The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-28
BROWNSVILLE'S
PLANNING MILL
ENTERPRISE FAST
NEARING COMPLETION.
Splendid Equipment Which Will
Turn Out All Kinds of Fine Fin
.shing Material for Building Par
poses-Farorable Location.

At the yard of the Brownsville
Lumber and Manufacturing Co.
West Brownsville, work on the new
building that is TO shelter the plan
Ing mill machinery is being pushed
Vigorously Ii is now nearing COM
pletion The mill engine has al
ready arrived and the balance of the
machinery is on the way. If no fur
Their delays occur, General Manager
Snyder expects the mill to be in Op-
GRAFTON before November /. at the
latest
The dimensions of the mill build
ing are 40xS0 feet. with the floor
five feet above the ground. There
viii be no posts or belt shafting on
the mill floor, as the engine and the
shafting viii be placed underneath,
thus giving 3,200 feet of clear space
for the machines nd the operation
Of them The building is being con
structed entirely OF wood. with a
double flooring and an exceptionally
strongly braced ROOF. 1t is right on
the railroad siding 50 that ears can
be loaded right out of the mill
The Equipment.
Besides the engine. 25-horse
power St Nary's, the equipment will
comprise the following:
One planer, hatcher and moulder,
with capacity of 1000 feet daily.
This will surface lumber "a inches
wide and inches thick, and match
lumber up to , inches wide.
One four-side moulder, capacity
-, 900 feet daily This will make
all kinds OF mouldings up to inches
wide
One No. > Centennial surfacer
for finish work.
One planer and jointer, for sizing
and all kinds Of light work
One No. ,, tenoning machine. This
viii cut tenon up to 6 II by 20
inches
One mortising and boring machine
for material up to 16 inches.
One double spindle shaper, for
shaping all kinds of circular work.
One arm sanding machine
One fitting table band saw.
One self feed rip saw with a ca
pacity of 60 feet per minute
One swinging cutoff saw, "a
inches in diameter.
One combination carriage cutoff,
rip saw and dado machine, which
will handle stuff 80 inches wide and
ID inches thick.
One turning lathe with 24-inch
swing and double face places.
One emery grinder with four discs
One sash trimmer.
One block and spindle machine.
One set of factory trucks, and all
other tools needed in an up-to-date
mill
The Product.
With this outfit, the company will
be prepared to manufacture doors,
sashes, blinds, columns, stair-woTk,
all kinds of inside finish fer build
ings, counters for stores, vegetable
crates. shipping boxes and all kinds
of mouldings, either standard or spe-
cial
The mill will be in charge Of w
J. Archer, who has had long eXpe-
rience in such work and when run
ming to capacity Will employ between
thirty and forty men Counting the
men employed in the lumber yard,
this will make total of about fort.-
five wage earners on the week.
pay roll OF this company, which, e.
timated in the usual way, means I.
population of more than two hun
dred gaining a living from this plant
One of the features of this yard
is the lumber shed 32x130 feet, so
that a wagon can drive en-
Uirely aroSnd it and be loaded right
from the shed.
This mill is happily located, in
that its nearest competitor is at
Corpus Christi With the trade of
this fast developing valley and Low
er Gulf Coast within its command,
its business future looks bright in
deed
The company owns an entire
block of land. some OF which is not
used at present On the unused
portion small cottages will be erect
ed and rented to wOrkmen at reas-
enable figure
This company, which, as was not
ed at the time in The Herald, sue
caeded to the plant and business OF
the Snyder-MasOn company, is in
for 100000. The officers
are Albert Snyder. president and
general manager; J. p. Archer, vice
president; w c. Field, secretary
and treasurer; and the directors, the
Officers and Ira Webster and w j.
Archer
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