The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-12-06
VOL. XI.---NO. 40.


gang" "mulay saws" &c. Some of the
gangs have from % to 80 saws in single
gate.
The economical administration of the
business of these mills is very thorough,
and instructive to contemplate. Nothing
is lost or wasted that it is possible to use.
The outside slabs of the logs, as they coue
tlom the gangs are passed to circular
saws, by means of which they are FIRST cut
in proper lengthS for making laths or pick
cts. Circular saws, fed by boys, divide
the strips into laths with wonderful celer.
ity, whilst other hands tic them into bum
dies ready for ahi pmcnt. In this way we
have made the sawn lsths, which Of late
years have so completely superseded the
old-iashioued split lath, in spite of the
prejudice which 50 long conton!ei that
plaster would not adhere to the new fash
Toned variety.
As rapidly as the logs are converted iu-
to boards and planks, the product 10 re-
moved as we have said, by means If the
railway tracks and ears, to the storage
grounds.
Another remarkable feature of tho econ
omy of the administration of these prills il
the fact that the only fdeI used in generat-
ing steam power is aSdust Engines of
about l25 horse. power each, performing
the heaviest and toughest kind of lab,r,
are supplied with motive power, through
AN agency which might otherwise BE- con-
sidered as almost entirely worthless. The
sawdust is collected by machinery. 1t
falls through gratlng3 bjnea.h Tho saving
apparatus into fiat trougtls, which pass
through every portion OF the lover A)ors.
These thoughts are trAvcrsed by eulless
chains, to which are attached, ut short in.
tervals, woo len sctaperS, which carry the
sawdust along from uue trough to another
uutil it is finally deposited in the fire.
rooms. Here the dust passes into the
furnaces and is found to be amply sufi-
cient, furnishing by It's combustion,
fierce aud steady neat
The logs now in these basins, and which
the mills have for some time past been en-
gagged in saving, consist mainly of those
that in the Course Of the last three years
have gone adritt from the Wllljamsport
baoms Much Of this material has been re.
covered at distant points down the Caesa-
peake Bay, in creeks and nlets where it
had either been carried BY the currents or
been secroted by dishonest persons who
thought to appropriate it to their own use
OF course it has been very expensive
vpcracivu to tho uwuers Vr TIL, property 10
recover the same and tow the logs back to
the SuSquohanna. A comlhi tee, represent
ing the owners of the stray logs, was APP.
pointed some time ago to Superinteud the
business, who are now engaged at the
mills taking account of the logs as the saw
ing progresses. The marks des gaating
each owner, stamped on the ends Of the
logs, is regularly registered as they are
brought into the mill, and by this means
the share of each owner in the product,
after deductiug all expenses, is accurately
determined. These logs are usually about
16 feet in length. The trunks of the
white pine tree gonora!!y average from 1
to 6 of such logs.
The entire water front Of the Mills fur.
nishes abundant depth for vessels of Goa
siderable size, and long piers have been
run out on piles beyond the basins, sup.
piled with railroad tracks, by which means
lumber is conveniently brought down to be
shipped to Baltimore AMI other points,
The railroad which will shortly connect
the town with the Philadelphia and Bal
timore Railroad is also 10 be carried down
to the bay shore, where, at the foot Of the
avenue, additional facilities for shipping
will be provided.
1t is in contemplation to start other man.
ufaetures AT Otkir gton, and a number of
sites have been reserved aloog the line of
the railroad for such purposes, Among
Others, it is purposed to establish paper
mill, to help turn to account some Of the
immense accumulations Of waste sawdust
and fragments of ibrous wood, which is
now entering SO largely into the manufac-
ture of paper. Although the mills use os
we have stated, sawiust for fuel, yet it
accumulates faster than it can BIO consu-
med.
To give our readers some adequate idea
of the substantial reality of the new town
Of Darlington, We may say that already
about half million of dollars have been
expended Gu the improvements, and yet
the work is considered as but only fairly
inaugurated
This is surely great enterprise for Mary
Iand; and presaees vast results in the flu
ure. Here we have to-day some 200
workman constantly employed, and as the
work prOGr esses their numbers must great
ly increase, so that III a few years we may
hope to see at Darlington thriving town
that will rival in wealth, population, enter
prise and thrift some Of the many towns
that so demonstrate tue substantial pros
perity of the States Of Pennsylvania and
New York.
A MILD IiINT.-An Irish servant hav-
ING carried basket Of game from his