HARDWOOD RECORD 



37 



Copies can be obtaiucd tiy addressing Joshua 

 Oidliam & Sons, 112 Tnenty-sixtti street, Brooli- 

 lyn, N. Y. 



A New Sander 



Tlie J. A. Fay & Egan Company, well-linown 

 woodvrorliing macliinery manufacturer, is meet- 

 ing great success with its Now Triple Drum 

 Sander, which is designed to meet the highest 

 requirements in furniture, piano and woodworli- 

 ing shops of ail kinds where a perfect surface 

 is wanted, either for varnishing or painting. 



The most noteworthy feature on this machine 

 is an automatic take-up device, which holds the 

 paper tight under all working and atmospueric 

 conditions. 



The drums are made of iron and steel and are 

 covered with specially prepared non-stretchahie, 

 combination rubber and felt, which makes a 

 cushion for the sandpaper. The drums are de- 

 signed witli a device for placing the sandpaper 

 about them and giving it the proper tension in 

 the shortest possible time. It is said that all 

 three of the drums can be covered with sand- 

 paper by an ordinary mechanic in seven minutes. 



On this new machine the oscillators are piv- 

 oted on a rigid shaft so that all weight is taken 

 off the drum shafts thereby preventing wear in 

 the drum shaft bearings. 



The bed frame is made to lift by power clear 

 of the drums. This gives easy access to the 

 drums, which is a great advantage if in need 

 of repairs. The opening made when the bed 

 frame is hoisted is large enough to permit of 

 removing the drums from the machine without 

 disturbing the table plates. This feature is said 

 to be found only on the Fay & Egan machine, 

 and is clearly illustrated in the manufacturer's 

 catalogue. Specially noteworthy is the column, 

 which is made extremely heavy with the metal 

 so distributed as to eliminate all vibration. The 

 manufacturers claim it to he the heaviest and 

 strongest column known to a sander of any 

 make. 



Feed consists of eight rolls, four top and four 

 bottom, all powerfully geared. The lower rolls 

 are carried in a frame, and are vertically adjust- 

 able to receive material up to 8 inches thick. 

 The machine is made in eight sizes, 30, 36, 42, 4S, 

 54, 60, 66 and SO inches wide. 



All the above mentioned features are fully 

 illustrated and described in the new catalogue, 

 a copy of which will be sent postpaid upon re- 

 quest to the J. A. Fay & Egan Company at 414- 

 434 W. Front street, Cincinnati, O. 



Lorac 



The George Henke Company, 68 Beekman 

 street, New York City, manufactures the ma- 

 terial called Lorac, the use of which, it is 

 alleged, will positively prevent checking, split- 

 ting and rotting of logs, ties and lumber. It is 

 a thick, light-colored, pasty material that is ap- 

 plied wilh a' brush to the ends of logs and lum- 

 ber. The editor of Hardwood Record has seen 

 a considerable quantity of lumber treated with 

 Lorac, and apparently it accomplishes the re- 

 sults claimed for it. 



Among the concerns that have used it quite 

 extensively for a year or more are the Florence 

 Pump & Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. ; the 

 Ryan-Stimson Lumber Company, Memphis, 

 Tenn. ; Penrod Walnut & Veneer Company, Kan- 

 sas City, Mo., and C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, 

 Louisville, Ky. 



The lime of year is now at hand, in the 

 southern hardwood manufacturing districts, 

 when logs that are not sawn promptly are liable 

 to dote and stain, and it would seem that the 

 George Ilcnke Company's preparation surely 

 should be worth experimenting with. The manu- 

 facturers offer to make shipment of a quantity 

 of the material to rcsijonsible concerns, with a 

 guarantee that it will do everything they claim 

 for it. 



Hardwood Flooring Cheaper Than Carpets 



White Brothers, the big hardwood dealers of 

 San Francisco, contribute the following analysis 

 of the cost of carpets vs. oak flooring, based on 

 San Francisco values. It must be recalled that 

 carpet values in San Francisco are not mate- 

 rially difiEerent than they are in the Middle 

 West or in the East, while, owing to excessive 

 freight rates, oak and maple flooring prices are 

 considerably higher. 



It occurs to the Record that the argument 

 of White Brothers is not only pertinent but 

 indisputable. As a matter of fact, a high-class 

 wood mosaic floor can be bought at not to ex- 

 ceed the cost of a first-class carpet. 



"The ordinary yard of carpet is 27 Indies wide 

 by 3 feet in length. Thus a carpet yard con- 

 tains only S% square feet. Carpet sells from 

 $2 to $9 and up per yard. A fair average for 

 good carpet would be .$3 per yard, and that is 

 putting it quite low for a high grade of floor 

 covering. 



"Tongued and grooved oak flooring % ii.chos 

 thick will cost from $1.15 to $1.55 per carpet yard. 



all laid and polished. We will take, tor in- 

 stance, the highest qua'ity of clear quartered 

 oak flooring, % inches by 2-inch face. This will 

 cost ."lomewhere around 10 cents a square foot, 

 or 67 V4 cents per .carpet yard. Twenty-flve per 

 cent waste will have to be allowed for the 

 tongue, and this will amount to 17 cents.. Lay- 

 ing and polishing will be done by almost any 

 floor layer for 10 cents per square foot. T'uis 

 will amount to 67% cents for the labor, or a 

 total of $1.52 for a carpet yard of the finest 

 clear quartered oak flooring, which will beau- 

 tify any house and exhibit more taste and a 

 greater degree of elegance than any carpet that 

 ever was made. This is about half the price 

 of good carpet. 



"We will next take the grade of flooring 

 known as select plain oak. A carpet yard of 

 this, including waste for the tougue, will cost 

 45 V4 cents, and the laying and polishing, etc., 

 671/4 cents, making a total of $1.15 per carpet 

 yard for a high grade handsome plain oak floor, 

 a little more than a third of the price of good 

 carpet. Between tliese two grades mentioned 

 are two other kinds at intermediate prices. 



"It is thus seen that a hardwood floor can be 

 laid for one-half to one-third of the price of 

 fair grade carpet, and when it is taken into con- 

 sideration the extra high priced carpet which it 

 would be necessary to lay in order to approach 

 anywhere near the elegance of a hardv.ood floor, 

 it will he seen that carpets are an expensive lux- 

 ury as compared with hardwood. 



"On the beauty of a hardwood floor it is un- 

 necessary to expatiate at any length. Everyon.* 

 recognizes their value and utilily, but most peo- 

 ple think that they cannot afford a hardwood 

 floor, laboring as they do under the impression 

 that it costs a lot of money. The lumber yards 

 throughout the country towns should educate 

 their customers in the understanding of the 

 beauty, hygienic value, cheapness and general 

 desirability of hardwood flooring." 



Expense of Training Forest Rangers 



In a recent report to Congress, in response to 

 a demand for inquiry. Secretary of Agriculture 

 Wilson stated that the total expense to the 

 government for the technical training for the 

 two hundred forest rangers, who were assigned 

 to the several western universities for courses 

 in forestry, amounted to $9,DGG.27. It is claimed 

 that these expenses were incurred entirely with- 

 out any warrant in law, and the secretary 

 states that already measures have been taken 

 for the recovery of this amount. Inasmuch as 

 Cifford Pinchot was responsible for the education 

 o) the rangers, and authorized the payment of 

 tiieir salaries, ha will undoubtedly be responsible 

 lo the government for the amount expended. 



A Remarkable Record 



The substantial construction of the "Tower" 

 cdgers, whicli are manufactured by the Gordon 

 Hollow Blast Grate Company of Greenville, 

 Mich., is strikingl.v demonstrated by the fact 

 that, notwithstanding the large number of them 

 tnat are constantly being shipped, and the dis- 

 lances they are being transported, breakages in 

 li-ansit are unknown, while orders for repairs 

 iU'e confined almost entirely to those whose 

 mills have been destroyed by fire. 



NEW NO. 225 TRIPLE DRUM SANDER. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The A. B. Klise Lumber Company of Sturgeon 

 Bay. Mich., has Increased its capital stock to 

 $200,000. 



Goodman & Kennedy, manufacturers of chair 

 stock, recently commenced business at Cincin- 

 nati, O. 



The Scott Spoke Company has been incorpo- 

 rated at Forest, Miss., with a capital stock of 

 $10,000. 



