HARDWOOD RECORD 



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HEADING MILL OF THE KENNEDY MFG. CO., 

 NOXAPATER, MISS. 



NEW SAWMILL OF THE KENNEDY Ml G. Lu.. 

 NOXAPATER, MISS. 



It Carries the Loads Up a Steep Grade 



One of the illustrations used in connection 

 with this article shows a handy arrangement 

 of a cable with spur and gears arranged for 

 engaging with a leg under the truck for haul- 

 ing lumber up a steep grade without the labor 

 otherwise needed for so steep a' climb. One 

 man swings the truck loaded with lumber from 

 the sorting chains at the mill, directs it strad- 

 dle of the rope and the leg of the truck en- 

 gages the cable at the spur, carrying the truck 

 and its load to the top without any guidance. 

 Once at the top a level platform enables one 

 man to run a two-man load around to the dif- 

 ferent alleys for which the lumber is intended. 

 This little scheme dispenses with the labor of 

 a half dozen men a day. This effective con- 

 veyor is in operation at the plant of the Mem- 

 phis Sawmill Company, Memphis. 



Curing and Caring for Thin Oak 

 The sawing of a board of clear thin oak 

 is not all there is to getting the best possi- 

 ble price out of the resultant product and auy 

 thing which will facilitate handling or cii-lug 

 for the stock is just as important as the proji- 

 er manufacture. 



The ilcLean Lumber Company at its Mem- 

 phis mill has a drying shed in which thin oak 

 is cured by end piling and sticking close to- 

 gether, and from the results obtained it 



seems pretty near perfection. The accompany- 

 ing illustration shows a bin of panel stock 

 12 inches wide and up, end piled and stuck, 

 all 16 foot lengths, as fine a lot of material 

 as could be got together anywhere. The cross- 

 pieces of the shed are of 4x4, and e.\tend 

 from front to back of the shed, with a strip 



avoided, as there is no w-eight on the boards, 

 and end piled lumber dries faster when Ihus 

 treated, it is claimed, than when laid tint. 

 Manufacturing Lumber and Heading 

 Shown in connection with this artic!'? are 

 three views of the fine new plant which the 

 Kennedy Manufacturing Company recently 



HEADING YARDS OF THE KENNEDY MFG. CO., NOXAPATER, MISS. 



along the back edge to hold the piling stick 

 edgeways, and the piUi'.g strips are laid on 

 the cross-pieces with the boards standing al- 

 most straight up, the re.^ult being that a bin 

 can be filled full withou' any sagging or 

 twisting of the boards eithin- in the middle or 

 on the ends. Stain from piling sticks is 



put into operation at Noxapater, Miss. The 

 officers are : William iL Kennedy, jiresident ; 

 C. M. Kennedy, vice-president and general 

 manager; and L, H. Martin, secretary and 

 treasurer. This concern starts its career under 

 most favorable conditions. Its officers are 

 men of long experience in the manufacture 



POWER HOUSE AT PLANT OF MEMPHIS COLUMN CO. 



CONCRETE BLOCK BOILER HOUSE. ANDERSON TULLYS PLANT, 

 MEMPHIS. 



