The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-18

and from Mount Vernon twenty-five mile
The Bulloch county line hes I'VE. miles
away, and Tattnall county six mics. W me
tie town is situated in the midst OF the
great pine forest the adjacent county Is d
| fine farming section and is thickly settled.
The location of StillmOre is an exceilehI
one, and the town comprises tin its preseou
limits about 100 acres. 1t has been regu-
larly laid out by competent engineer, MI
John ID. Overstreet, the width OF the streets
running north and south, being 90 feet, ana
those extending east and west 20 feet. The
| town lots are 60 by $50 feet,
The wayfarer or the commercial traveller
who visits Stillmore is agreeably surprised
to tind-at this point 50 far IN the interior
"a neat and well-kept hosiery where he
can be made comfortable and all his wants
supplied. The "Stillmore tavern" is kept
by T. Ducey, Esq, and his industrious ana
| thrifty wife, and already has good pat
ronage.
A TRANSPORTATION SCENE.
The approach of the Rogers and Summit
and Stillmore railroad and the amount OF
building, together with the Improvements
going on in Stillmore, has attracted quite
brisk inquiry for town lots for building
purposes. Substantial stores will shortly
be erected there by Messrs. burden Bros,
J. W. Bowie, Wadley & Malsby and Futch
g. Hale. The large store of Brinson a.
BriDson is 30x100 feet. The postoffice OF
Stillmore is located in this store.
THE sTILLMoRE MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
was shown by Mr. George NJ. Crimson,
the turpeutine works of the concern. These
| are on a large scale, and everything is sys-
tematicallV arranged, with view to econ
omy and labor saving from the little steam
pump, working nolseiessly, which forces
water from the artificial lake near by up
into the huge tub where the copper
worm is kept cool while the distilling pro-
cess is going on, down to the ''terraced"
rosin yard where the liquid rosin is drdtCn
| from the large watts directly into the wooden
barrels instead of being laboriously dipped
up"-a bucket at a time-and poured into
the barrels, las is the case at a majority OF
turpentine distilleries).
A couple of hundred yards from the
naval stores works the symmetrical proper
| tions of the large mill, now being erected
| by the Stillmore manufacturing company,
can be seen rising INTO view. The plans OF
| this mill, its admirable location and the
present outlines indicate that it will take
| rank with the best mills in Georgia, and
| Georgia to-day boasts the finest lumber
mills in the south. A brief sketch of the
| Stillmore mill may be Of interest. The mill
| will be double decked," and the building
| will extend 220 feet. The main saw mill
engine will have fly wheel IA feet in di-
ameter, cylinder 1Sx2S. There is battery
of five boilers 81 feet long by 30 inches in
diameter, and the indicated horsepower
will be 165. The chimney is feet in diam
eter and 20 feet high. A modern slab
conveyor" extends out 30l feet from the
mill. All the latest attachments, such as
shingle, lathe, stave machinery, gang edger,
live rolls, power-hitting saws, etc,
will be in place, operated
by an annex engine, with 12 by
| 20-cylinder and fly wheel 81 feet in diane
ter The capacity of the mills will be
$4,000 feet day, and they will be in opera
ton by the latter part of September, when
| the Rogers and Summit railroad reaches
| Stillmore and affords a means of transpor-
tation to market.
1t is certainly a pleasure to note at this
time that industry and energy and capital
are likewise being expended and directed
toward developing the rich resources of
hitherto almost inaccessible regions OF
Georgia l left Stillmore, after pleasant
stay of two days, fully impressed with the
| growth Of the town and its bright prospects
for the future OCCASIONAL.