anaheim-gazette 1909-06-17

RED GUM FOR CABINET WOOD DEMAND INCREASING DURING RECENT YEARS Best Grades Find Market In Export Trade—England, France and Germany Use It for Manufacturing Furniture and Stair Railings The lumber industry of the country has been provided with much valuable information by the investigations which have been made through the scientific study of many species of trees, against the use of which there has been a prejudice for one reason or other, and from an economic standpoint this is one of the most important phases of the Forest work of the government. The latest discoveries of valuable qualities in a former neglected species resulted after an investigation of the red gum, sometimes commercially called "satin walnut," which finds its home in the hardwood bottom lands and drier swamps of the South, in mixture with ash, cottonwood, and oak. This tree is one of the commonest timber trees of the South; reaching its best development in the deep, rich soil of the bottoms, where it often attains a height of 150 feet and a diameter of five feet. Were red gum imported from a distance and obtainable only at a high price, it probably would be used extensively in the manufacture of furniture, cabinetwork and interior finishing, but being a native wood and low in price, it has been discriminated against. Gradually this objection is being done away with, and the demand for red gum has increased very rapidly in the past few years. The best grades of red gum, clear heart, find a market almost exclusive advantage than where an old-made to straighten it out when cutting up the stock paring it for use; for, when sure is applied gradually, no loss by reason of breaking. After having been tempered in the air, and then ed, it usually loses nearly warping tendency. The cost dling lumber in this manner great, and the good result thereby more than pay for outlay there may be. A plan, which many furnishers have followed to advantage and employed where oak, mahogany or other wood is to design the article manner that the wide piece reinforced, and thus preventing or other defects showing stances have been known, with gum boards eighteen inches been glued together and thirty-six inch desk tops were firmly cleated on the held to place as well as any wood,and gave good satisfaction lumber had been standing sticks for about a year. Manufacturer, who uses red drawers and paneling,guarde the tendency to shrink and the application of a couple of shellac inside and out, and that the wood behaved itself as any that could have been. In this instance, plain-saw was employed, and plain-saworial ordinarily gives more than quarter-sawed. The real problem for the ing trade is to study theseions, and to devise ways to against the difficulties encounter gum shows a tendency to not reinforce it in some way it is used in the manufacture tenons should have dy, and greater precautions ably would be used extensively in the manufacture of furniture, cabinetwork and interior finishing, but being a native wood and low in price, it has been discriminated against. Gradually this objection is being done away with, and the demand for red gum has increased very rapidly in the past few years. The best grades of red gum, clear heart, find a market almost exclusively in the export trade, though a small amount is used in the United States for inside finishing. Practically seventy-five per cent of the clear heart gum lumber cut in this country is exported for use in England, France, and Germany, for the manufacture of furniture, inside trimmings, newel posts, and stair railings. The commoner grades of red gum are used in the United States for cheap furniture, desks, the better grades of boxes, and a number of novelties. The poorest grade goes into boxes, barrels, and other articles for which short, narrow boards can be used. The inner portion of hearts of the trees, which are of little value for boards on account of shakes and other defects, are usually sawed into two by four to two by twelve, and sometimes six by six and six by eight inch building timbers. These timbers have small values in the large markets, but near the mills the local trade exhausts the supply. For the manufacture of slack barrels red gum is one of the most important woods in the country, ranking second to elm, both as a stave and a heading wood. Up to the year 1900 elm and a little cottonwood were used for this purpose, but with the advance in price of these woods a substitute had to be found, and red gum owing to its cheapness, was experimented with and found quite satisfactory. The chief objection to red gum is its strong tendency to warp and twist. This can be entirely overcome by proper handling. Were the lumber of high price this difficulty would have been considered and overcome long ago, and the wood used, but on account of its abundance and cheapness, very few operators have turned their attention to solving the The real problem for the ing trade is to study thieves, and to devise ways to avoid the difficulties encountered by gum shows a tendency to not reinforce it in some way it is used in the manufacture tenons should have dry, and greater precautions way of cleating the wide bed required. When the work is early performed and well-seasoned gum is used, the results show satisfactory in every way. The ty of this wood should apply strongly to the American plywood future than it has in the USING NEIGHBORS' PHONE Rules Posted by One Man He Was Imposed There are a great many people who would not think rowing the neighbors' money clothes, but who think nothing "running in" to use the t. The idea of intruding upon a castle and tracking up the w carpet with muddy feet never to them as being inconsiderate it is just as much an impossibility can be. One man that he was being imposed drafted the following set of men had them neatly printed on which he posted conspicuously telephone. The rules were as: 1. Neighbors will kindly number of this telephone, and their friends where it may be. 2. This telephone is yours; pay the rent for it.; "It blessed to give than to receive." 3. Please ring the door bell upon calling and retiring, as we need exercise. 4. Our meal hours are 7 am and 6 p.m. Kindly arrange turb us at meal times. 5. If the phone is not available position we will have it. 6. Please scribble on the wall they need decorating anyway. 7. Callers will kindly stand The chief objection to red gum is its strong tendency to warp and twist. This can be entirely overcome by proper handling. Were the lumber of high price this difficulty would have been considered and overcome long ago, and the wood used, but on account of its abundance and cheapness, very few operators have turned their attention to solving the problem. The preparation of red gum lumber for any purpose should begin when the tree is felled. To guard against staining and warping, it is handled in much the same way as other woods, but with the important difference that the piles are narrower, so that the air may circulate freely, and thus prevent fermentation of the sap, and that the cross sticks must be placed close together. It has also been found well to place heavy weights on the cars of red gum when they are sent to the kiln. Every manufacturer of high grade furniture and trim knows, that to secure the best possible results, the material must be redried when it reaches the factory. Some large users of red gum repile the stock after it has been carried awhile, and bulk it down with cross sticks every five or six layers, so as to straighten out whatever twist there may be in the boards. This practically assures the elimination of the twisting and warping. It can be handled in this way to much better 3. Please ring the door bell upon calling and retiring, as needed exercise. 4. Our meal hours are 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Kindly arrange turb us at meal times. 5. If the phone is not in immediate position we will have it. 6. Please scribble on the wall they need decorating anyway. 7. Callers will kindly stand and not wipe their feet, as spoil the door mat. 8. Long-distance calls are specialy. Kindly do not offer them. 9. Loud and long conversations sired at all times, especially at night. 10. Make all the noise you order to keep the baby awake has no right to sleep anywhere. 11. Please do not destroy the phone directory, as it and that are the only books we own. 12. Do not hesitate to ring at midnight about anything. 13. Do not consider us for ent if you wish to use the phone will wait indefinitely. 14. The public telephone is only a bluff. Use this one. 15. Our family is prohibited using the phone except between 7 a.m. Sundays. 16. These rules apply to even except you. Fireless cookers at Dickel's THE SMOKE NUISANCE Report by the United States Geologic Survey The smoke nuisance in cities seems to be not only a burning question, but a question of combustion. A bulletin just published by the United States Geological Survey (Bulletin 373) on "The smokeless combustion of coal in boiler plants," by D. T. Randall and H. W. Weeks, gives the results of smoke studies carried on in thirteen large cities and of tests made at the Government fuel-testing plants at St. Louis and Norfolk. A preliminary report on the same subject was made in the Survey's Bulletin 334, "The burning of coal without smoke in boiler plants," by Mr. Randall, the edition of which is now exhausted. The report just published consists of 186 pages and 40 illustrations. The conclusions reached may be summarized as follows: Smoke prevention is possible. There are many types of furnaces and stokers that are operated smokelessly. Any one kind of apparatus is effective only if so set under boilers that the principles of combustion are respected. The value of this requirement to the average purchaser lies in the fact that he is thus reasonably certain of good installation. A good stoker or furnace poorly set is of less value than a poor stoker or furnace well set. Good installation of furnace equipment is necessary for smoke prevention. Stokers or furnaces must be set so that combustion will be complete before the gases strike the heating surface of the boiler. When partly burned gases at a temperature of say 2500 deg. F., strike the tubes of a boiler at, say, 350 deg. F., combustion is necessarily hindered and may be entirely arrested. The length of A problem for the consumment is to study these questto devise ways to guard agdifficulties encountered. If it has a tendency to warp, why force it in some way? When in the manufacture of furnons should have more bogreater precautions in the heating the wide boards are When the work is proparmed and well-seasoned red used, the results should be very in every way. The beauful wood should appeal more to the American people in than it has in the past. NEIGHBORS' PHONE Posted by One Man Who Felt He Was Imposed On We are a great many pretty nice who would not think of borneighbors' money or good but who think nothing of him" to use the telephone. Of intruding upon a man's tracking up the wife's hall with muddy feet never occurs as being inconsiderate, yet as much an imposition as can be. One man who felt was being imposed upon the following set of rules and neatly printed on a card, posted conspicuously by the The rules were as follows: Bors will kindly note the this telephone, and tell all words where it may be found. Telephone is yours; we only sent for it. "It is more give than to receive." The ring the door bell loudly sing and retiring, as our maid recieves. Meal hours are 7 a.m., noon Kindly arrange to dismeal times. Phone is not in a suitton we will have it altered. Scribble on the walls, as decorating anyway. Will kindly stand in line Furnace well set. Good installation of furnace equipment is necessary for smoke prevention. Stokers or furnaces must be set so that combustion will be complete before the gases strike the heating surface of the boiler. When partly burned gases at a temperature of say 2500 deg. F., strike the tubes of a boiler at, say, 350 deg. F., combustion is necessarily hindered and may be entirely arrested. The length of time required for the gases to pass from the coal to the heating surface probably averages considerably less than one second, a fact which shows that the gases and air must be intimately mixed when large volumes of gas are distilled, as at times of hand firing, or the gas must be distilled uniformly, as in a mechanical stoker. By adding mixing structures to a mechanical stoker equipment both the amount of air required for combustion and the distance from the grates to the heating surface may be reduced for the same capacity developed. The necessary air supply can also be reduced by increasing the rate of combustion. No one type of stoker is equally valuable for burning all kinds of coal. The plant which has an equipment properly designed to burn the cheapest coal available will evaporate water at the least cost. Although hand-fired furnaces can be operated without obejctionable smoke, the fireman is so variable a factor that the ultimate solution of the problem depends on the mechanical stoker—in other words, the personal element must be eliminated. There is no hand-fired furnace from which, under average conditions, as good results can be obtained as from many different patterns of mechanical stoker, and of two equipments the one which will require the less attention from the fireman gives the better results. The most economical hand-fired plants are those that approach most nearly to the continuous feed of the mechanical stoker. The small plant is no longer dependent on hand-fired furnaces, as certain types of mechanical stokers can be installed under a guaranty of... ring the door bell loudly and retiring, as our maid excise. meal hours are 7 a.m., noon. Kindly arrange to dis- meet times. phone is not in a suit- on we will have it altered. scribble on the walls, as decorating anyway. will kindly stand in lineipe their feet, as it mightoor mat. istance calls are our spe- ndly do not offer to settle. and long conversation de- limes, especially at midall the noise you can, inleep the baby awake. Hent to sleep anyway. do not destroy the tele- tory, as it and the Bible books we own. not hesitate to ring us up about anything. We stay that purpose. not consider us for a mom-wish to use the phone. We definitely. public telephone close byuff. Use this one always. family is prohibited fromnone except between 6 andays. rules apply to every one ments the one which will require the less attention from the fireman gives the better results. The most economical hand-fired plants are those that approach most nearly to the continuous feed of the mechanical stoker. 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