The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-21
planning MILL
0 BILLINGS.
HUTTlc MANUFACTURING COM
PANY BUYS MACHINERY.
LARGEST IN MONTANA.
More Than $4,000 Worth Of UP to
Date Equipment Will Be Installed in
company's New Warehouse as Soon
AZ Ii Arrives.

AS as the machinery and
equipment ordered by John w. Sweat
ingen, vice president and western
manager for the Huttig Manufacturing
company; arrives in this city and is
installed in the company's commo-
.dious new warehouse, Billings will be
able to boast of the largest planning
mill in the state of Montana and the
most complete one within a radius of
600 miles.
Mr.. Swearingen returned late last
week from a trip to Chicago, during
which he purchased more than $4,000.
worth Of the most up to date and mod
ern planning mill machinery, which will
be installed at an early date, In the
company's new three-story warehouse
on North Twenty-seventh street and
Fourth avenue. "A
The products of the new mill will be
sold to all of. the cities in the north.
west and Billings will be the distrib-
uting point In the northwest for the
Huttig Manufacturing company which
is n Of the largest concerns Of It's
kind in the country.
All Kinds Of Mill Work.
Sashes, doors and all kinds of mill
work will be turned out by the Bill
ings mill, in fact with the machinery
ordered the company will be able to
turn out any kind OF work done at its
Muscatine, Iowa, mill.
When in operation the new mill will
employ anywhere from 30 to so men,
dependent on the demand for the pro-
ducts. Electricity will be the power
used and every machine will be oper-
ated by an individual motor. "A
Although It will be.possible to lar
ufacture any OF the mill products lar
ufactured by the Huttig Manufactur-
ing company, in the new plant, 1t will
be. used to manufacture odd work and
mill work for which there Is an ur-
gent demand, until the ucces Of the
undertaking is assured. Meanwhile
stock sashes and doors and interior
fnishings sold in this section will be
shipped from the company's plant at
Muscatine.
individual Motors.
Mr.. Swearingen was assisted in pur-
chasing the machinery by the fore
man Of the company's plant at Musca-
tine, who said that the equipment pur-
chased a the most complete and up
to date he had ever BY thu. use
of individual motors the use Of shaft
ing is eliminated and with a complete
blower system the mill will be one Of
the neatest OF its kind in the country.
The building in which the planning
mill machinery will be installed was
originally built by the company as a
warehouse and is 80 by t140 feet in
dimensions. 1t has three floors, all Of
the floor space Of which will be util-
lied. A power elevator will be used
to carry the lumber being worked
from one floor to another.
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Besides ordinary mill work being
manufactured here It is not at all Inn
probable that bank, Office and store
fixtures will be made to fill rush or
4ders. At present the company is
shipping fixtures from the eastern
mill.
Old Concern.
The Huttig Manufacturing company
was established by it's president, Will
liam lHuttig of M%uscatine, Iowa, in
1864 under the name of Huttig Bros.
and its trade has increased until today
the mill products Of the company are
sold in all parts of the west.
In establishing a branch office in
this city, the idea of building a plan
ing mill, some time later, was adj
vanced and recently it was decided by
the company to build the mill at once.
Although the officials Of the company
have not made such a statement it is
understood that II the mill established
here is a successful as anticipated, an
other larger building will be construct
ed, and after the machinery is In
stalled the building just completed
will be used as a warehouse.
The Billings branch Of the company
not only distributes lumber and mill
work for this section of the northwest,
but plate glass, roofing paper and in
fact all kinds Of building materials as
we'll.
Are Good Boosters.
AS boosters for Billings the com.
pany are in a position to do "a good
deal. After the words "Huttig Man.
%ufacturing company" on all OF their
letter heads, advertising. etc, appears
the words "of Muscatine, Ia, and
Billings, Mont"
Just when the new mill will be in