The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-11-11
SAUNDERS. BOOMING.
Hatterberg veneef and Panel Co.. has large
Plant and viii employ many men.


Hntterberg veneef and Panel Co.. has a large
Plant and viii employ many men.
4 representative ol this paper stopped
off at Saunders to- look the town over
while on his way to Iron River last
Tuesday and to renew acquaintances
made with Mr., lIaiterberg many years
ago when the writer WAS kid" and
used TO repay Mr.. II. FOR suudry kind
nesses by working a tickle" on his
window and practicing various other
pranks that kids are heirs to. We were
much surprised at the great change
that has come over that place within
the past three months. The most
conspicuous Improvement is the mill OF
the Hntterberg Veneer and Panel com
pany. The buildir . is erected on the
bank OF the Brule river just above the
dam and contains "A veneer mill, n saw
mill and shingle mill. the last two
l,eing in operation at the PRESENT time.
The Veneer mill IL the largest and oc.
cupies the main building. It's Dimensions
are 2O0x5O. The steam boxes a.s az
one end of the building aud the log goes
from the box TO the veneer machine aud
then TO the dryers each following the
other IN order So that no time is lost in
switching about. The dryers take up
Il very lnrge part of tie room, they being
constructed Of two inch pipes in coils
These dryers are used on the coarter
product the thinner vcnecrs being dried
10y being run between heated rollers
The veneer machine looks great deal
like "A turning hath and works ON some
what the same principal. The standard
cut logs are cut into shorter lengths
without the mill and then placed in the
steam boxes. When they have been
sufficiently steamed they are taken to
the veneer machine whore they are
gIippcd firmly ncar the centre OF each
end by set OF dogs and whiile,luruund
The veneer knifc moves ia onto the
whrling log and after the bark has
been shaved off and.thc log rounded up,
u veneer of the thickness 60 which the
kniTc is set begins 60 peel OH Some OF
these vencers are very thin md spread
out at great lengths After being
peeled the ycncers are thkcn Go the
dryers or run between hot rolls accord
ing as the thickness OF the veneer war
rants.
A veneer machine will cut on nh
average 25OOO feet OF inch Eastwood
veneer and $4,000 feet oi Trimmed stuff.
Some kinds OF veneer are very costly,
especially those made from the birds
eye maple aud all veneers commands
good prices. Mr.. Hattcrberg expects 20
get his machine working in IL couple oi
weeks and it will be worth the while q
the interested 10 pay the mill visit
The saw and shinglo mills are smaller
affairs they both being under one roo
covering n space about 0OxS0. Tive
i5 h. D. engines are used, one Co drive
thc saw aud shnglc mill and the othc
the veneer mill. There is also 1
dynamo engine OF 10 h.p. which will b,
used exclusively for lighting purposes
A battery OF two boilers furnishes tn,
steam.
At lcast ten new houses have hcri
built lately, two Of them being of large
proportions Thr largest 81 tle two /,
intended for hotel and boarding hous,
and the othor the residence ol Mr.
IIattcrbcrg and family The hotel vii
be fitted up with the latest improve
mcnts and run in first class order.
About 80 men are employed abou
the mill when IL is operated IN iul
blast, forty heing the number employe,
nt present. Ihc saw and shinglo mil
will keep fifteen or twenty more met
going but il is not the intention ui th
company 90 do much with the saw mil
ns there is much moro money IN manu-
racturiug tho logs into veneers Tn
shingle mill win be kept pounding n
long ns shingles are worth as much the,
are now.
A. X. llatlcrberg, tho senior partno
Of ihe firm, is an experienced man il
this line oi business. re was with tln
upham company at tMarshiieldior man,
years and i thoroughly yorsed Ia al
lines of the furniture business. lie j
also the patenteo Of several machine
used in the manufacture 81 Iurnitur
and X well fitted TO make tho venture
success.
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