The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-16
MILACA's SPLENDID MILL.

"A OOIHplcC0 Description or the
Same-M ilaca is the Centre Of a
Pine and Hardwood Country
thousands of Acres of Rich
Agricultural Lands Can
be Had on Easy Terms.
That portion Of Mile Laos
county adjacent to the line Of the
st. Cloud & HincAey branch Of
the Great Northern Railroad is be.
ing developed at an astonishing
rate. The village Of Foreston has
! a first class saw mill owned and
run by Foley Bros, that turns out
from twenty to thirty million feet Of
pine and hardwood lumber an.
nually, and gives employment to
several score Of men the year
through; %. N. Bacon also con
ducts an extensive hub and spoke
factory at that place, and his wares
meet with ready sale. A special
correspondent Of the Minneapolis
Zimmerman, under date of Oct.
18th, gives a good description Of
the Mile Laos Lumber Company's
new saw mill at Milaca which is
reproduced. below. People in
search Of good rich farming lands
would do well to open a cores
pondence with Manager Secombe.
His address is. Milaca.
A special correspondent of the
Lm7aberma1,aa stopped at Milaca
this morning to take look at the
town and to look at the new mill
just completed by the Mile Laos
Lumber Co. He was prepared to
see enterprise and push in this
distant neck Of the woods, but was
more than agreeably surprised to
lind plant SO extensive and COM
plete as the one above mentioned.
1t was on the Doth Of j une last that
fire destroyed the old mill of the
Mile Laos Lumber Co. This
company has been established here
for quite number of years, and
have always had a frst-class repu-
tation for their business-Gke deal
ings and for the excellent quality
Of their manufactu re. q The periods
intervening between the destruc-
-tion OF their s0ld .miH and the. com
mencement Of operati ons for the
erection Of the new one was not
very long. On June Doth, as
above mentioned, the fire occurred.
On July 10th active work was be-
gun on the ruins, clearing away
the rubbish and making way for
the foundation Of the present
structure. In a surprisingly short
time the building was completed
and ready for the machinery and
to-day they are ready for active
operations.
The main building is 4x180
feet, with a file room 32x36 and a
boiler room 5Ox5O. The mill is
equipped with two McDonough
band mills, furnished by the
McDonough Manufacturing Co.,
Of Eau Claire. Both have Pres
colt steam feed and Hills steam
niggers and log jacks. The band
mills are Of McDonough's best
make, and are of the same capacity
and design of those put in the
Shaw & Elliott mills Of Minneapo-
lis. The edgers are also of the
McDonough make, likewise the
trimmer. The edgers are made of
spices six inches thick, so that all
dimension Of six inch size, and one
way can be made on the edger af-
ter leaving the band mills. The
trimmers are 26 feet long and Of
automatic pattern. The pulleys IN
this mill were furnished by Jlson
& Sowden, Of St. Paul, and are
made by the Standard Pulley
works, Of Warsaw, Ind. The
Boston Betting Co. made the belt
ing, and it goes without saying
that it is frst-class. The mill is
supplied with live rolls, all of the
latest improvements and conven-
fence of modern saw mill con-
struction. In the file room the
Covel sharpening machine is to be
used, with the Rich swage. The
engine is a Reynolds & Corliss 800
horse power, made by Allis, Of
Milwaukee. The single machine
has not been put in, and the com
pany is somewhat in doubt as to
which make will be used, the Per.
kins or Challoner. At the present
writing the Challoner seems to
have the inside track. It is quite
remarkable to note the sharp, com.
petition that is now going on be
tween these two rival concerns.
Both Perkins and Challoner have
been represented in this territory