Panama City pilot., 1908-01-23

| ght:ng 20 both, mill and town, is 4
operated - th's company.
They have a,so put in large reser-
vo:r for the storage of water which
with heavy pumps, furnishes ac-
cording to the report of the under
writer's, one of the best systems of
fire protection in the south.
The new mill has a capacity of
1OO,O 900 feet per day, with Twenty-Five
years cut of timber secured. The
company operates about fifty miles |
of logging road, which is equipped
with four locomotives, thirty-five log
and fifteen camp cars. This portion
of the business is very ably handled
by superintendent F. G.. McGill.
The output of this mill is shipped
on barges to Pensacola, E. E. Saun-
ders and Company of that place hold
ing the contract for handling the
entire product, the tug Simpson at
present being used for that purpose.
From Pensacola it is sent to Germany
and South American points. The
freight on this lumber from Millville
to Pensacola averages 200 per
year. The company hold in the yard
at the mill from five TO ten million
feet.
The company operates Il general
mercantile store. under the efficient
management of F. B. Clingo, which
now does a business of over $780,
per year. They also own and operate
/ the tug Dewey which is used upon
this bay in the towing Of logs, hand
! ling lumber barges between local
points, and delivering of freight on
the bay. They own one hundred
tenement houses, including the resi-
dences of the local managers. They
also have a twO-story ten room
hotel running for the accommodation
of the colored population.
All employees are insured, under an
employees liability's risk in the Mary
land Casualty Co. DR. w. j. Lee, a very
competent physician, is employed by
the company to care for the en-
ployes. DR. Lee has in addition a
very extensive and successful prac-
tice throughout this section of the
country.
No strikes have ever occurred at
Millville, Any differences that have
arisen have been settled by arbitration
or by the kindly, conciliatory action
of General Manager. Barrow, which
has ever tended to a fair and sat
isfactory understanding between
the employer and employe. Mr.
Barrow has held that place during
three years, much longer than any OF
his predecessors. His success in this
position and the number of friends
won to himself during this time are
due to the native qualities of the
man. He stands for justice to en-
ployes, and absolute loyalty to the
interests of his employers. He gives
most careful attention to every detail
of the work, and has surrounded
himself with a very efficient corps
of subofficials, who take pride and
pleasure in intelligently carrying
out Mr. Barrow's directions.
In financial standing this corpora
ton ranks high, and all through the
recent panic they did not miss one
pay day, and are paying their labor
ers better wages at the present time
than any saw mill in the state.
MillVille of To-Day.
: The good people of Millville are
2 talking of incorporating their little
a town and no citizens of the bay have
l better plea for so doing. The num-
Der of inhabitants, estimated at from
/ ten to twelve hundred, demand it, the
= industries warrant it, and the busi
4 ness done within it's borders make II
: desirable. BY the amount of bust
ness we do not mean that pertaining
:, to what falls to the lot of the peace
b, officers" for G. NJ. B. Harries, Justice
of the Peace and j. H. Daffin, Deputy
t Sheriff, serve peaceable and peace
t loving people, if one may Judge from
a the amount of service they demand
/ from these worthy officers. Millvillt
/ is extremely fortunate in securing
5 the services of such capable, con
r scientiOus man as Mr. Harries to fiji
the office of Justice of the Peace, anc
while he is ably seconded by Deputy
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