February 25, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Our specialty Is AMERICAN WALNUT 



Lumber and Veneers 



Our Band Mill at Cincinnati is in daily operation and we 

 now carry a stock of over three million feet of walnut 

 lumber. 



We have also ready tor prompt shipment three million 

 feet of walnut long wood veneers, half million feet of 

 walnut stumpwood and one million feet of African and 

 Central American mahogany veneers. 



We Also Ha 72 die 



AHOGANY 



.MEXICAN 



PHILIPPINE 



The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. 



EASTERN BRANCH: 

 8 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. 



Home Office: Cincinnati, Ohio 



I,o<k lSi)\ 18. St. Kernard nriimli 



summer will be rebuilt this spring. The construction work will be .started 

 as soon as spring opens up. 



Frank Sawtell, well and favorably known to the Wisconsin and Mich- 

 igan trade since February 1. represents the Chas. W. Fisher Lumber 

 Compauy of Elcho, Wis., in this same territory. For the past few years 

 he was connected with the Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company of Rhine- 

 lander. Wis. 



V. J. Euler of Erie, Pa., has joined the sales force of the Chas. W. Fish 

 Lumber Company, with headquarters at Elcho, Wis. Mr. Euler was for- 

 merly with the Lyman-Felheim Company of Erie, Pa., and also with the 

 Union Wholesale Lumber Company of Youngstown. Ohio. 



Turtle Lake Lumber Company Moves 



The general sales otSce of the Turtle Lake Lumber Company was moved 

 from Grand Rapids, Mich., to the company's operations at Winchester. 

 Vilas county. Wis., on Feb. 1. This is a local point on the Mercer branch 

 of the Chicago & Xorthwestern railroad. 



The Mail Bag 



Xew York, N. T., Feb. 14. — Editor Hardwood Record : Could you 

 advise us of anyone who could get out the following stock in birch or 

 similar lumber: 10,000 2sH.!i4i,4x4%, 42,000 %s5y2x5y2. 42,000 %x6M.x 

 eVj. 6.000 %x7«2x7y2. Stock should be S2S and would be used for solid 

 wood wheels. 



Editor Hardwood Record, Chicago : We are looking up information 

 pertaining to the early history of woodworking machinery, and it occurred 

 to us that you might know where we could obtain articles with descrip- 

 tions or cuts of some of the oldest types of machines. 



We would like to know when the circular saw was first introduced, also 

 about the time revolving heads were first used for planing lumber. 



About sixty years ago we saw a machine in England making flooring by 

 pushing the board underneath a stationary cutter or knife. The tongue 

 and groove being made in the same way, that is, the shaving taken off 

 was the whole length and width of the board. 



We know rotary cutting heads were in use long before that period, but 

 we do not know how extensively the stationary knife machine was used. 



Any information you may be able to give on the subject or where we 

 should look for such information will be greatly appreciated. 



Should any of the readers have information on any of the above points 

 will be glad to have it. — Editor. 



Clubs and Associations 



Transit Arrangements Granted 



The Southern Railway, according to announcement just made by the 

 Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, has issued tarifl's applying at 

 Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati, O., granting transit arrangements effective 

 March 6, 1921. These arrangements include assorting, storage, drying etc. 



The Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley roads have similar 

 tariffs in the hands of the printers, which will apply at Memphis, Tenn.. 

 Louisville and Paducah, Ky.. and Jackson, Miss., which will become 

 effective about March 25, according to the same authority. 



These arrangements, the association states, are not quite as broad as 

 desired, and it is working on an extension thereof. The Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, it points out in this connection, will probably announce 

 its decision in the transit case within the next thirty days. It also states 

 that, thus far, progress in the transit case has represented -a tremendous 

 victory for members of this organization. 



The transit arrangements which the railroads are putting into effect 

 are voluntary on their part, having been ordered by the interested carriers 

 without awaiting the formality of a decision from the commission. It 

 will be recalled that the attorney-examiner who heard this case at Memphis 

 made a favorable recommendation and also that the Southern Railway, 

 the Frisco system and several other roads announced that they would 

 grant transit privileges. The Illinois Central followed the lead of the 

 Lotiisville & Nashville in this respect. 



