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ImiifUes arr mailo of slinrt pioops and long 

 lines. 



After tile i>i('ci'K are lnuiiileil, the corals 

 seeiired anil the enil Imtteil the roll is jilaeeil 

 on the sawinj) raliie with the Initteil enil 

 tirst and the disks ent as in Fiy 1. The 

 I old holds the pieees seeurely as at A. Xext 

 lOiiies the saturating operation, as it is iiei-- 

 essary that the wood burn lively in the 

 range. Kerosene oil :iiid iiitch are used in 

 the saturating tank. This tank is desig- 

 nated B. 'The drip tank is marked C and is 

 eonnei'ted with a pipe. After the rolls are 

 jiroperly saturated they are piled up for 

 seasoning. Then they are sent to the mar- 

 kets. 



Three grades of the rolls are made; first, 

 the all-hardwood rolls; seeond, the all-.soft- 

 wiiod rolls; third, the mixed hard and soft 



w 1 rolls. The plan is a jirofitable one 



for \voodworking establishments to dispose 

 of wa.ste odds and ends of lumber. 



Instead of turning waste lumber over to 

 the kindling-wood niannfaeturers, some of 

 the lumber establishments find a more prof 

 itable field in eenient and woud-iuiildiug 

 eombinatious, a view of one of the blocks 

 being exhibited in Fig. M, in which the 

 ,shadeil portions represent the wood. In 

 tlie construction of many of the modern 

 styles of cement buildings, in whii-li tlie hol- 

 low cement block |irevails. there is a teiiil- 

 eiiey to add decorations. The interior and 

 exterior finished walls are often jilain ce- 

 jiieut facings with an occasional projection 

 for securing a device. 



In the making of combination cement and 

 -ivood lilocks oiiportunity is given to nail to 

 the wood portions. Furthermore, some of 

 the hardwood finislies which are obtained in 

 these wooil ami cement blocks are beautiful 

 to look u])on. Halls are being finished off 

 ill the surface cement with intersecting lines 

 iif wood running through to form a pattern. 

 Tliere are white w'ood designs in cement 

 lieds. The making of cement and wood 

 combinations is acconi]ilished in i-emeiit 

 block yards, where the facilities are at 

 hand for doing the work. The cement block 

 makers visit the hardwood lumber workers 

 and buy up short ends from the Avaste piles. 

 This, of I'ourse, makes a source of income 

 to the hardwood men. 



Considerable waste luiiiber from hard- 

 wood establishments finds its way into the 

 jiulji materials of the present age. The jiro- 

 ress of reducing the short pieces of rejected 

 wood to a sawdust-like condition for tlie 

 digesters in the |iul[> mill is effected by 

 iliipj ing ir.achiiies and grinding devices. 

 One of the grinders is shown in Fig. 4. It 

 lonsists of the cylinder, E,' which is made 

 \vitli a rough, grinding surface, so that as 

 it revolves in its journals' by belt power, and 

 as the pieces of wood are projected end for 

 end against it through the feed rolls, O. 

 the grinding process wears off tlie ends of 

 the sticks very speedily. The ground ma- 

 terial falls into chutes below and passes to 

 the boilers. Heat, moisture and stirring ex- 

 I'rtioii in the steam boilers soon reduce the 



woody dustings to a soft pulp. The digest- 

 ers do the rest, as these cylinders are packed 

 with the material and further saturation, 

 steaming and stirring follows. 



Then conies the nudding of the stuff in 

 flasks into lirick shajies as in Fig. 5, or into 

 cube-like forms, as in Fig. ti. Pulp balls 

 can be made as in Fig. ", and even jnilp 

 tubes are cast as in Fig. S. The pulp car 

 wheel has long been on the market. Ce- 

 nient flasks are used as molds in some cases, 

 instead of metal ones, as shown in Fig. 9. 

 in which the process of molding the base of 

 the pul]) post, F, is shown. Fig. 10 is one 

 of the iiattern molding flasks of metal, one 

 side only being showMi. 



Of course there are many stages from the 

 casting of the article to the finishing. The 

 material has to be compressed under heavy 

 pressure if the material is to be used where 

 there is considerable strain. Then there are 

 the seasoning and drying-out jirocesses and 

 the jiackiiig and strengthening work, which 



includes finishing under pressure, so as to 

 reduce the pack to desired size and at the 

 same time add to its resisting powers. 



There are jirocesses of waterproofing and 

 enameling and means for putting a gloss on 

 the finished article. In fact, the hardwood 

 lumber worker who has disposed of his waste 

 stock to be manufactured into the various 

 I'ommoilities it is now possible to produce 

 with modern machinery and molds would 

 hardly recognize his rejected heap of wood 

 in the smooth, neat and finely finished ar- 

 ticles into which the stuff' is made in these 

 days. 



All this consumption of cast-away pieces 

 of stock means increased income to the 

 lumber operator. The result is that many 

 of them are careful to conserve every bit of 

 waste hinibcr with a view to selling it for 

 .some of the more profitable lines, instead of 

 giving it away or selling it cheap for fire- 

 wood, as thev diil in the old davs. 



Hardwood Record J\Iail Bag. 



[In this department it is proposed to reply 

 to such inquiries as reach this office from the 

 Hardwood Kecord clientage as will be of enough 

 general interest to warrant publication. Every 

 patron of the paper is invited to use this de- 

 partment to tlie fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made to answer queries pertaining to all 

 matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in 

 a succinct and intelligent manner.] 



Wants Curly Oak Veneers. 

 St. I'AIL, Minx.. Aug. .'id. — I'Mitor llAiuiwooo 

 ItKcouD : I am anxious for a list of people who 

 cut curly oak veneers — that is. any one who cuts 

 oak would occasionally get a curly log. I use 

 .1 quantil.v of this and cannot seem to locate it 

 fast enough- Wisli to assure you anything you 

 can do to lii'l(i will be greatly appreciated. — 1'. 

 \V. V. 



The writer has been forwarded the uaiues 

 of a few sources of supply for this material, 

 but any one else who has any to offer will 

 confer a favor by communicating with him 

 through this 'office. — Editor. 



Who Wants Spokes? 



In: WriT. Auk.. Aug. 19. — Editor Hardwoo'i 

 Ki;roiai ■ \\'c are in the spoke business and 

 would like to make conlract for club-turned 

 wagon and buggy spokes. Can you assist us? — 

 !■:. .1. S. 



Any one interested may have the address 

 of above correspondent on application to this 

 oftice. — Editor. 



Who Makes Dogwood Handles? 



Stoxv Brook. L. 1.. .yug. 24. — Editor IIakii- 

 \\imD Uecord : Would thank you to advise 

 whether any of the handle manufacturers pro- 

 duce dogwood handles and to put us in toucli 

 with any in that line if you know them. — C. S. 



Any one interested in above inquiry may 

 have the full address of aliove correspondent 

 on application. — Editor. 



A Letter from Germany. 



Manxhkim. .\ug. 1."). — l^^ditor Hardwood UkC- 

 oRD ; The students of several German forest 

 academies, with their professors, were today in 

 town to inspect the famous docks and 

 visit several concerns prominent in the 

 lumber industry. 'I'beir guide was the 

 chief of construction of the Badiscli rail- 



ways. Mr Tegeler. 1 he well known constructor 

 (if tile Mannheim quays. 

 Ill- III" tie- Maiinbeiiii loiays. 



The visitoi-s started with thi' saw and planing 

 mill of Iireyfiis & Mayer-Hinkel. The stately 

 piles of pitch pine. saps. Itiissian, Finnish and 

 .■Swedish lumlier greatly impressed the foresters. 

 Walliing along the waterside, they witnessed the 

 discharge of cargoes from large barges, and then, 

 hy way of the dry kiln, turned to the mill itself. 

 Here they made a prolonged stay to study the 

 working of the numerous jihining and moulding 

 machines, where millions of feet of flooring, 

 moulding and wainscoting are made. 



After a short walk through the docks the next 

 stop was made at Luschica & Wagenmann's 

 yards. The extensive stocks of all kinds of lum- 

 ber from practically every continent proved of 

 great interest, and so did the band saw of Ameri- 

 can niannfaeture where the big hardwood logs 

 are cut up into any sizes asked for. 



The splendid electric car system of Mannheim 

 was highly appreciated by our friends, the other 

 two lumlier concerns being situated on tlie other 

 side of the town in the new though already 

 crowded docks just opened a month or so ago. 



Stepping down from the cars, the students 

 found themselves at the door of Emrichs Ilohel- 

 werk. Here again they were shown the mode 

 of manufacturing flooring, eti-.. but principally 

 tile cutting of Inmlicr from native Herman tim- 

 bers. 



The l.isf iioiiit in I he [n-ograiu was the mould- 

 ing mill of Ilulh & Co., the complicated and 

 fine machinery of .which did not fail to arouse 

 the greatest admiration for the efficiency with 

 w'bieli the Inmlier industry today may be han- 

 dled. ,\tter'a last glance at the large quanti.- 

 ties of Swedish. Russian and Roumanian fir 

 piled up around the factory buildings the visit- 

 ors entered a tugboat to make a trij) around the 

 docks, fill-' most extensive in the interior of any 

 (•ounfry. 



This little review of our visitors' itinerary 

 will give your readers some idea of the trade as 

 conducted in our city of Mannheim. 



1.. M. 



The Mayberr.v Mill Company of I'olumbia. 

 Tenn.. recently purchased a large tract of poplar 

 timber land said* to -contain some very choice 

 specimens. Some of the largest trees in the sec- 

 tion are to be found on the property, one par- 

 ticularly fine one measuring twenty-one feet in 

 circninference. 



