The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-06
MAKING DESIGNS FOR
THE new Steel WORK
Seven of the Old Boilers Will Be
oVerhauIed and Three New Ones
Will Be lnstalIed-Foundations are
Now Being Constructed.

The preliminary steps toward the
rebuilding of the ]. ]. Newman Lum.
Der Company are now being taken
AS stated in the Daily News yester.
day Messrs. John ]. Monaghan and
7. R. Helms have arrived in the city
for the purpose of beginning the work
for the contractors, Messrs. Filler &
Stowall, of Milwaukee, and the day
was spent in looking over the site
and in making other preliminary ar
rangements for beginning the work.
Mr.. Monaghan stated last night that
carload of tools had been shipped
and that the car ought to be here by
Saturday, but of course he is not
exactly sure when it will arrive. AS
soon as it arrives, however, active
work will begin and will be pushed
to completion as rapidly as possible.
Today the two gentlemen are look
ing over the different gravel pits with
the view of securing the necessary
gravel for putting down the cement
They will have no trouble in securing
all the gravel and sand needed.
The designers for the steel work,
which is to be so arranged as to fit
the machinery, began their work this
week in the offices of the contracting
firm and they hope TO have the steel
made in time to reach here in
months time. The steel work will
be arranged so that the different parts,
including the framing, will fit together
and it will take but little time to put
the building together when it all
comes Meantime Mr.. Helm will be
on the work of fixing the
and the boilers. Seven of
the old boilers will be overhauled and
made as good as new and three new
boilers will be put in and the pressure
they will be allowed to carry will eX-
ceed that of the old boilers. These
boilers will be set in steamboat cast
irgs, and then the engine rooms will
be overhauled. In addition to this
there will be other buildings erected.
Mr.. Monaghan will spend only a
part of his time here as he is ION
the road" most of the time, but Mr..
Helms, who has had large experience
in mill construction will remain here
until the work is completed.
The new mill of the ]. J. Newman
Lumber Company is to be equipped
with Filler & Stowell machinery. The
mill belonging to this company, which
was destroyed by fire a feW months
ago, was a Filler & Stowell product,
being equipped with two bands and
a gangsaw furnished by that company
in 1903 to replace a mill destroyed
by fire. Consequently the plant now
being constructed will be the third
saw mill of this company at Hatties-
burg, and in order to insure against
a repetition of the fires which have
the company so much trouble
and expense the new plant will be alb
fireproof, after the plan of the
Bogalusa mill o. the Great Southern
Lumber Company, which also was
equipped by the Filler & Stowell Com
Dany, of Milwaukee, Wis.
The main building of the new plant
will be 60 feet wide by about 225
'eet in length, with 32x4S foot wing
IN the side, in which will be installed
he lath mill. The lower floor, saw
ioor and filing room floor will be of
The sorter platforms, about
IS0 feet long, and the timber dock,
which will be go by about 200 feet,
will be of steel upon concrete foun-