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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1912.
AFFECTS SUPPLY
OF LEADPENC1LS
American Cedar From Which
They Come Is About Exhausted,
NOTHING TO TAKE ITS PLACE.
1871
ABSOLUTE SECURITY
CHARTER MEMBERS !
OF - I
PROTECTION ENGINE CO. NO. 3. I
1012
The Leading Financial Institution of Wayne County
ne County Savings Bank,
Honesdale, Pa.
Capital Stock 1200,000.00
Surplus and Profits 350,000.00
Total Capital 550,000.00
Resources 3,050,000.00
Wo aro pleased to announce to ou r CUSTOMERS and FRIENDS that
by tho Increase of our CAPITAL ST OCK to $200,000.00 wo havo tho
largest CAPITALIZATION of any B ank in this SECTION.
CORRESPOND EXOE INVITED
OFFICERS:
W. B. HOLMES, President II. S. SALMON, Cashier
A. T. SEARLE, Vice-President W. J. WARD, Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
-J.
K. A. l'K.N.MMAN.
E. A. Pennlman, H. J. Conger and Georgo Foster, all of Honesdale, are the three surviving charter mem
bers of Protection Engine Company Xo. 3, having joined September 19, 1853, almost '59 years ago.
These gentlemen have been active
firemen. They held many ofllces and
never shirked their duties. All are
well-known men of Honesdale. Mr.
Pennlman, who for several years
was an editor of The Citizen, Is now
retired. Mr. Conger Is a member of
Kraft & Conger, coal agents, and
Jlr Foster has charge of the Foster
estate In Honesdale.
Mr Penniman served as treasurer
for one year, being elected to that
office June 12, 1S54. He also serv
ed as second assistant foreman and
first assistant foreman, being elected
to these offices September 2, 1856!
and March 6, 1SC1, respectively.
Mr. Conger's record In office In
cluded the treasurershlp for two dif
ferent terms. The first time for one
year, being elected Sept. 5, 1S55,
and the second time from September
5, 18C1 to 1SG5. He was also secre
tary for one year, being elected In
September 1S5G. He served as fore
man from September 5, 1SG5, for one
year. Mr. Foster was secretary for
three vears. serving from March 4,
1SG3 to 1SGG.
c. .i. imowx,
Oldest A'tive Ficeman of Protective
Engine Co. Xo. 3.
CaUin J. Brown who joined the
reorganized (oinpany of Protection
Engine Co. Xo. 3, was a member of
tho original company, being one of
the first three tire companies that
Honesdale had. His membership
with the old company dated back sev
eral years, his father, the late Thos.
S. Brown, being ono of the early
members of the original Xo. 3. C. J.
Brown stated to a representative of
this paper that when tho members of
the old company wanted to call a
meeting they would open a window,
take the nozzle off the hose t and
blow through It, using It as a mega
phone. Its serene tones vibrated up
on tho night air and the members re
sponded, coming in large numbers.
The method of calling, although very
crude, was unique. On IMarch 2,
1870 Mr. Brown was elected a mem
ber o Protection Engine Company
Xo. 3 and has since given the lire
department continuous service.
During theso years he has escaped
serious injury.
MOKTI.MOUH liltAXD.VMOHK,
In Servlf-o 4 7 Years with Protection
Company.
Mortlmoro Brandamore holds the
record of being tho oldest fireman In
service of Protection Engine Co. No.
3. LjiBt December ho closed tho 47th
GIXmGlO FOSTER.
year of active service. Since ho has
been unable to attend fires. How
ever, during these many years of ser
vice Mr. Hrandamorc was one of
the workers and was always found
at his post.
Mr. Brandamore served in the ca
pacity of first assistant foreman from
September G, 1871, to September 7,
1S72, and second assistant foreman
one year from October 10, 1S93. He
also served one year as a director of
the Honesdale Firemen's Relief As
sociation, which was organized 17
years ago. Mr. Brandamore Is now
living a retired life at his commodi
ous home on River street.
JOHX M. IiVOXS,
Chief Engineer for 37 Years.
Engineer Lyons, without a doubt,
held one office and position longer
than any other member of Protection
Engine Company Xo. 3. From the
time one of the rotary steamers
was purchased In 1875, Mr. Lyons
has had charge of the fire engines,
being an expert engineer and me
chanic. When tho A. M. Atkinson
steamer was bought it was claimed
by William Muir that the company
would have to pay an engineer $1,
000 per year to run it. He is cred
ited as being first engineer, but Mr
Lyons claims that Mr. Muir securod
him and that he took tho position
March, 1875. The following year,
September 13, 187G, ho (Lyons) was
elected, having served from 1875 to
1876 inclusive and continuously ever
since. Mr. Lyons is president of tho
Firemen's Relief Association, which
office ho has held since 1&96. The
association was organized December
27, 1895, when ho was elected vice
president, and Is also a charter mem
ber of same.
Thomas F. Carroll, who had been
assistant engineer of tho steamers
under Engineer J. M. Lyons for many
years previous to his going to Now
York City, is still ertained as assist
ant engineer by Mr. Lyons and In his
absence operates tho steamers in
connection with his brother, J. J.
Carroll, who Is assistant engineer of
tho company.
M.VI. G. H. WHITXKV,
Who for 33 Years Hold Reins Over
Steainor Horses.
Tho sixteenth annual reunion of
the descendants of Josoph and
Rhena Leo will be 'hold in Todd's
grovo at Uniondale, August 30,
1912. A large and early attendanco
Is requested. R. N. Lee, secretary.
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II. .1. COXGHH.
ABOUT WOOD ALCOHOL.
Delaware county, New York, has
5 wood acid Industries, one-seventh
of the number of factories of this
kind in the United States. New
York leads In tho production of
wood alcohol, while Pennsylvania
is a close second. The Walton Re
porter says: Tho late Thos. Keery
of Hancock, who died last year, was
ono of the pioneers in the business
in Delaware county at the time when
the iron retorts were first coming
Into use. Keery himself used to
wheel the wood to his factory In a
wheelbarrow. At that time wood al
cohol brought almost fabulous
prices.
The manufacture of wood alcohol
originated In Germany and the Ger
mans were the pioneers in tho busi
ness in the United States. The mak
ing of wood alcohol was a natural
step from the manufacture of char
coal, a leading Industry seventy-five
years ago. Fifty years ago factories
with iron retorts were succeeding
the old beehived shaped brick ovens
used In the manufacture of wood al
cohol and charcoal.
Within tho last few years another
change has taken place in tho busi
ness, the iron retorts being succeed
ed by largo brick ovens. Tho re
torts would hold only one and a half
cords of wood while tho ovens hold
eight cords each. Most of the fac
tories In Delaware county have from
two to four ovens.
Wood alcohol within the last few
years has been largely superseded In
use by denatured alcohol and the
price of wood alcohol in crude form
has dropped from fifty to twenty-flve
cents. The chief product now Is ace
tate of lime, from which is secured
acetic acid used In the manufacture
of smokeless gun powder.
C. A. McCAKTY,
Burgess of Honesdale.
Plow Early to Destroy Pcsih.
Fall plowing Is In full swing in
partB of Pennsylvania although In
some sections plowing Is not often
started much before tho beginning of
September. In some cases fields
which wore planted with wheat and
oats are now being turned over, al
though tho harvest has just ended.
It Is probable that all work In tho
fields will be early this year, owing
to tho rains, which caused weds to
spring up rapidly and brought about
numerous pests. Stato authorities
recommend plowing as soon as pos
sible In order to bring oggs of In
sects and grub worms to tho surface,
where weather and natural enemies
of tho pests will bo able to get
them.
SUA LEI) PROPOSALS,
Soalod rropoals will bo received
by tho trustees of tho Stato Hospi
tal for tho Criminal Insane at Far
view, Pa., for tho following Items:
One team of horses, ono two-ton
wagon, ono sot of harness combs,
brushes, netting, 75 busnoi3 of oats,
2 tons of hay, ono plow, ono harrow,
and other farm Implements, ono
stono crusher, onglno, screens, bins
and roller. Detailed information
may bo received on application to
tho Superintendent, Dr. Fltzslm
mons. All proposals must bo In tho
hands of tho Trustoes not lator than
August 21, 1912, tho Trustees re
serving tho right to rojoct any or all
bids.
WALTER McNICHOLS,
Chairman.
Buildings and Grounds Committee.
Oltf.
Scarcity Will Be Folt All Over Europe.
Germany Uses 100,000 Tons of Thij
Wood Each Yoar Makers Search
For n Substitute.
An Impending shortness of lend pen
cils throughout the entire world Is
forecast In the .Scientific American un
less a substitute wood can be found
to take the plnco of the practically ex
hausted supply of American pencil ce
dar. The properties of tlvo native pen
cil cedar, which Includes the northern
red cedar nnd southern cedar, are so
mnrked nnd so different from thone nt
other commercial woods that it seems
almost hopeless to hud a satisfactory
substitute. Even now earnest experi
ments are being made with several va
rieties in the hope of finding a suitable
substitute. The mast recent Is with
an East African variety of wood re
sembling cedar.
"There is no other wood using Indus
try in the United States so dependent
upon a single species as the pencil in
dustry Is upon red cedar," nays tho
scientific journal. "The scarcity of tho
pencil material will soon be felt also
in Europe. A firm In Nuremberg, Ger
many, makes annually over 300,000,000
lead pencils out of the Araorican cednr.
About 100,000 tons, or 7,500,000 cubic
feet, of wood are required for making
these pencils. An equal nmount Is con
snmod annually In tho United States
in the pencil industry nlone. This
makes a total of over 200,000 tons, or
nbout 15,000.000 cubic feet, of wood
annually, or a llttlo over COO tons of
cedar wood are used for pencils each
day in the year. How long the sup
ply will last at this rato of consump
tion it is (liificnlt to say, but It is certain
tliat unless a sultablo substitute is in
troduced some of tho mills now In op
eration must shut down inside of a
few years.
Requirements Most Rigid.
"The requirements for wood used in
the pencil Industry are most rigid. The
wood must be soft, light, strong, close
nnd strong grained, free from defects
and must not check or warp. The
physical properties of cedar are sub
ject to considerable variations, due
to soil nnd climatic conditions, and for
this reason it must be carefully inspect
ed and graded ns to quality. Tho light
est and softest wood is produced In tho
swampy hummocks of Florida and
Georgia.
"The older tho tree tho softer and
better the wood becomes. The wood
of tho shell of rotten logs is said to
be tho best for making lead pencils.
Tho hard flinty wood, such as Is ob
tained principally from trees on tho
dry upland or near Its western limit of
distribution, is considered poor grade.
"Pencil makers both In this country
and abroad have long since been search.
Ing for n sultnble wood to take the
place of cednr, nnd an announcement
has been mado that a substitute was
discovered In East Africa which may
be obtained in sufficiently large quan
tities at a reasonable price. In Eu
rope this announcement was accepted
at Its full face value. In America tho
pencil makers prefer to wait pending
more exact Information for fonr that
this discovery may sbaro tho fate of
many others, which under the rigorous
tost of quality, amount of available
supply and cost of production, have
failed to realize tho anticipations form
ed by thefn or even to establish a
claim to commercial value. There can
be very little doubt, however, in ease
of the wood from East Africn, because
It Is known to bo a very good wood nnd
pencil makers hare tested It and found
it to be nn excellent substitute for the
American cedar.
East African Cedar.
"Tho introduction of a new wood is
nsually very slow, and the promoters
and exploiters of strange woods fre
quently scoro heavy losses, although
tho kinds they import nrc good and use
ful. This East African cedar is now
being Imported Into Germany, and It
is likely that It will soon bo used In
this country. Tho tree which yields
this wood is vory closoly allied to our
pencil cedar and Is known botanlcnlly
ns Junlperus procern. It forms a beau
tiful tree from 70 to 125 feet In height
and from two to four feet in diameter.
Slater, an English naturalist, states
that In British East Africa tho tree
often attains a height of 200 feet and
a diameter of six feet. East African
cedar is distributed over tho mountain
ous districts from Abyssinia southward
into German East Africa nnd is found
In great abundance around Killniuud
schnro. "Similar to our nativo cedar, tho
wood Is soft, light, durable, easily
worked, highly scented, of good color,
uniform texturo and flno grained. Tho
annual rings of growth nro Indistinct
to tho unaided eye. Tho surfaco ex
posed by cutting tho wood with a
sharp knife is very smooth and has n
satiny luster. Thoso aro facts which
will placo this wood on a par with tho
Amurlcan pencil cedar."
Teeth In Moving Pictures.
Moving pictures of teeth, showing
Iho process of decay, is a novel stunt
to bo shown beforo tho international
congress of-'hygieno at Washington In
W. B. HOLMES A. T. SEARLE
T. B. CLARK C. .1. SMITH
W. F. SUYDAM H. S. SALMON
J. W. FARLEY
July 15, 1912.
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