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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July 10, 1918 



ii'cently augmeuted by tlie puichase of 1 500 acres ot hi> isli t t 

 tonwood and oak In Arkansas -nithin seventeen miles iil the citx 

 of Memphis. The aceompanving lUustntions show the chin t i 

 of timber on these lands 



This body of timber deseivcs more than pissing mention -is it is 

 really one ot the most unusual bodies in the southern hardwood 

 belt. This is true both from the standpoint of the size of the tiees 

 and of the soundness of the stumpage The accompanMus pictuies 

 are merely suggestive of th i 1 n li i th h "' 't this tint 

 which was bought from aw II I ii \m I"' i I t i tli is 



The company is making ill i 1 i \ i i i iiii tin ti i I 



cither on leased rail or lail i m li i 1 iiii 1 i i i tin w il \ 

 logging line is now being m tilled ind in tht \a\ neii lutui 

 the work of getting out the timbei will begin The logs will I 

 taken to the mill at Memphis and being all -veiy fine stuff (as ui 

 easily be seen from the photogiaphs) its cutting will be caietulh 

 supervised. Certain sections ha\e aliead^ been tapped and tli 

 logs hauled to the adjacent rail lines and the timber conviit 1 

 However, the main bod\ will be worked up h\ the logging i i 1 

 referred to. 



.\1I the logging is done bv contiact the logs being hauled fi m 

 the Tchula mill to the Memphis mill via the Illinois Cential iii I 

 Frisco railroads. 



The Memphis plant coveis some fifteen acres including the \ n I 

 which normally contains a stock of well over si\ million t I 

 principally oak and ash This plant has two hundred empl ^ 

 and is modernly equipped with up to date machineiy thiough ut 

 The band mill carries an 11 inch saw S teel in diametei 1 bi 

 mill cuts 50,000 feet daily 



One of the features ot this plant is the electric crane whiih is 

 used for handling logs on the log yard This is illustiated in om 

 of the accompanying photographs It can unload 24 cars of logs 

 a day. 



The company puts out a verj fine line of lumbei at the Memphis 

 mill where it is all ver^ caiefully piled with plentj of sticks and 



before shipment to customeis 

 usually high sawmill yard 



In its page ad on th u i i 

 Mil! Company maintain tlni i 

 vast supplies ot staiidin-, tuiil 

 pany has made a distinct pol 



allowed to air dry on the 



f th 



Th 



issue the Memphis Bind 

 never been to accumulate 

 literally true The com 

 figuring the cutting value of 



its logs to the last possibility of quality of boards produced a 

 so has operated on its timber as well preferring to make a sel 

 tion on the basis of qualitj as the occasion presented itself ritl 

 than buying large tracts where the quality could not be so eas 

 determined. 



nd 



riNL ST\^D OF rrrRF.ss 



Creosote from Hardwoods 



the cieosote generally used for wood preservation is 

 made fiom coal tar but it is claimed that a further 

 souiie of wood preservatives m this country may be 

 f( und in the tars pioduced b) the destructive distillation 

 (t wood These are of two kinds those from hardwoods 

 and those from coniferous woods. At present these tars 

 are a waste to the plants producing them, and are eithei 

 burned or thrown away. In the crude state they are 

 absolutely unsuited for wood preservation. It is possible 

 however, to i. liii,- ilinn :nid i.r.Hlnre oils comparing very 



favorably wiili .".il i.ir 'H' ■. i Hie sample of creosote 



produced from h:i i .l\\ .h>iI lar iliai was submitted to the 

 I'"orest Products Laljoruiory at Madison, Wis., was more 

 taxic than coal tar. Its toxic limit in the case of the 

 (uugus fames aimosus was between 0.12 per cent and 

 0.24 per cent. Its specific gravity, range of distillation, 

 specific viscosity, ease of penetration into wood and 

 volatilization from wood were about the same as the 

 creosote used for comparisons, the latter being a com- 

 mercial product of good quality. It was much more cor- 

 rosive in its action on flange steel than the coal tar creo- 

 sote, although this was but little greater than the cor- 

 rosive action of a three per cent zinc chloride solution. 

 It would seem possible to further refine this oil and re- 

 move this objection. 



Several concerns are now said to be prepared to manu- 

 facture refined hardwood creosotes, and it seems likely 

 that at least 10,000,000 gallons annually could be placed 

 on the mai;ket. 



