Williams news., 1908-01-25

mating 5000 in cost, as follows: Cost of new buildings, including stable and coal house and other out buildings. $2.75O; cost of ice making machinery, $5. 5.9OO; esti- mated cost of installing machinery, $450; total $9,1OO The main building is 60x40 feet, and 16 feet high, with substantial stone and brick foundation. The cold stor- age room is 1Sx15 feet and nine feet high. The ice plant and new machinery were furnished by the United Iron Works of Los Angeles, Il consists of one ice making ma chine with capacity of from two to four tons every twentyfour hours; one vertical steam engine, one gas compression pump inn proved vertical single acting type, five and one half inch bore and seven inch stroke; one ammonia condenser of double pipe style in coils of one and a half and two-inch pipe, of twenty feet dia meter and four feet high with a refrigerating capacity of four tons of water at 60 degrees Fahrenheit: the freezing tank is of Douglas fir, three inches thick, is eleven feet long, seven feet wide, and forty-six inches high; evaporaring coils and cans in the tank connect with the am- monia condenser by one inch pipe, the coils are fitted to the freezing tank and so arranged that % cans. size 32x16xS inches can be placed therein; also one exhaust stea m condenser; one distilled water pump; and numerous other articles of equipment. MT. Atwood de- serves great credit for the energy he has displayed in making these improvements to the old Williams brewery establishment, and it is to be hoped that he is reaping a profit commensurate with the amount of energy brain, money and nerve he backed the enterprise with.
 SAGINAW MANIsTEE LUMBER co.
 This mill is practically new and was built at cost of nearly half million dollars The mill is 60 feet wide by 216 feet in length, with lath and slave mill annex of of 36 by GO feet, and 32 feet in height. A saw filing and repair ing room is on the third floor and is 56 by 60 feet. Here it is that the old saws are repaired and new ones are taught to stand up."
 The mill contains two band and two band re-saws, one large 96 inch gang edger. one 6-saw slasher, one 12 saw piano trimmer, and the annex contains all the necessary machinery to make lath, slaves and heading.
 The capacity of the sawmill has been 10000 feet per day, but in a few weeks, when operations are re- sumed, the capacity will reach 100000 feet per day, besides large amount of lath, hea ding and slaves, which are made from slabs and edgings.
 The filing room contains four automatic emery saw grinders and several other machines to do the work of repairing and welding saws and re-toothing same.
 The power to drive this man. moth sawmill is furnished by thirteen-thousand horse power en- g1ne, cOnnt cted to 13lnch shaft and drive pulley, 14 feet in diam eter by A inch face and 6-ply 42- inch belt 1O9 feet long.
 The steam is furnished by five large boilers. 60 inches in diam eter and 16 feet long. The smoke stack that relieves the furnace of it's smoke and sparks is S1 inches in diarSeter and 151 feet high.
 The power house is built of stone and iron arl is fire proof, with walls 36 inches thick and S4 feet long by 16 feet wide.
 The machine shop is 30 feet long by 26 feet wide, and has a full com