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The Chicago Veneer Company. 



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DRYING BUILDINGS, CHICAGO VENEER COAIPANY. 



Early in the year 1901 B. W. Lonl packed 

 his grip and took a night train out of Chi- 

 cago, telling his business associates that he 

 would not be back until he had found "the 

 best spot in the country" for the Chicago 

 Veneer Company's plant. He returned at 

 the end of a year, called a directors' meet- 

 ing, and reported that his mission had been 

 successful. From that time the company 

 has been making veneer history. 



During the 3'ear of absence Mr. Lord trav- 

 eled all over the timber districts of the 

 North and South. lie knew just the location 

 he was looking for, and when one day he 

 came upon the little village of Burnside, in 

 Kentucky, l.ying in a beautiful valley where 

 the South Fork river empties into the Cum- 

 berland, he at once decided that he had 

 found the ideal spot. 



The main plant of the Chicago Veneer 

 Company was established at this point 

 shortly afterward, and the little village of 

 Burnside grew to the proportions of a good- 

 sized town in a surprisingly short time in 

 consequence. The Chicago Veneer Company's 

 business has increased steadily, until today 



Mr. Lord and his associates number among 

 their customers some of the greatest con- 

 sumers of veneer in the world. This growth 

 is attributable both to the excellence of 

 the plant, with regard to equipment and 

 location, and to the great perseverance, 

 close application and unceasing energy of 

 the members of the company. The Cum- 

 berland and South Fork rivers, with their 

 numerous tributaries tapping the magnifi- 

 cent forests of upper Tennessee and Ken- 

 tucky, deposit logs at Burnside practically 

 the year round. Besides this the company 

 operates two barges which bring logs from 

 points sixty miles down the river. The 

 Q. & C. railroad is also of importance, both 

 in bringing in the logs and shipping out 

 till' finished product. 



Burnside is on the main line of the C, 

 N. O. & T. P. railwaj^, and the plant of 

 the Chicago Veneer Company covers about 

 thirty acres between the railroad and the 

 river. It is devoted exclusively to the 

 manufacture of veneer. The company has 

 in commission a large mill at Tateville, a 

 few miles above Burnside, where it engages 



on an extensive scale in lumber manufac- 

 ture, making a specialty of yellow poplar. 



The great success attained by this con- 

 cern is due to the fact that the most modern 

 and approved business methods have always 

 been employed. All the odds and ends of 

 stock are used, and the work is so arranged 

 as to eliminate the element of waste almost 

 entirely. The handling of the material from 

 the log to the finished product is done by 

 skilled mechanics and the most modern 

 machinery. 



The great veneer plant at Burnside is 

 complete in every detail. It is equipped 

 with a log-haul, conveying logs from the 

 river to the mill, ample railway trackage, 

 a large derrick with a 125-foot sweep, six 

 large steaming vats, excellent drying build- 

 ings, an immense cutting room, three large 

 dry kilns, shipping rooms and warehouses. 

 Most of the veneer is dried by the hot air 

 circulation process. At present the com- 

 pany has 12,000 logs in the booms at Tate- 

 ville, which is a very moderate sized stock, 

 as there is room to store 27,000 logs. 



The equable climate of Kentucky enables 





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