The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-07-26

absolutely fire proof In the base
ment of the building is blacksmith
shop completely equipped with all
necessary tools for doing repair work
about the mill. This was the first de-
partment constructed. a machine
shop and wood working shop We're al
so constructed and all preparing of
lumber has been done in this room
since the erection of the mill started.
The stock house, which is no mean
part of this establishment, is situated
near the NJ. c. r. r. tracks and
trains may unload here with little diff
fculty A coal pit, designed by ma
ture is a qrnat asset L 1tained
ron June 10Th over 450 TO-. Of coal.
At present the company is shipping
pulp as fast as it can be made but the
making of paper will not begin until
November LIST, when the mill is entire
ly completed This, in brief, is a
description of the inside of the new
structure.
The outside of the building faeins
the river is practically all of cement
and the foundation is of solid rock, Il
natural ledge That part of the build
ing in the rear which is not of ce-
ment is something novel in construc
ton being made of matched sheathing
with layer of asbestos between, max
ing it fireproof That side of the
structure facing Mill street as we'll as
the ends are of solid brick. Re
Numbering the catastrophe of F'ebru-
airy S. 1916, Mr.. Savage has had the
new mill constructed as to be as near
fire proof as possible. The lighting
| system is after the Mullion pattern
and it may truly be called the mill
with a thousand windows. An auto
} matte sprinkler system has also been
installed which greatly lessons the
liability of fire.
Be it said that the inside of the mill
has not yet been completed but things
are rapidly taking shape There is to
| be installed an International Time
Recording clock, by which each man
is his own timekeeper. The manage
ment is thoroughly American and in
the plant large American system of
rope drive has been established
Everything about the place is Ameri-
can and it took real American spirit
to bring this plant to the position it
holds today.
Already orders have begun to ar
rive from all parts of the country for
various kinds of paper but as yet the
company is not prepared to make pa
per of the finest grades. The Re-
porter was informed that when the
mill started on full time and with a
| full crew, about everything imagin-
able in the line of paper would be
turned out About 80 hands will be
employed and only experts in the pa
permaking industry will be consid-
cred
1t takes more than a humble scribe
to depict clearly the doings or &C
complishments of great concern but
even the most humble can realize that
only by determination not to be put
down and never give up spirit can
that which has once been ruined be
raised again Not only to raise it
but to make it a thousand times bet
ter than it was previously is a much
harder task. But this has been done
here in our town. The citizens who
wondered if Skowhegan was to lose a
thriving industry are now at ease for
they know that Skowhegan did not
lose this industry but instead gained
what promises to be an even greater
asset than before And after No
vember l, 1917, when we hear the
| humming wheels of the Savage Com
| pany's mill, and realize that success
! has crowned great effort. we as
citizens may riehteously feel that
there are men among us, real, live
men who believe in Skowhcgan and
all that its future may mean.