Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-04-20
A. W. Wright Lumber Go.

will undoubtedly be of INTEREST To our
readers:
Ammi w. Wright. President, Charles
w. Wells. Vice President; Farnam {.
Stone. Treasurer; w. + Kuowlton.
Secretary; w. II. Wright, Mill Superin-
tendent; manufacturers and dealers in
lumber. lath and shingles. SAW mill,
foot of Throop street; planning mill cor
ner of Farley and Water streets sag
NAV City. No name in Michigan is
more prominently connected with the
lumber manufacturing and general in
terests of the State than that of Mr.. a
w. Wright, by whom this business WAS
founded i'm 1882. Ammi Willard
Wright was born at Grafton. Wndham
county. Vt. 1922. He came 10 Detroit
in 1890 and to Saginaw in tie following
wear, and spent his first year in this
section in inspecting lands on the Cass.
TittabaWasSee and Flint rivers. secu-
ing some Of the finest pine lands in tie
State. He began operations on the
Cass river, near the present Nilage OF
Caro-, and soon become pr miucut a
mong the leading opewi,rs in pin,
lands and lumber From 1851 to 1850
he WAS member Of tie linn Of Miller
Payne X Wright. which was dissolved
in the latter year. when The firm of y.
W. Wright Il Co. WAS formed. consist
ing of Mr. Wright ana J IL. Pearson
of Chicago, in W icl. city tleN had large
yards In 1867 these gentlemen tai
lished wholesale supply store at ) &
NAV. associating with them MesSrs.
Northrop and NellS IN 1865 Nh MOI
throp retired. Mr. +. G stone taking
his place. and the finn Lccame known
as Wells. Stone 4 Go. I'm ISL Nj.
Wright bought on " Peas, rs inter
est. Tie finn # Wells. SiDc 4 Go.
soon become widely known. and having
bought 5000 acres e pine land iu Ii, :
common. GladUiu and Clare counties.
they establish an extensive lumber
ing plant. built some thirty miles OF
railroad equipped With three locomo-
which they cultivated farm Of 1000
acres. In 1ss2 tie \. v. Wright
Lumber Company WIS organized. and
the lumber. Ian and railroad interests
of Wells Stone & Co and also the firms
of \ W. Wright & Co. and Wright Il
Knowlton at Saginaw. embracing the
saw mill, salt block, planning mill, lum-
Der yards, etc. were all merged in tins
corporation. The saw mill owned mo
operated 10y them is one OF tie larges,
on the river and has two WI, kes gang
mills. one large gang being driven 10y al
ITO horsepower engine with 16X2S
cylinder, and a smaller gang driven 10y
a 20 horsepower engine of l6Xls
cylinder. The engine which drives the
general machinery is Of 800 horse-pow-
er, 2SX36 cylinder. and counting tie
smaller engines and cylinders, in all
twenty. 1900 horsepower is used II
the saw mill establishment.
The other machinery about the mil
includes three trimmers. three edgers.
a very powerful shotgun steam fed.
log leaders, Hills steam nigGers, two
sets Of Halls single machinery, Hill
~ Co S steam drag SAW. which is used
in the shingle mill and is the only one
on the river, two of Halls iointers.
sapper and boltcr. two hath machines,
staye jointers, heading machines, fold
ers. etc The company runs lOcOmot-
i've on their elevated tramway. the only
one on the river, which they utilize TO
haul lumher from the mill To the piling
grounds They have two batteries e
four, and one Of two boilers each 5Nl6
feet, use COyel'S Automatic Saw Sharp
sners for the gang and circular SAWS,
and manufacture from % 0C0 600 To
10000 600 feet of lumber, 1910 0,C00
shingles. 3,500,000 lath, l3,pju.o00 to
$4,000 900 slaves and 900 0 sets of
heading annually. I'm addition to the
saw and shingle mills, the company
has five salt wells and drill houses each
with "A 81 horsepower pumping engine,
and salt block Of very large proper
tions, and they manufacture 10000
barrels of salt per annum. Their plan.
ing mill. which is located at Farley
and Water streets. is replete with the
most improved modern machinery
manufactured by the 5. a. Woods
Machine Co. If Boston. the plant in
Gliding two large boilers, two engines
Of 20 and % horsepower I, spectively,
three planners and Watchers. ore end
less belt single surfacer, one S0-inch
double surfacer with feed rollers. the
largest and best made; and a Is. L.
Sturtevant Patent Lumber Dryer.
three kilns is used in connection with
this mill. In addition. the company
has large storage sheds, barus and
offices, piling grounds. sorting yards,
slab grounds. etc. all covering river
.|,.f. $50. a ana -