Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 27, 1924, Page 19

SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1924. By methods new to large scale lumbering and wood working the Ford Motor company has installed a new wood sawing system which has demonstrated savings of from 35 to 50 per cent in the cutting of fine hardwood for automobile body parts by sawing them direct from unedged planks as they come from the logs. This is an achievement in wood con- servation as important as the gen- eration has produced. ‘The system is already on @ production basis at the saw mills and woodworking plants of the Ford, Motor company at Iton Mountain, L’Anso and River Rouge. In the ‘past body parts have been made out of kiln-dried boards, which were sawn to uniform size and grade. Much of the youngest and best wood was wasted in “this process, and in cases where the lug was curved or irregularly shaped the scrap’ often exceeded the merchantable timber obtained. “The Ford system is absurdly simple Planks with the bark left on are cut from a log in paralle) plans varying Where patterns for various parts are marked out until the plank {s com- pletely covered with patterns right up to the bark. Any irregularities, such a8 the swell at the butt, are taken advantage of in laying out curved or irregular parts. Instead of trimming off large piece to avoid a knot or check, the layout men simply go around it. This method permits the utilization of nearly all the wood, the scrap being extremely small, The various parts are then cut éut with a high-sped band saw. From now on all hardwood limbs and tops not under four inches in diameter will be brought to the Ford mills. Another saving possible under the new system is in the logging operation. Much timber. has been sacrificed in an effort to get straight logs of standard length. There have been cut off at a height of from two to three fect in order to avoid the Swell at the butt. They are now ‘sawn six inches from the ground. It is no longer necessary to avoid the crotch of a tree. The shape of the this method arg superior to those sawn out of edged and trimmed boards as the grain may be followed more advantageously, This is es- pecially true of curved parts, a large number of which are found in body construction. Much of the youngest and best wood in the tree was wast- ed-under the edging method, but this ix now completely salvaged. Not only are more parts obtainable from a (ree but beter parts as well, This practice of cutitng the parts to rough shape while the wood is still green has also simplified the whole process of kiln-drying, reduc- ing the spoilage to a noticeable de- gree and shortening the time re- quired by approximately 10 Ynys. The old time lumbermen and wood- workers who frecly predicted that the new system woul! break down at the kilns were rather chagrined to find that the parts came through with less warping and end-checking than the boards from which the parts were formerly sawed. Ithas been es'imated that this new system will mi the Ford forests last one-third longer, pozsibly inde- finitely if proper inethods of refores- tration are followed. A young and vigorous growth ot timber is con- stantly coming up, and these trees will not have to réach full maturity before they become available for body parts manufacture, Che Casper Sunday Cribune PAGE SEVEN. aac ener. PAGE SEVEN, FORD TAKES IMPORTANT CONSERVATION STEP BY INTRODUCTION OF NEW METHODS OF WOOD SAWING public the new method, and ‘it ts hoped that other compantes will take advantage of the economies offered. It would be a conservational meas- ure of national importance if saw mill operators instead of sawing boards would saw complete parts or dimensional stock. Automobile body companies, furniture factories and other woodworking industries cou‘ have their parts made right at the mill, thus making an enormous sav- ing in lumber, in addition to which they would profit by lower freight rates. Tho general scheme of the system is universal in its applica- tion. Fire Insurance Rate Is Low On New Oakland ‘What the company that manufac- tures a motor car thinks of that car is one thing. ‘What the public thinks of the car is another thing. But what the insurance companies think of the car—a cold, analytical calculation based on facts and fig- ures—is a matter of business, Oakland's construction has re- panies in reducing the insurance rates on the 1924 models. No fewer than four different reductions have been granted. Regardless of price, there is no car with a lower fire rate, due to the fact that Oakland is so well con- structed from the point of view of fire protection, _——_——— TOWN OF RENO MOVED FROM THE — RAILROAD Reno, a small community six miles east of Paris, Texas, has reversed the time honored custom of towns following the railroad. Reno has moved away from the railroad to the new concrete highway: that runs east out of Paris. This town on the Texas & Pacific Rajlroad, saw only four trains a day passing through it while about a half-mile away a steady stream of traffic was passing over the con- crete highway. So the town packed up all of its three business houses and moved over to the highway. Only a swimming pool was left at the old site, ——_—_—_—__ AUTO EQUIPMENT COMPARY IS BIG ASSET TO CASPER TRADE By SPARK PLUG An article appearing In the auto- mobile section of last Sunday Tri- bune, which dealt with the possibili- tles of a greater understanding be- tween Casper automotive whole. salers and retailers and the mem- bers of the trade in general was meant in no way to Intimate that the Auto Equipment company one of Casper’s accessory wholesale houses, is in any way a foreign or- ganization and not worthy of the trade of the automotive retailers of this city. On the other hand, the article was Published for the sole purpose of creating a stronger bond of union between Casper automobile men, and to safeguard our wholesalers who haye put their money and faith in Casper, against the encroachments of mail order houses and representa- tives of outside supply houses who have no Casper offices and who at- tempt to sell local retailers articles which they may obtain through our own wholesalers. of the Denver Company, and {s an outgrowth of that company, is in- corporated under the Wyoming laws and is in every sense of he word a Casper organization. It has purchas- ed land in this city upon which it will soon erect its own building. This fact alone is proof enough of the company’s faith in Casper and in its future. California and Ohio Lead AllIn Used Auto Sales ST, LOUIS, April 26.—California and Ohio led all states in the total sales of used automobiles in the first three months of 1924 says the National Automobile Dealers’ Association in bulletins age of dealers who had not made any sales in the samo period. In Wisconsin 89.4 percent of the dealers reporting on used car stocks, also reported that they had not made any sales of used cars in the first quarter. In Kentucky 39.2 percent of the dealers report- ed they had not sold any used cars. In Iowa 32,1 percent of the dealers reported no sales of used cars; Missouri 21.2 percent, Oregon. 10 percent, Washington 20.7 per- cent, Louisiana Mississipp! 10 per- cent, Illinols 20.4 percent, New York 18.5 percent. Pennsylvania, 16.9 percent, Michigan 23.8 per- cent, Indiana 15.4 percent, Ken- tt 39.2 percent, Minnesota, 12.8 percent, Arkansas-Tennesses 11.5 percent California 5.9 percent. —— aaa Sunday School in Mountain View The Mountain View Sunday school will hold a meeting this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mr. P, F. Pickell. Fifty persons at- tended the meeting held Iast week. —»— A method for the utilization of : which were put into circulation | dried potatoes in the making of a according to the shape of the log.|P!anks is of no Consequence. Tn tho interests of forest conserva-|oeived no finer recommendation than| New York City has nearly one| ‘The Auto Equipment company, of| here today. California men Ohlo | str le beer has been per- ‘These are sent to ‘layout tables’ The body parts produced under! tion the Ford Motor company makes! that given by the inaurance com-! hundred policewomen Casper although it bears the name. also rep: iin. cherie } ' MEN! 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