The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-16
LAKE VIEW
FLAMING MILL.
A Description of One of the
the Enterprises of
Garrett County.
The Establishment Crowded
With Orders--Only First
Glass Work Done.

Not the least of the industries of
Garrett county are the planning mills,
novelty works and builders supply
depot of Messrs Z. NJ. Rathbun &
Co., Mt. Lake Park, just across the
B. & O. in the thriving little town
of Lake View.
Mr.. Rathbun informs us that
their plant and lumber supplies
cover just one acre, by crowding the
edges where they adjoin the streets
and alleys. He also gives us the
following description of their plant:
The main building or planning
mill is an Iron clad" about 80 by
100 feet, 8 stories high. The power
is supplied by new 40-horse power
boiler and engine. The first floor
is occupied by the necessary main
lines of shaftlng, grindstones, ETC.,
and is also used for storing worked
lumber. On the second floor they
have planer, hatcher, universal
wood worker, moulding machine
and circular rip saws, and can, if
pushed, make several pecks of shaw
ings and sawdust in day.
On the third floor there are scroll
saws. band saws, tenement, NOR
Using, shaping, mitering and other
machines, rip and cut off saws,
turning machines, emery grinders,
work benches, etc.. also a large
drying room, when material for the
best work is thoroughly seasoned.
They have a two-story lumber
shed about Is by 80 feet filled with
worked lumber of all kinds, a ware
house about 6Ox60 feet, two stories
high, filled with sash, doors, mould
ings, glass, paints, oils, etc. They
have also buildings for lime, brick,
plastering hair, lath, etc.
They have large and well as
sorted stock of lumber of all kinds
white pine from Michigan, yellow
pine from North Carolina, gulf pine
from Mississippi, sash and doors
from Wisconsin.
Their yard is we'll supplied with
native woods, such as poplar, bass
wood, white and yellow and black
pines, cherry, ash, spruce, hemlock,
white and red oak, chestnut, etc.
They confidently expect the best
building year ever known in this
section and are making their prep
arations accordingly. They say
that their order book is rapidly fill
ing up and that their works are now
crowded almost to their full capacity
but would have work for two or
three more frst-class mechanics.
They do not take contracts, as
they claim the carpenters should
have a chance. but simply handle
material of all kinds used IN build
ing from bottom to top.
There is scarcely day during
the season that there are not one or
more cars on their private siding
loading and unloading all kinds of
builders supplies. They are now
receiving several cars of brick, lime.
yellow pine, sash, doors, poplar and
pine lumber, etc.
They have, without solicitation,
built up quite trade in supplies
for saw mills and threshing ma
chimes in the way of packing, lubri-
eating and cylinder oils, files, lac
ing, etc.
Mr.. X. informs US that while they
have apparently almost monopoly
in their line they have serious COM
petition from all sides, and that
their policy is based accordingly
that is to put their prices on every
thing to the lowest living notch,
and as their expenses are compar-
atively light they find they can and
do undersell the cities in everything
in their line.
They have price list, printed at
this office, which they will be glad
to send to all intending builders,
free.