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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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only Id aaramio la ibowo to bv rrrjuroua, tbouiili tlir bmC roniinrrrlnl 

 • lani1> Bro fniiti'l In «iirti pllimtlona. WlicD c)|irc»a l> plaiilnl uu dry 

 sro\r. a« wb«D It ocrupliw awanipa, and It 



will 



Ti"' uii- 111] 1,. 1,11 1 . r^oDa iDlormliil In rypn-aa tlmhiT nml 



luml>rr, and ii. I of the (Jovoronipnt ITIntluii Kfflrr, Wnalilnc 



toll II r . at {■ a copy. 



Where Wood Has Not Been Misplaced 



Tlio llurfttu of Navisallnu. I><'parlmi-nt »t (."mniuirn'. WimlilnKtoD, re- 

 porta that thorc worr :ntl aalllui:. utoam ami nnrlKKcd »oi>iicIh with a coin- 

 "f 4tl.l'70 tona hullt In the I'nlt.Hl Suitos and ufflrlnlly 

 t: thr thrw niontha cndrd 8<"ploiiibt-r ;10. lUI.'i, an nKiiln»t 

 -■ "'• '- the mnno period In 19M. The vi'kscIh hiilll dur- 



IDC '■ 'I (hnt lit Atlantic and Kulf polntx there were 



!••< ' riiiled a« agnlnut hut Ihlrleeu nielnl veKseln, nt 



I'orto Mico one wuuden vesacl and no metal vcshcIh and on the riiclllc 

 coaat leTentyone wooden vpiutcia ond only one melnl. Hawaii allowed one 

 nr» vciwel hull! of wn»>d and none of metal, while the (ireat I^keH turned 

 out thirty live new wouden vesacia and alx melal oiien. The western 

 riveni put on thirty four wooden veaacia as opilnst seven metal voasels. 

 A comparison of the total, however, reveals the fact that while wood Is 

 unqueatlonably the popular construction for sulllni; vessels and for the 

 smaller boats of different kinds, the larger craft nre mainly built of stirl, 

 at least the bulls arc, as the 2S0 wooden vessels built had a tonnage of 

 i0,848 tona, while the twenty-seven steel vessels had a tonnage of 2.1,428 

 tona. 



Question of Saw Dust Waste 



The accompanying Illustration comes wllh a circular Issued by \Vm. B. 

 Mershon & Co., SagiDaw, Mich., manufacturers of bond sawing machinery. 

 The Mershon com- 



III. 



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pany writes that 



a good deal has ■" '~ ^ ; j.«!«m>«tAo 



l>een said about 

 conscrvat Ion, 

 economy and kin- 

 dred topics, but 

 that It occurs to 

 It that the circu- 

 lar from which the 

 III u St r a t lo n Is 



taken shows one e^'*"^'"a *"'«'" 



very prevalent 

 waste of material, and brings lo the attention one very important example 

 of waste on the part of the woodworker, where he Is rlppins molding 

 strips, sash stock, flooring strips, turning squares or handle stock of 

 any description, or manipulating lumber in any \vny that reipilrcs the 

 use of a saw. 



The compony's ejtplanullon of the chart follows: 



Figure it out for yourselves. Lay out a scale In inches similiar to the 

 above cut ; under it lay out any stock dimensions vou are ripping on a 

 circular saw. and allow V," for sawkerf. Below "this, show the same 

 dimensions, ripped on a band ripsaw, but allow onlv A" for sawdust 

 pen count up the number of pieces yielded, and figuie the average gain 

 m nroduct on the average width of your lumber. 



How much in dollars per day docs an Increase of 5 per cent in product 

 represent In your plant? 



To put it another way. how much does a saving of an eighth of an Inch 

 In sawkerf represent? The band will save you ono-eighlh as compared 

 w-lth a circular; >-^" is 1 per cent of a foot. Thus the faster your band 

 rips, the more it will save, and the faster your circular rips, the more 

 It will waste. If the latter rips 200 feet per minute. It wastes 2-foot 

 board measure per minute. 



English Paving Block News 



A recent consular report from England gives the present status of pav- 

 ing block material In that country, and It appears that American woods 

 are practically excluded by the rulings under which the material is bought. 

 The report says that many woods have been tried for pavement In the 

 I'nited Kingdom. 



.larroh from India was Introduced, but proved unsatisfactory, wearing 

 and breaking off at the corners and edges and producing a very rutty pave- 

 ment. Red gum from the United States likewise gave poor service. The 

 use of oak was discontinued some twelve years ago on the ground of ex- 

 pense. Longbaf pine from the United States was also tried, hut it did 

 not wear evenly and produced a rough pavement. Canadian white spruce 

 was laid on the north side of Trafalgar Square In London twelve years 

 ago with an eight-pound treatment of creosote per cubic foot and Is still 

 in excellent c^inditlon. 



Without exception, the wood-block pavement laid In rJreat Britain now 

 is Swedish and Russian redwood (Pinus Hiihestrin). The spcclllcations 

 issued by the municipal engineers throughout the country admit this wood 

 and no other, the one exception being the speclficallon for the borough of 

 Westminster. London, which iidmits sprme, red pine and Douglas flr. 



Statement of Ownership and Management 



Agreeable to the act of Congress of .August 24. I'.UL'. requiring publishers 

 of periodicals to flle with the postmaster-general and the postmaster In 

 the office at which such publication Is entered, a sworn statement setting 

 forth the names and postofflce addresses of editors and managing editor, 

 publisher, business manager and owners, and In addition the stockholders, 

 if the publication is owned by a corporation, and also the names of known 

 bondholders, mortgagees or other secu-lty holders, and that such sworn 



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K'j.jsfH (x** .i.v « ,f±,i^ i'i*i>t,i\' «»/»»■■ *»i>»j.9»A*eiiJj»)»,V'»^.i 



aiairmrni ahnll be publl>be<l In »uch newapnpor or other publication, the 

 following alalPUient la hrrewlth printed . 



lUmiwiMii) Kccoiii) la publlabid wiiil tnonthly al C'hICMo, III. 



The iininefl and pnninitlee a4idre«>,.o of the edltnra are aa follows; 



Editors : K. II in iirvi-t, Chlcmso, 



K. W. .Meeker. .'1:1; 111. 



K. W, Meeker. .\liiiuii.-iiu- i..iiiiir, i iiicii;;... In 



llu .Maxwell, T.ibnlenl l-Mllor. II2T Aal.iiry avenue, Kvanalon, III. 



rublUher : The llnrdwiHid Cumpany. .'i.l* South lH>ari>orn atreel. 

 cago. 111. 



Ownera ; The Hardwood Company, fi'M South Ilearborn alrent. Chlcafo. 

 III.; K. II. iK-fehaugli, ti'M South Diarliorn ain-et, Chlcaso, III,; RaUte 

 II. II. (iUiMin. .i;i7 .Soeth Henrborn »tri-<-l. t'lilrago. III. 



Thi're are no known bondholdera, Tiiorlgiig>-e> and other wcurlly holdera 

 holding any bonda. morlgagea or other aeciirltlea of Ihia c<impany. 



I!. II. I)i:i'i:iiAi OH, Kdltor. 



Sworn In nnd auliscrlbed before me this Iwenty-aevenlh day of September, 

 ll'ir.. .1 S. I'KwiMiTiiN-. Notary rubllc. 



Walnut Booklet Out 



Members of tin- A riciin Walnut Assoi-lntion. wlileb hna ita beadguartera 



at 11(11 Slarks building. Louisville. Ky.. have had so mony calla from lead 

 Ing consumiTa. archllecis and others who are Inleresteil In "the aristocrat <if 

 American hardwoods" that It was decldi'd some time ago to puIiIIhIi u 

 booklet giving the principal facts of Interest about the wood as an answer 

 to all of the questions which might be asked. 



The booklet has recently come from the press, and la attractive In all 

 respects. It gives the history of the rejuvenation of the now popular wood, 

 tells of Its characteristics, supply, etc.. describes Its use in promlni'Ut build 

 Ings, lists the names of leading furnllure manufacturers who are using It, 

 and presents Illustrations of the wood In the form of lumber, built up 



pant-ls and In (in 

 Ished work. In 

 brief, it tella the 

 things which the 

 interesled inquirer 

 would naturally 

 want to know 

 about the wood. 



The association 

 lins found an un 

 usually keen In- 

 terest on the part 

 of architects In 

 walnut, nnd It appears that the manufacturers of interior finish will 

 be kept increasingly busy from now on making up walnut trim, as ofllce 

 buildings, hotels and other pretentious structures will consume a large 

 amount of walnut in the immediate future. Casket manufacturers, who 

 have always been partial to walnut, nre finding that it Is In Increased 

 demand also, and will feature the wood more hereafter than they have ever 

 done before. 



Minnesota's State Forest Service 

 The fourth annual n-iinrt of the .Mluuesotu Stale Korest Service has been 

 published In a bound volume of 99 pages. The report was compiled by Wil- 

 liam T. Cox. state forester, and covers the Industries dependent largely upon 

 the wooded lands, \rtiether such Industries are the property of the state or 

 of companies and citizens. Timber Is not the only resource recognized, 

 though it is an im|iortaut one. .\ttcntlon is given to camps and recreation, 

 the protection of flsh. birds, and fur bearing animals, and the conservation 

 of the waters of the region by caring for the vegetation which has a ten. 

 dency to make the How steady and adequate. 



Minnesota Is naturally one of the flncst recreation regions of the whole 

 country in summer, lliough the severity of the winter climate closes the 

 region pretty effectually against pleasure seekers at that season. The lakes 

 constitute the leading feature of the scenery. They exist by thousands. 

 The source of the Mississippi river Is In Lake Itasca, and the state has set 

 aside there a park of thlrt.v-flve square miles, and Is building a highway 

 to make It accessible to the public, and other improvements nre being c.'irrled 

 out for the enjoymr»nt of tourists an<l campers. 



The waters of Minnesota swarm wllh fish, and steps have been taken 

 to stock lakes and streams with better kinds, wherever there Is room for 

 iniprovenunt along th.it line. Portions of the state may be Justly classed 

 as the flsherman's paradise. 



Game animals and those which nre valuable chiefly for their fur arc in 

 no danger of becoming extinct in Minnesota, for measures have been taken 

 to protect them against destructive methods of hunting and trapping. The 

 elk will probably get a foothold in that region again, and the beaver, deer, 

 and bear are to be found in the less civilized parts, .\nlmnls which produce 

 fur are being domesticated. They are grown in pons and the sale of their 

 skins is becoming profitable. There are men who follow the raising of fur 

 animals as a iiuslness. The cold winter climate Is favorable. 



.V constant campaign against forest fires is carried on In Minnesota, and 

 the most approved methods of combating that danger are In force. The first 

 aeroplane fire pntrol in the world was established In that state. Tlie re- 

 gion has had some disastrous fires in the past, and every approved method 

 Is being used to prevent similar visitations in the future. The ground Is 

 given the best practical protection against erosion In order that the land's 

 fertility may be preserved, the flow of water In the rivers be maintained, 

 and the beds of streams and lakes may be prevented from silting up. For- 



