Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-19

NEW SAW MILL IN DAVENPOkT.-A lew
days ago we made mere mention Of the fact
that Messrs. Lindsay 4 Phelps. lumber
dealers Of this city, had purchased the site
Of the old Christie mill at East Davenport,
for the purpose Of erecting . new saw mill
thereon. Being more fully in possession Of
the particulars Of this enterprise, We tsks
pleasure in presenting them 10 the public.
In addition to the original Christie prop
er.y. which is some 500 by 400 feet, fronting
90 the river just above the Arsenal Brewery,
Messrs. Lindsay 4 Phelps have secured
further river frontage of 100 feet, which
gives them $50 feet front--s space sufficient
for yard purposes. and water right sufficient
for their rats.
Upon these premises they will erect .
mill 81 feet front and 100 feet deep. The
basement walls will be heavy stone masonry,
and the superstructure Of frame work Ia
cutting lumber they exactly reverse the
order OF things in tho other mills OF this
city that is TO say, the log on being drawn
into the mill first comes in contact with q
saw placed above another, which takes OF
the slabs aad cuts it into "stocks" Of any
desired thickness. These arc then placed
before gang of thirty upright saws, which
cut the 'stocks" into boards. Further along
these boards are brought into contact with
a gang Of four rotary saws. which by an
ingenious contrivante can be moved close
together or separated wide apart At will,
which cut these boards into any desired
widtll-for flooring, fencing. barn boards,
or any other style-cutti:g five or six
boards, as they come from the gang, At once.
by this arrangement, as mill men we'll un-
derstand, there are no fslse motions what
ever every move, from the front Of the
mill to the rear, is In regular succession,
and - the boards leave the rotary gang,
they pass into the yard for sorting and pill
ing.
With such an arrangement Of saws.
driven BY loO.horse power engine. &c.
600 feet Of lumber can be cut in day, or
10000 feet when running night and day,
which is from eight to ten thousand feet
per day, or from lG 900 to 10000 feet per
"a hours, more than our best mills have
been used to cutting
In addition to these facilities there will
be other saws for cutting lath, shingle.
pickcts. ETC., making . full complement. Of
about 40 saws
The steam will be supplied BY three "A
inch boilers of five fues each the engine
100 horse. and the connecting power by
friction pulleys instead Of betting.
The services Of Mr.. W. Scott, who has
been resident Of our city for fifteen years
past, and who has had great experience in
saw mill life. have tcan secured as supcrin-
tehdent Of this mill
The proprietors have sufficient stock Of
logs already secured to supply the mill sew
eral months. They have made the neccs-
sary provisions for attaching . planning ma
chine Is soon as required.
The work Of drawing stone and other ma
serial for the foundation has already CONS
menced The timber for the supsrstructure
is being cut At the mill Of Hewitt / Wood,
Neslsville, Wis, (who are also interested
in this mill) and will be brought.down a.
soon as the river opens.
They propose TO have the concern in run
ming order by the middle Of August next
in season for fall business. The cost of this
mill is estimated ct about $4,000.
This is valuable improvements man
ufac,ory that will furnish employment for
thirty or forty men, and otherwise swell the
commercial interests OF our city. May the
entcrprising men who are thus helping to
build up the interests Of our town find their
capital protitably employed.