The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-03-24
ST. CLOUD MANUFACTURERS
A MODEL INsTITUFION.S
r. H. DamS Planning Mill. and sash
Door and blind Factory.

II g. IA MODEL INsTITUFION.sI
F. H. Damle Planning Mill. and sash
Door and blind Factory.
! A very extensive business is done at thu
place in tho way Of dressing lumber, an
manu- facturing it into sash, doors an'
blinds Not only is there large local de
mand to supply, but orders are filed from
oil parts of the upper country, and ever
from the British Possessions. Realizing
the importance of this trade, Mr.. F. H
Dam, who is one of our most enterprisinl
business men, has fitted his manufactorJ
throughout with oil the latest and most i'm
proved machinery. HIS factory is but few
doors below The JousNAl Office, and one
day this week we took look through it.
The basement is entirely occupied by the
boilers, engine and motive power generally
On the first floor Is large planer and
hatcher, and also small planer for sur
facing lumber. Close by is siding mo-
chine, self.feeder, which will cut up $4,000
feet Of lumber per day. At one side Of the
room is large splitting saw, for all kinds
of Job work, and at the other side is "a
''trimmer," for cutting int any eize sash,
door or carriage stuff. An endless chain
| under the floor carries an elevator, into
which all the SAWS run, which moves off
the shavings. Near the door is a drill
press for iron work. This did the drilling
for the Jail.
The first machine on the second story
is scroll saw, for doing the finest kinds
Of scroll work. There is ''cutting-oG
saw" for getting out sash stuff, with a
boring machine attached. Beside it is q
small splitting saw, and to the power
which drives this can be attached at will
machinery for dove-tailing, rabbi:ing, &c.
On this floor is an ingenious piece Of mo
chanism the only one in the State, we be-
lieve, for measuring off and mortising
rolling and stationary blinds. 1t works
like charm, and measures, mortises and
pulls the chips out Of thirty holes per
minute. Another machine does plain and
straight tenanting, and also turns out
work for molded-edge doors. Another is
for the manufacture Of molding, and will
finish at the same time one, two, three or
four Sides. With this, molding of every
conceivable shape or pattern can 30 work
ed up. Over fifty kinds have already been
made. "A large power mortising machine
was in rapid operation, and beside it was
foot mortiser also. At the rear end Of
the room stood neat little machine for
tenanting blind shades. It finishes up
1000 per hour. Close at hand another
little piece Of machinery which wires
blinds, without leaving single mark. A
boy can with it turn out fifty windows
per day. '|'<A> : :
Connected with the main factory is dry
room, where is stored large quantity of
dried stuff, ready for immediate use.
Opening out Of this is q paint shop, where
blinds and doors are painted, ana sash
glazed, primed and painted.
A few yards back Of the factory is
large brick dry kiln, where lumber is dried
and kept, both for use and for the whole
sale trade, at oil times.
A short distance above the factory is
commodious wareroom for storing sash,
doors, blinds, moldings, 30. From this,
orders for almost any style or pattern Of
work, all furnished ready for use, can be
filed at once, 50 that Gust toners are not re-
quired to xait to get what they want.
We have given but hssty notice Of this
manufacturing establishment, and have
mentioned only portion of the machinery.
1t is supplied throughout with the very
hest, and the workmen engaged are thor
oughly skilled in their business. Mr..
Dam is determined to keep up with the
demand, and will continue to add new ma.
chinery from time to time.
We cannot close this, without at least
referring to the tasty and odd "Northern
Pacific" sign, with its revolving circle, jus
put up. 1t is we'll worth going to see.