June 25, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Presents Mahogany Trophy 



Tlio Otis Manul'acturliij; rmnijany. iiiiijurtfr and manufacturer of 

 mahogany, New Orleans, La., has sent Uaudwoud Record a photograph 

 of a trophy recently presented to the Southern Yacht Club of New 

 Orleans as a prize for' a certain race. 



The cup is made of solid mahogany, trimmed with silver, and is a prac- 

 tical demonstration of one instance in which wood can be used instead of 

 metal, making a prettier and more attractive article. 



The cup, of course, was presented outright by the Otis Manufacturing 

 Company, but the suggestion opens up the possibility of increasing interest 

 in wood. It would hardly be feasible to advocate endeavoring to work up 

 a market for mahogany articles of this character, but, on the other hand, 

 in presenting such trophies to schools, clubs and other institutions, wood 

 is given just so much advertising of the most elTectivo character possible. 



It Is in utilizing these little opportunities for boosting the interest of 

 articles made of wood that will effect one of the most productive methods 

 of wood exploitation that is presented. 



MAHOGANY TROPHY CUP 



Chicago Ships Artificial Limbs 



The shipment in one day from Chicago of one hundred artifleial limbs 

 for London is a record breaker in this business. . That shipment was 

 made June 22 by J. F. Bowley Company. It is commonly understood 

 that limbs are made of cork, but the use of that name Is misleading. 

 Statistics do not show that one ounce of cork enters the artificial limb 

 industry in the United States. White willow is used almost exclusively. 

 This tree is not native of thjs country, but has been largely planted as a 

 shade or ornamental tree in towns and along highways. A few months 

 ago a number of white willows were cut in Chicago, on the south side. 

 and sold to a manufacturer of artificial limbs. It is not improbable that 

 some of this wood was included in the London shipment mentioned above. 



Complaint Against Log Rates 

 Complaint has been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by 

 the Union City Hoop and Lumber Co., Union City, Ohio, in which an 

 attack is made on the freight rate charged on logs shipped over the 

 Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad from Fountaintown. Ind., to 

 Union City, xne charge is eight cents per 100 pounds, and the claim 

 is made that the tariff sliould not exceed five cents. 



Large Order for Shell Boxes 



The box makers across the line in Canada are filling an order for 

 600,000 boxes a month for shipping shells for the allied armies in 

 Europe. Each box will contain two shells of large size, which means 

 shipping containers tor 1,200.000 shells a month. It is not stated how 

 long the work will continue at that rate. The boxes are of spruce, birch, 

 and pine, and they are made of extra strength. 



Chance to Increase Lumber Sales 



Consul I>. I. -Murphy, reporting on trade prospects in Holland, says 

 that American lumber is a favorite product that could be more largely 

 introduced by the selection of a few more active agents, there being 

 but six at present. Imports of lumber in 1913 were 436,631 metric tons 

 and in 1914 but 257,174 tons, the falling off commencing after August. 

 Oak and pitch pine are more largely used than any other kind. 



Lumber has been depressed since the beginning of August. As the 

 belligerent countries, which have largely been supplying these products, 

 will be unable to supply the future demand, the opportunity is at hand 

 for a considerable extension of American trade. 



Chestnut Wood for Tanning 



.■\ large extract plant is under construction at Richwood, W. Va., which 

 will use the chestnut timber on 200,000 acres of land in manufacturing 

 ooze to be used in tanning leather. This is in the heart of the chestnut 

 region and 200 men will be given employment in the factory. The wood 

 is chipped small and the tannin is soaked out of it and barreled ready 

 for use. Dead timber as well as green is suitable, and farmers find sale 

 for the dry trees and logs In their fields. The chestnut blight has not 

 yet made its appearance to any considerable extent in that region. 



Rate Not Justified 



The Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled, in an unreported 

 opinion, that the proposed cancellation of rates on logs in carloads from 

 Stuttgart, .\Tk., and other points in the same vicinity to Memphis, Tenn., 

 lias not been Justified by the Rock island railroad. The cancellation 

 would make applicable to shipments of logs the carload rate on lumber, 

 which Is 11 cents a hundred pounds. The present rates on logs range 

 from 4i<. to cents. 



Insurance Risks Helped by Forest Service 

 Insurance companies are writing business for the first time in Chal- 

 lenge, Cal. Challenge is a small town in the Tahoe National Forest. 

 The trees border the town closely on all sides. Due to the danger from 

 forest tires. Insurance companies heretofore have refused to underwrite 

 business there. During recent months the Forest Service has equipped 

 this forest with the precautionary provisions that are being taken in all 

 the forests. In view of these safeguards the fire insurance companies 

 have decided to accept the risks offered at Challenge. 



News from Africa 

 A New York trade paper recently published in the form of a letter 

 dated at a town in .\frica an interesting account of .Vfrican mahogany 

 timber in the native forests. The correctness of the entertaining story 

 can be vouched for. because it was taken, word for word, from Hardwood 

 Record, except that the town and date line were added to give it a 

 foreign appearance. 



Elephants Break Telegraph Poles 



The British are trying to civilize and develop the great island of 

 Borneo, but the efforts to maintain telegraphic communication between 

 different parts is handicapped by the wild elephants that have learned 

 that a telegraph pole is an excellent scratching post. The lines are 

 out of commission a third of the time because elephants break the poles 

 by rubbing against them. 



A Rather Large Auger 



Two inventors at New Orleans, George and Ambrose Moore, have in- 

 vented an auger large enough to bore a tree stump down to the ground 

 and several inches below the level in a few minutes, according to claims 

 made for it. The machine's principal usefulness is predicted in clearing 

 cut-over land. Trials indicate that the cost of the operation may be 

 reduced eighty per cent below that of present methods. 



Hardwood Tract Bought 



It is reported from Frankliu. N. C. that the Gennett Lumber Company 

 of that place recently purchased a five thousand acre tract of fine hard- 

 wood timber from the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Columbus. O. 

 This tract constitutes practically the entire holdings of the Ritter com- 

 pany in Macon county. This timber is located in the heart of the Nata- 

 hala mountains and is of exceptionally large and sound growth. 



The Parts in a Piano 



.\ll pianos do not contain the same number of parts, but the simplest 

 instrument has more pieces than the uninformed person would be apt 

 to guess. These pieces are of wood, metal, felt, ivory, rubber, and many 

 other materials, and only an expert can name them all and tell what 

 office they fill in the instrument's mechanism. At a recent exposition In 

 Chicago a piano was offered as a prize for the nearest guess to the 

 number of parts. The guess that won was 9,893, which was thirteen too 

 low, but there being none nearer, it drew the prize. 



