The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-06-13

hhW mlll nbhlltu up Aul luo nehHuu
Wednesday with a,full crew. Only a
cay crew was put n TO start with,
tut It is planned to put on a night
shift as soon as logs begin to come
in ia sufficient quantities to keep
both shifts going.
The damage by food to the logging
railroad on Big Greek has prevented
the bringing of logs to the mill and
was responsible for its not starting
before. This damage has been repair
ed and the first train load of logs
came In yesterday aud it is expected
that in a week or less they will be
coming In fast enough TO warrant the
putting on of the night shift.
A representative of the Record was
on hand to witness the starting of the
mill, an event which means so much
TO the city. Some little necessary
repairs neoessitated a shurt delay and
was ten O'Clock whan j. p. Good
win, the superintendent. of the mill,
directed that the starting whistle be
blown and the big engine started the
wheels of the plant In motion.
Everything was in shipshare aud the
machinery wfrked as smoothly ~
though it had only been stopped for
the dinner hour. The saw mill Is
one of the hest that 1t has been our
privilege TO go through. IL ls built
throughout of steel and concrete, not
a stick Of lumber being used IN its
construction aud its equipment is
thoroughly up to date aud its mach
inery of the best.
IL has two band saws, a resaw. and
two gang edgers hnd the usual out-of
saws, slab saws. ETC., and a complete
lath mill. It. is thoroughly equipped
with live rollers and from the time
the big log leaves the water to enter
the mill, until It goes out in the form
OF lumb ber, it is handled entirely by
machinery, thus assuring the highest
possible output.
The company planning mill Is {
M odel as we'll as the saw mill. 1t Il
equipped with five No. n Fast Feec
American planers, an American
moulding machine. a band rip-sav
anda band resaw, each machine heinl
run by an individual electric
motor.
1t has a dou BILE 4 inch fan run b!
a one hundred horse power motor
which carries all refuse to the boile
room to be used for fuel
The planning mill run steadily al
winter and some idea of its cspaolt.
and the amount of work It turns on
can be had from the fact that OF
Tuesday one of the large plRner
turned out slxty-one thousand feet o
lumber In pine and one-half honrs.
All of machinery IN the plan
i.g mill IsN run by electric motors
the powerj being supplied from tn
company's own electric plant Thi
electric plant is equipped witn
500 X. W. dynamo and not only fur
nishes the light and powel used abou
the oompany's plant, but also fuI
nishes the st Maries Light and Powe
company with all of the electriclt
used for lights and power about th
city.
The saw mill is run by a 26x4
Atlas Oorlis engine aud the steal
power is furnished ty six tubulE
boilers, four are 70 inches by 8 fe'
aud the other two - inches by
feet The dynamo Is run by the II
fiex action Of the steam used to ru
the engine, so that when the sawmi
is running It takes no extra power
run the dynamo. which furn ish'
power. for all of the rest of the plan
The company has one of the mo
complete systems for urnishing watt
for hre protection to be found an,
where. Il is a direct pressure syste
the pump used being a WorthingtC
Duplex compound pump, one of Il
best made.
Ia order to keep the machinery f
their plant 10 repair aud to make ii
necessary repairs to the engines al
cars on the logging railroad, q
company, during the last winter, /
stalled one Of the most complete al
up to date machine shops to be four
anywhere. The shop is mot 90 lar
as some, but all of the machines al
appliances are Of the very best al
most affective. There Is one 80 IN
lathe with a 20 foot bed, one 8 10
lathe with a ? foot bed, one 20 in
crank shaper. a 24x24 inch, eig
foot bed planer, a "a inch radial DR.
press q As iuch hydraulic wheel pr'
power hack saw, belt cutters, eme
wheels, milling machine, internal k
settlers, etc,
All hoistlng is done by compress
air and a large crane has been bu
and so arranged that any heavy pie
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