Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-05

FaExcs 1 DAviRo' LunBEn BrsixEss.
Manufactures mus. bs counted upon - ths
las Of our city, and none contribute % much
to its growth and prosperity - thoss pro-
dscsss Who furnish employment for labor !.
Neae do more in THE respect than the shove
msstiosed Arm-probabiy those sensleuen
who constitute that firm, take the Iced. This
opinion il based on the following facts and
6Surss, which will be examined with pleas
ure BY oil our readers who glory in the ad-
vancement Of our city-snd wc take It for
granted that all do.
Mcssrs Frerch 4 Davies saw mill vent
into active operation this year, about the
first II April. and has furnished steady EN-
ployment during the season for about 60
men. Up to Saturday night their tally book,
shows that they have manufactured 8. 45O 900
feet IL lum ner 2. .suo. .OOU shingles, and 900,
900 lath. Reckoning lumber ct an average
Of $23 per thousand andshingles and lsth at
81 per thousand, it will b seen that that
branch Of business am, UNITS 10 tS3,6O0. In
addition to this We find that they have
bought this season 5000, ,0Co feet Of lumber
in the raft for St. Louis and Ash, 900 feet
in the raft fas this mark I; also 300, 900 la,h
and 6OO,OO0 shingle. On Saturday last their
lumber trsnsaction amounted 10 full 80,
900. Among other things done that day.
they purchased 95O, 900 feet Of raft lumber
800, 900 lath and GO 900 shingles. Sam-
ming up these tran Sactions. we find that
they have cut and bought 0,9oO.OOO feet.
which represents nearly *23o. 900. and add
ing 81, 800 worth of lath and shingles.
makes hand some aggregate Of $252. 500.
or. over one quarter Of . million Of dollars.
The mill is now turning ou, lumber at the
rate of about 1000 feet per day. and will
continue to do SO IS long as the season lasts.
Furtacr comm snt is hardly necessary, only
70 mention that this immense business goes
far towards giving our city that heslthfu' !
prosperity which it now so eminently
enjoys. Sixty operatives represent nearly
sixty families, which draw sustcnance and
support through tho work afford d by this
concern alone.
II is stated as . fact and We believe it 70
be true, tnat French 1 Davies mill cuts
more lumber with its single mulay end sir>
gle circular saw than any other mill on the
Mississippi River. So complete and thor
ugh is it in it's machinery and arrange
ments that there does not seem to be false
motion among the little army Of men em.
ployed-not a moments waste OF time They
pay high wages in order to secure the bes,
hep. Some Of the operatives have been in
the mill seven years.
Were it not for discriminat ion in railroad
freights against Davenport and in favor Of
Chicago, the lumber business Of our ely
would be immense; but ~ things run now
our dealers have to depend manly upon
local trade.
There is now better prospect Of supply
Of lumber for carly building operations next
spring. The rata purchased BY French L
Dawes IN Saturday will be in market-or
enough Of them to supply the market until
tho mills get into operation. There will be
hardly log left in the booms this fall at any
of tho nils, - toy will hsvc to wait till
RATS arrive in tho spring before stsrting
up.