Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-30

HE LANDING.
Its way in and out among the stumps
and valleys back to the landing for an
other load. The logs are rolled from the
cars on to the roadway down which
they slide into the water where they
are arranged into RATS with from thir-
~ to fifty logs to each section; then
they are ready for the tug to take them
| To market.
Such a crew of inen will put in during
the entire season an average of about
10000 feet day. If the logger wishes
TIC increase his output lie must put in
another crew, as each man in n crew
has his particular work to do and mere
| ly to increase the number of men in a
crew is to tighten the work Of some
particular one without increasing. the
output. Such division of labor and
Gpportionment of work ms described
forms what is commonly termed log.
ging camp. In comparing the old way
OF logging, where oxen We're used in
place of horses and also In place of the
railroad, 1t is evident that steam and
horses can do more, and in less time,
than oxen, and it is only question of
line when the horse will join the OK
and modern machinery will supplant
the one as 1t has already done the other.
| The exit of the steam locomotive is also
| prophesied in the near future, and with
t may go the "fcller." for 1t is within,
| he bounds of possibility that the
siants of the forest will be laid low by
aeans of hot electric wire and silent
motors will carry the logs to the wa
ter's edge.
To the Eastern logger these methods
nay seem strange, but with n few eX-
options the methods of the Puget
sound country differ but little from his
| hen the size of the timber is consid-
lat In Washington, Where the logs arc
80 to ten feet in diameter, one man
! avs them up willie in the East
here the logs are from only half Il foot
., two feet in diameter, 1t takes two
| arn to run cross-cut saw to cut them
ITO lengths.
Largest Mill in the worl'.
The largest cargo lumber mill in tn,
world is situated at Port Blakeley
nine miles across Puget Sound from
Seattle. The mill proper is situated in a
sheltered cove, and as the steamer APP
|proaches the boom limits containing
millions of feet Of logs can be seen. The
mill is situated at the upper end of the
cove, and the mill and yard area eX-
cecds ten acres The mill proper is Of
the two-story kind, the dimensions be.
4 ing 102xi50 feet, which enable 1t to saw
The largest timbers in the woods.
On the ground floor is located the mo
tive power, some seventeen engines al
all makes being required to run thu
plant; the planning mill department is
also situated on this floor. On the upper
floor are two log haul-ups, two double
circulars, three Allis band mills Pres
colt gang mill, three gang edgers, two
lath mills, double bolter, fourteen
trimmer saws, two electric trimmers,
ccnveyers, etc. An electric system Ia
also maintained. The lumber for the
vessels is conveyed from the mill by q
i,.l0G-foot tramway.
To keep the machinery In motion
10000 gallons of fresh water are
daily converted into steam. To supply
his large quantity Of fresh water for
he boilers as well as for fire purposes
md to provide water for the inhabit-
| nf 1,n Ior
built a gravity waterworRs system sup
piled by four springfield reservoirs upon
the hills, whose combined capacity is
about 30,000,000 gallons. The mill, Of
| ices, shops, store and other buildings
are protected from fire by system Of
automatic sprinklers. More than five
miles of pipes, ranging in size from six
inches downwardin diameter are strung
'iong the ceilings. At intervals of ten
| feet are plugs sealed with n compost
| lion which melts at low degree Of
temperature and allows shower of
water 10 descend and quench an incipl-
.nt blaze. The plant is Illuminated by
80 incandescent electric lights, and
hips can be loaded as well at night as
in the day.
,rho oon,nonv o,so n.i,+.,,s o,,
Dlete machine, blacksmith and pattern
hops, fully equipped with lathes, plan
s.nnd :, o;+,, slons - .,;u',,aa IT,,
VIZ Foot that fftr tons - na,, aa.t,,,u u.
varo ron,irod last Wow for ronai.s
i .vos natian ~ thn .;.a 49,, - 'a . .
ha naohinorr IN tho nIant ,n,s. IN,
also rnn n n,,inh t. ara,na -, M
,ad ,,sed ~ t,,a n,r,asoms ,anu;. ~
800 aonnaa.oa ,,,,.,, t,,a III, ess
| The company owns 20 0flO ocrns of
md mostly timbared bas Ito own t,,a
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