Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-03
200 Men, With $6,000 Semi Monthly Payroll, Employ
 ed By Hardwood Co.
MODERN LOCAL PLANT
Exports Lumber to European Coun, tries and Throughout the
 United States.

is the large mill ill the western part of the city and known as the Saline River Hardwood Company's plant whieh covers forty acres between the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain tracks.
 Situated at the western edge of tho city, it's employees, who number 200 ! men, drawing combined salary of i $6,0OO semi-monthly, are recognized as large factor in the business of this city. Their homes are around the mill site and are neatly furnished and all premises are kept in a clean and sanitary condition, while these people from a very desirable class of citizens
 H. w. Coles, the courteous mana ger at the large hardwood plant, was kind enought to show representa- tive of the Graphic through the en- tire plant, and it is doubtful ii. one per cent of the, citizenship of this city realizes the magnitude of this great industrial hive Thousands of l hardwood logs are piled high in the yards, which are handled by large ! steel crane. hauled into the mill and cut at lightning speed into 'fdimens ion' lumber, hurried through the.'re- saws into the "KraetZer Preparator,' :, then stacked on. the, yards, after which it is passed through the dry kilns. thence to the numerous ma chimes in their ''Flooring faotory.p ] into the cars and on it's way to air points of the compass.
 The machinery ordered recently for the manufacture of their now famous 'Forked Leaf Oak Floring" has been installed and is turning out the high est possible grade of hardwood floor ing daily, rich in deep oak graining and color, susceptible to the highest polish and finish and ready to be fitted ia it's place in the palace of a King. The daily output of the floor
 ing plant is 25,0O0 feet. while the total output of gum, oak and ash lumber reaches 60,0O0 feet daily. The Company owns about 10000 acres of hardwood timber land in Saline, Grant and Jefferson counties, it's largest holdings being in Grant county.
 To properly handle and produce the high quality of hardwood lumber being manufactured by this company
 it was necessary to expend $200,00O in machinery. buildings, etc., and they have installed the very latest
 machines and methods.
 it is a revelation to the layman to
 witness the giant logs cut by band
 saws" passing through the re-saws,
 which cuts to standard length and
 widths, blaming, and finally through
 the mamouth lend matching" tongue and groove and other
 machines.
 The installation of the "Kraetzer
 Process of treating lumber reduces
 the period of seasoning or drying"
 by five months, as under the old
 process 1t was necessary to cut and stack lumber on the yards for a period of six months before it was sufficiently dried out to be ready for
 manufacturing. The ''Kraetzer Pro-
 cess" is a gigantic steel shell, into
 which the newly sawed lumber is , placed on steel trucks, and is sub jected to "steam pressure" for a period of twenty to thirty minutes,
 after which it is only necessary for F the truck loads to be passed out into
 the yards for thirty days. as against six months under the old method. After months stay in the yards, the
 lumber is passed through their
 monster "dry-kilns", the capacity Of
 which is several carloads, and it is ; then passed to the flooring plant"
 where it is made into their 'F'orked Leaf Oak Flooring" every piece of which is identically the same dimen- sion, same quality and finish, and ready for shipment to the trade in sixth of time required heretofore, , when old methods prevailed.
 5 Some of the hardwood products of 5 this giant plant are sold in the rough in carload lots, and where } mixed order" is received, pine $ lumber from the Arkansas Short l Leaf Lumber Company" occupying }. about forty acres adjoining the site $ ;eft the Saline ] River Hafdwood Com e pany, ;issloaded into the cars. s- @s n Their records show that shipments S have been made to all parts of the d United States, Canada, Germany and France. recent order of five cars