HARDWOOD RECORD 



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NeWs Miscellani;. 



New Kiln Drying Process. 



The Grand Rapids Veneei- Works, Grand Rap- 

 Ide, Mieb., have advertised iu the IIahdwood 

 Recohd for several issues past : "We guarantee 

 to liiln dry oal! in a weeli by the application of 

 a new soientitic principle in your present oid 

 kiln." 



Z. Clark Thwing, vice president and manager 

 of the Grand Rapids Veueer Works, believes that 

 he has brought to perfection a new and decidedly 

 improved process applicable to old kilns for the 

 seasoning of hardwoods in an entirely satisfac- 

 tory manner and on an economical basis. Mr. 

 Thwing sends the Hakpwood Recuiid two speci- 

 mens of lumber dried by this system. One is a 

 sample of burr oak, notoriously the most dithcult 

 of ail oaks to season thoroughly ; and the other 

 is a sample of .Michigan black ash. From the 

 end of both of these specimens, one-eighth inch 

 sections have been sawed and these thin pieces 

 have been placed on an engine cylinder for an 

 hour and a half. Even after undergoing this 

 intense heat, the test pieces again applied to 

 the ends of the lumber from which they were 

 removed show not the slightest variation from 

 the original pieces. 



The specimen of burr oak in question was iu 

 the kiln hve days and Ufteen hours, with the 

 steam off over Sunday. The black ash was in 

 in the kiln forty-eight hours. .Mr. Thwing is 

 very anxious that the trade should understand 

 what he has discovered in the way of kiln 

 <irying and that the results, as compared with 

 ordinary Kiln drying, are a little short of mar- 

 velous. 



The specimens sent by the Grand Hapids Ve- 

 neer Works would inulcate that the process 

 opens the pores of the wood and that the sap, 

 albumen and other properties that contributed 

 to the growth of the tree have been extracted 

 without injury to the wood hbre, as the speci- 

 mens are sott and have been seasoned Hat and 

 straight w.tuout the least evidence of checking. 

 Accompanying the specimen of burr oak is 

 the dial irom liie recording thermometer, indi- 

 cating the temperature prevailing in the kiln 

 during tne time ol seasoning. It indicates that 

 from a p. ni. on !■ riday until ti p. m. on the 

 following Thursday a temperature of HtJ to ItitJ 

 degrees was maintained v>ith comparative uni- 

 tormuy, save that between a p. m. on Saturday 

 and midnight of Sunday there was no steam on 

 in the liilus. 



From the reputation of the Grand Rapids 

 Veueer Works management and from the speci- 

 mens showing resulis of their kiln drying, il 

 would seem that every hardwood manuiacturer 

 should be enough interested in this new process 

 to at least invesligaie >ir. 'Ihwings claims. 

 The specimens relerred to are at the office of 

 the liAiiuwouu Rkcuuo, and it will be a pleasure 

 to exuibit them to any one interested. 



Annual Meeting Wisconsin Hardwood Lum- 

 beiiuen's Abtociation. 



According to the anuouuccmeut of Secretary 

 A. E. lieebee. made by order of E. 1'. Arpin, 

 president, the eleventh aunual meeting of the 

 Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association 

 will be held at the Hotel I'lister, Milwaukee, 

 Wis., Tuesday, September 1(>. The first session 

 will be called at 10 a. m. 



It IS announced that many matters of impor- 

 tance are to be brought before the meeting and 

 it is earnestly requested that every memuer of 

 the association be present. 



At this meeting will be presented a report 

 showing the quantity of dry and green lumber 

 and the logs now on hand in the state. 



This association is one of the most energetic 

 hardnood organizations in the country and is 

 doing e.\celleut work for its members. While 

 Secretary Beebee's invitation does not so express 

 itself, it has been the custom in the past, as it 

 probably will be at the coming meeting, to wel- 

 come all hardwood lumbermen, whether members 

 of the association or not, as guests to its con- 

 ference. 



West India Mahogany Company. 

 The West India Mahogany Company is the 

 name of a new corporation organized at Belfast. 

 Me., with a capital stock of .f.jOO.OOO. The 



officers of the company are : Arthur Peer, pres- 

 ident, Deal. N. .1. ; Henry S. Park, vice presi- 

 dent, Stockton Springs, Me. ; G. Foster Sanford, 

 secretary, New York City, and James Wall Clow, 

 treasurer, New York City. 



The company owns extensive timber conces- 

 sions in IXayti. producing mahogany, lignum 

 vita*. Spanish cedar and logwood. The general 

 offices of the company are located in the Broad 

 Exchange building, 25 Broad street, New York 

 City. 



Lumbermen Accused of Fraud. 



A local daily newspaper, under dale of August 

 ai, announces that Philip l^feil, president of Hie 

 I'fell Hardwood Lumber Company, witli offices 

 in the .Masonic Temple, Chicago, was arrested 

 on the previous day, charged with having se- 

 cured $21,000 on forged bills of lading. The war- 

 rant was issued on the complaint of Glen C. 

 Forgy, a capitalist witli offices in the First 

 National Bank building. 



Pfeil alleges that he is innocent, but insists 

 that he is the victim of a i|-21,000 robbery by 

 II. Edwards, manager of one of his plants at 

 I*'ay Star, .\la. It seems that Forgy advanced 

 Pfeil $21,000 on bills of lading, calling for 

 lumber of an alleged value of .'52o,000. Later, 

 when he presented them, he was informed that 

 no lumber had been shipped and that the bills 

 were forgeries. 



.Mr. I'feil is not well known in the Chicago 

 lumber trade, hut it is alleged that he has 

 grown old in the lumber business. He does not 

 ueny securing the money from Forgy, but claims 

 that tills man Edwards has, without his knowl- 

 edge, sttilen the money dispatched him for 

 weekly pay rolls, and in order to temporarily 

 hide his thefts, forwarded him fictitious bills 

 of lading for lumber to cover the amount. 



New Hardwood Operation. 



T. J. Ellis iV (.'o.. who for siiini.. years have been 

 manufacturing cypress lumber, shingles and lath 

 at Hudspeth, .\rk., have sold their sawmill and 

 closed up their business at that place. 



The concern has purchased U.OOO acres of 

 hardwood timber lands In Bradley and Calhoun 

 counties, Arkansas, near Levit, Ark., and are 

 now putlliig in a uew Smith, Meyer & Sclinier 

 sawmill of .jO.OOO feet daily capacity at Levit on 

 tlie new extension of the Rock Island railroad, 

 'llie firm will build Ave miles of logging railroad 

 through their timber, and have bought a new- 

 Shay locomotive and logging cars for stocking 

 the mill. They expect to have their mill in 

 operation by November 15. The company's post- 

 otUce address is Bab, Calhoun county, Arkansas. 



New Kentucky Hardwood Concern. 



The Henderson Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated at Henderson, ICy., with .$70,000 

 capital stock, ot which amount one-half has 

 already been paid In. The officers are William 

 K. Elliott, president ; G. T. McCain, vice presi- 

 dent ; C. L. Clay, general manager, and C. K. 

 Elliott, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Elliott, presi- 

 dent of the company, is president of the Farmers' 

 Bank of Henderson ; Mr. McCain, the vice presi- 

 dent, is a well known capitalist of Kentucky ; 

 .Mr. Elliott, the secretary-treasurer, is a promi- 

 nent tobacconist, and General .Manager Clay is 

 a well known sawmill operator, having operations 

 on the (ireen and I'ond rivers in Kentucky. The 

 board of directors consists of these gentlemen 

 and .Tolin Heichert. a prominent tobacco manu- 

 facturer of the state ; H. Klcymeyer, a large 

 brick manufacturer of Kentucky, with yards at 

 (Iwensburo, Henderson and Louisville, and James 

 W. Clay, a foremost lawyer of the state. 



The company has closed a deal with Russell 

 E. Gardner of the Ozark Cooperage Company 

 and the Banner Buggy Company of St. Louis. 

 Mo., for 7,000 acres of hardwood timber lands 

 In Grant, Cleveland and Dallas counties, Arkan- 

 sas. The property abounds In hickory, gum, 

 cypress, elm and ash. and there are large 

 i|uantltles of fine white oak. The company will 

 at once begin the manufacture of its hickory 

 timber, which will be disposed of largely to the 

 various concerns In which Mr. Gardner Is Inter- 

 ested. Early next year the company will erect 

 a modern sawmill on the recently purchased 



tract with a daily capacity of 50,000 to 75,000 

 feet. Headquarters of the Hender»on Lumber 

 Company will be maintained at Henderson, Ky., 

 and a mill be kept in operation near Rison. .\rk. 



August Building Operations. 



The ILiRDWooD Recokd is indebted to the 

 American ..ontractor, Chicago, for the record 

 of building operations in the chief cities of 

 the United States for August. This list Is 

 not as complete as usual owing to Labor Day 

 intervening, but is indicative tliat prosperity 

 continues in tlie building trades. Wliile some 

 cities show a falling off. the loss Is overbal- 

 anced more than two to one by gains. The 

 present sliowing is exceedingly favorable' 

 .\ngust. August. Per Per 



IU08, 1905. cent cent 



(Mty — cost. cost. gain. loss. 



.\tlaDta :«lll,-f44 254.12,S 57 '. . 



Uridgeport 3«4.:)HI1 132.130 176 



Buffalo 37-1.075 885,053 .. 67 



Chicngo 5.430.175 6.401,150 .. 15 



Cincinnati 800.740 749,790 7 



Davenport 2S,S20 51,023 . . 45 



nenver 807.316 490,338 03 



Detroit 1.043.000 945.<X)0 10 



Duluth ].3o,77S 192,449 21 



Kvansvllle 112,2.80 30,953 201 



ciraiid Kaplds 144.380 149,576 .. 3 



Ilarrisbiirg 118.830 406.523 .. 70 



Hartford 232.805 343.810 .. .'a 



Ivansas City 811.040 1,025.015 20 



Louisville 424.195 863,373 .. M 



Los Angeles 1,470.522 1.414.821 4 



Milwaukee 834.738 840.577 Hi 



Memphis 324.203 274.438 l.s 



•Mobile 207,461 19,032 1305 



New Haven 183,197 154,545 18 



.Newark 1,106.386 759.749 40 



New Orleans 334,373 1,013,906 .. 67 



New York — 



Manhattan 7.203.050 12,349,303 .. 40 



Alteratlou 1,734,990 1,102.227 



Brooklyn 7.312.(X)7 7,165,680 2 



.Minneapolis 1.147.893 684,443 117 



Omaha 472,750 425. 0S5 11 



Philadelphia 3.434,405 2,876,200 10 



Paterson 30.296 180,283 . . S3 



Portland 717.041 369.154 94 



St. Louis 2.2.33.900 1,856.430 20 



.Seattle 734,359 449,778 68 



Scrantoii 1.34..803 286,401 .. 46 



South Bend 296.717 83.370 250 



Syracuse 2411.273 129. .380 93 



Topekii 70.323 120.800 .. 45 



Toledo 809.210 235,969 280 



Taeoma ,373,295 205.470 82 



Washington 1,003.425 954.600 14 



Worcester 190,920 181.955 5 



Wilkesbaire 101.312 86.678 122 



*.\ $200,000 office Imiklhif; is Included In the Mobile 

 figures for last month. 



The Hoo-Hoo Annual. 



.\s the H.\iaiwo(iii Rixiuiti goes to press the 

 hosts of Hoo-IIoo are engaged in the annual 

 meeting at Oklahoma City. Among the 



notable affairs of this meeting is the produc- 

 tion of a sijectacular play in three acts, en- 

 titled "Hoo-Hoo." written by a founder of 

 the order and that prince of good fellows. 

 Boiling Arthur Johnson. It Is with regret 

 that the H,viiUwooD Rkcoud, owing to the date 

 of this meeting, is nrecludeH from publishing 

 a full account of it 



A Unique Booklet. 



The .\rthnr Hardwood Flooring Company of 

 Memphis, Tenh., an extensive manufacturer of 

 oak flooring, is putting out an attractive little 

 booklet bound in llie similitude of a piece of 

 tliree-eighths incii Hooring, with covers of oak. 

 it is handsomely printed in red and green, and 

 contains views of the company's main factory 

 and power building, the dry kilns, warehouses 

 and office structure. The little book should 

 prove of great value to users of flooring, as it 

 embraces much information of practical worth. 

 Its contents include a short sketch on how to 

 lay and finish oak floors : a price list ; rules for 

 grading oak flooring : a quick computation table, 

 as well as other interesting matter. 



The .\rtliur Hardwood Fhioring Company is 

 an exclusive manufacturer of oak flooring. Its 

 plant at Memphis is a model in convenience of 

 arrangement and completeness of equipment. 

 The company constantly studies the best in- 

 terests of its customers, a recent evidence of 

 which is the arniiii;i'inent wliich has been made 



