HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Wood Panels In London 



Discussing hot weather discomforts and practical ways to lessen them, 

 a writer in the London Graphic advocates greater use of wood in building. 

 Ue regrets that, under I.ondQn's l)uilding laws, wood and thatch cannot be 

 used, though both are ideal materials from the point of less heat in sum- 

 mer and '.ess cold in winter. The law allows the paneling of rooms with 

 wood and that course is recommended by the writer. The finest architec- 

 tural designs can be carried out with wooden panels, and there is almost 

 an Infinite number of materials and combinations from which to choose. 

 An Ancient Tree 



The asphaltum beds at La Brea, near Los Angeles, Cal., where excavators 

 have been at worli for a year taliing out bones of extinct animals of great 

 size, has yielded a most interesting tree, found standing erect. Most of its 

 branches are missing. The trunk is about seventeen inches in diameter. 

 The accumulated asphaltum covered It entirely, and in excavating, the 

 top was Drst encountered. After some months the base and roots were 

 reached, embedded in the original soil. Tlie tree had grown on the banit 

 of a small creelc, and its roots were dug out of the clay and the entire 

 trunl! removed. It will probably be exhibited at the San Francisco fair 

 as the oldest tree in the world. It was buried at least 100,000 years ago 

 by an eruption of asphaltum. 



Hardwood Record published a description of the wood, with a drawing 

 of its microscopic structure, in tho issue of December 10, 1913. That was 

 the first des( 1 iiition of the wood published anywhere ; but most of the 

 technical pain/rs have since had something to say on the subject. 



The tree lias been identified as a softwood, of the cedar or redwood 

 family, but there has l)ueu some controversy as to the exact species. The 

 wood is yet sulBcicntly sound for furniture, which is a remarkable instance 

 of preservation during so many thousand years. The skeleton of a human 

 being was found in the asphalt near the trunk of the tree, but no scientific 

 report has yet been published. The skeleton was that of a man, about 

 three feet high, who evidently sank in the asphalt and perished tens of 

 thousands of years ago. 



The World's Largest Barn 



What is said to be the largest barn in the world was recently built by 

 W. T. Smith In the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is said that 

 900,000 feet of lumber was used In its construction. It Is 400 feet long, 

 130 feet wide, and 72 feet high. The owner of the barn owns 20,000 sheep. 

 The barn will house them and will lilsewise furnish room to store much of 

 the provender to carry them Ihroush the winter. Two thousand acres of 

 Irriga.cd alfalfa will supply the bulk of the winter feed. 

 Philippine Hardwood Offered 



In response to the advertisement of the United States Navy Depart- 

 ment for 1,500.000 teak decking logs, a local lumber firm has submitted 

 an offer of 500,000 feet of yacal, a Philippine wood resembling teak, which 

 is regarded as the equal of teak for construction purposes. This Is the 

 first time that such offers of Philippine woods have been made to the navy. 



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Hardwood ^ews ^otes 



:-< MISCELLANEOUS y 



The Bailey Table Company of Jamestown, N. Y., is in liquidation. 



The Milne-Savage Lumber Company of New York City is said to be 

 liquidating. 



The Miller Lumber Company, Charleston, S. C, has become a volun- 

 tary bankrupt. 



The Empire Panel & Veneer Company, Buffalo, N. Y., is reported to he 

 out of business. 



The John J. Rumbarger Lumber Company of Philadelphia Is reported 

 to be closing out. 



The Atwater Basket and Veneer Company, Atwater, O., has recently 

 changed ownership. 



The Consumers Lumber Company of Louisville, Ky., recently became 

 an involuntary bankrupt. 



The Owensboro Wagon Company of Owensboro, Ky., has increased Its 

 capital stock to $500,000. 



The R. AI. Morriss Lumber Company of St. Louis has Increased its 

 capital stock to $100,000. 



The Royal Box & Lumber Company, New York, has been incorporated 

 with capital stock of $5,000. 



The Cleveland Seating Company has been incorporated at Cleveland, 

 O., with $5,000 capital stock. 



The National Lumber Company has been Incorporated at Mobile, Ala., 

 with a capital stock of $2,000. 



The Clifton Forge Lumber Company has been incorporated at Clifton 

 Forge, Va., with $10,000 capital. 



The Huttig Manufacturing Company has been incorporated at Dover, 

 Del., with $6,000,000 capital stock. 



The Wilmarth Show Case Company of Grand Rapids, Mich., has in- 

 creased its capital stock to $200,000. 



It is reported that a branch of the American Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany at Evansville, Ind., is out of business. 



-Vdam Heimberger, president of the H. E. Heimberger Veneer & Lum- 

 ber Company, New Albany, Ind., died recently. 



The Walker Veneer & Panel Works of Alpena, Mich., and Chicago 

 has changed its name to the Walker Veneer Works. 



The Edward Q. Smith Chair Company of Evansville, Ind., has changed 

 its name to the Woods-Klamer Furniture Company. 



Dimension Stock ^* *"" »"pp'' y°" *''*'• clear 



l^imenSlOn OIOCK cuttings of soft Kentucky Oak 

 or Poplar to that they will COST you considerably LESS 

 THAN the same cuttings if BOUGHT AS LUMBER. 

 Make Us Prove It 



GARDNER WOOD COMPANY l'i{^r?SRK.''y°Y. 



Kentucky Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, RED AND SAP 

 GUM, CHESTNUT, HEMLOCK 



ROUGH AND DRESSED 



MILLS AT 



Burnside, Ky. Williamsburg, Ky. 

 Sulligent, Ala. 



SALES OFFICE 



6 Security Trust Bldg. 

 LEXINGTON, KY. 



iC I N C I N N A T li 



|Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers! 



I RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. 



iOAK. POPLAR, CHESTNUT 



E SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS 



I Vpnpprs:- CIRCASSIAN WALNUT AND ALL 



fe, V ciicci a . OTHER FIGURED WOODS 



THE FREIBERG LUMBER COMPANY 



OFFICE AND MILL. CINCINNATI. OHIO 



JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. 



OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 



K I L N - D R I ED OAK 



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and other Hardwoods are among our 

 many "specialties" which are so 

 satisfactory to others. Why not you? 



THE M. B. FARRINLUMBERCO. 

 OHIO VENEER COMPANY 



Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



2e24-»4 COLERAIN ATENUE 



DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. 



Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



GENERAL OFFICE — CLAT CITY, KT. 



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