New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-01
..... JOSEfH FhXS
Box 2O2S, Postofice, New Orleans, La,
From the Washington Navy Yard.

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, Feb 16, 1861
To VIM. Keller, ESQ.,, Constructing Engineer:
Strive have two Of Bulkes,s Lumber Dryers in operation
1 ts #Sd Pns Fns sse following
Is s,I6 inches; gauged out l4s&.
Is SIG inches, gauged cuti42z.
No. Weighed in 70 s weighed 81 hs; gauged in l5
nsts' So g. Wsghed I'D ii q s weighed out 50 gauged
Me- g. green BLACK board weighed in IS s out 81
bs; gsuged IN y 6-l6 10 inches, ont l6Ss.
lbs; gauged in i2]S inches, cut IIJS.
y 1 Ar Ash Rsak II Rss 9 oD y9sss IN yard weighed
No Pine plank 3l6 inches years in yard, weighed
10. An old dry board gaagsdn 5 inches. gauged
inches y, GAGGED AR men ''A sa1ss0 IN M
pieces one Of the pieces taken out each day One piece
l5 inches wid shrunk quarter of inch IS hours The
than the which the kin only hours.
The ehnkse seems to be taken out by the sperheatd
This lumber was seasoned less than four days and seems
We consider these Kns of great advantage this yard
believe the process e ee ust what We have no ong needed
cess based upon the right princples economical
| Q. L. WILLIS Foreman.
| L. A. TUEL, Qusrterman
n % b .Ssass gSEss stated and @ F% 4 & syS & bsn
The results Of the experiment as above reported ara satsac
tory and We believe them to be @ correctly sYIt stated
ohiefof Bnre9g ~ of {, Navy lSfds 1&f!sR and Docks
| ERgineer-in Chiefof Navy Yards and Docks.
From F.L. q HI. yvebster,
Manufacturers of Barrels Ellenburg Center New York
We have Bulkey's Patent Dryers They art
perfectly satisfactory We cost Of tie Dryers
| interest alone each year We use one OF them
From w. HI. Langley,
Manufacturers of Barrels Gaipolis, Ohio
pfn hui1tr oF
performs its work niy as we'll as yoa claim for it. wop
ouy green partly seasoned
ing We cania few days. at small expense, have them vel
seasoned.
From Howe 81 Zones,
Sash Door and Planning m 1129 Beach street. Philadelphia.
We have been using Bulkey's Patent Lumber Dryer oI
have able fill without past few
months In our opinion the only to thoroughly
dried isin no way injured by the process
From u. H. sehonacker.
Piano Maker, Philadelphia.
Tes By by Baksys PatePt Lumber Dryer one
@ Ra gsSf g a 3 5 il
air kin by IrocOmend this ali manufacturers
From Moore q Camplon,
Philadelphia.
@ S
in widh 10 inches wide as dry as it could be
made, shrunk inch in width In opinion this process
does not iniure it.
Central Railroad Company, Altoona, Pa.
In order to make test of Bulkeys Patent Lumber Dryer
the kiln filed with cherry ash poplar pine oak and black
walnut and after hrng forty hours the lumber cams the
The following kinds Of lumber we're weighed and gauged
2 inch ping plank weighed IN Is 6 weighed out 4s bs
gsHgsa din IN y * $f inches gsng9ed IL out {. .l6z
gapged in l9& inches gaqged out lSz6.
s6 b.; gagged in i inches gsasd m out "esheu cut
IA inch cherry beard gauged in 1914 nches gsuged
piece Of oak weighed in 1888 bs weighed ont 1877 MS
s5ety Weighed Spi IN 81 $ B Weighed out
67S bs aud was only in the kiln twenty hours The
came me- from the be- k,n rssdy to WgEs
J. ?. LEYAN, Superintendent Car Department.
JNO. P. LAIRD, Sup't Motive Power and Machinery.
proven to be satisfactory forth by the certificates Of MI
Laird and Mr. Leyans Superntendens'of Motive Power and
=, 'e-'' THOMAS A. SCOTT. Vice President.
From g. r. Allen,
Superintendent of Wooa Work and Car Shops Chicago Bur
Angton and Quincy Railroad Aurora, III.
thor%Pagh % test was this sheP Baley's Patent
tie lumber safety from fee sma easg @
tended and will dry the lumber short space time 1t Is
four days nsing aF less fuel per day than we had o@er
sed L Fer sS %hSn s the lumber was dried two to four
have dried heretofore, and that without any checks
From William JohnsoR,
Foreman New York Central Railroad Shops, Auburn N. Y
drying lumber nowinas
From D. D. Mays,
Superintendent of Machinery, nnoa Central Railroad
The Dryer works satisfactorily We have recently built
another kiln Rnd shall build several more,
From 8. o. Case,
Superintendent OF Car Dept fMchgan Central Railroad
From several years experience with H. G. Bukleys and
other methods of knrying lumber cheerfuy RECON-
mend this as the best in use.
From Barney, Smith Do Co.,
Car Builders, Dayton, Obio.
We deem the process equally adapted to soft and hard
lumber and of all dmen8ions the time required for driving
varying with the kind thickness We find 1t indiSpenSahe
in our business.
From Dean % Eaton,
Car Builders, Detroit Michigan.
Some 6E by Ii inch oak for trucks dried In
three days than been if it had bean wear