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and for certain indoor window service be- 

 tween walls iu halls and rooms, the combi- 

 nation shown iu Figure 3 is often used. 

 This consists of the metal work built up 

 as shown in the figure, with the interior 

 parts filled in with sections of mahogany, 

 walnut or other selected wood, and the 

 surfaces highly polished. The insertion of 

 the necessary parts of wood requires care- 

 ful fitting in order to make them remain 

 securely in place. The trouble is often 

 overcome by using little metal pins which 

 pass through holes bored in the sides of the 

 metal strips and into the wood, thus hold- 

 ing the wood pieces securely. Sometimes 

 the design is made up with simple rings of 

 metal adjusted within the oblong frame as 

 presented in Figure 4. 



As it may be necessary for the builder 

 of the metal-wcod combinations to do much 

 of the metal work himself in describing 

 certain new designs, we present the ac- 

 companying figures of processes of prepar- 

 ing the metal. A mandrel can be made up 

 of a two or three-inch diameter shaft, 



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about three feet long, as shown in Figure 

 5. This shaft should be secured firmly to a 

 wood base. One mode of fastening to an 

 upper support involves the use of the metal 

 clamps b. b. These consist of two straps 

 of metal passing about the shaft and unit- 

 ing at the tops. Here the holes may be 

 drilled so that two or more bolts may pass 

 through each lip into a stout timber ex- 

 tended above at a convenient height. This 

 permits the end a to be free, and on this 

 end bending can be easily accomplished. 

 Figure 6 represents a piece of the metal .1 

 in process of turning on the shaft end c. 

 This can be brought about with hammering- 

 cold, and with proper pressure applied with 

 the hands. If the metal is too heavy, heat- 

 ing will be necessary, but with common 

 strip metal the work can be bent readily. 



If abrupt turns are needed as in the shap- 

 ing of a square, the square iron form e, 

 figure 7. may be used. Here the metal in 

 course of bending is indicated at f. 



Sometimes it is necessary that there 

 should be several curves described iu a 

 strip of metal, when the model form in fig- 

 11 iv 8 marked g is used. This form or mold 

 is shaped from metal, and is made in the 

 event that a number of metal parts are to 

 be described of the same pattern. It would 

 not pay to shape the form Tor a few bend 

 The strip of metal is marked h. With the 

 round-pointed and oval-nosed and one or 

 two other patterns of metal-bending ham- 

 mers, the metal is pounded into the shape 

 called for in the model. A number of pieces 

 are made alike in this manner. Sometimes 

 the metal work is entirely uniform in its 

 design and make-up as shown in the sam- 

 ple figure 9. This is somewhat similar to 

 a window sash, but is made entirely of 

 metal. The black lines represent the cross- 

 ings of the metal strips. One strip over- 



laps the other and is riveted at the joint 

 or is connected by a process of brazing, 

 similar to the brazing operation performed 

 in connecting cycle tubes. After the parts 

 are joined the framework is fitted with 

 the required portions of lumber. 



Some of the patterns worked out along 

 this line consist of a checker-board effect 

 made up of pieces of wood of varying 

 shades. These combinations are used as 

 tablets for hallway decorations. In the 

 place of a wall picture, one of these de- 

 lightfully finished panels containing several 

 species of rich woods, highy polished, is a 

 novel and beautiful substitute. 



Plaited work of metal and wood is con- 

 structed according to the plan exhibited at 

 figure 10. The interwoven strips are fast- 

 ened together with pins or screws. The 

 metal strips are finished with the usual 

 polish and the wood stained to a high de- 

 gree. A very attractive type of bordering 

 work results that can be applied to va- 

 rious uses. 



'Round About the JSIorth Country. 



Bearing a commission from the Hardwood 

 Becokd to the entire North Country, with orders 

 to stop at every place where smoke was seen 

 issuing from a slack and interview every man 

 connected with the hardwood lumber trade, I 

 left Chicago via the Northwestern Line. Upon 

 arriving at Madison, as if in honor of my ar- 

 rival, the heavens opened up and poured — not 

 rained — but poured. However, next day every- 

 thing was bright and cheerful and immediately 

 after breakfast I started for the office of the 

 Brittingham & Young Company in search of 

 Ed Yi ung, to whom I had a letter of introduc- 

 tion. Unfortunately, Mr. Young was absent, but 

 G. H. Bulgrin. the general salesman of the com- 

 pany, kindly supplied me with the information 

 I si. ught. 



Nest I visited the George P. Miller Company, 

 not an exclusive hardwood concern, but one 

 which handles considerable hardwood during the 

 season, as its mill, located at Phillips, Wis., is 

 in the heart of the Wisconsin hardwood district. 

 Mr. Miller said that the company had sold Its 

 entire stock of logs for this year and the outlook 

 for trade was particularly bright. Upon leaving 

 Madison for Milwaukee, via the Northwestern 

 Line, it rained even harder than when I entered 

 the city; in fact, my impression of Madison is 

 rain, courtesy and some more rain. 



Unfortunately, nearly all the Milwaukee hard- 

 wood men were out of town, but I succeeded in 

 finding W. S. Johnson of the South Arm Lumber 

 Company, whose mill, located at Marquette, Is 

 considered one of the best in northern Michigan. 

 1 also had the pleasure of a call upon W. S. 

 Priestley, commission man and stock Jobber. Of 

 the other firms, E. Wright Company. Tegge Lum- 

 ber Company. John Scnroeder Lumber Com- 

 pany. Steiutnan Lumber Company. Win. Sehlos- 

 ser ami others, thi managers were ah 



By way ol the C, M. & St. P., I arrived at 

 Fond du Lac after a ride through a beautiful 

 portion of Wisconsin. While hi Fond du Lac 

 I spent a very pleasant hour in the splendid 

 B. F. & H- !■■ Sweet Company, 

 the great lumbermen's truck and wagon makers. 



William Wagstaff, "the 1 1 oi Oshkosh," was 



out of the city on my arrival. I visited the 

 big Clark Carriage Works and then paid a visit 

 to the Campbell Fountain Company, where I 

 s a w Mr. ' 1 recently returned from a 



Wisconsin trip and very busy with details that 



had been neglected in his absence. Mr. Wall, 

 secretary of the Wall-Spalding Company, had 

 many pleasant things to say of the Hardwood 

 Record. Elmer Leach, president and manager 

 of the Osnkosh Logging Tool Company, was also 

 very complimentary in speaking of the paper. 

 The Oshkosh Logging Tool Company has recently 

 erected a new brick factory on the east side, 

 about doubling their capacity. 



From Oshkosh to Wausau, via the Northwest- 

 ern Line, where I visited the Curtis & Yale 

 Company. M. J. Colby of this company is sec- 

 retary of the Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 Association. He is a very busy man. but took 

 time to courteously introduce me to F. H. Par- 

 doe, vice-president and manager of the Ingram 

 Lumber Company, whose offices are at Wausao 

 and mills at Ingram, Mich. This company Is an 

 outgrowth of the Fenwood Lumber Company 

 and will shortly become one of Wisconsin's lead- 

 ing hardwood producers. J. H. Heiser of the 

 Werheim Manufacturing Company wanted the 

 HARBWOOn Record, and a very pleasant Inter- 

 view with E. A. Gooding, president of the North- 

 ern Lumber Company, old the Bame story. 



At Edgar I had the plea owing two 



very line mills, complete in every detail, belong- 

 ing to the Quaw Lumber Company and the 

 Wausau Lumber Company. Gus Klngle, secre- 

 tary and manager of the Quaw Lumber Company, 

 was very enthusiastic over the season's outlook. 



W. W. Gamble, secretary and manager of the 



Wausau 1 mpany, gave me a hearty 



me; as he expressed It, "Habdwood Kf.coed 



1,1 n are always welcome." and I have found that 



: the North Country. 



, ■,,.;.. r Id I had the pleasure 



f B r ide op a freight train, and although a 

 freight Is conveyance from 



which to view - reminded 



me of one of Artemus Wards stories of a 

 ern train. 



When the conductor took up his ticket, Ward 

 inquired if the road ' from Its passen- 



gers. Upon the "con" replying in the arflrma- 

 Uar.l said : "Wi >' not be acted 



. but I suggest that they remove the cow- 

 er from the front of the engine and fasten 

 it to the rear of this coach. Now, at our pres- 

 ent rate of speed there Is no danger of our over- 

 taking a cow, but there Is nothing to prevent a 

 cow from strolling in the rear door of this 



