Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-05-28
PLANNING MILL
AND RoN FACTORY

EAANlNA WILL
AND RoN FACTORY
s I.lt t0 bo plants of .ue Amorr
can Lumber company just beyond thO
city limits to the northwest revealed
tho fact that iho plants are stipend.
ous in character. and thar che general
manager s g. Jackson. who person.
ally looks after all details. although
ho has competent assistants who ro.
port to him. o. a very busy man
The planning mill and box factory.
recently erected. started up just a
week ago last Wednesday and has
been running steadily without any
Kind of q hitch. every minute since
that time s. D. Dean is the super
intcndout OF this department A. L..
Newton formerly Of the local railway
shops. is the foreman. while g. a.
Townsend has charge OF the door
ard sash department The factory ia
now turning ont doors and sashos. and
Mr. Townsend says without any add.
tional machinery. the present capa
city Of hIs department is about 400
doors boz ten hours The planning mill
and box factory. together with The
door and sash department is 200 feet
hy i6t feet. including side platforms.
There are 500 feet cot platforms and
| twenty-five cars can bo loaded at "a
time a iuU.horso power rocking valve
FYlerstowcll CO. engine prupela an
the machinery In this department and
everything connected herewith runs
as smoothly o. possible A. soon cas-
the hugo blower o. put lu position
| and iu working order, The Doors viii
boz kept cleaned OF an sawdust and
shavinps. and ai considerable loss oz
ponso TO the company Doors. sash
mouldinps, hove Il sldiugs boxes and
an kinds OF material made from dresg
"a lumber are manufactured in thn
department Including boys. noarll
70 hundred persons are employed %
| the planning mill and box factory
a. present, between 100000 an'
$1,000. 900 feet OF lumber are piled uI
in good order. throughout the ~
acres comprising The premises OF th
company. and as Manager lacklD
stated. DC business aud foreign order
continue as they have the past io'
months. thc capacity of Tia promise
will have To- bc materially increased
Tho company is building q hug
barn. so by 700 feet and q story an
o. hag high. for Its horses. Tho Nos
OF the barn will bp cement with
convenient driveway
At the saw mill which preyious
received attention through the cl
umns Of The Citizen. two addition
boilers uf 300 horsepower capaciI
each have recently boon added. Tl
r. entire horsepower capacity oi che ga
% min is 600. from a FilorSiowel q
b engine. q. A. Welsh o. the superI
Is tondont and foreman OF the saw mi
q and his two sewers are G. D.. Lindo
and N. A. Mcdonald, both thuroug
\, lv compoiont and with Manager JAG
q, son az Duluth. Minu, for many yeal
D. 70 is pretty sight, where those q
70 men are no work, tO stand and wat
n the huge logs travel up through q
o, log slip from the pond tossed on
10 90 the log decks and thence son
Is the moving cars whence they a
sawed into any measurements d
sired Tho cutting capacity of {
Raw mlll Be- about 100000 feet in Z
hours. and an these plankH. aa Oh
u, move from place 10 place
endless chains. are grad
and measured. On reaching I
. ground platform tboy are loaded
~ 20 wagons and thence placed in pi
an throughout the yards. where the n
II nl rays a. tnD sun seasons ma
M Tor the planning mill ANA box facto
MANAGER Jackson states that
IN. company has just booked an ORD
l, Tor 5000 .000 sets ~ salt barrel q
y. and viii pui On special machiu'
ma iO DO trt work
In. vhe iig buildings are protected
be- thorough water service in caao
rs tire. and hyIrauts are oonyenicn
at arranged mflio and outside oft
AL 0uudlugs
nt r. a. Twist ls tho chief acc0u
ant. q. D. Decker superintendent
aalos. q. l. Davis superintendent
or' timber landB and railway. Moasr8
.rd on and ElWo0d are tho bookkeopN
while Miss p. % Howard 81 the 81
IusrHplor
au Managcr Jackson viii leave al
lss luorquo May 80 in the interest
ne trade conditions. and WIN visit
ias BIG lumber ccntors. such as Den
art Omaha. Milwaukee. Duluth and
ol cities oi the north and east