New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-14

Tets Made at the Shops OF the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad Company, Altoona, Pa.
In order make test of Bukleys Patent Lumber Dryer.
walnut after hiring forty hours the lumber
The following kinds of lumber were weighed and gagged
2S inch pine plank weighed in 78 MS weighed out % MS;
inch plank weighed ss u.s., weighed out 60 MS;
gauged in 1873 inches, gagged out 1873
56jS hs csuged in li3l inches, ganged out AZ
inch cherry board gauged in 1875 inches gauged out
piece Of oak weighed in ss hsr weighed out 1877 bA;
Pge board perfectly cream weighed in g s Weighed OBJ
The tests were perfectly satisfactory.
JNo P. LAIRD sup't Motive Power and Machinery.
proven IA be satisfactorily forth BY the ceacstss Of Mr.
04' DSp'' 'l-'l''' THOMAS a. scoT Vice President.
From Q. F. AIle0s
Superintendent Work aud car Shops Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy Railroad, Aurora, Ill
oyer test T as b qaas ho5
the e5 Sai a g from pRe @ % Of n s IS
due this process to say that the lumber was dried in
@ d S a s f the Rs SG nS WasF
have dried heetotore and that too, without any checks
From William JOhn-On,
Forepan New York Central Railroad Shops Auburn N z
drying lumber now in use.
From $. u. Hays.
~,
The Dryer works satisfactorily recently built
another kim and shall build several more
From s. q. Case,
From several years expereHce with Il q Bakisys and
other methods Of kiln. drying lumber cheertuy
mend this as the best
From Rarney, Smith & Co.,
Car Builders, Dayton, Ohio,
n@Sr and IND ae sps as i've GafhS gs
II '1' BUSINESS From Dean a. Eaton,
Car Builders, Detroit, Michisan
% o oy bnn I ead of hys BEEN hd year
ind the lumber does NOT shrink particle after coming from
'n9 hln From Russell & Co.,
Car Builders Mapgscarsrs Of HsHpers Mowers Horse
rs ht q ~ sady w York d EFo M
he lumber before the all The texture of the
firm and tough and and sqsfsPos Of very excel
| Of thoroughly seasoning lumber
From yVunderlIck & Nell,
,Jsrs and Manufacturers ash Blinds Ship
We have IN operation Bqikeys Pategt Dryers 1t
,rEs ctoriy. We made IA nch door July out of
lumber We tboughi dry 1t stood III the shop December
I afR We Ssa put 4s @ 9R the a
swell but could mot discern any t Change in il We also had
shrunk 8.l5 Of an inch each plank.
From Sanger d Casey,
Illinois State Penitenary Gommissoner's Office Joliet
II far exee all other modes Of drying lumber that have come
danger by fire. and efficiency in seasoning and drying
From G. AuItman & Co,
Manufacturers of the Buckeye Reaper Mower Canton o.
We have dried kiln full Of poplar walnut in three
days The lumber comes from the kiln all ready We
are fully satisfied with the process.
From E. BAH,
Manufacturer of Ohio Reaper and Mower Canton Ohio,
After firing about three days and Stunning perhaps less
than cord and half of wood opened the kiln Atte
testing the lumber in every possible We have pronounced
it perfectly seasoned.
From Thomas Mast d Co.,
Manufacturers Of Buckeye Grain Drills Portable Cider and
Sugar Mills, Springfield, Ohio,
We have used the process between and three years,
drying from $4,000 70 G0Oieet per year i i Pr a CON
Victen that lumber is tn strong when ded ~ s open
air, and think stronger We have frequently ued men
ash in four days The process cheaper Than sunshine
From smith, Barnes q Co..
| Manufacturers Agricultural implements Tfhn' Ohio
We this method of drying lumber great saving OF
time fuel besides having the work done in much moro
- satisfactory manner
From II. l.. Howard
Manufacturer of Towards Improved Reapers Mowers and
| Self RAkers, Buffalo, New York.
The DRYER fully answered lamentations have
seasoned 500 inch ash plank in three DAYS, with
about one cord wood for fuel Cheeriuly recommend
y | its use % all in Of seasoned lumber,
d r5- For further particulars address JOSEPH FRY,
Boz AVS POstOAice, New Orleans. La