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HARDWOOD RECORD 



pine one day, using a three-day process. Now stocl;, but do not believe that anything is ob- 



pine is entirely dried in the kiln in twenty-four 

 bonrs. 



I have endeavored to give you a fair criti- 

 cism. I do believe that steam under pressure in 

 the cylinder will be used more in the future than 

 In the past on some dimensions and varieties of 



tained in steaming lumber at atmosphere that is 

 not to be had in moist air treatment. Very 

 truly yours, 



A. H. Andrews & Co., 



E. E. Perkins, 

 Dry Kiln Department. 



Veneers 



LUMBER CONSUMED IN VENEERS 

 Eecent government statistics give an accu- 

 rate estimate of the amount and percentage 

 of lumber manufactured into veneers, during 

 1908. For this year the total number of feet, 

 log scale, exceeded that for the preceding 

 year by 34,019,000 feet, an increase of 9.8 per 

 cent. The increase covered both domestic and 

 imported woods, though the relative growth 

 was much greater for the latter class, respec- 

 tive rates being 71.9 and 7.6 per cent. All the 

 domestic woods showed an increased consump- 

 tion very material in some cases, especially in 

 that of Douglas fir, ■which showed 270 per 

 cent greater utilization than the preceding 

 year. On the other hand the greatest increase 

 of the foreign woods was 7.9 in the case of 

 mahogany. Spanish cedar also showed itself 

 to be more popular than formerly. Of the 

 domestic woods, red gum, yellow pine, beech, 

 sycamore, tupelo and walnut showed the great- 

 est increase in application. 



While domestic woods supplied 94.9 per cent 

 of the total quantities consumed during this 

 year, their cost as raw veneer stock was but 

 70.7 per cent of the total. The average cost 

 per thousand feet, log scale, for veneer wood 

 was in 1908 $20.62, a gain of $2.16 over 1907 

 figures. This position is due to the fact that 

 the proportion in imported woods was larger 

 during 1908 than during the year before. The 

 greatest increase in average cost per thousand 

 occurred with Spanish cedar, which advanced 

 to $121.62. 



In 1904 only 20 states supported veneer 

 manufacturing plants, the industries being 

 confined mainly to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan 

 and Wisconsin. In 1908, while these states 

 stiU heid as important a position in the indus- 

 try, there was a decided competition outside, 

 34 states reporting veneer plants in operation. 

 The extent to which the industry is becoming 

 distributed is indicated by the fact that in 

 1908 four leading states in the production 

 . of veneers were Florida, Illinois, Indiana and 

 Tennessee, Illinois leading with a total of 39,- 

 695,000 feet, log scale. Bed gum, of the do- 

 mestic woods, chowed a vastly greater con- 

 sumption than any other species. It repre- 

 sented almost one-third of the total output, 

 and was followed by yellow pine, of which 

 there was used only about one-third as much. 

 Of the imported woods, mahogany, of course, 

 showed the greatest consumption, there being 

 used almost twice as much of this species as 

 of the nearest competitor. 



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The basket factory, veneer works and scale 

 board mill of H. W. Fobes, located in Ash- 

 tabula County, O., was destroyed by fire on 

 August 11, the total loss being $20,000, much 



of which was on iinished stock. This was 

 known as one of the largest and best equipped 

 plants of its kind in Ohio. 



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The Southern Veneer Manufacturing Com- 

 pany will rebuOd its plant at Louisville, Ky., 

 which was recently destroyed by fire. This 

 announcement was made on August 15, and 

 while the insurance adjusters have not yet set- 

 tled for the loss, definite plans will soon be 

 under way for the rebuilding. 



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The Henry S. Holdeu Veneer Company, a 

 large concern of Grand Eapids, Mich., filed a 

 voluntary petition in bankruptcy on August 

 10. The schedule shows liabilities of $14,570 

 and assets of $14,087. The majority of the 

 debts are unsecured. 



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A new blower system is being installed in 

 the plant of the Eggers Veneer Seating Com- 

 pany at Two Elvers, Wis. The system is 

 considered the largest in any plant in that 

 vicinity, and will have pipes 3 feet 4 inches 

 in diameter. 



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The Hanson- Ward Veneer Company has re- 

 ceived a contract to manufacture 40,000 au- 

 tomobile body parts for the Buick factory at 

 FUnt, Mich. Last year this concern made over 

 60,000 similar parts for the Buick people, 

 which shows a considerable falling off in auto- 

 mobile production. 



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The Bacon-Underwood Veneer Company of 

 Mobile, Ala., has let a contract for the erec- 

 tion of a new mill at Stockton in Baldwin 

 County, where the company owns 10,000 acres 

 of hardwood timber. The Southeastern En- 

 gineering Company of Birmingham secured 

 the contract at $30,000. The building will 

 be modern in every way, of reinforced con- 

 crete, and 75 x 100 feet in dimensions. 



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The Hammond (La.) Box & Veneer Com- 

 pany has been organized. A site has been 

 secured for the plant as it is expected that 

 operations wUl commence late in the fall. 



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A paragraph in the last issue of the Eec- 

 ORD stated that the Bacon-Underwood Veneer 

 Company had sold its plant to Jerome H. 

 Sheip of Philadelphia, from which it might 

 be inferred that the Bacon-Underwood Veneer 

 Company had gone out of business. How- 

 ever, this company advises that it has sold 

 Mr. Sheip its lease and buildings at Mobile. 

 The Bacon-Underwood Veneer Company is 

 now engaged in erecting a modern plant, con- 

 crete throughout, at Stockton, Ala., which 



will have about double the capacity of the 



Mobile plant. 



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Chas. W. Talge, of the Evansville (Ind.) 

 Veneer Works, recently took a business trip 

 to Jackson, Tenn. Mr. Talge says that the 

 plant of the Evansville Veneer Works is work- 

 ing full time. 



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The plant of the Jasper Veneer Works, at 

 Jasper, Ind., is running on full time and 

 business is reported very good. 



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Claude Maley, of the firm of Maley & 

 AVertz, saw mill owners, has returned from 

 a business trip to Edinburg, Ind., where his 

 company recently bought a veneer plant. The 

 veneer factory is being operated on full time. 

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The Saginaw Seating & Veneer Co. has 

 filed articles changing its name to the Sagi- 

 naw Basket and Veneer Co. The company is 



capitalized at $40,000. 



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The E. E. Weed basket factory at Douglas, 

 Mich., has closed down and it is not thought 

 operations will be resumed for some time. The 

 company has a large supply of goods on hand 

 and orders in sight do not warrant further 

 manufacturing. 



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P. B. Fellwock of the Fellwock Auto Manu- 

 facturing Company of Evansville, Ind., maker 

 of veneers, says trade is quite active at this 

 time and that he is expecting even more busi- 

 ness later on in the year. The company's 

 plant is being operated on full time, with 



good orders coming in from many sections. 



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The veneer plants at Tell City, Ind., are 

 running on full time. A. P. Fenn, furniture 

 and veneer manufacturer of Tell City, was in 

 Evansville a short time ago and stated that 

 all the big manufacturing plants in his city 



are busy. 



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Business with the New Albany (Ind.) Ve- 

 neer Works is coming along all right. It has 



been running on pretty good time all year. 

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The Brooklyn Veneer Barrel Company has 

 organized under the laws of New Jersey to 

 operate at Atlantic Highlands, the capital 

 being $30,000. 



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The Builders ' Veneer Company of Eio Creek, 

 Wis., was recently capitalized at Madison at 

 $15,000. The incorporators are Peter Ger- 

 hart, Matthias Bank and Otto Haack. 



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The Creamery Package Company has begun 

 work on its plant at Blytheville, Ark. It will 

 cover ten acres of ground and will give em- 

 ployment to about 500 men. It will be 

 equipped with the most modern machinery. 

 I. 0. Brook is manager. The same company 

 is erecting seven concrete buildings at Lake 



Mills, Wis. The estimated cost is $200,000. 

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The C. C. Mengel & Bro. Co., Louisville, 



