Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-18


 Ing that would have severn! hours
 wait at this place, proceeded lo iali in the plant. hunted up Genera Manager D. H. Duncan. At half pas o'clock We entered the blaming mil department. There We found all tn
 machines in full operation Each ma chine is handled by one man. who ha, several helpers. continuous strean or lumber flowing from each mill winch is tied in bundles, and car,ot directly to the cars for shipment. eact piahk ilaVihS the stump of the com pany initials on il. From here. Vt wound our way through the hug, stacks of lumber, some were. bejnz torn down, while other new stack. were being replaced fhe InmBer is moved about the yard by hand carts 10 prevent collision with this busy thronS, each cart travels to the right keeping it's respective position in the ilne ot work. The stocks ot hmber were not large This was Il disan- polnfmeht to me, as expected fo find Il large accumulation. The manager explained that their orders had beeu Ill that they could expect and at pro- ftahle prices. We next came 10 the dry kiln which is a very eommodious structure. handling several ears at once. This department is very com plete. and fitted up with modern works.
 Ffom here We passed to the large plne mill shed, a two-story building. The second floor has two large band s't" mills, also one /ns saw The entire floor is covered with conyeyors. which handle the lumber as it falls from the saw The entire machinery in this building is driven by a large 1orlas engine, which is fed by eight twin boilers, located on the ground Hoof. Also an emergency pump. q dHnamo and electric outfit. Yes. 1 for got the lath mill. This ec0nonly ma chine works up the larger sla6s into iaths. which are tied in bundles of 90 and 100 each All the worthless slabs anu pieces CT lumber too short or in fefiof for fnarke, is, dropped into the large conNeNor which is hauled ill to the hog mill. e3y the way. this is the hfst hog ever saw that ate wood.) The hog is large drnm set with huge knives, running 500 reyolu- tlons Der minute In connection With the work of the conseyor. T negro helps to feed the hog, which cuts the entire offal into dust, which drops into another conVeyor, which is passed to the boiler room and fed into the fuu- mace by ines. There is no waste of any kind, so commonly found aronnd mill plants. The improved methods of saw milling is so complete that tae en- tire tree is utilized except the bark and few Of the smaller limbs.
 It is very interesting 10 watch the attendants around the mil. Each man has his special work; that k wait on the machines and coENeyafs. Shanld he make | bohAle, his woeE clogs. and he cannot saN the other f s}es5w Wag to blame. The wae1l k net 90 }aaofzoas. but every minute Of tjme is required from starting the mill in tae morning until the whistle blows Ut noon. This plant employs II =eNoa man. who can take charge ofaay station ia tbe mill His duty ts 10 relieve men on emer- gency calls Therefore only one man on the whole works k off duty at a time. and then for only | few minutes. They have another, man who goes oyer the entire wards ana mills. He does not speak to anyone, neither does he do manual labor. hut if a m4n stops without a cause, the name and hour is handed into the timekeepes. From the pine mill We went to the new machine shop, which IS 60 feet square, laid in concrete, equipped with a full set of all kinds Of tools Of latest make. Here We found two nice dressed young cndpS, =GeueChed LII oAe4dllS,# 4A4N9 their vocation, under the supervision of John Day Wllo has charGe ot all the company's repair work. Adjoining this shop is 2 blacksmith s557 also concrete drop pit over which engines are dismantled and repaired as nicely and quickly as any machine saop in 41,o Co1,+hv,pc+ Nc +ha,1 ov9-soS tbs company's railroad track to have Nr Duncan say, she is five minutes lata He was referring to the log rain. however. In few seconds the whistle blew. and in sight came tHe six aee3 iron horse, pulling twenty Aas eaHs loaded with logs. This road thoa4l
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