New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-20
Tevts Made at the Shops of the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad Company, Altoona, Pn.

takes more shrakaga The lumber t6an any other
does not iulure it,
Tests Made at the Shops Of the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad Company, Altoona, In.
make of Bukiays Patent Lumber Dryer
the kiln filed with cherry ash poplar pine oak and black
walnut and after hng forty hours the lumber eoIqe from the
Ills following kinds Of lumber were weighed and gauged
when put in the krs and also when taken ont
~ inch piqe plank weighed in n h5 weighed out l6 MS
A inch ash plank weighed in s. h5 weighed out 50 MS
neh BACK walnnt plank weighed in g Ms, weighed
561S As gagged in l49l Inches gagged out ~
A IL inch cherry board gauged in 1875 inches, gauged out
piece of oak weighed in 1873 MS weighed out l57 ms;
gagged in 81 by GAG inches gangea oqt W, " I,l6
5715 Bs and only in the kin twenty hours The lumber
came from the kiln ready to work,
tsEAH "d P aTdr G TseDorv
The practical operation Buklcy's Lumber Dryer
he satisfactory as forth by the certificates OF MI
Laird and Mr. Lsvan Supentnden of Motive Power and
''' 4''p THOMAS A. SCOTT, Vice President.
From c. f. Alien,
Superintendent Work ard Car Shops, Chicago Bur
thorough test was made At his Shop Of Bnkeys Patent
gnoeT Dryer i has s ne q'I of h9 r. e
tended and viii dry the lumber short space of time 1t
further process say that the lumber dried
four days using far less fuel per day than had formerly
used per day when the lumber dried two four weeks
have died heretoore and that TOO without any checks
From William johnson,
Foreman New York Central Railroad Shops Auburn N. Y
II has been help Iconsder the best mode Of
drying lumber nov in use.
From 9. u. Hays,
The Dryer works satisfaetoy we have recently built
another kin, aud shall build several more.
From $. G. Case,
Superintendent OF Gar Dept Michigan Central Railroad
From segsr s1s sSPSs@SS 6s WIN q ana
mend this as the best in use.
From Barney, Smith 81 Co.,
Car Builders, Dayton Ohio.
We deem the process equally we'll adapted to soft and hard
lumber, and Of all dmensions the time required for drying
arvipp Will
From Dean 81 Eaton,
Car Builders, Detroit Michigan
Some 81 by i inch green oak for car trucks was dried in
and half in the open air have made thorough tests and
end the lumber does not shrink particle after coming from
From Russell 81 Co.,
BudeEs and Mar Of Keepers Mowers Horse
The lumber from the klns all ready to work From
The Lumber before tie moisture is ali gone The texture
wood remains firm and tough and sqsGsPt6s OF very excel
of thoroughly seasoning lumber.
From WunderIick 81 AEeH,
Builders and Manufacturers of ash Doors and Blinds Ship
We have in operation one Of bqkleys Patent Dryers
works satisfactorily We made Ia inch door in Iuly out oil
lumber we thought dry in the shop until December
GaS Ep sT aGh Y an 1s6 a put me @
swell but could not discern any change in IT, We also had
s 52S M u s6 g ot an ne5 5 each s plank '' ~
From Sanger 81 Casey,
Illinois State Penitentiary commissioners Office Joliet
1t far exces all other modes of dnE lumber that have come
nnd 19T s s Of e Fesa ssy
danger By fire. and efficiency n sssS2ngs and drying Gmbe
From &. AuItman - Co,
Manufacturers Of the Buckeye Reaper and Mower Canton
We haze Grlea en i g P5p ash snG walnut n tire
are fully satisfied with the process.
From e. BAN,
Manufacturer Of Ohio Reaper and Mower Canton Ohio
ss about Nd three e days lays and GO snmng perhaps
testing the lumber in evey possible way We have
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