Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-03

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Attl describes ems % Queen May,
WHICH ne haa seen b epeEntion 10 Ls4-
Qua lAs means ased % Vilgate the
50 tthe crank b hkaned 20 ths
handle q = ha1d oEgnnf and the
frame % Wnie1 tie mafaEiai uas hxa1
% hold & steady 30 - so Do likene3
@ Z laddsFn u 1885 TIE HollaBdsns
bad - inpreRsa mashineEy - % saw
and grind belh b wind and walsE
power.
soon aflar rs Daish bad purchased
ManhattAn Ialand, nov New YORK city.
% the aboFiEinea, ca go arEea for 50
euildeEss SIS tke diEee10E general, Rstsr
Mlnnuit, ssased % b. sgeotsd both Wind
and water mills % aaw lumbeE and %
grind lndian corn. Ihese mills we're 10
operation on Manhatlan Island as eaFiy
- i9z6. ~ thas time fhefe wsa als1
stream o. WateF 90 that island large
enoueh, paxf of ths season. 20 drive
several mill9 ana waa for many years.
known ~ iii Greek. These weEs ne
nrst mills IN the great S1afe o. New
York, probably he 6rst on Tia sentiment
u Amerioas In 1924, When New YORK
city h4a 6 population o. 30, CO, The
state had ga grain miils and 5l95 cav
mills. Bixseen years later her sawmills
Communicated these Of any other Stats.
Being 6356.
During tie suessssful introducii0n ol
saWmilis into VaEioas parsa of tbs AeR
Wofl& British hand-saWyefH we're plao-
Inc . practical Eeio apon their intro
cuotiDn into any part % that tight
iitile isla." IL l6e3 q company 81 En-
tsFprislna spssnlasoFa employed IN IN
gonloes Datehnaan 70 build q aawmill
u Land0 but the opposition Of lha
hamd sawyeEs vas 90 emphatic that the
enterprises was abandoned. More than
one hundred years after thia, IN 1867,
saWmiii operated By wind vas pas "a
successful operation a. Lamehouss, EnR.,
bat vas very soon after destroyed b. 8
mob. A similar efoFt Was made IN the
s0ath Of scotland about the same time,
bus With similar results.
Bot 50 scarce we're laooreFs Ii the neW
colonies Of America, and 50 much vas
lumber needed, that akillfui millWFiQhts
gere Ia great demand end Labor saving
machinery &C q premium. Early settlers
of the forests Of the northeastern colo
mics ont logs and hoated OF dFsR them
By their teams 20 the mills for one half
the lamber produced. The oWasF Of
The mill deemed himself entitled 70 tie
other half and all the refuse for the
saving.
Tue fsst sawmill put IN operation
within what is noe known e. Massa
ohusetta vas Ia 1858. doze1 years after
the landing Of the Pilgrims on Plymouth
rock. But subsequent emiaFanta, TO
people Nsw Hampshire and Maine, who
had Landed &c Portsmouth,, GOT mill ia
operation at salmon Falls during 1854 81
rnese mills served for both sides Of the
Pis0ataqna river, emptytna into Ports-
mouth haFboE, from which, IN sub8e-
quent years, great quantities Of lumber
asd timber were shipped 10 The West
Indies and other parts Of the New
World.
Maine, east Of the Pisoataaua. had
as early as 1851, - saWmilla whoss own
ers sold 10 Der 60 IS shiliinea per 1000
feet. In 1870 Maine reported 1900 mills
and lumber worth $40 per Zoo feet.
Daring these 1853 years al other prop
erty, as we'll as the population Of Maine,
had appreciated similarly Ia value. Yet
during many Of these early years (from
1915 70 l699l The Indians and the French
from Canada killed many Of he inhab-
itants aud burned ell the mills into
which they oouid thFuss g torch. These
mara1deEs also took back with them 90
Canada numerous eaplives, aRd held
them until thsiK friends could redeem
them. Among these oaptives vas g man
named sawyer, an INGENIOUS millwriQhs.
Having proofs OF his skill, the Lanadi-
ans offered him bis liberty on conaiiion
that he would bald q aaWmiii and teach
them 10 massage H. This be did az
Clambly, near Montreal. This vas the
arst sAWmill put IN successful operation
IN Canada. and this vas the price SAY.
yer paid for his liberty IN 1706.
The other middle colonies we're bat
little behind New York IN building aud
pasronixing saumills; but q few hardy
centenarians remember the advent lof
the sawmlli into the territory northwest
Of The 0hio river.
Tue nEsa min was erected near Ma.
rietia IN t7o9. Major Hatfield and Cap.
tains Oliver and Dodge. soldiers Of she
revolution, received an allotment af
land for sapsFintsndins aud securing q
good sRwmtll for this drst pioneer set
Element OF the smbryo State Of Ohio.
Tue mill ~erank vas made il Mes
Haven, Gem Il weighed $50 pounds,
aid YES Transported over she Allegheny
mountains en- psak horses and then
placed IN = hAfbsat on she R0aRhieahany
river, IN whioh 10 Aoatsd 10 che Ohic and
down thar rivaR 20 Marietta. Although
the state Of 0hio YES we'll timbaFed
With Superior wood for agricultural i'm.
plemeais, carriages and h0usahold fur.
nilare. yet nearly ell her hailding lumbel
has hoated down she Allegheny and tie
Ohio rivers ff0m RennaylVania and Mes
York. Extensive pine forests and geod
sites fog aawmiIls were abundant % ths
numerous streams which fed the Ale
ghany, the greatest northeastern AHA
ent Of the 0aio. Hence the eheapnes'
Of pine lambeF from that quareeE.
The introduction % steam maFke {
new era IN milling. both for grain and
gef forrest tEsosA Iha aFst success q
steam sAwmsil IN the Unitsd states wAi
an accident. 10 engine VS. mauafaa
taned By the direction and under ths
eycs OF that prince q American enRin
esfs. Oliver EvAna This engine, aadeI
consideration. gas made for q river boal
vhieh uas intended b Fun bstuesn NsN
Orleans and NAtchss The engine "a
eonploied, huk, the Kentucky beat build
ers being tardy, tie river fsil 30 lou
before Il - lAnnched that full ssasor
was loai. Darina this time kvana sel
up the ensine "a . aawmiIi and ran Il
not oaly successfully bat Brsatsbly. Il
saued Soco feet q supsFior Lumber In l.
hears. wheFs saeh lumber commanded q
high price. THIS engine vas afterward
used 20 press eottoo.
The eeniasss Which invented snd i'm