, 1886-05-20
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directly connected financially, for two
| special reasons. First, because in and
OF itself the mill, with its numerous
appurtenances and appliances, IL most
complete and perfect mechanical con-
caption, unequalled by anything of It's
! kind in use upon this coast in the manu-
tacture Of lumber. Second, the mechani,
cal construction Of the mill IS entirely
ever manufactured on this coast. The
| principal piece or combination of ma-
chiuery III this vast collection is the gang
saw; the largest of It's kind used in the
Manufacture Of lumber. It is steel
sash or frame II inches in width, with 81
saws in the frame driven vertically 10y
steam power. The arrangement Is such
that the frames and saws oscillatc, So as
| to produce motion similar to the old
| fashioned ship saw. The vertical motion
of the saws is 200 per minute, which,
each motion > feet are 400 feet to each
| blade, add % blades equals l., 800 feet of
cut each minute by the gang, producing
each day of ten hours $4,000 feet OF
lumber, with the two fold advantage of
economy in the log material, resulting
from the saving produced By the use of
| thin blade saws, aud the saving of
lumber absolutely true, straight and
square.
Some idea of the magnitude of this
gang saw may be comprohended by the
fact that it weighs $1,000 pounds, or 81
tons; it is firmly set on bed OF solid
timber structure, resting on foundation
of stone and concrete, in which the
timbers are heavily imbedded. The
whole structure from foundation to sum-
nit is Il feet. This strength and extra
solidity is to prevent vibration or
wabbling when driven at high speed,
thus insuring every piece of lumber cut
to be mathematically uniform from end
to end, a quality which every builder
and carpsE1ter will appreciate.
The ms machinery of Puget Sound
is heavier than that used in the eastern
states for cutting white pine; the Puget
Sound fir being a much more solid and
harder wood than pine, requires heavier
machinery, and this machinery Of the
Hadlock mill is the heaviest on Puget
Sound, and may be said to be the
heaviest IN the world. The other ap-
pointments of the mill, the great circular
saws for cutting the feet diameter logs
of our forests, the gang edgers, planes,
other appurtenances required in u first
class lumber saw Rnill, are Of the latest
aud most approved style. The whole of
this vast machinery will be driven by
power furnished by ten steel boilers, in
two nests of five boilers each, and two
| large engines % and sc inch cylinders,
all set IN the most solid and substantial
manner. 1t is estimated that this mill
when run TO its full capacity, can turn
out Of rough and finished lumber, 150, 900
feet per day. This mill was designed by
Mr.. f. s. Farmer, who is acknowledged
to have no superior IN practical saw mill
engineering on this coast, and who has
built some of the finest mills known to
the trade. His improvements IN this
gang saw have given it the name of the
Farmer Gang Saw" Mr.. Farmer is
experimenting the construction of the
mill and placing the machinery 10 posi-
ton. 1t is the only mill on Puget Sound
where every portion Of the machinery is
new. and is of steel. The company is
pressing the work forward with every
energy at their command. and expects to
cnt their first lumber by the last OF June.
This mill site is every way the lest on
Puget Sound, and is SO acknowledged by
every mill man. The question is often
asked why this site was not occupied
before! We can give the reason. In
early days when our first saw mills were
built, there were no steamboats, on Puget
Sound, and it was matter of necessity
to locate as near as possible to timber.
Port Discovery, Ludlow, Gamble, Sea,
beck, Madison, Blakely, Utsalady and
other sites, all had plenty of timber close
at hand, which was transported to the
mills in booms kedged along the shores
The timber around Port Townsend Bay
had been blown down by a tornado
which swept the peninsula 40 or so years
ago, and was then burned over. There
vas no timber bere to induce mill mer
b. select tins bay. But row. that every
mill i-ioblirsd to have logs toWed from
10 o. 100 miles, il has been found and
demonstrated that logs can be towed &c
Port Townsend from either up the Sonnd
Huod's Canal. Olympia, from back o
WILDLY Island, from down the Sound
Fys scht and Dungeness, easier than tC
any other place. Another advantage
which thia mill has over every other il
that Il il sitnated at the Port OF Entry oI
PaRet Sound. aud vessels coming to the
81 Jnd to purchase cargoes, or seeking
r., "a. being obliged to come here tt
ieatti 4s the custom house, will find j
more economical in Saving time ant
tnUage TO procure cargoes at the Por
Hadlock mill, than at any other mill oil
Pugct Sound. This mill has superior
taiyautages. and it the company car
tura out the quality OF lumber the!
promise, and at rs reasonable rates a:
other mills, their success will be insured
from the start. Port Townsend Bay pre-
sents tho most convenient anchorage
over tie largest area OF any harbor OIL
Puget Sound. The soundings are yer!
reEular, from 6 to l6 fathoms of water
good holding ground, and at its southern
extremity. tie site OF the Port Hadlocl