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and loading, tbe designers ot tliis macliino had 

 in mind tile production of a machine with whicli 

 a maximum amount of time would be consumed 

 in work that would count for results and a 

 minimum consumed by time lost in moving or in 

 delays caused by the intei'ference of any guy 

 lines and between skidding lines and loading 

 boom. 



The accompanying illustrations clearly show 

 how this has been accomplished, and advices 

 from the purchaser of the machine express the 

 highest satisfaction with its operation, design 

 and construction. 



In his new connection Mr. Hall expects to 

 make a Epecialty of trolleys and appliances for 

 overhead handling of materials, and in connec- 

 tion therewith to make use of the Yale & Towno 

 blocks and hoists, with the sale of which he has 

 so long and prominently been identified. 



A Generous Gift. 



.Joshua Oldham & Sons ot Brooklyn, X. Y.. 

 recently donated to the museum of the Depart- 

 ment of Forestry of The Pennsylvania State Col- 

 lege an exhibit of the different kinds of saws 

 manufactured by them. 



Among these are many kinds of circular saws 

 and two large band saws, one of which, over 

 twenty-five feet in length, is stretched^ across one 

 end of the museum. It w,is made especially for 

 this position and shows in the one saw the differ- 

 ent styles of tooth used on band saws and on one 

 end is shown the make of the double band saw. 

 ' It forms a very interesting and instructive ex- 

 hibit and will be used in connection with the 

 course in lumbering. 



Pennsylvania State College Forestry Stu- 

 dents Studying Lumbering in the Woods 



In accordance with the plan of developing the 

 course in Forestry at the Pennsylvania State 

 College along practical lines, the Senior class 

 spent the month of .January in the woods, study- 

 ing logging methods and lumber mills. After 

 studying the theoretical principles of getting a 

 log to the mill and sawing it into lumber, the 

 students visit lumber operation where they can 

 see those principles carried out in a practical 

 manner. They spend a month in the woods in 

 lumber camps, where they watch the trees being 

 felled and cut into logs and study the methods 

 of swamping, skidding, loading and hauling the 

 logs to the mill. The logs are then followed 

 through the mill and the methods of sawing them 

 into lumber and methods of handling, seasoning 

 and storing the lumber are studied. Each stu- 

 dent is furnished with an outline prepared for 

 the purpose of investigating lumber operations, 

 and presents a report descriptive of the plant 

 studied and the methods of logging used. 



Students are at Iloleb. Me., .studying the oper- 

 ations of the <5reat Northern Paper Company in 

 that region ; at the Goodyear Lumber Company's 

 operations at Austin. Potter county, Pa. ; at 

 Wheeler & Dusenbury's operations at Endeavor, 

 Forest county. Pa. : at the operations of the 

 Tomb Lumber Company and the Pocahontas Lum- 

 ber Company In Pocahontas county. West Vir- 

 ginia ; in the longleaf pine region with the Long- 

 Bell I^umber Company at Longville, La., and in 

 cypress work at Bowie. La. * 



The Forestry Department of the Pennsylvania 

 State College is one of the largest forest schools 

 in the country, having an enrollment of over 12.j 

 students. 



F. A. Hall Joins Cameron Engineering Co. 



I'. A. Ilall, »-ho for the past twelve years has 

 been manager of the chain block and hoist de- 

 partment of the Yale & Towiie Manufacturing 

 Company, whose general offices are at It-l.'J Mur- 

 ray street. New York, and whose works are at 

 Stamford, Conn., has resigned that position to ac- 

 cept election as vice-president and treasurer of 

 the Cameron Engineering Company of Brookl.vn. 



Mr- Hall's successor will be R. T. Hodgkins, 

 who for several years has been his chief assist- 

 ant, and who is thoroughly qualified by experi- 

 ence and ability successfully to perform the 

 duties of the position. 



Building Operations for January 



Building operations for January. i:ilii. are 

 not up to expectations, as shown by orticial re- 

 ports from some fifty cities throughout llie 

 United States and compiled by The American 

 Contractor, Chicago. The aggregate gain over 

 .January, 1909, is a trifle over ,1 per cent, and 

 this may be ascribed to the severe weather whicb 

 prevailed iluring the month. Thirty cities show 

 a gain over January, lOilO, from 4 to -ISO pjr 

 cent, and twenty-two show a loss from 9 to s;) 

 per cent. The gains over 50 per cent are : Bal- 

 timore. lUS : Dallas, 84; Des Moines. 123; Du- 

 luth, 100 ; Indianapolis, .55 ; Louisville. 101 ; Los 

 ,\ngeles, 173 : Minneapolis, 5'J ; Memphis, 4SG ; 

 Mobile, 118: Salt Lake City, 139. The particu- 

 lars arc shown in the following table : 

 January, Jauuary, 



1910. 190!). Per Cent 



City. Cost Cost Gain Loss 



Atlanta $ -JIKi.MT $ 30.1.770 .. 2S 



Baltimore a7U,30O 37ii,:ilJ0 16:; 



Birniingiiam .... 169.848 220.090 . . 22 



liiidseiJort 87,383 143.720 .. 3» 



Uuft'alo 418,000 553. Ooo .. 24 



Chi.-aKO (;,II34,000 S,277.70i) .. 2B 



Cleviland 281.659 43fi.ll45 . . 3S 



fliattanooga .... 57,045 31.003 11 



linc-iunati 309,915 297. 7SO 4 



Columbus 67,265 120,33.S . . 44 



Dallas .■iS0.o65 204.695 84 



Denver 449,300 694.473 . . 35 



Des Moines 61,334 27,475 123 



Detroit 720,150 798,150 .. 9 



Dulutll 97,225 48.420 100 



Grand Kapids 68,876 0S..34O .. 29 



Hartford 100,153 93.923 



ludiauapolis .... 277,585 178.520 35 



Kansas City 543,876 432.7:jo 23 



Louisville 271,956 132,830 104 



Los Angeles 1,766,431 646.WI7 17:: 



Little Rock , .86.880 74.13S 17 



.Manchester 7!t,650 768,400 . . SO 



Milw.mkee 180,195 238,541 .. 24 



Minnciipolis 002.395 377,840 59 



.\I..-m| his 1,294.182 22(J.571 486 



.■Vbjliili- 84,220 38.650 US 



.Viw Haven 104,013 174,300 40 



Newark 482.877 620,090 . . 22 



New Orleans 317.508 216,559 46 



Manhattan 7,281,470 7.921,433 S 



Brooklyn 1,013,400 3,693,676 .. 47 



Bronx 2,686,450 3,214,575 . . 16 



New York 11,881,320 14.S29,6S1 10 



Oakland, Cal 297,802 557,777 .. 46 



Omaha 287,633 277,5.30 4 



Philadelphia 2,131,775 1,677,023 27 



I':itei-son 147,037 111,8,82 31 



Pittsburg 576,925 684,014 .. 15 



Portlind, Ore 624.110 431,413 44 



Rochester 290,646 215.904 34 



St. Paul 3.34,592 285,576 24 



.St. Louis 1,461,000 1,124,219 29 



San Antonio 199,157 307,805 .. 35 



Scrauton 98,703 428,128 .. 70 



.Seattle 1.274.973 867..546 40 



Spokane 298,195 275,100 8 



Salt Lake City.. 897,400 375.100 139 



Tolcdii 84.760 110,127 22 



Taconia 113,344 103,053 41 



Worcester 31,645 143.083 . . 44 



Wllkes-Barre 70.324 64,090 10 



Total *37,96S,514 $40,107,161 5 



Important Meeting Philadelphia Retailers 



The eighteenth annual convention of the 

 Philadelphia Retail Lumbermen's Association 

 was held January 27 and 28, at the Walton 

 hotel and proved a most interesting affair. The 

 Turkish room of the hotel was appropriately 

 decorated with boughs of long-leaf yellow pine, 

 cones, etc., and tiny white pine trees growing 

 in tubs, presented by the Pennsylvania Forestry 

 Commission, and which were affectionately borne 

 awa.v by tbe members of the a.ssociation, to be 

 planted and cared for as requested. These trees 

 were grown in the state nursery at South Moun- 

 tain. 



.\n interesting exhibit of lumber-destroying 

 insects w<as obtained from the Department of 

 .\griculture at Harrisburg, through the kind- 

 ness of II. A. Surface, State Economic Zoologist. 

 Some very able addresses were delivered at this 

 meeting, the most notable of which were by 



Leslie M. Shaw, ex-secretary of the Treasury ; 

 W, L. Sykes, a well known lumberman in this 

 section of the country, and George E. Bartol, 

 president of the Bourse. Gifford Pinchot was 

 on the list but was -unable to be present. Mr. 

 Shaw in his address earnestly advocated that 

 the United States exe:-t itself to procure for- 

 eign markets for what is soon to become an 

 overproduction of manufacttn-es, and recom- 

 mends the subsidized merchant marine to save 

 the country. Everything but tbe marine is sub- 

 sidized, he bemoan.s. and this in his opinion Is 

 a blind neglect, for which the people are bound 

 to suffer in tbe not far distant future. Mr. 

 Bartol spoke also on expansion, and Mr. Sykes 

 followed on forest conservation. The members 

 of the Lumbermen's Exchange ot Philadelphia 

 were invited to the bani|uet on the last day of 

 the convention, and not a few aired their opin- 

 ions on the trade matters under discHs.sion. The 

 following resolutions were passed by the organi- 

 zation : 



Ri'suhdl, That our association endorse the 

 work of collecting and demonstrating timber- 

 destroying insects under the direction of Prof. 

 II. A. Surface. State Zoologist, and tliat a copy 

 ot this resolution be forwarded by our secretary 

 to Prof. Surface. 



HesoHcd, That this association endorse tbe 

 action of the National Wholesale Lumber Deal- 

 ers' Association, in further prosecuting the car 

 stake and equipment bill before Congress at the 

 present session, known as bill No. 27.528, and 

 be it further resolved that a copy of this reso- 

 lution he immediately forwarded to E. F. Perry, 

 secretary. 



Reniihid. That this association stands pledged 

 with the I'resident and National Forestrj- Serv- 

 ice for the conservation of our forests, and that 

 we recommend the establishment of a uationa. 

 ...ooratory for tbe testing and treating of timber. 

 That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 

 Hon. Wm. II. Taft. President, and the National 

 Forestr.v .Association at Washington. 



Resolreil. That we endorse the wf.rk ilone by 

 the Forestry Reservation Commisyi«m of Penn- 

 sylvania and heartily co operate with them in 

 the maintenance of fire wardens, road building, 

 nurseries, hospitals and forestry schools on the 

 state reservations. That a copy of this resolu- 

 tion be sent to Hon. Robert S. Conk. in. Forester, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



Rcsolveil, That the thanks ot the Pennsylvania 

 Lumbermen's Association are hereby tendered to 

 the proprietors of the Hotel Walton for the ex- 

 cellent accommodations afforded the association 

 for their various meetings. 



Resolvcil, That the thanks of the association 

 are offered to Addison B. Burke, of the -Atlantic 

 Deeper Water Ways Association : to John Ber- 

 klnhlue of the Pennsylvania Forestry Associa- 

 tion : to George F. Craig of the National Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' Association : to Ben. C. 

 Currie. Jr.. of the Hoo IIoo Association, and to 

 Edward F. Ilenson. ot the Penns.vlvania Lum- 

 bermen's Mutual Fire insurance Company, for 

 their assistance in rendering this meeting one 

 ot the most notable in the history ot the 

 association. 



Resolved, That the association would also es- 

 pecially thank the Pennsylvania Forestry Com- 

 mission for the white pine trees furnished as 

 gifts to the members of the association ; to H. 

 A. Surface, Economic Zoologist, for his exhibit 

 of timber-destroying insects ; to tbe Jackson Lum- 

 ber Company tor tbe gifts of yellow pine needles, 

 cones and branches : to the entertainment com- 

 mittee for its untiring services, and, last but 

 not least, to S. C. Creasy, our efficient president. 



Rcsolvcfl, That the thanks of the association 

 are extended to the National Forestr.v Associa- 

 tion for sending tis K. S. Kellogg and to R. S. 

 Kellogg himself for his excellent address. 



Resolved, That the press must not be forgot- 

 ten for the space they allowed ns in their news 

 columns for full account of the proceedings of 

 this association. 



