Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-03-01

In 1869, having sold their mills il Canada, Mr..
Rolfe and Messrs. Tyler. who were the chief
proprietoIs Of the thunderstorm Company,
opened n house here, az wholesale commission
dealerf. They occupy about five acres Of ground
for their yards. Their lumber is dressed in
Linsley & Co.'s mill, on contract with Linsley
Co. They employ about 100 men during the
season of navigation, and their sales average the
handsome Ggure of 100000 year
Still further to the north, We come to the
planning mill Of
LISsLEY : CO.
This was originally built in 1865 FOR steam
saw mill, by s. s. Churchill & Co. Our towns
man D. c. Linsley was one Of the chief proprie-
tors snd it was always known Sc " Linsley's
mill Iis original dimensions were l2O by so
feet, with an L of 80 by 20 feet. 1, was found
in tine that the power AMI room could be put to
more profitable ute than N saving lumber, and
a yesr ago this centre mill wac leased to v. &
D. G Crane for their packing box factory. In
June 1863, Messrs. Churchill i Whitney of the
old firm having soli their Interests to the
Linsleys. the siyle Of the concern vas changed
to Linsley * Co. This firm is composed Of
Messrs D. C. & G. L. Lintley, and its business
is the dressing Of lumber by contract, for vari-
GUS lumber dealers
The increase Of this business shows
the great increase Of the urs Of plaued
stun Quantities Of stuff which in former days
was alwsys used rough, SIS roofing bosTds snd
floor linings, &c, is nov dressed on ous or
both sires Tae proport ! Of lumber sold at
this point, that is nov seu. to marl,e; dressed,
is probably f5urt5lI VIA: wa ten years ago.
The capacity Of Liasley Il Co.'S m.l his been
trebled by additions and extensions 10 successive
yesrs. The south wing has been extended
nearly 100 feet, AMI now measures III oy 20
feet. A wing hiss been slled on the North, of
Il feet by 80 feet, and fuel building on the
East OF co by 80 The engine is nomins.iy OF
200 hous power, but is n56 Up to $50 lor,c
power. Linsiey s. Co. now run ten planners and
matchers, eight OF them being double machines
which dress al four sides At once four surface
planners, one double surfloer, one clspbosri
machine, and four savs This Il more
machinery than Is run in any other
planning mill in this region, except
the great nil Of Shepard, Davis & Co. The
mill furnishes the sh4yings used fer fuel in the
City Water Works, sni til receatly they were
blown thither By a Mcclellan blower, through
wooden conductor, zoo feet long 40 preseu.
the demands upon the engine compel the use OF
;he power required 70 run the blower, in driving
other machinery; bur with tie increased nowe7
which is to be put in, the use of ibis effective
c5ntrivaacs viii be rsuumai. Mossrs L'usley
employ in their nil from fifty &c sixty men-And
their establishment is tszei 70 it's full capacity.
They aro preparing to put ia nev and more
powerful engine an nev and larger boilers,
which are uow IN process Demonstration. With
increased power they vii, probably adj 10 he
spring two more planners, which WI, occupy al
the room at prcseutavaaabis. They dressed last
year l90J0.00l feet Of lumber. and the re-
ceip.s .5r ,he vo7z amounted 10 $4,000 The
superintendent Of tha mil is Mr. Joel L'u,'ey.
AID the foreman is lIr. 7 A. Miles.
We shaI describe in orr next article, more
fully than We have done. the new marble mill;
an having thus gone through the mauufac,ur-
ing e1tatlslnea,s q, the Lsks. we shall nezt
take up those S. tae Gals