The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-05
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MARTIN A. BROWNS
BIG ENTERPRISES
LAUNDERING Interests Under Direction
of Wilmington Man Handled
Business of S7,OOO,OOO.

The new sawmill plant built by the |
Parker-Y Young company in the Bcebe |
River valley, about six miles from
Plymouth, n. H., and - miles south of |
Lincoln in the Pemmigewasset valley. |
began its active career recently as a
source Of lumber supply for the Wood
stock Lumber company OF Boston. The
location is scarcely more than 1870 miles
from Boston, while a hanl of approx
mately 30 miles would land a ship
ment on Manhattan island. The mill.
construction Of which began last April,
has been pushed to completion on ex-
actlv schedule time, in the face of the
many obstacles to a prompt assem-
bling of mill material and equipment,
with cmbargoes, car shortage and
freight priority cdicts by the war colln-
ell to contend with. George II. Green
of Plymouth, long identified with the
manufacturing end Of Mr.. Brown ) en-
| terprises, was the engineer in charge.
! The main building is 250x60 feet,
with a loading platform extending go
/ feet beyond. The mill is on cement
piers and has a cement floor through
out. 1t Is equipped with two Clark
! band saws, Il Clark rcsaw and a Fay &
Egan resaw giving the mill q saving
capacity Of $4,000 feet daily. Beyond
the saws there is the usual equipment
of cdgcrs, cut off saws, lathe machines
and 4 modern S. A. Woods planer and
hatcher, all being served by live rolls.
The power plant which adjoins the
mill, is Of brick, with concrete floor
and steel roof
There is n battery Of four boilers to
drive the 700 horse power engine The
combined timber holdings of the com
panv in New Hampshire and Vermont
exceeds 100000 acres. each tract being
within 4 comparatively short rail haul
Of any Of the plants This develops a
situation of particular interest to buy
ers Of yard stock or dimension. as it
: is proposed to divert all crooked and
{ small logs to the company 5 pulp mills
5 in Lincoln and Plymouth 1t Is also
+, proposed to slab heavy as the logs
, % through the Btcbe River mill. for all
! waste vii, lind its way into the nil
hog at the pulp mills, and the saw
E mill viii thus be able to turn out N
\ exceptional product in random and ii
; mension with a minimum Of wanc o.
the timber sizes.
e The problem Of the hour is the build
ing up Of a woods crew Of 500 hundred
+ men for Becbe River and, as Genera
7 Manager Martin A. Brown informc,
/ the writer. = will take my hat off L
Il the man who gets q full log supply thi
e winter In view Of Mr.. Brown
record Of achievements it is a fair in
u ference that he Will either dofr Iii
Z hat before looking glass, or not a
4 ALL The mill viii be logged BY raI
and is equipped with steam pom
4 70 permit regular operations in IN
II coolest weather. When completed ther
= will be 70 miles Of logging railroa
= back Of this mill and ALREADY Is mile
IT has been constructed. There has bee
5. delay III securing delivery OF LOGON,
: 'tives, thrtd having been PURCHASED 1
,. which but one has been delivered, an
this is happily not restricted to unio
10 hours
As the combined numbering ente
priScs under the direct management ,
ne Mr.. Brown, for the fiscal year end,
y Sept. ! handled a business lust sac
NJ Of seven million dollars, il is a ia
II, Inference that the total to Sept, 1911
5. will exceed that amount. The scIln
s. and accounting for all operations no
eF centcrS n the Boston offices iii Il
en- Board of Trade Building on Sea
81 street