New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-12
Tests Made at the shops Of the PennayIvania
CentrmI A aLIr0nd C0mnmnN. AItonmll. Pm.

Tests Made at the Shops Of the Pennsylvania
Central IL abroad Company, AItOonn, Pm.
order to make OF Bulkey's Patent Lumber Dryer
the kiln filed with cherry ASH poplar pine oa and black
walnut and after hiring gry hours the lumber rom the
The following Kinds 81 lumber were weighed and gagged
21s inch pine plank weighed Il Ms weighed out 40 lbs
inch ash plank weighed in g pr, weighed 80 lbs
gaugad in 1872 inches, gagged out sz6.
6ss b. gaGgad IN 4 inches g5aged out
A ~ inch cherry board gauged in 1873 inches gagged out
piece of oak weighed in lss bs weighed out l57 lbs
ad Pfs 8 %be i 4 3 Weighed
6735 BIS aud was only in the kin twenty hours The lumber
c' The f ssts s we're per StfE g.
J. p. LENAN Superintendent Car Department.
JNo, ?, LAIRD, Sup't Motive Power aud Machinery.
The practical operation of Bglkeys Lumber Dryer has
Laird and Mr. Leyal Superntendens Of Motive Power and
''.,' THOMAS A, SCOTT, Vice President
From q. f. Allen,
Superintendent Of w9oa Work and Car Shops Chicago Bur
b a9rgg yer test w. made a at s s6gP Bakey Patent
the lumber safety from fire. small amount Of fuel easily at
tended and will dry the lumber In short of time It ID
four days using far less fuel per day than had formerly
used per day when the humber was dried four weeks
have dried heretofore, end that too without any checks
From WIIliam johnson,
Foreman New York Central Railroad Shops Auburn N Y
Il ha; been great help us consider the best mode
drying lumber now in use.
From 81 d. Hays,
Superintendent Of Machinery, Illinois Central Railroad
The Dryer works satisfactorily We have recently built
another kin, and snail build several more,
From 5. &. Case,
Superintendent Dept Of Michigan Central Railroad
From several years experience with Il G Bulkeys ant
memo tins as the best IN use.
From Barney, Smith 81 Co.,
Car Builders Dayton, Ohio
@Ss aeg d e Ges GgaPea TO sGf' ana mar
varying with the kind and thickness We end indispensable
From Dean te Eaton,
Car Builders, Detroit Michigan.
Tires days more than It would have been Il It had been yea
snd half il the open ar have made thorough tests an
hhd the lumber does not shrink particle after coming iron
From Russell az Co.,
Car Builders and Manaiactuers Of Re9pe Mowers Hors
mt, Powers and seParatGrs, Mgsillon Ohio n
tests made we ara a S i It'll a M az s S taken out
the lumber before the moisture Is all The texture OF "a
lent nsh are Rat # i tie Ssst aud only
OF thoroughly seasoning lumber
From yVunderlicIz 81 Nell,
Builders and Manufacturers of sash, Doors and Blinds Ship
We have in operation one Of BaSsys Patent Dryers
works SatiSf corly We made Ia inch door IN NY o
lumber thought dry 1t stood in the shop until DScenoet
day hT oGR g e. an of 1 We then pa rain
swell IL but could not discern any change IN and
sR5unE u sI6 g o sn neS S e PhP PLANK '
From sanger <H Casey,
Illinois sote penitantsrv commissioners Office; Joliet
Il far Keel ali etber modes Of drying lumber that have com
under obseryaonin resara 70 eFsi+ed sgfety for
danger 5g e and eGcy bo and dn e Gmee
From @. AuItman 81 Co.
Manufacturers of me Buckeye Reaper and Mower Canton
We havs dried kiln ul Of p9paS ash am wann1 IN thpe
ARE fully satisfied with the process
'N' l''' From H. BAN,
,t,rer Of Ohio Reaper and Mower Canton Ohio.
about three days, and consuming perhaps les
than cord and hhl o. Moogi W. opened tne sun, alte
il perfectly seasoned.