HARDWOOD RECORD 



Poplar 3,W1 ■'^> 



, Hard Tine 444 1.11 



« Elm '^'i-^ -l;; 



Black Ash "** ■*■• 



Total 14,^89,224 $0.3(1 



.Inck piuf constitutes more than one-third of the whole number. This 



^^ 1 showed a large increase from 1910 to 1911. In the first year it 



iiiriiished 2,195,075 ties, but this was more than doubled in 1911. Jack 

 |.iiM is the leading tie wood ip Canada. There is plenty of it and the 

 1 1 . -, are generally about the right size for ties. 



liir average cost of ties in 1911 was one cent more than in the year 



I,'. The number of cedar declined more than 2,000,000 from 1910 to 



I'll and tamarack increased 1,200,000. The total of all ties was 5,175.- 



jKi' more in the latter year than in the former. Steam roads used nearly 



•ii; |i.>r cent of all the tics. 



iTi Canada during 1911 only 206,209 ties received preservative treat- 



I ii, or about 1.4 per cent of the total number purchased. This is 



till I. v< an iudication of the growing interest taken in the subject 

 n II .i~. In 1910 practically no treated ties were used, but since 

 mil' twi. plant* have been eutablished and are now treating ties for 

 , i 111 tlic larger railway companies. 



\ii estimate of the saving that could be accomplished by a more uni- 



rsal use of treated material is of great interest. The average life of 



an untreated tie is 7 years, and with the Increasing use of perishable 



woods like Jack pine, hemlock and spruce, this figure will be greatly 



reduced in time. 



.\ssuming that there are about 70,000,000 ties placed in roadbeds on 

 well-established lines in Canada, and that one-seventh of these are 

 replaced each .vear one can safely estimate the annual replacements at 

 10,000,000. The average life of a treated tie is 17 years, and if the 

 ties in use in Canada were treated, the annual replacements would be 

 one-seventeenth of the 70,000,000, or only a little over 4,000,000. To 

 make this estimate conservative, call the saving 5,000,000 ties a year. 

 The average tie is cut from a log containing 70 feet, board measure, of 

 material, so the result would be an annual saving to the country of at 

 Ir'Mst 350,000,000 feet, board measure, of raw material. 



The saving In dollars and cents to the tie purchasers is also worth 

 . i.iiKidering. The average tie purchased in 1911 cost .38 cents at the 

 i" int of purchase and 20 cents to put in place; this brings the Initial 

 1 to 58 cents. In an untreated state this tie would last 7 years, and 

 hi' initial cost is divided by the number of years' service and a rate 

 iitcrest of 5 per cent on the investment allowed, the annual cost of 

 li a tie is found. This would amount to a trifle over 10 cents a year. 



II I ho same tie were treated with creosote at a cost of 35 cents, it would 

 last 17 y.ars. Its initial cost would be 93 cents, and its annual cost 

 through its litctime only about S cents. This would result in a saving 

 of two cents a tie and applied to the 70,000,000 ties in use would 

 amount to a saving of .$1,400,000 annually. 



The statistics for wooden poles purchased in Canada during 1911 were 



obtained from reports from 282 companies. Of these 129 were electric 



" -I r and inn-rr roncerns ; 102 were telephone companies: 28 were 



III' n.ail- : la Hire steam railways and 4 were telegraph companies. 



nc ii 1' iili'.ni companies reporting included the three provincial 



I'li'.n. i|. paitiiii'iits which buy poles in large quantities for the rural 



liiii's connecting with their systems. 



The accompanying table gives the poles purchased in 1911 : 



Average 



Kind of Wood — Numlier. Value. 



Cedar 403,234 $ 1.61 



Western Cedar 72,354 2.99 



Larch 28,220 1.43 



Spruce 8.764 1.02 



Douglas Fir 7,906 3.79 



Jack Pine 3,318 .90 



Hemlock 555 1.69 



Norway Pine 156 13.17 



Chestnut 150 5.25 



White Pine . . 68 10.71 



Hard Pine 30 9.33 



Unspecified 942 6.18 



Total .585,703 $ 1.80 



The total number of poles purchased in Canada in 1911 was a decrease 

 of 197,138 from the figures for 1910. In all the different classes of 

 pole-users there was a decided decrease In the number of firms report- 

 ing purchases, as compared with 1910. It is probable that many of 

 these firms were sufficiently stocked to meet their requirements for 1911. 

 There was also a decrease in the construction of new pole lines. 



The total value of the poles was $1,056,277, an increase over 1910 of 

 $12,403, which is explained by the advance in the average price per 

 pole from .«1.33 to $1.80. 



Cedar was still the most important pole wood, probably on account of 

 Its form, durability and comparative cheapness. A total of 535,588 poles 

 was reported for the two kinds of cedar, comprising over ninety per 

 cent of all poles purchased. Of these 463.234 were eastern cedar at $1.61 

 and 72,354 were western red cedar at $2.99. 



Larch poles are used extensively In the western provinces for rural 

 telephone lines. Out of the 28,226 larch poles reported, 25,000 were used 

 by the Alberta government. These poles were cut in Alberta. Larch is 

 the only tree native to Alberta which can be used, untreated, for poles. 



The use of spruce poles has increased steadily in the last three years. 

 In 1909, 2,070 poles were used. In 1910, 5,524, and in 1911, 8,764. Dur- 

 ing that time the average price remained practically the same. 



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Hardwood News Notes 



=-< MISCELLANEOUS >- 



The National Gate Compai.y Tias ijruii lucoriiurati-d at Rushville, Ind., 

 with a capital stock of $20,000. 



The Merrimac Wood Heel Company has been incorporated at Haverhill, 

 Mass., with $20,000 capital stock. 



The Premier Trim & Lumber Company has been incorporated at Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., with $5,000 capital stock. 



The J. S. Sullivan Saddle Tree Company of Jefferson City. Mo., has 

 increased its capital stock to $150,000. 



The Excelsior Box and Manufacturing Company of. St. Louis, Mo., has 

 sustained a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. 



The Louisiana Hardwood Company has been incorporated at Shreveport, 

 La., with a reported capital stock of $3,000,000. 



K. L. Muse & Co., Walnut Ridge, Ark., will erect a sawmill plant with 

 a daily capacity of 4,000 feet of hardwood lumber. 



The Franklin Veneer Company has been incorporated at Franklinton, 

 N. C. The company will have a capital stock of $40,000. 



The Parkersburg Handle and Lumber Works has been incorporated at 

 Parkersburg, W. Va., with $25,000 capital stock. 



The Angelus Veneer Door Company has started business in Los Angeles, 

 Cal., as an incorporated concern with $50,000 capital stock. 



The International Casket & Manufacturing Company has been incorpo- 

 rated at Chicago, 111., with an authorized capital stock of $20,000. 



The W. B. Ballis Company has been incorporated at Memphis, Tenn., 

 with $70,000 capital stock. This company will manufacture handles. 



The Peterson Stair Works has been incorporated at Chicago with $2,500 

 capital stock for the purpose of manufacturing stairs and mill work. 



The Harley Smith Furniture Company has filed articles of incorporation 

 at Lansing. Mich. The company will have a capital stock of $10,000. 



M. P. Beck & Company has been incorporated at Chicago. 111., with a 



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MANUFACTURERS 



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 Lumber and Timber 



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