March :.'.-i. llllS 



HARDWOOD RECOKU 



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Russe & Burgess, Inc., Memphis 



high development in the fertile soils lying in many parts of the 

 Memphis region, and the climate gives lopg seasons of growth, 

 which are essential if perfect wood is to be produced. Ash, cotton- 

 wood, tupelo and cypress abound in largo amounts and produce 

 lumber of the highest grade. 



Having picked the center of the best hardwood region for their 

 operation, the company not only provided for the present but looked 

 to the future in building their plant to take care of the manufactur- 

 ing end of their business. The mill and the facilities for seasoning, 

 storing and shipping are up to date in all particulars. The McDon- 

 ough band mill, which forms part of the equipment, is thirteen 

 inches by eight feet; the shotgun feed is one by thirty-eight feet 

 with six-inch Allis valves; a Hill steam nigger eight by ten inches 

 by six feet; a five-saw jumbo edger; a McDonough overhead trimmer 

 of thirty inches wth nine saws; one eleven-saw forty-inch slasher; 

 a ten-inch by seven feet Mershon resaw of the latest improved 

 pattern, driven by a motor that develops 350 horsepower. 



The main engine is of 450 horsepower and is capable of develops 

 ing 500. The source of the power which drives the mill is in four 

 boilers, six by twenty feet each, which develop about 700 horse- 

 power in the aggregate. That gives a good working margin over 

 and above the requirements of the engines. The boilers are auto- 

 matically fed. A four-foot Mitts & Merrill hog grinds the fuel and 

 prepares it for the furnaces, where it is speedily converted into 

 working power. The whole equipment is first class, scientificallj' 

 planned and correctly built; and an average day's work of ten 

 hours produces from 75,000 to 80,000 feet of excellent hardwood lum- 

 ber, which can hold its own in any market. 



As is well known, the southern hardwoods available in largest 

 quantities are oak, ash and gum, but many others of great value are 

 dispersed throughout the region or occur in certain localities. Both 

 white and red oaks abound, there being several species of each 

 that reach the markets as lumber. There is alwaj's room for choice 

 by buyers who prefer particular kinds. It is the center of the 

 range of gum, and this wood 's highest development is in regions 

 contiguous to Memphis. Red gum is profoundly influenced by the 

 character of the soil that produces it, and it so happens that a 



large area tributary to Memphis has soil exactly suited to the 

 requirements of this tree, and the lumber output is surpassed by 

 no gum that grows elsewhere. There is timber of several other 

 kinds, including eottonwood, willow, elm, IToech, tupelo, hackberry, 

 not to mention cypress and other softwoods which are produced on 

 l)0th sides of the Mississippi river. Railroad facilities are such that 

 the timber resources of a wide territory find their natural outlet at 

 Memphis, and the supply will be ample for many years to come, and 

 there is no occasion to feel concern in regard to the transportation 

 facilities. 



SOKTINC SIlEIiS 



A "SEA" OF FIXE HARDWOOD LOGS 



SHEDS STACKED WITH THIN GDM OF Wlliril THIS COMPANt IS A LEADING MANDFACTDREB 



