New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-08


Test made by Bqikeys Lumber Dryer Of two pieces of black
G an e wd as % s coa g
made SHRINK me- o he II our 5 s @
does not iuiuro it.
Tests Made at the Shops OF the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad Company, Altoona, Pa
the Kin was fed with sAsy ssb pop pine oak and bisCk
walnut and after nrns forty hours the lumber came from the
The following kinds Of lumber weighed gauged
~ pine plank weighed in 75 bs weighed out &c bs
inch ash plank weighed in s. bs weighed ont 60 ma
gagged in 1871 inches, gagged out l85s:
5555 hs rsuged in tx inches gsaged ont AZ
X inch cherry board gauged in 1917 inches gauged ont
piece Of oak weighed 1888 MS, weighed ont I57 Ds
line b o pfitSty rTen sisbed IN s. s weighed out
sly bs and was only the kq twenty houra tbs lumber
came from the kiln ready to work,
The tests were perfectly satisfactory.
JNo. P, LAIRD, Sup't Motive Power and Machinery.
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Laird and Nj Leyan Suparntendents Of Motive Power and
THOMAS A. SCOTT, Vice President
From o. #. Allen,
iinston and Quincy Railroad Aurora Ill
thorough test made at this shop of Bukeys Patent
the lumber safety from fre small amount of fuel easily at
further process the lumber dried in
onr days using far e incl per DAY than we hfd formerly
and the lumber more thoroughly seasoned than any we
From william Johnson
Foreman New York Central Railroad Shops Auburn N. Y
1t has been great help to consider it the best mode OF
'''D' ~ From $. j. Hays,
B StysS Sg MRs vi SsRs eesny su
another kin, and shall build several more,
From 3. o. Case,
Superintendent OF Car Dept OF Michigan Central Railroad
other methods of kiln drying lumber cheeruly
mend this as the best IN use.
From Barney, Smith 81 Co.,
l. .--EH .-. Car Builders, Dayton, Ohio,
We deem the process equally well adapted to soft and hard
varying with the kind thickness We it Indispensable
From Dean 81 Eaton, j
Gar Builders, Detroit Michigan
Some BIZ by Il inch green oak for trucks dried In
three days more than would have if year
find the lumber does not shrink particle after coming from
From Russell a Co.,
Car Builders and Manufacturers Of Rsapes Mowers Horse
nd Powers and d pr n MpS ao9 Ohio n Pork
e made we are sat that the sh nGSe taken out q
the lumber before the all The texture of the
lent hnsh convinced that it the best and only way
of thoroughly seasoning lumber.
From wunderIIclS 81 Nell,
Builders Manufacturers of ash Doors and Blinds Snip
We have in operation one Of Bufeys Patent Dryers II
works sntisctoy We made Y inch door in yqIy out q
apd as then IL sood order put in the Kiln and in on
day day III shru T inch We thsn out i the
il eeud not discern any change in it. We also had
lot Of dry white pine plank under cover two years. and
5hTunk g. 10 OF an tnCh ehCh PLANK.
From Sanger ~ Casey,
Illinois State Penitenti8ry Commissioners Office Joliet
II all other modes drying lumber that have
under obserVaonn regard to simplicity cheapness
construction small amcuut of uel required, safety rOI
to the center and incredibly short space time
From C. Auitman SR Cos
Manufacturers the Buckeye Reaper and Mower OanonG
We have kiln full Of poplar ash and walnut In th4
days The lumber from The kiln all ready to work
fully satisfied With the process
From L, Ball,
Manufacturer of Ohio Reaper and Mower, Canton Ohio
After firing three DAYS and consuming perhaps lei
than cord and half Of wood opened the kiln Att
testing the lumber in possible way have pronounce
perfectly seasoned
From Thomas Mast 81 Co.,
Manufacturers Of Buckeye Grain Drills Portable Cider an
Sugar Mills, Springfield, Ohio
We have used the process between threa YEAR
drying tIem $4,000 2UOO0 feet per year our firm co
vcthn that lumber is fun the epe
air and think stronger We have frequently dried OK IN
ash in Jour days The cheaper than sunshine
From Smith, Harness sfs Co.,
Manufacturers OF Agricultural Implements Tihin Ohio
We consider this method Of drying lumber great saving
time and fuel besides having the work done in much mo
From r. l., HOwards
Manufacturer Of Towards Improved Reapers, Mowers
Self RRkeTs, Buffalo New York
The DRYER has fully answered recommendations hs
seasored 5000 eeto inch green ash plank three days
aSout cord OF soft wood Tor fuel cheeruly TeOomme
Its use 10 al IN want Of seasoned lumber,
So Epr Rrtasr particulars address JOSEPH FRY.
A'F " s"oStof5Cs, New Orleans, Ia