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HARDWOOD RECORD 



.Tilly 10, 1917 



up the record o£ loading as near as possible to capacity. It is significant 

 tiiat tlie W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company lieaded tlie list on tlie last 

 report : its average for tlie week reported on sliowed that it actually loaded 

 all shipments to eighty-seven per cent of the possible capacity of the cars 

 sent out from its mills. Mr. Townshend says that the nearest practicable 

 approach to an absolute maximum of loading is about ninety per cent of 

 marked capacity of the cars. 



Chance of Moving Delayed Export Lumber 



Sjnce the issuance of the British prohiUitiou order of March 25, 1916, 

 which excluded from the United Kingdom all stocks of American woods 

 except those for which licenses were issued, fifty or more cars of lumber 

 have accumulated at different .Atlantic ports. Some of these shipments 

 were actually loaded prior to March 2.5, 191C, while others were loaded 

 after that date. Some were shipped on through bills of lading, and others 

 went forward on local bills of lading "for export." All have been held 

 ever since, accumulating demurrage, and the railroads have been urging 

 the receivers to make disposition of the shipments, while the shippers 

 have seen no way of placing these stocks which were manufactured 

 especially for the foreign trade and cannot well be used in the domestic 

 business because of the difference in the requirements. The Bureau of 

 Foreign and Domestic Commerce and the State Department at Washing- 

 ton have been appealed to in the hope that either could exert enough 

 influence to have the British government admit the shipments, and much 

 correspondence has passed between the National Lumber Exporters' As- 

 sociation and Frank Tiffany, the representaHve of that organization in 

 London, but all to no avail thus far, the British authorities having steadily 

 held out against giving permits for the admission of the shipments. 

 Now there is a prospect that these shipments may be allowed to go for- 

 ward provided certain requirements are complied with. Harvey M. Dick- 

 son, secretary of the National Lumber Exporters' Association, is in receipt 

 of a letter under date of June 0, 191", which encourages the expectation 

 that relief may be afforded the shippers of the stocks in question. The 

 letter reads as follows : 



I understand that our various shippers have fifty or more cars of lumber 

 lield up bv the British order of prohibition of March 2.'>, 1916. Personally 

 I think there is a chance of getting permission for these goods to be 

 shipped, but we would have to prove to the controller that they were 

 absolutely shipped against contract, and the shipper would have to pro- 

 duce the original contract with the buyer, also the paid inland freight 



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bill, if this is possible, as well as the inland bill of lading, together with 

 copies of invoices ; in other words, full data showing the date goods left 

 interior shipping points and, if possible, the date they arrived at seaboard. 

 It all of this information for each carload is sent to Mr. Tiffany, I believe 

 Mr Tiffany would have a chance of getting special permits for these 

 goods. It is at least worth trying, but there is absolutely no use proceed- 

 ing in the matter unless the original documents outlined above are for- 

 warded, so they can be shown the controller, as a letter from the shippers 

 is absolutely lio use. If any of the goods at seaboard are not against 

 contract, and were intended as consignments, I do not believe a permit 

 could be secured. 



Mr. Dickson has asked members of the association who have such ship- 

 ments that were held up to send on the documents required in order that 

 the needed permission may be obtained. He is ready to do all he can 

 to expedite matters and to give the shippers in question all the aid he can. 



Saw Dust Facts 



W. B. Mershon & Co., Saginaw. Mich., has .lust issued a little booklet 

 which gives a store of valuable information on band resaws. Of course 

 the Mershon band resaws are dealt with in particular, but the book is a 

 regular workman's handbook on the proper use of the band resaw in the 

 woodworking factory. 



A Saw Record 



A remarkable illustration of the care in manufacture and selection of 

 raw materials going into band saw manufacture was given in an experience 

 of the Wilderness Lumber Company at 

 Nalen, W. Va., recently. E. C. Atkins & 

 Co., Inc., Indianapolis. Ind., have been 

 furnishing this firm with saws and are 

 naturally pleased that their equipment 

 has shown up so well. 



The illustration shows a Knight dog 

 used at the Wilderness plant. Its lac- 

 erated condition can be plainly noted, 

 the damage having been done when it 

 came in contact with the Atkins band 

 saw. Incidentally the saw, according to 

 the statement of W. T. llensley, filer, and 

 John Eldridge, sawyer, was not damaged 

 to any appreciable extent, and in fact it 

 was not removed from the wheel but 

 merely pointed up until the work was 

 completed. 



A Hobo That Must Be Downed 



The a<-<-ompanying illustration shows 

 the trunk of an old jobo (pronounced 

 hobo) tree iSpoiifliax Ititt'it) growing in a 

 Costa Hican town. It has the appear- 

 ance of a tree that has been exposed for 

 many years to peculiar sources of injury 

 which disturbed Its natural (unctions. 

 Tet, with all these unfavorable luflu- 

 ences, the tree thrives and grows very 

 rapidly. Illustrating that the ubiquitous 

 jobo possesses a greater tenacity to life 

 than any other tree in the tropics. It is 

 equipped for healing its wounds completely in a surprisingly short time. 

 Even old, knarled, and otherwise defective trees of this species survive the 

 severest shocks that may befall them or be inflicted upon them by nma or 

 nature. So remarkable Is this power of healing that stumps from two to 

 three feet in diameter have been observed to heal over completely in the 

 course of a few years. The picture shows that the exposed surface of a 

 large branch removed by means of an ax two years prior to the time this 

 photograph was taken, is now entirely healed i>ver forming what appears 

 to be a protective cap closely fitting over the stub end of the branch that 

 was cut away. 



Reports on Locust Timber 



Word comes from West Virginia that the war department at Washington 

 has instigated an investigation to determine the amount of available locust 

 timber in West Virginia. The report has been completed and forwarded 

 to the government. This timber is used for the manufacture of tree 

 nails for joining the wooden timbers used in the construction of wooden 

 vessels. 



Accidents on the Increase 



The Wisconsin* Industrial Commission has entered ujion an extensive 

 campaign to check the alarming Increase in industrial accidents In Wis- 

 consin. Up to date there have been thirty per cent more accidents In 

 Wisconsin this year tb;ii] during the corresponding mouths of 1916. 



Beech for Bentwood 



In England the stress of circumstances has compelled a search for woods 

 other than ash for bending purposes, and they are turning to beech. They 

 are making rims for motor wheels of it, with satisfactory results'. Beech 

 has the advantage of being hard and strong, and it is not easily softened by 

 water. When millwrfghts had umlerwater bearings and gudgeons to make, 

 they used to nuike them <d' beech, because it resists softening by water 

 nearly as well as llgnum-vlta>. It may be expected, therefore, that beech 

 motor rims will give good service if the bending and finishing are properly 

 done. 



