The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-12-08

The Cmur EAlene Lnmbcr Company
Cnis r. KIrAt Timber.
A cspsaisy sf $4,000 1sst q FLASHED Tam.
hsf Il Tsn Hears.

A capseisy IL 1900 9sst u Einishsd Tam.
bsr i Tss Heafs
CUnr d'Alsnes big aaw min Il
reality. Last Saturday The boilers were
steamed up. The whistle annonnced The
beginnIng Of new industry, the pom
deroas engine moved. The shafts re-
VOWED. the machinery gave ont . mu
steal hum, TIE big band saw was 10
motion and piece Of sawed lnm
Der dropped on the live rolls. passed
70 the edger. through this machine 70
the trimmer, and The first lumber from
the new mill marked 40 ephoc IN the
history OF c@ur d'Aiene that win make
Il the largest, most prosperous and best
town In northern Idaho.
The mill h the property OF the Cmur
d'Aiene Lumber company, corpora
ton composed Of Michigan and Wis
consin capitalists who had the foresight
and business aeDmen to realize the
great sources Of wealth and industry
that lay hidden In our extensive forests
OF pine timber, and seized the oppOrtu-
Mtg 70 develop that wealth through the
establishment OF this industry. The
officers Of the company are II. r.
swanke. president: Joseph Roemer.
treasurer; and G. Il. Stier. secretay.
Mr.. II. II. Edwards, Of Oshkosb, Wis,
Is one OF the heaviest stockholders. and
the company is backed BY ample capital
TO carry on the business OF mannfactnr.
ing lumber. IAth, shingles and other
building products TO any extent justified
by the markets and demand. Messrs.
StleF and Roemer are the resident man.
ayers.
The mill d modern in every respect,
and steam IL made TO do much OF the
work that was formerly done by manuel
labor. The main building 10 3BxI60 feet.
two stories high, with additions Of en-
Igine and boiler room 3Ox5O feet, fling
room 9Gx36 feet, and shingle mill 2Sx6O
feet Il win be lighted BY electricity
from dynamo 70 be Installed later BY
the company.
The lower fl0ors are occupied BY q
battery OF three boilers with combined
capacity Of about 400 horse power: =
CorIIss engine OF go horse power. that
is fine piece Of machinery: the shaft
ing and pHlleys. the steam Niger aud
the steam pipes leading 70 other ma
chIhery operated By steam power. The
main shaft 10 40 feet In length. The
main cOnveyor, which carries the saw.
dust from the machines TO the boilers,
where Il 10 automatically dumped iuto
the Gre, 10 located on this door.
Tie second floor contains the ma.
chInery for manufacturing the lumber,
and We viii give our readers an idea Of
OF its arrangement by following log
from the water through the mill.
An endless chain trAmway exends
from the water 10 the second fso0r OF
THE min. The logs are hauled upon this
TO the log deck where long iron arms.
operated BY steam pressure. push it
from the tramWay TO the deck. Here
IL is held by automatic log stops until
ready 10 be placed on the carriage. BY
the operation OF q lever the sawyer nov
controls the log. He steps on lever
block and the stops permit the log TO
roll against the carriage; he moves a
lever, the steam niger hobs up out of
the floor and rolls the log onto the car
riage: q change In the position Of the
lever and the log IL turned 70 suit the
sawyer. The Niger can be made to
take q number OF ditferel.t positions
BY simply changing the position OF
the lever. and is absolutely under
the control OF the sawyer. When
Ia place on the carriage. the setter
and assistant place the log in position
10 he sawed. The saver controls the
carriage by lever which opens and
closes the valves In a long steam cylin.
der supplied with = piston that operates
the carriage. The saw Is what its name
indicates, steel band running on two
large wheels, ten feet in diameter. and
held In q heavy iron frame. Its one Of
the best saws on the market. and when
the resaw 10 In position will cut 1900
J feet OF lumber In ten hours. When the
log Ia ready to be cut, the sawyer starts
the carriage forward; board falls to
the live rolls and 10 carried by them 10
the edger, where Il passes between the
saws and Il trimmed % "a certain width:
from here Il passes 70 set Of endless
chains which carry lt through the trim
mer where saws trim on the ends. and
it 10 then carried on chains 10 the sOrter
where, with the other boards that pass
through the process, Il is graded for
plling In the yard. The slabs aud edg.
inRs from the saws pass over the rolls
70 endless chains which carry them To
the slasher where they are cut into
proper lengths for lath and pass to the
lath machine.
planners, rip saws, moulding machines.
matching machines and shingle mill are
not yet In position. but will be added
without delay.
The mill was built under the super.
vision OF Frank Heidlingrr. an exper-
fenced mlilwright of Oshkosh, Via.
and lsa monument to his ability In that
liue. II Is complete in every reapect
and but for the usual delays and stops
made necessary BY hot boxes, which al
ways occur In starting up new ma
chInery, the mill could have been started
"a .,,n ,v,thunt delnya or change.