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few states of the United States the Doyle 

 rule is the legal measurement. In default of 

 a contract to the contrary the Doyle-Scribner 

 rule would prevail. — Editor. 



Factory Flooring, 13-16 inch, must be of 

 such ;i character as will lay and give a good 

 serviceable floor, with some cutting. Lengths 1 

 to lu feet. — Editor. 



Wants Chairs. 

 Greenville, III., net. 24. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record: We use considerable special medium 

 quality chairs, and would appreciate it if you 

 could put us into communication with firms 

 that manufacture them. — . 



These people have been supplied with the 

 name of our prominent chair concern. Other 

 chair manufacturers desiring it will bo put 

 into communication with them on addressing 

 this office. — Editor. 



Grades of Maple Flooring. 

 Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 1. — Editor Hard 

 wood Record: Will you kindly post me on the 

 rules governing lie grading of hard maple floor- 

 ing? — . 



Below are the rules on which maple floor 

 my is manufactured and inspected: 



('leak. 1:: li: inches, shall have one face free 

 of all defects, but the question of color shall not 

 be considered Standard lengths in all widths 

 in this grade shall be j to 16 feet, inclusive: the 

 proportion of lengths 2 to 3^6 feet shall be what 

 the stock will produce up to seven per cent. 



No. 1. 13-16 inch, will admit of tight, sound 

 knots and slight imperfections in dressing, hut 

 must lay without waste Standard lengths in 

 this grade shall be trimmed from l 1 ^ to 16 



feet inclusive. 



Dimension White Ash Wanted. 



Bremen, Germany, Oct. 1-. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record: We have an inquiry for ash. as 

 follows : 



Sample carload of straight, tough, white ash 

 free from all defects and well bundled: half the 

 quantity l%xl%"; half the quantity 1'jxl V. 

 in lengths of -fi.j. 5. 5%, II. t'.'-j and 7 feel 

 Shipment to Bremerhaven, Geestmuende, 



Knowing no mill or exporter who can deliver 

 this, we take the liberty to ask you to name us 

 sonic mills or exporters who can deliver such 

 -lock. — . 



Anyone able to supply the demand noted 

 in this letter will lie put into communication 

 with the concern by addressing this office. — 

 Editor. 



In Market for Oak and Ash Baluster Stock. 



Brooklyn, n. v.. Sept. 6.— Editor Hardwood 

 Record: Could you refer me to some mills cut- 

 ting baluster siock l%xl%x24" in oak and ash? 



Will take any quantity. — — . 



Tlie above correspondent has been supplied 

 with the addresses of several firms which 

 may be in position to furnish its neeils in 

 this line, but if readers of the Record who arc 

 interested in this inquiry will communicatt 

 with this office they will lie put in touch with 

 this buver. — EDITOR. 



Some Pointers on Piling. 



So much has been said on the subject 

 I piling lumber that it would seem as if 



it wort mparatively easy to get satis 



factory results, ami yet tin: most skillful 

 lumbermen still find unsolved problems in 

 the work. One difficulty may be seen in 

 i lie accompanying photograph, which is a 

 view in the yard of a man who takes great 

 pains in the care of his stuck. As can be 

 seen, the stock has been carefully as- 

 sorted for widths before piling, and due 

 care lias been exercised in the actual work 

 of piling, but, even witli this, there re- 

 mains tin' problem of those extending ends 

 of boards longer than the main body of 

 the pile which are scattered here ami there 

 through it and exposed to the weather 



in a manner that unites nun ■ less dam- 



agS 



'.'Why not assort fur length,'' may be 

 asked, "and make it all of stock of even 

 length?" Such a proposition would not be 

 as easy as it looks. It has already been 

 assorted for width, and to assort for both 

 width and length in detail would call for 

 more piling room than is available. 



The condition considered here was 

 whether to assort for lengths or to assort 

 lot widths, ami the lumberman whose yard 

 is shown considered the assorting for 

 widths the mo:e important. Unquestion- 

 ably, he was right. The assorting for 

 lengths was not sacrificed entirely, but it 

 was impracticable under the circumstances 

 to supply a separate piling place for every 



length as well .is for every width and 

 grade and. as a consequence, the results 

 are as shown. Under the circumstances 

 Moie can be very, little criticism, if any, 

 of the course pursued in this particular in- 

 stance. There is. however, a problem to 

 be solved— that of taking care of the ex 

 tending ends. One man suggests that in- 

 stead of being scattered here and there 

 throughout the pile they might all have 

 been placed in one tier or two tier-, as 

 their quantity might make necessary, thus 

 getting them together on one side of the 

 pile, so that by being grouped in this man- 

 ner they would furnish a certain amount 

 of protection for themselves. The sugges- 

 tion would be good, if it were known how 

 many long boards there would be. but they 

 were put on the pile just as they came. In 

 other words they were an uncertain quan- 

 tity and to set apart a certain space in 

 the pile for them would be a matter of 

 guess work. 



Simple as it may look, it is quite an 

 undertaking in the practical piling of lum- 

 ber to conform to anything like the ideal. 

 nt eourse ii is possible to take a given 

 quantity of lumber am 1 , fix it up all right, 

 but to take the output of a hardwood mill 

 ;.s it comes from I he .saws, assort if and 

 pile it on the yard from d:i\ to day and 

 maintain anything like the ideal is really 

 much more difficult than it looks, and the 

 problem shown here is only one of many 

 that confronts mill nun every day and still 



lacks an entirely satisfactory solution. 

 It is interesting in this connection to 

 note how widely we differ from our Eng 

 lish cousins, especially in the matter of 

 piling oak. The\ r pile the product of each 

 log together, while with us. instead of try- 

 ing to keep together the product of any 

 one log, we begin by assorting il for grade 

 and then follow by assorting it for thick- 

 ness and width, and also in a measure for 

 length, so that the product of one log may 

 be scattered into a dozen different piles. It 

 is not the purpose here to enter into a 

 discussion of the two systems, for much 

 depends on where and how the product is 

 to lie used, but it is desired to call atten- 

 tion to the fact that the proper piling 

 of hardwood lumber as it comes from the 



TILED ECU! WIDTHS, SHOWING ONE OF 

 THE COMMONEST PROBLEMS l\ PILING. 



mill is a subject thai might be discussed 

 at association meetings with fruitful re- 

 sults, because as simple as the work looks 

 to the casual observer, it is really not 

 only full of complications but it is an im- 

 portant factor in making or marring the 

 reputation of a mill man. which is another 

 way of saying that it has a direct bearing 

 ■ • 1 1 the profit and loss account. 



American Office Furniture in Egypt. 



special Agent Charles M Pepper of the con 

 sular service in a report on the commercial pos 

 sibiliiies of Egypt stales that it is the concur- 

 rent testimony that in office and household 

 furniture there is an excellent opening for the 

 manufacturers of the United Stales. 



The fine grades ami decorative sivies which 

 are supplied by Europe will always be in demand 

 ii\ the wealthier classes, hut they have not the 

 possibilities of growth as have the more sub- 

 stantial articles manufactured in the United 

 siahs. because the latter meet the demands of 

 the classes whose ability to buy is increasing 

 and who are demanding more material comfort 

 for their dwellings, office furniture is in very 

 good demand. Roll top desks have found their 

 way into numerous offices and commercial houses 

 in Alexandria and Cairo and are also shipped 

 as far as the Soudan. There is a market for 

 all kinds of desk's, tables, chairs, settees and 

 even for folding beds 



