The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-12-30
Port Gamble.

Ht Cttlilt bt1YtftH III lHc lD'H lllsl,
contains Il lengthy article all about Port
Gamble, the largest lumber town on the
Pacific coast, from which we condcnsc
the following items of interest to the
general reader:
The mill is situated unon Tcokalct
and Is owned by the Puget Mill Com
pany, successors to Pope 4 Talbot thr
founders Of the great enterprise. w.
&. Talbot is now the President, and
Cyrus Walker Superb tendcal OF works.
NJ. $. Drew is the Foreman oi the mills,
and Capt. jackson has charge oi thc
steamboats, and logging contracts.
William Walker, brother ot the MN
agcr, is Master Mechanic OF he CON
ccrn, and has TO keep seventeen boilers
and nine engines in repair, exclusive ot
those on the boats. The old mill is
situated nearest the What, ard has Il
capacity of about 10000 fee, per day.
1t contains fourenglncs. driven rs seven
boilers, all OF which were made in The
company's own shop, un.cr " liliun
Walkers supervision. The fuel used
is sawoust, while thr slabs re hiuncd
to get them "ut of thc way. H. ,dlr
way .ocs 10 waste What would afford
warmth to five Hundred ilnnies dly.
| About eighty ncn arr cnplo}cd in this
! mill tl,. I,.,, .,N ,,r al, e. i.ir!, T.. 90, al
denly gentleman from Er,i Mac!ia-,
who has been with Pope d Talbot tor
ncarly Il qusrlcc-cenury, and Ia ii; If
icctiouatc way of aludn% TO Them as
''our boys.' Here we see two mon
etrou, 60 inch cl,cu!ar saws working
one above the o,!icr and cutting through
huge fir "hgis' OF not less t!Gin EIGHT
feet in diameter. NV hat is that mon
strous timber ior:" we asked. "Don't
know, replied the old gentleman; ''hc-
licvc it, goin' to Aielhouine on the
| luu"li,.o."
The new = i'll lies fur her up the
wharf, aud is conncc,rd with the old
one by an elevated railway. This mill
has capacity of about l30,0UO feet
per day, and is driven by five engines
with steam from ten boilers. 'rhcsc
boilers are all SGT in snild brick-w rk,
ihus giving good beat without allow
ing fire to touch l.c ,ion. Another no
ticrablc feature is the sawlust feed,
which supplies til" furnaces by series
OF elevator cups hike those il, il Touring
mill wlics carry wheat up TO the bolt
ing che Is. 1h,s saves the wages Of
three iircmcn. FOR hen ever the man
who sends Ibis, observes the iur.acc
tull, he turns Il lever and the slw-dust
all goes down into the water. Passing
up stairs we come to the Give Gang.'
This is an institution driven by single
high pressure engine of lG inches bv 30
aud consists of Il gang Of upright saws
some ten in number. 1t Is regulated
by Il shipp;ngbar by which its speed
is slackened when entering a log aud
"opcncd out after the saw. have got
into it fairly. Logs Of eighteen to twcn-
ty two inches in diameter are showed
'iil'hSu ih'S III l'Iil -uN''SSipii anu
though the machine slows, it never
stops. AT the center Of the room is "A
huge pair Of crculers, Ga inches in di-
amcter. The roar they make while
passing througha BIG log is almost deaf
cnlng. AT the north end Of this room
is a ''poney- gang" 20 common in every
mill that it needs no description here.
The lower story Il, the north side Is full
of planners and lathe machines, the latter
OF which can be adjusted TO cut fence
pickcls, broom-handIcS and every other
sort OF small stuff. 10 see the rapidi.y
with which the you = fellows work
those machines is astonishing.
The company has a fleet Of four large
steamers and twelve ships. Among
their sca-going vessels Ghough we can
not remember them alJ are the ships
Gen. Butler, Bonanza, barkS Atlanta.
Fresno, Camden, King Phillip, am :
Cheston, Powhalan, Enoch Talbot, Eos-
well Spraguc, and Joseph Perkins.
They were owners also Of the handsome
little ship Panther, lost on her way to
Nanamo, two years ago.
The Editor of the Daily OlyWpion