The Forrest City times., 1911-03-10
SHAVE FACTORY TO START
old spoke Factory and Will ia- stzll >tsVe aaehiaery.

 Iu regard Q tHe usS pant now De-
 iug InS-2 ed at Forrest City by the Russell inform stare Campzuy. of
 kazFest GltF. AF. ]. J Russell. the
 organizer of s1i1 com p2nF. was seen
 b 3 reporter fer Tae Times. who asked aim ssTer2. questions per
 tzining = JEe purposes and extent q tLe neT industry some = which were
 a. follows
 Please give ne for tHe information Of The Times readers. the nature 8f
 the article t0 Ue mznCfact uregil
 To which le replied. We are going
 % manufacture slack-barrel slaves.
 principally from gam timber: but will
 z-sC Use some sycamore. ash. oak and I cottonwood it offered - u> in mixed
 form by people who z. cies ring tnelr
 ian1s, aS We can lSe it n bolts or sec tlons Of tEe .og. - feet in length. or ang m lltipiy Of - feet. This vii open ID market for the farmers for their scattering tim Der within radius. say Of ten miles about Forrest City. as these who are not equipped with log ging outfits can saw down tree and cut it into lengths. 2f feet. and roll the blocks into an ordinary farm wa gon and come 10 town with them and l exchange them for cash. which will enable them 10 take home some grOce- 1 ries. dry goods, hardware. clothing
 and other necessaries of lie Were 1t not for this market. this material, in the tree form. would probably be dead ened and converted into ashes instead of wealth. In this way the people of the city and the country people will be very greatly benefited. \ little l later Te vii. probably make also some Ione-piece heading for customers.
 How many people vii the new in dusfry employ MT. Russell was asked
 Between 3 CT 4o in the mil proper. Le replied. but a. many more wiA probably be employed ou l the outside in getting the material from the woods ta the plant.
 'Is there any difference between the slaves yoa propose tO manufacture at ] Forrest City and the ones noH being made throughout the country A tEe present time: he was asked.
 "ob. m. yes. 8aS the reply ," IEe
 slaves nos being made are Of random or irregular widths. raHnlng rom l
 10 : inches. while cur, are Cf uniform width. length and thickness. and na staye exceeds i inches in width. They A Y cutting machine after being tho , roughly boiled: while slaves made the old Ray are cut from small ' shaped 5 DeIt= CT ii.tcHe,. after being steamed Bf 0ar method tHe surface af tle : stases az as smooth as II they weTt sand-pa peEed. and 2t tl4e sane time r0aEhen tte surface where tHe Hoap' come. 70 prevent slipping. while the
 surface of tHe slaves made the cd va
 are frequently very rough and @aN2
 Barre manufactured from 0af make
 Of slaves are round. smooth. strong durable aud handsome. and command ! q higher price when >9ld as second : hand packages in the Eastern markets ] on account ol their greater durability In addition tO this ali OUT slaves are ] made and dried aH tLe curved 5f radia line of the barrel, which enables US te ? get correct beyei in the joint Of every = staye, which IS hot possible in the old
 style Staye. Another advantage we , have is tie great saving in timber ? While by the old method that has been , in general Use for the past forty years ) they obtained from l000 feet of log, log ) measurement, about 3000 slaves. We get from the same amount of timber , about 1000. or One-third more of the ] finished product. Our machines and methods Of manufacturing and drying ; are patented, thus giving Us a legal 2 monopoly on the improved way Of d9- ing the work. still another advantage We have k, that while 30.000 slaves are considered aH ageVdLe god days WOrk on TEe 05a machines with certain amount If labor, We make 6e. .Ve slaves with the sane labor, except tHe extra cost Of plsHg double The Ham bef Of slaves. when made. Ne convert the 51L into long continuous sheet.
 or wooden carpet. SD t8 speak. and then stamp He slaves aut from this : sheet perfectly aintet. when green. %et and hot. at tise rate af l2a staHes
 per minute Nff#r they have be |
 tuu- i1iutFd and dried, @e fe-j0.ut them by taxing very Hue shaving
 from the previously lainted staye. , without splitting chipping or shattef-
 ing the wood. thus giving Us q joint , in the barrel so perfect that, although
 not intended for liquid barrel. yet il , Will hold water. thus preventing al
 waste of flour, sugar. etc, on account } leakage through bad joints. "
 : What will be your daily capacity
 al the Forrest City plant was asked ] of MT Russell,
 To this he said; "Our daily capacity
 will be. when we get to running under normal conditions, from 55,000 to 60..
 000 slaves, depending on the diameter
 of the bolts and the quality of the ma l terial."
 Who will be in charge of the For rest City mill%'' he was asked.
 For the present" he said A. NJ. Willard, of Milwaukee, Wis, will be , in charge of mill construction and the installation of the machinery as he is
 very competent man in this line.
 expect, however, to be here much of the time myself. This plant should
 cause to be brought to Forrest City } nearly or quite Sl00, 000 yearly, which
 will be distributed and disbursed
 through the channels of trade. IL will add an impetus to the growth of the city that will soon be felt. IL will tend to draw other woodworking in- dustries here. One successful indus