. American forestry. Forests and forestry. McGARVEY CLINE Director of Forest Products Laboratory, United States Forest Service, Madison, Wisconsin It is now five years since the first steps were taken to provide a labora- tory in which all the necessary investi- gations involved in the use of wood could be made. An appropriation was requested from Congress, but was not secured. An attempt was made to lease a suitable building in Washington, but one could not be located. Contractors were found who were willing to erect a building such as was desired, but be- cause a long-time lease could not be
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. McGARVEY CLINE Director of Forest Products Laboratory, United States Forest Service, Madison, Wisconsin It is now five years since the first steps were taken to provide a labora- tory in which all the necessary investi- gations involved in the use of wood could be made. An appropriation was requested from Congress, but was not secured. An attempt was made to lease a suitable building in Washington, but one could not be located. Contractors were found who were willing to erect a building such as was desired, but be- cause a long-time lease could not be made, and because a building of the kind desired if vacated for its original purpose could be used for but little else, the proposed lease rate was so high as to make the project impracti- cable. After considering many possibilities, we at last hit upon the idea of enlisting the aid of a university to secure the needed facilities. The matter was pre- sented to several prominent institutions situated in the region within which it was considered advisable to locate the laboratory. Nearly all became inter- ested at oncC;, and three of them re- sponded with very attractive proposi- tions. These were the state universities of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Not only were their propositions good, they became very eager to secure the prize. State pride was aroused. To decide between them was no easy mat- ter. After careful and full considera- tion, the University of Wisconsin was 325. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Forestry Association. Washington, D. C. : American Forestry Association
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