Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-26
ALAM0GORDO MILL TO
BEGIN RUNNING SOON

ESPECIAL CONSEQUENCES 70 MORNING JOURNAL
Alamogordo, \. M, March 25-The
big sawmill will run again in Alamo
gordo, after having been idle for more
than eight years. All doubt about
opening up the industry has been
cleared away by the signing of the
papers The National Lumber and
Creosoting company took charge of
the property Friday, under authority
of a telegram sent by Walter Douglas
from New York. w. l.. Spence, who
will be mill superintendent. began this
morning the work of rebuilding and
remodeling the mill plant here.
The work of getting ready to OPP
crate probably will require about
three months. The mill plant here
will have to be completely overhaul
ed; in the timber district in the
mountains old lines of logging road
will have to be rebuilt and new lines
laid; old track facilities around the
plant in Alamogordo will have to be
restored the leaders and other equip
ment for logging will have to be put
in shape; engines for the logging
roads overhauled; power and equip
ment for use on the Alamogordo &
Sacramento Mountain railway. be-
tween the logging terminus and the
plant at Alamogordo, will have to be
gotten in readiness.
The plant here will be double
crewed, employing sixty to seventy
five men. The output of the com
bined day and night shifts will be APP
proximately 10000 feet. No finish
ing stuff will be cut, and for that rea-
son the old planning mill, which was
operated by the Alamogordo Lumber
company, will not be rebuilt. The
mill will cut only timbers and 1t is
said upon good authority that the
greater part of the product already
has been contracted for. The crews
in the mountains on the logging end
will comprise 100 or more men. +. j..
Williams, vice president of the Ma
tional Lumber and Creosoting COM
pany. win be the active head of OPP
erutions. 1t is difficult to get an ae-
eurate estimate of the amount of pay
roll Figured through a comparison
with the former operations Of the
Alamogordo Lumber company, the
annual payroll will exceed a quarter
of a million dollars. This does not
include the increase which the rail-
road company will make, in order to
handle the logs from the mountains
to the saw mill plant; and to keep
the power and equipment in repair.
The Alamogordo Lumber company
suspended operations in the latter
part of February, 1905, in compliance
with an injunction which the federal
government secured in the United
States district court. Complaint was
made to the department at Washing
ton to the effect that fraud was used
in securing patents to the timber
lands. After an Investigation by the
department the court was appealed TO
for an injunction TO restrain all fur
Their operations. The injunction was
granted, and the case dragged through
the courts for several years. When
the suits finally were dismissed the
company had decided not to resume
operations,
The new owners have been working
for more than two years on the plans
to take over the property and cut tue
timber under contract The most
exhaustive investigations, extending
over the entire period, We're made be-
fore the contract was signed The
consideration has not been made pup
lie. but the timber included in the
contract is worth many millions OF
dollars There is enough to Keep the
| Alamogordo plant in operation FOL
about fifteen years. and enough other
timber will be available, through pur
chase and contract. to continue for
number of years longer.
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