The Lake Charles echo., 1893-09-15
q alAMmorR INsTHTUTION.
A Visit 40 The ERrRdhieysHRarnsug
Nsmmber Co.'s Great Saw
Hafll Plant


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thAS'ion' ne II o0Il 'ieesiS SA1iS'leu Will ms
: sesSSr Ahd i'0'n'S W Ii @S : nHou utaent 10
1Ae ne" syssehi OF refuse burning tnaugora'eo'
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soiio eafon' through 1ne "a" mil Becutnuia-
LIONS Oi tDir'F ySafs' An bne ionhoAtloh are
LouF o'eniuRS' P'Oteese" oy massive ooofS.
Whieh efesbe dfatt oenea'h the CRATES and
aeeeierates tiie hreS' lhese CRATES are entire
~ uilLereht from an "hlch nave come 10 onf
hoaee' anu are elaiLileu Oy the patentee TO De
the oesI made
Inc great burner Is maae OF steel plates,
ionr ieet woe tlFeteo togetheT by tens OF
thousHnoS OF ooits; lhe lower portion rises
PerPeholenlaFly tnlrty-slN ieet IN donoie COL
ninns' the Inner shell being placed twelve
inehes from the OUTER and fastened 70 1t by
SLay-Ooihs eigheeen henes apart. Ihis reser-
Eoif between the bhells Is kept constantly
Hi'eo Will "s1eF' Iiteo lnto II ny tne am
Loehse pumps OF the company Ihe dlSme-
sef Oh tnls io"er portloh' o. burner proper Is
twenty-five IeeI' ABOVE TINS Degins a oeau-
titnl, taperlng section mounting into the air
an Adoitlonsl twenty-five Ieet, protected
against any PosSio1e sagelhg from beat by
iongitualnai I-flOs oi STEEL Stil higher tne
TOP part shoots s'ralght up distance Of
twenty ieet more with diameter OF twelve
leet; surmounbtRg th's ls the spark arrester,
ORD cage eight teet nigh, made OF great iron
rios and covered with steel wire, Around the
top is railing which adds to the general
good ELECT, and pulley with steel rope hang
IN readiness 10 convey Workmen TO the top
when necessary.
We have seen the Bradley Ramsay mill cut
over two huBdrei thousand feet Ia day
pnu U he nj he
burner will have to do when the "Old LADY,
gets hump on herself. With that awful fur
mace 10 full blast 1t would not make much
! difference where the un fortunate mortal who
| fell into It went to, he would certainly find
the climate sOmswhat cooler.
| To feed this hungry monster are two end
less. steel wire cables, aggregating o thou
sand feet in lrpgth, ssven-eigbths of an
inch in diameter; six strands, ninteen wlref
| to each strand plated over a hemp centre
This wire passes at its different extremitiel
over great iron wheels made expressly for the
purp-se, aud the wires sre provided with cas-
iron clamps at regular intervals. which tral
out everything that falls 10 the Hrre-bUz
from a grain of saw dust to a 500 pound slab
The refuse of the mill, slabs, edgings, butts
etc, fall from the saving department, dowr
an iuclined plane into Que section OF the con
yeyor box, when it Is carried back Into tn.
mill, past platform where men are stationed
to select the best OF the material for th
; Hodge Wire Fence Co.; the remainder /
then carried BY an endless belt to the seeont
section of the couveyor where 1t starts on 1T
last trip to the burner, there 10 be 80 com
pletely demolished as to scarcely leave ashes
The slabs, as they fall from above, ar
passed oyer a slab slasher provided with seve
saws placed four feet apart, and the m-u wh
: select the material for the Fence 90 take u
= these slabs aud run them through resawin
machines, which flrst reduces then to bolt
j two inches wide and tb sn to pichets Of tb
required thickness These pickets are tie
I in bundles Of twenty five 10 less time than
/ t.kes to write the words, aud are taken out q
the mill by another conVey1r when they ar
transported to the drying yards near th
Fence factory.
4 OF course all these different department
: slab slasher, picket saws, eonVeyors, etc
are 30 arranged as to be started aud .stoppe
; at will, independently of each other.
We noticed great improvement over I'll
old plan of separating the different lumber
= 10 comes from the circular aud band saws b
!. means Of sn overhead transfer which wi
D have to be seen to be appreciated. DhfsreT
p sizes, dimensions, and grades, are separate
Il and sent whistiIng to their different destinE
Z tions as readily as a bank clerk asserts bi
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