcome any such practical 

 suggestions ; be it therefore 



Resolved : That the President of this Congress appoint a special com- 

 mittee on Power Logging Equipment to consist of three members with 

 E. A. Gaskill as Chairman, which committee shall take up with manufac- 

 turers the recommendations of Mr. GaskiU's paper together with recom- 

 mendations or suggestions laid before the Committee by any other of our 

 members and same to be reported at our Fall meeting. 

 Norcross Opens Meeting 



The convention was called to order by President F. G. Norcross, 

 of Norma, Tenn., at 1:30 o'clock on the afternoon of March 28. 

 He introduced Clifford Martin, special representative of Mayor 

 John Galvin of Cincinnati; Newell H. Hargrave, President of the 

 Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club, and James A. Eeilly, President of 

 the Chamber of Commerce, who welcomed the delegates to Cin- 

 cinnati- 



