Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-07-11
LUMBER MILLS.
CAPACITY 10000 FEET Pc RDAY.

The main building OF the American
Lumber company mills, now building
north OF albuquerque. cleaves the sky.
II has assumed such immense proper
tons that it is exceedingly conspicu.
Gus, and stil the mills take rapid
strides toward completion as days
pass.
Millwright Harry Badstuebner and
ninety men. skiied and unskiiled lab
orers. are doing the work and are put
ting In some good nard ticks
The main building. structure Sex
POS feet and three stories, is almost
finished.
To give an idea OF the immensely OF
its strength and proportions IL will be
necessary to give the dimensions of
some of the frame tlmbers, sills and
posts On the first floor 1.-THE ground
floor the aports consist OF 20 lax
IL hard pine timbers; on the second
floor the posts number rs, 12xi2 inch
t'mbers. and above this floor are the
truss timbers. equally as large and as
many In number.
The cross timbers Of the second
floor (the saw floor are 12x12 and
bolted and nitched together, forming a
siXty.six foot span.
Millwright Badstuebner prides him
self on the framing OF this building.
Not a single timber in the whole struc.
ture was placed up with level or plumb
bob They are so braced that in fran
ing they plumb themselves.
The lower floor is the power floor.
On It is located the main shaft. six
and seven-eigths inches in diameter
and extending almost the entire length
~ building. To this power Is convey
ed and thence transmitted over the
building. The second floor is the saw
floor and II Is there all saving is done.
On the second floor Is the saw sharpen
ing room and there the saws are ham,
mered, flied and ground.
Adjoining the main building Is the
latin room. a small addition 23x72 feet.
To explain each department OF the
mill Mr.. Badstuebner related the story
of log dumped from the log train,
through the mill and to the lumber
yards and the planning department The
log pond covers about six acres and
will hold at one time some two million
and quarter feet of logs. From the
car the logs are rolled into this pond
and floated into a 1ume and toward
the mill They are picked up out OF
the fiume by an endless chain and ele-
vatea to the second floor. where they
are automatically kicked OF into the
log deck. A steam cylinder catches
| the log from the log deck and holds II
| until the sawyer Is ready to load II on
| the carriage, Logs can be taken
through this latter process at the rate
| OF seventy feet minute. Once on the
carriage the log is shot into a trio OF
band saws. forty-three feet long and
| twelve inches in width travelling at a
velocity OF 900 feet per minute. The
log now takes the form of lumber
drops onto rollers and Is conveyed to
hign velocity twenty-eight inch saws,
termed edgers.
The edgers trim the slabs into prop
er widths, The edgers Of the mills
will be two IN number and equipped
with five saws each. The boards con-
tinue on into the trimmer, which trims
them to proper lengths. The trimmer
includes twelve saws so arranged that
they can he operated with ease by a
si'.gle man. From here the lumber
passes into an endless sorter, which
conveys the boards to the yard. where
they are discharged and graded as to
I tHtH
ready for the planning mill
East OF the mill will be constructed
an immense timber dock, S0x100 feet.
over this dock timber OF large proper.
lions will be handled and loaded into
cars for shipment.
The engine and power house Is TO be
, of brick 50x93 feet. with walls twenty.
one feet high, supporting q steel truss
or roof OF galvanized iron. The power
incuaes four 72x1S feet boilers, each
: of capacity OF 225 horse power. and a
600 lorse power Corliss engine, with
twenty-foot fly wheel. This wheel car
res a double leather belt forty-six In
; ches in width and 1870 feet in length.
The mills will he equipped with q
refuse burner thirty-two feet In diane
ter. 100 feet high. II will be lined with
fire brick of lac best quality procura
! bile, OF which, II will require some 1856,
; 600. rhe log train skidway, where
the logs will be unloaded. will be 32(
feet long thus allowing the unloadias
, of eight cars al one time.
e Buildings for planer and box fac
= tor, and dry sheds and kilns, will b
built on the mill grounds just as sool
0 her
q The capacity of the mills, when m
a lshed. will be In the neighborhood o
!, $50 600 feet per ten hours
On account of the uncertain arriya
y OF machinery, Mr.. Badsteuhner Dc
y clines TO say when the new mill will b
a ready and running.