HARDWOOD RECORD 



UculR of tint i.H.i hi, 

 ■II show« a royolp in i 

 the royoto aii<l fori'iitr 



irrnpii, ramp pqui|tiiu<nt, vnrioua itiri- 

 liri' Kfihtint;, nml llio liir|;i<ii| pirliirr uf 

 !iti*t>ltrn|>. Tho oxiii'l rt'lntioiiiliip lictwcpii 

 fiiiiHi'il iiiniiv ini|uirii>N from \inilori'; Imt 



«>X|ilniiii<il tliiit the ruiit:>>iK 

 hiittrv mill till' I'livoti- will 



the matter wnii made rl<>nr wh<<ii ii 

 of ahrcp on foroiit Inmlii i» n itroi 

 kill its weight in l«ml>tt rvcrv iliiv. 



CLYDE IBON WORKS 



Thi« romiMiny liu<l n InioIIi ^\illl <'iituli>Kti<'!> of Miniiiill timl iithi-r 

 marhint'rr in the For<>7>t l'ii>iliii't> Kx|><isiluiii, n^'ftil to liiiiilN-riiii-ii, 

 l>ut no exhibit of nini'liiiiiTv. The fiirturv tiiul lii>ii<li|iiiirtfr!i an' iit 

 Ouluth, Minn. 



NEWMAN CLOCK COMPANY 



The riork which r<'Knlnt<>!< llio coining "■■■I K^i^K *'f '''*' wiiti'hinnn 

 is an ini|>ortant l>ort of a l»);i;in^ or milling Opcriitiiin, iiiul tin- N't-n- 

 inan Cloi-k ConiiMUiy liii<l :iii rxhiMt in iliiirjji' of .losi-|ili .1. SI 

 K. L. Ka.«tun of Chi 

 rago, w h i f h ilis- 

 j.Ujv,^! dovi.-.'s t.i 

 sMving that tinio «:i- 

 m<>a!<iiriHl nml hoiir> 



OTIS 



MANUFACTURING 



COMPANY 



This exliil.it . amo 

 from Ni'W Orlran-., 

 and it was uiii(|iii- 

 because of the fact 

 that none of the 

 wood grew in tliv 

 United States. That 

 was tnie of no otlit- 

 large exhibit in tli" 

 Coliseum. Maho- 

 any. was the only 

 wood shown, and tin' 

 exhibit wn!< in 

 charge of Jose]>li S. 

 Otis, a member of 

 the Otis Manufac- 

 turing Company. 



All the mahogany 

 handled by this tirn: 

 comes from Mexiin, 

 Central America, 

 and the West In- 

 dies. Botanists know 



is as Swictcnia maJuigoni, and say that it is the only true mahogany 

 in the known world; but there are many other woods which bear 

 the name. This was the first mahogany to come into use, and it 

 ha.<i been videly used since soon after the discovery of America. 



What is .said to have been the largest single mahogany ordei 

 ever given a contractor for a buililing was recently filled by the 

 Otis company for a Chicacro structure, The Continental and Com- 

 mercial National Bank. That order called for 800,000 feet of inch 

 lumber. The building in which it is placed is the largest business 

 block in the world outside of New York. 



The imports of mahogany into the I'nited States in 1913 were 

 about 70,000,000 feet from all sources, including Africa. About 

 half of this was .\merican mahogany, and of that amount the Otis 

 company produced 15,000,000 feet and disposed of all of it without 

 a salesman on the road. 



The articles shown at the Coliseum were simple and beautiful. 

 The wood's superb qualities were brought out by fine finish, and 

 tasteful designs, and mahogany's reputation of being the prince 

 of cabinet woods was well sustained. It never fades. The rich- 

 ness of its color deepens with age. 



"When the British captured Sjanish war vessels a century or 



more una, and broke them up in Knitlnnd, the mahoKnay limbef< 

 uf nliich the veNm-U were runNlriirtnl Kohl for more thaa new 

 ninluittany would ha\e brouRht, nltboU|>h the shi(>» had bi'cn in 

 iiervire tiom llfly to ^cveIlly five v.-arM. Time hud dcepc-ncl thi- 

 rulur of the malchlcHN wu<.<l, aud the experienced KnRli^h rabinet 

 niuketn knew what they were setling when they bouicht it. .None 

 the h-HK doe* the experienced wooilworker today know what he 

 i" };ettiii;j when he buyit luakogany. 



The Otis difplay incluileU the flninh nr.d finixhinpt of a room, 

 with Olid pieces and a large raw plank. The latter wrved to 

 show the appenrnni-e of the wood in itN unfinisheil ruaditioa. The 

 pinnk was four an<i a half feet wide, fourteen fwt lo»«, without 

 spot, rhei'k, knot or bleniiHh, ami in itHelf would k..ive been nufli- 

 cient to attract the attention of all who saw it. The other articles, 

 all in NolitI mahogany, were: 



Newel jinsts at tlir ends of railing, finishe.l with eapitaln. 

 in. I liiii>lii'.i jM .lilTerenl colors. 



Iiuors maile in 

 .1 liferent patterns. 



K.nils suitable for 

 stairways or [iiirts of 

 I. a I us trades. 



Picture molding 

 on the wall. 



I*esk of elaborate 

 design. 



<'hair as represen- 

 tative of mahogany 

 furniture. 



re<lestal 1 a m p s, 

 one small, the other 

 cxc<«ding four feet 

 in height. These 

 were highly polishe<t 

 and of very dark 



.\ small piece of 

 mahogany log was 

 sliuwn. It had been 

 jicrforted and ruined 

 by the teredo (Ter- 

 < (III naialU). In the 

 l:ingiiagc of sailors 

 the creature is called 

 the "ship worm." 

 This small blo<-k of 

 wood afforded a 

 good illustration of 

 the damage which 

 is liable to befall mahogany and other woods in the warm water 

 of the tropics. The logs are floated down the rivers to the sea 

 while in fresh water there is no danger of attack from this vora- 

 cious worm; but as soon as the log reaches brackish water near 

 the sea. It is in danger of becoming infested. The infant teredo — 

 a worm with a bone auger on its nose — enters the wood by making 

 a hole little larger than a pin; but afterwards grows rapidly as it 

 eats its way deejier into the wood, until it may be from two to 

 five feet long, and nearly half an inch in diameter. It cannot get 

 out through the small opening by which it entered, and since it 

 never makes an exit, it excavates its house and its grave at the 

 same time. The teredo has worked untold damage to wharves and 

 other .structures coming in contact with salt or lirackish water. 



Logs are speedily ruined if left in brackish water, and they must 

 be removed quickly or much loss will result. A smaller boring 

 animal infests mahogany while out of the water. It is called "the 

 pin worm." It reduces the wood to the condition of "sound 

 wormy" chestnut — the holes being about the same size. For- 

 tunately, it is usually the sapwood only that is infested. Such 

 wood is highly esteemed for use as cores or backing over which to 

 glue veneers. 



