HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The Grading of Maple Flooring 



rniLADELPHii,, Pa., Feb. l.T. — Editor IIard- 

 vooD Record : Will you kindly advise us wliat 

 tlie rules are for the grading of maple flooring? 

 Lumber CoMrAxv. 



The following are the current rules cover- 

 ing the inspection and measurement of maple 

 flooring. — Editor. 



Clear — Shall have one face free of all detects, 

 bul the question of color shall not he considered. 

 Standard lengths in all widths in this grade shall 

 be trimmed 2 to IG feet, inclusive ; the proportion 

 of lengths 2 to 3»2 feet shall be what the stock 

 \iill produce up to 10 per cent. 



No. 1 — Will admit of tight, sound knots and 

 slight imperfections in dressing, but must lay 

 Milhout waste. Standard lengths in all widths 

 In this grade shall be trimmed 1% to 16 feet, in- 

 clusive; the proportion of lengths 1 1/2 to 314 feet 

 .shall be what the stock will produce up to 23 

 per cent. 



Factory — Must be of such character as will 

 lay and give a good serviceable floor with some 

 cutting. Standard lengths in all widths in this 

 grade shall be trimmed 1 to 10 feet, inclusive : 

 the proportion of lengths 1 to 3% feet shall be 

 what the stock will produce up to 50 per cent. 



Liked the Editor's "Rough Country Log- 

 ging Operations" Picture Show 

 and Dailies 



■ Philadelphia, Fa... Feb. 7. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : After arriving home and thinking more 

 soberly about the magnificent entertainment you 

 gave your fellow lumbermen at Cincinnati. I de- 

 sire to repeat what I told .vou that evening — it 

 was the finest thing I have ever seen of that 

 kind. You deser%-e great credit, and am sure you 

 will he more than repaid for the trouble you 

 have taken in connection with this matter. I 

 feel sure that everyone enjoyed it and appreciated 

 it. and that you are to be highly congratulated on 

 the great success you have made. — Horace A. 

 Reeves, Jr. 



Ckawfordsville, Ixd., Feb. 8. — Editor Haed- 

 WC'OD Record : I want to congratulate you on 

 your "show" and lecture at Cincinnati. That 

 filone was worth the whole trip. — Roy Bcrk- 

 hoi.der. 



Bexzoxia, Micii.j Feb. 12. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record ; Enclosed find check for .$2 as per in- 

 voice. After such an exhibition of enterprise as 

 was recently shown in your Cincinnati editions, it 

 would seem mighty mean and unapt>reciative for 

 any subscribing lumberman to withhold his sub- 

 scription twenty-four hours after it became due, 

 — Case Brothers' Lumber Co.mpaxt. 



Electric Drive for Veneer Plants 



The Eecokd has recently received several 

 communications from veneer manufacturers 

 asking for suggestions concerning the proper 

 method of power transmission for the vari- 

 ous machines employed in their line, and es- 

 pecially for a motor drive of variable speed 

 that could be applied to veneer cutters so that 

 the speed could be reduced on bolts of 

 large diameter and increased as the size was 

 reduced, thus accomplishing a uniform speed 

 of cut on logs of varying diameter. ■ 



In response to a request for information 

 on this subject, the Allis-Chaliners Company 

 of Milwaukee, Wis., large producer of power 

 plants and electrical appliances, furnishes the 

 following information concerning the equip- 

 ment this company supplied to the W. D. 

 Beeves Lumber Company of Helena, Ark., for 

 its veneer plant. This equipment includes, as 

 will be noted, the generating equipment of 

 motor-driven machines. — Editor. 



One 20" x ^G" Reliance belted engine operat- 

 ing at a speed of 120 r. p. m. ; steam pre*' "ure 

 12.'> lbs. : engine is arranged with a 12' •.nd 

 wheel crowned for two belts, one 11" and the 

 other .32". This engine drives one 230 K. \V. A. 

 H., GO-cycle, o-phase, 220-voIt alternator, one 

 50 K. W., 720 r. p. m., 220-volt generator. With 

 the alternator is supplied one typo "K", 9 K. 

 W., 1,650 r. p. m., 120-volt exciter ; one two- 

 panel switchboard with A. C. and D. C. instru- 

 ments. 



The motor equipment is as follows : 

 One 5 H. P., 220-volt, 1,050 r. p. m.. type 

 "K" motor belted to line shaft, driving friction 

 drive for hoisting blocks to veneer machine. 



One 40 H. P., 220-volt. type "K" variable 

 speed motor, 325 to 800 r. p, m. geared to a 

 White & Blakesley veneer machine. This ma- 

 chine when operating at its full capacity, as it 

 generally is, will supply 31,000 log feet of 5/10" 

 veneer in eight hours. This veneering is made 

 mostly from gum timber, and the gum logs vary 

 in diameter from 21" to 41" and when cut for 

 the veneer machine are 28" long. 



One 7V. H. P., 220-volt, induction motor, 

 3-phase, 1,130 r. p. m. belted to line shaft. 

 {Iriving fi-iction drive for operating — log skid 

 and Imll chain for shifting logs. 



One CO II. P., 220-volt induction motor, speed 

 850 r. p. m. belted to a 60" Sturtevant double 

 exhaust fan, operating at the speed of 1,000 

 r. p. m. 



One 30 H. P.. 220-volt, induction motor, speed 

 1.130 r. p. m. belted to a 30" Manistee. Michigan 

 "Hog" for tearing up slabs, operating at a 

 speed of 1,200 r. p. m. 



One 2 H. P.. 220-volt. induction motor. 1.700 

 r. p. m., belted to a Whitney hardwood flooring 

 scraper. 



One 'Vz n. P., 220-volt induction motor, 

 1,130 r. p. m., belted to end matcher for hard- 

 wood flooring made by A. J. Schindler Com- 

 piin V. 



One 20 H. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,130 

 r p. m., belted to Hoyt & Brother No. 27, 15" 

 tlocring machine. 



One'lO H. P., 220-volt Induction motor, 1,130 

 r. p. m.. belted to a Houston 12" outside mould- 

 ing machine. 



One 7li H. P.. 220-volt induction motor, 

 belted to a'Hoyt & Brother siding resaw machine. 



One 20 H. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,130 

 r. p. m., belted to a Hoyt & Brother No. 14, 

 30" surfacer. 



One 10 H. P., 220-volt induction motor, speed 

 1.130 r. p. m., belted to line shaft, driving one 

 Williamsport gang edger and one Hoyt & 

 Brother gang edger. 



One 40 H. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,130 

 r. p. m., geared to one Fisher band resaw ma- 

 chine, wheels 56" diameter. 



One 3 H. P.. 220-volt induction motor, 1,700 

 r. p. m., belted to box cutoff saw. 



One 5 H. P.. 220-volt induction motor, 1,700 

 r. p. m.. Iielted to line shaft driving one Fisher 

 box matcher and one box ripsaw. 



One 5 H. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,700 

 r. p. m., belted to line shaft driving three box 

 ripsaws. 



One 3 n. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,700 

 r. p. m., belted to one box cut-off saw. 



One 10 H. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,130 

 r. p. m.. belted to line shaft driving three box 

 cut-off saws. 



One 7% H. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,130 

 r. p. m., "belted to line shaft driving three box 

 rip saws. 



One 10 IT. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,1.30 

 r. p. m.. belted to line shaft driving two double 

 veneer ripsaws. 



One 3 H. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,700 

 r. p. m., belted to one Mershon squeezer. 



One 3 H. P. induction motor, 1.700 r. p. m.. 

 belted to line shaft, driving one Fisher bos 

 matcher. 



One 3 H. P. induction motor, 1,700 r. p. m., 

 belted to line shaft, driving a Doig stapling 

 inaehine. 



One 2 n. P., 220-volt induction motor, 1,700 

 r. p. m., belted to a Clement No. 30 band saw. 



Advice from the Editor 



CixcrxxATi, O., Feb. 8. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Why don't you get in the swim and 

 move your paper to Cincinnati? There is noth- 

 ing to lose by such a move and everything to 

 gain. I think that a live paper like yours here 

 would be a decided success, and I don't believe 

 you thought of this before or you would have 

 been with us. Think it over and- move down. — 

 Will S. Sterrett. 



The following is my answer: 



Chicago, III., Feb. 17. — Dear Sir : You ask 

 why I don't move Hardwood Record to Cincin- 

 nati. Simply because Chicago is a better place in 

 which to publish it, as Chicago is the flnancial 



and general business center of the hardwood in- 

 dustry. Directly and indirectly there is financed 

 and handled through this market over two billion 

 feet of hardwoods annually. 



You say you think that a live lumber paper 

 would be a decided success in Cincinnati. How 

 much do you think so? A publication like Hard- 

 M'ooD Record involves an expenditure of ap- 

 rroximately $50,000 a year. Will you be one of 

 fifty Cincinnati concerns to guarantee it one thou- 

 sand annual revenue? If you will and will get 

 the rest of the "hunch" to do so, you can get 

 Gibson or someone else to publish a paper there, 

 .'rS a matter of tact, Cincinnati is the most promi- 

 nent feature of the advertising sections of Hard- 

 wood Record today, and it is my advice to you to 

 let well enougb alone. You are getting all that 

 you could out of a lumber paper today at a ver.v 

 sjnall cost. — Editor. 



Measurement Table for Hardwood Flooring 



As is well known, both maple and oak floor- 

 ing are delivered bundled. The extreme short 

 lengths are bundled twelve pieces to the bun- 

 dle, and the longer lengths are packed six 

 pieces to the bundle. M. E. Thomas, sales 

 manager of the Mitchell Brothers Company, 

 and Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., of Cadillac, Mich., 

 has issued to the trade a circular showing how 

 his concerns bundle flooring. The schedule 

 follows : 



13/16x11/2". all lengths, 12 pieces. 



13/16x2, 2% and 3 ^"^2 to 51/2 ft. lengths, 

 12 pieces ; 6 to 16 ft. lengths, 6 pieces. 



1/2x2 and 2%"— 2 to 51/0 ft. lengths, 24 

 pieces; 6 to IG ft. lengths, 12 pieces. 



3/.Sxl" — All lengths. 24 pieces. 



3/8x1 y2 and 2"— 2 to 5I/2 ft. lengths, 24 

 pieces ; to 16 ft. lengths. 12 pieces. 



The 13/10x2, 2% and 314", 2 to oV- ft.: 

 1/2x2 and 2Vi", 2 to 5V. ft.; 3/8x1", and 

 3/8XIJ/2 and 2", 2 to 51,4 ft. bundles, are double 

 in size and each one is counted as two bundles 

 on our tally sheets. 



On the same circular is involved a measure- 

 ment table which is as follows: 



Multiply the total lineal feet of the bundles 

 by the proper number shown in third column 

 of table and the product will be the total feet 

 ttooring, board measure. 

 Pieces 



Size in bundle Multiply bv Add 



13/10x1 V, 12 214 50% 



13/16x2 6 1% 38% 



13/16x214 6 IV, 34% 



13/16x314 2 24% 



1 2x2 12 2V2 25% 



1 2x2'4 12 2% 23% 



3/8x1 12 IVi 50% 



.3/8x11.4 12 2 34% 



3/8x2 ' 12 21/2 23% 



To estimate the number of feet required to 

 cover a given number of square feet area, add to 

 surface measure the percentages shown in last 

 column of table. 



Not as Serious as First Reported 



Baltimore, Md., Feb. 14. — Editor Hardwood 

 FiECORD ; We note from the reports of our daily 

 papers and others throughout the states, who 

 published reports of our late fire, the figures 

 given in these reports in some way, unintention- 

 ally no doubt, were exaggerated and which we 

 wish to correct through your paper if you will 

 be kind enough to publish same in your next 

 issue. 



Some of these papers showed a loss of .$125,000 

 over and above our actual loss, without insur- 

 ance to cover same. The fact is our net loss on 

 stock was $01,755, covered by insurance of $90.- 

 550 ; the net loss on sheds and office buildings, 

 $11,673.20, covered by insurance of $9,700, 



This, you will see, makes our loss practically 

 nothing considering the amount above mentioned. 

 <;u]r object in asking you to publish this is to 

 Rjmply place ourselves before the public, and 

 especially manufacturers of lumber, in a correct 

 way. 



We will continue In business in same manner 

 as heretofore and at same address. 



Eisexhauer-MacLea Compaxy. 



