THESE HE illustrations in the center spread of this issue show the start of the foundation for an addition to the Tacony Baptist Church, Tacony, Philadelphia. The stones used in the construction are discarded grindstones from the DISSTON Plant. After the grindstones have outlived their usefulness for grinding saws on account of the small diameter to which they are worn, they still have possibilities. The stones are broken and dressed, making excellent building blocks. In both photographs are seen the stones unbroken as they leave the DISSTON Plant, and dressed as they will be used in the building. The foundation, as may be seen, has just been started. We will show the finished structure in a later issue. YOU NEVER CAN TELL Wealth doesn't seem to have much weight in boyhood's scale of things. For instance take the case of Johnnie Strong and Rufus Bings. Now Rufus was the scion of extremely wealthy stock, While Johnnie's father seemed to be eternally in hock. But boys are boys and just so long as they are having fun, They pick the playmates whom they like, without regard for Dun Or Bradstreet either. Consequently Rufe and Johnnie's joys Were shared like those of any other healthy pair of boys. But Rufus went to college while young To grind out his subsistence as a rail- Now the road that John was clerking Do you think that Rufe's position Do you think Rufe recollected John- If you think he did, you've guessed it, that's the very thing he did. THESE OUT I am a circular sawyer of nearly 20 years experience, having run several different makes of circular saws, but the best saw I ever pulled the lever on is the Inserted 54 toothed 54" 7 and 8 gauge saw No. 44 pattern we bought of you a short time ago. I have sawed all kinds of timber with it and it has the first time to leave its line for me I will say I cannot say enough for the DISSTON SAWS. My advice to mill men is this: If you want a good saw, buy a DISSTON SAW. Very truly yours, N. F. WATTS, Sawyer, Oct. 24th, 1913. Your magazine to hand. I think it is fine. .We have used your saws, both circular and cross-cuts, and find them all you claim and more. JAMES T. KELLER. I have had a good deal of experience with circular saws, and am using now six DISSTON SAWS in my mill cutting lumber and crate stock. The big mills in this place are things of the past and the work is done now with portable mills from 10 to 25 H. P. The greatest trouble with most sawyers is speed. They want to run a saw as fast with a 10 Horse engine as it should be with a 50 or 60 H.P. I have always done the best sawing with a pulley on the mandrel about one-half as large as the pulley on the engine. A large pulley on the mandrel gives less motion and more power but gives a steadier motion to the saw. I have sawed 6,000 feet of one-inch boards in nine hours in frozen timber with a 12 H. P. engine using a forty inch pulley on the engine and a two inch pulley on the arbor. I have never seen a saw cut good lumber that was lagging way below the motion hammer to run. JOHN K. JACKSON. I find the HENRY DISSTON in Saws and Files and other stock are the best I ever put my hands on. I have used many kinds from other firms in 31 years experience. No one could say anything but good of the material in the HENRY DISSTON & SONS stock. JOHN W. HILL. I have been filing saws 24 years continuously. Have handled or kept most all makes and kind of saws. Have been filing here for Peart Nields & McCormack Co. 14 years. We have one band re-saw, two 40" circular re-saws and 32 small rip and cut off saws and 6 plainers, and use DISSTON saws and knives exclusively. They give entire satisfaction. Have very little trouble. Your saws are hard to beat. Have several band saws hanging in rack worn out. Not a crack in them and have not made a braze in them. Yours respectfully, C. M. BAYNARD, Filer, for Peart Nields & McCormack Co. N. Emporia, Va. I have had a strong desire to say a few words in honor of the DISSTON SAWS, but never felt that I had the ability to say anything like what ought to be said about such a firm as the DISSTON firm. I think that they make the best saws of any firm in the world today. I have used their saws for 40 years on a small scale. They always give me satisfaction. I have the hand book on saws, and would not take $10.00 for it, if I could not get another; also we take the Crucible which is worth its weight in gold to a man that is interested in the saw business. Yours truly, G. P. SHERRILL. C CHARLES T. PATTERSON HARLES T. PATTERSON, president of the C. T. Patterson Company, New Orleans, La. died at nine p. m. August 10, 1915. This news comes as a distinct shock to his friends and well wishers, of which there are many hundreds among the lumbermen of the Gulf States. He was apparently in full enjoyment of robust health, and a few days before his death, was apparently stronger and more vigorous than usual. On the night of his death, he returned to his home about six o'clock, had dinner, and at nine o'clock, while talking to his wife, suddenly dropped dead. This announcement came to us with peculiar force, for we knew him long and well, and held his sterling qualities in the highest esteem, and it is hard to realize that he will no longer be with us. He was a man with an enthusiastic spirit, of a strong determination to succeed, and the magnificent business which he has built up in New Orleans, where he has surrounded himself with such efficient co-workers that his business will move along as usual is, in itself, the highest testimony of his ability. Entering the employ of HENRY DISSTON & SONS in 1892, he became manager of the New Orleans branch about a year later; in 1898 he organized the C. T. Patterson Company, of which he was the active head up to the time of his death. He was for many years director of the Interstate Bank and Trust Co., of New Orleans; a member of the Boston and Pickwick Club; the Young Men's Gymnastic Club; the Southern Yacht Club; the Audubon Golf Club and Lake Placid Club; a Knight Templar and a Shriner. He was 53 years old and is survived by his wife, who was Miss Katie F. Patton of Summitt, Miss., five brothers and two sisters. He left no children. AK is a favorite lumber for woodworkers. America has about OAK two hundred kinds of oak. The red and white oaks are chief in interest. Wasteful methods have forced Europe to look for its supply in other directions, and Japan is trying to export its oak into Germany. Japanese oak is rather knotted and gnarled, but gives a very pleasant color. Oak supply from Southern Russia seems to be more fortunate in this respect. Best substitute for oak is the teak-tree, from India and Java, as also Burma and Siam. It is used extensively in shipbuilding, as wood is very oily and free of tannic acids, so that it can be used with iron construction, which latter does not rust in teak. Teak is little attacked by insects and does not warp. Teak-tree is tall, requires much air and is only at full growth when about 100 years old. Wood is specifically lighter than oak, but equal to it in strength and durability. Annual exploitation of teak in Siam is 115,000 trees. Enormous demand has already made a dearth in this wood imminent, so that the elephants that haul the logs down to the coast have to penetrate deeper into the forests. Siamese and Burmese authorities have therefore enacted laws to protect the growths and prevent the wasteful policy that has ruined the supply elsewhere. Increase in shipbuilding has made this wood scarce, and Australia has undertaken to provide a substitute in its eucalyptustrees. These timbers are very hard and heavy, have a grayish and reddish tone and are suitable for parquet floors and wood pave ments. Another substitute has been suggested in the so-called "Oukome," of which Hamburg imported about 70,000 tons in 1911. It comes from west coast of Africa, and is called either Gabuncedar or African mahogany. The color varies from yellow to violet, the wood is not as hard as mahogany, and inferior to the latter in properties. It has been in the trade only twelve years, offers enormous supplies, and is reported excellent for veneered work. -Woodcraft. J JACOB S. DISSTON FORMER PRESIDENT OF HENRY DISSTON & SONS ACOB STEELMAN DISSTON, is the youngest and only surviving son of Henry Disston. He was born August 4, 1862, and was educated at the Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania. MR. DISSTON entered the firm's employ in 1884 in the Treasury Department. Upon the Incorporation of the Company in 1886 he was made Treasurer. This office he held until 1911 when he was elected Vice-President in which capacity he served for two years. In 1913 he was elected President. After one year he resigned the Presidency on account of poor health and the press of personal interests. Since that time, although not active in an executive capacity, MR. DISSTON still has a strong interest in the direction of the company's policies through his position on the Board of Directors. MR. DISSTON spends a considerable amount of time at the plant each week aside from that demanded by Directors' Meetings. MR. DISSTON's outside interests are extensive. Among the offices which he holds at present are: President Tacony Trust Co. Director-Third National Bank. |