The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-09

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one and half story wood buildings,
one hundred and fifty feet depth by
sixty, fifty and forty feet front, and q
two story wood building, forty By
ninety,fye feet. In addition to these
they occupy three ono story wood
building, eighteen By one hundred
and fifty feet. This wsuld give an
ares of foors Of over fifty nine thorls-
and feet square In addition to these
| structures the company are about
| erecting 4 brick building, to be used
| for macL inc shops, seventy by seventy
| eight feet, and three stories in height.
) There are now employed in the dife
fsrsnt departments Of the Eagle Works
some four hundred men, enough Of
Themselves, with their families, to form
q respectable sized village. e4
During the past three months sixty
steam engines ana boilers have been
completed and sold, and we noticed
some fifteen to eighteen engines in
process aof construction, which are
neatly ordered for saw mill purposes.
These engines. varied from six to six-
ty horse power, most Of them being
from ten to twenty horse power. It
is unnecessary for us in this article, to-
say ,aught in praise Of the excellent
quality of. the engines produced by
this company. They are known to
every region Of colntry east, west,
north and south, which is at all tribu-
tary to Chicago, and have given
perfect and universal satisfaction to all
persons whe have tried them. They
are we'll and compactly built, of the
best material, and carefully and accu.
fately finished. 7a' % s'aso
One Of the most important branches
Of the business Of this concern is the
manufacture Of box freight cars
From nine to ten box freight cars are
turned out every week, equal to some
five hundred cars pcr::yesr The cars
are considered among the very best
manufactured in the country. We
noticed in the shop some eight or ten
new cars, nearly ready forthe Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy road. There
are used in this branch of business
eight thousand pounds of car wheels
daily, or about twelve hundred tons
yearly. The platform and box freight
cars are the only kinds made at these
| works. The cara made there are in
use on many ofthe western roads, and
have given excellent satisfaction.
During the present year the com
pany have commenced the manufac
ture ofa new and improved kind of
patent circular saw portable saw mill,
which has already become great ia.
vorite. II has been found to be both
cheap, durable and easily operated
Their construction is exceedingly SIM
pie, and they do the work required in
the most economical manner. From
the Prescott, Pierce county, Wisconsin
Transcript, Z we append a conmunica-
ton from one who has practically tes-
ted the working of these mills:
l Trimhelle. June 4th, 1856
Aessss. Edltoss.---As lumburinS con.
sSitztss considerable portion Of the in
terssss Of this community, and ~ every one
about to engage in the business wishes to
know what mill will manufacturs the most
lumber in ths least tine, and with the least
expense, take this opportunity of inform
| ing the public what sawed with one of p.
w. Gates l2-horse power circular saw
mills, belonging to Brocking, Hurt 4 Otis,
| of T.imbelle, Pierce Co., Wis. on Monday,
the 9pd day Of June, 1856, (slthousn I am
lisinteressad in the mill only % far a. wages
are coaeerned.) o
II We comnenced at4 l-2 o'clock, An,
run till s, stopped Is minutes for breakfast
and 6llinG, then rua till eight, when the
packing dew out Of the steam chest and we
were obliged to stop and pack. We then
started. but the packing being of no use, we
were obliged TO blow OF steam and re.pack,
which hiudered Us till 10. At 10 we started
with Z good hesd Of steam and run till II,
stopped so minutes for dinner, commenced
a1 - l.2, ran till 3, stopped Is minutes 10
Gle and then ran ill s, stopped t5 minutes
FOR supper and filing and then ran is min.
utes to ., making in I'll the time OF saving
IL hsurs, and sswsd Is round logs, from
ts IL fset in lsngsh. and from II to 30 in
chss in diameter making 15,4S8 feet of
lumber. sll Of which was sawed into three
feuetA and one inch stu6, except ) logs
which wsss sswsl into siding.
The above isa True statement Of the facts
b they occurred, and would not be afraid
10 wager SUN. iii was 4 betting man,
that the tnill can saw so,ecO feet Of lumber
lnl9 hours, BY selecting good logs and hav.
Ing the engine properly managed 20 as not TO
binder from break-downs. 3
SILysGTHoRa.
The following statement ofthe guam
titles Of the priuciple material consum-
| I'd in these immense works will doubt
less appear large to many persons, yet
We can assure them that the quantities
given are below rather than above the
sctual amount used. OF hard wood
lumber four thousand feet daily, or
over two millions feet yearly; of pine
lumber twenty-five hundred feet daily,
Or nearly eight hundred thousand feet
per snnum. Of pig iron seven tons
are used daily, or over two thousand
tons per anAam; ofbar iron six thoua-
and pounds are used daily, or nearly
i two millions pounds per annum; 81
boiler iron four Thousand pounds are
used daily, or oyer one million pounds
per snnum. One hundred tons OF
coal are used monthly, or twelve hun.
dred tons per annum.
Il A half day would bs well spent in
going over this establishment, and
witnessing the construction OF the va
!. rious machinery manufactured there,
and remembering thatinl1s4s its bus
mess was only 4l0, 900 per annum,
while in 1855 it will exceed rather
than fall short Of 81, ,0O0, ,o00-the Wis.
!. itor viii find plenty Of cause Of won.
. der. This great increase has been
J. brought about by study and well di.
; rscta industry and enterprise, and
,:i not by mers good luck OF happy sPseu-
1 latieas. The members Of the firm ere
!. thorough and intelligent business
& men, 60 well rs skilfil and experienc.
cd mechanics, snd with the energy