The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-06-22
The Buffalo Cotton Mill,

| ROAD one feels like he Iias arrived ,t some
imporIant junction poiut on "A railroad
| and he has something OF II feeling OF u!i-
| easlnesS rs he tran,pS about over tie
maze Of railroad sdingI, for fear some
passing train might run over him The
railroad seems To be running in every
direction, and there iS not bit 0f Sulnr-
tluouS track in sight. Mr.. Gi.son is
putting every siding in where it can ID:
used To the best advantage for uu!ol J.
lDg the enormous amount OF material
that Is beng hauled 20 the grounds Il My
by the train. There has already been
200 carloads Of material unluadcd u,mn
the grounds and there will I've some ), 800
more uDloaded during the progress or
the building of this mammoth mill. l.
requires talents Of Il yard-naSter to- keep
the run of all these tracks. In addition 10
the short sidingS there is Il spur track
running ! miles away to the R1dsrr
Brick Works. There has already b1cu
made one and onc-fourth millions Of
brick at this plant, Willie Carloads ui
brick are arriving daily from Augusta,
Ga. There are some forty brick ma<or,S.
us busy as bees, laying brick upon tn,
foundation Walls of the building. Th.e
are some two bundled hands woik king
or and around the building and il is in
tended as soon as they can be got he.c
to have 400 carpenters at work. and
everything will b, pushed as rapidly i,S
money and intelligent management can
push it. The work is under the iii re-
lions of w. B. Smith Wiraley, III. chh
engineer Of the construc' i'n. The ma
terial is unloadtd from the various sill
ings right where it is needsd, some of II
unluaded right into the building. Two
mammoth steam GcriickS have been
erected whose lifting capacity is pya Ill
cally unlimited, and they are Il wuLde.-
ful help i'll moving heavy weights around
in place, under the skilltul management
of Mr.. George Tranor.
Thomson Bros, OF birmingham, Ala
have the contract of putting UP the
building, and the manlcr in which they
are conducting the business show tn.
they are thoroughly cunyers;.uL witl
every detail OF the mill constructing
business. They are d:lerniilitd To rlts.i
the work as is evidenced by their cali TER
more haniS, for whom they are Uit:yln
Ihe beaJ Wages. Every thug is wurEin.
AZ smoothly ;iS we,!-oirl machinery, an,
lN.ore "onr of our CT Z1u5 Can hardly
lc.iliZa IL there Will be Il" Sint;t !itt,a
town on the banks of Duifa:o and the
hl!S surrounding the mill, VIII ch is t!,p
on an elevated p.ate,tH, and will lnah,.
quite Show when completed.
1t l5 Il novel sight TO see a train every
morning at $50 O'Clock leave Union,
with several il,t cars loaleu with lib)r-
erS, going To Buffalo. This ~ uu:te "A
convenience, as it allows all those who
wish TO live i'll town an opportunity IL
do SO. Tic train brings them in ior
dinner and again at Light, Il goolly num-
ber OF the hands take their dinner with
them however. Ths ~ hour Il day sys-
TEN is employed and Work begins at "a
In. and stops 1T y. IN, and lhe labortr
Is we'll contcnled, and new hands com-
ing III every day.
Ihc'work does not yet begin to show
up to advantage to u casual observer, as
1t was necessary to spend many thulIS-
ands OF dollars in preparatory work, bit
from HOW on the progress will be watched
with interest by all. This mill will b.,
entirely different in construction from
our other mills. and there is much of
the work OF construction that will hr
concealed from the view Of a visitor.
There viii be no PARTITION walls, til,
four tloor5 will constitute four large
looms. There will be no shtfLing o.
consequence. The power will ba cleo
tricity generated by a local plant. Iii.
current conducted by wires through tun-
nels under The floor to the different de-
partments, which also conveys hot air to
the building. The tunnels range from
large ones % feet wide by 10 feet hight
and 4OO feet long to us small as Gy6 ieet
125 feet long. All the necessary exca-
walton has been completed and the walls
and arches of these tunnels are being
built, while cement floor will be con-
structed over them, which will conceal
all this uEder ground work from the
casual observer.
The town is being laid off and house
sites are being rapidly staked out here
| aud there around the mill. The sheets
are laid off in lines running parallel with
the sides and ends of the building, with
few pretZel curves to connect these
lines. This will be a picturesque town
with some Of its houses occupying letlges
upon the hillsldes, while others on level
with the mill and still others dot the ton
OF the hill to the south. Contractor
Miller Is i'll charge OF the carpenter%ork.
MI. j. IL. WeinsiEger is III charge of
tho brick work and Mr.. Robt. TrainoG
is i'll charge OF the derricks. Mr.. w.
III. Donny is in charge Of the freight
receiving and checking department,
while Mr.. l. G. Young is the civil eu-
ginneer in charge.
The Buffalo Mill will soon be num-
bered among the active industries of
Union. And when the walls have
reached their Leght and the ehimue,
has reared its head far bayond tn top,
of the tallest trees of the surrounding
hills, another lasti..g monument viii
| nave been erected which will reflect
honor and credit upon Mr. II. G. Duncan