Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-14

The new mill OF lSnosey q fOe'ps u
East Davenport. which hes just b.en c c,m> |
,lc.ed, and commenced running last week,
. probably The best arranged snd osss f.
'osably located Of soy similar sstsblish.
nsns in this city. Il has . large yard. sit-
'atsd high and dry. aud easy u access.
The building. built By thss prince Of Aill>
vriehts. L. c. Braee, who takes especial ds<
light in the rattle Of mill nachinsey, IL put
'ossthsr open honor. svesy stick end sssns
fit. The main building twe stories, %
basement asd principal work sosn sbsvs,
. 100 feet in height BY 30 in width and The
boiler house is 4s BY "a feet.
Ths boilers, made in Rock Island. By
Othic 1 Son, are three in number, A. inches
in diameter and 20 feet long. each having
three u inch fues. The engine, built BY
Williams 4 White Of Moline, hssan Is inch
cylinder With 20 inch stroke, ITS estimss
ted capacity is 80 horse power but can eas-
ily be worked Up to 100.
This drives an inch finished shaft Of
hammered wrought iron, lst feet 10 length
sith friction drum 10 feet in diausser and
% inch face. This, connected With four
other friction pulIies moves the entire oss
chinesy Of the mill. The engines, boilers,
|ath and shingls mills win be in the bass-
ment where they sre nov putting 10 MAJ
chinsry for butting saws, and other ma
chinery. The logs will BE- taken in direct
from the river, where they meet . double
rotary saw for dimension and eanting for
the gang. This rotary takes the place sf
The cid fashioned ''nuley," over which u is
. great Improvement. Aiter going through
this preparatory process, the log 10 rolled
across the baild;ns whore II meets gang
Of 81 saws, the slabs ere taken to the other
end Of the building asd cut into the proper
length and passed 70 the isth machine be
low. After passing through the gang oil
pieces shst need trimming are taken directs
~ upon An adjustable gang sdgsr, which
con pletes the pfsesss, and in less time than
il can b described the legs como from the
river and pass out ct The other end Of the
mill-clean sawed lumbes-resdy for the
yard.
The foundation wal's, built BY Charles
Stein, do him credit % workman, ~ also
do the foundations for the engine. mach;n-
cry. sad gang, which are acknowledge by oil
to be the finest piece Of workmanship oftts
kind in the city. These we're built By our
we'll known mason friend, Tyler Kinsslla -
They are made Of LcClaire stone laid 10 ce-
ment, and are as solid 40 the everlasting
hills. The plummer blocks are held to these
foundations br 9 inch anchor rods passing
through these masses Of mssonry ten feet
Assp, and then they are lsadsd 70 make
them mora firm. Taking the entire builds
ing, from tbs lowest foundation stone up
through the ssuperstructure, including every
thing, it is . most complete piece OF work.
msnship, . credit to the workmen, builder
and the enterpr'sing proprie,ors, who. BY
this Investment, will be out Of pocket about
10000, aud 10 return, have the facilities for
manufacturing lumber cheaper tnan any
other Arm Of the kind along our noble
river.
PEoRIA 4 Rock ISLAND X. RIVE lssrn
from our committee, who have j ust com.
srnnOaA ehAse hat kh~v
have between nineteen and twenty thous
sand dollars subscribed, with the promise
Of several Of our citizens that they will sub.
scribe liberally toward the building Of the
road. At all points along the proposed line
the people are taking hold Of the matter
with . determination that The enterprise
shall succeed. The following, taken from
the Henry county Chronicle, shows what 10
being done in that county:
We are reliably informed that Toulon Is
about 70 vote on the proposition to sub.
scribe CSC, 900 to the Peoria 4 Rock Island
Railway, with . certain prospect Of its carr
rying by very large majority. They seem
10 be getting their eyes open to the neces
sity of having . voice in the election Of die
rectors.
Referring to this the Peoria Transcript
says:
We trust that this information may be
correct. bu: ours il to the effect that Toulen
proposes 20 vote ESQ. 900 coadisiessd that
the road shall pass through that place.
Such subscription will not give them .
voice in the election Of directors. Through
some unexplained cause, the people Of Tou>
lon have the ides that the subscription Of
Peoria Is conditional that the road ehall not
deviate three miles from an cir line between
Peoria aud Rock Island. This 10 not tsue.
There are no conditions At all. The sob
scrip.ion is to be voted according 10 law,
but the beard arc nos 70 issue the bonds, il
voted. ealy - the work progresses $50. :
900 when fifteen lnilea ere completed, and
the balance when the road rsachea the coun>
y lias.
All Of our citizens acknow ledge The ne
cessity and importance ef this road, and ~
hope they will assist the committee in their
work Of raising the amount required Of this
place. Those interested in real estate in
the city viii be especially benefited by this
road, and should take more islessst IN i,
than many are nov doing. We shall
endsavor to give the result Of the commits
tees labors - econ - they shall bs een>
pletsd.
Rtvsa.-Ths Petrol and Jas. Msans, two
Northern Line boats. are laid up Tor The
present for the want Of freight.
Tee independent boas, Agnes. sane dswn
last evening from Galena with II, 900 sacks
Of grain and took on . little freight at this
point, and leit for the lower river.
The Sucker State len for ST. Lsuis iast
evening with fair listlof passenger and :
little freight.
A sand bank Of gissntis propositions, its
length stretching acrsss the river, and Of
nearly aqsartss Of mile in width ,obstruets
the Mississippi Immediately north Of Helena.
leaving but narrew channel on the Mis>
sissippi State side for hosts 10 pass. This
bas Is several fest above the surface Of the
still rsesding ysssrs. and threatens 10 cut
Helena of from steamboat communication
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