Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-06
Emmett Plant of the Boise
Payette Lumber Company
Turned Over by the Build
ers and Trial Run Is Sat-
isfactory.
FIVE HUNDRED MEN
GIVEN EMPLOYMENT
Force Will Soon Be In
creased to 700, With Two
Shifts of 10 Hours Each
Labor Problem Serious
One for the Company.

The mill of the Boise -Payette Lum-
Der company at Emmett was turned
over Friday. The trial showed the
machinery to be in perfect condition
and ready for immediate operations
The Emmett plant is built on the most
modern lines and in it's construction
expert millwrghts have given atten-
ton to every detail Manager c. A.
Barton, of the Boise Payette company,
expresses satisfaction with the in
stallation of the entire plant.
Work on the Emmett plant was
started on July 5, 1916. The mill has
a capacity of $4,000 feet every "a
hours. Two 10-hour shifts will be
worked. The entire plant, including
the sawmill, the bax factory and the
logging camps, will employ about 700
men. AT present the company is work
ing about 500 men at the Emmett plant
and this number will have to be in
creased in the immediate. future, ac-
cording to Manager Barton.
TO SAFEGUARD WORkMEN.
In the installation of the new
plant" said Manager Barton, 1--WE took
every precaution to overcome the ac-
cident and fire hazards We have in
stalled every available device to safe
guard workmen, reducing the risks of
hazardous work to minimum. The
mill will be kept clean from top to bot
tom, minimizing the chance for n fire
and also making the plant sanitary.
safeguarding our employees was one of
the chief considerations in building
and equipping this plant.
Contrary to the usual method of
building sawmill plant, we spent
1nuch time to make the layout pic |
turesque. / spent much time locating
the different buildings to make the
Whole scheme attractive and to give |
the most cconomical service, Usually |
the flrst building is put up where if is
thought 1t is needed and then the
others thrown about it in confusion.
by avoiding this old custom of saw
mil construction, we have a well ar
ranged layout of buildings. which
makes the camp attractive and adds
to it's efficiency"
GREAT SUPPLY OF TIMBER.
tributary to the new Emmett plant
'he boise-Payette company has cough
western white pine, red fir and tam
arack TO Keep the mill running for
more IMAM 30 years. Most of the tim
Der is western white pine for which
'here Is DIG demand in all building
operations.
The numbering industry is looking
oe''er thah 1t mas for number of
; :"i sald MI. Barton. There is a
uis oe'nahd Tor building purposes FROM
nc asrlcult' raj districts of the middle
s'a'es ana the industrial demand is |
Ia srealef IMAM 1t has been for num-
u years. The government ship
!
gong to utilize much of the outnut IF
'He 'oast hliiis' leaving the mills of the
.' " supply the general demand"
LABOR PROBLEM SERIOUS.
Labor, according to Mr.. Barton is
SUNG 10 De serious problem. Already
mere Is being experienced difficultv
~ set'ihg men for the logging camps
ma FOR common labor about the mills :
md box factories. The bip dena,d '
or help on the farms because of tho
speeding up of crop production is 90
ng to Keep laorers from seekjng en-
oloyment in the different indnstrios
fhe threatened labor shortage doc
lot apply to numbering alone, bnt
ather to all industries
Mr.. Barton says the Boise pavette
company has done everything possibIo
make the Emmett plant attracti,,o
employees. Modern houses are being
unit, which the company sells to fte
mployes On the easy payment plan Rv N
roviding comfortable homes for EN-.
ioyes. the management hopes to got
mem interested in owning homes Of
heir own and keep them from seelf-
1g work elsewhere.
Ihe cost of the Emmett plant is
pproximately 100000. The capacity
the mill is not as large as that of -
ome OF the other western mills. but
ne equipment is all of the latest tyne
nu the percentage of efficiency of the
lachinery Is exceptionally high.