Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-10-09
Huntington Industries.
GREEN L KAFER's planning MILL.

| In the building Of new towns there
are conditions operating which cal
into service the various industrial
pursuits of mankind. The architect
mechanic, mschinist and the long liz
in the category Of skilled labor fine
a ready field for the exercise Of thei
respective vacations. But chief!
among these, stand those branches 0
industry which furnish tho materia
for the construction Of houses ant
storss-these calling into requisitioD
the produss OF the quarry, manu-
featured bricks, and lumber. Al
bese are present in Huntington
and among the last named
GREEN L KAPER's PLANNING MILLS
are deserving passing notice. These
extensive works are locat cd on Third
avenue between Eleventh and Twelf-
tn streets; situated on a lot front
ing eighty feet on the avenue and
running nothward to the division
alley. The building is seventy by
sixty feet, giving an alley of ten feet
70 Communicate with tue rear grounds
and s.sbliDg; ,Wo stories 10th SLED
with machinery and subdivided 10
NEE. the wants of their business. 90
the irst floor, though separated from
the main room, is the Engine house
where a thirty horse poTer Engine,
ma Dufactured by the Portsmouth
Machine Co., is kept constantly at
work in driving the multitude Of
smaller machines employed in these
works. Here also are other machines
employed, and among them is pc
cu!isr invention known rs the Tan
mite Knife Grinder, for grinding the
knives and tools of the workmen,
which has been improved by the
engineer Mr.. Abraham Bumgarner,
so that the sliding motion given TO it
by the band through his ingenuity,
is impaired by machinery which en-
ables it TO perform its Office without
personal supervision. Passing into
the main floor We find two mammoth
Circular saws, Scroll saws, and Rip
saws for ripping weather-boardlDg,
and in another place Turning lathe,
Moulding machines etc. all busy 10
reducing lumber to I'll the orders Of
the firm.
The upper floor contains all the
machinery necessary for the manu-
facture Of Doors, Sash, Blinds etc.
including the Teuouipg, for making
lemons for sa-h; Power Mortisersr
for mcrtisin~, n Camping machines
for clamping them together. A
otable feature in the manufacture
Of Blinds is the rapidiiy with which
they can be put together By the aid
of the wiring machine, a novel iustru
ment said to lie the invention OF a
jersey man. The number of wires
this peculiar machine can adjust 10
day would aeem incredible to one
who has been acoustic med to the SLOW
process Of fastening them by hand.
A portion of the second floor is
divided into a Drying room, which
is heated by steam pipes to 40
degrees Fahrenheit for seasoning and
drying lumber. In this way lumber
that is not thoroughly seasoned, or
has been exposed to rain is placed 10
the drying room to bring it to . state
suitable for working purposes.
TUE PRoPRIEToRs &C.
This Important industrial enter
prise was started in Huntington on
the 1st of May, 1872, by Z. r.
Green and Henry C. Kafer, both
young men of fare business tact,
no removed from New JERSEY n"d
cast their fortunes with the town
when it was yet struggling for mas
terry with he grain fields, and by
energy, attention to business and
fair dealing they have given their
name a place of euviable credit and
security, and their business in a
rosit on that is steadily ext, ding into
larger sections of this state and Ohio
They are cow making shipments as
far as Fayette Court House, and to
Hinton for the building of the ma
chine shops at that place. They
have also, been awarded the contract
for the extension Of the Machine
shops &C the Round house and, we
are told, will begin work immediate
" thereon.