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HARDWOOD RECORD 



TWO OAKS GROWN TOGETHER AT LAKE 

 CARRIEU, MISS. 



of staves and heading; it owns extensive for- 

 est areas; has a model new sawmill of 25,000 

 feet daily capacity, and is admirably situated 

 at both the producing and selling ends. The 

 purchasing and selling oflice is located at 

 Memphis. 



The interesting feature of this operation 

 is that the concern will manufacture both 

 lumber and cooperage. Heading will be cut 

 from all material which will bring more profit 



in this form, and in this way a close utiliza- 

 tion of the timber will be effected. WUliani 

 Kennedy of the concern states that the most 

 advantageous plan for concerns manufactur- 

 iug staves and heading is, to operate a saw- 

 mill in connection with the cooperage jilant, 

 as it is such a difficult matter nowadays to buy 

 white oak timber suitable for heading witli- 

 out buying the land. This, of course, makes 

 it necessary to utilize all the timber on the 

 jiroperty to make the transaction profitable. 

 In pursuance of this theory the company will 

 make the lumber business of first importance 

 in its operations, as it has been demonstrated 

 that the most profitable method of procedui'e 

 IS to cut the white oak into quarter-sawed 

 lumber or flitches, rather than into heading. 



Some idea of the character of the plant the 

 company has put up at Noxapater is gained 

 by the accompanying halftones. The concern 

 lias excellent facilities for handling trade and 

 will undoubtedly meet with pronounced success 

 from the start. 



The Oil Well Supply Company 



In the section surrounding Memphis there 

 is considerable hickory of good quality. One 

 of the concerns of that city which uses large 

 quantities of this wood is the Oil Well Sup- 

 ply Companj', which demands long and clear 

 stock for the manufacture of oil well sucker 

 rods and other supplies. This line of produc- 

 tion requires prime timber, and long and 

 clear logs are the rule at this company's 

 plant. Some idea of the kind of hickory the 

 company draws from the territory surround- 

 ing Memphis can be had from the accom- 

 panying cut. Situated on the line of the 



A Mississirri nigger and a mule. 



Illinois Central, the Oil Well Sup[)ly Com- 

 pany has access to the favorable switching 

 facilities of this road, and notwithstanding 

 the large number of logs required to keep the 

 factory running, there is always a good supply 

 on hand. The Memphis factory is one of the 

 numerous plants this company has in various 

 parts of the country, and it is a most favor- 

 able location because of its access to fine 

 hickory timber. 



EFFECTIVE DOUBLE CONVEYOR AT A PINE MILL AT 

 ALEXANDRIA, LA, 



VIEW AT THE OIL WELL SUPPLY CO.'S OPERATIONS, 

 MEMPHIS. 



Austrian Match Monopoly 

 Consul Joseph I. Brittain of Prague makes 

 reference to the recently proposed government 

 match monopoly as follows : 



The general manager of the Austrian Lander- 

 hank has suhmltted to the Austrian government 

 a proposition to take over the entire manufacture 

 of matches in Austria, and guarantee a certain 

 annual profit to the government, instead of 

 permitting individual concerns to continue the 

 manufacture of matches. 



The bank agrees to establish a limited com- 

 pany, with a capital of 50,000,000 crowns ($10,- 

 150,000), wMch would purchase all the existing 

 match factories in Austria. The company would 

 then sell matches to the Austrian tobacco mo- 

 nopoly at 1 4-5 hellers ($0.0036) per box of 50 

 matches, and matches would only be sold to 

 tobacco stores licensed to sell such products and 

 Would retail at four bellers ($0.O0S). The pres- 

 ent price is 13 hellers ($0.02639) for ten boxes. 

 !t is proposed to give the tobacco monopoly and 



the cigar retailers a commission of one-fifth of a 

 heller ($0.0004) a box, whicli added to the price 

 charged the government, namely, 1 4-5 hellers, 

 w-ould make the total cost 2 hellers a box ( two- 

 fifths of a cent) ; hence the government would 

 icalize a net profit of 2 hellers for each box of 

 matches sold. 



The company proposes to guarantee to the 

 sovernment an annual profit of 15,000,000 crowns 

 ($3,045,000), and also 3,000,000 crowns ($609.- 

 (100) commission to the tobacco monopoly and 

 cigar dealers. After a period of fifteen years 

 it is agreed that all the match factories shall 

 become the property of the government without 

 any compensation. ^ 



New Method of Preserving Telegraph Poles 



While creosoting, charring and various ■other 

 methods have long been in vogue for the preser- 

 vation of posts and telegraph poles, a new idea 

 advanced by a Washington, D. C. man will un- 

 doubtedly prove of more value and practicability 

 than any other yet put in practice. This gen- 



tleman uses concrete, first, with a sort of an 

 auger taking out the soil surrounding the pole, 

 leaving a space of several inches into which 

 wet concrete is firmly rammed. It is brought 

 several inches above the ground, and finished off 

 sloping away from the pole, thus providing suit- 

 able drainage for any water which is precip- 

 itated. While this method is undoubtedly more 

 efficient than impregnation, it is suggested that 

 the two ideas be combined, to get the best 

 results. 



To Manufacture Hardwood Lumber 



J. K. Wise has purchased the interest of J. E. 

 Ormshy in the Imperial Hoop & Lumber Com- 

 I)!iny of Tjaporte, Ind., and he is now sole owner 

 of the plant. It is his intention to begin the 

 manufacture of hardwood lumber not later than 

 September 1, starting the plant with a force 

 of 15 men. The manufacture of hoop's will be 

 abandoned, and the machinery used for other 

 purposes. 



