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HAKUWOOD HECOKI) 



Fireproonng Wood 

 liy w'bicb wood l« lunili' mi<ri' or Ion proof niinlniit (Irr 

 ore of tDl><niC to Ibr public iKiurnll.v. 1>cc£um' n kuccvtaful and cbrap 

 metbod of ni-complUhlne tbnt rotult would make timber more valu- 

 able tban It now 1*. Tbe IlrltUb Adinlrnltj- bn« siveii favorable con- 

 iilderatlon to the follunine prort-ns : 



The wikkI In placfd lu InrKi- Iron cylinders, Ibe door* of wblcb are 

 liemicllrnlly sealed. Th<- wood In then subji-cli'd to a couriie of mpnin- 

 IDE. and under rncuuni tbe olr iiml uiolslurc In tbe pore* of Ibe wood 

 are reniovi-d and the Mip vnporlttHl. Tbe llreprooflnK solutlun U 

 there«fi<-r run Into tbe cyllnderH. and under preiisure forced tbrouRb- 

 out lb-- |Kir.'!i and llhn-s. i^ubKi-qiiently tbe water In tbe volution Ix 

 evnpomtiHl In dryliiu kilns, nnd Ibe cbenilcalH. In minute cryHlnl form, 

 are left • mlN>4ld>-d in Ibe wihmI. Wlien bent Is applied these cryHlaU 

 expand ti ninny times their orlulnnl sl/.e. formlni: a glassy coatlUK 

 to the llbres of the wood wblcb excludes tbe ox.vgen In the nir. in 

 time the heat causes the crystals lo collapse, but further crystals In 

 the woa<l immediately expand, and the snmo process of rcsistnnce 

 against lire continues. The chemicals used are antiseptic nnd pre- 

 servotlve. conslstlnc chiefly of tbe phosphate of ammonia. As n result 

 of the treatment the life of the wood Is also lenetbcned, for tbe 

 cause of di-cay Is eliminated. This process is claimed to be espe- 

 cially satisfnetory. Inasmuch as tbe material treated Is not saturated 

 with n soluiiou of salt, nor are such chemicals used ns tunRstute of 

 sodn. sulphate of ammonia, sulphate of alumina, iilum, etc., which 

 Invariably rnuse discoloration of the wood, corrosion of metnls, 

 destruction of llbres. nnd prevent satisfactory pnintlni,' or pollshlnp:. 

 After this treatment the wood enn Ik- n-orl(e<l. nailed, slued, painted, 

 polished, etc, ns though It had not been subjeetecl to any special 

 process. Ail kinds of timber cnn_ lie treated, Includlni; onk, teak. 

 deal, pine, mahogany, wnlnut, beech", birch, ash, iiinplc, yellow poplar. 

 pitch-pinc, Inrch, etc. 



JAMES & ABBOT COMPANY 

 Lumber and Timber 



No. 165 Milk St., BOSTON, MASS. 



LABORERS FREE 



Free of charge to employers, we supply all classes 

 oi laborers and mechanics, of any nationality. 



Loggers, Railroad Graders, Cooks, Flunkies, Team- 

 sters, Engineers, Saw-filers, Bark-Peelers. Sawyers, 

 Swampers, Cant-hook men, and good men for general 

 labor work. 



Men pay own railroad fares to the works. We have 

 good men on hand to work around sawmills and lumber 

 yards by the day or by month. 



Write nil particulars in your first letter, wages, work- 



IfOnfT Distance 



mklin 3529 



Diamond Labor Supply Co. 



32 So. Canal Street, Chicago, III. 



Timber Land For Sale 



„.5?.§2 J"^""*' "' excellent well drained timber l.nnd In the HEID 

 RIVER \ ALLEY In Southw.\stejn Arkansas. I^and In solid body 

 .ind all on navigable stream. A careful cruise by a capable 

 cruiser shows more than 30,000.000 feet of vlreln hardwood 

 timber, consisting of 20 per cent Red Gum, nnd the balance Ook, 

 Cottonwood and .\sh. The ash is exceptional In quality and 

 there is about 0,000,000 feet of very fine virgin cottonwood. 



The tract Is surroiin'Ied by Improved farms, owned and op- 

 erated largely by .Nortlicrn nun, ami vjiliud at from .«.-.(! tn .«10n 

 per acre. 



Price $25.00 Per Acre 



For further Information address 



r>. E. SHERBICK, American Central Life Bldg. 

 Indianapolis, Indiana. 



New Wator Fnlgbt Service 



The ChlciiKO, St. L.iuIk & Culf TranH|M>rlulluii llonipony iK>nt out 

 anuouncemeulH ou July 1-1 Hint a new llni' of frelKbl M-rvlce bad been 

 o|)cned between Chlcnuo, Kt. I.<iulii, nnd othrr MIhhIkkIppI river polntu, by 

 way of CblcaiEO river, dralnnue rnnni, nod illlnoU nnd .Michigan canal. 

 Kalllniiii will be made out of CblcaKo, for the preaent, every Tuesday. 

 Thumdny, and Saturday to JoMet, returning .Monday, Wednesday, and 

 Saturday, An soon as trnnic will warrant dully service II will be put on. 

 ThrouKh achedule.^ lo Dnvenport, In., and Inti-niu'dlnte points on the )11|. 

 nols and Mlchl|;nn canal and the Hennepin ciunil will lie eHtnbllKlii'd In the 

 near future. 



Satisfactory June Fire Record 



The Lumbermen's rmlrrwrltini: .Mlliinre, Kniis:i.. t'lly. Mo., has issued 



bulletin T:I which covers .Iuih . IIIM. It waK a nth of few Hres amonu 



the 4S0 lumber manufncturlnK planl.s which bold memberablp In the nlli- 

 ance. Four amall llreg occurred, but the total reported loss was less than 

 »250. Weather has been favorable to the prevention of llres about saw 

 mills ; but the season is now approaching when danger will lie Rreally 

 Increased. Longer periods without rain may be expecle<l. Not only ar4' 

 more llres liable to start, but scarcity of wiiiir In many localities will 

 render the suppression of llres more dlfllcult. 



California Laurel Lumber 



The Navy IlepartmenI; purchnsrs Cnllfornln Iniirel for dock nnd Iwat 

 work. Although this wood Is called laurel, II Is not a relative of the 

 common laurel of the eastern states, but closely resembles sassafras, to 

 which It Is closely related. It grows In northern California and southern 

 Oregon, and its principal use Is as lurnltiire material nnd as pumping 

 beams for oil mills. It Is said to be the only California hardwood speclded 

 for use by the Navy. 



Old Oak Furniture 



Six onk chairs, n little less tban three linnd'ed years old, recently 

 sold In I>ondon nt fS.'iO each. This price eausid tbe London Timber 

 Tirades Journal to wonder what the "coronation chair" In West- 

 minster Abbey would sell for. It has the necessary age, and Its 

 history Is unquestioned. If the suffragettes continue to explode bombs 

 on It, tbe chair will soon cease to be In a salable condition. 



The Largest Hardwood Tree 



Indiana claims the honor of liaving within lis borders the largest 

 hardwood tree in the I'niled States, nnd if the published measure- 

 ments are correct, the claim is probably valid as far as diameter of 

 trunk is concerned. The Dgures show n trunk diameter a little over 

 fifteen feet. It is a sycamore, nnd in all probnblIlt>' is hollow. 

 The sycamore is generally admitted to he the largest hardwood of this 

 country in point of diameter, but In both height and diameter yellow 

 poplar seems to hold first place. There are records of two other 

 sycamores about the size of Indiana's giant, one in Missouri, tbe other 

 in West Virginia, but neither is now standing, so Indiana Is apparently 

 the champion in possession of the biggest hardwood nt this time. The 

 tree stands In a cornfield In the White river bottom, one and a half 

 miles southeast of Worthlngton, Ind. 



It is nearly always impossible to determine the age of large syramore 

 trees, because the trunks are apt to be hollov,-, and the annual rings are 

 missing except those of the outer .shell. It Is a slow-growing tree after 

 it Iras passed Its first fifty or one hundred years, nnd a tree like tiiat 

 ill Indiana may be nearly a thousand yeais obi. 



Government Building Bombarded 



Tiie new volcano in California, at Mt. Lassin. has destroyed a govern- 

 ment building by n bouibnrdnient of l)oulder.^ thrown from tbe crater. 

 Tbe loss Is not serious, as the house was only fourteen feet square. It 

 v.as built under adverse circumstances. It stood on the top of Lassen 

 peak, and the lumber and other material of which it was built were 

 carried to an altitude of 11,000 feet on men's backs. The building was 

 designed for a fire-lookout station. Much of the country for a hundred 

 miles on all sides was in view, and it was valuable as a point from 

 wiiich forest fires could be quickly discovered, and there wns telephone 

 roiiiieclion with the fire fighters in t\w snnoiindlng regions. 



Yellow Poplar in England 

 The London TImhcr Trades Journal reports that a yellow poplar more 

 tban three feet In diameter nt five feet from the ground was recently 

 thrown by the wind In Rhododendron Dell, nt Kew, England. It was 

 eighty feet high and about 150 years old. The yellow poplar, some- 

 limes known as whitewood, and called "canaiy whitewood" In Europe. Is 

 a native of the eastern part of the United Stat'^s, nnd nil trees of that 

 kind on the other side of the sea have been planted. The size of the 

 specimen at Kew was only moderate for its age. Considering further that 

 it branched fifteen feet from the ground, it 48 a safe guess that a large 

 proportion of the trunk was white sapwood. The rich yellow heart Is 

 not usually .veil developed in trees which branch low. 



Building Operations for June 



linildlng operations llin.iighout tiie country for .Tune are improving 

 slowly month after moiitli and now make favorable comparisons with a 

 .vear ngo. The oflScial reports of building permits, Is'sued during the 

 monib of June in C3 cities, as received by The American Contractor, Chi- 

 cago, reach o total of !;e8.304,893, as compared with $65,938,030 for tbe 



