Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-22
TO ENLARGE Mill POND
GREATLY INCREASED STORAGE
CAPACITY NEEDED FOR LOGS
Dallas Lumber & Logging Company
To Install Auxiliary Fire
Fighting System.

The Dallas Lumber & Logging com
pany, OF this city, Of which Georo,
Gerlinger is manager, will very short
y commence extensive improvement.
to their mill property. Necessity fot
increased storage capacity for til,
millions of feet of logs used there will
be given first attention, and the nres
ent pond, which now has room fol
about million feet of logs, will be
supplemented by another and larger
one that is expected to hold a million
and half, making a total capacity Of
two and one-half million feet. While
numerically that seems an enormous
amount, it is only enough to supply
the swlft-running saws for but a few
weeks IN the ordinary course of
work.
The new pond is to be located west
OF Main street Immediately across
from the one now in use. 1t will have
an area OF about two acres, and will
occupy the low swale that is covered
with water and swamp grass. The
change will be decided improvement
IN the matter of looks. The roadway
and sidewalk on Main street between
the two ponds will be elevated so that
logs may be transferred from one to
the other.
The improvements will cost $4,000
or over and it is expected that they
will be finished within six weeks.
For Fire Protection.
For the purpose of draining out the
water before starting work, a power
ful centrifugal pump will be put into
service, power for which will be sup
piled by 25-horse power electric mo-
tor that is to be installed by the Ore
gon Power company. The pump will
have a capacity of throwing 500 gal
Ions per minute through four two-and-
a-half inch outlets. When it shall
have finished the work required of it
at the upper pond, the pump will be
moved to the lower pond and there
placed in position to be used for fire
for the lumber company's
mill and yards. In addition to the
'our lines of hose which can be oper-
lted from it, a swivel mining giant,
# the same type used on the Portland
ire-boat, will be connected with it.
With the giant in action, stream Of
water can be thrown to a distance of
80 feet. The suction will be fed di-
ect from the pond, where an amply
ufficient supply of water will be
throughout the dry sea-
on. With this auxiliary equipment
a addition to the protection afforded
y the city water mains the danger of
re will be practically eliminated.
Dredging by Steam.
A temporary dam will be thrown
cross the upper end of the old pond,
long the east side of Main street and
ie water above il will be pumped
1t ready for excavation. The
redging will be done by a three-yard
ip scraper, which will be manipulate
by cables run from a donkey en-
me. The preliminary work will be
,ne in that manner and later, if the
Ill is dry enough, teams and scrapers
i'll be put into finish it up.
Manager Gerlinger is planning a
imber of other Improvements to be
ade about the plant with view of
ducing expenses and increasing the
ltput. The local mill is one of the
W that is enabled to run despite the
illness in the lumber market. When
her mills have shut down, careful
here has enabled the
,llaS plant to keep its men and ma
inery employed the year round,