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HARDWOOD RECORD 



mills and dry kilns of the Himmelberger- 

 Harrison Lumber Company were visited and 

 the latest log loading and handling de\'ices 

 l>eingr used inspected. 



The meeting reconvened at 2A0 p. m. and 

 further discussion was had on the subject of 

 log specifications, after which the committee 

 above appointed returned a report as follows, 

 which was accepted: 



■'Your Committee on Log Specifications has 

 decided to allow each member of the com- 

 mittee to draw up their Tdeas and present 

 them to the chairman, this committee to meet 

 tonight and also at a later date at Morehouse 

 at the call of the chairman. This committee 

 also to decide the adoption of the official scale 

 as well as the specifications." 



Motion was made and carried that the next 



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meeting of the manufacturers of hardwood in 

 Missouri meet the second Tuesday ip Septem- 

 ber, the eleventh, at .Cape Girardeau. Mo. 



The guests were much pleased with the ex- 

 cellent accommodations accorded them by the 

 Forest Hotel and a number of them decided 

 to stay over a day or two longer for the pur- 

 pose of visiting the log camps in the vicinity 

 of Morehouse, and fishing. 



There were^ present the following: 



John H. Himmelberger, Himmelberger- 

 Harrison Lumber Co.. Morehouse, Mo. 



"W. H. Harrison. Himmelberger-Harrison ■ 

 Lumber Co.. Morehouse, Mo. 



Howard Rule, Himmelberger-Harrison Lum- 

 ber Co.. Morehouse, Mo. 



Charles L. Harrison. Himmelberger-Harrison 

 Lumber Co.. Morehouse, Mo. 



F. A. Garetson. Garetson-Greason Lumoer 

 Co., San Diego, Cal. 



M. J. Blackwell. Lee Wilson & Co.. Wilson. 

 Ark. 



J. S. Garetson. Garetson-Greason Lumber 

 Co.. St. Louis, Mo. 



M. E. Leming, M. E. Leming, Cape Girar- 

 deau, Mo. 



E. E. Ruddell. Bement & Largent Lumber 

 Co., Buckeye. Mo. 



A. N. Durnell, A. N. Durnell. Bridges. Mo. 



Albert Kaechele. Albert Kaechele, Cape 

 Girardeau. Mo. 



Frank E. Hilton, Garetson-Greason Lumber 

 Co., Campbell, Mo. 



Jno. T. Baldwin, Jr., Jno. T. Baldwin & 

 Son, Ironton, Mo. 



R. T. Largent, Bement & Largent Lumber 

 Co., Buckeye. Mo. 



G. W. Richey, Buckeye, Mo. 



Dr. J. A. Atkinson. Morehouse, Mo. 

 Guy E. Higley, Kennett Cypress & Hard- 

 wood Lumber Co., Kennett. Mo. 



H. W. Lucas, Dexter Saw & Planing Mill. 

 Dexter, Mo. 



W. D. Knott. Mishler Lumber Co.. New 

 Madrid. Mo. 



A. V. Stewart. Risco, Mo. 



Frank E. Gideon, Gideon-Anderson Lumber 

 & Mill Co.. Gideon. Mo. 



Chas. H. Stevens. C. P. ^ St. L. Ry.. St. 

 Louis, Mo. . : 



Lewis Doster. secretary Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association of the United States, Chi- 

 cago. 



J. V. Hill, chief inspector Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association of the United States. 

 Chicago. 



J. G. Griffith. Garetson-Greason X.un\ber Co.. 

 Fisk. Mo. 



H. A. Richards. Grand Trunk Ry. System. 

 St. Louis. Mo. 



G. Crow. Essex. Mo. 



G. L. Roper, Senath. Mo. 



G. W. Schwartz. Vandalia R. R., St. Louis. 

 Mci. 



D. E. Rice. Garetson-Greason Lumber Co.. 

 Green Bay. Wis. 



H. H. McLeod. Hoosier Stave & Ltimber Co.. 

 Hough, Mo. 



W. G. Holley. Holley-Matthews Mfg. Co., 

 Sikeston, Mo. 



Chas. M. Fletcher. Fletcher & Mills Bros.. 

 Bernie, Mo. 



Louisville Meeting. 



A meeting of hardwood manufacturers of 

 Kentucky was held at the Gait House. Louis- 

 ville. Ky.. at 10:30 a. m. June 16. Edward L. 

 Davis was appointed chairman and Lewis 

 Doster secretary. 



The meeting was called for the purpose of 

 thoroughly discussing conditions existing in 

 the different hardwood markets. Mr. Doster 

 outlined the genei'al objects and results of 

 district meetings lield in various sections and 

 the matters taken up and developed by the 

 local manufacturers and by the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, of which he is 

 secretary. He also explained the details of 

 association work, particularly as carried on by 

 his organization in its efforts to benefit pro- 

 ducers of hardwoods. 



Those present felt that meetings should be 

 continued in the Louisville district, especially 

 as the state ceremonies in celebrating the 

 "Home Comers" caused the attendance at this 

 one to be considerably smaller and not as 

 representative as was desired. It was decided 

 to hold a meeting later, date and place yet to 

 he determined. 



There were present the following: 



Edward L. Davis, Edward L. Davis & Co.. 

 Louisville. Ky. 



C. M. Clark. Sivann-Day Lumber Co., Clav 

 City. Ky. 



J. C. Rash. Brodhead-Garrett Co., Clay Citv. 

 Ky. 



F. H. Duling, Kentucky Lumber Co., Cin- 

 cinnati. O. 



W. E. Delaney, Kentucky Lumber Co., Cin- 

 cinnati. O. 



R. McCracken. Kentucky Lumber Co.. Cin- 

 cinnati. O. 



Albert R. Kampf. Albert R. Kampf. Louis- 

 ville, Ky. 



J. Crow Taylor. Louisville. Ky. 



Geo. R. Berry. U. S. Timber Co.. Cincinnati. 

 O. 



KliW.VlUi I.. DAVIS. LOUISVILLE, KX. 



Willis Green. S. Green & Son. Falls of 

 Rough. Ky. 



A. W. Brucken. Anton Brucken. Evansvillc. 

 Ind. 



A. A. Andridge, U. S. Timber Co.. Cincin- 

 nati, O. 



Anton Brucken. Anton Brucken. Evansville. 

 Ind. 



Lewis Doster, secretary Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, Chicago. 



J\fanufacture of the Tight 'Barrel. 



Some remarkable changes have occurred 

 iu the manufacture of tight barrels in re- 

 cent years. Formerly barrel makers per- 

 formed a great deal of the work by hand ; 

 slow and crude processes were in vogue, and 

 yet a very strong and durable barrel re- 

 sulted. In those days, in many cooperage 

 shops workmen constructed tight barrels at 

 odd hours, and there were not a few fac- 

 tories where reconstructing new barrels from 

 old was the only work done. The staves of 

 The old barrel were recut, the bend re- 

 modelled, the head reshaped and with new 

 hoops it presented a very different appear- 

 ance and oftentimes sold as new. Modern 

 machinery has been universally introduced 

 in this line of work, and first-class tight 

 barrels are produced and sold at retail at 

 less than $1 each, ■with a liberal profit to 

 the maker. With barrels at these prices, 

 the man who used to make a fair income by 



overhauling and remodelling second hand 

 barrels, has been forced out of business. 



White oak is preferred by tight barrel 

 manufacturers to any other wood, but other 

 kinds of oak, and in fact many varieties of 

 hardwoods are titilized quite extensively. 

 AVhite oak is becoming very scarce, and this 

 fact alone has resulted in the employment 

 of other woods to a considerable degree. 

 Firm grained wood free from knots is es- 

 sential. As timber entirely free from knots 

 cannot be had in the bulk, one of the first 

 operations in manufacturing involves the re- 

 moval of knots, or the sawing free of knotty 

 sections. Sometimes one side of the cut is 

 knotty and the other side clear, in whicli 

 event the clear side alone is used. 



Figure 1 is a drawing of the log sawed 

 the proper length for making staves. The 

 cut is split or sawed into stave bolts ms 

 tlie case demands. In sawing, the cut i-* 



