A DKOWNEDOUT SAWMILL OPERATION 



A COTTON GIX IN FLOODED DISTRICT 



KOCK ISLAND BRIDGE ACROSS ST. 

 CIS RIVER 



FRAN- 



RAIL AND WA'J'EK FACILITIES AT WIDE- 

 NER STATION 



B 246 — Seeks Market for Brazilian Woods 



I.ondou. E. ('.. Apr. 22. — Editor H.\rdwood 

 Record : We are just openitig up a business in 

 Europe for the marketing o£ Brazilian woods. 

 It would be of great assistance to us to know 

 to what extent per annum Brazilian woods are 

 sold in the United States. 



We would esteem it a favor if you would indi- 

 cate the sources from which we might secure 

 current prices of various Brazilian woods, includ- 

 ing mahogany, imbuias (walnut), rosewood, teak, 

 satinwood and hardwoods suitable for railway 

 sleepers and wood block pavings. 



• LnMBER Company. 



To the writer of the above letter it has 

 been stated that the importation of Brazilian 

 ■woods to the United States is so limited as 

 to amount to very little, but that beyond 

 doubt a considerable trade could be developed 

 here for mahogany and a smaller trade in 

 rosewood, satinwood and teak, but there would 

 be no possibility of marketing at a profit 

 railroad ties or wood paving blocks. 



Anyone interested in this source of supply 

 can have the address of the writer upon ap- 

 plication by referring to B 246. — Editor. 



B 247 — How It Handles Trade 

 Boston, Mass.. May 3. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : To show you how we handle our pur- 



chases and sales of lumber, we advocate to all 

 purchasing agents of railroads, large corpora- 

 tions, etc., when sending out their requisitions, 

 to state that the lumber is to be inspected by 

 National hardwood lumber rules and a certificate 

 attached to the invoice. On this basis of sale 

 we have just as good a chance as anyone else, 

 unless some manufacturer prefers to sell direct 

 to the consumer at the same price he would sell 

 us, which we consider very poor judgment, as 

 we are on the ground to look after the shipper's 

 interest in case of trouble. However, we might 

 say there should not be much trouble in sales 

 and purchases handled in the wa.v noted. Already 

 several eastern railroads have adopted this sys- 

 tem. 



Strange to say, however, on a lot of ash we re- 

 cently bid on one concern beat us out at fifteen 

 dollars a thousand feet. As we only added a bare 

 living profit to our cost, we feel there is some- 

 thing wrong with it. Either certificate of grade 

 was not attached or a quotation was made on the 

 basis of the old mixture of grades. Common 

 sense tells us that under the present lumber 

 situation no man would be warranted in selling 

 straight grades at any such price as quoted. 



The foregoing is an abstract from a letter 

 from a leading Boston manufacturing and 

 jobbing house, and is an added evidence of 

 the fact that the legitimate jobber is trying 

 to do business on the level, and furthermore 



that another element of the trade is doing 

 exactly the contrary thing. — Editor. 



B 248 — Seeks Ash Baluster Stock 



Paterson, N. J., May 4. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Will you make known to your readers 

 that we are in the market for ash taluster 

 squares 1 V2"xli'i"x2' — 8 long, and also for Dx5 

 and 6x6 ash newel squares ? We prefer best 

 quality in all of the above, but are disposed to 

 accept some proportion of seconds if the shipper 

 desires it. In the newel posts we can take con- 

 siderable quantity under 10' long, but the 5" 

 cuts largely to D', and the 6" to average of 6' 

 lengths. 



Lumber Company. 



Any reader interested in this prospective 

 order can have the address ou application by 

 referring to B 248. — Editor. 



B 249 — Liverpool String Measure 

 In reply to a recent inquiry from a Ken- 

 tucky correspondent, asking for information 

 concerning ' ' Liverpool string measure, ' ' we 

 referred the subject to our Liverpool corre- 

 spondent, who gives the details of this system 

 of measurement as follows: 



Liverpool, Apr. 26. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record ; I have your letter re. Liverpool string 

 measure. The method is as follows : 



A thin piece of string is put around the center 

 of the log. The string is then doubled and then 

 doubled again, and then placed upon an ordi- 

 nary rule. This is called the quarter-girth. The 

 quarter-girth is then squared and multiplied by 

 the length, the total being divided by 144 to 

 give the cubic contents. 



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