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Show LUMBER PILING APPARATUS Through tho utilization of a power driven piling runchlno of recent development, de-velopment, lumber Btncks In some of tho big ynrds in different cities aro being curried to heights ns great ns 42 feet. The appearance of theso ynrds la very striking, but the significant signif-icant fenturo Is represented In tho economic phnso of tho change which Is taking place. Tho stacking machine ma-chine Is cutting tho cost of piling and unplllng lumber, economizing spneo, lessening tho cost of roofing lumber and pile bnses, and also lowering labor la-bor costs. Tho machlno will handle boards of any width not grentcr than 18 inches hor thicker thnh 1 Inches nnd In lengths from 8 to 21 feet. It may bo moved from ono stack to another readily and will unpllo a stack Just as rapidly as It builds it. In addition to its other functions, tho apparatus furnishes an effective flro lighting equipment, as shown by an Illustration Illustra-tion In tho March Populnr Mechanics Magazine. At tho upper end of n large plpo oxtondlng to tho top of tho stacker a monitor nozzlo Is mounted. In enso of flro breaking out In n ynrd, a flro hoso may bo connected con-nected nt the lower end of the plpo. Tho machlno then becomes a flro fighting tower from which a blazo may bo coinbnted, Stnco the monitor nozzlo car. bo turned In nny direction and tho apparatus raovod from ono point to another, It la a valuable pro. tcctlou for n yard. |