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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



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wbuli lonnects with the llliiim^ ( uiti U uid the niiin hue ot the Missouii 

 Pacific The plant occupiis a tiatt ot ahout tnent\ five aires, half of 

 which IS onupieO by the luinbpi depaitment and the other half by the 

 veneei operation 



The lumbei equipmtnt indiule'; an eight foot band saw and a seven foot 

 band resaw, while the veneer outfit iucluiles two Capitol lathes, each with 

 a 106-inch knife, behind which are four lOG-inch clippers with traveling 

 tables. The drying is done with three mechanical driers, one 150-foot 

 Philadelphia Textile, one Smith roller an,I plate drier 150 feet in length. 



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Junnol drier with exhau.st fans, this being 

 each side of the mechanical driers recording thermom 

 ami hourly tests are taken for moisture in the veueei 

 product not only uniformly dry. but in which the per( 

 lan be absolutely controlled. The veneer departni 

 numerous small clippers, cut-off saws, rip saws, etc.. i 

 111 the ,11111. n-i.. 11 department foi cutting veneers to e\a<t size. The 

 als.i .111 iiiiniiiitu taping and jointing department equipped wii 

 4Jii.. h tii.iii.: iiiaibine maiiufactu red by the Veneer Machineij 

 |iau\ 1.1. Hid K.ipids. Mich., and a seven-foot jointer made by the 

 Kimpan.\. These were installed for the purpose ot furnishing to the 

 extreme widths machine taped and jointed into whole sheets read 



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moisture 

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A SIZICAULE LOAD 01" llAUliWOOH I.Ui;S LEAV 



WAREHOUSE. MEASUREMENT AND INSPECTION UEl'AUT.ME 



ahout two and one-halt million feet of logs. These are handled by a 

 McGitfert self-propelled log storage machine traveling on a sixteen-foot 

 track and equipped with an S2-foot steel boom, which h.iiidles the logs 

 direct from the cars to the yards. Here each kind of log is piled separately 

 and from the separate piles the different woods are handled by electric 

 derricks into the steaming vats. From there they are taken on trucks to 

 the drag saw for cutting into vener block lengths. 



The main building of the Helena plant is 9S feet by 304 feet and has 

 onniiPte fl...,r and metal sides and roof. The main warehouse is 128 feet 

 liv li.s r,., , ,,,,,1 the shipping room also having concrete floors and metal 

 vi.i. > IV s,; i,,t i,y iQs feet. The company has just added an additional 

 wMirhMu-i i_'4 iVet by ICS feet. Each machine throughout the plant is 

 indivi.lii.iily motor driven, the entire electric energy being generated in 

 a 350 k.w. generator, which in turn is operated by a 450 h.p. Corliss engine, 

 for which steam is produced by three 150 h.p. high pressure tubular boilers. 

 An automatic engine of 150 h.p.. driving a 75 k.w. generator, operates the 

 night load, as ail three mechanical driers are operated continuously twenty- 

 four hours a day. 



The entire design of the mill equipment was for the special production 

 of high grade rotary veneers, catering particularly to the veneered door, 

 furniture, piano and panel manufacturing trades. 



The general offices of the company are located in the Hank ot Commerce 

 & Trust building, Memphis. The company is headed by the following 



