HARDWOOD RECORD 



LOG YARD. CHOCTAW LfJIIiKK & VKNKElt CDMrAXY, GAKVIN, I. T. 



A Model Veneer Mill. 



One of the Quest veneer mills in the United 

 States was recently built at Garvin. I. T., by the 

 Choctaw Lumber & Veneer Company of Chicago. 

 Veneer has been made (or years, but the tremen- 

 dous growth of this industry since 1904 has 

 fompletely revolutionized its manufacture, and 

 from a somewhat 

 i n s i g n i f icant 

 place in the lum- 

 ber business it 

 has sprung to 

 the front rank. 

 This change is 

 reflected in Ihe 

 modern mills 

 which complete- 

 ly eclipse tlieir 

 humble predeces- 

 sors of a few 

 years ago. The 

 a c c o m pauying 

 cuts give a good 

 idea of the Gar 

 vin mill, which 

 is a Hue examph' 

 of the modern 

 veneer plant. 



The Choctaw 

 Lumber & Veneer 

 I'ompauy was 

 organized last winter by 

 capitalists having large 

 Indian Territory 



for rapid and economical handling of raw ma- 

 terial and finished product is used, and the mill 

 is so arranged that there is no unnecessary 

 handling, and the stock from the very first opera- 

 tion Is kept continually moving towards the ship- 

 ping department. 



In the yard the logs are handled by a yarding 



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a number of Chicago 

 timber properties in 



^^ . Their holdings comprise sev- 



■al'miniou" feet of the finest white and red oak 

 now standing in the United States, and they 

 roulrol enough to run their mill for twenty 

 years. The large cut gives some 

 idea of the average run of the 



logs. 



Itealizing that the manufac- 

 ture of veneer is a very profitable 

 branch of the lumber business, 

 the Choctaw Lumber & Veneer 

 Company decided to erect a thor- 

 oughly modern plant of great ca- 

 pacity for that purpose. That it 

 has been successful is patent to 

 pvery one familiar with the in- 

 dustry. Inside and out the mill 

 is a model of convenience and 

 substantial construction. Partic 

 ular attention has been paid by 

 the owners to machinery equip 

 ment, the complete outfit being 

 supplied by the Coe Manufactur- 

 ing Company of Painesville, O.. 

 whose reputation in this line is 

 worlfl-wide. Every known device 



machine engine and wire cable in connection W'itli 

 a mammoth derrick, and are cut to length by a 

 heavy steam drag saw. The logs are conveyed 

 to the boiling vats and thence to the cutting 

 department by firm eye-beam trolleys of the 

 latest design. 



The cutting equipment consists 

 of the Coe rotary veneer lathe of 

 largest size ; this machine will 

 swing a log nearly seventy inches 

 in diameter and one hundred inches 

 long. It weighs nearly twenty-five 

 tons and will cut any thickness 

 from % to 1-120 of an inch. In 

 connection with the rotary machine 

 are two Coe iron frame veneer saws 

 for cutting quarter-sawed oak. 

 These machines are perfectly satis- 

 factory and produce the beautiful 

 veneers so much admired in furni- 

 ture work. In connection with the 

 rotary cutter are used a number of 

 Coe heavy veneer clippers for cut- 

 ting stock to width, nie drying, 

 which has always been the bane of 

 the manufacturer's existence, has 

 no terrors here, and is easily 

 handled by a large Coe automatic 

 roller veneer dryer. This machine 

 is 100 feet long and sixteen feet 

 wide over all, and is so arranged 

 Hint four lines of stock can be 

 dried simultaneously. No matter 

 what thickness is being cut, one 

 trip through this machine dries it 

 thoroughly and the veneer is ready 

 for shipment. A modern six-foot band mill 

 is used for cutting flitches for the veneer saws 

 and a Coe knife grinder takes care of that im- 

 portant part of the business. The power for the 

 mill is provided by two 200 horsepower boilers 

 and a Corliss engine of ample size. The mill 

 has lis own lighting plant and is so arranged 



that it can be 

 run twenty-four 

 hours a day if 

 desired. 



T h e success 

 which has at- 

 tended the ef- 

 forts of this 

 compan.y from 

 the start i s 

 largely due to 

 the untiring en- 

 ergy and ability 

 of E. E. Busby, 

 president ; R. C. 

 Dayton, secre- 

 tary, and E. T. 

 Henry, superin- 

 tendent. These 

 gentlemen have 

 built a model 

 mill and with 

 every condition 

 so favorable, a 

 remarkably successful business is sure to be the 



lesult of their efforts. 



Fire in the Adrian Handle Company's factory 

 ,at Adrian. Mich., caused an estimated loss of 



j; 10,000. 



\ lOiN'EER MILL, CHOCTAW LUMBER & VENBEU COMPANY, GAKVIN, I. T. 



