Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-07

tIseIss IS 4 Isss IIssssday ils danger 81 IRE
from this source. All this machinery
is driven by q 50 engine Of four
hundred horse power and the power
is supplied by four ten f1ue boilers.
Only one side of the mill runs nights
and The daily
OFT PIT
is about one hundred and thirty
thousand feet of lumber, fifty thous-
! and sliagle. thirty thousand lath
and ten thousand pickets. The mill
runs summer and winter and its
1 yearly cut is from twenty to
thirty million and al this rate they
have timber enough to stock it for
| five years and more in sight.
! j. y. nurkec IS the foreman oI.the
saw mill. lie is an old employee Of
the company but for the past five
years has been on the Pacific coast,
and the fact that they sent clear out
there for him To come and take charge
Of this mill shows tile estimation in
which he is held hy the company.
Geo. Dwyel', who has charge Of the
lath department, has been with the
company from the time TO which tAe
memory Of man runnethmot to the
contrary' TT is the right man in
the right place and has only one
drawback, his politics are wrong.
The fling room is presided over by
John Lind who has two assistants to
aid him in keeping the numerous
sd VS. in proper condition. That lie
thoroughly und 3rstands his business
is fact that admits OF no doubt.
All Of the steam machinery aDout
the entire plant is under the direct
supervision Ct Robert hIcGreggor and
what he does not know about &
steam engine it would be hard to find
any one III these parts to teach him.
From the mill we passed to the
LUMBER YARD
which is located six hundred feet
from the mill and ona table land
fifty feet above the mill site This
ward is worthy Of more than a pass
ing notice l3efora a board was
piled it was all cleared off and level
ed dczvii as smooth Us a door. then
ne gronnd plan Was laid out as care
fully and acura tely rs a village plat,
the position Of each pile being careful
~ stalled out So that they lined up
perfectly in each direc ton. The piles
are all Of the same hei9}th and uni
form size and are built up as square
and plumb as the sides of a building,
making very fine sight. Standing
at the corner Of any pile in the yard.
person can soc the whole length OF
the yard in either Of the four direc-
tons
Tlla company use no tramwavs in
piling, the lumber all being brought
from the mill by team. They have
two reasons for doing it in this way;
First, they claim that they can get
'he lumber in piles at less cost by
this method ami second. that the
piles dry out better and more uniform
as there is nothing to prevent the
free cit'cula ton OF air. To further
this latter object each sixteen foot pile
is built with three air chambers OK
tending the whole length OF il and
running from the ground to the top.
making really four four foot plies in
one BY his method il is claimed
that The lumber will drv out and be
fit for market in one-half Of the time
it would in the old way besides dry
ing out more even and leaving no
chance for the lumber to mold. such q
thing as q cOIorcd peice being Ell tire |
y unknown.
The lumber is all piled with each I
grade, l9ngth and thickness by itself /
with the longest length at |
one side Of the yard and running down |
gradually So that the shortest is at
the opposite side.
In pilinG every tenth course is
marked by pulling q board out about |
a foot at one corner This is q @rea !
couveniece III inventoring and also
serves as steps by which the pile may
be readily mounted in case ofneces-
sity. AS fast as q pile is finished it is
numbered and marked with the NUM-
Der OF feet, kind grade and leng tn Of
lumber and date Of piling, and the
foreman makes q corresponding entry
in a little book which he carries ia his
pocket for that purpose. This re-
duces the task OF taking an invent tory
to minimum.
G. E. Regain is yard foreman and has