June 25, ]9ir,. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



27 



Chattanooga Shippers Victorious 



IiL'VoloiJmcnts iicnaiiuuK lo the Tcnncssco i-iv<'i-, ou which Chattiinoosii 

 IS located, parlu uhirly .i n.,cnl decision of the Interstate ConinKTce Com- 

 mission wiiieh i-ecegnlzerl Chattanooga .-is a livei- point and provides that 

 Chattanooga shall reccii-e treatment as such at the hands of the railroad, 

 |)romlse marked developments tor that point in the future. This city 

 has been subject to freight rates which imposed on ChaltanooKa, in com- 

 petition with other important points, a serious handicap, which has been 

 removed contingent on operation of packets or other adequate river service 

 on the Tennessee and Ohio rivers, Ijctween Chattanoojia and Ohio river 

 points, .•\rrausenients are Ijeiuc; made for sucii service b.y the Chatta- 

 noopra Packet (\i:upauy. 



This company was orsaulzed in I'Mir, and since then lias operated boats 

 on the Tennessee river to the Ohio river with the exce[,tion of the last 

 three years when the rIveV was closed ou account of dam work forty miles 

 below Chattanoosa. The completion of this work has given a minimum 

 depth of ten feet where b.'fore it was a scant two feet. 



The decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, in what is known 

 ns Case "■Jll, Chattanooga I'acket Company v.s. Illinois Central, Chicago & 

 Eastern Illinois and Itcck Island Itallriiads, was won as a result of co- 

 operative efforts. 



In its decision the Commission said the defendants arc retjuired to 

 apply the same rates to traffic between Chattanooga and points north of 

 the Ohio river routed via Brookport, Metropolis and .loppa and com- 

 plainant's boat line as they contemporaneously apply on traffic routed via 

 their southern rail connections. Defendants are permitted to make a rea- 

 sonable charge to cover the additional e.tpense. If any, of interchange with 

 boat lines over and above the cost of interchange with rail carriers. It is 

 estimated that the ruling will affect a saving of appro.\lniately ;::! per cent 

 In freight charges over the all rail rates. 



Carl J. Maural Becomes Dry Kiln Expert for New England 

 Westinghouse Company Interests 



Carl .1. .Maui-ai, in charge of tlie dry kiln department of the A. H. 



Andrews Company, Chi- 

 cago, has been ajipointed 

 siiecial consulting engi- 

 neer for the Xew Kng- 

 land-Westlngbouse Com- 

 pany. l(i.j Broadway, 

 Xew York, and will be 

 consulted In all matters 

 pertaining to the dry- 

 ing of .lumber. Mr. 

 Maural is exceptionally 

 well (pialified to give 

 expert advice on mat- 

 ters of this sort and 

 will unquestionably 

 prove of value to the 

 Westinghouse interests. 

 The A. H. Andrew 

 C m p a n y has been 

 awarded the contract 

 for a large battery of 

 lumber kilns with all 

 accessory equipment of 

 Improved Maural type. 

 These kilns will be in- 

 stalled at the East 

 Springfield. Mass., plant 

 of the Westinghouse 

 c m p a n y in the very 

 JIAIKAL. near future. 



Pertinent Information 



Philippine Market for American Lumber 



The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce has issued a short 

 monograph on ■■Pbilippiue Markets tor American Lumber," by commercial 

 agent Franklin II. i^mitu, who is investigating the lumber trade in the 

 Far East. The Philippine market, so far as imports are concerned, is 

 dominated by American lumber. The Islands provided a market for more 

 than $500,000 worth of forest products in the twelve months ended June 

 ■*iO, 1014, and practica,lly the entire quantity represented by these figures 

 was shipped from the Douglas fir mills of Washington and Oregon and the 

 redwood mills of California. 



Mr. Smith found, however, a sharp competition by native woods, and it 

 is his opinion that this will inevitably become keener. Each succeeding 

 year, be thinks, will witness an increasing cut of Philippine woods. The 

 conclusion reached is that the prospective demand for .Vmerican lumber in 

 the Philippines is not particularly encouraging. 



This publication may be obtained for 5 cents from the Superintendent 

 of Documents, Wasbingtiui. D. C. It is Special Agents Series No. 100, 



Railroads Becoming More Active 



The railroads are showing a dispo.sition to increase their equipment 

 and to do a great deal more work at their shops. Only recently the 

 Illinois Central has greatly increased the number of men employed at its 

 shops at Paducah, Ky., and has likewise increased the number of hours. 

 The St. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern has put 1,500 men to work 

 in its plant at Argenta, a suburb of Little liock. within the past two or 

 three days. The Southern Railway has also largely Increased the num- 

 ber of men emplo.ved at its shops at Knoxville. Tcnn. The St. Louis 

 Southwestern a short time ago started up its machinery at its sliops at 

 Pine Bluff and there is hardly a railroad system operating in the South 

 and Southwest which is not making preparations for a larger volume of 

 traffic which is expected to follow the movement of cotton and other 

 crops this fall and winter. In this connection it may be noted that the 

 Uock Island .system is taking the necessary steps to secure a court order 

 which will make possible the purchase of between three and four 

 million dollars' worth of equipment. The Illinois Central and several 

 other lines operating through the Mississippi vallcv have placed sub- 

 stantial orders for cars and other rolling stock within the past tew 

 weeks and there is every indication that the railroads are becoming 

 customers of the lumbermen to an increasing extent. In tact, advices 

 from Chicago within the past few days have suggested the placlnV of 

 large orders for pine lumber and timber on the part of railroads operat- 

 ing in the West and Northwest. The absence of the railroads as active 

 buyers of lumber and timber during the past two years or more has been 

 a decidedly adverse factor in the lumber market and the disposition on 

 their part to return is regarded as a distinctly favorable development. 



A Guide to a Business Education 



Many a business man lias been cnfr.aifil will, soni.. .piestion on which 

 he wants advice without being able to |.ut his hand on the proper source 

 ot information that he seeks. There are books on any and all subjects 

 that would interest the business man and to know exactly where thev can 

 1)0 found would bo valuable to almost anybody. 



L. V. Grammes & Son of Allentown, Pa., have for the purpose ot educat- 

 ing their employes gathered together at a great e.xpenditure of time and 

 money, and through the services ot an expert in this direction, a library 

 of all the volumes uecessary to make a complete listing. In order that 

 others might be able to secure the information the company has gotten 

 together a catalogue or guide entitled "Guide to a Business Education." 

 The book is nicely and substantially prepared and in order that the cost 

 may be covered it is offered to those interested for a modest sum. 



Western Laurel Used for Furniture 



In the reception hall of the California building at the Panama-Pacific 

 International Exposition at .San Francisco there are exhibited several 

 beautiful pieces of furniture made from California laurel, these having 

 been presented by Mrs. Phoebe .\. Hearst. 



The California laurel while not commensurate in importance with the 

 better known hardwoods is a really beautiful wood for cabinet and 

 similar purposes. It was formerly used to a considerable extent for 

 furniture, billiard tables and cafe fixtures, but for a number of years 

 lias been displaced by mahogany and oak. 



The pieces which excite most attention are four serving tables and 

 settees which surround the large table in the center. The center piece 

 is twelve feet square and the whole set is done in antique finish. 



Norway Pine in the Lake States 



-■V bulletin written by Theodore S. Woolsey, and recently published by 

 the Forest Service as bulletin 139, deals with the growth and manufacture 

 of Norway pine. The chief production of lumber from this tree is found in 

 the Lake States, though Norway pine ranges from eastern Canada west to 

 Manitoba, and southward into the northern tier of states. It is sometimes 

 known as red pine, which name is due to the color of the bark. In prac- 

 tically all parts of its range this tree is as.soeiated with white pine, and 

 in many early lumber operations the two were cut and sold as white pine 

 wUliout distinction. It is hardy, and appearances indicate that it may be 

 of much importance in the future. It does not attain as large size or as 

 great age as white pine. 



Progress in Wood Preservation 



The Department ot Agriculture, co-operating with the American Wood 

 Preserrers' Association, has just published a report of the preservative 

 treatment of timber in the United States in 1914, It was prepared by 

 Clark V?. Gould. The quantity of timber treated last year was greater 

 than in auy preceding year and totaled 159,582,639 cubic feet, consisting 

 of cross ties, piling, poles, paving blocks, construction timbers, cross arms, 

 and miscellaneous. The volume of cross ties so treated exceeded the com- 

 bined volume of all other commodities. Construction timbers stand second 

 in quantity, paving blocks third. .Approximately one-third of all the cross 

 ties used are first given preservative treatment. 



The amount ot preservatives consumed has not shown a corresponding 

 increase over figures for former years. The consumption included 79 - 

 334,606 gallons of creosote oil, 27,212,259 pounds of dry zinc chloride, 

 and 24,486,637 gallons of miscellaneous liquid preservatives, including 

 refined coal tar, crude oil, and carbolineum oils. 



Much has been said recently on the su'oject of increasing the production 

 of creosote in this counti-y to make good the decline in imports from 

 European countries now engaged in the war. 



