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HARDWOOD RECORD 



i^ For Greatest Range of Uses ^- 



and 



The "HOOSIER," the rip 



rhlch mak( 



lufacture arid grade refining 



possible. Hundreds of users already— you 



i profitable 

 It the mill 



-WUl you? 



Easiest Handling 



buy the 



Hoosier Self Feed Rip Saw. This machine has earned thousands 

 of dollars for owners in the manufacture of dimension lumber, crating, 

 etc., because its entirely novel design, resulting in surprising ease of 

 operation and adaptability, makes possible a profit where a loss is 

 often expected in this work. The 



Hoosier Self -Feed Rip Saw 



has a positive and powerful feed which handles the heaviest material 

 as readily as the lightest. 



The table, raised and lowered with the crank in front of the ma- 

 chine, is always level — always securely locked. 



The Hoosier rips anything up to 6 inches thick and 17 inches wide. 

 It feeds 35, 75, 100 or 150 feet a minute. 



Manufactured exclusively by 



The SINKER -DAVIS COMPANY 



INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 



said to be behind the building of two branch railroad lines out from the 

 Cumberland & Manchester Railroad from Garrard, Ky., extending into Clay 

 county, one branch now being under construction up Horse Creelc, a dis- 

 l;incc lif live miles, while an..ther branch will go in the opposite direction 

 ■il.m" r.uzzani Cre.-k to Coos.' Hock. Opening of these lines will enable 



which Wiis loM In ;i ~i ;ini I 



The new v<'ss.-l w:is inuo.!"-.! :il r 

 the vessels were named, rose to th 

 launched early in the war. 



The Louisville branch of the Sou 

 adopted a very effective mctlio.l to cnatilc rci 

 members of the local bran. Ii lo ,][,■. I. up ih.i 

 changes in the tariffs umln ilir t^^.,•uu-^\\>^ 

 fact that there arc now lu^iiiv ^rr.n rii. n ii 



over incorrect rates li:is i u .■\]).Tiriir,Mi ii 



ever before. In or.ln- lo L;i't iir.miMl iliis dim 

 provided with a iuIiI"t si:iiiip, wlii.h is :illi\." 

 shipped. The corr.it nil.' L. tlic |..iiTii ol .b- 

 the association, and the authority for tli.' i;il 

 invoice so that the receiver can till at a i 

 overcharges, and then talie it up wiih soili.i 

 The stamp reads: "The correct freight rat 



100 lbs. as per . Pay Charges ou 



Hardwood Traffic Association." 



licroy Olcott, formerly connected with \V. 

 Company, who for the past I'.'w y.'ais li:i- i 

 on the Pacific coast, has r.l.iiii..l i" il:- i; 

 ceeds Preston P. .loyes as aii.lil..i. Mi L >■ i 

 as a ca&didate in the Artillery Olli.j.^i- >:. 1."' 



A sawmill of L. ('. Smith, near Petersville 

 for several weeks, burned a few days ago, 



V vessel, the 

 [ C. Mengel, 

 ■ weelis ago. 

 after whom 

 t vessel was 



Hardwood Traffic Association has 

 .' receivers of Inmlier sliipped by 

 lli.ii- li.iulit lat.'s. Due to the 

 -lix.. II. 1- . .nr a.lvance, and the 



& Sons Lumber 



Ky., which had been down 

 starting on the evening ol 



tion, 



ad said to have started in sawdust and mill 



the first day': 

 waste. 



The May Branch Coal Corporation, Lexington, Ky., has been reorganized 

 as the White Ash Fuel Company, its charter providing for handling coal 

 and timberlands. and dealing in lumber and coal. A branch office is being 

 established at White Ash, Ky. John W. Masn.'r. \V. JI. I'airish ami .lames 

 T. Garey of Lexington are the principals. 



The Louisville branch of the Southern llar.lw.....! •i'l-affl.- Asso. ration 



has recently gotten out bulletins to all members warning them of . 

 and conditions in connection with freight classification changes 

 posed for both carlot and less than carlot business. 



-■< BUFFALO > 



a Traffic League held its summer meeting here 

 gave considerable time to the study of the car- 

 Bculty seemed to be not so much that charges 

 were never uniform and often changed. Some 



iL.'is Ilia I all .■.'iit.'i-s ..f niu.li size be given regu- 

 ..I II, ai II..'.,. i,,' |..il.|isl,,.,i Willi the tariffs. It 

 ill ha. I 1 1, i.ia.i.' I., :;r...ip II, ,s.. ilistricts and 



ere the complicat 



arising from the government taking 

 over part of the railroads and not the others. It was first proposed to 

 .,-1, I hi ii.i .,iiii.i,t t,. taU.i lb. Ill all. A majority of the members opposed 

 ihi ' iiiwiiiL: tl.al it \\..iil.l II.. I h.i .l.iii.i. and the resolution offered 



w.i ill ■ ii.jiawii, aii..!li.ir i..'iiiu a.L.pi.i.l wlii.-li proposes to have all 



ih.i liiiii [ih.iiil .ill a iinitoriii rali' an. I s.i haiiilli'il that the shipper would 

 not I..' i.'uuiicd to consider them as more than a single system. 



There is much speculation among shippers generally as to what will 

 become of the roads after the war is ended, but the convention did not 

 take this question up very directly. 



About fifty members of the Buffalo Automobile Club, with numerous 

 members of the lumber industry, took a trip by motor to Bergen, N. Y., 

 on August 31 to be guests of the Rochester Automobile Club. Arrange- 

 ments for the gathering of a good representation from Buffalo were made 

 by O. E. Yeager, president of the automobile club, and C. W. Belts, chair- 

 man of the entertainment committee. Unfortunately the day turned out a 

 rainy one. s.> the proniisc.l outdoor clambake and baseball game could not 

 be held, la.t.rtaiiiiii.iii was given in a hall and the lumbermen enjoyed 

 music, s|i. . . ii. ~ ait.l .lai.. iiig and an indoor feast of clams and corn, besides 

 some int.i. I ii.i_ ^l.i-l.i of-hand tricks by a Rochester policeman. 



Buffnl.. hiiii.hi.L; p. II. .lis for August showed a falling off of 28 per cent 

 In cost as . iiiiiiiai.i.i \viili a year ago. The total costs last month were 

 $874,00(1, a. a^aii,,-i .SI. -10.000 in the same month of 1917. For the first 

 eight nionllis of ilic year permits showed a cost of $5,391,000, as against 

 $7.2H.'.. 11(10 in that period of 1917, or a decline of 25 per cent. A housing 

 committee is at work in this city in the effort to alleviate the congestion 



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