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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



December 25, 1916 



nXK OF LARGE H'MBER ALLEYS HIGHLAND PARK 



organized that each has a proper relation to the other 

 and so that the stream of production may continue to 

 play uninterruptedly and with the highest possible serv- 

 ice to the buying consumer. One special feature of this 

 specialty organization is now being developed to a much 

 more finished degree than ever before at the Highland 

 Park plant. The reference is to the remarkable dry kiln 

 capacity that is just being completed at that outfit. 



When this perfect dry kiln arrangement is finally ready 

 for full operation, the Wood-Mosaic Company will have 

 one of the most imposing commercial dry kiln organiza- 

 tions in the country. It will be able to handle hardwood 

 lumber and similar products from the bulk of the south- 

 ern shipping territory and to pass it through its kilns and 

 then on through or around almost any of the important 

 gateways into almost any northern or eastern consuming 

 market. 



To this end the company has just about completed a 

 series of kilns which will give it 250,000 feet a month 

 of dry kiln capacity. These kilns are all of thoroughly 



modern construction and have made a wonderful record 

 in kiln drying gunstocks during the war. In fact, gov- 

 ernment officials have pronounced the Wood-Mosaic 

 Company record of dry kilning gunstocks as represent- 

 ing the most successful effort of any concern handling 

 this class of work. The experience thus gained has 

 taught to the Wood-Mosaic Company the value of 

 analysis and the importance of the personal element in 

 successful dry kiln work. It therefore approaches a gen- 

 eral commercial drying business not only with an impos- 

 ing equipment but with a remarkable knowledge of the 

 business and ability to analyze the requirements of each 

 individual dry kiln order and to finish such orders not 

 only in the most perfect manner, but in the shortest pos- 

 sible length of time. 



An especial feature of the dry kiln work is the addi- 

 tion of a large tempering kiln. The dry kilns are so laid 

 out that lumber can be loaded directly from the box car 

 on to the kiln trucks under a vast covered shed, per- 

 mitting of handling the stock in all seasons and 



