The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-05-17
HOPKINS BIO MILL.
A Hamlet Where the Buz Of the Saw Is
Daily Music.


Recently we decided TO visit Hopkins
10 soc the mill In operation. We went
over TO the A. v. R'y crossing and got
on the railroad--not tho train--and
counted tho tics from there to the rail
road platform at Hopkins and found just
five thousand and ninety-six ties be-
tween the two places. Hopkins Is n
hamlet that Is bemmed In by hills. The
only industry Of the place IL Hon. A.
G. Hopkins mill plant. The place has
railroad ticket Office, small store and
postoiilcc. A. p. King Is postmaster.
Two mails arrive daily. AZ high ns
seventy-flvo letters have been sent out
of there In one mail. Twenty families
reside therc, besides n large boarding
house whore iifty-two men eat and
sleep. Considering tho above facts tho
town does not receive the accommoda-
tions II should from the A. V. R'y Go.
Trains one and two will not stop there
10 let passengers on or OF. The people
have only the morning and evening
trains 10 travel on. n thoy want 10 get
on the noon trains they will have TO
walk 20 Reynoldsvillc or Printable.
Frequently the ladies Of Hopkins would
like TO come 10 RoynOldsvillc during
the day, but as IL Is too far 10 walk,
they remain at home and allow the
imam Of the house" 10 buy what they
want in the evening. The place Is moro
deserving of stop by all passenger
trains than many places along the Low
Grade whore they do stop.
The buz Of saws, Kissing Of steam and
whiz Of machinery TO be heard there
are Enthusiastically the real hum Of indus
try One hundred men are employed
on the mills and in the yard. The ma
chincry consists Of band mill, gang
edger lath mill, shingle mill, gang
slabbor, ~ saw nat gang, double sur
faccr, flooring machine, rip-saw, and
shavings press. Twin engines Of l7j
horse power drive the machinery on
the saw mill and 10 horse power on
gine does the work nj the planning mill.
The smallest engine Is fed on shavings
| by a. II. Schuckers, and the twin en-
gines keep the saw dust pile down. AT
the time Of our visit they were saving
pine at the rate Of 10000 per day.
When handling hemlock they saw be-
tween 10000 and 10000 per day. This
year they have adopted the Michigan
way Of sorting lumber. They have six
grades and frequently after n log has
been sawed part Of it has been piled
In each ono Of the six grades. Logs are
like people in one respect. The OK
terror looks good and sound, but the
heart is worm-catcn and valueless 70
the owner or any one else. II Is the in
tention now to saw I2,00O,0O0 at that
place this season.
John n. Schofeld is superintendent,
| A. +. King salesman and general over
seer Of the mills, Miles Towns foreman
Of the saw mill, John Evert yard fore.
man, G. f. Warden planning mill fore
man, a. =. Weitzel engineer, S. d.
Smith has charge Of the lath mill and
A. L. Peters Is the smithy Of the plant
Every man has his place 10 work and
they arc always at it as il they were
trying to get ahead Of the machinery
in its whizzing activity. The men are
paid each week.
The last, but not least important
place VIC visited, where we were not {
locker on but partaker, was the din
ing room Of the boarding house. TIVE
long tables were well spread with The
necessarics Of life, and everything hat
the appearance Of neatness and cleanli
ness, which is one of the essentia
things when it comes TO providing fo
the inner man.
Through the kindness and genialit!
OF Messrs. a. =. King and John Fl
Schofeld our visit to the town tw'
miles west Of Reynoldsville was mad
very pleasant, for which we were yer.
thankful.