The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-13
a Floating Saw AIIII-A Novel Invcn
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In about two months our citizens will
be afforded an opportunity of witness
ing the operations of a floating saw
MILL" now building Mt point about
twenty-five miles above 1ronton, Ohio,
near Guynndotte, Cable county, West
Virginia, under the supervision of q
citizen OF Pittsburgh, whose enterprise
hns led him for a number OF years past
to operate in the lumber business in
that region, though his adventures
have been attended with but poor sue
cess. Tho person alluded TO Is Mr..
Ludwig Schmidt, German residing in
Lawrcnceville, and he informs US that
mistOrtunes, time and again, have visit
ed him while in the business spoken OF
at Guyandotte. In the midst of appar-
ent prosperity, a freshet in the rivers,
in the vicinity of where his saw mill
was located would occur, and the mill
and everything in it would be destroy
ed. So after q few years OF such vist-
tHtiOns he conceived the idea OF build
ing floating saw mill to guard against
such occurrences in the future, and the
enterprise has progressed so far that last
week the hull of a boat or mill was
launched. 1t is 75 by 26 feet, with a
| hold three feet deep. 1t is flat-bOat
| fashion, and is constructed in such n
manner throughout as to prevent very
little rocking by the motion of the
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log weighing two hundred pounds
aboard will make the boat almost sta
tiOnary. The first floor of the boat will
| be the saw-mill, containing n portable
engine of the capacity OF an ordinary
| locomotive twenty-five horse power),
and all the necessary saws, &C., for u
| mill OF the kind. The engine III addi.
ton 10 running the mill, will also be
brought into requisition in propellIng
the boat. The second story of the boat
will be fitted up as planning mill, sash
and door factory, and the third As n
dwelling for the owner, built after the
style of Il texas on steam: boat, with
twelve cabins. The boat will be twen-
ty-six feet six inches high from the
water up. The logs will be drawn out
of the water, sawed up, and loaded on
barges and flats attached to the boat.
When auy of the lumber Is sold it can
DO tOwed right to the place without any
trouble. The invention is good one,
and will no doubt prevent the occur
renee of any more misfOrtuneS by
freshets. The entire boat and fixtures
when completed will cost about Sc, 500.
1t will be brought here as soon as COM
pleted, when our citizens will have an
opportunity of seeing the novel craft.
The inventor intends applying for
patent right.-PittS6"rgh Commercial.
made another contract with Rives 81
Bailey, of the Globe, for continuing the
publication of the official debates Of
Congress. Tho investigation made by a
committee Il month or so since, showed
that many thousands of dollars per
year might be saved by doing this work
Mt tho Government printery; and other
parties put in bids far below that of the
GLOBE. Action was post poned, although
the former contract was out and the
Globe was doing the work without stip-
ulation; until at the heeI of the session
resolution was run through giving
that concern new contract, which is
said to be an exceedingly profitable one.
A WASHINGTON telegram to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer says Secretary STAN
toms condition is not so precarious as
has been represented by some news
papers. He is recovering, and expects
to be out shortly.