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coarse file (Jeffreys) or by forming a fine 

 grillage of thin lead strips' set edgewise in 

 the frame (Westinghouse). In botli forms 

 the oxide is made by slow electric processes 

 of continued charging and discharging, taking 

 about three weeks' steady electric action to 

 form the plate. This jiroce?s makes the film 

 of lead oxide very hard and tenacious, and 

 not likely to be jarred otf in service. But 

 during the stormy and eventful career of a 

 small stock-wrangling locomotive it gets, not 

 many, but thousands of spine-jolting bumps 

 and bangs every day, and six solid months 

 of it eventually shakes enough sediment down 

 into the mud-cellars to "short"' the plates. 

 It will take about four days of steady work 

 to cut all the connectors apart, take out the 

 elements, wash all the plates, clean out the 

 mud-cellars, put in fresh .separators, burn all 

 the lead connectors together again, make up 

 new electrolyte and replace it, together with 

 what is left of the old. back in the cells again. 

 Thi.s, with a general overhauling of the 

 motors, controllers, journals, brakes and bat- 

 tery connectors, cannot be accomplished in 

 less than four days, and must be provided for 

 ahead of time, twice a year. 



The above is really all the care the locomo- 

 tive will need, and is not much for a year 's 

 Bervice in such rough work. The motors, con- 

 trollers, brakes and oil guards of the locomo- 

 tive should be placed under the care of the 

 man who runs it, and he should give the loco- 

 motive an inspection at the end of each day's 

 work and report any breakages. We foiind 



that brake-shoes required renewal about once 

 every three months, controller fingers one or 

 two in three months, journal guards and 

 .Sander tubes all the time, as thev are always 

 getting smashed off from one cause or an- 

 other. In the spare stock should always be 

 several negative and positive battery plates, 

 a .set of lead-burning tools for disconnecting 

 and reconnecting the lead battery-connectors, 

 a hydrometer' and glass for taking the grav- 

 ity, a ten-volt voltmeter to keep tabs on the 

 voltage of each cell, porcelain rollers (which 

 are always getting broken) for replacement 

 under the battery boxes, and spare copper 

 connectors to go 'between the battery boxes. 

 These are often eaten by acid which is spilled 

 on them, and, as they are flexible and must 

 carry anything up to 250 amperes, they can- 

 not be replaced with makeshift copper wire 

 from the power house. 



The story of troubles with the electric stor- 

 age battery is told here at some length, not 

 by way of disparagement, but to let the in- 

 tending purchaser see just what care and at- 

 tention will be required to get good results. 

 AS with any other piece of machinery, ' ' eter- 

 nal vigilance is the price of success. ' ' On the 

 whole it shows up very well in comparison to 

 the repairs to mule-power and wagons that 

 manage to creep into the years' account of 

 teaming expenses. And the steady drag of 

 teamsters' and teams' wages is wanting, for 

 one locomotive, with a crew of two, will dis- 

 place four teamsters and eiglit horses, at a 

 conservative reckoning. 



Meeting Chicago HardWood 

 Exchange 



The Chicago Hardwood Lumber Exchange held 

 its last meeting Iiptore the summer recess in 

 the Ked Room of the La .Salle Hotel on Tues- 

 day, June 28. Visitors of prominence in lumtor 

 circles helped to make the meeting enjo.valile and 

 various items of interest to the Chicago con- 

 tingent were l)rought up and freelj- discussed. 

 The subject of emplo.ving an attorne.v to repre- 

 sent the exchange before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission and the recentl.v inaugurated 

 Commerce Court was advanced b.v I'resident 

 Brown and Edmund Dodge, who contended that 

 after the increased rates are filed and the Com- 

 merce Court has begun its investigation into the 

 legality of the same, only those interests which 

 are adequately represented before that body will 

 receive the benefit of its attention. In other 

 words, Mr. Dodge .stated that the Commerce 

 Court would undoubtedly infer that if any inter- 

 ests did not have suitable representation that 

 was sufficient evidence that they considered any 

 advance in ratns entirely fair and would ac-t 

 accordingly. 



Following tbi' i-pgulai- formalities. I'resident 

 Brown called upon a visitor from IMne Bluff. 

 Ark.. .J. S. Itutherford. .Mr. Rutherford is a 

 prominent manufacturer of that section and is 

 also a close personal friend of some of the mem- 

 bers of the Chicago exchange. He reported busi- 

 ness in his territory as very uncertain, stating 

 that it has been his experience that when there 

 is plenty of luml«>r to sell there is no market 

 for it, and when stocks have finally become 

 pretty well run down everybody wants to buy. 



F. A. Diggins. of Cadillac. Mich., president 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. 

 compared the Cadillac Lumber Exchange with 

 the Chicago organization, as.serting that the two 

 as.sociations are very similar in their principles 

 and accomplishments. There are seven concerns 

 represented in the Cadillac association, which 

 meets regularly for. the discussion of matters of 

 interest. Astonishing results for the betterment 

 of the trade of the city and conditions of manu- 

 facturers are already noticeable. .\s president 

 of the National association Mr. Diggins pleaded 



for the loyal support of the Cbicago exchange, 

 pointing out that the Cadillac trade had given 

 his predeces.sor, O. O. Agler. of Chicago, its 

 whole-hearted endorsement from the beginning, 

 and that the National association being espe- 

 cially strong in its representation of whole- 

 salers, is worthy of the support of Chicago. 



In this connection it might be pertinent to 

 remark that the Chicago Hardwood Lumber Ex- 

 change cordially invites any visiting lumberman 

 from any locality whatever to attend the regular 

 meetings of that body, vvhieli. iH'ginning with 

 September, will take plaep at regular intervals 

 as heretofore. 



The report of the Membei-ship Committee 

 showed that two applications for membership 

 had been received, one from the Factory Lum- 

 ber Company. wMth offices in the Steger Build- 

 ing, and the other from .T. ,1. Cochran, who is 

 located in the Peoples' Gas Building. The two 

 loncerns were duly endorsed and balloted in and 

 are now full-fledged members. 



Secretary McMullen read a communication 

 from W. E. Kelley & Co.. who stated that 'owing 

 to the liquidation of that concern they tendered 

 their resignation, which was accepted liy the 

 association. Announcement from the Cotton 

 Kelt Lumber Company stated that the Fairford 

 Lumber Company and the Cotton Belt Lumber 

 Cnmpany had merged and would henceforth be 

 known as the United States Lumber & Cotton 

 Company, with offices as heretofore and the same 

 interests and control. 



The matter of employing an attorney was then 

 brought before the exchange, and as finally set- 

 tled, the matter will be taken care of by a meet- 

 ing of committees from the two associations. 



The question of organizing a baseball team to 

 represent the Chicago trade was presented by 

 Tom Moore. Carl Saye. of the McLeod Lumber 

 Compan.v, is endeavoring to get together a rep- 

 resentative team, not merely for the recreation 

 which it will afford, but as an advertising propo- 

 sition for the Chicago trade. The question was 

 l)laced in the bauds of a committee of five. 



The proposed joint outing with the whole- 



salers and Chicago Lumber Association, was ex- 



tensrvely discussed. Various suggestions from 

 .1. L. Lane, chairman of the Entertainment Com- 

 mittee, gave an idea of the pleasurable outing in 

 prospect. He is endeavoring to secure a suffi- 

 cient number of automobiles from the members 

 o. the different associations to convey the entire 

 attendance to the grounds. The outing will 

 probably take place at Ravinia Park at a date 

 chosen by the joint committee of the different 

 associations. I'pon motion it was voted that 

 $2(10 be set aside Ijy the exchange to defray the 

 expenses of the members and that any excess 

 over that amount should be assessed pro rata. 

 Adjournment followed the report of the Enter- 

 tainment Committee. 



The attendance was as follows : 



I-'rederick L. Brown. Crandall & Brown 



IF. Rutherford. Pine Bluff. Ark.: Bluff City 

 Lumber <.ompany. 



<>. <). Agler. I'-pham & Agler. 



Fred A. Diggins, Cadillac. Mich.; Cummer-Dig- 

 .gins ( ompany. * 



•I. L. Lane. J. L. Lane & Co. 



Ldm<ind F. Dodge, E. F. Dodge and A S 

 Appleby. 



Horace VV. Black. Fred W. Black LumbPr 

 Company. ^^ -i 



(i. H.' Ostrander, D. K. Jeffris & Co. 



.1. A. Braun. W. O. King & Co. 



Paul Schmechel. 



Frank F. Fish, secretary National Hardwoofl 

 Lumber Association. 



U li- Andrae, Andrae Lumber Company. 



A. H. Ruth, G. W. Jones Lumber Comnanv 



J. D. Attley, J. M. Attlev & Co 



<;. W. Jones, Forrest City. Ark.: Jones & 

 Walker. 



Fred D. Smith. 



S. P. C. Hostler. 



Alfred Schmechel. Empire Lumber Comnanv 

 (.eorge R. Thamer. Empire Lumber Company"" 



G. A. Larson. Fink-IIeidler Companv 



( . L. l.'ross. 



Q. Y. Hamilton. Lumber Shippers Storage & 

 ( ommission Co. 6^ o. 



Toni A. Moore. T. A. Moore Lumber Companv 



I- redenck Gustorf. Frederick (iustorf & Co ' 



F. B. McMullen, Fullerton-Pf.well Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



Joseph Dion, Mahsey & Dion. 



F- C. Van Norstrarid, United States Lumber & 

 Cotton Company. 



*,V ?■ ^'olf*". Heath-Witbeck Company. 



!•.. II. Klann. F. S. Hendrickson Lunaber Com- 



J. J. Fink. Fink-IIeidler Co. 



Park Richmond. Park Richmond & Co 



E. S. Nelson. Park Richmond & Co 

 W. O. King. \V. (). King & Co. 



('. F. Holle. Heath-Witbeck Company 



S. C. Bennett. Hardwood Mills Lumber Com- 



C. C. Hubbard, tjeorge D. Griffith & Co. 



Louis A. Smith. Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Companv. 



Edward E. Skei'le, Estabrook-Skeele Lumber 

 I imioany. 



William A. Eager. 



F. M. Raker. Ilardwciod Mills Lumber Corn- 



Timber Resources of Russia 



Very little ha:, been known of the timber 

 supply of Russia outside of the rather hazy idea 

 of the vast area of ber forested section. The 

 popular conception of the Russian forest growth 

 is that the trees are stunted, of poor quality and 

 of little value. The idea that there is any 

 great revenue derived from this source is seldom 

 considered, especially on this side of the water, 

 .vet a recently published statement reveals the 

 fact that the trade in forest products is. for 

 Russia, an important and highly profitable in- 

 dustr.v. 



The statement referred to is rather a prophec.T 

 than a report, but is ba.sed nevertheless on past 

 experience, namelv. on the vastly Increased ex- 

 portation of Russian timljer in the past two 

 years. It is estimated that the year 1910 will 

 show a revenue of approximately 70.000,000 

 roubles (.?36.031,000) from forest products. 



The timber lauds of Russia have never been 

 even intelligently worked, and if such a result 

 is possible under present management, It is very 

 evident that with proper treatment, sylvicultur- 

 ally and otherwise, even to the limited extent 

 possible under the conditions there prevailing, 

 they would yield a vast and uninterrupted reve- 

 nue lo the government. 



