The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-10-22
"The NebaSamon Enterprise"

On Wednesday October 18th 1895,
volumn l, No. !, of the Backgammon
Enterprise" the first paper to be start
ed outside of Superior, in Douglas
county, was issued. The paper is own
ed by Carr & darkness, with Warren
:. Carr as editor, and Is a newsy little
sheet for such young town. We clip
the following interesting description of
the immense mill being erected there
by Messrs. Weverhauser & Rutledge.
which will give our readers some idea
of the work that is being planned in the
region OF Lake Backgammon.
The mill proper standing on solid
stone and brick piers will be 56x222 feet
on the foundation and will be three
stories high, consisting of machinery
room, manufacturing and filing rooms.
The power house will be 5Sx66 feet con-
tanning the immense engine which will
be 26x4S Corllss of the latest improy-
ed pattern. The boilers consist of ), 70
inch 10y Is feet Tubular and of the best
material and perfect construction The
working machinery so far as the cutt-
ing department is concerned will be two
band saws and one gang. There is also
to he two Mogul Edgers of the latest
pattern, also complete lath and shingle
mills, making the whole one complete
and perfect mill. The lnmher sorter
outside of the mill will he $4,000 feet.
There will be SO cars and two automatic
transfer cars to convey the lumber
from the mill TO the ward This is an
entire new feature in the handling Of
lumber and is said to be wonderful
Improvement in milling.
There will be used in the construc-
ton of this property not less than four
hundred thousand feet of square TIM
Der and to one not familiar with such
work, and the material used, the
amount would appear much greater.
There has been purchased and will be
used in and about the premises one and
half million brick, 500 barrels best
Portland cement and 500 barrels of lime
There are employed in the framing of
timber about so mechanics and in the
excavation and building a large force
were employed. The capacity of the
mill as given by the superintendent
will be l50 thousand in ten hours, en-
plOying nearly 200 men in and about
the mill. The entire plant ls construct
Ell and material furnished by the Ed
ward 7. Allis Co., of Milwaukee, Wis,
and the whole work under the super
vision of Mr.. J. G. Wagner, who can be
found in bis office busiy giving such in
structloDs % his mechanics require.
The whole plant Is to be completed
and turned over II the Nebagamon
Lumber Co., not later than Jan. 18th
1899. Messrs. Neyerhauser and Rutledge
are on the ground most of the time and
their long experience in the lumber
business both as wCodsmen and mill
men is a sufficient guaranty that their
mill will be one of the most perfect if
not the best that experience and CAPT
tai can produce. They expect to put a
large force OF men into the woods at
once, to cut and prepare timber for the
mill run as soon as completed.
The Company will have, when fully
completed many miles OF railroad and
will connect with the Omaha at Haw-
thorne and will ruD a passenger train to
that point daily. They Will connect
with tie y. p. railroad at Wentwor;h.
while the Duluth South Shore * Allan
tic road passes through the Company's
property. The road running north will
pass through the copper region Of Doug