Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

nd adjoining. and in the City limits, they ea
avesswitbeut price, lotto eachon OF the g
len, who have availed themselves of the op; Il
ortunity, and with cheap, broken lumber, tt
7hich they obtained at nominal price, each b
as built for his family snug dwelling. The 81
ngine, boilers, and Hues of the establishment n
re of the latest saving Improvements, so that a
he off-fall, the saw-dust, broken edgings, but a
ings, &C., which can be used for nothing else, a
furnish the supply of fuel to drive the ma Q
.hinery; and even this supply so far exceeds t
the need of the mill, that all the families about
and contiguous to the establishment get from
It all their fire-wood; and yet, even this de-
mand does not use it up: large stone kiln
is constantly kept burning to use up the ref
use which can be got rid of in no other way;
on which fact Mr. ScHULENBERG sarcastically
remarked, "The people of this city are not
poor enough to accept and haul away fire.
wood which they can have here for nothing"
Thus are the workmen situated materially and
pecuniarily. They have to be on hand and
attentive for twelve hours every day, and are
necessarily very industrious; but they have
no hard aoorE to do: all the hard lifting that
requires muscular strength instead of skill be- |
ing done by the steam-p power, the intelligent
skill of the men being only needed to guide
and feed the machinery.
could not help seeing the anxiety Mr..
ScHULENBERG manifested for the comfort of
the workmen. In talking about the various
improvements of machinery, he feeling said,
without any apparent thought of self'lauda-
ton, 81 am constantly seeking for all improve
ments which will save the men from hard
work; but improvements are not yet what
they should be; while we have many wonder
full inventions for saving our men from toll,
our aoomen have to do nearly all their work in
the same old, hard, drudging way-great I'M
provements are needed in their departments"
A remark that convinced me of his true hu-
manity, and of the blessings it must be to
have such man at the head Of a great manu-
featuring company.
He told me the lath and shingles, which are
turned out in great quantities, one shingle
saw making fifteen thousand shingles day,
were only made from the off-falls which could
not otherwise be used The lath is made oi
slabs, edgings, and rotten, broken pieces o.
, plank, &C. The shingles are made Of rotten
, hollow-hearted, rotten-knotted logs, unfit fol
merchantable lumber, but which, on being Gu
5 into short bolts, will furnish two-thirds ant
three -fourths of their entire solidity of excel
S lent shingle material.
! Ihave also paid visit to-day to the saw
: mill of Messrs. HERsEY, STAPLES, Il Go
i Their mill is at the extreme lower point G
j. the City, as ScHULENBERG, BoEcKLoEUR,
g Cos. is at the upper point. 1t is of a hur
: dred and ty-horse power capacity, and Cal
), ries only one gang of twenty-five saw.
and three or four single sash-saws, with til
e accompanying circular, lath, and shingle-saw
But description of one is description
II the other. All their appointments and m
q thods and facilities being like and similar.
J. witnessed there, however, what did not ha
pen to see at SGHULENBERG's-thes saw -filir
y machine in operation. This was only in kee
l. ing with the other wonderful improvement
y A file is fastened into a machine, driven
OF steam-power, which is so perfect that say
Oh can be filed much more accurately and bett
than by the old hand way. Its rapidity, to
e, was another wonder. The fler told me
r. could "dress a hundred saacs a day.
o. have not visited any of the other mil
and can say nothing of their appointments
capacity.
'at In going to ScHULENBERG's s mills, yesterda
g we passed the State Prison, a very well-bui
- ~ substantial looking stone structure, surroun
~ ed by high, heavy stone wall. Mr.. DELA
. told me there are only two prisoners in
prison, and that the steam-power and n
chinery are hired to company who VIC
=. them. The prisoners work for the compar
- for which the State receives wages, the sal
~ as other workmen in the company's emple
~ ~ m-nt. The company pays the State, also,
49, the use of its machinery and facilities.
' The warden's house, built of stone, il il
dilapidated condition. Half its foundation
-. on ledge of rocks, and half on bed
' ' quick-sand. That part over the sand has s
~ tied till great seam is opened in the mid
w ~, of the building from top to bottom. A hu
stone-wall brace, looking like leaning il
~ smelting-furnace chimney-stack, is built fr
.ho the ground up against the settling end, to kt
-, it from falling The whole is bad and
,ro- slightly.
yer There is no Touring mill here, but sho
no. think one much needed. The coun
nth contiguous to and surrounding the c
gle. must be fine agriculturing one. l motto
ak as came here from St. Paul, as l rose
ing bank this side of Bass Lake, six nj
en- from here, a new character Of land-m
ak level, quite smooth, with darker, ric
ing, loan, and the large farms with their fine fie
of of luxurient looking grain give token of q
avs productiveness. There are fine opportuni
1tly for mill here, but none of the splendid
IN" ter-powers are improved, excepting the
el." next the Lake, on which is the old saw-n
,hy have not asked Mr.. McKUsIcK the rea
up why, but citizens say Gnterested witnes
gs" perhaps) that it is because he demands
the high price Tor the privilege. / know
are how this is, nor-in one sense, has any on
the right to inquire, for our democratic theory
the that every man has right to manage his G
the property in his own way, but in another SCI
,ero in the sense where the pu6Iac has rlgh
ting the use or Improvement of natural faci
age. or power, adapted to; the benefit Of the vi
avs people, every such state of things bring
xact mind, with renewed intensity, my old op
sure sitioo to moaopoly. I mean by this no