The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-10
LUMBERMEN WILL
RATIFY REPORT
COMMITTEE HAS AGREED.
REPORT PREPARED AND WILL, BE;
ACTED UPON TO-DAY.

Lumbermen Were in Session Yester-
day-Last Night There Was n Fish
supper at ThunderbOIt. Given by
the Savannah DeaIers-MeetinE To-
day viii Wind Up the Business
and Close SessiOn-Lumber Dealers
Here for Purpose of Working and
Are Doing So.
Inc lumbermen, in session at the
DE Soto yesterday. referred the matter
OF inspection rules to a special COM
! mittee, composed of two members from
each of the associations represented at
the meeting.
This committee made its report at
an afternoon session. The Iumbermen
decided not to consider the report until
this morning, and then to act upon it.
The report by the committee was not
considered in the afternoon. AS soon
as it was made, a majority of the
members voted to carry it over until
to-day.
AT the meeting in the morning re-
marks were made by representatives
the Lumber Trade Association of New
York, the Lumber Trade Association of
Philadelphia, the Lumber Trade Asso-
citation. of Baltimore, and the South
Carolina Lumber Association. The
Interstate Sawmill Association covers
Doth Georgia and Florida.
Inspection of Yellow Pine.
Representatives from these various
bodies discussed what should be done
and decided that two members from
each of the organizations represented
should constitute a committee to re-
port on inspection of yellow pine.
This subcommittee consisted of the
following: From the New York Lum-
Der Trade Association, C. w. Wilson
and Charles K. Buckley; from the
Phlladelphia association, George F.
Craig and E. F. Henson; from the Bal
tlmore association. Louis Dill and e.
+. Gill; from the Georgia Interstate
Lumber Association, William Godfrey
ana J. H. Scarborough; Yellow Pine
exchange of New York, Joseph Hill
ton and F. B. Havelind.
Mr.. Joseph Hilton was elected chair
man of this subcommittee and E. C.
Harrell, secretary. OF the meeting as
a whole, Mr.. James Sherlock Davis
| was elected chairman and Mr.. F. q
Harrell, secretary.
Committees Report.
Among other clauses, the sub-com-
mlttee's report consists of the follow
| ing:
Flooring shall embrace 4 by quar-
yer inches in thickness by 8 to 6
inches in width. That is 1 by 8, T.
| ana 6; Ia by 3, A. and 6.
Boards shall embrace all thickness
under l1s inches and up wide, in
| GLIDING ia inches in thickness by 7
| in. width
| Scantling shall embrace all sizes
from to inches in thickness and
to inches in width.
| Plank shall embrace all sizes from
| to 8 inches in thickness and to 6
| inches in width.
Dimension sizes shall embrace all 6
| inches and up in thickness by z inches
and UP in width including by g.
Flooring shall show one heart face,
regardless of sap on opposite side, free
from round shakes or knots, exceed
ing l inch in diameter or more than
| on board on face side.
| Boards inches and under wide
shall show one heart face and 2-3
heart on opposite side.
Plank inches and under width shall
/ show one heart face over inches
wide, shall show 2-3 heart on both
| sides free from round or through
shakes, large or unsound knots.
| Dimension sizes, all square lumber
shall be two-third heart on two sides
and not less than " heart on the two
other sides.
Rough edge shall be sawed from
| good heart timber and shall be meas
ured in the middle, on the narrow
face, from injurious shakes and I'M
sound knots.
| Five per cent. of the piece shall be
allowed as understandable quality.
| Where the terms " and 2-3 heart are
used they shall be construed as re-
| ferring to the area of the face on
| which measured.
Scantling shall embrace all sizes ex-
| ceeding liz inches and under 6 inches
| in thickness and from to 6 inches
| in width.
| Only Part of Rules.
The above is only a part of the rules
| agreed upon by the committee. There
are many others. Any of these, of
course, may be changed at the meet
| ing. The committee is merely to re-
port as a whole. There is to be another
meeting this morning at 10 o'clock, and
/ the rules may then be accepted or re-
| jected With a few notifications the
| probabilities are they will be accepted.
The lumbermen assembled at the De
| Soto last night at Z o'clock to go to
| Thunderbolt, where the out-of-town
1 visitors were the guests of the Savan-
| nah lumbermen at a fish supper at the
1 Casino. There were special cars for
| the party, and a delightful repast
awaited them at the end of the jour
ney. Short talks were made and the