, 1888-10-04
The New Port RlaksleY Hill.

LumbeymGH:
In this connection description of
the new Port Blakeley mill may be
of interest It will be fresh in the
memory of your readers that the old
mill at this point, the second largest
on Puget Sound, was completely de-
stroyed by fire about eight months
ago. The proprietors, Renton,
Holmes q Co, commenced getting
out the tlmbers for q now structure
to replace the old one before the fire
was really extinguished, and COM
menced cutting lumber two months
ago. The building is of Puget Sound
fir and 432 feet long by 100 feet wide
inside measure. The lower stoI ',
which contains the engines, planer
and some other machinery, is four
teen feet in the clear. The mill roof
Is twelve feet to the caves and has a
monitor roof rising fifteen feet high
er IN the center. A million and three
quarter feet were consumed in the
structure
The boiler house, which has been
arranged for a boilers, is in a separ-
ate building a few feet to the north
o. the confer OF the mill 1t il really
double mill, each half being run in
dependently Of the other half. Each
mil has its own jack ladder with
endless chains, and while your cor
respondent was there yesterday he
saw five logs sixty feet long and aver
aging over thirty inches at the top,
bclng hauled into the mill on one lad
der at the same time. Each mill is
furnished with a double circular, a
re-saw, gang, and three gang edg-
ers are allotted between the two
mills. There are four board and
plank planers and one timber pianer
and two lath mills, the latter having
combined capacity of 10000 lath
day, and two boilers. The power is
furnished to the circulars and re-
saws by two engines each OF 800
horse power, one engine driving d
circular and re-saw and giving pow
er to the endless chain and steam
nlgger. There is also in each mill
one engine of 600 horse power used
for the gang and gang edger, and a
pair OF twin engines of 500 horse
power run the planers, lath mills,
boilers and other machinery. This
makes in all $500 horse power, and
there are four pair of twin engines
in addition which run the steam feed
for the circulars and re-saws.
Wherever necessary live iron roll
ers have been put in but the other
rollers are all made of laurel, the onlv
| hard wood iii Puget Sound which is
available for the purpose. This,
however, answers we'll and is pIenti-
full. Laurel can be found anywhere
in Puget Sound from Is to 81 inches
in diameter. The mills, if run ten
hours, will have an average capacity
OF 10000 feet day. Only one side
of tho mill is yet in running order;
the other will be completed in about
six weeks or two months. A new ar
rangemsnt is being added to the mill
| whereby the refuse is being carried
across the bay over a bridge to be
disposed OF nearly quarter of a
mile away.
The proprietors, having their form
er loss in mind, are determined that
if human foresight will avail them,
the present mill shall not be destroy
ed by fire, and accordingly are fitting
the mill throughout with j. u. Mack
ey's automatic fire entinguisher. and
in addition have built tank at con.
siderable elevation above the mill
100 feet long, so feet wide and 9 feet
deep, which will be constantly filled
with salt water ready for any emer-
gency. The mill is under the man
agement of John A. Campbell, aud
James Oldfeld is foreman.