HARDWOOD RECORD 



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A Specializirg Flooring Plant 



A liiyhl.v .'tIl<iiMit plant till- iiKiriiilMiIuriiiK "ak iiariiik'try llcicii-iug iias 

 hi'iMi cquipijfd at Loxliiston. Ky.. Iiy tli.' Fcdpnil I'ai-quctry Maiiiifaoturinj; 

 Coinpany. ami salos nflii-i's have lii'rii opi'iicd in tlic Hatiriin liuildinji. New 

 Yorii. This plant has hocn laici n-. aldiig sdcntitic lini's and witli tho 

 sole purpose in view of turning out the very highest srade of in-odui I 

 and upon a cost basis nliicli is viTy favuralile to tlii> im-n'ased use and 



rnectiu).' tin- Kriatest needs of llie tlooring trade : l''irst, lieiause it is 

 a hiirlily deslral)le floor ; and, seeondly, It permits the architect to lay 

 a long and wide floor to scale with large rooms and proportionately 

 smaller tlooring to scale with smaller rooms, at the same time assuring, 

 in holh instances, uniformity nf e.)Inr not iiossible in strip flooring. The 

 large quantities produced enal.le ii i<, unet the wants of the trade in all 

 I arlieiilars. 



Its plant is equipped 

 with the latest and best 

 machinery : and the 

 tongues and grooves 

 and endinatcliing are 

 mathematically perfect, 

 'i'he company has per- 

 fected a design of par- 

 quetry to lay over cc- 

 tiii-nt floors. The eud- 

 mati-hing mai-hines are 

 liopper fed ami match 

 both ends of the i)iece 

 .It one timi', giving ab- 

 foiiiiely accurate work, 

 which is of the utmost 

 iTn[iortance in (his class 

 of manufjicture. The 

 rlry kiln department 

 has Iiei-n liuilt under 

 the latest plans and 

 system with stctim and 

 hot air process. The 

 kilns are built of rein- 

 forced concrete and 

 hollow bri<-k. 



The ^ompjiny has 

 studied the greatest 

 ertieiemy in laying out 

 its premise's to liandle 

 and nmnufiictnre the 

 raw prodiiet. .Ml 



tracks are of one 

 gauge. .\s liiiiilier is 

 receiver! from the saw- 

 mill it is pil.-d on 

 trucks and .illoweil to 

 dry there, as shown in 

 actompan.\ ing pictures. TIu^ tr\i(ks are tln'ii run into the dry kiln, where 

 the lumber is thoroughly kiln-dried, and. witiiout being touch(>d, is moved 

 out into the flooring plant, which is completely tracked on two floors. 

 Here the lumber is made into flooring, and when flnisbed is returned to 

 the trucks :iud run out of the mill and finall.v loaded direct into the cars. 

 Thus the lumber from the sawmill of the company at Quicksaud, Ky.. 



i!ii;i)S-f.yi: viKw ov Tin: n..\.\i ,\xii v.\i;iis m- ■ b federal parquetry manufacturing coMrAXY 



LEXINGTON, KY. 



prestige of parquetry flooring. It is in no sense a side lino proposition. 

 but essentially a parquetry flooring plant. In jidditlon to the advantages 

 which will accrue from the special construction and equipment of t'lis 

 plant, its location at Lexington, Ky., provides shipping facilities of the 

 very best via all lines to eastern and western points (tn advantageous 

 freight rates. The company will cater to the carload trade, luii i.rr the 

 purpose ol supplying small- 

 er tiemands and for the 

 eonvcnii'ncc of the trade at 

 local places. It will carry 

 a well assorted stock in 

 warfdiouses in New Y'ork 

 City, jind in other places 

 as soon as satisfactfir.v ar- 

 rangements can be made. 



The accompanying illus- 

 trations will give not only 

 a fair appreciation of the 

 plant facilities of this com- 

 pany, but likewise tb.' sub- 

 stantial supplies of oak 

 lumber used in mauutae 

 turc. 



Fifty-two kinds of otik 

 grow in the TnitiMi States, 

 and most of them ari' reg- 

 ularly made into flooring. 

 Tills eonipany lijis sep- 

 arati'd the oaks as far as 

 possible to insure uniform 

 quality, and with the huge 

 supplies from which it 

 draws, the uniformity of 

 texture and color assured 

 will be an important point 

 In quality of its flooring, 

 being produced entirely 

 from one boundary of tim- 

 ber, ninety per cent of 

 which is white oak. In 

 specializing largely on her- 

 ring bone strips, the com- 

 pany bi'lieves that it is 



.VNOTIIER VIKW (IK .M1I,L SIKIWINC TI!A("K .\UIi A NGK.MKNT IN ItELATlO.N' TO MILL AND DRY KILN DE- 

 rAUTMENTS; CENER.VL TRACK SYSTEM SHOWING MKTIIiin ii|- II.\NDLIN(; STOCK ON TRUCKS FROM THE 

 SAW MILL rilltiirull ALL DEI'A KTMENTS AND INTd 'AKS WHEN FINISHED 



