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might logically develop from a power planer that he built. This 

 machine had some resemblance to a huge hand plane mounted on 

 slides, power driven, which in operation sliced thin pieces from 

 a block of wood. The pieces were used at first for making light 

 packages (hat-boxes). From these machines the modern basket 

 factories developed, and since they had a greater capacity than 

 was needed to supply the basket demand, the natural step for 

 some outlet was the development of the plain veneer and the 

 built-up lumber industry. 



St. Louis Lumberman, December, 1912. 



Australian hardwoods such as karri and 

 Block Paving iarrah, also the so-called Canadian red- 



in wood and Baltic redwood, are used for 



England paving-blocks in England. The blocks are 



and usually 9x3x5 inches in size and are creo- 



France. soted to about 10 lbs. per cubic foot of 



wood. Red gum blocks from America 

 with medium to light traffic lasted 10 years, the other woods men- 

 tioned above last 15 to 20 years. (Other consular reports re- 

 lating to the use of wood blocks in England appeared May 29, 

 1908, May 21, 1910, September 13, 191 1; in Germany, August 

 3, 1910, October 7, 1910; in Italy, March 10, 191 1.) 



In France, pine from the Landes (in Southwestern France), 

 "karre," a wood from one of the French colonies, teak, oak, and 

 beech, all creosoted, are used for paving. A wooden lath f inch 

 thick is placed between the rows of block to form a space which 

 is then filled with concrete and gravel. In Paris most of the 

 leading avenues and public places are paved with wood blocks. 



Southern Industrial and Lumberman Review. January, 1913. 



The standard wood for cigar boxes is 



Cigarhox Spanish Cedar. It is supposed that this 



Wood. cedar has a beneficial effect on the flavor 



of high grade cigars, although nothing 



definite can be said of the effect a box made of balsam fir, for 



example, would have on the cigars packed in it. The increased 



cost of the cedar has brought many substitutes into the market; 



where a solid cedar box formerly cost 7c now it is iic. The 



