Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-06-18
WOOD MAP OF U, S.
Unique Decorative Feature Plan
ned For a New Steamer.
TIMBER FROM EACH STATE.
Every Territory Also Gave Block OF
Native Wood Toward Construction
Of the map-Pennsylvania Sent Piece
Of Great Historic Interest-Neish-
borins Countries Also Represented.


boring Countries Also Represented.
Formed Of twenty-eight different
kinds Of wood contributed by the gov
errors and officers of every state and
territory of the American Union. each
state and territory being represented
by n particular kind of native timber,
one of the most unique mS's Of the ma
! ton ever made In the United States
stands practically completed In a pat
/ tern shop ON Ontario street in Chi
cago. The map when finished will he
placed In the cabin Of the new steel
steamer United States now being com
pleted at ManitOwoc.
Ii was because of the name Of the
new boat that the owners were led to
plan some feature that would bear
bit of wood of each Of the states. The
plan was preached TO every governor
and territorial officer in the nation.
with the result that each state sent its
block Of wood Each governor was
asked to send the kind Of timber that
he thought best represented the wealth
of his states forests. Pine Is more
extensively represented than any other
kind Of wood. no less than thirteen diff
ferent states selecting this kind. They
were Nevada. Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico, South Dakota, Minnesota, Lou
isiana, South Carolina, Georgia. Flor
ida, New York. New Hampshire and
Alabama.
Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio. Maryland
and the District OF Columbia sent oak.
Fir was sent by Washington and Or
egon, and California sent Il beautiful
piece of redwood. Utah sent honey To-
Gust: Idaho. cypress; Montana, larch-
wood; Wyoming. box elder; North Da
kota. Eastwood: Nebraska and lndi-
ana. cherry: Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa.
Kentucky. North Carolina and Penn
sylvania. walnut.
Texas sent piece Of mesquite. Wis
consin contributed birdscye maple,
Tennessee chose red cedar and MiSsis-
sippi gum, while both Michigan and
Vermont are represented by fine pieces
of maple. Connecticut sent chestnut;
West Virginia, poplar: Virginia, juni-
per; New Jersey, white cedar; Maine,
beech: Massachusetts. elm; Rhode
Island, mulberry, and Delaware. sassa-
fras.
/, The state Of Illinois furnished n
great deal of material for the map. In
the constellation It is represented by a
|, fine piece of hickory selected by the
, forestry department Of the state. But,
, In addition. for all Of the wood by
, which the water surface is tn be repre-
; sented Illinois sycamore has been Sc
lectcd This material has been treated
, by creosote plant nj Palmyra, where
the timber In the log IS subjected to a
, pressure by which the sap Is driven
out and coloring material injected,
When the log IS aftcrward sawed into
thin boards the grain bears a greenish
hue, almost exactly like the color often
, seen on Lake Michigan's surface The
grain of the wood has a wayy appear
ance, and from this material the two
oceans that border the nation and all
, of our great lakes have been shown on
I the map.
, The governor Of Pennsylvania sent n
I piece Of wood Of great historic interest.
| Ii was cut from a walnut tree that
, stood on Culps hin at the battle of
y Gettysburg. The block that was sent
: contained bullet that had been shot
Z into the tree during the great conflict,
Practically all of the lcadcn missile re-
mains In the block that now fits into
[ the map and 1t indicates the exact
| geographical location Of the famous
h battlefield. Sixtythree bullets were
r taken from the tree from which the
\ Pennsylvania block was sawed
n Iowa sent piece of n door panel
n taken from the door of the home of
one of the pioneer judges of the Hawk
eye State, and Utah sent a sample of
wood from It's great Mormon temple.
The blocks Of wood were reduced &c
e a thickness of about quarter of an
:, inch, then marked of from n stencil
made from standard map of the Unit
u ed States. Each state block was then
$ subjected to the iigsaw and sawed Il
y its exact geographical shape Their
n they were dovetailed into each other
the blocks fitting as evenly as if they
had grown In the shape in which they
were formed. The base to which the
n blocks were glued IS made Of five ply
e whltewood, the piles crisscrossing each
other, the whole making thickness OF
about an inch and half.
Our neighbor countries have beer
u brought into the map, Mexico being
:. represented by mahogany and Canad;
by white holly. The Missouri and tn,
Mississippi rivers will be shown clear
" by n streak of light wood. and thu
Rocky mountains also will be showl
by different wood effect. The CAPT
tails OF the states are marked by sink
r. ing pearl stars in the proper geograph
cal location.
The map will be as large as any o
the larger wall maps issued by til,
government. 1t will be framed in sole
mahogany to correspond with the fin
ish of the cabin In which it will b,
e placed and the whole surface covered
by plate glass one-fourth inch thick
t. The work has been done by jane
EIaXton and his three sons.--J. L. Graf
In Chicago Tribune.
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