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Tlip comparatively largest iiuTcnyi'. six timos 

 more thau (iroat Britain. ('ousidernblc prog- 

 D'Hs is now being made in l)nilding additional 

 lailways connecting (Jerman-African cotton and 

 mining districts in tin- interior of Africa witli 

 llie aeacoast. 'I'he report estimates tliai the 

 entire capital invested in tlie eonstr-uction af 

 t^e world's railroads amonnted on .Tannary 1. 



11100. to $4:'>.:n(i.(Mi(i.(iiMi. 



New Ideas in Woodworking Machinery. 



One of the most practical as well as inti'rest- 

 Ing folders that has come to hand for a l()ng 

 time is "A Stndy in Feed Works t'onstrnction" . 

 as applied to sizers, matchers, moulders and 

 surfacers. The development in this imiuirtant 

 part of woodworking machinery lias lieen noth- 

 ing short of reinarkalile. and we would call the 



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attention of our readers to the simi)lieii\ nf 

 this feed-works arrangement. It would seeui 

 that manufacturers in all lines are working 

 Toward the simple rather tlutn the complex in 

 machine construction, and getting much lietter 

 j-esults than formerly. 



\Ve reproduce herewitli illuslralicms of an old 

 and it new idea. t)ne shows tile older method 

 of feed-roll drive, nine small gear.s Ix'ing used 

 to drive two feed rolls. There is little differ- 

 i-nce in the ai)i>roximate sizes of the rolls and 



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gears. Tlie gear outside of the roll frame is 

 .ailed upon to stand the strain of the entire 

 feed drive and the power to drive the top feed 

 roll transmitted through the bottom roll, re- 

 (piiring double duty of the outside gear. These 

 Have, been called double driven feed rolls, but 

 in reality they are only "half driven." This 

 feed roll drive might lie likened to tile iiast 

 generation of bicycles with small gears and 



very low speed. When bicycles were first in- 

 troduced we thought little of speed or wear and 

 tear on gears, but as their use became more 

 general the smaller gears were thrown ont and 

 larger ones substituted, because^the demand was 

 for iniu'c speed and le.s.s strain. The reason 

 for this is oiivious. The wear on the smaller 

 gears and chain drive was terrific because of 

 the great number of revolutions necessary to 

 cover a certain distance. The same principle 

 is followed out in the small gear construction, 

 and the great numlier of revolutions of one 

 looth against another, the strain of the feed 

 T'olls. all serve to shorten the life of the gear. 



Many users of machinery expect small getirs 

 to stand lip under a feed of a hundred feet per 

 minute. They may for a wliile. but the higli 

 lootii pressure shorten.s the life of the gear, 

 and when one tooih breaks the gear is of no 



value. 



There are few points .>f tli.' old construction 

 in the second illustration. The most notieeahle 

 feature is the si/.e of the gears and their in- 

 eriase in diameter over the rolls. Eight gears 

 drivi' four feed rolls, each ten-inch roll being 

 driven Ijy a gear almost double the size of the 

 roll itself. This not only increases the power 

 of the roll, but greatly decreases the pressure 

 upon the teeth of the gears. Some machines 

 liave one large gear and several very small 

 ernes, causing the tooth pressure to be extremely 

 high and necessitating the clianging of the 

 small gears several times before the large gear 

 wears out. However, large gears are used 

 where power is needed, and the tootli pressure' 

 is reduced to the minimum. 



.lust as manufacturers developed speed and 

 strength in a bicycle by doubling the size of 

 the gears, so' the speed and strength of this 

 teed roll drive has been increased. The gears 

 arc hroad-faced. the weight is well distributed, 

 and in the first illustration there are as many 

 parts to weight and drive two teed rolls as are 

 used in the later constructiim to drive four. 

 This feed roll drive will give better results 

 on stock run at a hundred feet per minute 

 than on the other at fifty feet per minute. This 

 is one of the features that mnkes it possilile 

 for tile Berlin Machine Works to put out a 

 flooring machine under a guarantee of a liiiii 

 dred feet per minute, wliicli is adviM-tised uuder 

 an absohtte guarantee. 



This new method of feed roll construction is 

 simpler, stronger, and will last longer than the 

 old. It gives a machine greater efBciency and 

 capacity than can be obtained by any other 

 method. This ni'w arrangement is fimnd on all 

 the Berlin sizers, planers, matchers, inside 

 moulders and stationary l)ed double surfacers. 

 Anv one desiring a copy of -A Study in Feed 

 Winks Construction" will be si'ut one gladly if 

 lie will address this company at Beloit, Wis. 



Glass for Poles. 



\ii architect of Cassel. Germany, has been 

 ■■laiited patents in his own and other European 

 Countries, as well as in the rnitcd States, for 

 an invention for manufacturing glass telegraph 

 and teleiihone poles. 



\ stock company has been organized and a 

 factory for the manufacture of glass poles has 

 been built at Grossalmerode, a town near Cas.sel. 

 The "lass mass of which the poles are made Is 

 strengthened by interlacing and intertwining 

 with strong wire threads. 



one of the principal advantages of these poles 

 would he their use in tropical countries, where 

 wooden poles are soon destroyed by the ravages 

 of Insects and where climatic influences are 

 ruinous to wood. Their selling price has not 

 been fixed, but the cmnpany is willing to nccepl 

 about *(! for a pole twenty-three feet long. Ihe 

 Imperial Post IJcpartni.'nt. which has control 

 of the telegraph and telephone lines in (ler- 

 many. has ordered the use of these glass poles 

 on one of their tracts. 



To Extend Use of Cypress Abroad. 



A worthy mission has been undertaken liy 

 the Louisiana Red (^press Company. Itobert 

 C. Irwin, an offl.ial of the company, has been 



sent abroad to endeavor to increase tlie use of 

 cypress in foreign countrie-:. The result of this 

 experiment will lie (tf great importance to the 

 cypress inilustr.v of the country. Mr. Irwin goes 

 first to tile British Isles to iirepare the way for 

 what the company confldently expects ultimately 

 will be a big consumer of this wood, which has 

 heretofore attracted but little attention. 



ilr. Irwin, wlio has recently been appointed 

 superintendent of the ptaniug mill machinery for 

 the comiiany. in addition to the various other 

 imiiortant duties he performs for the company, 

 is just the person to undertake this important 

 task, as he has an experience of years' standing 

 and knows the ins and outs of cypress business 

 from tlie felling of the trees to the marketing 

 of tile hnished product. 



The company is iinite (lositive of success in 

 this direction, as there is a field for cypress of 

 no little moment. The tauk and vat manufac 

 lories around Manchester, which represent the 

 chief industry of tllat section, to mention one 

 instance, if they appreciate the value of the 

 wood for this purjiose would be large purchasers 

 of it. At iiresent tlie Louisiana Ited Cypress 

 Company is represented abroad on a commission 

 basis, but if this venture proves successful a 

 regular bureau will be established, through wbicli 

 all its foreign business will be handled. 



Hardwood Mill at Seattle. 



The Khrlich-IIarrison Company of Seattle. 

 Wash., will witliiu a few days commence the 

 construction of a new plant to cost Jl.'m.iJOii fiu- 

 the manufacture of hardwoods. The iilant. 

 which will be the only (me of its kind in the 

 Northwest, is to be in operation early next year. 

 E, A, .\bhott, vice president of the company, is 

 now in the Orient arranging for a constant sup- 

 ply of hardwoods in the log. to be used in man- 

 ufacturing ship parts, tuilleys and mill fittings, 

 TTie first shipment of 1 .."(tHi.lKlo feet of .Japanese 

 white oak in the log will arrive within a few- 

 days, and further shipments will follow at reg- 

 ular intervals. 



Increase of Capacity. 



The .\rthiir Hardwood Flo<iring Company of 

 .Memphis has jilaeed an order with tlie Anir>rican 

 Woodworking Machinery Comiiany for an outfit 

 wliieli will double the existing capacity of its 

 .Memiihis flooring plant. This apparatus will 

 consist lit edgers. liianers and edge matchers. 

 !ind will be an exact duiiiicate of the present 

 equipment of the factory. It is placeil as a rush 

 order to take care of the rapidl.y growin.g busi- 

 ness of the concern, and It is expected that the 

 new macliinery will be in position and operation 

 within tliirty days. This iiddition to the com- 

 jiany's facilities will give it tlie largest capa<*ity 

 of any flooring plant iu the country. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



Au issue of .'f.'i.lnili iireferred stock has been 

 made by the Lee Veneer c'ompany of Lexington. 

 N. C, for the purpose of covering the expense of 

 installing a new rotary machine. The company 

 members' of this concern are constantl.v plan- 

 ning to augment their facilities to take care of 

 their rapidly growing business, 

 already has a very complete line of machinery 

 at its plant, hut the progressive and energetic 



The Frost Veneer Seating Company. Newport, 

 Vt., is building a two-story warehouse lS0x4o 

 feet in dimensions for storing its finislied prod- 

 uct. 



Fire at the operathms of the Micliigan Veneer 

 Company at Alpena. Mich., destroyed the com- 

 pany's excelsior mill and considerable unmanu- 

 factured stock. The loss is estimated at .$12,- 

 (KIO. The mill will be rebuilt shortly. 



The Houston IIooji jiiid Handle Comiiany has 

 lii'en incorjiorated at Houston. Tex., to manu- 

 facture barrel hoops and broom handles, with 

 a capital stock of .flti.OOO. The company has 

 purchased the necessary machinery for its plant, 

 which will have a daily capacity of L'l.OOO hoops 

 and 2,ti00 handles. Elm and gum lumber will 

 be the material used. The company has a saw- 

 mill which wilt cut its own material. 



Broom, hoe, rake and paint-brush handles will 

 be niaiiilfiietnred by Ihe Bedford Iltindle Com- 



