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HARDWOOD RECORD 



A. J. GAHAGAN, CHATTANOOGA, TENN., DI- 

 RECTOR. 



sition to adopt odd lengths as standard was 

 lost. 



The convention then adjourned until 

 30:30 the following morning. 



WEDNESDAY'S SESSION. 

 On reassembling on Wednesday morning 

 President Wilms announced the following 

 committees in conformity with the recom- 

 mendations contained in the report of the 

 committee on officers' addresses and re- 

 ports: 



Committee on Drainage and Improvement of 

 Waterways— S. B. Anderson, Memphis, Tenn.; 

 R. E. Lee Wilson, Wilson, Ark.; Clinton Crane, 

 Cincinnati. 0. ; G. E. \V. Luehrmann, St. Louis, 

 Mo.; W. c. Dewey, Marked Tree, Ark. 



Committee on Transportation — R. L. McCle] 

 land, Chicago; J. W. Mayhew, Columbus. Ohio : 

 J. 8. Garetson. St. Louis, Mo. ; W. B. .Morgan, 

 Memphis, Tenn. ; J. R. Mcllvaine, Nashville, 

 Tenn. 



Committee on Consumers' Membership — R. II. 

 Vansant, Ashland, Ky. ; John IS. Hanson, Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. ; Clinton Crane, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Executive Grading Commission — R. H. Van- 

 sant. Ashland, Ky. ; W. A. Gilchrist, Memphis. 

 Tenn. : E. A. Lang, Chicago ; John W. Love. 

 Nashville, Tenn. : W. M. Kitter, Columbus, Ohio ; 

 John H. Himmelberger, Morehouse, Mo. ; P. W. 

 Webster, Decatur, Ala. ; George E. Breece, 

 Charleston, W. Va. 



Committee on Poplar and Basswood,, Grading 

 — C. M. Crawford, Coal drove, Ohio ; C. M. 

 Clark, Clay City. Ky. ; J. W. Mayhew, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio; S. Lieberman. Nashville. Tenn.; F. A. 

 Kirby. Scranton, Pa.; John W. Kitchen. Ash- 

 land, Ky. : T. E. Powe,. St. Louis, Mo.: W I, 

 Delaney, Cincinnati, Ohio; W. J. Cude, Kim 

 mins, Tenn. 



Committee on Oak, Ash and Chestnut, Grad- 

 ing — John W. Love, Nashville, Tenn. ; R. M 

 Carrier, Sardis. Miss. : W. I.. Watson, Malum. 

 \V. Va. ; Clinton Crane, Cincinnati. Ohio : W. E. 

 Delaney. Cincinnati, Ohio ; W. W. Dings, St. 

 Louis, Mo. : J. W. Mayhew, Columbus, Ohio. 



Committee on Cottonwood. Grading and Sta- 

 tistics — E. A. Lang, Chicago ; W. A. Gilchrist. 

 Memphis, Tenn. ; W. C. Dewev, Marked Tree, 

 Ark. ; R. E. Lee Wilson, Wilson, Ark. ; W. p, 

 . Morgan. Memphis, Tenn. ; C. H. Moore, Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. : Thos. W. Fry, St. Louis. Mo 



Committee on Gum. Grading and Statistics — 

 Howard Rule, Morehouse. Mo. ; W. II. Greble 

 Memphis. Tenn. : Thos. W. Fry, St. Louis. Mo. • 

 W. W. Dings, St. Louis. Mo. : P. L. Throne, 

 Fair, Ark. : John W. Dickson, Memphis. Tenn. ; 

 E. E. Sweet, Memphis. Tenn. ; Geo. F. Riel, 

 Memphis. Tenn. ; F. E. Gray, Memphis, Tenn. 



Committee on Beech, Birch, Soft and Rock 

 Elm, Hard and Soft Maple, Grading and Sia 

 tistics — Thos. W. Fry, St. Louis, Mo. : I \ 

 Kirby, Scranton, Pa. ; J. W. Mayhew, Columbus, 

 Ohio. 



Committee on Vehicle Dimension Stock. Grad- 

 ing and Statistics — George E. Breece. Charles- 

 ton-, W. Va. ; E. W. Pratt, Jr., Crofton, Ky. • 

 O. C. Galloway, Clarendon, Ark. ; E. L. Davis 

 Louisville, Ky. : W. W. Dings, St. Louis, Mo. 



Committee on Chair and Furniture Dimension, 

 Grading and Statistics — F. W. Webster, Decatur, 



Ala. ; George E. Breece, Charleston, W. Va. 

 Frank F. Fee, Newport. Ark.; Van B. Perrine. 

 Fort Wayne, Ind. : O. C. Galloway, Clarendon 

 Ark. ; J. S. Garetson, St. Louis, Mo. ; C. M, 

 Clark, Clay City, Ky. ; R. M. Carrier, Sardis. 

 Miss. : John W. Love. Nashville, Tenn. 



Committee on Poplar and Basswood. Statis- 

 tics — A. J. Gahagan. Chattanooga. Tenn. ; A, 

 Loveman, Nashville. Tenn. ; J. W. Kitchen. Ash- 

 land, Ky. : J. W. Mayhew, Columbus, Ohio : C. 

 M. Crawford, Coal Grove, Ohio; F. A. Kirby, 

 Scranton, Pa.: Flovd Day, Clay City, Ky. : W. 

 II. Dawkins, Ashland, Ky. ; A. B. Ransom, Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



Committee on Oak, Ash and Chestnut. Statis- 

 tics — A. P. Steele. Sardis, Miss. : Clinton Crane, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio ; J. W. Mavhew, Columbus. 

 < >hio : W. L. Watson, Mahan, W. Va. : John B 

 Ransom, Nashville, Tenn. : Daniel Wertz, Evans 

 ville, Ind. ; G. O. Worland, Evansville, Ind. 

 W. A. McLean, New Albany, Ind. 



Committee on Cherry, Walnut, Butternut, Syc- 

 amore, Hickory and Pecan. Grading and Statis- 

 tics — W. I. Ban. Greenfield, O. ; Wm. Burke, 

 Dayton. O. : Robert Vestal. Knoxville, Tenn. ; 

 V. A. Kirby, Scranton, Pa. : J. W. Taylor, Colum- 

 bus. O. 



The Odd Length Question. 

 R. H. Vansant, on behalf of the executive 

 grading committee, advised that during the 



recess this nmittee had gotten together 



and would amend its report by recommend- 

 ing that standard lengths shall be from four 

 to' twenty feet in length, and that odd 



grades as shown in the ruugh, and not subject 

 to any changes which may be caused by future 

 mill working, except as to stained sap as herein- 

 after stated. 



6. Sap that will show bright after dressing 

 to standard thickness shall be considered bright; 

 all sap to be estimated in the average. 



7. Sound heart in firsts and seconds, if lon- 

 ger than the width of the piece, will reduce it 

 to the next lower grade. 



8. Splits that do not diverge more than one 

 inch for each foot in length are to be considered 

 straight splits. 



9. Ordinary season checks are not to be con- 

 sidered defects and are those that come in lum- 

 ber when it has been properly piled and pro- 

 tected after manufacture. 



10. A straight split not exceeding 6 inches 

 in length in one end of a piece of lumber S 

 inches and over wide shall not be considered a 

 defect. 



11. The rules foi- the inspection of lumber 

 are intended to define the poorest piece that 

 will go into agiven grade; all the better boards 

 up to the next higher grade being also included 

 in the grade described. When the defects are 

 slightly beyond the specifications, 12-fuot and 

 longer shall be given advantage in grade, and 

 10-foot and shorter reduced. 



12. Clear face cuttings must show one face 

 clear of all defects excepting bright sap, as 

 hereinafter stated. 



The reverse side of clear face cuttings may 

 contain two or three small defects, or one large 

 defci 1 not exceeding two inches in diameter 

 thai will not materially weaken the strength of 

 the piece and that will not show through the 

 face when worked. 



13. Sound cuttings may contain firm knots ; 

 pin worm holes, sap aud other defects which 

 would not materially weaken the'Strength of the 

 piece. 



The word ■cuttings" is intended to include 

 both rippings auil cross cuttings. 



14. Log Run means the full run of the log 

 with all grades excluded that will not cut 50 

 per cent into sound cuttings. 



MEASUREMENT. 



1. Lumber must be inspected and measured 

 as the inspector finds it, of full length and 

 width. He shall make no allowance for the 

 purpose of raising the grade. 



2. In the measurement of all lumber, frac- 

 tions exactly on the half foot are to be dropped 

 and all fractions above the half-foot are to be 

 counted to the next higher figure on the board 

 rule. 



3. A careful piece tally must be kept of all 

 lumber showing the face measure. This shall 

 be considered the board measure in all lumber 

 one inch and thinner. To obtain the board 

 measure in stock thicker than one inch, multiply 

 the face measurement by the thickness ip inches. 



4. In the absence of 8-foot lengths in the 

 grade where the same is alb, wed, the per cent 

 of 10-foot lengths may be increased proportion- 

 ately. 



5. Tapering lumber shall be measured at one- 

 third the length of the board from the narrow 

 end, except strips. 



6. All widths and lengths mentioned in these 

 rules shall be inclusive. 



A. The standard lengths are 4. 6, S. 10, 12, 

 14. 1G. 18 and 20 feet, admitting the percentage 

 ROBER1 VESTAL, KNOXVILLE, TENN'., DI- of lengths as designated under each grade. Ten 

 RECTOR P er cent of odd lengths in feet in any grade 



admitted. 



lengths be admitted up to 10 per cent of 

 the total in any shipment. This recom- 

 mendation proving acceptable, the report 

 of this committee was then adopted as a 

 w hole, as follows: 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR MANUFACTURE, INSPECTION 

 AND MEASURSMENT. 



MANUFACTURE. 



Lumber shall be manufactured of practically 

 uniform thickness and parallel edges, with ail 

 ragged and bad cuds trimmed off. 



INSPECTION. 



The location, size and kind of defects have 

 much to do with the value of a board, and the 

 inspector must depend to some extent on his own 

 judgment, guided by the following rules : 



1. In inspecting all lumber, both sides of the 

 piece shall be taken into consideration in making 

 the grade, bearing in mind that 90 per cent of 

 all lumber shows only one face when finished. 



2. The face side of lumber is the side showing 

 the best quality or appearance. 



3. Wide pieces of lumber that would take 

 two or three standard defects mav have one 

 large defect equal in damage to two or three 

 standard defects. 



4. In woods where no select grade is pro- 

 \ ale, I. boards S inches and over wide with one 

 clear face shall be raised a grade above the re- 

 verse side. 



5. Lumber shipped rough must be accepted on H. FUG ATE, RICHLANDS, VA., DIRECTOR. 



