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HARDWOOD RECORD 



News Miscellany. 



Hoo-Hoo Abroad. 



Al a recent meeting ot the few British mem- 

 bers uf IIoo-IIoo it was decided to establisli a 

 braneli in Great liritain. since the soriety lias 

 among its memliers the majority of important 

 lumbermen in the I'nited States and Canada. 

 and is so etficient in promoting good feeling 

 anions the members of the varif)us branches ot 

 the lumber trade. The Hritish memliers. having 

 seen tin- advantages and excellent work aecom- 

 l)lislM'(l liy I he organization in America, believe 

 this will lill a long-felt want in the Tniti-d 

 Kingdom, and feel sure that wbeu the society 

 is started and fully understood, it will take rnni 

 and grow rai)idly. 



II is the desire to Induce gentlemen pnuni- 

 nent in Ih'- trade to gel together and finally 

 establish branches and clubs in other centers 

 than London. The first concatenation was held 

 Oct. 4. and was presided over by Max Sond 

 heimer. of Memphis. Tenn. While :i full report 

 of it has not yet been received, it was undonbt 

 edly a large and lively one. as many prominent 

 members of the trade abroad have entered into 

 the project enthusiastically. 



Large Virginia Operation. 



The Stonega Coke t& i'oal Company of Koda. 

 Vrt.. 1ms recently installed a new up-to-date band 

 sawmill wiih all the latest improved machinery, 

 and is running two circular mills. The emu 

 l)any owns a large boundary of the finest pojilar 

 in the state and is working about libo men in 

 the lumlcr department dully, with about tifty 

 bead of horses and mules. Their timber is taken 

 out by contract. .1. li. l.egg is superintendeul 

 of llip Inmbei- operations of this concern. 



Michigan Saw Company. 



The Michigan Saw Company (»f Saginaw is 

 making sonn' extensive improvements in its 

 plant, by way of placing new grinding machines 

 and improved furnaces in commission. The com- 

 pany's i)rodnct is used throughout the tnited 

 States and Canada with excellent success and 

 the demand for its liigh grade saws is such 

 that the proprietors are continually obliged to 

 rearrange and iuiijrove their plant. 



The MichisaTi Saw Company is an old estab- 

 lished house. II commenced business in ISSl. 

 and at the jiresent rime the ])rineipala are W. 

 II. i'resser and his two sons. \V. It. and <". II 

 I'resser. all of whom are experts in every ibt.iil 

 of the saw business. 



Veneer Concern Prosperous. 



Tile annual meeting of the \\'isconsin \'eni'er 

 Company of lihinelander was held last week. 

 Reports showed a very pi'osperous season just 

 closed, but a still greater business is anticipated 

 for the. coming yi-ar. The <-onipany"s hardwood 

 holdings are conveniently located in the Wiscon 

 sin birch belt, and the fact that it has excellent 

 railroad facilities aids grejitly in transporting 

 the logs to the mill and marketing the finished 

 product. The holdings of the Wisconsin Veneer 

 Company are sufficient to permit cutting for 

 seven or eight years to come. They ctmtain 

 quantities of fine mai)le, oak. elni. birch and 

 basswood. 



U. C. Dayton of Ihc above concern and the 

 Choctaw Lumber Company says the southern 

 business of the lal ter concern is most prosper- 

 ous. A seven-mile fjpur tapping the Ki-isco 

 System at Garvin, L T.. and leading into I he 

 Ited River district, has just been completed. The 

 larg<' quHiitity of hardwood timber in that vicin- 

 ity and in the Little River territory will be 

 easily handled with the aid of this spur, and 

 the company's excellent railroad equipment. 

 More than L.^tKLtMH) feet of hardwood timber. 



mnst l.\ oak. will be cut t his season. 



Death of Foremost Pioneer Manufacturer of 

 Woodworking Machinery. 



S. A. \Vni.uls. i.iesident ot 8, A. ^\■oulls Ma- 

 chine Company, manufacturer of woodwork- 

 ings m.achinory, died suddenly at his home in 

 Brookline. Mass.. October 1. Mr. Woods" 

 death was wholly unexpected, as he was ap- 

 parently in good health and able to be about 

 on the day of his death. He was about eighty 

 >'ears vtf ag^e. 



Mr. Woods' first business connection was 

 with Solomon S. Gray, a manufacturer of sash, 

 doors and blinds. In 1N5"J he purchased this 

 lousiness and two years later Mr. Gray came 

 back as partner, the firm operating under the 

 name of Gray & Woods. About 1860 Mr. Gray 

 retired and Mi\ Woods became sole owner. 

 In ]S7;J the present corporation, the S. A. 

 Woods Machine Company of Boston was 

 formed, with a capital stock of $3'Jb.OOO, with 

 Mr. Woods as president. He is survived by 

 two sons and a daughter. The funeral was 

 held at his late homv Friday, October 4. 



Mr. Woods' death marks the- passing of the 



TilK LATK S. A, Wunns nC ItoSTtJX. MASt<. 



last pioneer manufacturei- of \>-oodworkiiig 

 machinery in this country. He has always 

 stood foi the production of the highest class 

 tools that money, expert talent and diligence 

 would produce. The debt that woodworkers 

 of the world owe to this conscientious, pain::-- 

 taking and reniaikable man is bt-yond esti- 

 mate. 



While -president of the great machinery 

 house of S. A. Woods Machine Company, tht- 

 management of the concern has for some 

 years past devolved on his son. Frank F. 

 Woods, who is the active head of the house. 



Barney & Hines in New Field. 

 ISarney & Ilines of .Memphis have been in 

 the timber and lumber business there for a nuiu 

 her of years, and have been euunently success- 

 tul. For a long time they have employed a 

 crew of capable timber estimators, who are well 

 versed in all kinds of southern woods, to esti 

 mate stnmpage in which they w<'re interested. 

 Their employees have conlined their work to the 

 lirm's atfairs up to the present time, but Harney 

 iN: nines have now decided to take np such work 

 as <'ruisiDg. furnishing estimates, etc.. for the 

 general pTiblic. believing that a reliable house 

 of this kind is much needed in the Memphis 

 territory and will be well patronized. They will 

 conduct the business in such a \^'ay as to posi- 

 tively gn a ran lee relinliility and accuracy. 



Official Weight List. 



The National Wholesale laimber Dealers" As- 

 sociation, through a special committee author- 

 ized by the Board of Trustees, is at work on an 

 otheial list of weights of the various kinds of 

 lumber and is asking the cooperation of the 

 trade in endeavoring to make tln-se estimated 

 weights as accurate as possible. 



For some time the Railroad and Transporta- 

 tion Committee of the association, of which 

 F. R. Babcock. Pittsbxu'g. I'a., is chairman, has 

 been working on this scheme, and has compiled 

 a temp(U'ary list of weights after vobniiinons 

 ciu-respondence with a large number of manufac- 

 turers of different kinds of lumber in all sec- 

 tions of the country. This list has been sub- 

 mitted to the members and is now in course of 

 revision for permanent i'ompilati<>u. Copies of 

 it can be had by addressing any member of the 

 I'ommitti'e or K. V. Terry, seci-ctary. tit; Broad- 

 way. New York. 



In preparing this list the Railroad and Trans- 

 [lortation Committee has been as conservative 

 as possible in considering the probable weights 

 of lumber from different sections of the country 

 and under all condili(»ns: it is for that reason 

 that the Board of Trustees of the National 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers" Association author- 

 ized the appointment of a special i-ommittee to 

 complete the work undertaken by the Railroad 

 and Transportation Committee. This .special 

 committee consists of: U. S. Cohn. chairman. 

 Roanoke Railroad and Lumber Company. Nor- 

 r<.lk. Va. : .1. \V, Farrior. J. W. Farrior & Co.. 

 ltiriniiii;h:ini. Ala. : W. A. Holt. Holt Lumber 

 ('iniiiany. <»(■<, nto. Wis.: R. T. Jones, K. T. .Tones 

 laiuiher <'<iniiiany. Nortli Tonawanda. N. Y. ; 

 TlHimas Raine. Raine. Andrews Lumber Com- 

 pMuy. Kvenwood. W. Va. : C. N. Burton. Louis- 

 iana <'ypress Lumbi'r Company. Ltd.. Harvey. 

 La. : S. Bnrkholder. S. Bui-kholdm- Lumber Com- 

 pany. Crawfordsville. Ind. ; W. ^L (ii.dfrey. Wll 

 liam tlodfrey & Co.. ('heraw. S. C. 



The association reipiests that criticisms or 

 suggestions be forwarded to any of the members 

 of the committee with a view to rendering such 

 assistance as will make the following estimated 

 weight list accurate : 



I'lUNPS I'VAt. Tm-HS.\Nl) FKKT. 



Green Shipping Well Kiln 



from saw. dry. seasoned, dried. 



Ash. black 4.7Un .'i.oOO :t.l(Mi ;i,(>OU 



Ash. white 4..StH( :j.70o ;;,.1.".o 3,300 



Basswood 4.40(1 lI.StMt l\.".uu 2.100 



Beech .'»..")t>u 4.4(H» 4.0iMt 3.7<MI 



Birch ."i.4tio 4.L'nn 4.niiu M.tWKi 



Chestnut 4.H(K) ;-:.l».->(i 2,.S)M) 2.4ri(l 



Cherry ."..(lOn 



Cottonwood .... 4.000 :;.1oo j.mio ij.4oo 



Kim rock r..3oo 4.;;oo ::,ooo .'{..loit 



Flm. soft .1,00(1 .'i.aoo :;.l."iO li-OOO 



(;nm r>,300 3.00O ;;.:ion 3.(».'iO 



(Uim. sap .".(KKi :!.30(f ::.o(Mi 2,TaO 



Hemlock 4, (MM) ;',.0(Mi 2, .".00 2.:?0O 



Maple, hard .... .'.:i(Mi 4.ir>o ;j.li(»o 3.400 



.Maple, soft .... -'..(iiiii ;;.(ir.ii ;;.3oo 3.ooo 



((ak, red :...".()(» 4.-J.")0 4.O00 3.400 



oak. white .... ."(.Too 4.r.ini 4.10(i 3.00(t 



1 oplar 3.0OO :;.(Kio 2.Sl)0 2.40(t 



Spruce ( Adi'k i . . 3.300 J.TOo 2.300 2.200 



Spruce (W. Va.). 3.(.M)o 2.Toit i.MiMi 2,200 



Walnut ."j.OOO 4.00n .■:.7.".n M.-lUO 



A Forced Draft System for Sawmills. 



Much depends upon the draft in furnaces. 

 If it is sluggish it is hard to make enough 

 steam : the engine does not develop as much 

 jiower as it should : every machini- in the mill 

 lags, and the output is considerably less than it 

 should be. The earnings suffer appreciably. It 

 takes a certain amount of business to pay ex- 

 penses. Beyond that point it is profit, except 

 what the material costs, and so the more that 

 can be cut per day the better the plant pays. 

 The importance of a good draft, whether natural 

 or artificial, is therefore great. The mere fact 

 that a stai-k is of sutticient capacity does not 



