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The Mail Bag 



Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD desiring to communicate 

 with any of the Inquirers listed in this section can have the ad- 

 dresses on written request to the Mall Bag Department, HARD- 

 WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referring 

 to the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- 

 addressed stamped envolepe. 



B 690 — Has Cherry to Offer 



(ininil Hapids. Mich.. Mar. i:j. — Kdilor II.vuiiwikpd Ukcord : Can you 

 refer us to anyono who Uf^os 4. 4 No. '2 common cherry V We believe that 

 thi.s isind of wood is used quite a flood deal for the wooden portion of 

 engraving cuts and uorlt of that class. 



.\py In'.ormatlon you can give us on this point will be very acceptable. 



Tlie above concern has betn referre<l(.to a concern which uses a 

 large quantity of cherry for the purpose mentioneil, manufacturing 

 it up into blocks 12x2-1" in size. Any consumer looking for a source 

 of supply for this material may have the aililress ui>on applica- 

 tion. — Editor. 



B 691 — ^Process for Felling Trees 



East nttsburgh. Pa.. Mar. 9. — Editor H.vruwood Reciiico : Within the 

 last two years we recall having seen in one of the lumber trade papers, 

 a method of felling trees in Germany, which was a process accomplished 

 by friction wire. If you are familiar with the process, we would be 

 pleased to have you advise the date of the issue of your publication 

 showing tht: same. • 



This party has been advised that there have been sundry news- 

 paper paragraphs printed during several years covering the alleged 

 system of felling trees in Germany by the employment of a friction 

 wire, but that as far as we know this process has never been worked 

 out to a satisfactory commercial conclusion. It is certain this 

 equipment has never been offered for sale. — Editor. 



B 692 — ^Wants Gum Veneer 



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rtica. .\. v.. Mar. ]:'..— Editor n.»i:Dw 

 Vfc us the names of manufacturers vt •;, 



m> : Will you please 

 hardwood veneer? 



t.r IlAitiiwi.r.ii l!i:ri.i!i>: Will y.iu kindly 

 for s;iwing-off logs, and if yuu know of .-i 



The names of producers of veneers as sought have been given 

 our correspondent. Anyone wishing his address can have it by 

 writing this office. — Editoe. 



B 693 — In Market for Drag Saw 



Iianvilie. Ky. Mar. 11. 

 advise us who make drag 

 band drag saw ? ■ 



Drag saws are manufactured by nearly all the sawmill machinery 

 makers. There is no such thing as a "band" drag saw. On.- 

 Kentucky inquirer has been referred to a concern manufacturing a 

 band log cut-off saw. — Editor. 



B 694 — Wants Soft White Pine 



butler. Ind., Feb. 23. — Editor ilAiitiwouu Kkcchih : We would be glad 

 if you would lell us where we can get a list of the mills selling soft 

 white pine. ■ 



Although pine is entirely out of our field, a list of manufacturers 

 of white pine has been supplied the above. — Editor. 

 B 695 — Looking for Timberlands 



Itichmond. Ind.. Mar. II. — Kdilor II viidwimio Kkicird: We are looking 

 for a list of land timber and sawmill owners In the cities of Arkansas, 

 Kentuck.v. Michigan, Minnesota, Mls.<issippi, I'cnnsylvanla. Tennessee, 

 West Virginia and Wisconsin, and If you have anything of this sort to 

 offer, would appreciate receiving a proposition from you at the earliest 

 possible moment. What we are trying to do Is to get at the owner of 

 rough timber In order that we might buy It direct instead of through 

 wholesalers and jobbers. 



\\e would bo interested to know If your lists would Include in addition 

 to tl.e full name and address, the different kinds of lumber cut. 



This inquiry is from a piano manufacturer who has been advised 

 that such a list as requested could be maile up from our card index 

 system of lumber manufacturers in the territory named, involving 

 several thousand stumpage owners and lumber manufacturers. It 

 would, however, hardly be necessary to attach to this list the kinds 



of lumber produced by these concerns, as anyone familiar with the 

 territory in question would know very closely the variety of lumber 

 each concern produces. 



Timber owners desiring to communicate with this prospective pur- 

 chaser will be supplied with the address by writing Hardwood 

 Record. — Editor. 



B 696 — Seeks Five-Ply Table Tops 

 Ovid, .Mich.. .Mar. IL'. — Editor II.miuwood Kkchro: We would very 



much upiireclate It If you could furnlslj us with a list of manufacturers 



of live-ply vene<'i table tojis. . 



This has been done. Producers of five-ply stock as noted looking 



for a market for same will be sent the address of the inquirer upon 



application. — Editor. 



B 697 — Has Birch for Spools 

 (lien Haven. Mich.. Mar. IL'.-Editor II.muiwood IlECORD : In your 

 Issue Doc. 2T}, I'.Ho, there was a very interesting and excellent article 

 on the spool Industry. I am interested in Information along this line. 

 My private forest on Glen Lake ha.? a large amount of white birch tim- 

 ber and I have always contemplated utilizing the same along the manu- 

 facture of spools, and I would like any information I could receive as 

 to where they are manufactured in this country, and how much of a 

 proposition It is to start the same, or if it could be done in a small 

 way successfully. 



I know that such manufacture is generally done on a large line and 

 by combinations, but before entering into it 1 would like more informa- 

 tion on the subject than I have ever been able to obtain. I thought you 

 might be able to give me some or start me where I could learn It. 



It might be that it there Is any manufacturing point which I could 

 reach by water. I mi^bt dispose of the bolts, but of course I would pre- 

 fer to manufacture, and I believe I have enough of it to organize in a 

 small way along these lines. Any information you could give me that 

 would be a benefit, I would appreciate. • 



Small spools are made almost wholly of paper birch, which is the 

 same as the white birch of Michigan. The center of the industry 

 in thi." country is in New England, principally in Maine and Xew 

 Hampshice. The Forest Service, Washington, D. C, has published 

 a circular which gives much information on the spool industry, par- 

 ticularly in regard to cutting, seasoning and working the wood, and 

 also something about the markets. This is "Circular le.'?. Paper 

 Birch in the Northeast, by S. T. Dana." You can probably procure 

 it by writing to the Forest Service. * 



There seems to be no manufacturing of spools in Michigan, but 

 some are made in the state of New York. 



No reason is known why the paper birch of Michigan will not 

 work into spools as readily as that of New England. The hardest 

 )<art of the operation is to prevent the wood from sapstaining after 

 it is cut and before it can be properly seasoned. In New England 

 most of the cutting is done in winter, during freezing weather. 

 There is much waste in large timber, because the heartwood is not 

 used for spools and is usually thrown away. 



Our correspondent has been further advise<l that spool operations 

 need not necessarily be on a large scale. A number of small mills in 

 New England seem to be doing as well proportionately as the large 

 ones. A spool machine turns out about a spool a second, and each 

 machine is a separate unit, and may be added as needed. — Editor. 



B 698 — Spanish Elm (?) 



rhlladeli)liia. I'a., Mar. 1.1. — Editor lI.VRDWuui) Rkcord : Will yon 

 please give us the nair.es of a few firms that use Spanish elm, wholesale 

 or retail, and oblige' ■ 



Hardwood Record is absolutely unfamiliar with any wood of that 

 name. It may be that the inquirer refers to Santo Domingo rose- 

 wood. — Editor. 



B 699 — What Is Gray Fir? 



rhiladelphla. I'a., .Mar. 10.— Editor U.vrdwix'D ItECORD : In looking 

 over "Araerican Forest Trees," we see no mention made of gray flr. We 

 understand that gray fir and western hemlock are the same wood. W« 

 mean such a wood as comes under the name of western hemlock and 

 grn.v fir. 



Kindly give us any leference to this and oblige. . 



Hardwood Record can find no reference to "gray flr" in any 

 authorities on commercial woods of the United States. It may be 

 that this inquirer !•* correct in his guess that "gray fir" is western 



