Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

When You think Of furniture You
think Of Grand Rapids Mich, don I
youa
or course YOU do. just as when you
| think OF cotton goods, you think OF
I Fair River Mass.
! Rut isn't there a cbanCe-just a
I bare chance-that you are being
/ fooled2 That massive, highly polished,
! solid mahogany sideboard can you
/ find the makers name anywhere on
lit2 Probably you can not, and II not
! how do Won know 10 came from the
( Michigan city, Just as likely as not
| the piece was built right here in At
/ lanta.
/ Atlanta has several really large fur
utfure concerns one Of them, the
Southern Furniture Company, out
! Marietta street devotes its efforts al
most exclusively to high grade dining
room and bedroom sets. About $50
men are employed the year around,
turning out dining room tables, writ
ing desks. china closets, sideboards,
beds. dresNers, chiffoniers, dressers
and washstandS.
Follow Colonial Models.
For the most part these are faithful
copies Of old colonial pieces, and solid
mahogany and solid oak are the
woods most IN favor
The day Of veneers and Of fancy
carvings is gone, II seems Dignity OF
line. sober finish. with the richness all
in the material-thls ~ the policy to-
day.
Stacked in the factory yards are
mahogany and oak in the rough,
worth. in the aggregate, several hum
dred thousand dollars. Otto Schwab
the vice president. points out a very
l. II. q
or OF a cigar box There's 5000
worth Of Mexican mahogany" ne re-
marks ut IL worth from $3.50 to $500
per 1000 feet Roughly. ] should say
that mahogany Is worth three timaa
as much as oak
When the lumber arrives in At
lanta Il must remain in the stacks a
year, TO insure perfect seasoning.
Even after that. It goes to the dry
lllns
From the dry kilns It goes 10 a man
who saws It into proper lengths.
Waste Manufacturers Bane.
Here Is the man who can break
any furniture factory" said Mr..
Schwab He has in his mind all the
different lengths useful I'm the plant,
and II Is his business to cut every
plank 10 the best advantage. II he
does not, there is terrible waste and
waste 10 the bane Of every manufac-
turer's existence"
sized and sorted as II comes from
the kiln, the lumber is ripped" into
proper widths. Then It Is loaded on
trucks and starts its path through the
wood working machines. Everything
is In order The sawdust and shaw
ingn are sucked up by great fans and
carried straight back to the furnace
fires. Loose blocks are not allowed tc
mess up the floors The lumber moves
| from machine 10 machine on trucks
| II never has to be rehandleG Piece;
are stacked I'm compartments as care.
| fully as good business house hles ia
letters, so that a workman need moi
waste time In searching for any par.
| ticular thing he wants
Sandpaper on 5eltA
Every appliance Is up to the minute
| There are for instance. Sanding ma.
| chimes" where sandpaper betting
| whiZZes necessarily. In one mRChln,
! this sandpaper belt Is so arranged al
| to sandpaper tho entire top Of :
| dresser or sideboard or table at on,
operation. a skillful workman IN
| creasing or decreasing the pressure a
| the exact points desired.
Another sandpaper belt Kisses owe
| flexible pillow and by resting odd
| shaped bits on this pillow. curved ia
BILE legs and the like are made smootl
and ready for the vanishing proc
esses
Four and 1--WE coats of varnish ar
| necessary before the final coat 4
| applied. Each coat must be allowed
to dry, then be sandpapered befor
the next is applied This takes sew
eral weeks. When all this Is done
each piece stands from three to fou