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HARDWOOD RECORD 



"American Woods" cannot be surpassed. 

 This wonderful publication is illustrated by 

 actual sections of woods, about 2x5 inches in 

 size, and so thin as to allow the transmission 

 of light. Characteristic structures, tints ami 

 peculiarities are thus beautifully revealed. 

 Tangential, radial and transverse sections 

 of each are- given, and the pages on which 

 they are mounted are separable from the 

 remainder of the book to facilitate examina- 

 tion. The specimens and text go together 

 and in their book-like cover, appear like 

 ;iny other volume. The work is issued in 

 parts each covering twenty-five species, and 

 sample pages can be had from the author, 

 whose postoffice address is Lowville, Jv. Y., 

 at 25 cents each. Mr. Hough has just is- 

 sued a beautifully illustrated "Handbook 



of the Trees of the Northern States and 

 Canada," designed to meet the wants of the 

 amateur observer of trees, the lumberman 

 and the technical botanist. — EDITOR. 



Yellow Pine Wagon Dimension Stock. 



Rock F.vli,s. III.. June -0. — Editor U.\udw«iod 

 liECORD : Can you furnish us with the names 

 and addre.sses of manufacturers and dealere in 



yellow pine wagon dimension stock'.' 



Company. 



As this publication devotes itself strictly 

 to the hardwood industry it has never col- 

 lated a list of manufacturers of this mate- 

 rial. If among our readers there are any 

 who would like to have the address of a 

 high-grade vehicle concern seeking yellow 

 pine dimension material, it will be supplied 

 upon request to this oiK<'e. — Editor. 



NeWs Miscellany. 



The Electric Motor in Sawmill Work. 



The electric motor ha.* tak<-u a very im- 

 portant place in .sawmill and planing-niill 

 work since the comparatively recent perfect- 

 ing and clieapeninr of the alternating current 

 induction motor. There is probably no in- 

 dustry in whicli the demands are more exact- 

 ing, as the power leQuired varies with the 

 kind of timber handled and its condition, and 

 the service necessitates large overload capaci- 

 ties and extremely durable construction. 



The General Electric Company, Schenectady, 

 N. Y.. has issued an interesting bulletin, its 

 No. 4470, in which this application of the 

 induction motor is described. The induction 

 motor is of such rugged construction that it 

 lias outstripped its direct current rival when 

 severe retiuirements are present. Having 

 neither commutator nor brushes it requires no 

 more attention than a jack-shaft, is unaf- 

 fected by dust or splinters, and has enabled 

 the electrical engineer to solve the problems 

 encountered in sawmill practice. Electric 

 operation by means of individual motors 

 eliminates power waste in shafting (often 

 fifty per cent), reduces the cost of attendance, 

 increases the transmission efiiciency over 

 .steam piping or belts, and results in general 

 economy. The bulletin describes and illus- 

 trates also the Stearas Lumber Company's 

 mills at Stearns. Ky.. which are completely 

 eciuipped with General Electric Form K 550 

 volt 40 cycle induction motors, ranging from 

 100 horsepower to drive a it-foot double-cut 

 band mill, down to 5 horsepower motors for 

 ^■ut-off saws, grinding machinery, etc. The 

 installation of electric drive has made this mill 

 absolutely independent of any steam plant, 

 thus making it a good insurance risk and at 

 the same time much easier to operate. The 

 management has permitted the General Elec- 

 tric Company to use in the bulletin extracts 

 iT'om many commendatory letters on the 

 operation of the electrical equipment and its 

 adaptability to the different I'equirements. 



X partial list of installations of the General 

 Electric Company motors in woodworking 

 mills, covering a total of over 5,:;00 horse- 

 power, is also given, and the publication will 

 be found of interest to all managers and 

 engineers who are trying to reduce their 

 operating expenses with present equipment. 

 01- contemplating extensions to their plants. 



Veneering Company, which will build a plant 

 there at once, employing more than 100 oper- 

 ators, with an annual payroll of more than 

 $50,000. This action of the council exempts 

 the property from municipal taxation as long 

 as it is used for manufacturing purposes; 

 liowever. the plant must be erected and put 

 in operation within a >'ear. The company will 

 start work on the enterprise at once. 



Veneer Plant for Ne-w Albany. 



Xt a recent meeting of the New Albany, 

 A.d.. common council the territory lying 

 between McBeth street and low water mark 

 of the Ohio, Thirteenth and Fourteenth 

 •treets. was disannexed in accordance with 

 the application made by the Knight-McLean 



Committees of the N. H. L, A. 



The following is the list of the completed 

 committees of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 .Assoiiation which have been appointed for the 

 ensuing year, all the members of which have 

 signified their acceptance : 



Executive Committee. 

 W. II. Itusse. Memphis. Tcini. 

 Karl Palmer. Paducali. K.\'. 

 (). (I. .\gler. Chicago. 

 C. H. Harnatiy. (Jreencastle. Ind. 

 (i. .1. I.andiM'k. Milwaukee. Wis. 



Inspection Rules Committee. 

 J. M. Pritchard. chairman. Indianapolis. Ind. 



(Terms expire in 1908.) 

 Iv .7. Young. Madison. Wis. 

 .1. .M. Card, Chattanimga, Tenn. 

 Hugh McLean. Buffalo. N. Y. 



(TerDis expire in 1909.) 

 CJeorge Littleford. *'incinnati. Ohio. 

 1). F. Clark. Minneapolis. Minn. 

 .4. H. KlisH. Sturgeon Bay. Wis. 



(Terms expire in 1910.) 

 .T. .M. I'ritchard. Indianapolis. Ind. 



E. L. Edwards. Dayton. Ohio. 

 .1. W. Dickson. Memphis. Tenn. 



Inspection Bureau Committee. 

 W W KTii^hl. chairman. Indianapolis. Ind. 



(Terms expire in 100.S.) 

 J. L. Alcock. Baltimore. Md. 

 W. J. Wagstaff. Oshkosh. Wis. 

 W. A\'. Knight. Indianapolis. Ind. 

 I Terms expire in 1909.1 

 .\. II. Barnard. Minneapolis. Minn. 

 .1. .1. Uumharger. rhiladelphia. Pa. 



F. H. Smith, St. Ixjuis, Mo. 



(Terms expire in 1910.) 

 .1. W. Thiimpson. Memphis. Tenn. 

 E. <'. I'olcortl. St. Albans. W". Va. 

 It. L. Walkii-y. Xew- Haven, (.'onn. 



Transportation Committee. 

 Eniil (.;uenther, chairman. Philadelphia. Pa. 

 E. V. Babcock. Pittsburg, Pa. 

 Ferd Brenner. Norfolk. Va. 



Forestry Committee. 

 M. M. Wall, chairman, Buffalo, N. Y. 

 T. .1. .Moffett. Cincinnati. Ohio. 



B. F. McMillan. JIcMillan. Wis. 



Waterways Committee. 



C. F. Liebkc. rliairniau, St. Louis. Mn. 

 E. J. Young. Madison. Wis. 



George D. Burgess, Memphis, Tenn. 



Progress of Grand Rapids Veneer Works' 

 Kilns. 



The Grand Rapids Veneer Works. Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., has completed its organization, 

 and the engineering and sales departments are 

 equipped with a competent force, so that the 

 company is now carrying on its business syste- 

 matically and selling kilns as fast as the draw- 

 ings can be made. It is pleased to call 

 attention to the fact that those who have 

 already installed the kilns express perfect 

 satisfaction with the process. Among its list 

 of patrons are the John ^Viddicomb Company 

 and the New England Furniture Company of 

 Grand Rapids; the Moon Desk Company of 

 Mu.skegon; the E. J. Davis Manufacturing 

 Company of Chicago; the Humphrey Book 

 Case Company, the J. C. Widman Company 

 and the Central Lumber Company of Detroit; 

 the Schiller Piano Company of Oregon. III., 

 and the Bain Wagon Company of Woodstock. 

 Ont — all of whom have made final payment 

 on their kilns, thus admitting that the com- 

 pany's contract and representations have been 

 fulfilled. 



.-V letter ^'oluntarily written by tiie Moon 

 Desk Company to a New Y'orker who was 

 recently investigating the process is herewith 

 reproduced, and it is an eloquent advertise- 

 ment for the merits of the Grand Rapids 

 A'eneer Works' product: 



"Referring to our conversation with you 

 while you were in our city looking over the 

 (Iry kiln installed by us recently under the 

 Grand Rapids Veneer Works system and plans, 

 we wish to confirm our statements to you. 

 that the first lumber through our kiln, when 

 it was green, having just been completed in 

 winter weather, was 4/4 white oak, which 

 came out thoroughly dry in seven days, and 

 in better condition than what we had been 

 getting out of a hot blast kiln where we had 

 been allowing three weeks and over for kiln 

 drying; since then we have been taking out 

 all kinds of lumber. 4/4 red gum. 5/8 beech. 

 S/4 chestnut. 4/4 maple, 4/4 plain and quar- 

 tered oak. in seven days, and the stock is 

 softer and works easier than any we ever had 

 in our factory. We are pleased to state fur- 

 ther that the kiln has fulfilled every repre- 

 sentation made by the Grand Rapids Veneer 

 Works, in every respect, and is entirely satis- 

 factory. If we were to install another kiln, 

 or half a dozen, at this writing, they would 

 all be of that type." 



Prompt in Resuming Operations. 



Late in February the Uoddis Lumber & Veneer 

 Company of Marshlield. Wis., suffered a dual 

 calamity in having destroyed by fire t>oth its big 

 veneer plant at Marshtieid as well as its sawmill 

 at Park Falls. With his usual energy President 

 W. II. Itoddis broke ground on JIarch 7 for new 

 plants. The sawmill at I*ark Falls is already in 

 full operation, and he expects to get up steam 

 in the boilers of the veneer plant at Marshfleld 

 on July 1. The sawmill that has been construct- 

 ed is a modern type of band mill and is giving 

 satisfactory service. The veneer plant is nearly 

 double the capacity of the old one and contains 

 three big 'rotary cutters and the full complement 

 of machinery which goes to make up the modern 

 equipment. The power for this plant is supplied 

 by (iOO II. P. tubular boilers and oiio 11. P. Cor- 

 liss engine. 



Jamestown Exhibitors. 



The S. A. Woods Machine Company of Bos- 

 ton, well-known manufacturer of woodworking 

 machinery, has an exhibit at the Jamestown 

 E,\position in Norfolk. Va.. which is attracting 

 a good deal of attention among people inter- 

 ested in tools of that sort. Their Mr. Peterson 

 is in charge of the exhibit, which is located in 

 the Machinery building. Section l.'i. Aisles B 

 and H. The machines shown are the Woods 

 No. 24 S-inch planer and matcher, and No. 226 

 automatic knife grinder. 



