, 1881-05-28
RECENT IzPRovEaEHEI
TIE csy;sn IInrnr.


While oaa receQ NJ. t. Daytoa We
made It our businczi to examine the Aume
recently erected By ihe o. c'r Improve
u.ert company, ana rh;eh mag be sa'd TO
he the sole cause C: the COED 'i,ncs that
pleasant burg has recently experienced.
Alter losg and unaeet sss-y delsy,
ovi-z 10 the trouble and opposition raised
by the usual few who seem to take Ge-
light in ots,ructing prn-rsss- w'2.k "Ss
finally commenced = Fes we Ks s;Ace aad
seqa h7s t.sn the abe management under
the suoeriIfcndance Of men @ho iAoT.
ou .hly know their business tia; !; 5 nov
all but completed and n less than one
week ths ',Qme VII he in TIE depot
groands delivering It's ii,at;ng burden Of
lrnbcr. ties. tir.bers, cord wood, etc,
from whence i viii be shipped to al
par.s of the country. At the head Of the
flume are iuexhaulhlc fc- SIS If lhc
finest
PINE ASB FIR TIMER,
Tia: for c,earness aud dur.l:!ity exceeds
that sawed anywhere else il this valley
To.slly different from other fumes IN this
country the Dayton furae, where newly
built, Is not stuck up on high tFestlcs, but
Is generally but Z foot or two from the
ground, and in some instances trenches
bave been dug for it. The object of the
company appear To have been TO cause as
little damage or trouble as possible along
their line, for bridges are built over the
fume and rosds made wherever necessary,
even in fields, for the purpose Of allowing
stock 10 come and go at pleasure
THE FLCME
Is built very strong, OF 4 inch lumber,
and viii last generation. l. IS al cut
10 the size required for building at the
saw mill and foatei down to be used as
required As the ground IS soft on
which the fame rests a new idea has
been brought 10 bear IN the shape OF a
levelIing plate on the top Of the cap, so
that the Aume by 4 moments work can
be raise or lerelled at pleasure. Timbers
cf almost any ze are being brought
down, and some 12xl4 by - feet long
are considered matter Of course, and
are landed in less than an hour at the
depot. distance Of ten miles.
,NoTupr econ pI.S
Adopted ia IN building where liable to
overflow on bridge plans. Stringers 4xlG
are put together in such manner that
there IS no resistance whatever 10 the
water no matter ho': high 1t may become.
The company own three fumes al
together, one ~ on the Middle Fork, -
miles long, one up South and the otner
up the Main Fork OF the Touchet. TIM
Der is practically ualinitcd AT the heads
Of all these streams Tie superintendent
# the building and work generally is Nh
G. W. Sayles, VIII thorou .hly under
stands his business and does it well.
lie took great PANS Ia give Us all the
practical information We asked for Nj
5. is new conner to this country from
one Of the old New England states and at
the time of our visit had just previously
heard thai he hal become father The
company seem to have a happy faculty N
choosing the right men for their work for
We have yet 10 find man il their EN-
ploy but what is perfectly Competent.
\ vast amount Of money will be
brought into Dayton by means OF this
fume and it viii increase properly AID
population to great extent. The c!ti-
zens seem alive t. tha;r adran-ag.s and
the business men Of th. place informed
Us that they had never before sold SO
many goods as at the Present time. The
era of mere necessity is past, the people
are now demanding the Comforts uf life
and IN q short time will require Injuries