HARDWOOD RECORD 



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^Development in Product of a Great Detroit Institution 



There is no concern in tlie T'uited States 

 S(i well known to users of logging cars, car 

 trucks and railway supjilies for lumbermen, as 

 tlie Kussel Wheel & Foundry Company of De- 

 troit, yU-h. The Russcl log car has become 

 the standard of the country, and all other log- 



in the state of Michigan. Among its special- 

 ties is the building of steel lighthouses for 

 tho United States government. Visitors are 

 often amazed to see an immense lighthouse 

 erected in the company 's yards. These struc- 

 tures arc tlieu taken down and slii]i|>cil to va- 



STAMlAKIl I.OCIMNC 



I'AK, MANrFACTUUEI) P.V 'IIIK 1!ISSI:l WIIKEt, & I'DUN- 

 IIRY COJirAXY. 



giug railroad equipment is gauged by the 

 high state of etfieieney that has been attained 

 by this company. This institution, great as 

 is its plant, has developed business to such an 

 extent that its manufacturing equipment, oc- 

 cupying many acres of ground, became inade- 

 quate during the jiast year and it has been 

 necessary to practically double the size of 

 structures and output. For months past the 

 company has been obliged to refuse hundreds 

 of orders for various products, but it is now 

 rapidly getting iu shape to fully care for its 

 augmented business. While in the lumber 

 trade this house is chiefly known for its log- 

 ging cars, it also produces a vast amount of 

 structural iron work of many descriptions, 

 being the largest manufacturer in this line 



rious jKiints where Uncle Sam furnishes bea- 

 con lights for his sailor men. 



I'^or several years past the Russel Wheel & 

 Foundry Company has spent a great de;il of 

 money and time in perfecting a holder for 

 car stakes which would facilitate rather than 

 retanl the loading of logs; which wniild sini 



ply hold tlie load in place; wliicli by no chance 

 could; be misplaced,- and which could he 

 tiipped only from the opposite side from 

 which the loads would be dischargeil. There 

 is scarcely a logger in the country who will 

 rot appreciate this apjiliance, as it preclude."! 

 the possibility of injuring men, effects econ- 

 omy in both loading and unloading, and is 

 absolutely secure. Back of these recommenda- 

 tions is the guarantee of tho Kussel Wheel & 

 l''o»udry Company that every device it puts 

 oil the market is the best of its kind. 



Another appliance now being manufaeturea 

 by this company is a new type of skidding 

 tcngs which is made with three prongs for 

 tniall logs and four prongs for larger logs, 

 .lust a glance at the illustrations accompany- 

 ing this article will convince any practical 

 l( gger of the utility and superiority of these 

 tools over any others. The harder the pull, the 

 tighter the tongs grip the log. The form in 

 which they fold renders them easily portable 

 in returning for the next log or logs to be 

 pulled. 



Hr.'<i<lc's tlir>(' niiiiiir luqdianiTS tlii' K'u.ssel 



I.clCl.nXi; CAIt FITTED «' 11 H KISSEL TKIl' SIAKI'. Illll .1 iiaiS. 



Whrcl 4: Foundry <'i)Mipany is about ready to 

 put on the market a full equipment of log- 

 ging machinciy, inchnling donkey engines for 

 skidding and loading, as well as high-class, 

 self-propelling combined skidders and loaders. 

 A larger illustration of the new Kussel trip 

 stake holder will be found in the company's 

 advertisement in this issue of the Hardwood 

 Record. The Kussel Wheel & Foundry Com- 

 pany wijl be glad to supply (larticuhirs con- 

 cerning machines or appliances adapted to any 

 logging or log transportation problem that 

 luMihcrnien may have presented to them. 



Itr.SSKI. FOUlt I'ltoNC 



Open. 

 SKinniNG TONGS. 



New Credit Rating Book. 



The IlAiiOwciiui liKcciKii is in veceiiil nl' tlie 

 fifth volume i.Vpi-il. I'JUti) of tile Credit Hating 

 Roi:k iiulilishcil lij- the National Lumber Manii- 

 facturers' Credit Corporation of St. Loui-s. Its 

 lontents. consisting of a classified list of capital 

 .nid pay ratings of manufacturers, wholesalers 

 iind retailers of lumber, inde.\ of railroads oper- 

 ating in each stale, list of factories buying lum- 

 ber in carload lots, etc.. makes it one of the 

 most valuable books of tile kind ev^.'r issued. No 

 pains have been spared lo make it a coinplele 

 jind accurate reference wfirk. The information 

 cm which the ratings are based has been obtained 

 fiom reliable sources, and is as conservative as 

 possible, consistent with each case. The ar- 

 rangement of the book is excellent, the facts be- 

 ing given in conci-;e fnrni and easily accessible. 



