HARDWOOD RECORD 



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E. C. ATKXNS & CO. 



Tliis company, with headquarters at Indianapolis, lud.. liad a ilis- 

 play of saws in charge of A. C". Fuller of Big Rapids, Mich. There 

 were 106 kinds of saws, ranging from the largest band saw down to 

 the tiny specimen one-sixteenth of an inch wide. The worker in wood 

 who could not find his favorite in the collection would have extra- 

 ordinary needs. There were also tools necessary to keep saws in 

 order, as gummers, swadges, and sets. The saws for cutting the bilge 

 on staves for light cooperage elicited much interest. Veneer knives 

 and likewise other kinds of knives foniicd a part of the collection, 



AMERICAN HOIST AND DERRICK COMPANY 



This coni])any was represented by .T. T.. Prayton and R. .1. Rud<I. 

 The headquarters are at St. Paul, Minn. \o exhibit was installed 

 at the Coliseum, but the representatives were present in their 

 reservation, to talk with interested parties and explain the ap- 

 pliances which loggers use in their woods' operations. .\ moving 

 picture film, oper- 

 ate<l in connection 

 with others in the 

 hall set apart for 

 that purpose, showed 

 this company's ma- 

 chinery in operation, 

 and it was done in 

 a way to illustrate 

 the handling and ef- 

 ficiency of the ap- 

 paratus. The ma- 

 chines are so large 

 that it was imprac- 

 ticable to give them 

 space, and the most 

 effective way of 

 overcoming that dif 

 ficulty was to pre- 

 pare reels tor the 

 moving iiicture show. 



THE GALION 



DYNAMIC 



MOTOR TRUCK 



COMPANY 

 Horse power, mule 

 power, and man 

 power are too weak, 

 slow and inconven- 

 ient to meet the 

 needs of many man- 

 ufacturers who are 

 trying to keep up to 



date or to lead the van of progress in methods of moving heavy loails 

 about yards, docks, factories, and freight stations. To supply equip- 

 ment which will do away with some of the old and slow methods of 

 freight handling. The Gallon Dynamic Truck Company, of Detroit, 

 Mich., has devised a sort of electric mule on wheels to <lo the pulling 

 and pushing. It can do either. A load of ten tons is shunted along 

 with speed and accuracy. The apparatus was in charge of R. C. 

 Kimball. 



Tlie truck is operated by a storai;e battery stowed away under 

 the heavy steel frame where it is safe from liunips and other acci- 

 dents that are liable to happen to machinery moving about. The 

 tractor drives all four wheels which are equipped to run on floors 

 or on the ground. No tracks are needed. The truck is designed 

 for factories, freight terminals, mills, brickyards and pretty much 

 any place where its services may te needed. It is not a burden 

 carrier, but a puller or pusher. 



The machine on view was a veteran that had seen plenty of 

 service. It was not a spick, span new apparatus, fresh from the 

 factory, and brushed up for dress parade; but the grease and 

 grime of business were in evidence, and the thing was ready to 



give another push at a load of freight the moment some one 

 touched the button and closed the switch. It was of the size of 

 the under framework of a small automobile. The driver stands 

 on a rear platform and controls all the truck's aitivities by manipu- 

 lating a set of levers. 



THE REDWOOD EXHIBIT 

 The Californians are proud of their redwood and they are the 

 only people in the world that have forests of it. Next to the 

 famous "bigtrees," which are its brothers, the redwood is the 

 largest in the world. It is famous also on account of its incom- 

 iiustibility. It is reputed to be the most difficult wood in this 

 country to set on fire. The redwood people believe this, and they 

 came to the Coliseum prepared to convince the doubting Thomases. 

 A tub, partly filled with splinters and shavings of the wood was 

 kept handy at the exhibit, and all persons were invited to try to 

 light one of them with a match it was shown that such a thing 



ible 



nit 



iffic 



Nature 



it a long way towanl 

 fire-proofing this 

 wood while it was 

 \(t m the forest. 



The exhibit was in 

 li 11 gt of lidward 

 \ SdtiidgL Jr., 

 I 1 1 s 1 d e n t of the 

 \cii tlmestern Red- 

 wool Company, Wil- 

 lits (_al He is a 

 biothei of Lieut, 

 fceltuilge the first 

 bnite.l States official 

 to lose his life in an 

 aeroplane. He fell 

 with Orville Wright 

 at Fort Myer, Va., 

 ahiint five years ago. 

 The redwood peo- 

 jile made an excel- 

 lent showing. They 

 brought large things 

 and small, and ven- 

 erable and new. 

 California has not 

 been settleil by white 

 people long enough 

 to test by actual use 

 the extreme lasting 

 properties of , red- 

 wood, and no records 

 measuring up with 

 some of the oldest 

 Cypiess can be shown; but there are records exceeding a full cen- 

 tury. The top of a window, frame, from the Russian church at 

 Fort Ross, Cal., built in 1811, was shown, in excellent preservation. 

 It was exposed ti the weather — and there is plenty of weather in 

 that part of (Jalifornia — from 1811 until 1906 when the earthquake 

 which destroyed San Francisco, also shook the old church to pieces, 

 and the frame on exhibition was taken from the ruins. > 



A plank, three inches thick and six feet wide, was the top of a 

 re<lwood table, while a leautiful burl was the material of which 

 ;i smaller table was wholly made, toii. bottom and jicdestal. \ 

 number of American woods produce occasional burls, but none ex- 

 ceed redwood in delicate anrl elaborate figure. 



Among things attractive on account of their largeness was a 

 section of a stave pipe, seven feet in diameter, made of redwood, 

 over three inches thick and bound with iron hoops. The pipe from 

 which this section was cut is 3,000 feet long and is laid at Duluth, 

 Minn. A picture fram'e, of wide planking, finely figured, was 

 an appropriate companion piece for the mammoth water main. 

 The frame was about 7x10 feet, and furnished the setting for a 

 splendid picture of redwood scenery. 



