The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
K.-L. CO. DOING
MONSTER BUSINESS
Much Material Arriving From
Outside Points
Logging Operations of Com
pany Resemble Old Times.
A Busy Place.

Few people in this city who
have not made a trip down to
the plant of the Kenfield-Lamor-
eaux company realize the extent
of the business this concern is
doing this winter. In company
with Mr.. o. A. Lamoreaux,
president of the company, the
writer made a trip down into the
milling district one evening the
past week in order to get some
idea of the amount of business
this concern is doing and to
witness the way lumber is
being turned out. Upon our
arrival at the mill yards we were
shown car after car of bolt
material which had arrived dur
ing the day, there being between
twenty and thirty cars in the
yard at one time. In order to
handle this large supply of bolts
it has been necessary for the
Northern Pacific railway to put
on extra trains and on several
days double-header trains were
used for hauling in the logs.
We were informed that nearly
every station on the Northern
Pacific line between here and
Muskeg is loading logs and bolts
for the Embellishments COM
pany and this branch of the
.h'rsi,ases elnpe is giving employ
ment to many men. The material
being received this winter is
some of the very finest to be had
and this will all go into the
Grating and box material being
manufactured by the company.
After leaving the yards we
visited the saw mill plant of the
company which is being operated
night and day in order to handle
a part of the material being re-
ceived. This is one of the finest
little saw mill plants in existance.
The logs are unloaded from the
cars unto a rollway from which
they are put through the mill.
/ Immediately after being put
on the log chain the bolts come
lin contact with a large circular
saw where they are split and
from here they go to the horizon
tai band mill where they are
sawed into lumber. After pass
ling from the band mill the boards
go through an edger and from
there unto the lumber chain, a
part of the material going into
the dry kilns and the surplus
stock going to the yards where
it is piled for drying.
For complete equipment this
little mill plant is a dandy. There
lis very little waste from the mill,
the edgings being tied in bundles
for use on the railroads and the
saw dust going to make steam to
run the plant.
From the dry kilns and the
yards the lumber is conveyed to
the box factory plant where it is
manufactured into wire reels,
Grating, heading and box lumber.
The numerous buildings COM
posing the plant of this company
are the saw mill, box factory,
and two large dry kilns, the last
a modern one which was built
during the past fall and early
winter, and modern office.
| Despite the business depression
| during the past year the Kenfeld-
Lamoreaux company is one of
the few concerns that has not
l.
been compelled to curtail their
production. On the contrary
this company is working a larger
force Of men this winter than
ever before and the business
outlook for the coming year is
very bright. The people of
Washburn appreciate this plant
and this company for they fur
nish employment to a large num-
ber Of hands and are concern
OF which we can feel proud.