Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-05-05
The Maryland veneer Company.

From number 623 10 number 6S3 w.
Pratt St., Baltimore. the main Offices and
factories Of the Maryland Veneer Manu-
featuring Company are situated. james
II. Wheeler, gallant ex- Confederate Ia the
manager Of the Company and to his cour-
tesy are we indebted 10 an inside view Of
the factory. In the courtyard ofthe build
ings Is piled up q mass ofgum, maple, birch,
beech and sycamore logs sawed 10 about 8
feet iaches In length and with the bark
on. This is the raw material. One of the
logs is attached to crane, and Is dipped
in q bath of boiling water. The log is
lifted out and the bark is pulled of by
instruments resembling ice-hooks. Then
the barked log Is fitted to q steam lathe
and begins TO revolve. Broad chisel-like
instruments are set to cut q thin leaf from
the wood, and swiftly revolving, the log
speedily becomes perfect cylinder and
four men double and pile up the skin strips
of veneer which are 90 rapidly faxed of.
Then the veneer is cut into different
lengths-some about q foot long, some
eighteen inches, &C., and these are taken
up to the drying rooms and arranged in
racks. Steam quickly dries them. Then
the slips are given over TO the workers and
the def hands of twelve year old girl win
bend them over wire shaper and in one
hour make 100 berry boxes like the ones
used to hold strawberries. Other workers
feed pieces Of the veneer 70 dies which form
dishes for butter and lard or stamp out a
perfect wooden pie plate Baskets for
peaches, peas, &C., and the large banana
crates which are often seen on the porches Of
our stores are made in the same manner rs
are the berry boxes. The factory employs
about 500 hands and Col. Wheeler informed
us that the wood used In his factory came
from Charles and st. Mary's counties.
The Colonel il anxious 10 draw his sup
plies from our section and If our people
win only display the needed energy the
Maryland Veneer Company win afford
them good market for the woods above
named The wood brings from a 10 o.
per cord but the company wants II when
il Is contracted 70 be delivered. The tac-
tory with its immense number Of hands
runs in bad weather Is well as good and
hence does not care 10 buy from persons
who wilt only cut and haul timber ON
sunshiny days. Il wants the logs TO be
delivered when promised.
OF course the company makes all the
things We have above mentioned 70 sell
and IL would be well for cur truck and
peach shippers 10 write there for prices.
Blackber-ies, strawberries, raspberries and
all the small fruits bring q much better
price If they be put up in smell and neat
boxes than If they be mashed down into
water buckets as Is the custom here So
tco peaches in peck baskets sell more
/ readily and bring better prices than those
packed In the old-fashioned boxes. The
same Is true Of peas, &C.
The manager Of this company, 20 whom
we have referred, IL known 10 many Of
the BEAsoN readers. He fought under the
sans dag with numbers Of them and bic
feeds deep interest In the welfare Of his
old comrades In arms and in their county
Hany OF the @boys" win call on him they
win find that though time may have
altered his looks il has not changed hi,
heart, and warm welcome and, II they
wish anything in his line, 9 fair bargain
swaiis them.