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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Februar.y 10, 1921 



THE FULL VALUE OF OUR CLEAN, WIDE 

 BOARDS IS PRESERVED THROUGH CARE- 

 FUL HANDLING AND PILING ON OUR 

 MAHOGANY YARD AT NEW ORLEANS. LA. 



Pertinent Information 



Regarding Proper Loading of Cars 



Tlio foUoHing statement regarding the proper loading of cars was Is- 

 sued by Franli R. Buclv, chief-inspector of the National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association : 



liefore loading any car the inspector or superintendent of loading 

 should be sure that strips are laid across the floor of the car in such a 

 manner that the Unuber can not touch the floor. Failure to observe this 

 precaution always results in damaging the appearance of 100 to 500 feet 

 of lumber, depending on the thickness, and frequently results in the 

 grade being lowered. Every cinder, brick liat, bolt head and nail head is 

 driven into the bottom layer of lumber by the .icdting of the enormous 

 weight above, and scratches of varying length and depth are produced 

 wdien the lumber slides back and forth while being bumped and jerked 

 in transit and in switching. 



Thefollowing method is recommended for loading to capacity an average 

 car the inside dimensions of which are S ft. x S ft. C in. x 35 ft. when 

 the stock is piled all lengths together. 



Load -one end of the car about half full of H II. and shorter, laying 

 out I he 1(1 ft. Then put the 14 ft. and 16 ft. on top in this end, the 12 

 ri. in the idber end and the 10 ft. in the middle, making three lengths 

 in the car. Lay out the 8 ft. and shorter and put it in the middle after the 

 ends arc full, either lengthwise or crosswise. When the first end is full 

 put the 12 ft. and longer in the other end. 



Tills method will of course be varied mnre or less according to the 

 length of the car and the percentage of lengtlis in the himlier or when 

 the lundjer is piled lengths separate. 



EVery layer in the car should extend the full width of the car. The 

 car should not be filled above the top side-rail, and it i.s better to leave 

 a space of about 12 inches on top of one end, to facilitate unloading. 

 The ends of the lumber should be even so that they may be stamped with 

 .1 hammer if desired. -All doors should be carefully closed and sealeii. 



New National Hardwood Handbook 



The new issue of the OIBcial llandliook of the Naticjuai Hardwood Lum- 

 ber .\ssociation is off the press and is bidng distributed. The list of mem- 

 bers, which is the central feature of the publicatif)ii, is by far the strongest 



showing on tliat score that the as.spciation has ever made. The hand- 

 book is almost indispensable in looking up matters pertaining to the work 

 or membership of the National. 



Export Tariff Increases Suspended 



The Southern Hardwood Traflic Association of Memphis is just in 

 receipt of telegraphic advices from the interstate commerce commission at 

 Washington announcing suspension of the propo.sed increase of 33 Va to 5t>7 

 per cent in charges for handliiig export commodities, including lumber and 

 forest products, through the port of New Orleans. The proposed increases 

 ranged from 1 to cent to 4 cents per hundred pounds on lumber and 

 staves and from 1 cent to 5 cents on logs. They would liave beccune 

 effective Feb. 3 but for the action of the commission in suspending tbem. 



S. M. Nickey, president, following a conference with Walker Wellford. 

 chairman of the rate adjustment committee of the association, instructed 

 .T. II. Townsliend, secretary-manager, to take immediate steps to have the 

 increased tariffs suspended as soon as it became known that they were 

 proposed. Pursuant to these instructions, Mr. Townshend, accompanied 

 by W. H. RiLsse of Russe & Burgess, Inc., went to Washington last week 

 and appeared before the commission, with the results already announced. 



Correspondence Course in Lumber 



The Schiud of Forestry tif the University of Idaho at Moscow offers a 

 correspondence course in lumber and its use^. That the course is meet- 

 ing with a real need is attested by the large numlter of students that have 

 registered for it since it was first announced about three years ago. Some 

 thirty different states are represented in the enrollment. 



The cour.se is designed to be of special value to lumber dealers, lumlicr 

 salesmen, contractors or builders, carpenters, manual training teachers, 

 and others connected with the woodworking industries. The fee is a 

 nominal one and includes the text book and all reference material. 



Tlie course consists of twelve as.signments covering such topics :is the 

 structure and physical properties of wood, lumber grading, structural tim- 

 bers, seasoning and preservation of wood, lumber production and the selec- 

 tion and use of materials. 



A prospectus will be sent on application to the School of Forestry, 

 rniversity of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. 



A. O. Davis to Open Commission Office 



.\. II. Havis has resigned from the T. C. Clanton Lumber Company, Inc., 

 iif Shreveport, La., to take effect Feb. 1. On that date he will open an 

 offlce in Shreveport, at 500 Merchants building, to handle hardwood and 

 yellow pine on a strictly commission basis. 



