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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Water in Wood 



In the liviug trif aud in green wood there is 

 a large amount of water. Part of this is closely 

 held in the material of the cell walls, and can- 

 not be removed without aBEecting the physical 

 condition of the wood ; the rest, which fills the 

 pores of the wood, is free "water. In drying, the 

 free water within the cells passes through the 

 cell walls until the cells are empty, while the 

 cell walls remain saturated. When all the free 

 water has been removed the cell walls begin to 

 yield up their moisture. Heat raises the absorp- 

 tive power of ihe fibers, and so aids the passage 

 of water from the interior of. the cells. 



Air-dried wood under ordinary atmospheric 

 temperatures retains from 10 per cent to 20 

 per cent of moisture, whereas kiln-dried wood 

 may have no more than o per cent as it comes 

 from the kiln. The exact figures for a given 

 f-pecies depend in the first case upon the weather 

 conditions, and in the second case upon the 

 temperature of the kiln and the time during 

 which the wood is exposed to it. The studies 

 upon which this report is based covered the 

 following goods : White oak, red oak, maple, 

 birch, basswood. chestnut, ash, red gum, mahog- 

 any, cherry and walnut. 



The Cincinnati Photographs 



The admirable pictures of Cincinnati lumber- 

 men which appeared iu the last issue of the 

 Hardwood Record were made by the foremost 

 Cincinnati photographers. Young & Carll, Seventh 

 and Vine streets. This house did a prompt and 

 satisfactory piece of work for the Record, and 

 thanks are due for this efficient service. 



A Lumber Ehyme 



The Record is indebted to J. A. Spalding, well- 

 known lumberman of the Witherspoon building. 

 Philadelphia, Pa., for the appended verses. Mr. 

 .Spalding explains that it is a copy of an accept- 

 ance of an invitation to attend a wooden wed- 

 ding anniversary which one of his friends re- 

 ceived a few days ago. The acceptance was 

 written on parchment and mounted on a heavy 

 block of oak. 



We accept your invitation with a great amount 



of glee ; 

 The interest that we feel in you is lively, don't 



you see ; 

 We helped you in your wooing, on the land and 



on the sea. 

 And we couldn't, no, we wouldn't, miss your 



anniversary. 



Some wooden-headed people, call them blockheads 



if you like. 

 Might pass the invitation by, to some other 



function hike ; 

 We're not that kind of timber, we're built of 



solid Oak, 

 As modest ;is the violet (you'll '.'onsider this a 



joke). 



One could not hope to SycO'Viore companionable 



place, 

 A\here everything is lovely and one cannot tall 



from grace ; 

 One meets old friends who Pine to work off many 



an old Chestnut, 

 But host and hostess never let things fall into a 



rut. 



We'll Spruce up in our very best, we have not 



Fir to go. 

 And Maple up at your front door in good time 



for the show ; 

 The Buttonwood announce us, it touches o£E the 



bell, 



Ycio put your open I'ahn in ours, and ask if all 

 are well. 



Xow, if there's any singing, Masscy's liassicood 



please us all. 

 And if he doesn't do it well, there's a liiich rod 



in the hall ; 

 Or if he pleads he has a cold iu lliat good throat 



of his. 

 We'll give him slippery Elm, drops, then settle 



down to biz. 



The prospect pleases us indeed, aud yuu will see 



us two 

 On Wednesday night, November tenth, without 



making more ado. 



M. r. 13. and G. II. B. 



I'. S. : 



Don't liiinhcf up ytmr atlic with Ibis old block of 



wood. 

 Hut burn it up to give you Iieat. as decent 



lumber should. 



Proposed Hoo-Hoo Legislation 



At the Hot Springs Annual of Hoo-IIoos held 

 in September last a joint meeting of the Supreme 

 Nine and the House of Ancients of Hoo-Hoo was 

 authorized, and this meeting was held on Novem- 

 ber 17, IS and 19 at the La Salle Hotel In this 

 city. Boiling Artliur Johnson, .Seer of the House 

 of Ancients, and W. A. Hadley, Supreme Snark 

 of the Universe, jointly presided at the meeting. 

 There were nearly sixty prominent members of 

 the organization present. Most of the action 

 taken by the organization, before becoming ef- 

 fective, will have to be passed on at the next 

 annual meeting of the order. Numerous sugges- 

 tions were recommended, but a summary of the 

 work accomplished is as follows : 



A contribution of $250 was made to the Cherry 

 mine disaster relief f\ind. 



The House of Ancients and Supreme Nine are 

 authorized to employ a high-class traveling rep- 

 resentative, to be known as Supreme Representa- 

 tive. The duties of this new olBcer are to devote 

 his entire energies to the good of the order, and 

 especially to be present and be arbitrator and co- 

 operate with vicegerent sharks at all concatena- 

 tions. 



GifEord Fincbot, chief forester of the United 

 States, was elected an honorary lite member of 

 the order, exempt from initiation fees or dues, 

 and he and his policies were endorsed in a strong 

 lesolution. 



The Scrivenoter was instructed to report at 

 annual meetings concerning the work of securing 

 positions for members out of employment. 



A committee was appointed to co-operate in 

 torest conservation and report at the next annual 

 meeting. 



Hoo-Hoo territory of the United States, British 

 North America and Mexico was divided into nine 

 jurisdictions, each jurisdiction to be represented 

 on the Supreme Nine. Each of these jurisdic- 

 tions has the right to place in nomination candi- 

 dates for the Supreme Nine at each annual meet- 

 ing. 



It was recommended that Hoo-Hoo banquets 

 or "On-the-Roof may be held to better advantage 

 in the afternoon or evening between six and eight 

 o'clock than late at night. 



Numerous changes were made in the constitu- 

 tion and by-laws relative to the eligibility of 

 members and election of candidates. The change 

 will admit a large number of railroad employes 

 that never before have been eligible. 



A plan was authorized to provide for a death 

 benefit fund and the plan to be drafted by a com- 

 mittee and submitted for approval to the House 

 of Ancients and Supreme Nine, and then put into 

 tffect. 



It was proposed to rescind the action at Hot 

 Springs concerning changing the Hoo-Hoo button 



and authorized the continued use of the old or 

 large button. 



The number of handbooks to be issued for 1010 

 to be restricted to 3,000. 



I'lan of manner of holding concatenation 

 changed to definite period in each section of the 

 country. 



Scrivenoter was instructed to inaugurate a 

 special campaign to get back desirable members 

 who have resigned from the order ; also to induce 

 delinquents to pay their dues. 



Vicegerents are to be instructed by Scrivenoter 

 to hold concatenations in strict accordance with 

 ritualistic ruling. 



Iu the future no member will be eligible to 

 iiffice in the order whose dues are not paid in ad- 

 vance covering his period of oflice. 



Vicegerents are to be suspended if they don't 

 return ritual in specified time after expiration of 

 term of ofiice. 



Baldwin Locomotive Works Building Enor- 

 mous Erecting Shop 



At the Eddystone plant of the Baldwin Loco- 

 motive Works, foundations are being dug for one 

 of the largest erecting sliops in the United States. 

 The shed will be about 900 feet long and 80 feet 

 wide and will comprise three buildings, for the 

 erecting and assembling of tlie mammoth Mallet 

 freight or double type engines. Contracts have 

 been awarded for the iron and steel structure 

 work aud the machinery. The latter will consist 

 of large electric tra%'eling cranes and other 

 appliances for rapid handling of the heavy parts 

 of the locomotives. The building is to occupy 

 the unused land of the company which lies north 

 of the Pennsylvania railroad and which skirts 

 the tracks. It will be constructed in three over- 

 Uippiug .sections, the first to be 243 feet ioug, 

 the other two 291 feet each in length, with a 

 coiumon width of SO feet. 



Shipping facilities will soon be arranged for 

 this plant unattained by any other industrial 

 establishment in the world. Two great trunk 

 lines, the Pennsylvania and the Reading, skirt 

 the worlds, and connection is being made with a 

 third, the Baltimore & Ohio. In addition, great 

 v/harves are to be built on the Delaware river 

 fiont and a harbor provided in Crum creek. 



Eight departments are now iu operatiou at 

 Eddystone because of the lack of room at the 

 I'hiladelphia works, the blacksmithiu,;;. drop- 

 forging, hydraulic-forging, bolt-forging, rolling 

 mill, pattern shops, iron foundries aud repair 

 shops. 'These are grouped between the Reading 

 railway, which passes through the southern part 

 of the works' property, and the Pennsylvania, 

 on the north. Shipments are made by both of 

 these lines, but in order to have a third outlet a 

 bridge is being built to span Crum creek and 

 connect with the Baltimore & Ohio. 



Defiance Bending Machine 



Illustrated herewith is the 12-inch patent 

 automatic felloe, hound and bow bending ma- 

 chine manufactured by the Defiance Machine 

 Works, Defiance, O. This machine the manufac- 

 turers have designed with the idea of meeting the 

 requirements for the successful and economical 

 bending of felloes lor automobile, carriage and 

 wagon wheels, wagon hounds, carriage bows, 

 reaches and other similar classes of bending. 

 It is capable of bending the lightest felloes used 

 for carriage wheels as well as the heavy work 

 required for farm wagons, truck and artillery 

 wheels. 



It bends hardwood as large as 5 inches thick, 

 12 inches in width, with adjustments to ac- 

 commodate changes from 131/2 -inch to 72-inch 

 circles ; also wagon hounds to any circle re- 

 quired, and carriage bows from 36 inches to 44 

 inches wide. The form for this work is adjust- 

 able to bend any width between the sizes speci- 

 fied. The frame of the machine is a massive 



