New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-12
Tests Made at the Shops of the Pennsylvania
: Central Railroad Company, Altoona, Pa,

Tests Made at the ShSR. Of the .PEsnnsyIxanlN
In order to make test Bulkey's Patent Lumber Dryer
the kiln was filed with cherry ash popiar pine oak and black
Sn petsesy seasoned -''' ' se t0Na sS
hs liz l kinda and s ss ss . Esd and ed
81 inch pine plank weighed in e De- weighed out % ha;
inch ssh plank weighed in g Ms, weighed hH;
inch black walnut plank weighed in 81 Ms weighed out
IL oheTry beard gaussd 16 inches gaass cut
piece of oak weighed in 1888 d. weighed ont IsT na
gaagediq 81 y ZIG inches. gauged out S y 7le
@ o Il &c any NJ @
came from the kiln ready 70 work,
]. Z. TEYAN, sapsrintendsat Gar Department
JNo p. LAIRD, supt Motive Power and Machinery.
The practical operation OF BuIkeys lumber Dryer haa
Laird and Mr. Levan Superintendent Motive Power and
THOMAS a SCOTT, Vice President
From @. F. Allen,
supentapdsn Of woes Work and Car Shops Chicago Bur-
thOreash tess yas This shop Batleys Patent
Lumber Dryer has The Qualities Of
.sndsd and VIII dry the lumber IL short q time e
ur days using far less fuel per day than We had fory
when the lumber dried four WssE5
have dried heretofore, and that without any cheeks
FROM William Johns0R,
Foreman New York Central Railroad Shops. Auburn NJ T.
It has been help consider It the best mode Of
| drying lumber nown use
From o. j. Hays,
Superintendent of Machinery, Illinois Central Railroad
Tbs Dryer works satisiaetofy We have recently buIs
smother kim, and shall build several mora.
From years experiences with H. O. Bulkiey's ana
mend this as the best in use.
i From Barney Smith d. Co.,
Car Builders; Dayton, Ohio;
We deem the process equally well adapted % soft and hard
f. Y n aa .hs W. aEfS @
From Dean q Eaton,
| Micb;y
thTss days more than would have been i Il had bean
half in the open We have made thorough and
find the lumber does shrink particle after coming from
From Russen q Co..
BudeE and q @ 5 Movers HoFa
The nnoet from the sq a READY sG ESfs a
the before the moisture gone The texture Of the
wood remains firm and toug and qsssPels Of yesy excel
of thoroughly seasoning lumber.
From Sanger d. Casey,
Illinois State Pentennry, Commissioners Once Joliet
t sxce all other modes drying nms that hsys ss
danger by fire. and efficiency ~ a and 9ya
From G. AuItman az Co,
Manu1acturers Buckeye Reaper and Mower Canton =
We have dried kiln tn Of P9pa asa and VaHa arF We
are iully satisfied with the process.
From E. ball,
Manufacturer Ohio Reaper and Mower, Oanoa Onlo
bring about hee days and CONSUMING Perhaps isss
than cord and half Of wood we opened sle
e it perfectly seasoned.
d From Thomas Aast q Co.,
Manufacturers of Buckeye Drills Portable oiaer and
Sugar Mills Springfield, Ohio th, .
We have uFed process between two anu tes yeAss
driving frsm 10000 20000 feet year y VI
vSton that when dTs9 y tss 9Ps
mir and we think stronger have frequently aiea s ct
ash days The process is cheaper than sahno
/ From Smith, Barnes q &C..
Manufacturers of Agricultural IMPLEMENTS I1nn OHIO
and fne besides having Tie done in much
satisfactory manner.
From R. L. Howard
of Howarda Improved ReaperH, Mowers ana
~ Self-Rakers, Buffalo, New York.
ra rva has fully answered daona have
easensd inch green ash plank in three days, with
sbont ems cord soft wood tor fuel eheertuy recommend
n nEe TO ali \ of seasoned lumber
For further particulars address josef FRY,