HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Cost in the Veneer and Panel Business," going 

 over the various items of cost of logs, manu- 

 facture, labor, etc., very carefully, and pointing 

 out t lint manufacturers are logically entitled to 

 more money for their output. 



Messrs. Underwood, Kline, Steincr and Dow 

 took prominent parts in the free discussion 

 which ensued on points brought out in the ad- 

 dress. 



J. A. Underwood was called upon for an ad 

 dress upon "The Contract for 1907." Discus- 

 sion followed by Messrs. Groffman, Koddis. Bow- 

 man, Kline and Schoenlau, who also brought up 

 the question of prices being paid for logs at 

 various points, the car shortage problem, econ- 

 omy in the use of material, etc. 



L. 1'. Groffman read an interesting paper upon 

 "Good Fellowship in Association Work," fol 

 lowed by K. P. Sawyer, who delivered an able 

 discourse upou "Our Business Progress in the 

 Future." 



Election of Officers. 



The report of the nomination committee, rec- 



ommending the reelection of the present officers 

 with the exception of third vice president, was 

 adopted and L. P. Groffman, was Instructed i" 

 cast the ballot for the association. The Board 

 of Directors also remains practically 11"' same. 

 The rosier is as follows : 



President, D. E. Kline, 



I iisi vice president. .1. A. Underwood. 



Second vice president. YV. 8. Walker. 



Third vice president, YV. II. Roddis. 



Secretary-treasurer, E. II. Defebaugh. 



Directors, s. I:. Anderson. 1'. D. Hatch, I.. 

 P. ' Groffman, M. W. Perry, J. J. Kincaid, C. F. 

 Yegge and M. C. Dow. 



It was moved and seconded that the board of 

 directors be authorized to secure an assistant 

 lo the secretary to take up detail work. 



The committee on constitution and by-laws 

 appointed al the morning session reported that 

 they found no changes necessary. Their report 

 was adopted. 



Adjournment was then taken until i) a. m., 

 December 12. 



charcoal of any timber in the state. No ton Ign 

 hardwood can hope to compete with it iu this 

 market, but what could be done with it in for- 

 eign markets through live, up-to-date American 

 export methods is a subject for interesting spei 

 illation, and one which on investigation might 

 prove worthy of a trial. 



The timber business is practically controlled 

 by one corporation formed by a combination of 

 eight originally separate companies, and, whib 

 ii may not be described as a trust, for that 

 word is particularly objectionable in Austra ia. 

 its methods of doing business are regarded here 

 as not entirely dissimilar to those of other In 

 dustries bearing that unpopular label. While 

 there are a few independent limber companies 

 engaged in the business, it is fair to assume, 

 according to the business men of Western Aus- 

 tralia, that their enterprises are carried on by 

 permission of, rather than in competition with, 

 the corporation to which reference has been made. 



Netos Miscellany. 



The Covel Manufacturing Company. 

 When the Covel Manufacturing Company's 

 new plant is completed, which will be shortly 

 after the first of the year, this concern will 

 have more than twice its present capacity. This 

 means that the company will have one of the 

 largest and most modern plants in the country 

 for making machinery for manufacturing, sharp- 

 ening, stretching, brazing and keeping in condi- 

 tion all kinds of saws. The factory is a fire- 



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AUTOMATIC SHARPENER, MANUFACTURED 



BY THE COVEL MANUFACTURING 



CO.. BENTON HARBOR. MICH 



proof structure located at Benton Harbor, Mich. 

 It is expected that the plant will be in full 

 operation in about six weeks, when the com- 

 pany will be able to catch up to some extent 

 with its orders, a thing it has been unable to 

 do for several months. 



The plant occupies five acres of land and con- 

 sists of a machine shop, 250x50 feet ; foundry, 

 175x60 feet ; warehouse, 32x126 feet ; storehouse, 

 26x79 feet, and a boiler house, 22x50 feet. The 

 general sales offices will be located after May 

 1, 1907, in the Fisher building, Chicago, in 

 charge of Mr. Seek. 



The Covel Manufacturing Company is well 

 known to the hardwood trade and its products 

 are extensively used. The concern has built up a 

 large and profitable business from a small begin- 

 ning and arrived at its present state of prog- 

 ress by building honest machines. The company 

 was established In 1874 by Milo Covel, who 

 originated the principle upon which the ma- 

 chines have been built. The business was leased 

 from Mr. Covel in 1895 and four years later 

 was incorporated with the following officers : 

 L. L. Filstrup, president ; J. H. Seek, vice presi- 

 dent ; A. W. Filstrup, secretary ; E. A. Filstrup, 

 treasurer. The two latter are the sons of L. L. 

 Filstrup, president of the company. Both boys 

 entered the business when young and have 



acquired a profound knowledge of the technical 

 detail of the Covel machines and modern meth- 

 ods of marketing them. The elder Filstrup 

 grew up at the bench with Milo Covel and knows 

 the business from ground up. 



At present the company is featuring a ma- 

 chine for taking care of the largest band saws 

 made. It has been practically demonstrated 

 that the wide baud saw has come to stay. This 

 is particularly so where the timber runs large. 

 This naturally created a demand for a massive 

 machine of larger capacity for the widest band 

 saws, namely, 18 and 20 inch. To meet this 

 demand the Covel Manufacturing Company has 

 recently put upon the market a machine known 

 as No. 99D. Several cf these machines are 

 now in operation on the Pacific coast, handling 

 18 and 20 inch band saws with as much ease 

 as the ordinary sharpener bandies a 10 or 12 

 inch saw. A cut of this machine is shown 

 herewith. In addition to machines of this type, 

 the company manufactures a complete line of 

 filing room machinery. 



Timber Industry in Australia. 



The timber industry in Australia is still in its 

 iufancy, but from the latest and most accurate 

 figures obtainable showing its production enough 

 can be learned to gauge its importance and value 

 as a national asset and the steady rate of ils 

 development. The demand for western Austin 

 lia hardwoods for railway sleepers, street paving 

 blocks, piles for wharves and piers, jetties, 

 bridges, etc., is increasing both in the common- 

 wealth and for export. The United Kingdom is 

 the chief buyer of these woeds outside of the 

 Australian states, but a fairly large quantity 

 finds its way to other countries. 



The principal hardwood timber trees of the 

 Western Australian forests are called "jarrah" 

 and "kauri," but of these the jarrah is regarded 

 as greatly superior for general construction pur- 

 poses. A recent government estimate gives 

 8,000,000 acres of jarrah forest and 1,200,000 

 acres of kauri forest, and the latest published 

 records of the Western Australian Land Depart- 

 ment indicate an acreage of only 904,260 of 

 forest land under timber leases and licenses. 

 These figures show the great expansion possible 

 for this industry under intelligently directed 

 effort and its increasing importance as a source 

 of state wealth. A fair specimen of a jarrah 

 tree would run about 90 to 100 feet in height, 

 and from two and one-half to three and one-half 

 feet in diameter at the base. 



The weight of the jarrah wood when newly cut 

 is a little over seventy pounds prr cubic foot, 

 which is reduced to sixty pounds when thor- 

 oughly seasoned. It is red in color, polishes 

 well. Is easily worked, and it makes the best 



His First Deer. 

 Thomas H. Wall, vice-president of the Buf- 

 falo Hardwood Lumber Company of Buffalo. 

 N. T., has been a sportsman for a good many 

 years, but last month he shot his first deer. 

 Mr. Wall, John MeLeod of Buffalo, and several 

 Irish and Canadian friends went on a hunting 



T. II. WALL AND HIS PRIZE. 



tour of the Perry Sound district of Canada m 

 November, and Mr. Wall was one of the few 

 fortunate memoers of the party and succeeded 

 in bringing down a fine buck. The accom- 

 panying illustration showing Mr. Wall bearing 

 his prize on his shoulders is from a photo- 

 graph captured by one of the party on the 

 spot. The deer weighed upward of 150 pounds, 

 and naturally Mr. Wall is as proud of his 

 prowess as the proverbial small boy with his 

 nisi pair of red-topped boots. The hunting 

 trip was successful from start to finish. 



Succeeds H. C. Barroll & Co. 

 Clark L. Poole and Edward C. Cronwall, who 

 have been connected with the firm of II. C. Bar- 

 roll & Co. of Chicago, bankers ami bond dealers, 

 since its organization, announce I hat they have 

 formed a partnership under the name of Clark 

 L. Poole & Co. and will succeed to the business 

 of II. C. Barroll & Co., purchasing the assets 

 and assuming the liabilities of that company. 

 Both Mr. Poole and Mr. Cronwall have hail wide 

 experience in the handling of timber lands and 

 in similar negotiations. The office of the new 

 concern will be located in the First National 

 I lank Building, Chicago. 



