The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-18
THE BUTTE AND MONTANA.
The Wheels Of the Great Mill Turn
Its Various Equipment. Mos,
Complete.
The banquet in thu Evening Proves Il
Pr0nouGccd Success in Every
Way.

The Butte ~ Montana Commercial COM
pany saw mill started Friday. 1t is
one of the most complete. if not the
most complete institution. of its kind III
the entire northwest. Its magnificent
proportions and complete Quitting show
c~onclusively that a great capital backs il.
The engine and boiler house is located
just north Of the mill proper. Ii is built
of brick and is rooted with iron. The
boiler room is i1yjJ feet. This room
contains the boilers. in which is gene
rated the steam to run the mill. They
are six in number and are arranged into
two batteries. one containing four the
other two boilers. Each boiler is fifty in
ches by twenty feet and contains twelve
six inch tiues. The engine room, which
is located directly east of the boiler room
is 32x4S feet. The engine was manu-
featured by the Edward p, Allis COM
pany of Milwaukee. is 24xlS feet in size
and has a 400 horse power. The engine
room is also provided with an i'm
proved Reynolds heater and with
"a No. 8 Blake pump, which
connects directly with the river and
which has a capacity of 800 gallons per
minute. The fuel used IN running the
mill is the green sawdust which is
brought into the boiler room by a saw
dust conveyor and dropped into the fire
box through pipes which the workmcn
can open or shut by the use of levers.
Smoke is conveyed from the building by
an iron stack 100 feet high. set ON a solid
brick foundation and extending directly
from the centerof the building. The stack
is furnished with a five foot opening. \
space Of four feet has been left between
the walls of the engine and boiler house
and the mill. The object of this is to
give the mill proper protection from fire
The main building is 6OXl2S feet with
a lath mill addition 3lyl1 feet. II is
constructed of wood and has an iron roof.
The foundation is of tone. Properly
speaking the mill occupies two floors.
There is also. above the log deck. a
fitted out With machinery for the filing
of saws.
The machinery is Of the newest and
most improved pattern, and includes
everything essential TO the equipment
of IA first class mill. There are two ro-
tary saws with one single and one double
saw. respectively 81 and SO inches in Iii
amctcr. After leaving the logslidc the
logs reach the log deck. From this they
are thrown To either side by a lever
which operates two cccentrics. 1t then
rolls down and takes lis place III a steam
feed of which there are two. and is car
ricu to the saw. While on the feed the
log may be turned by a Hills steam mig
ger. there being two Of these. also. The
mill is equipped with live rollers through
out. also with a slab slasher for cut
ting edgings, etc into four foot lengths.
For c,lging and trimming it is provided
With a scven-saw edger and Il tive-saw
trimmer. The Hath mill addition is pro
capacity Of 10000 laths per day. and the
saving capacity of the mill is l2J.Uut
feet per day.
North of the engine and boiler rooms
are the company machine shops, which
have Il complete outfit Of improved ma.
chinery ami will dc all the ironwork fol
the anil.
In constructing the mill the architec,
| has tStt CN'lN lp'NiNtIDl " paw wv W.
the comfort and safety Of the employees
Platforms and walkways have been bull
which enable the workmcn and oilers f
reach any portion of the machiaer,
without difficulty. Great care has als'
been taken in protecting the building
from fire. 5 pump having Il capacity o
!, 800 gallons per minute stands III the en-
gine-room. In different locations sec
tons of rose are attached ready for i'll
, mediate use. and in every part Of tn,
, building buckets and barrels Of salt Wa
, ter are placed in such position as to b'
easily attainablc.
. The millwright who drew the PLAN
. and has been in charge of the buildin:
was Mr.. W. +. Eag!cy. who has bull
> some o. the largest mills in the north
, west and il is but due to Mr.. jagicy Il
., say that the building reflects great credl
, on its architect. The machinery wa
, furnished by the Edward =. Allis COM
, pany of Milwaukee. the betting hy tn
, Chicago Betting company and the saw
. by the Emerson Smith company &
Beaver Falls. Penna. The cost of tn
mill and machinery is about S.J.0NN.
John l.. Harris is the general supcrin
. tendent of the company. j. j. McCoI
. non is foreman: X. NJ. Northam. engineer
l.. Candcaux. filler: Il. Dunn and Z. /
Davie. sawyers, and q. Erect, tinekecpcl
J In the office q. b. Lockhart ranks =
e manager. His assistants are .. i
Crookshank and G. f. Beebe.
Mr.. a. A. Jarvis assisted Mr.. i}aglc
in the work and proved himself an c>
t ceptionally fine millwright. .
The exercises of the day wound up i
the evening with IA banquet that wa
certainly a glorious success. 1t too
place in the mess room. and about sixt
of the company's employees were seatc
at the table. The menu reflected grea
credit on the cook, and to say the con
70 pany's guests enjoyed it only expresses
d family. Needless to say, the comic men
q cards got up by George Lockhart, we
not followed. The funniest part OF III
d evening was when ID. Haggerty. of II
'e Cream city, cut the saw dust cake. h
y cut it with such apparent grace and ~
l55 concern. and then started to eat II. II
u worst of it was that he wouldn I eve
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