January 10, 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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successful In defeating the attempt of the New Orleans I'uljlic Belt to in 

 crease switching charges from $7 to $7.50 per (lay. 



Had the L. & N. provide for the absorption of tollage. All lines now 

 absorb tollage on shipments passing over the City Front wharves at New 

 Orleans. 



Reduction in rates on rough material from .Memphis to Pine liluff, .\r 

 liansa.s. 



Reduction in rates on Handles, less carloads, from Memphis to Gulf ports. 



Reduction in rates on cross-ties between Vicksburg, Mississippi, and V. S. 

 & P. stations. 



Withdrawal of proposition to make htavy advances in rates on cooperage 

 between points in Southwestern territory. 



Reduction in rates on^ rough material frtim Memphis, Tennessee, to Wil- 

 son, Arkansas. 



Reduction in rates on logs from Xeshitt, Mississippi, to .Memphis. 



Substantial reduction in log rates to New Albany, Indiana. 



Reduction in car rental charge at Louisville jil.nn per car. 



Reduction in rates on Club Turned Spokes from Nashville to Ohio River 

 crossings and St. Louis. 



Reduction in rates from points on Ilie C & O. Railroad in Kentiuky to 

 South Bend, Indiana. 



Reduction in log rates between points on the C. & 0. Railroad in Ken- 

 tucky. 



Reduced rates on Log Loaders between points on the Y. & M. V. R. R. 



Reduced rates on lyog Loaders between points on the (Julf Coast Lines in 

 Louisiana. 



Plywood and Thin Lumber 



The Association is hamllin^' toinplaint before the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission on behalf of the National Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' 

 Association and the Plywood Association, and others, seeking to have the 

 commission carry out its findings in Docket S121. Reclassification of I^um- 

 ber and Lumber Products. If the commission decides this case favoraldy. 

 it will rebound to the interests of a number of our members. 



Claims 

 During the past year, the Association filed claims amounting to $2S5,- 

 155. 7G. We have collected, during the past year, for our memljers claims 

 amounting to $244, 522. -41. We have the most efficient claim department 

 of any tralfic organization anywhere. As you will recall, on January 1, 

 1921, we voted to handle the claims for 5 percent of the amount recovered, 

 with a minimum fee of 50 cents per rhiim, when members signed a contract 

 agreeing to deliver to the Associaticm all claims' which they might have 

 for collection against the carriers, as well as the auditing of their expense 

 bills. "Where contract is not made, members' claims will be handled on 

 basis of 20 percent of the amount recovered on claims for $50 and less, 

 and 10 percent on all claims collected over $50. The reason for this action 

 was due to the fact that a number of our meml)ers sent us only the most 

 difficult claims to collect, but I am pleased to announce that we now han- 

 dle claims for the majority of our members and everyone of them advise 

 that they find it more economical to allow the Association to handle claims 

 for their account than to undertake to collect them themselves. 



New Members 

 During the past year eighty-one members have joined tile Association, as 

 compared with 104 the previous j'ear. We have lost 46 members during 

 the past year due to liquidations, consolidations, etc. However, during the 

 previous year, we lost 34 members, so considering the abnormal conditions 

 which have confronted us during the past year, I feel that we liave really 

 made substantial progress. 



American Overseas Forwarding Company 



I desire to call to the members' attention the servi<t's rendered liy the 

 American Overseas Forwarding Company. This company has made rapid 

 growth during the past year and is now handling the bookings for the most 

 important exporters in the country. It is bound to become the leading 

 forwarding company for the handling of your export business. You should 

 not export without consulting this company. 



Recommendations 

 I have one important recommendation, that the Association establish a 

 Transit Department to handle the transit claiips of its members. So many 

 meml)ers do not have the technical experts to keep their tonnage records 

 and I find that large sums of money have been lost which, if handled by an 

 expert, could have been saved. 



Bate Quotations 



In these times of intricate and complicated tariffs, the probabilities are 

 that one of our greatest direct services to the members (hiring the past year 

 was rate quotations. There are fifty-eight members of the Cincinnati 

 olfice. This is the only ofiice that keeps a record of the rates quoted. Frojii 

 January 1, 1921, to December 1, 1921, they quoted 14,429 rates. On this 

 basis, it would equal about 10,000 rates per month to our 500 odd members, 

 or 120,000 rates per year. 



Conclusion 



L>(iring the past year we have greatly strengthened our organization — 

 have employed Frank Carnahan, at Washington, as eastern manager. 

 Mr. Carnahan, before becoming associated with this Association, was traf- 

 fic secretary for the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association and is 



thoroughly familiar with and capable of expediting the many matters that 

 we handle through the commission and governmental departments at Wash- 

 ington. 



Few of you realize how large this Association has grown. We have 

 forty loyal, efficient, aggressive, hard-hitting employees who are willing, 

 anxious and capable of serving you in all traffic and transportation mat- 

 ters. It is gratifying to call on the various district members of this organ- 

 ization. For instance, if you call on a Cincinnati member, he will tell you 

 that Theo. Davis, district manager at Cincinnati, is the most capable 

 and able man we could liavi> obtained for that place. If I would call on 

 Graham Rrown or Mr. McLean at Louisville, they will tell me that 

 Jess Thompson, district manager at Ix)uisville, has no superior in the traf- 

 fic field. The same is true it I call on Lucas E. Moore or Mr. Sherrill, 

 or anyone else in the New Orleans district. They will tell me that George 

 Schaad, Jr., district manager, who succeeded Mr. Bowen, is a wizard and 

 a real "go get "em" man. 



During the past year it has been necessary tor your secretary to travel 

 almost continuously. Tliis would have been impossible without the aid of 

 your valuable as.sistani secretary, Mr. New. He has met every emergency 

 and merits your utmost confidence. 



This has truly been a year of adversities and shoestring operation. I 

 have known this year, as never before, what it means to meet a large pay- 

 roll without funds with which to meet it ; and I want to thank Elliott 

 Lang, your treasurer, for the wise counsel and advice he has tendered mc. 



I wish to take this occasion to express my appreciation of the advice 

 and wise counsel of, and the hard work done by, your president, S. M. 

 Nickey. He has spent an hour or more each day at the offices of the asso- 

 ciation and he has likewise given a great deal of his time and money in 

 traveling for this organization and in looking after its interests generally. 

 His services have been invaluable. 



I also wish to thank the other officers of the Association and the board 

 of directors for the services they have rendered and the support they have 

 given me at all. times. 



Resi)ectfully submitted, 



(Signed) J. II. TOWNSHF.ND. 



Washington Man Invents Portable Drag Saw 



A motor-operated saw for felling trees rind sawing tinitier logs 

 has been invented l).v Stephen Jacy of 'Vancouver, Wash. The 

 device is mounted on low trucks and can be readily moved about to 

 the point of operation. The sawing is performed by a reciproeai- 

 ing saw which is powcr-drivon, and the machine is held to its worK 

 by pointed anchoring arms pivoted to the axles and frame of tho 

 machine. The points of these arms engage in the tree or piece ot 

 lumber to bo sawed, thus holding the apparatus firmly in position 

 while tlie sawing is in progress. The operating means for the s:iw 

 is a pair of spaced rings attached at one side between which a disk 

 is rotatably mounted. This disk carries the frame which supports 

 the saw blade for its rcciprocatory movement. It permits the 

 carrying frame and saw blade to be rotated about the axis of the 

 ring to adjust the position of the saw for sawing cither vertically 

 or horizontally relative to the frame of the machine, depending on 

 whether the work to be performed is to fell trees or to saw logs 

 or crosscut timbers. Bevel gears, one of which is connected to 

 the motor or engine and the other to the saw carrying cross liend, 

 which are always in nicsli during the adjustment of the saw blades, 

 are provided. This structure eliminates adjustment of the operat- 

 ing arms of the saw. During the reciprocation of the saw blade it 

 is moved in an oscillatory manner, thus permitting the thoroUL;li 

 cleaning of the kerf and imparting substantially the same move 

 mcnt to the saw blade as is given it when manually operated. 



Company Loses $75,000 by Fire 



The Kirby Wood I.TMnber Company, of .Muncie, Ind., recently suffered 

 a loss of $75,000 from a lire which destroyed shells, lumber and Iwo 

 motor trucks of their company. Most of tlie destroyed stock was hard- 

 wood lumber. The damace is covered by insurance. 



According to Charles A. Wood, president of the lunilier c(tnipanv. as 

 soon as the insurance companies have adjusted the loss the yards will be 

 rebuilt. 



Atlantic Company Moves Offices 

 The Alianlic Luml>er Company, one of the largest hardwoods producers 

 and distributors in the East, a few days ago removed its Boston offices from 

 the quarters in the Mason building it occupied so many years to new quar- 

 ters at No. 19 Milk street. Here it Is now lodged in very attractive, 

 effective and spacious quarters that include the whole fifth floor ot the 

 building. 



