The Arizona champion., 1888-06-02
ARIZONA LUMBER COMPANY.
What Major D. N. Rloraan has Dsns to Advance the Interests of our
 Mountain Town.
THE NEW MILL,
What a Champion Man Saw at Mil ton, the Headquarters Of tho Arizona Lumber Company,
 on Last Thursday.

Last Monday the fires were light ed for the first time in the new plan ing mill, erected by the Arizona ! Lumber O., on the site formerly l occupied by their mill, which was
 destroyed by fire early during last summer. The new mill is undoubt- | edly the finest of the kind in the two territories, and, perhaps in the west; and the Flagstattians may we'll be proud of its possession.
 When the old mill was burned many were the predictions that its equal would never again be erected, but happily all these peerings into the future proved unfounded, and we can now point, with not a httle pride, to a mill superior to the old
 and equal to anything on the coast
 in all its appointments, .a
 Immediately after the destruction
 of the old mill, steps were taken
 towards rebuilding. A complete out
 fit was purchased in the east and
 was shipped 'to Flagstaff without
 delay. Skilled mechanics were en-
 gagged, plans made and everything prepared for the speedy construction of the mill. The ruins of the old
 mill were cleared away and the foundations of the new mil were
 laid, when operations were suspend
 ed, pending the decision of some important matters immediately
 connected with the building of the
 mill. These matters were concluded
 too late in tho season for the con tinuation of the work, but with the
 opening of the present spring, the
 shoulder was once more put to the
 wheel, with the result of complete
 ing the operations begun last sum-
 mer during the early part of the
 present. week. .s
 | The construction was under the
 management of Mr. G. II. Patullo,
 an experienced mill architect, from
 Bay City, Mich, Mir. Patullo, drought
 with him a number of skilled luill wrights, who with the "local tale mt
 that could be procured in this line made rapid progress in their work, the excellence of which is best ar
 tested by the structure that they
 have raised.
 \ In order to reduce the danger , from fire to a minimum, it was de
 cided to put the engine and boiler ' in buildings distinctly seperate iron - that containing the planins |, machinery. It is the intention that c these two buildings will ultimately I be of stone with iron roofs; but tn,
 urgency of the demands for manu
 factured lumber necessitated thei t being placed in frame structure + for the time being The engine is al ' immense Atlas Corliss. having a : e foot stroke and AS inch cylinder '- This engine is without exception th' } finest piece of machinery eve n brought into Flagstaff. The mail 7 bully is l4 fset in diameter ant d both this and the engine are place' s on foundations of 5 feet of soli' 'f masonry. In the engine room vii y be placed a fine large lathe which i r, now stored at the mill, and wit !, this and a full set of machiliSt l. tools it is reasonable to suppose tha r a great deal of the mill work whic r. caunot now be done this side of A. Q buquerque, will henoeforth be don 't as well without the necessity of g t ing out side of their own grounds
 The battery of four boilers tha el had been used in the old mill, hay is been thoroughly renovated and wi g. be amply sufficient to answer a t- purposes. They are fed from steaI 'f heater into. which water is forced b e a Knowls No, 3 pump, operatin } in the engine room. The fuel is SUI 'f piled from the different machine: \. all the shavings being utilized fc a this purpose, There are two room t in the boiler house into which a g. the waste is conveyed directly frol 70 the machines by means of piE <; through which a current of air cause l. by an emmense blowing machine l. constantly pressing and of sue y force that it will draw up and col l. yey a moderately good sized bloc es of wood,
 IS The main building Is l30 se, d long by 30 feet wide, with two a, y ditions on the sides running nearl ] the full length and 24 feet in widtl y platforms extend for l6 feet mo- or beyond each of these wings; thu 'r affording every convenience for u to expedition handling and manufa of turing of material. There are aIread a- placed in position three large Preb O. matchers, surfacer, moulder, 4 y inch re saw, rip saw and cut oI " saw. These machines alone woul n be sufficient to entitle the mill ly the honor of being the best equippt d. in the southwest but it is the i Ilt tention to farther increase its faci