Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
The mclaughlin Tie ana Timber 90.

/ This enterprising company have their
works at the town of Nahant which is
situated about twenty-five miles south
of Deadwood and six miles north oi
Rockford on the Burlington railroad.
1t is camp of growing importance and
its magnitude Eakes ita point of inter
est in the central, Black Hills. We copy
the following writeup from the Pioneer
Times of July 10Th:
Everybody in the Black Hills has
heard of the Mclaughlin Tie & Timber
company, but there are few people who
can fully appreciate the magnitude OF
this gigantic concern, and the prominent
part it plays on the stage Of Black Hills
industry. Everyone realizes that it is a
large industry employing large num-
Der of men, but their are but few who
realize its greatness and what the opera
tions Of this company means to the in
dustrial and business interests of the
country. The company has built one of
the cleanest, thriftiest little towns to be
found in the Black Hills, which is in
habited by thrifty progressive and
public spirited army of laboring men,
where churches, good schools and every
thing that make life worth living can be
found. Here the company has one of
the largest saw mills to be found any
where in the northwest. This plant has
the capacity of turning out so, 900 feet of
lumber daily, and is kept in continuous
operation. Everything constructed of
wood is being manufactured by this in
stitution, and its products are placed up
on the open markets of the world.
The slabs and offal from the mill 20
into cordwood, while the sawdust finds
ready market in the eastern market SO
the only shrinkage in the output from
the concern is the smoke and an effort
is being made to utilize that. This mill
is only starting point for the gigantic
and resourceful enterprise. The com
pany owns its own railroad and rolling
stock, which is known as the "Ozone
Route" This line of road connects with
the Burlington at Nahant and is COM
pleted out into the borders of Wyoming
for distance of twenty-four miles and
will be continued until it makes connec-
tions with the Billings branch of the
Burlington, tapping some of the best
coal beds Of Wyoming. The company
has a two-stall roundhouse for its loco
motives, is constructing enormous coal
sheds and water tanks. The track has
recently been widened and is now of
standard guage. Two standard guage
locomotives have recently been purchas-
ed, one of which is brand new and dir
ect from the factory. 1t is a Climax
Girard make, built for heavy Juggling in
the mountains, and the only one of the
kind ever brought into the Black Hills. |
The driving rods instead of resting along
the sides as they do on the ordinary en-
gine, run horizon tai along the sides of
the engine and every wheel is propelled
by drivers. The company's rolling
stock is all first class and in good repair.
Timber camps are established all along
the twenty miles of railroad, and
of all kinds and large num-
bers Of stock are employed in the cutting
of saw logs, making of mining timbers
and putting up of cordwood. Timber |
has been made up for miles ahead of the
railroad and is awaiting the extension
of the rails for transportation. The Nc
Laughlin Tie & Timber company, under
the able and ever conservative manage
ment of w. J. Mclaughlin is carrying
on world of industry and is only out
strided from a point of magnitude by
the Homestake Mining company in the
Black Hills. The company owns vast |
acreage of decided timber land in Wy
oning and Mr.. Mclaughlin estimates
that he has enough material on hand
to supply his demands for ten years to |
come.
While the company is of far greater
importance than most people imagine,
the company is only in its infancy and
another year or so will find it of far
greater importance than it is at the pres
ent time.