HARDWOOD RECORD 



29 



Netos Miscellany. 



New Grading Rules for Dressed Poplar and 

 Oak Flooring. 



Below will be found the rules adopted on 

 October 26 at the convention of the National ' 

 Eardwood Lumber Association at Cincinnati, 

 covering dressed poplar and oak flooring. 



The rules fur the inspection of worked gnm 

 authorized at this meeting are the same as 

 those of the Dressed Gum Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, which were adopted December 1, 1903, 

 and have been published in the Hardwood Rec- 

 oup. 



The rules governing *the inspection of maple 

 flooring are identical with those of the Maple 

 Flooring Association, which have also been pub- 

 lished in this journal several times. These rules 

 have not yet bad the official signatures of the 

 inspection rules committee of the association, 

 and therefore there may possibly be some slight 

 discrepancies. 



The Hardwood Record is indebted for this 

 copy of the new rules to Chester F. Korn of 

 Cincinnati, chairman of the committee who had 

 their formulation in charge : 



General Instructions. 

 Dressed lumber must be inspected the same as 

 in the rough so far as standard defects are con- 

 cerned. In addition it will admit of unavoid- 

 able defects caused by the dressing. 



Worked stock as a finished building product 

 must be inspected from the best or face side. 

 WORKED POPLAR. 



STANDARD SIZES. 



Finishing. 

 One-half inch S2S 5-16"; %" S2S 7-16" %" 

 SJS 9-16"; 1" SL'S 13-16"; 1'," S2S 1 3-32": 

 l%" S^S 1 11-32"; 2" S2S 1%". 

 Casing and Base. 

 Dressed to 13-16" thick: 3%, 4%, 5%, 6Vj. 

 'Y2. 8%, Q¥i and HV2" wide and counted V 

 wider than finished sizes. 



Flooring and Partition. 

 Dressed to 13-16" thick; 2%, 314. 4', and 

 '>'," face width and counted %" wider than 

 finished sizes. 



Ceiling. 

 %" dressed to 5-16"; ¥2" to 7-lfi" ; %" to 

 9 16"; %" to 11-16" : same widths as partition. 



BEVEL SIDING. 



Standard lengths to be 4' and over long. 

 Defective dressing may reduce a piece one grade. 

 depending on the amount or extent of damage, 

 except in No. 4. 



Standard finished thickness of strips 13-16"x 

 3%, i% and ">%" and resawn on a bevel and 

 counted r \" wider than finished sizes. 



No. 1 grade, or clear : Lengths, 8' and lon- 

 ger, not to exceed 10 per cent of 8'. Shall be 

 clear except one inch of sap and other defects 

 on thin edge that will be covered by the lap. 



No. 2 grade, or selects: Lengths, same as 

 No. 1, except will admit of 5 per cent of 4 and 

 6'. Bright sap no defect in this grade: will 

 admit slightly discolored sap or two sound. 

 smooth knots not to exceed 14" in diameter, or ■ 

 their equivalent. 



No. 3 grade, or No. 1 common : Length. 4' 

 and longer. May admit 15 per cent under 10'. 

 Sound discolored sap admitted without limit, 

 or two standard knots, or their equivalent in 

 knots, wormholes or other defects. 



No. 4 grade, 'or No. 2 common: Lengths, same 

 as No. 3. Must lay two-thirds sound. 



DROP SIDING. 



Standard lengths to be 4' and oyer. 



Finished widths are 3%", 4Vi" and 5'," fa 



mid counted %" wider than finished sizes. De- 

 fective dressing may reduce a piece one grade, 

 depending on Ihe amount or extent of the dam 

 age, except in No. 4 grade. 



No. 1 grade, or clear : Lengths, 8' and Ion 



ger, not to exceed 10 per cent of S'. Must be 

 1 ree of all defects. 



No. 2 grade, or selects: Lengths, same as No 

 I. except will admit of 5 per cent of 4 ami 6'. 

 Bright sap no defect in this grade; will admil 

 slightly discolored sap or two sound, smooth 

 knots not to exceed Vii" in diameter, or their 

 equivalent. 



No. 3 grade, or No. 1 common : Lengths, 4' 

 and longer. May admit 15 per cent under 10'. 

 Sound discolored sap admitted without limit, or 

 two standard knots or their equivalent in knots, 

 wormholes or other defects. 



No. 4 grade, or No. 2 common: Lengths, sami 

 as No. 3. Must lay two-thirds sound. 



CASING AND BASE. 



Standard lengths, 8' and over ; 5 per cent of 8' 

 lengths admitted. Defective dressing may reduce 

 a piece one grade, depending on the amount or 

 <\icut of damage, excepting No. 1 common. 



No. 1 Grade or Firsts and Seconds ; 6" and un- 

 der must lie clear on face side. Seven to nine 

 inches will admit one inch of bright sap. Ten 

 to twelve inches 1%" of bright sap on one edge 

 of face side. 



No. j Grade or Selects: Bright sap admitted 

 to any extent if there are no other defects ; or, 

 in its absence, one sound knot not exceeding %" 

 in stock 8" and under: or one standard knot in 

 slock 0" and over wide. 



No. 3 Grade or No. 1 Common : Will include 

 all stock below the grade of Selects that will 

 work two-thirds of its lengths clear, regardless 

 oi" Bap. Stained sap to any extent admitted 

 where there are no other defects. 



FLOORING AND CEILING. 



Standard lengths, 6' and over. Defective dress 

 [ng may reduce a piece one grade, depending on 

 the amount or extent of damage excepting in No. 

 1 Grade, No. 2 Common. 



No. 1 Grade, or Clear or Yellow Face Stock. 



Noi to exi 1 10 p,r cent under 10'. Must be 



it f all defects on face side. 



No. 2 Grade or Selects. Not to exceed 10 per 

 cent under 10'. Bright sap no defect in this 

 grade. Will admit slightly discolored sap, or 

 one sound, smooth knot, not to exceed Vii" in 

 diameter, or its equivalent. 



No. •'! Grade or No. 1 Common: Lengths 6' 

 Miid longer. May admit 5 per cent of 0', 10 per 

 cent of 8'. Sound discolored sap admitted with- 

 out limit or one standard knot, or its equivalent 

 in knots, worm holes or other defects. 



No. 4 Grade or No. 2 Common: Lengths same 

 as Xo. 3 grade. Must lay two-thirds sound. 



PARTITION. 



All grades to be inspected tin' same as Flooring 

 and <viling. excepting it is to be graded from 

 Ihe worst side. 



MOULDINGS. 



Mouldings shall be based on National Moulding 

 Hook. 



OAK FLOORING. 



Rules formulated by 1 be Oak Flooring Mann 

 facturers in session at Cincinnati, Nov. IS, 1904, 

 adopted by the National Hardwood Lumber As 



social ion. 



The grades of oak flooring shall be known as 

 Clear, Seleci and Common. 



Clear shall have one face free of all defects. 

 except V of an inch of bright sap, but the 

 question of color shall not be considered. 

 Lengths in Ibis grade shall be 2 to 16 feet in- 

 cluslve ; not to exceed 10 per cent under 4 feet. 



Select may contain bright sap and will also 

 admit of pin worm holes, slight imperfections in 

 dressing, or a small tight knot to every three 

 feet in length. Lengths in this grade to be 1 



to li; feet. 



Common must be of such character as will lay 

 and give a good, serviceable floor with some rut 

 ting. Lengths, 1 to 16 feet. 



Death of Charles D. Strode. 



Charles D. Strode, well known to the readers 

 of the Hardwood Record, died at his home in 

 Austin, a suburb of Chicago, on Saturday, Octo- 

 ber 27, from a complication of brain fever and 

 heart disease. Mr. Strode was editor and some 

 time owner of the Hardwood Recoup for ihe 

 greater part of ten years, and was associated 

 with the present management of this paper dur- 

 ing Hie earlier months of 1905, when he resigned 

 lo start another trade paper. He contributed 

 special humorous articles to the Record nuclei 

 the title of "Strode's Stuff," which added mate 

 dally to the fame he had achieved in earlier 

 years as a humorous writer on lumber topics 

 His newspaper writings were scarcely academic, 

 but it was characteristic of him that lie never 

 did anything with seriousness or placed any 

 particular value upon accuracy in newspaper 

 work. The trend of his life was to amuse, and 

 most successfully did he fulfill his mission. At 

 lumber conventions he was ever ready with a 

 droll or humorous speech and it was through 

 writings and speeches of this character thai 

 he became widely known to the hardwood trade. 



Mr. Strode was born in Charleston, III., about 

 forty-five years ago. He leaves a wife and 

 four children. He lost both his parents when 

 he was three years old, and never had any edu- 

 cational advantages. He was a member of the 

 Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, having been 



THE LATE CHARLES D. STRODE. 



initiated into that organization by the editor 

 of the Hardwood Record some six years ago 

 al Buffalo. 



For two years he was secretary of ihe Na 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association, and ever 

 since the organization of that body was \i~vy 

 loyal in his support of it. Such was the regard 

 of the National association for him that, when 

 bis serious illness was learned, at the so 



tion of the editor of the Hardwood Rec 



the members in recent convention at Cincinnati 

 raised a subscription of upwards of $1,000 tor 

 Hie benefit of himself and family. It is believed 

 Unit more than $5,000 will be raised lor the 

 bereaved family as a result of this movement. 

 It is the ambition of his widow to have a little 

 home (hat she may call her own, and it is sin- 

 cerely trusted that every friend of the late 

 newspaperman may dig into his pocket and 

 bring .forth a goodly sum to contribute to Ibis 

 worthy purpose. The older children of Ihe 

 family are of sufficient age to make their own 

 living, but the two younger ones and ihe wldoi 

 certainly should have the generous support of 

 members of the National Hardwood Lumber As- 

 sociation, for which the deceased worked so 

 long and faithfully, and for which be re. 



