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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Wood Used for Veneer. 

 The Forest Service, in circular 51, publishes 

 a study of the woods used for veneer in 1905. 

 The statistics are based on reports gathered 

 from 128 establishments in the United States. 

 These use annually more than 189,000,000 feet 

 log measure, the equivalent of approximately 

 217,000,000 board feet, which yield 1,108,000,000 

 square feet of veneer. Although the returns 

 from the manufacturers did not indicate whether 

 the veneers were sawed, sliced or rotary cut. 

 there is little doubt that 75 per cent of the 

 oak veneers are either sawed or sliced. The 

 rotary process is very extensively employed for 

 all woods except oak. 



The importance of red gum, which furnishes 

 in this industry 21. S per cent of the raw mate- 

 rial and nearly 17 per cent of the veneer, is 

 clearly indicated. This is the more striking 

 when it is remembered that this species has 

 been utilized only a few years. 



Maple ranks second in quantity of raw mate- 

 rial, and furnishes 14.5 per cent. Yellow poplar 

 is the only other kind of timber furnishing more 

 than 10 per cent of the raw material. It ranks 

 third both in quantity o£ wood and square feet 

 of veneer. These three species — red gum, maple 

 and yellow poplar — furnish more than one-half 

 of the total quantity of wood used. 



White oak, although ranking fifth in the scale 

 of quantity, holds a high place among the veneer 

 woods. Probably no other veneer is so much 

 in demand as this, and if data were available 

 to show its exact value the result would be a 

 revelation to those not thoroughly familiar witli 

 the situation. 



The results show that for all species the 

 average number of veneers produced per foot 

 board measure is 5.1. Of the individual species, 

 beech is cut the thinnest, the average being 11.1 

 square feet per board foot. This is doubtless 

 due in part to the fact that this is a favorite 

 wood for the manufacture of wooden plates, 

 and such stock is cut about thirty to an inch. 

 Walnut ranks next, with 10.2 to the inch. The 

 fact that it is a scarce and valuable wood read 

 ily accounts for this. Sycamore, cottonwood and 

 pine are cut thickest. 



The use of a large number of species for 

 veneering is shown by the reports. While the 

 fifteen kinds tabulated constitute by far the 

 greater part of the wood used, there are nearly 

 as many more used in small quantities, among 

 which are cherry, chestnut, butternut, hickory, 

 cucumber and holly. It will be noted that in 

 Wisconsin the leading wood is basswood ; in 

 Tennessee, red gum ; in Indiana, white oak ; in 

 New York, maple, and in Missouri, cottonwood. 

 Not all of the wood classed as veneer is actu- 

 ally used for veneering in the true sense, for 

 with the development of veneering machinery a 

 number of new uses have been found for wood 

 in the form of veneer. Such of the softer woods 

 as gum, cottonwood and poplar are largely 

 veneered for boxes, baskets, egg crates and sim- 

 ilar products. Such woods do not yield high 

 grade veneers, but are used extensively for 

 building up panels to be finished with a choice 

 wood. 



Woods which take a good finish and possess a 

 pleasing grain or color, such as oak, maple, 

 birch, or walnut, furnish the bulk of the true 

 veneers ; in fact, it may safely be assumed 

 that practically all of the walnut and oak and a 

 large percentage of the maple shown in this 

 report are used in this way. Furniture and, to 

 a limited extent, interior finishing, consume the 

 most of these species. 



One of the most difficult problems to solve 

 in the handling of veneer stock is the drying. 

 A query in regard to drying methods was sent 

 to manufacturers, but the replies failed to indi- 

 cate a marked preference for any one method. 

 One-third of the establishments use no arti- 

 ficial process. It does not follow, however, that 



as much as one-third of the veneer is dried in 

 the open air. On the contrary, probably much 

 less than one-third is so dried. 



The economical use of the cores which remain 

 after a log is cut by the rotary process is a 

 problem of such general interest that inquiry 

 was made on the schedules as to the present 

 practice. The results show that 30 establish- 

 ments use all cores for fuel ; 50 use all or part 

 of them for fuel ; 33 convert them into excel- 

 sior. One reports use for pulp ; another their 

 use for porch posts. The remainder report vari- 

 ous uses, chiefly, however, combinations of lum- 

 ber, excelsior, crates, boxes and baskets. 



Postponement of Michigan Hardwood Man- 

 ufacturers' Association Meeting. 



After careful consideration the Executive Coni- 

 tnittee of the Michigan Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association decided to postpone the meet- 

 ing scheduled to be held at Grand Rapids, De- 

 cember 10, until after the first of the year. Due 

 notice of the date of the meeting will lie given 



publicity in the Il.ua.u RJbcoed. This step 



was decided upon for the purpose of securing 

 full information from the hardwood manufac- 

 turers of the state covering stocks of hardy, I 



on -hand January 1, unfilled orders, and state- 

 ments showing the quantity manufactured dur- 

 ing 1906 and the probable output of 1907. This 

 information was deemed essential before effect- 

 ing any further legislation covering the hard 

 w Is of the state for the year to come. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



The Cadillac Veneer Company is erecting a 

 new office building at its plant at Cadillac, 

 Mich., also additional quarters for the installa- 

 tion of kiln drying apparatus. It is expected 

 that the improvements will be completed early 

 in the new year. The company recently iu 

 creased its capital stock from $75,000 to $85,- 

 000. 



The White Cooperage Company has been in- 

 corporated at New York City with $50,000 capi- 

 tal stock to manufacture lumber, cooperage 

 stock, etc. H. Sinclair Hunter. 590 Quiucy 

 street, Brooklyn; Charles A. Orton, iu'T Slier 

 merhorn street, Brooklyn; Edward C. Taylor, 

 3 8S9 Grand avenue. The Bronx, incorporators. 



T. B. Baker of Hackney, Kan., who lately 

 engaged in the business of buying walnut logs, 

 has been quite successful in getting some choice 

 stock which he has shipped to various parts 

 of the country. 



The woodworking plant of the National Lum- 



ber Company at Jackson, Miss., was destroyed 

 by tire on December 7. together with 3,500,000 

 feet of dressed lumber. This company was or- 

 ganized about a year ago and its plant was 

 tilted with the most modern equipment. The 

 property is said to have been insured at $75,- 

 000, although worth considerably more than 

 that amount. 



The Chattanooga Wheelbarrow & Manufac- 

 turing Company of Chattanooga. Tenn., has in- 

 creased its capital stock from $25,000 to $5Q,000 

 for the purpose of building a large addition to 

 its plant. 



W. L. Clemens and others have organized the 

 South Atlantic Lumber Company a1 Greensboro, 

 X. C, to engage in the manufacture of spokes 

 and bobbins. ■ 



J. T. Halbrook and Pitt Ileuslee of Dickson, 

 Tenn.: M. It. Campbell, M, R. Campbell, Jr., and 

 J. D. Campbell of Tullahoma, Tenn., have or- 

 ganized the Campbell Manufacturing Company 

 with $ 10, 000 capital stock. The company will 

 take over the plant of the Dickson Spoke & 

 Manufacturing Company, which will be enlarged 

 and equipped for the manufacture of all kinds 

 of bent goods in addition to spokes. 



The Manchester Lumber Company of Rich- 

 mond, Va., will erect two two-story brick build- 

 ings, each 200x80 feet, to be equipped as a 

 woodworking plant. 



After January 1 the main office of the Benoit 

 Lumber Company of Watizit, La., will be located 

 at Monroe, La., where it will have facilities for 

 handling orders with greater dispatch than here- 

 tofore. 



The II. R. Cigar Box & Manufacturing Com- 

 pany has been incorporated at Cleveland, O., 

 by E. S. Byers, G. Trevelen, E. M. ilanna and 

 others. 



George Hammerly ot Monticello, Ark., will 

 build a sawmill with a daily capacity of 10,000 

 feet of hardwoods 



The Arkansas Oak Company will establish a 

 plant at Monticello, Ark., for the manufacture 

 of wagon and vehicle sb ck 



The Southern Railway will build a woodwork 

 ing plant near Knoxville, Tenn. 



J. II. Fogle will establish a plani ut Howard, 

 Ark., for making wagon material. 



Watson, Barnard & Rogers, r mtly organized 



al Petersburg, Va., with a capital stock ot $50 

 000, will engage in the manufacture of trunks, 

 putting them out at the rale of fifty to sixty 

 di /co a week. George S. Barnard, Jr.. Herbert 

 Rogers and J. Powell Watson arc interested 

 in the enterprise. 



HardWood NeWs. 



(By HARDWOOD RECORD Special Correspondents.) 

 Chicago. 



Schultz Bros. & Cowen report hardwood busi- 

 ness iu the same satisfactory condition as dur- 

 ing the last couple of months. James C. Cowen 

 has now completely recovered from his recent 

 illness. 



The Columbia Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 47 Dominick street, has had a successful year. 

 The concern is still iu the market for good 

 stocks of oak and other hardwoods to complete 

 its supplies. 



I'lii party of capitalists who recently visited 

 the Louisiana holdings of the Riverton Lake 

 Lumber Company of S27 Stock Exchange build- 

 ing returned a few days ago well satisfied with 

 their inspection. The capitalization of the com- 

 pany has been increased to $150,000 and the 

 whole sum subscribed. The concern will begin 

 to market its output the first week in January 

 and already has orders for hardwoods sufficient 

 to keep it busy for many months. 



Johnson & Carlson, 252-258 North Halsted 

 street, have several large tanks and vats un- 

 der construction. Iu building its work the con- 

 cern uses considerable quantities of poplar and 

 oak. 



F. C. Van Norstand of the Cotton Belt Luna 

 ber Company, 108 La Salle street, speni several 

 days in the South last week and returned on 

 Friday. Conditions at the mills of the com- 

 pany in Mississippi have somewhat improved 

 lately and the concern is able to get out the 

 stock with more speed 



II. P. Coe of Hi.' Coe .Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Painesvillc. O., spent several days last 

 week in Chicago looking after business for his 

 company. Mr. Coe was also a visitor to the 

 first annual meeting of the National Veneer ,\; 

 I'anel Manufacturers' Association. 



The Fullerton-I'owcll Hardwoi d Lumber Com- 

 pany, Chamber of Commerce building, reports 

 hardwoods active, with fairly good supplies in 

 the iiands of consumers. 



A. IT. Ruth. Chicago representative of the 

 G. W. Jones Lumber Company, will visit the 

 headquarters of the concern at Appleton, Wis., 

 the early part of the year. Afterward he will 

 go south to the mills of the company. The 

 Arkansas mills of the company are in slightly 

 better condition than during the recent bad 

 weather. The G. W. Jones Lumber Company 

 has had a very rapid selling season and indi- 



