New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-08

From the Washington NAVY Yard

Box zJ%3 fo6toiice, New Orleans La
From the Washington Navy Yard.
WAsHryGroS NAVY YARD Feb l6, 1864
To VIM. Keleer Esq, Constructing Engineer
SrWe have of Bukleys Lumber Dryers in operaton
IN this yard Wshaye made thorough tests of the
VIZ Five #ie PINE na Paht5 fan e following samples OF
Sq Weighed in "a bg,, weighed 55 lbsi gauged in
!, 10 Wsghed d q i5s egbed out 81 s gauged
No. Weighed in g. s weighed 81 bs gauged in I53S
INCHES, Sa gS5igged " s13t o. ogt ! 4 u l5sla "a -
No 5 Weighed 6l fos weighed 81 s gaugsd in l5z
No. bae Walnut board weighed in l5 5s cut 81
- No T. A black Walnut beard weighed in 70 ts oat ss
No An ash plank inches 10 years in yard weighed in
II lbs, gu. q gagged in % inches ont 49,
in IS bs, 81 gagged 49, inches out IT, '@''
o ao, H. An old gaugedn 81 inches gauged out
No. IL AnGld dry board l5 inch thick, gauged in I21
No T. green plank, u inch thick, was Gu. into three
ibl wide br1nk qaarer Of an neb % Il boI peee
piece which remained under fire three half days hruak
The ghEnhege to be BY the saperhea.ed
steam before the moisture is all gone.
This lumber less than four days and seems as
bright and ul OF life as the best air dried lumber
What Rags ons % sn nseded sd and %
VII saye an the trouble about dry lumber We think pro
cess oased upon the right safe and economical
g L. Willis, Foreman. 'AAs'si '0insf'
believe the statements forth the above communica
n to pc correctly stated and the experiment to have been
complete FRa ss5 ,gccess S s. + BttowN Say AEeot
tory and We believe them to be 9 correctly stated
.. W. P. S. SANGER O'eA0
Engineer-inChiefof Navy Yards and Docks
From X. L. q H. webster,
Manufacturers of Barrels ElleDburg Center New York
We have in of Bulkeys Patent Dryers They are
perfectly satisfactory We the Of the DRYERS in
interest alone each year we use one of them.
From w. M. Langley,
Manufacturers of Barrels Galipolis Ohio
seasoning slaves has been in use, Believe Il
about buy green as those partly Epo
ing we can few days, at small expense have them We'll
From Howe e5 Jones,
SASH Door and Planning Mill 1929 Beach street. Pbladelnhia
We have been @ Rng Bnkles Patent Lumber Dryer for
not have been able to fill orders without it for the past
in time and we 6eeve tSe season
dried is in no way injured by the process. ~
From j. III. Schumacher,
Piano Maker, Philadelphia.
& bd9 mae by BY BHe Pat99 Lumber Dryer One piece of
in, and gauged out u SIG lost ounces in weight This
air kin by RECOMMEND this process to ali manaactareFs M
From Moore 6s Campion,
Philadelphia.
Test made By Bgeys Lumber Dryer of two pieces Of black
6 inch in width one 10 inches vide as g h al aF & ShuPR R
made shrunk inch il width In o- opinou this process
Tets s,t Mads Ma At the shops of the Pennaylvanla
central Railroad Company, Altoona, Pa
In order to make test OF Bueys Patent Lumber Dryer
the kiln was filled with cherry ASH poplar pine oak and biack
walnut and after hiring forty hours the lumber carae from the
The following kinds Of lumber were weighed and gauged
when put in the klns and also when taken out: ~ ess
22 inch pine plank weighed in rs lbs weighed ont AZ e
inch ash plank ~eigned IN s. 8tR s weighed ont 60
s"gged ain, in lgla 9i 4, inches @ gaggedd d out $75
56] D. caugedi in AZ inches gaaged out i "egnea out
"a Ia inch cherry board gauged in 1875 inches gauged out
piece Of of oak Teighed in IsS s weighed l57 bs
pine board erscty green weighed in SO ts weighed out
came from the kiln ready to work
The tests were perfectly satisfactory.
JNo. P. LAIRD, Supt Motive Power and MSchinery.
The practical operation of Bnlkeys Lumber Dryer has
proven to be satisfactory st forth by the certificates of Mi
Laird and Mr. Leyan superinendents of Motive Power and
THOMAS A. SCOTT, Vice President.
...- From q. T. Allen,
lngton and Quincy Railroad Aurora, iii 's''
Lumber Dryer las tie qualities of tRorduE6Iy
the lumber safety from fire. small amount of fuel easily az
further due to this process that lumber was dried in
q cr 3 @ Tan r the I a 9 PS DAY III we hGd formerly
ha t4e vas more thoroughly seasoned than any we
nave dried heretofore, and that without any checks
From William johnson,
EO5emSn oa New York Ger Central Railroad Shops Auburn Y
drying lumber now in
From $. d, Hays,
rSe S5t @5 Of ssaat Mfss Rqs %s Central Ras
another kim and shall build several more O"A
From $. q. Case,
Superintendent OF Car Dept of Michigan Central Railroad
other methods of kn,dying lumber, cheertuy recon-
From Barney, Smith a. Co.,
Car Builders Dayton, Ohio
We deem the ProSGss equally veil adapted soft hard
varying WITH he Kind We lad iadispenssa6 SS GtsG
From Dean q Eaton,
Car Builders Detroit Michigan.
Some 81 By II inch green oak for trucks was dried in
three days more than it would have been had been year
and half in the open ar We have made thorough tests and
the Kiln l''''''0 S'''' coming from
From Russell tG Co,
Car Builders and Manufacturers of Reapers Mowers Horse
The lumber rOys sonss @Ra F6 S'G9GE Ss 5 M3sS9 M ohio
tests made satis that the sh nkage il akpn ont Of
the lumber before the moisture ali gone The exGre of the
lent finish convinced that the best and oay way
of thoroughly seasoning lumber. ~
From WunderIicIk sG5 Nell
Builders and Manufacturers of ash Doors and Blinds Shin
pensburg, Pa ' 'P
We have in operation one Of Bqkleys Patent Dryers 1t
lumber we Thought dry It stood in the shop December
day shrunk inch We then put It out in PS be ln6 IN oRo
white pine pnF under 's oose two we SeaPs ps0 ANA had
shrunk 3 l6 OF an inch each plank - 2N ~
From Sanger tE Casey,
Illinois State Penitentiery Commissioners Office Joliet
It far exces all other modes drying lumber have come
unGer our oOSeVaonn regard to simplicity cheapness
danger by fire. and efficiency seasoning and driving unher
to the CENTER and in almost incredibly space ofme
From @. Aultman Ss Co,
Manufacturers of the Buckeye Reaper and Mower Canton
We have dried kiln full Of poplar ash walnut in three
are fully satisfied with the process. ~ Wv
From Z. Ball,
Manufacturer of Ohio Reaper and Mower Canton Ohio
After firing about three days and CO Sumug perbans less
than cord and half of wood opened the kiln After
testing the lumber In every possible way we have
it perfectly seasoned
From ThemaS Mast sG Co.,
Manufacturers of Bnckeve fzrsir MN. p..t.,I