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and of slightly different thicknesses, each piece 

 will pass through the machine and come out 

 finished. Then again it is frequently desirable 

 to polish both sides of a piece, and to meet 

 this requirement a rotary brush is placed be- 

 neath the bed to keep the rubbers clean, thus 

 Increasing their tractive force and Insuring a 

 positive feed without stoppage or hesitation. 

 The polishing drums being over the work by 

 their action assist a second rotary brush in 

 lifting the dust into a hood overhead, whence 

 it is withdrawn by the usual exhaust fans, 

 hence the working parts are always clean. 

 The drums have adjustment for alignment to 

 the platens and also a parallel adjustment for 

 depth of cut or amount of contact, which are 

 indicated by chronometer pointers ; and two of 

 tlie drums are preferably oscillated so as to 

 balance one another, which allows the first 

 drum to its own free oscillation for better 

 cutting. The paper is fastened on these drums 

 by a patented method so that it remains auto- 

 matically taut, and when the paper is put on 

 it requires no further attention until worn out 

 and ready to come off. It can be easily re- 

 placed by simply removing the hood, which ex- 

 poses all the drums to view and to convenient 

 access. The removal of paper takes but a few 

 minutes. 



While the machine is quite heavy, finely con- 

 structed and somewhat elaborate, it is never- 

 theless quite simple in construction and the 

 working parts are durable. The polishing drums 

 are composed of a few simple pieces dupli- 

 cated or quadrupled according to the width 

 of machine, and so arranged that they have 

 both a compensating gravity and running bal- 

 ance, and. barring an accident, must and will 

 run true at all times, because there are no 

 openings which will admit of any dust go- 

 ing within the drums. 



The feed-bed is constructed differently from 

 planers, being composed of steel-drawn lags, 

 which arc mounted on two finely built chains, 

 so made that the pins do not move in the links, 

 hence no wear or elongation, and the bearings 

 in the lugs or blocks are made quite long and 

 self-lubricating, so as to require attention only 

 about once a month. The bed as a whole is 

 caused to move on replaceable ways, which are 

 provided with mechanical lubrication, hence 

 an easy running quality and assured durability- 

 (The manufacturer will be glad to send de- 

 tail cuts of the drums and feed-bed on appli- 

 cation.) The ways upon which the feed bed 

 revolves are adjustable up and down by power 

 applied with a hand lever through a frictional 

 connection, so as to avoid accidents or break- 

 age, and the bed will lower to take in as thick 

 as six inches. 



The machine may be driven from above, be- 

 neath, or from the floor on which it stands, 

 the idler pulleys now being made adjustable 

 for several inches of stretch in the belt be- 

 fore it becomes necessary to cut a piece out. The 

 feed is communicated from the driver through 

 an improved automobile chain, so as to be 

 positive. 



Many of the machines which were sent out 

 several years ago were fitted with supplemental 

 feed rolls, but after the adoption of the rotary 

 brush to keep the rubber bed clean, it was 

 found that they were unnecessary and really 

 In the way, and were removed. 



While the machine as Illustrated is new in 

 design and constructive details, it was thor- 

 oughly covered by patents several years ago. 

 and many machines are in operation embodying 

 the primary principles, all giving highest satis- 

 faction. 



For further particulars address the exclusive 

 manufacturer and owner of patents, the H. B. 

 Smith Machine Company. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



The W. R. Vansaut Lumber ('duipany has 

 moved from Ashland to Rush, Wis. 



The Northern Specialty Company has been in- 

 corporated with $20,000 capital at Phillips, Wis. 



The Texas Handle & Box Company, with a 

 capital stock of $15,000, is a new concern for 

 Rosenberg, Tex. 



A new concern for New York city is the Dread- 

 nought Flooring Company, incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $30,000. 



The Indiana Lumber & Cooperage Company lias 

 been incorporated at Little Rock. Ark., with an 

 authorized capital of $230,000. 



The Kelley Lumber Company of Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., has sold out to the Wolfe-Lockwood Lum- 

 ber Company of the same place. 



The Jackson Spoke c& Rim Company of Jack- 

 son, O., has been incorporated with $3,000 capi- 

 tal by John Robbins and others. 



A new concern at Deane, Ark., is the Deane 

 Lumber Company, incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $10,000 by C. H. Smith and others. 



W. H. Seavy and others are back of the new 

 Central Lumber Company, located at Brookhaven, 

 Tcnn. The company has a capital stock of 

 $25,000. 



The Alaculsy Lumber Company of Blnghamton. 

 N. Y., has recently established a mill at Chats- 

 worth, Ga., which will be devoted to the manufac- 

 ture of pine and hardwood lumber. 



The Ferguson & Wheeler Land, Lumber & Tim- 

 ber Company has been succeeded by the Bayless 

 Manufacturing Company, which will engage in 

 the same line of manufacture at Corning, Ga. 



The H. L. Brown Lumber Company will engage 

 in the lumber business at Camden, N. J. The 

 company has a capital stock of $100,U0U and 

 the incorporators are J. A. MacPeak, George H. 

 B. Martin and I. C. Clow. 



The Taylor Lumber Company was recently 

 granted a charter to engage in the lumber busi- 

 ness at Chattanooga, Tenn. The incorporators 

 are Z. K. and F. H. Taylor, O. C. Ross and Rob- 

 ert Pritchard. The capital stock Is $40,000. 



One of the foremost producers of sawn and 

 hewn ties, piling, posts and poles in the South 

 country is the James J. Copellar Tie & Lumber 

 Company of Shreveport, La, At the present time 

 this company announces a full stock of all the 

 materials named. 



A new concern, with principal offices at King- 

 wood, W'. Va., is the Oakland Lumber Company, 

 which will manufacture, buy, sell and deal In 

 lumber and timber. The company has a capital 

 stock of $30,000, and M. Lee Galley and others 

 are the incorporators. 



The sawmill operated by the Trl-State Lumber 

 Company of Sutherland, W. Va., was recently de- 

 stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of about $4,500. 

 Considerable machinery was also destroyed. The 

 origin of the fire is unknown. No insurance was 

 carried on the property. 



A local paper contains the announcement that 

 Rush Culver, who recently moved from Marquette 

 to L'Anse, Mich., has been successful in organiz- 

 ing a strong company to engage in the manu- 

 facture of various hardwood articles at the latter 

 place. A plant will be erected at once which. 



it is said, will give employment to several hun- 

 dred bands. 



George E. Westhafer, a well-known lumber 

 dealer of Mechanicsburg, Pa., recently purchase* 

 a tract of timber land in Pocahontas. W. Va., 

 which it is estimated will cut one million feet of 

 pine and hardwood timber. The land is well 

 situated, being located on the Greenbrier river 

 along the C. & R. R. 



The Ferguson & Palmer Company of Paducah, 

 Ky., has purchased a tract of timber land near 

 Mercer, Tcnn. The consideration wiis $65,000. 

 The purchasers expect to put in sawmills at once 

 10 develop the property, and a tram line will 

 be built to the nearest railroad point to convey 

 the rough lumber to Paducah and Louisville. 



lleveridge & Taylor, who operate a large spoke 

 and hub factory at Bristol, Tenn., have purchased 

 an extensive timber tract in Hawkins county, 

 Tinnessee. The property is situated on the Hols- 

 ton division of the Virginia & Southwestern rail- 

 way, and has excellent shipping facilities. The 

 purchasers expect to erect a mill at once for the- 

 development of the tract. 



W. C. Bell, a pioneer hardwood man, died at 

 the home of his son at Rushville, Ind., recently. 

 Mr. Bell was 77 years old, and .came originally 

 from Indiana. He went South in the early 

 eighties, and it is said operated the first hard- 

 wood mill in Memphis. In ISSl he shipped the 

 first car of hardwood lumber from Memphis to 

 New York city. He was unusually successful 

 in lumber operations and had been engaged in 

 business in several different states. 



Jack Johnson, the champion bruiser of the 

 world, is the possessor of one of the handsomest 

 tables ever put out by the Spencer Table Com- 

 pany of Marion, Ind. The table is of mahogany ; 

 the top is saventy inches in diameter, and when. 

 extended to its full length is ten feet long. The 

 base and pedestal are hand carved, and the top- 

 is beautifully figured and highly polished. It Is 

 said that when Johnson came to fit up a dining 

 room he could not find a table in Chicago which 

 suited him and so had one made to order. The 

 wood for the table was shipped to Marion es- 

 pecially for this purpose, and is said to be ex- 

 ceptiouail}' fine. 



The Birch & Maple Mill Company of Wiser 

 Lake, Whatcom county, Washington, with C. 

 Bombard and A. Kirthner as proprietors, is a new 

 industry which has been started to manufacture 

 birch flooring and interior finish. Alder is also- 

 being used for various forms of lumber by tBls 

 concern. The proprietors say they have enough 

 material about Wiser Lake to keep them running 

 for years cutting several thousand feet of lum- 

 ber a day. Birch and maple is plentiful about 

 the country, according to these men, and much 

 of it has already been purchased. Samples of 

 flooring produced by these men are said to com- 

 pare in every way with the flooring made from 

 the eastern wood. Pacific coast birch, when dried 

 and planed, takes a beautiful polish and is very 

 hard. It is a clear white color and the grain is 

 so fine that it can be easily handled without the 

 objectionable pitch. The new company has just 

 installed machinery for cutting the lumber and 

 has shipped carloads to Seattle, where it is selling 

 as high as $70 a thousand when manufactured 

 into fine interior finish. A branch lumber yard 

 will be established at Bellingham in the near 

 future. 



Hardwood JVeWs. 



(By HABDWOOD BECOBD Special CorrespondentaJ 



CHICAGO 



At Bclhaven, N. C, was recently organized the 

 Woodside Lumber Company with a capital stock 

 of $25,000. 



The Record is in receipt of a communication 

 from Roracyn B. Hough, author of American 

 Woods, in which he announces the completion of 



f'art XI, in which is contained, besides the regu- 

 lar matter, a leaf key of native species. Mr. 

 Hough's books already enjoy a favorable reputa- 

 tion and are undoubtedly of considerable practical 

 value. 



The Kecobd is in receipt of a very elaborate 



