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additions and altonuions. Ilic estimated cost of the improvements bi'ing 

 $1-1.-I70.:i7;!, whlie last year the number of permits did not exceed 41,324, 

 but llie outlay Involved was $16,004,639, a gain of $l,52o,'J6:i. Tlie great 

 bulk of this amount was of course on account of two-story dwellings, of 

 which not less tlian 2,;!02 were erected In the course of the year, at a cost 

 of $.'!,,''>()0,OliO. The ,Tohns Hopkins University came next with a bulldlnp, 

 the first of the group to be erected at Ilomewood, costing $,"00,000. There 

 were eighty-two manufacturing establishments, valued at $2,.".4.").000, while 

 two-story frame dwellings to the number of 107 accounted for ,$(47,470, 

 and thirty-seven three-story brick dwellings for $249.S66. while two pri- 

 vate schools accounted for $2n7.,')00. It should be said that the aggregate 

 mentioned Includes an allowance of twenty per cent for undervaluation, 

 but this applies to both years, so that the twelve months just ended still 

 exceed 1012 by a good margin. The detailed flgures for the two years were : 

 1913 1912 



.ranuarv $ 780,402 ,$ 601,600 



iM'bruarv 6r.6.234 675,7ri0 



.March ". 926,492 922,025 



.Vprll 9,37,922 978,698 



Mav 2,120,621 770,299 



,Tune 990,585 004,000 



,Tuly 686,866 907,367 



August 980,153 1.160,475 



September 946,933 661,501 



(Ictober 1,045,266 965,465 



Novcmbor 789,358 984,165 ■ 



I i.ecinber 667,669 1,111,700 



Tntiil .$11,711,501 $10,. -585.842 



Car Statistics 



The I'lst bulletin on car surpluses and shortages issued by the American 

 Uailway Association gives further evidence of the slackening of trade 

 (luring December. 



On December 15 the total surplus of cars was 107,513 as against 

 i'.7.466 on December 1 ; 50,659 cars on December 31 and 190,521 cars on 

 .lanuary 1. 1914. The surplus December 14. 1912, was 26.614. 



On the other hand the shortage on December 15. 1913 was 5,968 as 

 against 10,212 on December 1, 33,601 car.s. December 31 and 1.671 cars 

 on .January 1, 1914. The shortage on December 14. 1912, was 61,006. 



Wood-Using Industries of New York 



The New York Stale College of Forestry has sent out advance notices 

 of the publication of a report on the wood-using industries of that state. 

 The annual use of wood for the year covered by the report amounted to 

 1.750,000.000 feet, which is surpassed in quantity only by Illinois among 

 the states, as far as available statistics show. 



This is only the wood which is manufactured into finished products, 

 and does not include that used in its rough form. The report was com- 

 piled through the cooperative work of the College of Forestry at Syracuse 

 and the United States Forest Service. The field work included visits to 

 many factories in the state where commodities are made in sizes and of 

 kinds ranging from the toothpick and the shoepeg to the railway car and 

 the ship. 



New York spends about $55,000,000 for wood every year and only 

 thirty-one per cent of this amount is paid for wood produced within the 

 borders of the state. With a vast area of from 12.000,000 to 14,000,000 

 acres out of a total of 33.000,000 acres better suited to forest crops than 

 to anything else it is claimed tliat the state will produce practically all 

 of the lumber and other forest lu-oducts needed when it practices forestry 

 on these forest lands. 



Surprising quantities of wood are being used in such unusual articles 

 as wooden shoes, wood fibre plaster, toys, novelties, spools, all sorts of 

 handles, etc. One of the attractive things brought out by the report is 

 that slabs and waste material formerly burned up or left to rot in the? 

 woods are being used in many effective ways such as making of toys 

 and other small articles and acid and other chemical products. 

 University of Wisconsin to Open Ranger Course 



The University of Wisconsin annonneis that a fnrcst ranger course has 

 been inaugurated beginning .January 5. 1914. The course will be under 

 the direction of A. M. Cook, formerly connected with the United States 

 Forest Service as supervisor of the .\rapahoe National Forest, Colorado. 



The faculty of the school will be Charles R. Van Heiss, president of 

 the university ; A. H. Russell, director of the department of agriculture : 



E. M. Grifflth. state forester; A. C. Burrill. fish and game; L. R. .Tones, in 

 charge of plant pathology ; Abby L. Marlatt, in charge of home economics ; 



F. M. White, in charge of agricultural engineering ; J. C. Saunders, in 

 charge of economic entomology and nursery inspection ; A. R. White, in 

 charge of soils ; F. G. Wilson, in charge of field surveying. 



The reason the university has established the course is for the purpose 

 of offering elementary courses in forestry, and also to give the course to 

 long and short term students in the study of woodlots, and especially in 

 the care of timber woodlots. 



A New Swage Shaper 



A new swage shaper for band. gang, and circular saws has recently 

 been put on the market. The engraving herewith shows an outline of 

 the shaper. and the new and important features are briefly described as 

 indicated by letters. 



The base (A) is made of the best machine steel and is so designed as 

 to furnish the greatest strength and durability, and is guaranteed not to 

 break. 



ric I 



The tooth gange holder i i;i straddles the saw and holds the tooth 

 stop exactly central over the swaged point. It is mounted on a cross 

 slide which penults the tooth stop to free itself from the stationary Jaw 

 as soon as the clamping screw is released, thus furnishing the same ad- 

 vantage as a right and left hand screw, and assures a uniform movement 

 of both dies against the tooth, and entirely overcoming the objectionable 

 features of the stationary jaw. 



The tooth gauge Is made in two parts. The upper part (H) lies flat 

 on the back of the swaged point and acts as an anvil; the lower part 

 (I) is a straight bar, the end of which may be filed or ground to meet 

 the size of swage die, and clear the extreme point and also gauge the 

 tooth from the root of the swaged portion, at the same time it prevents 

 the destruction of the swaged point In shaping. 



The tooth gauge can be instantly removed or replaced for inspection 

 and re-fitting by slightly loosening the set screw (W) and opening the 

 clamp screw a full turn, then the tooth gauge will drop out, between the 

 jaws on the under side of the shaper. It can be replaced in like manner. 



The clamping screw has a quick acting double thread and works on the 

 extreme end of shaping jaw. This furnishes the greatest power at the 

 required point and with the least friction. 



The back rest i .1 1 rests on two teeth and can be instantly adjusted 

 for either band or circular saw, and the shaper set at such an angle that 

 part (H) of tooth gauge fits the various angles of tooth points \ierfectly. 



The shaper is so balanced that the tooth stop comes in contact with 

 one tooth at a time only, which makes it very convenient to shape short 

 or damaged teeth. 



The shaping jaws 

 are fitted with a 

 double lever working 

 point, as shown at 

 (G) for the mainte- 

 nance of which a 

 grinding gig is fur- 

 nished with each 

 shaper. Figure 1 

 shows the front 

 view of a shaped 

 point and Figure 2 

 the back view. 



The extreme cut- 

 ting point has a 

 greatei' taper and 

 the intermediate sec- 

 tion has a lesser 

 taper at the angle 

 the shaper is adjust- 

 ed on the saw. The 

 swaged point is ta- 

 pered downward and 

 backward. leaving 

 the cutting edge the 

 wider. The extreme 

 point does the cut- 

 ting, while the inter- 

 mediate section clears the kerf for the tooth to follow, also giving a 

 stronger support for the cutting corner. It stiffens the point and pre- 

 pares the stock for resawing, which is otherwise wasted in grinding or 

 dressing the teeth to maintain the desired shape. 



This swage is known as the Pribnow swage shaper and E. C. .Vtkins 

 & Co., Inc., Indianapolis. Ind.. are sole sales agents. 



Two Thousand Trees to Trade 



The giant sequoias of California, commonly known as "Ijig trees." arc 

 now all fairly safe from the lumberman's ax except one grove which is 

 said to contain 2.000 large trees, some of them twenty feet in diameter. 

 These are privately owned, and the owner is converting them into lumber 

 and waste as fast as possible. A sawmill is at work' in their midst, and 

 unless measures of relief are prompt, there will be nothing to save. This 

 is the most southern of the groves of this species. 



The United States Forest Service has offered to trade an equal quantity 

 of sugar pine, white fir, yellow pine, and incense cedar for the sequoias, 

 and popular sentiment is exerting itself to Induce the owner to accept the 

 offer. The prospect is good that the trade will be made and the venerable 

 trees saved. They are no more valuable for lumber than are the pines 

 around them ; but their sentimental value is beyond measure. Some of the 

 trees of that grove already felled for lumber were from 2,000 to 3,000 

 years old ; and doubtless some of those remaining are of equal age. It is 

 earnestly to be wished that satisfactory arrangements will be made to set 

 them aside for the enjoyment of people for generations to come. 



A Band Cut-off Saw 

 The band cut-off machine, designed by Butterworth & Lowe of Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., is intended for cutting logs and timbers into short lengths 

 for shingles, staves, heading, tubs, pails, veneer and basket stock, wood 

 pulp and cord wood. Its chief advantages over the old style cut-offs are 

 that it does not require any special foundation, as is the cdse with the 

 stroke drag saw. It can be bolted down to an ordinary floor, or to a 

 boat or skids, if to be used in the woods. It can be driven with from 



PRIBNOW SWAGE SHAPER 



