The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1900-09-27
Work of ExCavating For the New
Plant Was Started We'd
nesday, This Week.
PRESENT OUTPUT WILL Be TRIPLD
The Company viii Also Manufacture Fine
Finishing Lumber The Sacramento
Mountain Pine and Spruce is Of
a Superior Grade.

Wednesday morning work was COM
menced on the excavation for the foun-
datiOn and basement OF the new box
factory to be erected by the Alamogordo
Lumber company. A News representa-
tive called on Mr.. C. j. Fillmore, super
intendent of the company, and was
kindly shown over the grounds.
The new structure will be 44xSS feet
in dimension, two stories In height and
having basement six feet In depth. In
addition to the main edifice, an engine
room and a store room will be built.
The lower floor of the main building
will be used exclusively as box factory
and the upper story will be utilized by
a planning mill to be devoted to the man
ufacture of all kinds OF fine finishing
lumber. E. T. johnson of Chama, New
Mexico, practical mill wright, planning
mill and box factory man, is In charge
of the work of construction.
The machinery in the present box fac
tory will be placed in the new one, and,
In addition, great amount of new ma
chinery has been ordered. The power
for the box factory will have no connec-
with the saw mill power plant, so when
the mills are compelled to close down for
repairs, there will be no time wasted in
the box factory.
When the new factory is completed,
which will be soon after November 1,
the present output will be tripled in addi-
tion to the manufacture of finishing lum-
ber, and the improvement will give en-
ployment to between 25 and 35 more
men.
The new buildings are to be erected
with view to further enlargement ii
the demand for the product exceeds the
present market. Superintendent Fill
more states that the company now has
contracts in excess of the present capac-
ity of the plant at least One-third, and
that negotiations are pending for several
other large contracts, which makes the
erection of the new buildings impera-
tive. s.
The company will demonstrate that
Sacramento mountain pine and spruce
lumber is of asuperior grade, and that
1t can be utilized for the manufacture of
fine finishing material as we'll as rough
lumber. The management believes that
the product of the Alamogordo Lumber
company's mills is in every respect equal
to Texas and other lumb Der, and they are
confident that after the new box factory
and planning mill are in operation, it will
be only short time until an excellent
business is secured.
The major portion of the output of the
box factory now goes to Old Mexico, al
though considerable amount is sold in
New Mexico and Colorado. With the
extension of the White Oaks route and
the subsequent connection with the
Rock Island, there will be opened a field
to the northeast of this point that will
greatly enlarge The scope of their pres
ent business.
This addition to Alamogordo's manu-
featuring enterprises will prove of great
benefit to the place, for, in addition to
furnishing employment to more men, IL
demonstrates that feeling of confidence
in the country and its resources exists.
Superintendent Fillmore has been in
dustriously increasing the Mexico busi-
ness of the lumber company during the
past four months and his efforts have
eliminated In the necessity for a new
box factory. He has demonstrated that
he is the right man In the right place
and there is not the slightest doubt but
what his push, popularity and executive
ability will carry this new enterprise
through successfully.