The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-06-14
THE GREAT BUFFALO MILLS.
The Wonderful Transformation
That Has Taken Place at This
Picturesque Spot.

-Four of the seven powerful boilers have
been placed in position and neatly en-
CLOSED in brick, the other three are
being placed. The engine and boiler
rooms are models of their kind, they are
large and roomy and the floor is to be
laid with beautiful tiling, the doors and
window castings are of oak. The boilers
are capable of developing 1000 to | 800
horse power There is an arrangement
to take the ashes from. the furnaces to
Il tunnel underneath where they arc
dumped into cars and taken away from
the building. Everything is being got
ten in readiness for IN early starting of
this wonderful mill. The machinery is
practically all in the mill and in position,
with the exception of the looms, which
will be the last machines to be placed
in position. The shaftng is up and the
building has been wired both for lights
and for electric power. The electric
motars, IL i'll number, are in position
and ready for the power to bo turned
on. The masaic work, floor and wains-
coating i'll the closets of the mill would
do credit to a 5th avenue hotel. We
have never seen anything more beauti-
full. The wainscoating the entire length
of the stairway is of portland cement,
and if it was not for the fact of the
thousands of different machines in po-
SitiUn one could easily imagine him
self in some castle, so handsome is the
finishing work on the inside of the
building. 1t is very evident that money
has not been spared i'll making this
mill attractive as well as substantial.
The grading of the ground i'll front Of
the mill has already begun, and the
unSightly knowls are disappearing and
the gu!les are being filed up, and it is
1,,t Il ~, l,
made as attractive as the picture of the
mill represents. A fountain is to be
placed in front of the mill, and with
the pressure from the standpipe on the
high eminence in the back grOnnd the
fountain will throw q stream 81 feet
high.
1t was our pleasure on this trip to be
shown around by President T. c. Dun
can himself, and Il revelation of his
plans for The town of Buffalo as he un-
folded them to us was almost like listen
ing to the story of Aladdin and his
wonderful lamp. But knowing so well
the indomitable energy and push of this
man, we were only to be assured of his
intentions to be ready to guarantee the
accomplishment of his purposes. He
escorted us over the place and showed
us what had been done and what was
yet to be done, and we pause right here
to say that when these things are ac-
cOmplished that Buffalo will be un-
Qucstionably the finest mill town to be
found anywhere in this country. But
as to
WHAT HAS EEEN DONE
In the village there have already
been l25 double houses built, all OF
which are neat and attractive, commo-
dious and SO ARA gcd that no building
will be obscured by another, and each
of them will have plenty of room for Il
nice front yard with Il IOomy lot in rear.
These houses are neatly plastcred with
ceiling overhead. Wide straight streets
have been graded through the town,
which is situated on high cmincncc in
rear of the mill, while winding
mountain road is being graded around
the hill from the mill which rises with
ing the main public road near the hand
some residence of the superintendent
and the five other ovcrsecrS. These
residences are built in regular city style
with beautiful tile hearths and tall
costly mantles, thoroughly equipped
with all modern convcnicnccS, such as
watcrworks, electric lights, bath tubs
and sewerage The superintendcnts )
house commands magnificent view Of
the surrounding country. The Blue
Ridge mountains are in sight on the one
hand while the tall stacks and spires of
the town of Union with miles of country
beyond can be seen on the other.
The water mains have been laid from
the stand pipe along every street in the
town, also to the mill. IIydrants are
standing, at convenient distances for
fire purposes, along the streets, and
everything is in readiness for turning
on the water. Each house in the town
will be equipped with water works and
electric light service. Who could wish
for Il better location or better accOmmo-
dations, verify it will be living in the
country and enjoying every convenience
Of the city.
WHAT Is TO BE DONE.
An up-to-datc seweragd system is 10
be put in not only for the mill, but for
the accommodation of every citizen of
Buffalo. Work began on this yestcr-
day. a filter plant is to be put in for
clearing the water for the use of the
town and mill, this work also began
this week. An ice factory is to be
built near the factory which will supply
the operatives and their families with
ice during hot weather. The streets
of the town are to be macadamiZcd
throughout. Mr.. Duncan says he is
going to to do this with the money
he saves annually in taxation outside
of town. He says the cost of the 25O
acres of real estate, Uhe mill property
the water works, electric lights, filter
plant and sewerage system has cost him
SO than the real estate for the mill
site would have cost him in town. We
firmly believe the property between
Union and Buffalo will be build upon
and that eventually Union will extend
from Monarch to Buffalo. The pond is
being rebuilt upon much larger and
more substantial plan than the one
whose dam broke during the recent
freshet. This pond is 200 feet long
and BOO fnnt wide il will hold sonnn Ia innr