Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-08-31
ELLSWORTH ~ THE WEST.
What "D"wn East" Pluck and rntc
prise have done in Minnesota.

4 What "D"wn East" Pluck and Enter
! prise have done in Minnesota
I The AMERICAN. eagerly rrc~p.cI aul
read ID homes All oy,r sur UullrI States,
has Just made it, regular vi-it, uni as Vie
| lay 1t aside We wonder If some OF the
many readers would not be bit Interested
| in the dpings OF few Of Maine's euter-
prsng sons located Ia this famed city Of
the Northwest Minneapolis
Were It not for that ''evi dream" OF oc-
casional spondents the editors waste
baSket-we should be tempted into de-
scription of this most remarkable city.
Truly Its growth, improvements and per
fectons attained are astonishing
Spreading out at the Falls Of st. An
thony on either side Of the Mississippi its
location is superior. It's immense h0uring
mills have given it position, As a hour
manufacturing centre, uuriyalei in the
world. Its dnc hotels, business blocks
and other public buildings are not rxcelled
Thousands Of magnificent residences.
beautifully located, testify to the taste arI
wealth Of its citizens
Its system of parks, the creation Of q
few years when completed will be won
derland both in extent and beauty. With
its charming drives. clear skies ana brac-
ing air. with its score of lakes well
stocked with fish; with far famed Mime
haha and Minnetonha not many miles
away, Minneapolis presents to the pleas
ure-seek ker inducements that but few citles
can offer
Az all know, it is the -four industry that
has made this young city famous, but 9TH
er enterprises, none the less important,
have been large fact rs in its wonderful
growth.
The rise and growth of its lumber
business read like fairy tale. How in
sos, some son of the Pine Tree State
seeking home and fortune in the far
West. first utilized the great water power
by building sawmill; how the mills in
creased in number gradually till it was
found that even "this great river" was not
equal to the demand Of saw and -four mills
One by one, the saw mill meu abandoned
the falls, moved up the river and built the
great steam mi!ls-the climax of saw mill
enterprise, representing the highest me-
chanical skill. Nearly a score Of these
steam-mils are found here, several Of
them having capacity of 400 600 feet in
twenty-four hours.
1t was my pleasure recently to visit
the mill Of the Bovey, DeLaittre Lumber
Co. who own as perfect n saw mill plant
as can be found anywhere. The men who
own and conduct this great business are
pioneer manufacturers. beginning as they
did quarter of century ago in one of
the old mills at the Falls. In 81 this was
swept away by fire. With an eye to the
future, they purchased, four miles above
the Falls, twenty acres (for which the
sum of $4,000 was pad) and constructed
the present mill. This building is two
story 200x75 feet, with brick engine and
boiler-house.
In this are twelve steel boilers and one
of those marvels of mechanical ingenuity,
q Corliss engine of 1000 horse power,
which is not only a thing of beauty but
also Of resistless strength. No matter how
many logs the great saws may be rushing
through at once, it changes not its motion
one iota.
The lower story of the mill is, of course,
given up to wheels. pulleys and belts,
while in the upper are the saws-consist-
ing Of a circular, gang and that latest
of improvements, band saw. The latter
consists of an endless saw about thirty
feet long, verv very thin, which runs over
two large drums sufficiently tight to pre-
vent its slipping when in rapid motion.
1t is claimed that this saw will
make 10 per cent. more lumber from the
same amount Of logs than circular, but