O. T. SWAN'S NEW POSITION 



OT. SWAN has been elected 

 secretary of the Northern 

 . Hemlock and Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers Association, succeed- 

 ing R. S. Kellogg who has become 

 secretary of the National Lumber Manu- 

 facturers Association with 

 headquarters in Chicago. Mr. 

 Swan was in charge of the office 

 of Industrial Investigations for 

 the Forest Service for some 

 time. Mr. Swan's earlier years 

 in the Forest Service were em- 

 ployed in timber measure- 

 ments, topographical surveys, 

 and general forestry work in 

 Western States. Later he 

 specialized in the preservative 

 treatment of timber by creo- 

 soting and other commercial 

 processes ; eventually having 

 charge of a large cooperative 

 project in California to deter- 

 mine timber treating policies 

 for the Pacific Electric Com- 

 pany of Los Angeles, and nine 

 other California electric com- 

 panies. This work resulted in 

 the building of three wood 

 preserving plants on the Coast. 

 In 1908 he was in charge of 

 an administrative office of the 

 Forest Service at Albuquerque, 

 New Mexico, developing wood 

 utilization lines for the Na- 

 tional Forests of that region. 

 He was sent in 1909-1910 to 

 England, France and Germany 

 to investigate lumbering, wood 

 utilization and chemical wood 

 preservation treatments in 

 those countries, creosoting, etc. 

 He introduced into the United 

 States the French Boucherie 

 pole preserving process for use on the 

 National Forests, and on sap pines of 

 the Southeast. 



In 1910 he was placed in charge of 

 the Eastern Division of Products of the 

 Forest Service, which work, upon the 

 discontinuance of the Chicago office of 

 Wood Utilization of the Forest Service, 



absorbed the latter, and the entire work 

 now given National scope and adminis- 

 trative direction, was designated as the 

 Office of Industrial Investigations. As 

 Chief of the latter office, Mr. Swan has 

 organized lines of work dealing in 



O. T. Swan, Secretary of the Northern Hemlock and 

 Hardwood Manufacturers Association. 



commercial investigations of interest 

 to the lumber and wood-using trades. 

 He has followed the work of trade 

 association secretaries through corre- 

 spondence, reports, and personal ac- 

 quaintance, and by frequent attendance 

 at Trade Conventions. He has had 

 the opportunity of meeting all of the 



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