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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Michigan Hardwood 

 Meeting. 



One of tlip ]jleasantesi 

 gatherings of the lumber 

 fraternity ever held was 

 the meeting of the Mich- 

 igan Hardwood Jlanii- 

 facturers' Association at 

 Mael;!nac Island. Wed- 

 nesd.ty. August 8. Many 

 of the attendants, al- 

 though lifelong resident.'; 

 of the state, had never 

 before visited this at 

 tractive and historic 

 little island in the 

 Straits of Mackinac. A 

 large number of the vis- 

 itors arrived the day be- 

 fore and spent the after- 

 noon in driving about 

 and becoming acquainted 

 with the many points of 

 interest. 



A large portion of 

 Mackinac Island is cov- 

 ered with a dense second 

 growth which includes 

 white pine, Norway, 

 spruce, hemlock, balsam, 



cedar, oak, maple, birch, beech and in fact nearly 

 every variety of tree growth indigenous to the 

 state of Michigan. The most conspicuous feature 

 is old Fort Mackinac, which stands up almost out 

 of the face of the rocks on the west end of the 

 island. Arch Rock and Sugar Loaf are among 

 the famous natural curiosities. Mackinac is 

 fringed along the bluffs with fine hotels and the' 

 beautiful villas and cottages of people of wealth 

 who enjoy its delightful climate throughout the 

 summer season. 



The Grand Hotel, a mammoth caravansary, is 

 the most prominent object on the island and it 

 houses thousands of resorters. The Michigan 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association held its 

 .session iu the old office building of the John 

 .lacob Astor House, now its ballroom. This yen- 

 erable hotel remains in nearly its original form, 

 having been made up of the warehouses and 

 office buildings of the old pioneer fur merchant. 

 It was at this trading post that the foundation 

 of the enormous Astor fortune was laid. The 

 buildings comprising the hotel have been stand- 

 ing about a hundred years and are still in a 

 most excellent state of preservation. The pic- 

 turesque little town of Mackinac clusters at the 

 foot of the cliffs on the west end of the island, 

 which is about nine miles in circumference and 

 in general altitude about 200 feet above the level 

 of the surrounding strait, and 728 feet above 

 sea level. Fine roads extend through the forest 

 to the various points of interest, as well as a 

 boulevard entirely around the island. 



The place selected for the October meeting of 

 the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion, Traverse City, will probably prove fully as 

 attractive as Mackinac Island. It is one of the 

 most beautiful little cities in the state, and 



igan, and also by the 

 I'ere Marquette. Grand 

 liapids & Indiana and 

 Manistee & Northeastern 

 railroads. Visitors at 

 the nest meeting can be 

 assured of a most de- 

 lightful time and a hear- 

 ty welcome from the 

 Traverse City members 

 of the association. 



GROIP OF MEMBERS. TAKEN IN COURTVARD OF OLD JOHN JACOB ASTOR HOUSE 



The Wilce End Match- 

 ing Machine. 

 The end matching ma- 

 chine manufactured by 

 the T. Wilce Company of 

 Chicago has been most 

 cordially received by a 

 large number of manu- 

 facturers of flooring. 

 It was built originally to 

 uieet the requirements of 

 the T. Wilce Company in 

 its own business. Later 

 the company went into 

 the business of manufac- 

 turing the machine for 



of 



1'. ARl'lN AND FRIENDS AT FOOT 

 SIGAR LOAF, MACKINAC ISLAND. 



OF 



stands at the head of Grand Traverse Bay. It 

 boasts one of the best hotels in Michigan, the 

 Park Place, which will probably be the meeting 

 place of the convention. Traverse City is reached 

 l)y scvcr;il of the boat lines crossing Lake Mich- 



the ma- 

 no t an 

 separate 



for the 



the trade. 

 Speaking 

 chine, Mr. Wilce says : "It is 

 attachment to a matcher but a 

 machine scientifically constructed 

 sole purpose of making a tongue and groove 

 on the ends of flooring. It is 2 feet 6 inches 

 wide and 11 feet long, strongly built, w'ith pipe 

 frame and flat or table top. When it is set 

 to do the end matching on flooring it is set 

 liack of tlie flooring machine far enough from 

 it to permit the easy and convenient handling 

 of flooring from 2 inches to twenty inches in 

 length as it comes from the matchers. It is 

 automatic in operation, making the end tongue 

 (ill the lefthand side and the end groove on 

 the right. The device for making the tongue 

 consists of a combination cut off saw and 

 matcher head, while the groove is made by a 

 saw and grooving head. These saws with the 

 matcher and grooving heads are set exactly at 

 right angles so that, when the flooring to be 

 longued and grooved on the ends is laid on the 

 top or table of the machine, one stroke of the 

 device is all that is needed to complete the 

 operation, and this cannot fail to produce a 

 perfect joint at right angles. The machine will 

 end match flooring and ceiling in thicknesses 

 fiom % inch to 1% inches and in widths from 

 % inch to 3M; inches. They require only one- 

 lialt' horsepower to operate." 



W. S. Neely of .Tonesboro, Ark., has tendered 

 his resignation as manager of the Arkansas 

 Stave Company and with associates will engage 

 in the hardwood lumber business on a large 

 scale. Mr. Neely recently acquired extensive 

 timber holdings in northern Arkansas which he 

 will develop. 



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HISTORICAL FORT AT JIACKINAC ISLAND. 



PICTFRESQUE ARCH ROCK, MACKINAC ISLAND. 



