Down the hill into the lumber district he walked, and Detective Gubb dodged from tree to tree.
The roads were almost impassable; he left his lumber at Arthurs', but carried with him his window, a few boards for a door, and a little bundle of drygoods.
Some miles to the east Dick Matheson, straight from the lumber camps of the Madawaski, had pitched his tent, and a few miles farther on was his friend of the shanties, John Burton.
Great wagons of lumber were being loaded at the lumber yards, and an unbroken procession of wagons and farm machinery of every description was wending its way slowly into the distance where lay hope of home or fortune for the new settler.
The contractor in charge of the teams hauling lumber complained that he must have more protection or he would be unable to do the work.
Captain James Powell of the Twenty-seventh Infantry was ordered out to protect the lumber camps.
Exports of wheat, provisions, and lumber went to Philadelphia or New York, which were near and convenient.
The loam, clay, and limestone soils on the Pennsylvania tide of the Delaware produced heavy crops of grain, as well as pasture for cattle and valuable lumber from its forests.
The lumber was hard to work because it was full of frost, and the boards gave off a sweet smell of pine woods, as the heap of yellow shavings grew higher and higher.
When at last the lumber and tools were assembled, and the doors were closed again and the cold drafts shut out, grandfather rode away to meet the coroner at the Shimerdas’, and Fuchs took off his coat and settled down to work.
Mere lumber in the manor-house, fit only for the butterman, sometimes turns to leaves of gold when submitted to such microscopic analysis.
To the mines and the lumber camps, to the ancient Spanish folk of our continent, to those deluded by the false Prophet--to all of these Home Missions has carried its threefold ministry of saving, teaching and training.
A saw-mill, the gift of a generous Eastern layman, has been a most practical means of evangelising, not only furnishing lumberfor houses, but healthful occupations for the men.
But the timber and lumber used must be sound and strong; and then, properly put together, it may defy their most destructive ingenuity.
For the lowest sum, the lumber and work would be of a rough kind, with a cheap wash to color it; but the latter amount would give good work, and a lasting coat of mineral paint both outside and within.
The several rooms in this building are 8 feet high, affording a good lumber room over the workshop, and hay storage over the wagon-house and stable.
Sizing them up from a distance, I said to myself that the lumber in them hadn't been very long out of the mill.
You say two of the buildings are new; did you make any inquiries about recent lumber shipments to the Wire-Silver?
It was this gang we are presupposing--the gang that has been stealing lumber and lime and other material by the car-load.
Have you found any trace of those two car-loads of company lumber lost in transit between here and Red Butte two weeks ago?
Two car-loads of building lumber sent to repair the station at Red Butte vanished somewhere between the Angels shipping-yards and their billing destination.
He had learned that in back were low-roofed lumber sheds, though the lumber had long since been carted away to Germany.
Still crouched over, he darted quickly to the side and sped around the corner of the nearest lumber shed.
When they hadn't found him among the lumber sheds, they had instantly guessed he had headed for this deserted section of town.
As soon as he got his second wind, he started cutting across lots, hugging the shadows until the lumber sheds were far behind him and he was scurrying along the dark and smelly streets of the deserted poor section of the city.
Later on, when lumber was obtainable, these articles of furniture were replaced by more serviceable ones.
Such were not the stagecoaches of our forefathers; they were simply lumber wagons without springs and covered with canvas like the prairie schooners, or plain wooden enclosures with seats suspended by leather straps.
There was an opening for a door, but no lumber was to be had at any price, unless it was sawed out by the tedious process of the whip-saw, so doors there were none; but a quilt hung over the opening served the purpose.
When lumberbecame available, a plank or thick board door took the place of the quilt in the doorway.
He selected a site and made his plans for a flour-mill, and, partly to get lumber for it, he determined to build a saw-mill also.
Many people were living in little A tents or in their canvas-covered wagons, waiting for lumberto arrive with which to build houses.
Afterwards the towns were created by speculators far in advance of the farming settlement; and by the conveniences they afforded for selling crops, and buying implements, lumber and household supplies, they attracted farmers to their vicinity.
Such development has been due largely to the importance of the lumberindustry which in this section of the state has assumed large proportions.
This is the most important tree of the state, for its product houses the people, and for the past ten years has insured Washington first place in lumber production in the United States.
Salmon canneries, lumber and shingle manufacturing and ship building may be seen to advantage.
In vicinity are the largest salmon cannery in world and one of largest lumber and saw mills on coast.
Other trees which providelumber and add grace to the Washington woods are the hemlocks, spruces, larches, and white firs, in the western part of the state; and the pines and tamaracs in a number of the eastern counties.
The Lumber Unstacker Car, used for unloading cars of Lumber loaded by the Automatic Stacker.
Heavy two-inch or three-inch stuff is also liable to attack even in loose piles with lumber or cross sticks.
First we must understand that as long as the lumber is moist and drying, it will always be cooler than the surrounding air, the amount of this difference being determined by the rate of drying and the moisture in the wood.
It is important that heavy lumber should, as far as possible, be cut in the winter months and piled so that it will be well dried out before the middle of March.
With this fact in mind it is clear that the function of the lumber in a kiln is exactly analogous to that of the ice in an ice box; that is, it is the cooling agent.
Never work lumber through the factory that has more than 5 or 6 per cent of moisture or less than 3 per cent.
In Figure 51 will be seen another method of piling lumber on the flat, "cross-wise" of the dry kiln when same has three tracks.
In Figure 50 will be seen method of piling lumber on the flat, "cross-wise" of the dry kiln when same has three tracks.
The temperature and humidity within the kiln, taken alone, are no criterion of the conditions of drying the pile of lumber if the circulation in any portion is deficient.
One cylinder) ranges from 30 per cent to 90 per cent and is applicable to green lumber only.
Preliminary steaming is frequently used to moisten the surface if case-hardened, and to heat the lumber through to the center before drying begins.
Should test and mark each pile of lumber when first piled in the yard, and later when sold it should be again tested and the two records given to the purchaser.
The bunks on which the lumberrests are channel steel.
But the lumber for the doors and tables and window-sash--it's so true and smooth and beautiful; how did you get that?
There is no floor in the roadhouse; all the lumber has been whipsawed by hand, the furniture manufactured out of boxes and stumps, the utensils of the rudest.
For Mr. Wirt of the Congregational Church arrived with lumber to erect a hospital, and Raymond Robins, a young man of great earnestness and talent, who has since arisen to national prominence, came with him to help in Christian work.
To offset this idea I purchased lumber for a building, had it put in the churchyard, and cut up ready for framing.
The school cut then, as it does now, most of the lumber used in the carpentry division, and efficient students were needed and desired.
In the basement of the school building was some lumber which had been used for a platform.
Forty acres of land were purchased, and a part of the lumberfor a good, comfortable building was put upon the grounds.
With the assistance of one of the teachers this stage-lumber was converted into five bedsteads and three small tables.
There's no lumber to be had anywhere," I objected.
I know where there's three good stout boxes made of real lumber that we can get for forty dollars," said Yank.
She gaily tossed a kiss at the king of the lumber world.
In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
Besides, the lumber business meant endless figures and measurements in stuffy offices and he retreated from it all.
The independence of the life he lived, the freedom from resting upon the financial will of the lumber king had given him light, air and confidence.
Well, Fabian has to put money into something," she answered, "and the only business he knows is lumber business.
I thought it was just lumber like in the other attics, and I might have got clear away with it if I had known, as easy as not.
The doors of two of these were open and within was merely a collection of such lumber as soon accumulates in any house.
During the space of one brief moment, a dreadful and appalling moment, there was a wild strange hunting up and down the narrow space of that upper attic, cumbered with lumber and old, disused furniture.
He saw the time, not far distant, when the world would be compelled to look elsewhere for its lumber supply, and he turned his eyes to the almost unknown North.
The next morning they took the early train for Monrovia, where were situated the big mills and the offices of the nine other lumber companies.
This wreckage constituted a miscellaneous jumble, although most of it was lumber from the deck-loads of the vessels.
The seven or eight million feet oflumber comprised in Carlin's drive would keep the men below busy until the other owners, farther down and up the tributaries, should also have put their season's cut afloat.
The freighting of lumber added much to the income, and the carrying of machinery and other heavy freight on the return trip grew every year.
Accordingly, the three vessels were laid alongside the wharves at the mill, and as fast as possible the selected lumber was passed into their holds.
At length he hopped down and made his way to the office of the Welton Lumber Co.
About eleven o'clock a clerk of the Welton Lumber Co.
Most of the free lumber in Haydensville was burned in a triumphant bonfire, and many of the undergraduates celebrated so joyously with their winnings that they looked sadly bedraggled for several days afterward.
They turn into beasts every pay night; and bad as some of our college parties are, they aren't a circumstance to a lumber town on pay night.
I worked in a lumber camp for a year, and after you've been with a gang like that for a while, you'll understand the difference between them and college fellows.
The Lumber Yard is a sort of Alsatia, to which the hunted prisoner retires.
I accompanied Mr. Pounce to the Lumber Yard, and, on our entry, we observed a man in the crowd round the cook-house deliberately smoking.
There is a place enclosed between high walls adjoining the convict barracks, called the Lumber Yard.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lumber" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
