Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-14

perfect hive Of human industry; that
While these lines ara being written, a
feet of nine deep sea vessels with car
rsinR capacity varying from 10000 fssa
# lumber 70 I,IOO,O 90 feet, ars laying n
the vharvss Of the Port Blakeiy mill,
receiving cargo. or are anchored in the
stream awaiting she signal to haul
alongside and receive their loads. Bat
soch 10 the case.
IHH WIDESPREAD hAAuYIcAfIoNs
OF the trade Of Por: Blaksly sss eng.
esstsd ~ tbs fast that the vessels sho7s
referred 70. when they weigh anchor
and depart for their sevsrai dsssina-
tons, will clear. some for California.
one for Sydney, Australia. one for Hilo.
sandwich Islands. one for Shanghai,
China, ono for the Fiji Islands and two
Tor ports in Sopte America: and the
vast proportions Of the trade will b ap-
paren: when il is stated that these nine
vessels will carry away at least G. CO., 600
fee, Of lumber. Other figures will be
given ia the course Of this arsicis going
still further 10 show the Immense trade
csntered here.
Iag 1osr BLAksiY MILLS
Controlled by Benton, Holmes 4 Co.,
are well worth visit. Everything IL IN
RAINING order and moves with tho pre-
cision Of clock work, and il the visitor
il fortunate enough to snlist the kindly
attentions of the gentleman who showed
me over the premises, and who desired
me not to mention his name. which il
Mr.. James O!dfeld, foreman Of the
mill, 10 or She will not regret ths time
spent. This vast industry il In a great
measure independent of tho rest Of the
world. There il no sending away for
repairs, a. provision 10 made for do
ing everything at home. Before inspect
ing the mill l was shown through tho
recently erected
MACHINE AND BLACKSMITH
Shops, which are all under Que roof. the
building occupying the space Of 17OxjO
feet. The carpenter shop 10 6O15O fest.
James Campbell, foreman, and contains
band SAW and wood lathe, With pat
tern shop over cad. The machine shop,
John A. Campbell foreman and master
mechanic of tue mill, il of the same d.
mensions, and in fitted with two large
iron iathss, one iron plansr, one bolt
cutter, one boring machine and drill
press, and complete sst Of machinery
for manufacturing saw teeth. Nr.
John A. Campbell occupies, a. learned
from Captain Ront0n, q deservcdly
high place in the esteem and conf
dcnos Of the Company. The black.
smith shop Malcolm Mcdonald
foreman. has three fires, blown by
steam power, and one of Ferris d Mills
latest pattern steam hammers. AdjOin.
ing this building ID steam Rrist mil
for crushing feed for the oxen employed
in she Company's logging camps, a b
no means insignificant item in thsil
vast operations.
A short distance from this department
looms up the
ENORMOUS MILL BUILDING,
With the great boiler house form.
ing an Il, itself Of somewhat huge di.
mensioas. The mill building il $50 fee
long and "A feet wide; il is Two stories
high, the frat IA feet in the clear anC
the second Is fest.
THE DoILEB ROOM
Ia lao feet long and 10 feet vide. Here
tbs power for driving the multiplied
machinery of tho IN II IL generated in Il
boilers. Twelve Of these are f1ut
boilers, in two nests Of six each, "a feet
long and " inches in diameter. seven
Of Thorn are tubular boilers, IL fest Ions
and " inches IN diameter. This boiler
room ia covered In, top and sides, with
galvanized corrugated iron and con.
tains all the latest improvements, in.
Guiding of :.c0urss. automatic furnace
feeders, which convey the sawdust tO
the fires, which burn nothing else.
THE MOTIVE POWER
OF the machinery is obtained from five
engines. three OF them 20x6 inches;
one square engine 26x2i, and one, said
to be the largest and most powerful
sawmill engine on tho Sound. 26x3(
inches.
consists Of ono double circular set, the
lower SAW being 90 inches and the ND.
per 20 inches in diameter; one ditto, the
lower Saw 20 md the upper G. inches in
diameter. One Of these sets in ar
ranged to cut y log l40 feet in length
and the other to cut log 20 feet long
There are two gang SAWS, one set, Ax5l
inches, tho other 1876 inches. Both
sets are Of the oscillatinR pattern, doine
their cutting by the downward stroke
and avoiding the timber in the upper
thus delivering all the savdpst below
where it Ia conveyed to the boiler ROOM
by automatic carriers. There 10 one A.
inch edger and one 6-saW gang edReY
all of which are movable, or perhaps |
will be better understood, When I Gay
adjustable 10 any desired dimeusiOns
while running. even At the highest rate
Of speed. Next in order il Q l6-sav
soantling machine, TO which may be
added Is trimmsrs, or button SAVE, and
one gang Hath machine mill, with cut
ting capacity OF $1,000 laths psr day.
To these in few days will b added q
Prescots's steam feed rs-sav, 20 cut any
desired thioknessL
N TIE pLANR1 ROOMS
arc three planners for dressing flooring,
ship and deck plAnks, With q capacity Of
5000 feet per day. A room 2Ox2O feet ID
ses apart for filing aud Rummine savs.
Steam doea this tedious work and, %
far ~ was able 70 discern, without cot.
ting ones teeth on edge with the noiss
usually attendant upon this particular
operation. Mr.. David Baytes 10 fore
man of this importAne depsromenA,
Two automatic slab cakyion tnlD ~
waste lumber and carry il 70 the perpet.
nal nres which consume - much waste
lumber, which, am not without hopes
will, after the example ct within The
past year or two in Humboldt county,
California, concerning which shall
have moro to say hercaftss, b utilised
In the manufacture Of doore, oaah, &c.
for which the world offers market. al.
though il 10 thought BY experienced mill
men that tho fir lumber viii not auswel
for such work.
THE LACE OF pAyLl0HI.
in winter. for working hours u rsason
able length. In supplied when necessary
by lS-liRht Brush electric machino
which turns the blaekese night a sasly