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HARDWOOD RECORD 



PART OF 4.000.0(10 FEET OF COTTONWOOD TILED ON YARDS OF 

 KniBALL-I.ACEY LUJIBER CO.. AT ARKANSAS CITY, ARK. 



CiiTT<i\\V<K)Ii I.OCS III'XG ON Till. l;l\l.i; HANK AT ARKANSAS 



CITY. ARK. 



Ou the company's yards is about 4,000,000 

 feet of Cottonwood piled on sticks for drying, 

 all the company's product being air dried. 

 This stock is now being shipped, the switch 

 tracks running through the yard between each 

 row of piles. 



In addition to the milling facilities, this 

 eompay has a planing mill and resaw, in which 

 the low-grade stock is worked up into thin 

 sizes. The amount of waste around the yards, 

 although as little as possible under existing 

 conditions, suggests the possibilities of a fac- 

 tory for the manufacture of excelsior, some- 

 thing that has never been attempted in con- 

 nection with a sawmill, owing to the shape of 

 the waste. It is only a question of time, 

 >iOwever, when this line of manufacture will 

 be recognized in utilizing every bit of valu- 

 able material in the Cottonwood tree. 



A. Kimball, president and manager of the 

 operation, resides at Arkansas City; C. A. 

 Ijacey's headquarters are at Memphis. 



A Fine Hardwood Operation 



lu addition to the big Cottonwood concern, 

 A rkansas City has an important hardwood 

 (iperation. The Desha Lumber Company, oper- 

 ;rted by the Hyde Lumber Company of South 

 Bend, Ind., has a fine sawmill there. Mr. 

 Hyde, resident manager, says the concern has 

 T,000 acres of hardwood timber to draw from, 

 in addition to extensive outside supplies. This 

 company is running its standard gauge log- 

 ging road seven miles out into its timber, and 

 ivill build three miles more during' the present 

 year. 



The mill has a capacity of 30,000 feet per 

 day at present, but has contracted for a new 



1 4-inch band mill to replace the one now being 

 used, which will bring the daily capacity up to 

 ,^0,000 feet. 



Much of the output is sawed into thin stock 

 I'or export; the company 's specialty. This 

 is one of the mills that handles its logs en- 

 tirely from the cars. This is in line with 

 the system used by so many of the hardwood 

 niills at present, taking the entire carload into 

 the mill and unloading directly on the log 

 leek, handling the logs but once. 



One of the accompanying cuts shows the 

 .5plendid mill of the Desha Lumber Company 

 at Arkansas City. This plant is advantage- 

 ously located, has excellent railroad connec- 

 tions and is withal a model operation. The 

 company produces a line of southern hard- 

 woods well known among its trade as stock 

 '^f careful manufacture and excellent quality. 



Hardwood Record Mail Bag 



Thin Hardwood Flooring 

 The Eecokd is in receipt nf the fuUowing 

 very interesting and instructive communica- 

 tion on the subject of tliin flooring, which it 

 commends to all interested in tlie sale or em- 

 ployment of hardwood flooring: 



Cadillac. Mich., May 12. — Editor Hakdwouip 

 Record; "We b.ive been intercslc-d in the recent ' 

 letters from your San Francisco correspondeuts 

 discussing the comparative merits of ■%-iuch 

 matched and square edge (.iointcd) hardwood 

 flooring. For years we have made a specialty of 

 %-inch maple, beech and birch flooring matched 

 on sides and ends, and our annual output is 

 lictween one and two million feet. Hence our 

 interest in the subject. 



While the manufacturing cost of %-inch 

 .jointed flooring would be less, we adopted the 

 method of matching on sides and ends because 

 \vp are convinced that the results are better. 



In laying the jointed flooring, the nails are 

 driven through the face and countersunk. This 

 leaves unsightly boles in the .surface of the floor 

 which cannot be wholly concealed by any treat- 

 ment we know of. And if the subfloor is not 

 perfectly even and solid there is a tendency for 

 the nails in the top floor to work up and the 

 surface of the floor to become uneven. 



In a floor made of our malchrd fl.Kji-ing the 

 nails are concealed and cannot work otit. and 

 OS the ends of the flooring are mat<'hed. they are 

 also held firmly in place. Consequently we think 

 that the matched flooring is superior because it 



will stay in place better and the surface is not 

 marred by nail scars. The expense of smoothing 

 and polishing either the jointed or matched 

 flooring depends upon the detail exactness of the 

 manufacturer. Today a local carpenter who has 

 just finished a 12x13 floor made of oiir %-inch 

 maple reported to us that his hat would hold all 

 the .shavings accumulated- in the smoothing proc- 

 ess. Consequently, we are unable to figtu-e out 

 how the jointed flooring is necessarily less 

 expensive to lay and polish. 



The %x2-inch face flooring is counted one- 

 fourth inch wider when jointed and one-half inch 

 wider when matched. This represents a differ- 

 ence of twelve and a half per cent, not twenty- 

 live per cent ; but we contend that the difference 

 is more than overcome by the superior results in 

 the floor. 



We have never bad any trouble from the frac- 

 turing of the tongues and grooves of our %-inch 

 flooring. The entire main floor of our office 

 building, except the corridor, is made of our 

 %-inch flooring, which does not show this 

 trouble ; nor have we observed it in the many 

 buildings^ where our flooring is in use. Possibl.v 

 oui style of matching may prevent it. We shall 

 be glad to send samples of our %-inch matched 

 flooring to prospective purcha.sers for their exami- 

 nation. — Salks Dkpart.mext, Conns & Mitchkll, 

 Ixc. 



Wants Oak Table Tops 

 BiiFAi.o. N. Y.. May 12. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record: Wc are in the market for two or three 



carloads of 1-inch plain white and red oak table 

 top stock, 4 inches and up wide, 43 inches long. 

 Our requirements demand one good face and no 

 checked ends : bright sap permitted. — Bvff.ilo 

 Desk & Table Company. 



The above inquiry is from a liiyli-class and 

 reputable institution, and Eecord patrons who 

 are able to supply this material are asked to 

 make the company quotations. 



Bargain in Slow SeUers 



Memphis, Texx., May 2ii. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We are long on the 1'ollowin.j items of 

 stock, for which we w'ould be glad to have you 

 assist us in finding a market. If any item in 

 the following can be employed by any of your 

 friends in the furniture or other woodworking 

 trades, they can secure a bargain : 



Two hundred thousand feet %-inch No. 1 

 common red oak. extra dry. 



One carload each %, % and 1 inch, 12 inches 

 and wider, 10 and 12 feet, firsts and seconds, 

 extra choice red oak. 



One car each 14-iuch common sap gum and 

 %-ineh firsts and seconds sap gum. 



One car each Vj, % and 1 inch, 10 inches and 

 up, firsts and seconds, quartered red oak : very 

 choice stock. 



Several ears H-'nch cull white and red plain 

 oak. very cheap. Company. 



Any one interested in any of the foregoing 

 items can have the address of the manufac- 

 turer by addressing this oftice. — Editor. 



