The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-06-15
BUILDING OPERATIONS
TO BEGIN AT ONCE
Definite Announcement Made by General Man
ager Barton-Constructio to Commence
Soon and Crew of ESQ Men to be
Employed Within Six Weeks

The big sawmill of the Boise
Payette Lumber company will be
located at Emmett. This an
nouncement was made yesterday
by C. A. Barton, vice president
and general manager of the COM
pany, accompanied by the state
that construction work "will be
started soon and within six
weeks crew of from 200 to 250
men will be employed"
This is good news to Emmett
people, and a feeling of jubila-
ton is evident on every hand.
The establishment of this big
lumber industry has been cher
ished dream for the last II
years. It's fulfllment means
great things for Emmett and
tributary country as well as
Long valley where the company
owns sufficient standing timber
to keep the mill in continuous
operation for 20 years. Add;-
tional timber on the South and
Middle Forks of the Payette ri
yer are available to feed the rap
acious NAV of the mill another
20 years.
The announcement already
has had the effect of largely sti-
mulating the real estate mar
ket, and several large store build
ings. including the handsome
Butte block, will be constructed
without delay.
The construction of the plant
will require at least six months,
work and a large force of skilled
mechanics and laborers will be
continually EMPLOYED. Mr.Bar-
ton states that "there will be
plenty of work for every man IN
Emmett and vicinity"
Mr. Barton has kindly furnished
The Index with the following general
description of the plant:
The sawmill building will be "
feet by 1876 feet with sorting shed
256 feet long. The mill will contain
three foot single cutting band mills
of the latest type. The carriage will
have 81 inch openings with steam set
works and be operated by IA inch
steam feeds. There will be one 90
inch double edger and one 60 inch
single edger and a "a foot trimmer
of modern construction. All machln-
will be of the most modern type.
Connecting with the sorting shed
will be the stacker building 62 feet
by 148 feet, where the lumber Will De
automatically sorted and stacked onto
cars ready to be carried to the dry
kilns by power transfer cars. Inc
dry kilns will contain II stalls and be
equipped with automatic controls 10
keen the temperature and humidity
at the best points for drying the ium-
Der as quickly as possible without
overheating.
After coming out of the dry kilns
the lumber will pass through an un-
stacker building 62 feet by 14S feet
where the lumber will be taken from
the dry kiln trucks by automatic +
machinery run over a chain through
the dry sorter building attached TO
the unstacker building.
The planning mill building will be
96 feet by $50 feet and will contain
modern fast feed machines driven by II
ectric motors. In one end of the b
Aanine mill space will be provided for o
: box factory The dry shed for stor- a
he dry lumber will be 124 feet by v
10 feet. Other buildings to be erect e
n will be machine shop 96 feet by c
112 feet with store room at one side
40 feet by Ga feet.
The power house and engine room
sill be so feet by go feet and VIII d
tontain a modern steam engine to L
Generate 900 horse power and 75O D
K w. turbine operated by steam and II
controlled by an automatic valve to s.
use exhaust steam when of sufficient O
pressure and to admit live steam e.