Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-02
NEW INDUSTRY.

Messrs. ID. C.. Bacon a Co : Factory and
Mills to be Erected on the Vale Royal
Lands-A New Adjunct to Savannah's
Lumber Trade.
The steady development of the river front
property above the Central Railroad
wharves is an evidence that the industries
Of Savannah are moving in that direction.
ID. c. Bacon & Co.'s Vale Royal Lumber
Mills, with their long stretch Of wharf
front and large capacity, are the first
industry to occupy the site which in time
will be the centre Of manufacture and
production.
At a meeting Of the Central Rail-
road directory last week five acres of
| land lying between the present mills and
the city were leased by Messrs. Bacon IL
| Co., on which they propose TO erect an
immense sash, door and blind factory and
| planning mill. The production OF cypress
| lumber has wrought new era IN the
| lumber trade. Its superiority to the pine
/ has given it front rank as finish
/ ing wood. Messrs. Bacon
| Co. propose, in the erection of this
| factory. and the employment Of large
number of hands, To manufacture from the
/ cypress the first quality of doors and
/ blinds. They expect to sell their goods
I LuF0NlHW
I and to compete with Augusta, Macon and
| Atlanta for the territory between these
/ cities and Savannah. They will equip
/ the factory with the latest improved ma
| chinery, and will employ the most skill
| full mechanics, enabling them to guaran-
/ tee their work equal to the best
/ New York and Chicago manu-
1 features. Charleston, Augusta, Ma
| con and Atlanta each have sew
I in a
vannah has not a single one. In these
/ factories yellow pine timber is almost eX-
/ cIusively used. Messrs. Bacon & Co. Will
make cypress a speciality, keeping the yell
| low pine IN stock for the cheaper trade.
Adjoining the sash and blind factory
/ they propose erecting planning mill, with
machinery to dress any kind Oflumber from
/ a fence picket to piece of franz
| ing timber. The rapidly increasing
demand for dressed lumber for the
| Northern and foreign markets, and the
sharp competition for orders, places
| Savannah at a disadvantage, since her
| planning mills are at such distances from
the river front that drayage becomes
necessary and adds so cOnsldera-
| bly, to the cost of manufacture
that the profits were less here
/ than on orders at other points. Messrs.
Bacon & Co. propose in the location OF their
mill TO deliver orders to the three lines Of
steamers ard sailing vessels at the ocean
Steamship wharf at about the same price
that il would cost to pile the lumber in
the mill yards. The mill will also secure
an advantage to the mills on the line of
the Central Railroad tributary to Savan-
nah, as il will afford a market for much
lumber that now goes to waste and into
the slab pits.
In order 70 give additional facility for
the shipment of their manufactured lum-
Der. the Central Railroad will next month
begin the construction of track leading
from the branch to the main road at a
point where il crosses the drive at the
Goodwin place directly to the new mill.
This will secure a special advantage, and
will place the firm in position to ship to
any part of the country without transfer
or relOading OF cars. AS soon as the sur
vey for this branch is made ground will
be broken for the mills. The timber to be
used in their erection is already prepared,
and they will be completed and in opera
ton in the fall.
With the immense supply OF timber that
the Savannah river lOwlands afford 1t is
probable that. following Messrs. Bacon &
Co.'s enterprise. other mills aud factories
will be built. The demand for manufac-
tured furniture, wood pulp, slaves, buckets
and tubs, brOoms and matches, and a
hundred other articles assures the support
of these industries, which would keep at
home and in circulation the hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars that Savannah sends
annually to the North and West for such
voOds