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The Mail Bag 



Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD desiring to communicate 

 with any of the Inquirers listed In this section can have the ad- 

 dresses on written request to the Mall Bag Department, HARB- 

 WOOD RECORD, 537 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referring 

 to the number at the head mt each letter and enclosing a self- 

 addressed stamped envolepe. 



B 863 — Wants to Buy Dimension Stock and Maple Strips 



Detroit, Mich., Feb. IG. — Editor II.MiiiWdoi) HiicuuD : We are using 

 about two cars per week of clear, straiglit grain maple strips free from 

 knots, shalie, and wane, and suitable for bending into automobile steering 

 wheel rims, thickness 1-^", width 1%", half of which to be 51" long, halt 

 to be 55" long, and can use either green or dry stock. If green stock is 

 used, liowever, pieces must be cut 'i of an inch larger in thickness to 

 allow for shrinkage. 



We also use large quantities of clear straight grain maple strips free 

 from knots, shake, and wane, and suitable for bending into automobile 

 steering wheel rims : 



Thickness 

 Width Dry preferred dry 



1%" 1^" 



1% 1% 



1% 1% 



1% lA 



1% lA 



2 Hi 



2 1% 



The above lengths are what we must actually have to work, and strips 

 should be free from end cheeks and splits or due allowance made for 

 same so that each strip will produce a good sound piece the length glren 

 above. 



If you are unable to furnish strips, possibly you can furnish lumber 

 from which we can saw same here, arranging, of course, to furnish stock 

 in multiples of the length mentioned — that is, for the 51 and 55-inch 

 stock we could use boards either nine, ten or fourteen feet long, etc. 



About S5% of all the stock we use is 1-,"b"x1%".\51" and 55". 



This is a steady business and should prove a good outlet if you can 

 make us the right kind of a proposition. Kindly advise whether or not 

 you are in a position to furnish material as above and if so, whether you 

 can furnish green or dry stock, and your best price, F. O. B. Detroit, and 

 be sure to state how soon you could make shipment in the event of our 

 sending you an order, and how many cars per month you could furnish. 



Length 

 62" 

 56 

 62 

 57 

 66 

 62 

 81 

 75 



Interested parties can have the name of this party by addressing 

 Hardwood Record. — Editor. 



B 864 — Wants to Buy Basswood Strips 

 New York, N. Y., Feb. 19. — Editor Hardwood Record : We are in the 

 market for two or three carloads of 4/4x5" basswood strips. This should 

 be an easy grade of lumber for a mill to sort out, which is manufacturing 

 much basswood, as they may contain any amount of sound stain, but we 

 do not want any large knots. A small pin knot will go or one large knot 

 in a 14 or 16' piece. If not over 2' from the end. In other words, give 

 us a 12' cutting without large knots. We want to get these strips deliv- 

 ered New York. At the right price we can give you an order for two 



or three carloads, which will he paid for in cash. . 



This seems a good opportunity for a market for this Icind of stock. 

 — Editor. 



B 865 — Wants List of Walnut and Poplar Log Exporters 

 Montreal, Que., Feb. 16. — Editor Hardwood Kecord : Will you be good 

 enough to send me personally a list of a few exporters of walnut and 

 yellow poplar logs? We want these for veneer purposes. We would very 

 much appreciate any information you may be able to give us. 



The writer of this letter is the purchasing agent for a large con- 

 suming institution in Montreal, and those interested should correspond 

 with Hardwood Eecobd. — Editor. 



B866 — Wants Information as to Proper Care of Persimmon 

 and Hickory 

 Chicopee, Mass., Feb. 16. — Editor IIvrdwood Record: Have you any 

 literature pertaining to the proper method of caring for persimmon and 

 hickory? What we are most Interested in is the elimination of the possi- 

 bility of worms getting into the stock. Our hickory pieces measure 

 1x1x48" long, and our persimmon blocks are about 9" long x^.%" square. 

 All of this stock we, of course, 1 eep under cover, and the sheds we have 

 are very well ventilated, and the hickory squares are also piled in such 

 a manner that there Is a very good circulation of air. We assure you 

 any information you can let us have will he very much appreciated. 



W. n. TOMt.IXSON, 



Purchasing Agent, A. G. Spalding & Bros. Manufacturing Company. 



Hardwood Eecord has given to the inquirer such information as it 

 has available, but would appreciate the record of experiences of 

 manufacturers and others handling this class of stock.— Editor. 

 B 867— Wants to Buy Sound Props and Pit Props 



New York, N. Y., Feb. 16.— Editor Hardwood Kkcord : I have an In- 

 quiry from one of our foreign customers tor a lot of sound props 4" In 

 diameter, a'/.,' long, peeled or unpeeled, for delivery to nearest seaport 

 for export ; one lot of pit props 3 to 7" In diameter, 2 to 9' long, for de- 

 livery to the nearest seaport for export. We want the first Item delivered 

 preferably at Gultport or Galveston, or. In fact, can use It at any Atlantic 

 seaport. The second item may be delivered to any Atlantic seaport. 



Interested parties should communicate with Hardwood Record. 



Editor. 



B 868 — Considers Hackberry for Veneer Cores 



Menomonie, Wis., Feb. 12.— Editor Hardwood Record: Will you please 

 advise us as to the advisability of using hackberry lumber as a corewood 

 to veneer over, and of any peculiarities of this wood that we ought to 

 know? We would indeed bo pleased to receive an early reply. 



To this Hardwood Record has replied as follows : 



The only sure test of the suitability of hackberry for corewood is 

 to try it. There seems to be no report of its use "for that purpose. 

 Theoretically, it should act about like elm, it being a member of the 

 elm family; but the wood is really more like ash than elm, except 

 that it is not so hard or so strong as ash. 



Some complaint has been heard of hackberry 's liability to be bored 

 by insects; but that probably would not occur in veneer work. No 

 technical report is known, showing its habits of shrinking, swelling 

 and warping; but its general behavior in that respect is much like 

 ash. 



Hardwood Record would appreciate information on this subject 

 which might be furnished by anyone experienced in handling hack- 

 berry for this purpose. — Editor. 



B 869 — Wants Information on Quarter-Sawing 

 Monroe, Mich., Feb. 13. — Editor Hardwood Record : On page 43 of 

 your current Issue we find a very graphic illustration or method of cut- 

 ting oak lumber. The writer has frequently been asked to explain how 

 quartered oak Is cut, and we are wondering whether you have available 

 an illustration showing cro.ss section of a log as it Is cut for quartered 

 oak. We would appreciate your favoring us with the above, it possible. 



Hardwood Record has given this inquirer, who is with an impor- 

 tant woodworking concern, what information it has available on the 

 question of quarter-sawing. Of course quarter-sawing methods change 

 materially with the timber and with the ideas of the sawyers engaged, 

 and Hardwood Record would welcome any new thoughts along this 

 line that subscribers might care to submit. — Editor. 



B 870— A Note of Optimism 



Hardwood Record has received a good many optimistic letters in 

 the last few months, but most of them were presaging better business 

 rather than denoting actually favorable experiences. 



The following is a letter from a largo concern in Wisconsin, which 

 manufactures hemlock and hardwood lumber. — Editor. 



Phillips, Wis., Feb. 13. — Editor Hardwood Record: We are pleased to 

 advise that the outlook is much brighter and we have been able to secure 

 .some very good contracts for future delivery. . 



B 871 — Wants Market for Hickory and Ash Dimension 



The following letter speaks for itself: 



Chicago, Feb. 15. — Editor Hardwood Record; We have a considerable 

 amount of waste of hone dry hickory in both No. 1 and No. 2 grades 

 which can be cut Into the following sizes: l»{.xlHxl6, 26, 30, 32. ;!:!, 36, 

 :19 and 42" long; l'',xl'ixl4 and 16" long; l'.'i xl?ix66" long. We will 

 let this stock go at a very low price and will appreciate it If you can 

 put us in touch with some firms who will be Interested. 



We also have some waste in white ash that we would like to dispose of. 

 The stock is 3" thick, 6" to 14" wide and 12" to 30" long, with an aver- 

 age length of about 20". 



We will be glad to cut up this stock Into smaller dimensions and let it 

 go at a very reasonable price in case an.vone could use it. . 



Those in a position to use the stock can have the name of the 

 inquirer by writing Hardwood Record. — Editor. 



B 872 — Wants to Buy European Ash 

 Chicopee, Mass., February 2:i. — Editor Hardwood Record: Wo are de- 

 sirous of securing Norwegian ash. Please advise names of shippers. 



Norwegian ash and European ash are the same, botanically known 

 as Fraxinus excelsior. — Editor. 



